1955 in sports
England
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Men's amateur
Women's professional
August 31 - In one of the most famous match races in thoroughbred racing history, Nashua beat Swaps at Washington Park racetrack. It was Swaps only loss in nine starts as a three-year old. Nashua's owner-breeder, William Woodward, Sr. , dreamed of owning an Epsom Derby winner, and he planned to send Nashua to England to train toward that goal. However, Woodward was shot to death by his wife before he could proceed.
Awards
Births
January
January 2 — Jinty Stewart , Scottish field hockey goalkeeperJanuary 3 — Frances Edmonds , British sports writerJanuary 6 — Kunimitsu Ito , Japanese long-distance runnerJanuary 8 — Pedro Gamarro , Venezuelan boxerJanuary 10 — Tjeerd Borstlap , Dutch field hockey player January 12 — Gerhard Hartmann , Austrian long-distance runnerJanuary 12 — Jan van Houwelingen , Dutch road bicycle racerJanuary 14 — Terry Albritton , American shot putter (d. 2005 )January 14 — Dominique Rocheteau , French soccer playerJanuary 16 — Klaus-Dieter Kurrat , East German athlete January 16 — Armando Guevara , Venezuelan boxerJanuary 17 — Henryk ?rednicki , Polish boxerJanuary 19 — Uwe Reinders , German soccer playerJanuary 21 — Peter Fleming , American tennis playerJanuary 21 — Juan Pellón , Spanish field hockey player January 21 — Nikolina Shtereva , Bulgarian middle distance runnerJanuary 24 — Jim Montgomery , American swimmerJanuary 28 — Odette Lapierre , Canadian long-distance runnerJanuary 29 — John Tate , American boxerJanuary 31 — Virginia Ruzici , Romanian tennis player
February
February 2 — Aleksandr Gusev , Soviet field hockey playerFebruary 3 — Bruno Pezzey , Austrian soccer player (d. 1994 )February 5 — Markus Ryffel , Swiss long-distance runner February 6 — Ralf Salzmann , German long-distance runnerFebruary 10 — Miguel Chaves , Spanish field hockey playerFebruary 10 — Jose Maria Flores Burlon , Uruguayan boxerFebruary 10 — Greg Norman , Australian golferFebruary 13 — Luis Hernández , Mexican long-distance runnerFebruary 15 — Ordan Aguirre , Venezuelan football (soccer) playerFebruary 18 — Petar Petrov , Bulgarian sprinterFebruary 18 — Donna Gurr , Canadian backstroke swimmer February 24 — Alain Prost , French Formula I driverFebruary 25 — Carlos Motta , Brazilian judoka
March
March 4 — David Jackson , New Zealand boxer (d. 2004 )March 6 — Wendy Boglioli , American butterfly swimmer March 6 — Peter Dignan , New Zealand rower
March 11 — David Bell , Australian field hockey playerMarch 11 — Giuseppe Martinelli , Italian road bicycle racer and cycling manager
March 14 — Daniel Bertoni , Argentinian soccer playerMarch 16 — Jiro Watanabe , Japanese boxing world championMarch 18 — Philippe Boisse , French fencerMarch 18 — Elaine Jensen , New Zealand field hockey goalkeeper
March 26 — Andy Hoepelman , Dutch water polo playerMarch 27 — Nunu Abashidze , Ukrainian shot putterMarch 27 — Christian Sarron , French motorcycle road racer
April
May
June
June 1 — Lorraine Moller , New Zealand long-distance athleteJune 7 — Yelena Sipatova , Russian long-distance runnerJune 12 — Bert de Jong , Dutch ice speed skaterJune 12 — Guy Lacombe , French soccer player and manager June 13 — Henk Numan , Dutch judokaJune 15 — Ricardo Rojas , Cuban boxerJune 21 — Michel Platini , French soccer playerJune 23 — Jean Tigana , French soccer player and managerJune 26 — Maxime Bossis , French soccer playerJune 28 — Heribert Weber , Austrian soccer player
July
August
August 2 — Gail Neall , Australian medley swimmer August 4 — Gerrie Coetzee , South African boxerAugust 5 — Dave Ottley , British javelin throwerAugust 5 — John Whitaker , British equestrianAugust 7 — Chantal Réga , French sprinter and hurdlerAugust 8 — Renzo Vecchiato , Italian basketball playerAugust 9 — Udo Beyer , German shot putterAugust 9 — Clancy Edwards , American track and field sprinterAugust 12 — Bert Bergsma , Dutch freestyle swimmerAugust 18 — Gerard Nijboer , Dutch marathon runnerAugust 25 — Earl Bell , American pole vaulterAugust 25 — Michael O'Rourke , New Zealand javelin thrower
September
October
October 3 — José Valencia , Argentinian soccer playerOctober 4 — Anton Pichler , Austrian soccer playerOctober 4 — Jorge Valdano , Argentinian soccer playerOctober 4 — Carmen Valero , Spanish middle-distance runner October 8 — Bill Elliott , American race-car driverOctober 11 — Duncan Atwood , American javelin throwerOctober 11 — Hans-Peter Briegel , German soccer playerOctober 15 — Kulbir Bhaura , British field hockey playerOctober 16 — Annemarie Groen , Dutch backstroke swimmerOctober 19 — Andrew McDonald , American water polo player October 23 — Jörg Peter , East German long-distance runnerOctober 28 — Carlos Fonseca , Brazilian boxer
November
November 1 — Anne Audain , New Zealand middle and long distance athleteNovember 7 — Detlef Ultsch , German judo world championNovember 12 — Roger Sumich , New Zealand cyclistNovember 14 — Koichi Nakano , Japanese bicycle racerNovember 15 — Leo van Vliet , Dutch road bicycle racerNovember 17 — Antoni Niemczak , Polish long-distance runnerNovember 19 — Reima Salonen , Finnish race walkerNovember 26 — Barbara Tilden , New Zealand field hockey playerNovember 27 — Sarah English , Zimbabwean field hockey player November 28 — Alessandro Altobelli , Italian soccer player
December
Deaths
January 21 — Archie Hahn (74), American athlete (b. 1880 )January 26 — Holger Nielsen , Danish fencer, shooter and athlete (b. 1866 )May 10 — Tommy Burns , world heavyweight boxing championMay 26 — Alberto Ascari , F1 race car championMay 30 — Bill Vukovich , American race car driving championSeptember 4 — Gus Weyhing , Major League Baseball pitcher (1887-1901)October 18 — Josiah Ritchie (84), British tennis player (b. 1870 )October 27 — Clark Griffith , Major League Baseball pitcher (1891-1914)November 4 — Cy Young , American baseball playerDecember 6 — Honus Wagner , Major League Baseball player (1897-1917)
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