1950s Sports Moments

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Year	Hint	Answer
1950	Giuseppe Farina wins the inaugural FIA World Championship driving for which team?	Alfa Romeo
1950	These Basketball players become the first African-Americans to play in the NBA	Earl Lloyd / Chuck Cooper / Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton
1951	Baseball catcher wins his first (AL) MVP award	Yogi Berra
1952	Country that wins a 6th Gold Medal in Men's Ice Hockey at the Winter Olympics	Canada
	The 1952 Summer Olympics is hosted in this city	Helsinki
	Long-distance runner that wins gold medals in the 5,000m, 10,000m and the marathon	Emil Zátopek
	Nazar Mohammad becomes the first player to score a Test century for this country	Pakistan
1953	Golfer who became the first to win a Triple Crown	Ben Hogan
	Baseball franchise that became first to win 5 consecutive World Series	New York Yankees
	Marathon runner that sets a world record with the first run under 2 hours 20 minutes	Jim Peters
1954	Middle-distance runner that becomes the first to run a sub-4-minute mile	Roger Bannister
1954	The NBA introduces a shot clock of how many seconds?	24

Year	Hint	Answer
1954	This country wins it's first FIFA World Cup	West Germany
1954	Canadian Ice Hockey player nicknamed 'Mr Hockey' wins his fourth Art Ross Trophy in a row	Gordie Howe
1955	Country that wins the Davis Cup 5-0	Australia
1956	The first High Jumper to clear 7 ft	Charles Dumas
	This Heavyweight boxer retires undefeated at 49-0	Rocky Marciano
	Boxer becomes Heavyweight champion at the age of 21	Floyd Patterson
	English Footballer becomes the inaugural winner of the Ballon d'Or	Stanley Matthews
1957	This F1 Driver wins his 5th Championship, all in the 1950s	Juan Manuel Fangio
1957	The first African-American woman to win the US Nationals (later US Open)	Althea Gibson
1958	The first Black player to play in the NHL	Willie O'Ree
1958	As a 17-year old this Footballer scores a hat-trick in the Semi Final and 2 in the Final to win his first FIFA World Cup	Pelé
1959	Footballer wins his second Ballon D'or award	Alfredo Di Stéfano

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