November 1951 in Sports History

Events in Sport

Nov 1 Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella wins first of his 3 National League MVP awards

Nov 4 Ryder Cup Golf, Pinehurst Resort: US wins 9½-2½; Sam Snead playing captain for US; Arthur Lacey non-playing GB skipper

Nov 8 New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra wins 1st of his 3 MVP awards

Nov 13 Lefty O'Doul's all-stars, including Joe DiMaggio and Billy Martin, lose 3-1 to Pacific League all-star team (Japan)

Nov 15 1st-class cricket debut of future great Pakistani batsman Hanif Mohammad; scores 26 in drawn tour match, Pakistan XI v MCC, Lahore

Nov 15 NY Yankee Gil McDougald wins AL Rookie of Year
Nov 18 Former Cubs 1st baseman & future TV star of Rifleman Chuck Connors is 1st player to oppose the major league draft
Nov 19 Roy Campanella named NL MVP on his 30th birthday
Nov 24 CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Ottawa Rough Riders claim their 4th Championship with 21-14 win over Saskatchewan Roughriders
Nov 25 3rd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Herb Thomas wins
Nov 25 Cleveland Browns penalized a record 209 yards against Chicago Bears
Nov 25 Cleveland halfback Dub Jones ties the NFL record for most touchdowns in a game crossing for 6 in Browns 42-21 win v Chicago Bears at Cleveland Stadium

Nov 1 Craig Serjeant, Australian cricket batsman (12 Tests; top score 124, 1977), born in Perth, West Australia
Nov 2 Kathy Hammond, American athlete (Olympic bronze 400m, silver 4x400m relay 1972), born in Sacramento, California
Nov 3 Azmat Rana, Pakistan cricket batsman (1 Test, top score 49; 2 ODIs), born in Lahore, Punjab (d. 2015)
Nov 3 Dwight Evans, American baseball right fielder (MLB All-Star 1978, 81, 87; Boston Red Sox), born in Santa Monica, California
Nov 6 Jim Frick, Swedish harness racing driver (5,002 career race wins), born in Rättvik, Sweden (d. 2020)
Nov 7 Dan Duva, American boxing promoter and producer (Howard Stern New Years Party), born in Paterson, New Jersey (d. 1996)
Nov 10 Morris Hatalsky, American golfer (4 PGA Tour titles), born in San Diego, California

Nov 11 American golfer (US Masters 1981, US Open 1984), born in New Albany, Indiana

Nov 13 Beth Anders, American field hockey sweeper (Olympic bronze 1984), born in Norristown, Pennsylvania
Nov 17 Butch Davis, American football coach (Cleveland Browns 2007–10; Uni of North Carolina 2017–21; FIU 2017-21), born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Nov 23 Bernd Landvoigt, German coxless pairs rower (Olympic gold 1976), born in Brandenburg an der Havel, German Democratic Republic
Nov 23 Jorg Landvoigt, German coxless pairs rower (Olympic gold 1976), born in Brandenburg an der Havel, German Democratic Republic
Nov 24 Graham Price, British rugby player
Nov 25 Bucky Dent, all star shortstop (Chicago White Sox, NY Yankees)
Nov 25 Johnny Rep, Dutch soccer player

Nov 5 Reggie Walker, South African athlete (Olympic gold 100m 1908), dies at 62
Nov 19 Pete Hill, American Baseball HOF outfielder (NgL lifetime batting average: .326) and manager (Detroit Stars, Baltimore Black Sox), dies at 69