LSU Climbs to the Top as 1958 Stuns College Football
The 1958 season redefines college football with LSU’s undefeated, No. 1 run under Paul Dietzel and the Chinese Bandits. Army, Air Force, Auburn also shine with strong campaigns while UCLA and Oklahoma dominate in their leagues and Brown tops the NFL for Cleveland.
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Kentucky Basketball Dominates NCAA Title Scene and NBA Playoffs
The 1958 season sees Kentucky under Adolph Rupp win the NCAA championship on a thrilling run from an at‑large underdog to final triumph. The St Louis Hawks topple the Boston Celtics in the NBA playoffs with Bob Pettit scoring a record 50. South Dakota and Xavier claim post season wins, while Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson, Elgin Baylor, and others earn All America honors.
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St Anthony's, Lodgepole Dominate Holiday Hoop Fest
St Anthony's of Sterling defeated Julesburg 59 55 as Lodgepole edged Holyoke 47 44 and St Anthony's beat Julesburg 57 52. Bobcats Tom Lergemeier led with 18, Bryan Andrist 16, Spears 24 for Julesburg, while Holyoke Jim Martin Ken Hagemann scored 31 for Holyoke. Next action January 6 at Chappell.
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Patterson Downgraded as New Threats Rise in 1958 Boxing
The 1958 boxing year saw Floyd Patterson struggle with a stalled heavyweight scene as Sugar Ray Robinson reclaimed the middleweight throne and European contenders surged. Ingemar Johansson, Brian London, and Henry Cooper upset American rivals to loom as Patterson’s 1959 foes while Archie Moore kept the light heavyweight title and Don Jordan dethroned Virgil Akins in welterweight action.
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Kid) Bassey
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Pajarito) Moreno
Golf Bolt Wins Then Goes Into Hiding
The 1958 golf season crowned Lon Finsterwald PGA Player of the Year as Tommy Bolt, amid controversy and a late-summer fetch, captured the PGA Championship with a 267 and then vanished on a hunting fishing trip. Mickey Wright became the first to win both the women's Open and Ladies PGA in one year. Charlie Coe and Anne Quast claimed major amateur titles as U S and international play saw mixed results.
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Mickey) Wright
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Coe
Marysville
Wash
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Treasure Hunt Colt Sired by Discovery for Vanderbilts
Treasure Hunt is a well bred colt owned by Alfred G Vanderbilt. He was sired by the late Discovery and his dam is Now What a fine filly.
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