This Day in Sports

Boston Celtics Beat St Louis for NBA Crown

April 13, 1957 42

March 23, 1957: North Carolina defeats Kansas in a triple-overtime final at the NCAA Basketball Championship.

March 23, 1957 49

Joe Quigg Scores

March 23, 1957 51

March 13-15, 1957: The first College Division Basketball Championship is conducted at the University of Evansville.

March 12, 1957 46

Bill Sharman’s consecutive free throw streak ended at

October 17, 2025 53

Bill Russell made his debut for the Boston

October 17, 2025 52

Upon his return from Melbourne, Australia, where he

October 17, 2025 52

Larry Bird is born in West Baden, Indiana

October 17, 2025 51

1956 Heisman winner Paul Hornung

December 4, 1956 53

Fall 1956: When he enrolls at Oklahoma and joins the football team, Prentice Gautt becomes the first Black student-athlete to play for a member school in the Jim Crow states of the South and Southwest. Gautt later becomes the NCAA’s secretary-treasurer in 1994.

September 1, 1956 46