Year
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Hint
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Answer
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1950
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Giuseppe Farina wins the inaugural FIA World Championship driving for which team?
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Alfa Romeo
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These Basketball players become the first African-Americans to play in the NBA
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Earl Lloyd / Chuck Cooper / Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton
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1951
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Baseball catcher wins his first (AL) MVP award
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Yogi Berra
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1952
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Country that wins a 6th Gold Medal in Men's Ice Hockey at the Winter Olympics
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Canada
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The 1952 Summer Olympics is hosted in this city
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Helsinki
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Long-distance runner that wins gold medals in the 5,000m, 10,000m and the marathon
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Emil Zátopek
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Nazar Mohammad becomes the first player to score a Test century for this country
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Pakistan
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1953
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Golfer who became the first to win a Triple Crown
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Ben Hogan
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Baseball franchise that became first to win 5 consecutive World Series
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New York Yankees
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Marathon runner that sets a world record with the first run under 2 hours 20 minutes
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Jim Peters
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1954
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Middle-distance runner that becomes the first to run a sub-4-minute mile
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Roger Bannister
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The NBA introduces a shot clock of how many seconds?
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24
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1954
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This country wins it's first FIFA World Cup
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West Germany
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Canadian Ice Hockey player nicknamed 'Mr Hockey' wins his fourth Art Ross Trophy in a row
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Gordie Howe
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1955
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Country that wins the Davis Cup 5-0
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Australia
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1956
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The first High Jumper to clear 7 ft
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Charles Dumas
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This Heavyweight boxer retires undefeated at 49-0
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Rocky Marciano
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Boxer becomes Heavyweight champion at the age of 21
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Floyd Patterson
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English Footballer becomes the inaugural winner of the Ballon d'Or
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Stanley Matthews
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1957
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This F1 Driver wins his 5th Championship, all in the 1950s
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Juan Manuel Fangio
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The first African-American woman to win the US Nationals (later US Open)
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Althea Gibson
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1958
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The first Black player to play in the NHL
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Willie O'Ree
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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
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Pelé
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1959
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Footballer wins his second Ballon D'or award
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Alfredo Di Stéfano
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