1958 in sports

Table of contents

1 Auto Racing
2 Baseball
3 Basketball
4 Boxing
5 Cycling
6 Figure Skating
7 Football (Soccer)
8 Football (American)
9 Canadian Football League
10 Golf
11 Thoroughbred Horse Racing
12 Harness Racing
13 Ice Hockey
14 Skiing
15 Tennis
16 General sporting events
17 Births
18 Deaths

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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