1. Joe Louis tried for a comeback in 1950, but
got defeated by... Ezzard Charles Sugar Ray Robinson Jake LaMotta
2. In 1951, #24 for the Giants gets his gets
his 1st major league hit, a home run. Who is he? Stan Musial Gil Hodges Willie Mays
3. In the 1952 Winter Olympic Games in Oslo,
an American won a second Gold Medal for figure skating. The American is... Dick
Buttons David Jenkins Carol
Heiss
4. In the Summer Olympic Games in Helsinki, an
American won his second Gold Medal for the decathlon? He is... Bill Toomey Rafer Johnson Bob Mathias
5. In 1952 The Yankee Clipper retired from baseball.
Who is he? Joe DiMaggio Stan
Musial Casey Stengel
6. In 1954, basball legend Hank Aaron begins
his career by joining the... Cleveland Indians Milwaukee
Braves Brooklyn Dodgers
7. In 1954, Roger Bannister breaks an important
record, the _____ _____ _____. 4 Minute Mile Runs Batted In NBA Scoring Leader
8. Finally, in 1955 the Brooklyn
Dodgers win the World Series by defeating... Milwaukee
Braves New York Yankees Cleveland Indians
9. In 1956, Althea Gibson becomes the first black
woman to...? Medal in figure skating Run the 4 minute mile Win a
major tennis tournament
10. In 1957, a man many consider to be the finest
athlete of the century retired? Who was he? Jackie Robinson Rocky Marciano Sam Snead
11. The great running back Jim Brown was the
NFL Rookie of the Year in 1957. For whom did he play? LA Rams Cleveland Browns Green Bay Packers
12. In 1958 one of golf's greatest players will
win his first of four Masters. Only Jack Nicklaus has won more. He is... Arnold Palmer Ben Hogan Sam Snead
13. In 1959, San Francisco
Giants stadium is renamed CandlestickPark.
Recently it got a corporate name which is... QualcommStadium ProPlayerStadium 3ComPark
14. Lee, Richard and Kyle are three generations
of a family that dominated at the ... Daytona 500 U.S. Open KentuckyDerby
15. Which of these teams is NOT the result of
a change of cities in the 50s? Los Angeles
Dodgers San Francisco Giants Houston Astros