Events in Sport
- Dec 11 Joe DiMaggio announces his retirement from baseball
- Dec 23 National Football League Championship, LA Memorial Coliseum: Los Angeles Rams beat Cleveland Browns, 24-17; first coast-to-coast televised NFL title game
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Pat Bradley
Dale Earnhardt
Anatoly Karpov
Mike Weaver
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
Roscoe TannerSports Stars Married in 1951
- Dec 23 MLB centerfielder Mickey Mantle (20) weds author Merlyn Mantle (19) in Commerce, Oklahoma
Eddie Collins
Leo Diegel
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