1958 in sports

Auto Racing

• NASCAR Championship - Lee Petty[?]
• Indianapolis 500 - Jimmy Bryan[?]
• USAC Racing - Tony Bettenhausen[?] won the season championship
• Formula One Championship - Mike Hawthorn of Great Britain
• February 23 - Cuban rebels kidnap 5-time F1 champion Juan Manuel Fangio.
• 24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Olivier Gendebien[?] / Phil Hill[?] won, driving a Ferrari 250TR
• Rally racing - the team of Guy Monraisse[?] / Jacques Feret[?] won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Renault
• Drag racing:
  • Don Garlits wins "Top Fuel" at the AHRA[?] nationals
  • Ted Cyr[?] won "Top Eliminator" at the NHRA Nationals

Baseball

• World Series: New York Yankees win 4 games to 3 over the Milwaukee Braves. The Series MVP is pitcher Bob Turley[?] of New York.

Basketball

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
  • Kentucky wins 84-72 over Seattle

• NBA Finals:
  • St. Louis Hawks[?] win 4 games to 2 over the Boston Celtics

Boxing

• December 10 - Light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore is knocked down three times in the first round and once more in the fifth round by Yvon Durelle[?] but Moore held on to come back to knock out Durelle in the 11th round.

Cycling

• Tour de France - Charly Gaul[?] of Luxembourg

Figure Skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: David Jenkins[?], United States
  • Women's champion: Carol Heiss[?], United States
  • Pairs champions: Barbara Wagner[?] & Robert Paul[?], Canada

Football (Soccer)

• Football World Cup: Brazil wins 5-2 over Sweden
• England - FA Cup: Bolton Wanderers[?] win 2-0 over Manchester United

Football (American)

• NFL Championship: the Baltimore Colts won 23-17 over the New York Giants.

Canadian Football League

• Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers win 35-28 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Golf

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. May - The Masters golf tournament - Arnold Palmer
  2. June - US Open - Tommy Bolt[?]
  3. July - British Open - Bobby Locke[?]
  4. August - PGA Championship - Dow Finsterwald[?]

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Arnold Palmer - $42,608

Women's Golf

• US Women's Open - Mickey Wright[?]
• LPGA Championship - Mickey Wright[?]
• Beverly Hanson[?]: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $12,629.

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• Australia - Melbourne Cup - Baystone[?]
• Canada - Queen's Plate - Caledon Beau[?]
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Ballymoss[?]
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Sindon[?]

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Pall Mall[?]
  2. Epsom Derby - Hard Ridden[?]
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Alcide[?]

• Tim Tam[?], who had won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, fractured a sesamoid bone and lost his chance for the Triple Crown when he hobbled across the finish line in second place at the Belmont Stakes.
• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Tim Tam[?]
  2. Preakness Stakes - Tim Tam[?]
  3. Belmont Stakes - Cavan[?]

Harness Racing

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Raider Frost[?]
  2. Little Brown Jug - Shadow Wave[?]
  3. Messenger Stakes - O'Brien Hanover[?]

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Emily's Pride[?]
  2. Yonkers Trot - Spunky Hanover[?]
  3. Kentucky Futurity - Emily's Pride[?]

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Free Hall[?]

Ice Hockey

• January 18 - Willie O'Ree[?] makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins. He is the first African-Canadian to play in the National Hockey League.

• Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Dickie Moore[?], Montreal Canadiens

• Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings

• Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens win 4-2 over the Boston Bruins

• World Hockey Championship
  • Men's champion: Whitby Dunlops[?] from Canada defeat the Soviet Union

Skiing

• ISF World Championships[?]:
  • Men's combined champion: Anton Sailer[?], Austria
  • Women's combined champion: Frieda Dänzer[?], Switzerland

Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis mens results:
  1. Australian Open - Ashley Cooper[?]
  2. French Open - Mervyn Rose[?]
  3. Wimbledon championships - Ashley Cooper[?]
  4. US Open - Ashley Cooper[?]

• Grand Slam in tennis womens results:
  1. Australian Open - Angela Mortimer[?]
  2. French Open - Zsuzsi Kormoczy[?]
  3. Wimbledon championships - Althea Gibson[?]
  4. US Open - Althea Gibson[?]

• Davis Cup: United States wins 3-2 over Australia in world tennis.

General sporting events

• British Empire & Commonwealth Games held in Cardiff, United Kingdom
• The international petanque federation is founded in Marseille

Births

• February 11 - Regina Marsikova, Czechoslovakian tennis player.

Deaths