1951 in Israel, Events, Unspecified dates
The following events took place during 1951 (dates not specified):


1951 in Italian television
This is a list of Italian television related events from 1951.


1951 in Laos
The following lists events that happened during 1951 in Laos.


1951 in Libya
The following lists events that happened during 1951 in Libya.


1951 in Luxembourg
The following lists events that happened during 1951 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.


1951 in Malaya
This article lists important figures and events in Malayan public affairs during the year 1951, together with births and deaths of significant Malayans.


1951 in Michigan, Top stories
The Associated Press polled more than 50 editors of its member newspapers in Michigan and ranked the state's top news stories of 1953 as follows:


1951 in Michigan, Population
In the 1950 United States Census, Michigan was recorded as having a population of 6,421,000 persons, ranking as the seventh most populous state in the country. By 1960, the state's population had grown 22.8% to 7,823,194 persons.


1951 in Michigan, Population, Cities
The following is a list of cities in Michigan with a population of at least 40,000 based on 1950 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1940 and 1960 is included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases. Cities that are part of the Detroit metropolitan area are shaded in tan.


1951 in Michigan, Population, Counties
The following is a list of counties in Michigan with populations of at least 100,000 based on 1950 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1940 and 1960 are included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases. Counties that are part of the Detroit metropolitan area are shaded in tan.


1951 in New Zealand
The following lists events that happened during  1951 in New Zealand.


1951 in New Zealand
The year was dominated by the 1951 New Zealand waterfront dispute.


1951 in New Zealand
New Zealand entered a mutual defence pact with the United States and Australia – ANZUS.


1951 in New Zealand, Incumbents, Government
The 29th New Zealand Parliament continued. In power was the National government under Sidney Holland. The general election saw the governing National Party re-elected with a twenty-seat margin, a substantial improvement on the twelve-seat margin it previously held.


1951 in New Zealand, Incumbents, Government
The New Zealand Legislative Council voted itself out of existence, making New Zealand a unicameral democracy.


1951 in New Zealand, Arts and literature, Film
See : Category:1951 film awards, 1951 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1951 films


1951 in New Zealand, Sport, Lawn bowls
The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Wellington.


1951 in Norwegian football, First Division 1950/51
After the 1950/51 season, Landsdelsserien was introduced, leaving the First division as only the third highest league.


1951 in Norwegian music
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1951 in Norwegian music.


1951 in South Africa
The following lists events that happened during 1951 in South Africa.


1951 in Taiwan
Events from the year 1951 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 40 according to the official Republic of China calendar.


1951 in Thailand
The year 1951 was the 170th year of the Rattanakosin Kingdom of Thailand. It was the 6th year in the reign of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), and is reckoned as year 2494 in the Buddhist Era.


1951 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1951 to Wales and its people.


1951 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1951 throughout the world.


1951 in baseball
The following are the baseball events of the year 1951  throughout the world.


1951 in baseball, Headline Event of the Year
Baseball's Shot Heard 'Round the World gives the New York Giants the National League Pennant in the third game of a best-of-three-games tiebreaker series over the Brooklyn Dodgers.


1951 in baseball, Headline Event of the Year
Although the Negro American League would last until 1960, 1951 was, notably, the last season in which the Negro American League was considered major-league caliber, which was itself the last major Negro league baseball organization.


1951 in country music
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1951.


1951 in film, Top-grossing films, United States
The top ten 1951 released films by box office gross in the United States are as follows:


1951 in film, Top-grossing films, International
The highest-grossing 1951 films in countries outside of North America.


1951 in film, Worldwide gross
The following table lists known worldwide gross figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1951. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1951. This list also includes gross revenue from later re-releases.


1951 in film, Top ten money making stars
The Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll was published by Quigley Publishing Company based on a poll of U.S. movie theater owners who were asked to name who they felt were the previous year's top 10 moneymaking stars.


1951 in film, Top ten money making stars
They also published a Western stars poll which Roy Rogers topped for the ninth year running.


1951 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
The year 1951 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts.


1951 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1951.


1951 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1951.


1951 in literature
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.


1951 in motorsport
The following is an overview of the events of 1951 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.


1951 in motorsport, Annual events
The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had own significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.


1951 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1951.


1951 in music, US No 1 hit singles
These singles reached the top of US Billboard magazine's charts in 1951.


1951 in music, Biggest hit singles
The following songs achieved the highest in the limited set of charts available for 1951.


1951 in organized crime
Organized crime was particularly active in its heyday of the 1950s. The year 1951 saw a number of notable organized crime events, including the conviction of mobster Mickey Cohen for tax evasion.


1951 in paleontology
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1951.


1951 in paleontology, Synapsids, Non-mammalian
A junior homonym of Walteria Schulze, 1885; renamed Karrowalteria Kuhn, 1938


1951 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).


1951 in poetry, Works published in English
Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:


1951 in poetry, Works published in other languages, India
In each section, listed in alphabetical order by first name:


1951 in poetry, Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:


1951 in poetry, Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:


1951 in professional wrestling
1951 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.


1951 in radio
The year 1951 saw a number of significant happenings in radio broadcasting history.


1951 in rail transport
This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1951.


1951 in science
The year 1951 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.


1951 in spaceflight
The year 1951 saw extensive exploration of space by the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR) using suborbital rockets. The Soviets launched their first series of biomedical tests to the 100-kilometre (62 mi) boundary of space (as defined by the World Air Sports Federation). Several American agencies launched more than a dozen scientific sounding rocket flights between them. The US Navy launched its Viking sounding rocket for the seventh time since 1949, this time to a record-breaking 136 miles (219 km) in August 1951.


1951 in spaceflight
Development also continued by both superpowers on rockets more powerful than the World War Two era German V-2 that had inaugurated the age of spaceflight. The USSR advanced far beyond their R-1 (a V-2 copy) with the deployment of the R-2 rocket, which could carry a ton of explosives twice as far as its predecessor. Though the ambitious Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile was canceled in 1951, the more achievable R-5 missile project was initiated. Both the US Air Force and the US Army initiated their first post-V-2 ballistic missile projects, Atlas for the former and Redstone for the latter.


1951 in spaceflight, Space exploration, United States
The US Army, US Air Force, and the Applied Physics Laboratory continued their use of Aerobee  on a variety of physics, aeronomy, photography, weather, and biomedical sounding rocket flights; a total of 11 were launched during the year. Two of these comprised the earliest space biomedical missions. Launched by the Air Force, and carrying mice and monkeys, they (along with a third flight in 1952) determined that brief (~15 minutes) exposure to acceleration, reduced gravity, and high altitude cosmic radiation did not have significant negative effects.


1951 in spaceflight, Space exploration, United States
The first generation of US Navy-built Viking sounding rockets reached its acme of performance with the flight of Viking 7, the sole Viking launch of 1951. Launched 7 August from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, the rocket set a new world altitude record of 136 miles (219 km).


1951 in spaceflight, Space exploration, Soviet Union
The R-1, the Soviet Union's first domestically built long-range ballistic missile, was accepted into service in November 1950. In January 1951, cold-weather testing of the R-1 for quality assurance purposes was conducted. On 1 June, production of the R-1 was centralized and transferred to a former automobile factory in Dnepropetrovsk, and that month, a test series of R-1s was successfully launched to the edge of space, all landing within 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) of their targets. Though the R-1, a virtual copy of the now-obsolete V-2, was not a particularly formidable weapon and posed virtually no threat to the West, it was invaluable in training engineers and missile crews, as well as creating a nascent rocket industry in the Soviet Union.


1951 in spaceflight, Space exploration, Soviet Union
On 29 January 1951, dogs were carried on one of the winter test flights of the R-1. This was followed in the summer by six R-1s specifically designed and equipped for biomedical flights to determine if their payload dogs could survive the rigors of space travel and be recovered. Three of the missions were successful.


1951 in spaceflight, Space exploration, Soviet Union
The R-2 missile, the first operational Soviet design to have a separable nose cone, underwent a second test series of thirteen flights in July 1951, experiencing one failure. Accepted for operational service on 27 November 1951, the design had a range of 600 kilometres (370 mi), twice that of the R-1, while maintaining a similar payload of around 1,000 kilograms (2,200 lb).


1951 in spaceflight, Spacecraft development, US Air Force
By 1950, the war-head carrying ballistic missile, which in the United States had been eclipsed since World War II by guided missile development, received national priority. In January 1951, the US Air Force's Air Research and Development Command awarded to Consolidated Vultee the contract for Atlas, the nation's first Intercontinental ballistic missile. The Atlas went on to become one of the key boosters in America's crewed and robotic space programs, first orbiting a payload (SCORE) in 1958.


1951 in spaceflight, Spacecraft development, US Army
On 15 April 1950, Wernher von Braun and his team of German rocket engineers were transferred from Fort Bliss to Redstone Arsenal in Alabama. In 1951, the Redstone team was tasked with the research and development of guided missiles and the development and testing of free rockets, solid propellants, JATOs, and related items, thus making the Army a leading player in America's missile development. Their work led to the production of the Redstone missile, first launched in 1953, versions of which ultimately launched America's first artificial satellite, in 1958, and America's first astronaut, in 1961.


1951 in spaceflight, Spacecraft development, US Navy
In the summer of 1950, the United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) team led by Milton Rosen began work on an improved Viking rocket able to reach higher altitudes. The team would achieve increased performance through larger fuel tanks and reduced weight elsewhere on the rocket. Originally planned for launch in 1951, the development of the second generation Viking took two years, and the first of the new rockets would not launch until 6 June 1952.


1951 in spaceflight, Spacecraft development, University of Iowa
In January 1951, Dr. James Van Allen, instrumental in the development of the Aerobee rocket, joined the physics department at the State University of Iowa (SUI). Along with University of Chicago graduate Melvin B. Gottlieb and Van Allen's first SUI graduate student, Leslie H. Meredith, they began a high altitude cosmic ray research program using equipment mounted on balloons. Launched from 16 June 1951, though 26 January 1952, this experience set the foundation for balloon-launched sounding rockets, which would first breach the boundary of space in 1954.


1951 in spaceflight, Spacecraft development, Soviet Union
From 1947, the German émigré-designed G-1 (or R-10) missile had competed with the Soviet-designed R-2 for limited engineering and production staff, the latter winning out by the end of 1949. With the project stalled for lack of resources and government interest, The Soviets terminated all work by the German specialists in October 1950. In December 1951, the first of the specialists were repatriated to East Germany (a process that the Soviets completed in November 1953).


1951 in spaceflight, Spacecraft development, Soviet Union
The draft plan for the ambitious 3,000 kilometres (1,900 mi) range R-3 had been approved on 7 December 1949, but was canceled on 20 October 1951, other designs proving more useful and achievable. One of them was the R-5 missile, able to carry the same payload as the R-1 and R-2 but over a distance of 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) (the other being the R-11, a tactical missile half the size of the R-1 but with the same payload). The R-5's conceptual design was completed by 30 October 1951.


1951 in sports
1951 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.


1951 in sports, Athletics
The athletics competition at the 1951 Pan American Games is held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mal Whitfield of the USA wins gold medals in three events: 400 m, 800 m and 4 × 400 m relay.


1951 in television
The year 1951 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1951.


1951 in the Belgian Congo
The following lists events that happened during 1951 in the Belgian Congo.


1951 in the Netherlands
This article lists some of the events from 1951 related to the Netherlands.


1951 in the Philippines
1951 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in 1951


1951 in the Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1951 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.


1951 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year 1951 in the United Kingdom. This is the year of the Festival of Britain and a general election returning Winston Churchill to power.


1951 in the United States, Events, January–March
→Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. On April 5 they are sentenced to receive the death penalty.


1951 Úrvalsdeild
The 1951 Úrvalsdeild was the 40th season of the highest association football league in Iceland.


1951 Úrvalsdeild, Overview
It was contested by 5 teams, and ÍA won the championship. ÍA's Ríkharður Jónsson was the top scorer with 7 goals.


1951/1952 News of the World Snooker Tournament
The 1951/1952 News of the World Snooker Tournament was a professional snooker tournament sponsored by the News of the World. The tournament was won by Sidney Smith who won 6 of his 8 matches. He finished ahead of Albert Brown who also won 6 matches but won one fewer frame overall. The News of the World Snooker Tournament ran from 1949/50 to 1959.


1951/1952 News of the World Snooker Tournament, Format
The 1951/52 event was a round-robin snooker tournament and was played from 10 September 1951 to 19 January 1952. All matches were played at Leicester Square Hall in London. There were 9 competitors, one more than previous years, and a total of 36 matches. The competitors were the 8 who had played in the previous year's event, Joe Davis, Fred Davis, Walter Donaldson, John Barrie, Albert Brown, Alec Brown, John Pulman, Jackie Rea, Sidney Smith, plus New Zealander Clark McConachy. Each match lasted three days and was the best of 37 frames.


1951/1952 News of the World Snooker Tournament, Format
Each match was separately handicapped. Joe Davis played level with Fred Davis and gave Walter Donaldson 7, John Pulman 18, Albert Brown, Alec Brown and Clark McConachy 21, Sidney Smith 24 and John Barrie 25. Fred Davis played level with Walter Donaldson and gave Sidney Smith 12, Albert Brown and Alec Brown and John Pulman 14, Clark McConachy 16 and John Barrie 18. Walter Donaldson gave Albert Brown and Sidney Smith 7, John Pulman 8, Clark McConachy 10, Alec Brown 14 and John Barrie 15.


1951/1952 News of the World Snooker Tournament, Format
John Pulman played level with Alec Brown, Albert Brown, Sidney Smith and Clark McConachy and gave John Barrie 10. Sidney Smith played level with Albert Brown and Clark McConachy and gave Alec Brown 4 and John Barrie 10. Albert Brown played level with Albert Brown and Clark McConachy and gave John Barrie 10. Clark McConachy gave Alec Brown 7 and John Barrie 10. Alec Brown gave John Barrie 9.


1951/1952 News of the World Snooker Tournament, Results
With three matches to be played there were three players with 5 wins. John Barrie had played all his matches and won 161 frames. Albert Brown and Sidney Smith each had one match left. Brown had won 149 frames while Smith had won 148. Albert Brown played Alec Brown in his last match. Alec Brown led 16–12 after the final afternoon session but Albert Brown won all 7 frames in the evening session to win 19–18.


1951/1952 News of the World Snooker Tournament, Results
After Albert Brown's 19–18 win, Sidney Smith needed to beat Walter Donaldson 21–16 to win the tournament. Smith led 16–14 after the final afternoon session but Donaldson won the first two frames on the final evening to tie the match at 16–16. Smith then won the last 5 frames to win the match 21–16 and take the tournament by a single frame, 169 to Brown's 168.


1951/1952 News of the World Snooker Tournament, Results
In the last match of the tournament Fred Davis beat brother Joe 20–17, playing on level terms. Fred had breaks of 108 and 101 on the second day.


1951/1952 News of the World Snooker Tournament, Results
Albert Brown had met Walter Donaldson earlier in January. Donaldson led 9–3 after the first day, scoring a break of 104 in the last frame  of the day. Brown made a break of 140 on the second evening but Donaldson increased his lead to 17–7 at the end of the day. On the final day Brown staged a comeback and won the first 7 frames of the day. Donaldson, however, held on and won the match 18–17.


1951/1952 News of the World Snooker Tournament, Results
The positions were determined firstly by the number of matches won (MW) and, in the event of a tie, the number of frames won (FW).


1951/1952 News of the World Snooker Tournament, Qualifying
With the main event starting earlier than in previous years, the qualifying tournament was also earlier and was held from 28 May to 16 June 1951. These matches were also played at Leicester Square Hall in London. There were 3 competitors: John Barrie, Kingsley Kennerley and Sydney Lee. Unlike the main event, each match lasted six  days and was the best of 73 frames. Barrie won both his matches to qualify. Kennerley beat Lee in the other match.


1951/52 NTFL season
The 1951/52 NTFL season was the 31st season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).


1951/52 NTFL season
Buffaloes have won there 12th premiership title while defeating the Wanderers Eagles in the grand final by 14 points.


1951–1952 Massachusetts legislature
The 157th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1951 and 1952 during the governorship of Paul A. Dever. Richard I. Furbush served as president of the Senate and Tip O'Neill served as speaker of the House.


1951–52 1re série season
The 1951–52 1re série season was the 31st season of the 1re série, the top level of ice hockey in France. Seven teams participated in the league, and Chamonix Hockey Club won their 13th league title. Due to the final round being cancelled because of heavy snowfall, it was decided that a game between Chamonix Hockey Club (representing the Alpes Group) and CO Billancourt (representing the Paris Group) would be played for the championship.


1951–52 AHL season
The 1951–52 AHL season was the 16th season of the American Hockey League. Nine teams played 68 games each in the schedule. The Pittsburgh Hornets won their first F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy as West Division champions, and their first Calder Cup as league champions.


1951–52 AHL season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points;


1951–52 AHL season, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


1951–52 AHL season, Newspapers
Attendance Figures - Cincinnati Enquirer 03-19-1952, 03-21-1952, 04-04-1952, and 04-06-1952


1951–52 Aberdeen F.C. season
The 1951–52 season was Aberdeen's 40th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 42nd season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish League Division One, Scottish League Cup, and the Scottish Cup.


1951–52 Al Ahly SC season
The 1951–52 league championship was cancelled due to the revolution of 1952 and to allow the national team to prepare for the 1952 Summer Olympics. However, the Egypt Cup and the Cairo League were played normally. Al Ahly lost both tournaments to Zamalek.


1951–52 Al Ahly SC season, Cairo Zone League
Cairo league champion was decided by results of Cairo teams in national league with no separate matches for Cairo league competition.


1951–52 Al Ahly SC season, Cairo Zone League, Table, League table
(C)= Champions, Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points Source: .


1951–52 Allsvenskan, Overview
The league was contested by 12 teams, with IFK Norrköping winning the championship.


1951–52 Allsvenskan (men's handball)
The 1951–52 Allsvenskan was the 18th season of the top division of Swedish handball and the final season where the league did not determine the Swedish Champions. 10 teams competed in the league. IFK Kristianstad won the league, but the title of Swedish Champions was awarded to the winner of Svenska mästerskapet. SoIK Hellas and IK Baltichov were relegated.


1951–52 Arsenal F.C. season
The 1951–52 season was Arsenal's 32nd consecutive season in the top division of English football.


1951–52 Arsenal F.C. season, Results, FA Cup
Arsenal entered the FA Cup in the third round, in which they were drawn to face Norwich City.


1951–52 Austrian football championship, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and SK Rapid Wien won the championship.


1951–52 Baltimore Bullets season
The 1951–52 NBA season was the Bullets' 5th season in the NBA.


1951–52 Belgian First Division, Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and R.F.C. de Liège won the championship. As part of the re-organisation of Belgian football for the following season, this division was renamed Division I.


1951–52 Birmingham City F.C. season
The 1951–52 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 49th in the Football League and their 21st in the Second Division. They finished in third position in the 22-team division, missing out on promotion to Cardiff City on goal average. They entered the 1951–52 FA Cup at the third round proper and lost to Leyton Orient in the fourth.


1951–52 Birmingham City F.C. season
Twenty-three players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were fourteen different goalscorers. Goalkeeper Gil Merrick played in 43 of the 44 games over the season. Of outfield players, full-back Ken Green played in 41. Tommy Briggs was top scorer with 19 goals, of which 18 came in the league.


1951–52 Birmingham City F.C. season, Football League Second Division
Note that not all teams completed their playing season on the same day. Birmingham had been in the promotion positions since 22 March and were in second position after their last game of the season, on 26 April, but by the time the last game was played, on 3 May, Cardiff City had beaten Leeds United in their last game of the season to finish level on points with Birmingham with a better goal average.


1951–52 Blackpool F.C. season
The 1951–52 season was Blackpool F.C. 's 44th season (41st consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the top tier of English football, finishing ninth. Stan Mortensen was the club's top scorer for the eighth consecutive season, with 26 goals in all competitions.


1951–52 Boston Bruins season
The 1951–52 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 28th season in the NHL.


1951–52 Boston Celtics season
The 1951–52 Boston Celtics season was the sixth season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA).


1951–52 Bradford City A.F.C. season
The 1951–52 Bradford City A.F.C. season was the 39th in the club's history.


1951–52 Bradford City A.F.C. season
The club finished 15th in Division Three North, and reached the 2nd round of the FA Cup.


1951–52 Brentford F.C. season
During the 1951–52 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League Second Division. The Bees secured a third-consecutive top 10 finish and reached the fourth round of the FA Cup, taking Luton Town to two replays before being knocked out.


1951–52 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
After two consecutive 9th-place finishes in the Second Division, Brentford manager Jackie Gibbons elected to keep his squad together for the 1951–52 season, with former Brighton & Hove Albion utility player Frank Morrad being his only first team signing.


1951–52 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Aided by the goalscoring of full back-cum-centre forward Fred Monk, Brentford showed excellent form in the first half of the season and just five losses in the opening 21 matches put the club into the promotion places. The push for promotion was derailed during the Christmas period, after consecutive defeats to Southampton on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. A dressing room ruckus ensued between manager Gibbons on one side and half backs Ron Greenwood and Jimmy Hill on the other. The bust-up resulted in Greenwood and Hill requesting transfers, with Hill eventually moving to local rivals Fulham in March 1952 in exchange for inside forward Jimmy Bowie.


1951–52 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Centre forward Billy Dare came into goalscoring in the second half of the season, but the disruption to the Harper-Hill-Greenwood half back line (Greenwood later rescinded his transfer request) led to an increase in the number of goals conceded and Brentford drifted out of contention for promotion to finish in 10th place. Amid much fanfare, former England international Tommy Lawton was signed for a club record £16,000 fee in March 1952, but he managed to contribute only two goals in his 10 appearances. In 2010, full back Ken Horne commented that "I'm sure we could have gone up that year but the spirit completely went out the team. We'd got by on spirit. The team had been kept together for so long that they had been fighting for each other".


1951–52 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
The end of the season saw the retirement of Brentford's final two players signed prior to the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939 – goalkeeper Ted Gaskell and utility man Tom Manley. Both received a joint-testimonial in April 1954.


1951–52 British Home Championship
The 1951–52 British Home Championship was an international football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1951–52 season. In an unusual conclusion, Wales shared the championship with England, one of only four tournaments Wales would share victory in post-war. Ireland by contrast endured one of their worst championships of the period, losing all three games and failing to score. Scotland too underperformed, although their two losses were both hard-fought.


1951–52 British Home Championship
Scotland had kicked off the competition with an easy victory over Ireland in the first match. England and Wales by contrast split the points, failing to breach a 1–1 draw at Ninian Park. England exerted their authority over the Irish in their second game with a simple win, whilst Wales performed the impressive feat of beating Scotland on their home turf with a hard-won 1–0 success. The final games were tensely contested, as Wales, hoping for an England failure at Hampden Park in their final game took the play to the Irish and ran out 3–0 winners.


1951–52 British Home Championship
In Glasgow between England and Scotland, the tournament was decided by two Stan Pearson goals which gave England the victory and their half of the trophy. Had goal difference been used at this time to further separate the teams, then Wales would have won a rare individual victory, but this method of scoring was not introduced to the British Home Championship until the Seventies.


1951–52 British Ice Hockey season
The 1951–52 British Ice Hockey season featured the English National League and Scottish National League.


1951–52 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team
The 1951–52 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team represented the University of Buffalo during the 1951–52 NCAA college men's basketball season. The head coach was Malcolm S. Eiken, coaching his sixth season with the Bulls.


1951–52 Bulgarian Hockey League season
The 1951–52 Bulgarian Hockey League season was the first season of the Bulgarian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Bulgaria. Five teams participated in the league, and Cerveno Zname Sofia won the championship.


1951–52 Burmese general election
General elections were held in Burma over several months between June 1951 and April 1952 due to internal conflict within the country.


1951–52 Burmese general election
The first elections since independence, they saw the Anti- Fascist People's Freedom League (AFPFL) win 60% of the vote and 199 out of 250 seats. Voter turnout was low at 20%, as only 1.5 million voters out of an eligible 8 million participated. It was the lowest turnout for a Burmese election since the 1920s boycotts in colonial Burma.


1951–52 Cairo League
1951–52 Cairo League, the 30th Cairo League competition, Zamalek won the competition for 12th time.


1951–52 Cairo League, League table
(C)= Champions, Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points Source: .


1951–52 Cardiff City F.C. season
The 1951–52 season was Cardiff City F.C. 's 25th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing second, winning promotion to Division One.


1951–52 Cardiff City F.C. season, Season review, Welsh Cup
After a 3–1 victory over Milford United, Cardiff were eliminated in the sixth round by Merthyr Tydfil.


1951–52 Cardiff City F.C. season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1951–52 Carlisle United F.C. season
For the 1951–52 season, Carlisle United F.C. competed in Football League Third Division North.


1951–52 Celtic F.C. season
During the 1951–52 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in Scottish Division A. They finished the season in 9th place with 28 points.


1951–52 Challenge Cup
The 1951–52 Challenge Cup was the 51st staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.


1951–52 Challenge Cup, Final
Workington Town beat Featherstone Rovers 18–10 in the final played at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 19 April 1952 in front of a crowd of 72,093. Workington full-back and captain-coach Gus Risman became the oldest player to appear in a Cup final at age 41. Three Australians, Tony Paskins, John Mudge and Bevan Wilson came up with decisive plays to help relative newcomers Workington to victory. It was the club's first Challenge Cup win in their first appearance in the final. Billy Ivison, Workington Town's loose forward, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match.


1951–52 Chester F.C. season
The 1951–52 season was the 14th season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.


1951–52 Chester F.C. season
It was the club's 14th consecutive season in the Third Division North since the election to the Football League. Alongside competing in the league, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the Welsh Cup.


1951–52 Chicago Black Hawks season
The 1951–52 Chicago Black Hawks season was the team's 26th season in the NHL, and they were coming off of a horrible season in 1950–51, when they finished with an NHL worst record of 13–47–10, earning 36 points, as Chicago missed the playoffs for the fifth straight season. The Black Hawks ended the 1950–51 season winning only two of their last 43 games. In 1951–52, Chicago finished marginally better, but did not qualify for the playoffs.


1951–52 Chicago Black Hawks season, Off-season
In the off-season, the Black Hawks were involved in the largest cash deal at the time, as they gave the Detroit Red Wings $75,000 in exchange for Jim McFadden, George Gee, Jimmy Peters, Clare Martin, Clare Raglan and Max McNab.


1951–52 Chicago Black Hawks season, Regular season
The Black Hawks started the season off playing .500 hockey through their opening eight games, as they sat with a 3–3–2 record, however, the team fell into a five-game losing streak, and quickly fell out of playoff contention. Chicago would slump all season long, ending up in last place in the league for the second consecutive season with a 17–44–9 record, earning 43 points, which was a seven-point improvement on the previous season.


1951–52 Chicago Black Hawks season, Regular season
In an early season matchup (November 24) against the Detroit Red Wings at the Detroit Olympia, Black Hawks captain Jack Stewart made his return to the team after missing nearly a year of action due to a back injury. The Black Hawks defeated the powerful Red Wings 6–2 in his return. The following night in Chicago, Chicago goaltender Harry Lumley suffered a minor knee injury.


1951–52 Chicago Black Hawks season, Regular season
Team trainer Moe Roberts, who had first played in the NHL in 1925–26 with the Boston Bruins, and had not played in the league since 1933–34 with the New York Americans, was an emergency third period replacement in goal for Chicago. Roberts stopped every shot he faced to help the Hawks win the game.


1951–52 Chicago Black Hawks season, Regular season
With the team having some attendance problems, the Black Hawks decided to experiment with afternoon games, and it worked, as on January 20, 1952, the Hawks had a season high crowd of 13,600 in a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs.


1951–52 Chicago Black Hawks season, Regular season
Black Hawks forward Bill Mosienko set an NHL record during Chicago's final game of the season at Madison Square Garden in New York, as he scored 3 goals on New York Rangers goaltender Lorne Anderson in 21 seconds as Chicago defeated New York 7–6.


1951–52 Chicago Black Hawks season, Regular season
Offensively, Bill Mosienko led the team with 31 goals and 53 points, while newly acquired George Gee had a club high 31 assists, and finished second in team scoring with 49 points. Al Dewsbury led the Black Hawks blueline, scoring 7 goals and earning 24 points, while posting a team high 99 penalty minutes, while fellow defenceman Bill Gadsby also had a solid season, scoring 7 goals, registering 22 points and accumulated 87 penalty minutes.


1951–52 Chicago Black Hawks season, Regular season
In goal, Harry Lumley played in all 70 games, winning 17 of them, while posting a GAA of 3.46, and earning 2 shutouts.


1951–52 Colchester United F.C. season
The 1951–52 season was Colchester United's tenth season in their history and their second season in the Third Division South, the third tier of English football. Alongside competing in the Third Division South, the club also participated in the FA Cup. Colchester reached the third round of the FA Cup before being knocked out by Second Division side Barnsley. In the league, they bettered the previous season's 16th-placed finish by finishing 10th.


1951–52 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
Colchester's 1951–52 season began poorly, with six defeats in the opening seven games due to an injury-ravaged squad. Rooted to the foot of the table, a mid-season revival including a double over local rivals Ipswich Town eventually saw the U's finish the season 10th in the final standings.


1951–52 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
Vic Keeble became Colchester's first export that commanded a high transfer fee when he moved to First Division Newcastle United for a £15,000 fee in January 1952. Despite his mid-season sale, Keeble remained the top scorer for the U's with 17 goals. Manager Jimmy Allen signed Kevin McCurley from Liverpool for £750 as a replacement for Keeble in March 1952. He scored six times in eleven games during the final two months of the campaign.


1951–52 Colchester United F.C. season, Squad statistics, Player debuts
Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.


1951–52 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team
The 1951–52 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1951–52 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 20–7 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Yankee Conference, where they ended the season with a 6–1 record. They were the Yankee Conference regular season champions. The Huskies played their home games at Hawley Armory in Storrs, Connecticut, and were led by sixth-year head coach Hugh Greer.


1951–52 Copa Federación de España
The Copa Federación de España 1951–52 was the 4th staging (old competition) of the Copa Federación de España, a knockout competition for Spanish football clubs in Segunda División and Tercera División.


1951–52 Copa Federación de España
The competition began on 20 April 1952 and ended with the final on 15 June 1952, where Jaén became champion after defeating Orensana.


1951–52 Copa Federación de España, Qualified teams
The following teams competed in the 1951–52 Copa Federación de España:


1951–52 Copa México
The Copa México 1951–52 was the 36th edition of the Copa México; the 9th edition in the professional era.


1951–52 Copa México
The competition started on February 17, 1952, and concluded on April 6, 1952, with the final match that give to the team Atlante the trophy for the third time.


1951–52 Copa México
This edition was played only by 12 teams, however León did not enter because was the base of Mexico national team in the Panamerican Championship hosted in Chile from 16 March to 20 April; which was replaced by La Piedad (Second Division Champions). The competition was first played in a regional group stage and group winners advanced into a final group stage to determine an overall winner.


1951–52 Copa México, Final stage
All the matches played in Estadio Olímpico Ciudad de los Deportes, Mexico City


1951–52 Cypriot Cup
The 1951–52 Cypriot Cup was the 15th edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 8 clubs entered the competition. It began on 9 March 1952 with the quarterfinals and concluded on 6 April 1952 with the final which was held at GSP Stadium. Çetinkaya Türk won their 1st Cypriot Cup trophy after beating Pezoporikos 4–1 in the final.


1951–52 Cypriot Cup, Format
In the 1951–52 Cypriot Cup, participated all the teams of the Cypriot First Division.


1951–52 Cypriot Cup, Format
The competition consisted of three knock-out rounds. In all rounds each tie was played as a single leg and was held at the home ground of the one of the two teams, according to the draw results. Each tie winner was qualifying to the next round. If a match was drawn, extra time was following. If extra time was drawn, there was a replay match.


1951–52 Cypriot First Division
Statistics of the Cypriot First Division for the 1951–52 season.


1951–52 Cypriot First Division, Overview
It was contested by 8 teams, and APOEL F.C. won the championship.


1951–52 Czechoslovak Extraliga season
The 1951–52 Czechoslovak Extraliga season was the ninth season of the Czechoslovak Extraliga, the top level of ice hockey in Czechoslovakia. 18 teams participated in the league, and ZSJ Vitkovicke zelezamy won the championship.


1951–52 DDR-Oberliga
The 1951–52 DDR-Oberliga was the third season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.


1951–52 DDR-Oberliga
The league was contested by 19 teams and BSG Turbine Halle won the championship, the club's second one after 1949.


1951–52 DDR-Oberliga
Rudolf Krause of BSG Chemie Leipzig and Kurt Weißenfels of Lokomotive Stendal were the league's joint top scorer with 27 goals each. The season also saw the most goals ever scored in the history of the Oberliga with 1,233, 55 goals more than the previous one.


1951–52 DDR-Oberliga
The 1951–52 season saw the highest spectator number of any DDR-Oberliga season with a total of 3,620,000, in line with the record number of season games played, 342.


1951–52 DDR-Oberliga, Table
The 1951–52 season saw two newly promoted clubs, Wismut Aue and Motor Wismar while SV VP Vorwärts Leipzig was newly formed and admitted to the league. SV VP Vorwärts Leipzig would change its name to SV Vorwärts der HVA Leipzig later in the season.


1951–52 DDR-Oberliga (ice hockey) season
The 1951–52 DDR-Oberliga season was the fourth season of the DDR-Oberliga, the top level of ice hockey in East Germany. Seven teams participated in the league, and Chemie Weißwasser won the championship.


1951–52 Danish 1st Division, Overview
It was contested by 10 teams, and Akademisk Boldklub won the championship.


1951–52 Detroit Red Wings season
The 1951–52 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 26th season. The highlight of the Red Wings season was winning the Stanley Cup.


1951–52 Detroit Red Wings season, Playoffs, Roster
Terry Sawchuk, Bob Goldham, Benny Woit, Red Kelly, Leo Reise, Marcel Pronovost, Ted Lindsay, Tony Leswick, Gordie Howe, Metro Prystai, Marty Pavelich, Sid Abel (captain), Glen Skov, Alex Delvecchio, John Wilson, Vic Stasiuk, Larry Zeidel, Jack Adams (manager), Tommy Ivan (coach), Carl Mattson (trainer)


1951–52 Detroit Red Wings season, Player statistics, Playoffs
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average;  SO = Shutouts;


1951–52 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
The 1951–52 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel Institute of Technology during the 1951–52 men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 3rd year head coach Harold Kollar, played their home games at Curtis Hall Gym, aside from 3 of their final 4 home games which were played at Sayre High School, and were members of the Southern division of the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC).


1951–52 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
In the 1951–52 season, Dan Promislo averaged 15.2 rebounds per game (288 in 19 games), settings a team record.


1951–52 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
The 1951–52 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University during the 1951–52 men's college basketball season. The head coach was Harold Bradley, coaching his second season with the Blue Devils. The team finished with an overall record of 24–6.


1951–52 Dumbarton F.C. season
The 1951–52 season was the 68th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League, the Scottish Cup, the Scottish League Cup, the Supplementary Cup, and the Festival of Britain Quaich. In addition Dumbarton competed in the Stirlingshire Cup.


1951–52 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish League
Another slow start to the league campaign, with only a single win from 9 attempts, meant that Dumbarton were never seen as challengers for the title but improving performances during the season resulted in a mid-table 10th-place finish with 28 points, 16 behind champions Clyde.


1951–52 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish Cup
In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton lost to Falkirk in the third round.


1951–52 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish League Cup
Qualification from the League Cup sectional games was again unfruitful, with Dumbarton finishing 4th and last, recording a win and a draw from their 6 games.


1951–52 Dumbarton F.C. season, Supplementary Cup
After a year's absence, the Supplementary Cup returned for one last season, with Dumbarton reaching the second round before losing out to Alloa Athletic.


1951–52 Dumbarton F.C. season, Festival of Britain St Mungo Quaich
The season started brightly, with Dumbarton winning their first national silverware in 41 years, by triumphing in the St Mungo Quaich - a competition for B Division sides to celebrate the Festival of Britain.


1951–52 Dumbarton F.C. season, Stirlingshire Cup
In the Stirlingshire Cup, Falkirk defeated Dumbarton in the semi final.


1951–52 Dumbarton F.C. season, Player statistics, International
Andy Tait and Duncan Smith were selected to play for the Scottish League B XI against the Irish League B side on 15 April 1952 - Smith scored one of the goals in the 6-0 win.


1951–52 Dumbarton F.C. season, Reserve team
Dumbarton played a reserve team in Division C (South West) and finished 12th out of 16, recording 11 wins and 4 draws from 30 matches. Note that in addition to the reserve sides of the bigger Division A teams in South and West Scotland, the first teams of East Stirlingshire (relegated from Division B three seasons previously) and Stranraer also competed in this league.


1951–52 Dumbarton F.C. season, Reserve team
In the Second XI Cup, Dumbarton lost in the second round to Dundee United.


1951–52 Dumbarton F.C. season, Reserve team
Finally in the Reserve League Cup, Dumbarton could only manage a win and a draw from their 6 sectional matches and failed to progress to the knock-out stages.


1951–52 Dundee F.C. season
The 1951–52 season was the fiftieth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division A, where the club would finish in 8th place.


1951–52 Dundee F.C. season
Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. Dundee would find great success in the cups in this season, coming close to winning the double. After just barely qualifying out from the group stage, Dundee would make it to the League Cup Final where they would defeat Rangers by the score of 3–2, with captain Alf Boyd scoring a 90th-minute header from a Billy Steel free kick to secure the club's second major honour in its history, in front of a crowd of 92,325. Dundee would grace Hampden Park again for the Scottish Cup Final, but failed in their bid to win both cups in a comprehensive defeat to Motherwell. The attendance for this final is a Scottish record for any game not involving either of the Old Firm.


1951–52 Dundee United F.C. season
The 1951–52 season was the 44th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1951 to 30 June 1952. United finished in fifteenth place in the Second Division.


1951–52 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results
Dundee United played a total of 41 competitive matches during the 1951–52 season.


1951–52 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results, Legend
All results are written with Dundee United's score first. Own goals in italics


1951–52 English National League season
The 1951–52 English National League season was the 11th season of the English National League, the top level ice hockey league in England. Six teams participated in the league, and the Wembley Lions won the championship.


1951–52 European Rugby League Championship
The 1951–52 European Rugby League Championship was played from September 1951 to April 1952 and featured six games in which the Wales, France, Other Nationalities and England rugby league teams each played each other once. This was the twelfth competition and was won for the fourth time by France


1951–52 Everton F.C. season
During the 1951–52 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.


1951–52 Everton F.C. season, Final League Table
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points


1951–52 FA Cup
The 1951–52 FA Cup was the 71st season of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Newcastle United won the competition for the fifth time, beating Arsenal 1–0 in the final at Wembley.


1951–52 FA Cup
Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. Some matches, however, might be rescheduled for other days if there were clashes with games for other competitions or the weather was inclement. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played.


1951–52 FA Cup, First round proper
At this stage clubs from the Football League Third Division North and South joined those non-league clubs having come through the qualifying rounds (except Bishop Auckland and Bromley, who given byes to this round). Matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 24 November 1951. Eight were drawn and went to replays, with three of these going to second replays.


1951–52 FA Cup, Second Round Proper
The matches were played on Saturday, 15 December 1951. Seven matches were drawn, with replays taking place later the same week. Three of these replays went to a second replay, with the Tranmere Rovers–Blyth Spartans game going to a third.


1951–52 FA Cup, Third round proper
The 44 First and Second Division clubs entered the competition at this stage. The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 12 January 1952. Nine matches were drawn and went to replays, with one of these going to a second replay.


1951–52 FA Cup, Fourth round proper
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 2 February 1952, with the exception of two postponed matches. Three games were drawn and went to replays, which were all played in the following midweek match. One of these then went to a second replay before being settled.


1951–52 FA Cup, Fifth round proper
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 23 February 1952. The Leeds United–Chelsea game went to two replays before Chelsea won the tie.


1951–52 FA Cup, Sixth round proper
The four Sixth Round ties were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 8 March 1952. There were no replays.


1951–52 FA Cup, Semi-Finals
The semi-final matches were intended to be played on Saturday, 29 March 1952, although the Chelsea–Arsenal fixture was not played until the week after. Both matches went to a replay, with Arsenal and Newcastle United eventually winning their ties to meet in the final at Wembley.


1951–52 FA Cup, Final
The 1952 FA Cup Final took place at Wembley Stadium. It was contested between cup holders Newcastle United and Arsenal. Newcastle won 1–0 with a late goal from Chilean striker George Robledo


1951–52 FA Cup qualifying rounds
The FA Cup 1951–52 is the 71st season of the world's oldest football knockout competition; The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short. The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down the English football league system meant that the competition started with a number of preliminary and qualifying rounds. The 30 victorious teams from the Fourth Round Qualifying progressed to the First Round Proper.


1951–52 FA Cup qualifying rounds, 4th qualifying round
The teams that given byes to this round are New Brighton, Yeovil Town, Leytonstone, Cheltenham Town, Guildford City, Chelmsford City, Gainsborough Trinity, Stockton, Walthamstow Avenue, Dartford, Witton Albion, Weymouth, North Shields, Rhyl, Bromsgrove Rovers, Merthyr Tydfil, Hereford United, Grantham, Peterborough United, Scarborough, Ashington, Wigan Athletic, Nelson and Hendon.


1951–52 FA Cup qualifying rounds, 1951–52 FA Cup
See 1951–52 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the First Round Proper onwards.


1951–52 FC Basel season
The 1951–52 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 58th season in their existence. It was their sixth season in Nationalliga A the top flight of Swiss football following their promotion from the Nationalliga B in the season 1945–46. Basel played their home games in the Landhof, in the Quarter Kleinbasel. Jules Düblin was the club's chairman for the sixth successive season.


1951–52 FC Basel season, Overview
Ernst Hufschmid, who had functioned as player-coach the previous four seasons, continued as team manager this season. Basel played a total of 42 games in this season. Of these 26 games were in the domestic league, five games were in the Swiss Cup and eleven were test games. The test games resulted with four victories, two were drawn and five ended with defeats. In total, including the test games and the cup competition, they won 22 games, drew five and lost 15 times. In the 42 games they scored 123 and conceded 87 goals.


1951–52 FC Basel season, Overview
The newly built stadium Landhof was opened on the weekend of 18 and 19 August 1951. There were larger spectator stands, new meeting rooms, changing rooms and a brand new restaurant. The buildings had cost 700,000 Swiss Francs and had taken two years to complete, during this time the team had to play all their games at the Stadion Schützenmatte. The pitch had been newly laid out and its opening was accompanied by a two-day international football tournament, competed by Austrian team First Vienna, French team Sochaux-Montbéliard and Swiss teams Grasshopper Club Zürich.


1951–52 FC Basel season, Overview
On both days there were over six thousand people celebrating the big party, even though their team lost 2–3 against Vienna and even 1–7 against Sochaux. It was a big hope that these new conditions would also change the fortunes of the club to the better, because nearly 60 years had passed since the club's foundation without a championship. The Basel fans were becoming frustrated, because 36 of the first 52 championships had gone to the cities of Zürich, Geneva or Bern. Even small towns such as Aarau, Neuchâtel, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Lugano, Bellinzona, Biel/Bienne, Winterthur and St. Gallen had been able to celebrate a championship. The championship had still had never been won by a team from Basel.


1951–52 FC Basel season, Overview
As in the previous seasons, there were fourteen teams contesting in the 1951–52 Nationalliga A and the bottom two teams in the league table were to be relegated. Basel played a good start to the season. They won the first six games straight off. But they lost four of the next five games and slipped in the league table. However, winning the last three games before and the first three games after the winter break, they were again in contention for the league championship.


1951–52 FC Basel season, Overview
Suddenly, towards the end of the season, they lost five games in a row and lost contact to the table top. At the end of the season Basel finished in fourth position, seven points behind the new champions Grasshopper Club. The hopeful fans were again frustrated by this fact. The team Basel had won 14 games, drew three games and were defeated nine times. The team scored 68 goals and conceded 47 as they obtained their 31 points. Josef "Seppe" Hügi was team's and the league's best goal scorer with 24 league goals. Walter Bannwart was the team's second-best goal getter with 10 goals. Paul Stöcklin scored nine times, René Bader and Hans Hügi both scored seven times.


1951–52 FC Basel season, Overview
Basel started in the 3rd principal round of the Swiss Cup on 4 November 1951 with a home game against lower tier Wettingen and won 7–0. In the next round against Nationalliga A team Locarno they won 3–2 and again in the following round against Nationalliga A team Chiasso by three goals to one. In the quarter finals Basel beat Servette and faced Grasshopper Club in the semi-final. The Grasshoppers won this game in the Landhof and progressed to the final, in which they beat Lugano and thus won the double.


1951–52 FC Basel season, Players
The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1950–51. The list includes players that were in the squad on the day that the Nationalliga A season started on 3 September 1950 but subsequently left the club after that date.


1951–52 FC Basel season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1951–52 FK Partizan season
The 1951–52 season was the 6th season in FK Partizan's existence. This article shows player statistics and matches that the club played during the 1951–52 season.


1951–52 Football League
The 1951–52 season was the 53rd completed season of The Football League.


1951–52 Football League, Final league tables
The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at  website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.


1951–52 Football League, Final league tables
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.


1951–52 Football League, Final league tables
From the 1922–23 season, the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South were required to apply for re-election.


1951–52 Football League, First Division
After the title disappointments of the previous five seasons, Manchester United finally ended their 41-year wait for the First Division title, finishing four points ahead of their nearest rivals, Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal.


1951–52 Football League, First Division
Huddersfield Town and Fulham were relegated to the Second Division.


1951–52 Fort Wayne Pistons season
The 1951–52 NBA season was the Pistons' fourth season in the NBA and 11th season as a franchise.


1951–52 French Division 1
OGC Nice won Division 1 season 1951/1952 of the French Association Football League with 46 points.


1951–52 French Division 1, Final table
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1952/1953


1951–52 French Division 2, Overview
It was contested by 18 teams, and Stade Français won the championship.


1951–52 French Rugby Union Championship
The 1951-52 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 64 teams divided in 8 pools. Thirty-two teams were qualified to play a second phase with eight pools of four clubs. The best two from each pool were qualified to play the "last 16".


1951–52 French Rugby Union Championship
The Championship was won by Lourdes beating l'Perpignan in the final.


1951–52 French Rugby Union Championship, Context
In 1952,  France, was threatened with exclusion from the Five Nation Championship responsible by the British of "professionalism".


1951–52 French Rugby Union Championship, Context
To avoid this sanction, the French Federation promised to abolish the championship and created a list of players accused of professionalism including Jean Dauger, Robert Soro and Maurice Siman.


1951–52 French Rugby Union Championship, Context
The exclusion was avoided but the championship is maintained cause the pressure of the clubs.


1951–52 French Rugby Union Championship, Context
FFR in any case decided to reduce the number of matches played during the season, cancelling the Coupe de France.


1951–52 French Rugby Union Championship, Context
For the first (and last) time, the club excluded from the qualification round, played a consolation tournament called Coupe Cyril-Rutherford in memory of a French rugby pioneer.


1951–52 French Rugby Union Championship, Context
The 1952 Five Nations Championship was won by Wales, France finished fourth.


1951–52 French Rugby Union Championship, Context
France won the first edition of European Cup', beating Italy in the final.


1951–52 French Rugby Union Championship, Second qualification round
The teams qualifying for the "last 16" phase are in bold


1951–52 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
The 1951–52 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1951–52 NCAA college basketball season. Francis "Buddy" O'Grady coached it in his third and final season as head coach. The team was an independent and played its home games at McDonough Gymnasium on the Georgetown campus in Washington, D.C. It finished the season with a record of 15-10 and had no postseason play.


1951–52 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The 1951–52 team was the first to play its home games at McDonough Gymnasium, marking the first time the Georgetown men's basketball team played on campus since the 1926-27 team used Ryan Gymnasium as its home court. It played its first game at McDonough on December 7, 1951 – the day before a ribbon-cutting ceremony officially opened the new gymnasium – against Fordham. Although the Hoyas lost the game, the 1951–52 team went on to post an 11-1 home record during McDonough's inaugural season – the first of 29 winning home records during the 30 seasons Georgetown played its home games there.


1951–52 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Junior center Bill Bolger had a standout year. Playing in all 25 games, he scored in double figures 20 times, including 25 against Dayton and 29 against Wake Forest. His late-season 38 points against Mount St. Mary's on February 27, 1952, set a new Georgetown single-game scoring record. He scored 435 points during the year – also a school record – and his 17.4 points per game was the highest average by a Georgetown player in 34 years.


1951–52 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Junior guard Barry Sullivan was the team's point guard and other big scoring threat, and he and Bolger averaged a combined 32 points per game. Playing in 22 games, Sullivan himself led the team in scoring in ten of them, with a 26-point game against Princeton and 25 each against Pittsburgh and George Washington. He recovered from late-season injuries to average 21 points per game in the last two games of the season, and he made the winning basket in Georgetown's 72-70 defeat of George Washington in the final game of the year. Sullivan left school at the end of the year for two years of United States Army service in Korea during the Korean War and did not return to Georgetown, instead later completing his undergraduate studies at Columbia.


1951–52 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Junior center Hugh Beins averaged 8.7 points per game for the second straight season, appearing in all 25 games and scoring in double figures 10 times. His most notable performances were a 15-point game against Catholic in which Georgetown broke a three-game losing streak and 12 points in Georgetown's only victory over La Salle between 1948 and 1955.


1951–52 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Sophomore guard Lou Gigante backed up Sullivan this season, but showed his potential for the future, coming off the bench to average 6.2 points per game, highlighted by 21 points against Richmond and 18 against Maryland in back-to-back performances in February 1952. He also demonstrated defensive prowess. He would become the team's starting point guard after Sullivan's departure.


1951–52 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
O'Grady's previous two Georgetown teams had struggled, but the 1951–52 team finished with a record of 15-10, his most successful team and the highest win total for a Hoya team between the 1946-47 and 1963-64 seasons. Although it was not invited to a post-season tournament, its performance and the team's move to an on-campus venue for its home games combined to create a sense of optimism in and around the program about its prospects for the future. Despite this, O'Grady resigned at the end of the season, departing with an overall record of 35-36, one winning season, and no post-season tournament appearances during his three-year tenure.


1951–52 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The 1951–52 team was not ranked in the Top 20 in the Associated Press Poll or Top 30 in the Coaches' Poll at any time.


1951–52 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, 1951–52 schedule and results
It had been a common practice for many years for colleges and universities to include non-collegiate opponents in their schedules, with the games recognized as part of their official record for the season, and the March 2, 1952, game against the New York Athletic Club therefore counted as part of Georgetown's won-loss record for 1951–52. Later in 1952, however, after the end of the season, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ruled that colleges and universities could no longer count games played against non-collegiate opponents in their annual won-loss records. Although Georgetown scheduled games against the New York Athletic Club during the regular season up until the 1961-62 season, those after the 1951–52 season were only exhibition games. The March 2, 1952, game thus became the last one against a non-collegiate opponent to count as part of Georgetown's regular season.


1951–52 Greek Football Cup
The 1951–52 Greek Football Cup was the 10th edition of the Greek Football Cup. The competition culminated with the Greek Cup Final, replayed at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, on 15 June 1952, because of the previous match (1 June) draw. The match was contested by Olympiacos and Panionios, with Olympiacos winning by 2–0.


1951–52 Greek Football Cup, Final
The 10th Greek Cup Final was played twice at the Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.


1951–52 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season
During the 1951–52 season Hearts competed in the Scottish First Division, the Scottish Cup, the Scottish League Cup, the St Mungo Cup and the East of Scotland Shield.


1951–52 Hibernian F.C. season
During the 1951–52 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came first out of 16 clubs in the Scottish First Division.


1951–52 Honduran Amateur League
The 1951-52 Honduran Amateur League was the fifth edition of the Honduran Amateur League, Sula de La Lima defeated F.C. Motagua 4–3 in the final match played in San Pedro Sula. The season ran from 2 September 1951 to 30 March 1952.


1951–52 Honduran Amateur League, Regional champions
For the first time the department of Valle included a team to participate in the national championship.


1951–52 Honduran Amateur League, National championship round
Played in a double round-robin format between the regional champions. Also known as the Pentagonal.


1951–52 Hong Kong First Division League
The 1951–52 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 41st since its establishment.


1951–52 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season
Huddersfield Town's 1951–52 campaign was Town's 32nd consecutive season in the 1st Division, but relegation would send Town to the 2nd Division since the 1919–20 season. Under the leadership of George Stephenson, Town recorded some of their worst ever results in their history, including 7–1 defeats by Wolverhampton Wanderers and Sunderland, as well as a 6–2 defeat by Newcastle United.


1951–52 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the start of the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1951–52 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
Since the end of World War II, Town's league form was in dire need of a boost, but unfortunately George Stephenson's team would soon find out the hard way that staying in Division 1 would be harder than even he imagined. Things weren't made easier with dreadful results against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Preston North End, Newcastle United and Sunderland.


1951–52 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
Stephenson would leave Leeds Road in March and would be replaced by Stockport County manager Andy Beattie before the end of the season. Town finished in 21st place with 28 points, 3 points behind 20th placed Stoke City.


1951–52 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the end of the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1951–52 IHL season
The 1951–52 IHL season was the seventh season of the International Hockey League, a North American minor professional league. Five teams participated in the regular season, and the Toledo Mercurys won the Turner Cup.


1951–52 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The 1951–52 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1951–52 NCAA college basketball season. Members of the Pacific Coast Conference, the Vandals were led by fifth-year head coach Charles Finley and played their home games on campus at Memorial Gymnasium in Moscow, Idaho.


1951–52 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The Vandals were 19–13 overall and 9–7 in conference play.


1951–52 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
In early January, Idaho upset the third-ranked Washington Huskies at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle.


1951–52 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
The 1951–52 Illinois Fighting Illini men’s basketball team represented the University of Illinois.


1951–52 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
The 1951-52 Fighting Illini men's basketball team had reached a level of national prominence that was only bettered by the 1914-15 national championship team. Head coach Harry Combes had guided his team to a Big Ten championship, a third place finish in the 1952 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and a final AP ranking of No. 2 in the nation. Combes was beginning to build a dynasty in Champaign with 3 Big Ten Championships and 3 third place finishes in the NCAA tournament in his first 5 years at the helm.


1951–52 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
The 1951-52 season not only brought Illinois another Big Ten title, it also introduced John Kerr, a center from Tilden Tech in Chicago. He began his three-year reign as Illinois’ top scorer with a sophomore-record 357 points. The Illini recorded a 22-4 overall mark and went 12-2 in the conference. Once again, Illinois advanced to the national semifinals and ran into underdog St. John’s. The Redmen fought their way to a 61-59 victory in the NCAA’s first Final Four, in Seattle. Illinois took another third-place award home after beating Santa Clara, 67-64, behind 26 points by Kerr. At the conclusion of the tournament, Kerr and James Bredar were named to the Final Four All-Tournament team. Subsequently, at the conclusion of the season, Rodney Fletcher was named a Consensus 1st team All-American.


1951–52 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
The starting lineup for the season included captain Rodney Fletcher, James Bredar and Irving Bemoras at guard, Clive Follmer at the forward slot with Robert Peterson and, future hall of famer Johnny "Red" Kerr at the center position. The team also included former University of Minnesota head coach Jim Dutcher.


1951–52 Indian general election
General elections were held in India between 25 October 1951 and 21 February 1952. They were the first elections to the Lok Sabha after independence in August 1947. It was conducted under the provisions of the Indian Constitution, which was adopted on 26 November 1949. Elections to most of the state legislatures took place simultaneously.


1951–52 Indian general election
A total of 1,949 candidates competed for 489 seats in the Lok Sabha. More than 173 million people out of an overall population of about 360 million were eligible to vote, making it the largest election conducted at the time. Voter turnout was 45.7%.


1951–52 Indian general election
The Indian National Congress (INC) won a landslide victory, winning 364 of the 489 seats and 45% of the total votes polled. This was over four times as many votes as the second-largest party. Jawaharlal Nehru became the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the country.


1951–52 Indian general election, Background
India has a parliamentary system of government, where the Cabinet, headed by a Prime Minister, forms the de facto executive. Unlike most countries, the elections are conducted by an independent constitutional body, the Election Commission of India. Sukumar Sen was the first election commissioner of India.


1951–52 Indian general election, Background
After the adoption of the constitution on 26 November 1949, the Constituent Assembly continued to act as the interim parliament. The interim cabinet was headed by Jawaharlal Nehru and consisted of 15 members from diverse communities and parties. Various members of this cabinet resigned from their posts and formed their own parties to contest the elections.


1951–52 Indian general election, Background
A total of 173,212,343	voters were registered (excluding Jammu and Kashmir) out of a population of 361,088,090 according to the 1951 Census of India. All Indian citizens over the age of 21 were eligible to vote.


1951–52 Indian general election, Background
Each candidate was allotted a differently-coloured ballot box at the polling booth, on which each candidate's name and symbol were written. 16,500 clerks were appointed on a contract of six months to type and collate the electorate rolls and 380,000 reams of paper were used for printing the rolls.


1951–52 Indian general election, Background
Due to the harsh climate and challenging logistics, the election was held in 68 phases. A total of 196,084 polling booths were set up, of which 27,527 booths were reserved for women. All states except Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir voted in February–March 1952; no polls were held for Lok Sabha seats in Kashmir until 1967. Himachal Pradesh voted in 1951 for the first Lok Sabha; the weather there tends to be inclement in February and March, heavy snow impending free movement. The first votes of the election were cast in the tehsil (district) of Chini in Himachal Pradesh.


1951–52 Indian general election, Background
Voters elected 489 members to the lower house of the Parliament of India. These were allotted across 401 constituencies in 25 Indian states. There were 314 constituencies electing one member using the first-past-the-post system. 86 constituencies elected two members, one from the general category and one from Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes. There was one constituency with three elected representatives. These multi-seat constituencies were present to fulfill the reservations granted to backward sections of the society by the Constitution. They were later abolished in the 1960s.


1951–52 Indian general election, Background
The Constitution at this time also provided for two Anglo-Indian members to be nominated by the President of India.


1951–52 Indian general election, Political parties
A total of 53 parties and 533 independents contested the 489 seats in the election. Two former cabinet colleagues of Nehru established separate political parties to challenge the INC's supremacy. While Syama Prasad Mukherjee went on to found the Jana Sangh in October 1951, first Law Minister B. R. Ambedkar revived the Scheduled Castes Federation (which was later named the Republican Party).


1951–52 Indian general election, Political parties
Other parties which started coming to the forefront included the Kisan Mazdoor Praja Parishad, whose prime mover was Acharya Kripalani; the Socialist Party, which had Ram Manohar Lohia and Jayaprakash Narayan's leadership to boast of; and the Communist Party of India. However, these smaller parties were unable to make an electoral stand against the Indian National Congress.


1951–52 Indian general election, Government formation
The speaker of the first Lok Sabha was Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar. The first Lok Sabha also witnessed 677 sittings (3,784 hours), the highest recorded count of the number of sitting hours. The Lok Sabha lasted its full term from 17 April 1952 until 4 April 1957.


1951–52 Indian general election, Notable losses
First Law Minister B. R. Ambedkar was defeated in the Bombay (North Central)  constituency as Scheduled Castes Federation candidate by his little-known former assistant and Congress Candidate Narayan Sadoba Kajrolkar, who polled 1,38,137 votes compared to Ambedkar's 1,23,576 votes. Ambedkar then entered the parliament as a Rajya Sabha member. He contested a by-poll from Bhandara in 1954 in another attempt to enter the Lok Sabha, but again lost to Borkar of Congress.


1951–52 Indian general election, Notable losses
Acharya Kripalani lost from Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh as a KMPP candidate, but his wife Sucheta Kripalani defeated the Congress candidate Manmohini Sahgal in Delhi.


1951–52 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The 1951–52 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Branch McCracken, who was in his 11th year. The team played its home games in The Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.


1951–52 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 16–6 and a conference record of 9–5, finishing 4th in the Big Ten Conference. Indiana was not invited to participate in any postseason tournament.


1951–52 Indianapolis Olympians season
The 1951–52 NBA season was the Olympians' 3rd season in the NBA.


1951–52 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team
The 1951–52 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa in intercollegiate basketball during the 1951–52 season. The team was led by first-year head coach Bucky O'Connor and played their home games at the Iowa Field House. The Hawkeyes finished the season with a 19–3 record (11–3 in Big Ten) and in second place in the Big Ten standings.


1951–52 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
The 1951–52 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 1951-52 NCAA College men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Clay Sutherland, who was in his fifth season with the Cyclones. They played their home games at the Iowa State Armory in Ames, Iowa.


1951–52 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
They finished the season 10–11, 4–8 in Big Seven play to finish in a tie for fourth place.


1951–52 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
The February 11 home game against Kansas marked the first ever live telecast of an Iowa State basketball home game. WOI-TV broadcast the game in central Iowa.


1951–52 Iraq FA Baghdad First Division
The 1951–52 Iraq FA Baghdad First Division was the fourth season of the Iraq Central FA League (the top division of football in Baghdad and its neighbouring cities from 1948 to 1973). Al-Haris Al-Maliki won their third consecutive league title.


1951–52 Iraq FA Baghdad First Division
For the first time, the Civil Cantonment (CC) select team from Habbaniya participated in the competition. In January 1952, they defeated Al-Haris Al-Maliki 5–2 at Al-Kashafa Stadium with a hat-trick from Aram Karam. They later played Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Malikiya with the match ending in a draw after extra time. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Malikiya won the replay 5–2.


1951–52 Irish League
The Irish League in season 1951–52 comprised 12 teams, and Glenavon won the championship.


1951–52 Israel State Cup
The 1951–52 Israel State Cup (Hebrew: גביע המדינה, Gvia HaMedina) was the 16th season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition and the first after the Israeli Declaration of Independence.


1951–52 Israel State Cup
The final was held at the Basa Stadium on 7 June 1952, between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Petah Tikva, and latter won 1–0 to win its second cup.


1951–52 Israel State Cup, Results, First round
14 of the 15 Liga Gimel (3rd tier) clubs which had registered to play in the cup competed in the first round (the 15th, Hapoel Beit Oren received a bye to the second round). Matches were held on 24 November 1951.


1951–52 Israel State Cup, Results, Second Round
All 28 Liga Bet (2nd tier) clubs joined the 8 Liga Gimel club, qualified from the first round. Matches were played on 8 December 1951. The replays were played on 5 January 1952, after a few Saturdays of torrential rain, which prevented any football activity.


1951–52 Israel State Cup, Results, Third Round
The 18 qualified teams were joined by the 12 Liga Alef clubs. Most matches were held on  26 January 1952, with three, of Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Petah Tikva postponed to 16 February 1952, since players of these clubs were with an IDF XI team on a tour in Cyprus.


1951–52 Israel State Cup, Results, Fourth Round
The 15 qualifiers from the third round were divided into 7 ties, with Maccabi Rishon LeZion receiving a bye to the quarter-finals. Matches were played on 23 February 1952, with the tie between Hapoel Haifa and Hapoel Tel Aviv going into a double replay, played on 1 March 1952 and 8 March 1952. The second replay between the teams were abandoned midway through the second half, with Hapoel Tel Aviv leading 2–0, after a Hapoel player was sent off, and the crowd stormed the pitch. The IFA ordered the teams to play the 23 minutes left in the game on a neutral pitch. Hapoel Haifa appealed the decision, and when the appeal was denied, resigned from the competition.


1951–52 Israel State Cup, Results, Quarter-finals
Matches were played on 8 March 1952, except for the tie between Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Ramat Gan, which was delayed until the fourth round tie between Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Haifa was resolved, and played on 12 April 1952.


1951–52 Israel State Cup, Results, Semi-finals
The first semi-final, between Hapoel Petah Tikva and Maccabi Tel Aviv was played on 22 March 1952. The second was delayed for over two months and was finally played on 24 May 1952.


1951–52 Isthmian League
The 1951–52 season was the 37th in the history of the Isthmian League, an English football competition.


1951–52 Isthmian League
Leytonstone were champions for the third season in a row, winning their eighth Isthmian League title. At the end of the season Tufnell Park Edmonton resigned from the league and switched to the Spartan League.


1951–52 Juventus F.C. season
During the 1951–52 season Juventus Football Club competed in Serie A and the Latin Cup.


1951–52 Juventus F.C. season, Summary
The bianconero club saw a moving summer due to disagreements between Juventus chairman and manager Carver, who exploded in an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport just before the preseason in August, demanding the selling of the Hansen brothers, John and Præst, and buying Benito Lorenzi from Inter. The response of chairman Gianni Agnelli was the dismissal of the English manager. The team new replacement was Hungarian György Sárosi, with contract in the United States until December; meanwhile, Gianpiero Combi and Luigi Bertolini were interim managers.


1951–52 Juventus F.C. season, Summary
During the Serie A season, Hansen scored 30 goals, earning him the "Capocannoniere" Italian top goal-scorer title, along with the squad reaching a massive total of 98 goals scored and helping Juventus to win its 9th domestic title.


1951–52 Juventus F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1951–52 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
The 1951–52 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in the 1951–52 NCAA men's basketball season, which was the Jayhawks' 54th. They were led by legendary coach Phog Allen in his 35th season overall, 33rd consecutive. He guided Kansas to its first NCAA Tournament championship, their 3rd National Championship overall, behind center Clyde Lovellette, who scored 33 points and grabbed 17 rebounds in an 80-63 victory over St. John's in the title game.


1951–52 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
Lovellette became the only player in NCAA history to lead the nation in scoring while leading his team to the national championship in the same season. Also on the team was Dean Smith, who later went on to a Hall of Fame coaching career at North Carolina. Seven members of the team, as well as Allen, would be named to the 1952 United States men's Olympic basketball team.


1951–52 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
The 1951–52 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented University of Kentucky. The head coach was Adolph Rupp. The team was a member of the Southeast Conference and played their home games at Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Kentucky. The Wildcats finished the season with a 29–3 (14–0 SEC) record.


1951–52 La Liga
The 1951–52 La Liga was the 21st season since its establishment. The season started on 9 September 1951 and finished on 13 April 1952. Barcelona achieved their fifth title.


1951–52 La Liga, Team locations
Las Palmas and Atlético Tetuán made their debut in La Liga. The former became the first team from the Canary Islands to play in the top tier while the latter, as Tetouan were part of the Spanish protectorate in Morocco, were the first team based in the continental Africa to play in a European top division.


1951–52 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team
The 1951–52 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team represented La Salle University. The Explorers would win the 1952 National Invitation Tournament.


1951–52 Lancashire Cup
The 1951–52 Lancashire Cup was the thirty-ninth occasion on which rugby league's Lancashire Cup completion was held. It was won by Wigan who defeated Leigh in the final.


1951–52 Lancashire Cup, Background
Overall, the number of teams entering this year’s competition remained the same as last year’s total of 14. The same pre-war fixture format was retained. This season saw no bye but one “blank” or “dummy” fixture in the first round. There was also one bye but no “blank” fixture” in the second round. As last season, all the first round matches of the competition will be played on the basis of two legged, home and away, ties – and the remainder of the rounds remaining on straight forward knock-out basis.


1951–52 Lancashire Cup, Competition and results, Round 1 - First Leg
Involved  7 matches (with no bye and one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs.


1951–52 Lancashire Cup, Competition and results, Round 1 – Second Leg
Involved  7 matches (with no bye and one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs. These are the reverse fixture from the first leg.


1951–52 Lancashire Cup, Competition and results, Final
Wigan won the trophy by beating Leigh by the score of 14-6. The match was played at Station Road, Pendlebury, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 33,230 and receipts were £5,432. This was the sixth (and last) in Wigan’s record breaking run of six consecutive Lancashire Cup victories.


1951–52 Lancashire Cup, Competition and results, Final, Teams and scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points


1951–52 Lancashire Cup, Competition and results, The road to success
All the first round ties were played on a two leg (home and away) basis.


1951–52 Lancashire Cup, Competition and results, The road to success
The first club named in each of the first round ties played the first leg at home.


1951–52 Lancashire Cup, Competition and results, The road to success
the scores shown in the first round are the aggregate score over the two legs.


1951–52 Lancashire Cup, Notes and comments
1 * Station Road was the home ground of Swinton from 1929 to 1932 and at its peak was one of the finest rugby league grounds in the country and it boasted a capacity of 60,000. The actual record attendance was for the Challenge Cup semi-final on 7 April 1951 when 44,621 watched Wigan beat Warrington 3-2


1951–52 Landsdelsserien
The 1951–52 Landsdelsserien was a Norwegian second-tier football league season, the first named Landsdelsserien.


1951–52 Landsdelsserien
The league was contested by 54 teams, divided into a total of seven groups from four districts; Østland/Søndre, Østland/Nordre, Sørland/Vestland and Møre/Trøndelag. The two group winners in the Østland districts, Larvik Turn and Lillestrøm promoted directly to the 1952–53 Hovedserien. The other five group winners qualified for promotion play-offs to compete for two spots in the following season's top flight. Varegg and Ranheim won the play-offs and were promoted.


1951–52 Landsdelsserien, Promotion play-offs
Varegg won 2–1 over Ålgård and were promoted to Hovedserien.


1951–52 Landsdelsserien, Promotion play-offs
Ranheim won 2–0 over Hødd and were promoted to Hovedserien.


1951–52 League Algiers
The 1951–52 League Algiers Football Association season started on September 23, 1951 and ended on June 8, 1952. This is the 30th edition of the championships.


1951–52 League Algiers, Final results, Division Honneur
The Division Honneur is the highest level of League Algiers Football Association, the equivalent of the elite for this league. It consists of twelve clubs who compete in both the title of "Champion of Division Honneur" and that of "Champion of Algiers", since it is the highest degree.


1951–52 League of Ireland, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and, in their first season in the League of Ireland, St Patrick's Athletic remarkably won the championship.


1951–52 Liga Alef
The 1951–52 season was the first edition of Liga Alef, which had replaced the Israeli League as the top division of football in Israel following a year-long hiatus. It took place between October 1951 to June 1952 and was contested by 12 clubs, the same ones which had played in the top flight during the 1949–50 season minus Maccabi Nes Tziona.


1951–52 Liga Alef
Maccabi Tel Aviv won their second consecutive championship, whilst the two Rishon LeZion clubs, Hapoel and Maccabi were relegated. Maccabi Tel Aviv's Yehoshua Glazer was the top scorer with 27 goals.


1951–52 Liga Alef
At the time, the league was played with two points for a win and one for a draw.


1951–52 Liga Bet
The 1951–52 Liga Bet season saw Hapoel Balfouria (champions of the North Division) and Hapoel Kfar Saba (champions of the South Division) promoted to Liga Alef. Hapoel Kfar Ata of the North Division, Maccabi Nes Tziona and Hapoel HaNamal Jaffa of the South Division were all relegated. Hapoel HaNamal Haifa relegated following suspension, whilst Beitar Netanya and Hapoel Zikhron Ya'akov both withdrew from the league during season. thus, also relegated to Liga Gimel.


1951–52 Liga Bet, Participating teams
All active teams that have played in the aborted 1947–48 Liga Bet were invited to join the league. 11 teams from the North Division (Hapoel Balfouria, Hapoel Hadera, Hakoah Haifa, Hapoel Netanya, Hapoel Kiryat Haim, Maccabi Zikhron Ya'akov, Degel Yehuda Haifa, S.C. Atlit, Maccabi Hadera, Hapoel Dror Haifa and Hapoel Kfar Ata) and 8 teams from the South Division (Hapoel Kfar Saba, Maccabi Ramat Gan, Hakoah Tel Aviv, Hapoel Jerusalem, Hapoel Rehovot, Beitar Jerusalem, Hapoel Ra'anana and Hapoel Herzliya) have done so. Maccabi Nes Tziona, who finished bottom of the 1949–50 Israeli League was placed in the South Division.


1951–52 Liga Bet, Participating teams
To fill in the vacancies, one club from the Liga Meuhedet Samaria Division (Hapoel HaNamal Haifa, who finished second in the division) was placed in the North Division to complete a 12-team line-up, and three teams from Liga Meuhedet Tel Aviv Division (Bnei Yehuda, Hapoel Jaffa and Maccabi Jaffa, who finished first, second and third in the division) and two from Jerusalem-South division (Maccabi Sha'arayim and Maccabi Jerusalem, who finished 3rd and 4th in the division) were placed in the South division to complete a 14-team line-up.


1951–52 Liverpool F.C. season
The 1951–52 season was the 59th season in Liverpool F.C. 's existence, and ended their season eleventh in the table.


1951–52 Liverpool F.C. season
In the FA Cup a ground record of 61,905 watched the 4th Round FA Cup versus Wolverhampton Wanderers.


1951–52 Luxembourg National Division
The 1951–52 Luxembourg National Division was the 38th season of top level association football in Luxembourg.


1951–52 Luxembourg National Division, Overview
It was performed in 10 teams, and National Schifflange won the championship.


1951–52 MJHL season, League notes
The Winnipeg Canadiens were bought and renamed the St. Boniface Canadiens.


1951–52 Magyar Kupa
The 1951–52 Magyar Kupa (English: Hungarian Cup) was the 22nd season of Hungary's annual knock-out cup football competition.


1951–52 Maltese Premier League
The 1951–52 Maltese First Division was the 37th season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 8 teams, and Floriana F.C. won the championship.


1951–52 Manchester United F.C. season
The 1951–52 season was Manchester United's 50th season in the Football League, and their seventh consecutive season in the top division of English football. They finished the season as champions for the first time in 41 years, securing their title on the final day of the season with a 6-1 home win over an Arsenal side who were their last remaining contenders in the race for the title.


1951–52 Manchester United F.C. season
United were still captained by Johnny Carey, who along with the likes of high scoring forward Jack Rowley had been at the club since before the war and helped them win the FA Cup in 1948, but by this stage most of the players from United's first postwar side were now in their thirties, and Busby was gradually replacing his older stars with younger players from the youth team.


1951–52 Manchester United F.C. season
He made a club record move for Birmingham City winger Johnny Berry before the start of this title winning season, and also drafted in 22-year-old Roger Byrne from the reserve side to occupy the left wing, with Byrne scoring a host of crucial goals to help United clinch the title. Another young player who made his debut in the season, but did not play enough times to collect a championship medal, was the Belfast born teenager Jackie Blanchflower, who was equally capable as a half-back or inside-forward.


1951–52 Mansfield Town F.C. season
The 1951–52 season was Mansfield Town's 14th season in the Football League and tenth season in the Third Division North, they finished in 6th position with 52 points.


1951–52 Mexican Primera División season
Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1951–52 season.


1951–52 Mexican Primera División season, Overview
The season was contested by 12 teams, and León won the championship.


1951–52 Mexican Segunda División season
The 1951-52 Segunda División de México season was the second tournament in this competition. It counted with the participation of ten teams. La Piedad was the winner.


1951–52 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The 1951–52 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate basketball during the 1951–52 season. In their fourth season under head coach Ernie McCoy, the Wolverines team compiled a 7–15 record and finished in a tie for eighth place in the Big Ten Conference. Senior Jim Skala was the team captain, leading scorer and Most Valuable Player. The team was notable as the first racially integrated Michigan basketball team with Don Eaddy and John Codwell becoming the first two African-American players.


1951–52 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Season overview
The 1951–52 team finished the season in a tie for eighth place in the Big Ten Conference with an overall record of 7–15 and 4–10 against conference opponents. Ernie McCoy was in his fourth and final year as the team's head coach.