1950 NASCAR Grand National Series, Race summaries, 1950-07
Turner wound up fourth and Art Lamey was fifth. Lloyd Moore finished 23rd in the field of 25 and failed to earn any championship points, but he still held a 202.5 point lead over Lee Petty who finished eighth. Florian jumped to third in the standings, 171.5 points out of first place. Frank Mundy drove a Nash Ambassador, but fell out early with mechanical problems. Herschel Buchanan drove another Nash to a sixth-place finish.


1950 NASCAR Grand National Series, Race summaries, 1950-08
The eighth race of the 1950 season was run on July 2 at Monroe County Fairgrounds in Rochester, New York. Curtis Turner won the pole. Turner passed the field and cruised to an easy win in the 100-mile Grand National event. It was his fourth career win. Turner, starting his Oldsmobile on the pole, jumped out to an early lead and led the entire 200 laps on the half-mile dirt track. He wound up three laps in front of runner-up Bill Blair, who edged out Lee Petty in a stretch duel. Jimmy Florian was fourth and Bill Rexford fifth.


1950 NASCAR Grand National Series, Race summaries, 1950-08
Turner averaged 50.614 mph as three caution flags broke the action for seven total laps. Following the race, Turner and Petty fought at the inspection station. Each was fined $100 by NASCAR. Dick Burns was badly shaken when his Mercury left the track and struck a light pole in the 133rd lap. The event was the first Grand National race in which a father-son duo competed together. Roscoe"Pappy" Hough and his son Lee finished 18th and 25th. Turner's victory pushed him atop the point standings by two points over Lloyd Moore. Petty stood third in points, 24.5 points out of first place, but he was stripped of all 809 points a week later, when NASCAR officials discovered he that competed in a non-sanctioned race.


1950 NASCAR Grand National Series, Race summaries, 1950-09
The ninth race of the 1950 season was run on July 23 at Charlotte Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. Curtis Turner won the pole and jumped into the lead in the opening lap and never looked back as he streaked to victory in the 150-mile Grand National race. The muscular driver out of Roanoke, Virginia led from start to finish — the second race in a row that Turner had led every lap. The triumph kept Turner in the Grand National point lead as Lloyd Moore dropped to 21st in the 26 car field.


1950 NASCAR Grand National Series, Race summaries, 1950-09
Chuck Mahoney finished in second place, with Herb Thomas, Jimmie Lewallen and Dick Burns rounding out the top five. Bill Blair and Bill Rexford pressured Turner in the early going, but Blair departed with a broken spindle and engine failure put Rexford out of action. Lee Petty and Glenn Dunnaway were running in the top five when both Plymouth drivers lost wheels. They finished 11th and 12th respectively. On the same day, Jim Roper, winner of the first Grand National race at Charlotte on June 19, 1949, won a 20-lap strictly stock outlaw feature at Pratt, Kansas, on a 1.6-mile paved oval, averaging 67.659 mph.


1950 NASCAR Grand National Series, Race summaries, 1950-10
The tenth race of the 1950 season was run on August 13 at Occoneechee Speedway in Hillsboro, North Carolina. Dick Linder won the pole, and Curtis Turner took the lead on the first lap of the race and maintained it through the next 45 laps. However, on lap 46, Turner blew a tire and went into the pits, leaving him two laps down. This gave the lead to Pee Wee Martin for 12 laps,  before Fireball Roberts took over on lap 58.


1950 NASCAR Grand National Series, Race summaries, 1950-10
Turner managed to regain the lead lap, but ran out of time to catch Roberts, who scored the first win of his career. Linder finished third, with Bill Rexford fourth, Clyde Minter fifth, and Gene Austin, Lee Petty, Herb Thomas, Chuck Mahoney, and Johnny Mantz rounding out the top 10. Turner's second place kept him at the top of the points standings.


1950 NASCAR Grand National Series, Race summaries, 1950-11
The eleventh race of the 1950 season was run on August 20 at Dayton Speedway in Dayton, Ohio. Curtis Turner won the pole and led the first 48 laps, but had problems, ultimately finishing in 23rd. Dick Linder then took control, and dominated the remainder of the event, winning over Red Harvey. Herb Thomas, Lee Petty, and Art Lamey rounded out the top five. The race was shortened by five laps due to a serious crash by Johnny Mantz, when he plowed through a guardrail and Joe Merola drove into the debris. Mantz was uninjured, while Merola only had minor cuts and bruises. Despite his 23rd place, Turner kept the points lead over Lloyd Moore.


1950 NASCAR Grand National Series, Race summaries, 1950-12
The twelfth race of the 1950 season was run on August 27 at Hamburg Speedway in Hamburg, New York. Dick Linder won the pole, and while Curtis Turner showed a major challenge, leading 74 of the 200 laps, Linder came out on top, winning by 20 yards over Fireball Roberts. Turner, Lloyd Moore, and Jack White made up the rest of the top five.


1950 NASCAR Grand National Series, Race summaries, Southern 500
The inaugural Southern 500 was run on September 4 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Curtis Turner won the pole.


1950 NASCAR Grand National Series, Race summaries, 1950-14
The fourteenth race of the 1950 season was run on September 17 at Langhorne Speedway in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. Wally Campbell won the pole.


1950 NASCAR Grand National Series, Race summaries, Wilkes 200
The Wilkes 200 was run on September 24 at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Fireball Roberts won the pole.


1950 NASCAR Grand National Series, Race summaries, 1950-16
The sixteenth race of the 1950 season was run on October 1 at Vernon Fairgrounds in Vernon, New York. Dick Linder won the pole.


1950 NASCAR Grand National Series, Race summaries, 1950-17
The seventeenth race of the 1950 season was run on October 15 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia, a race now regarded as the second edition of the Old Dominion 500 (the distance changed after the track was paved in 1955 from 200 to 400, and then 500 laps). Fonty Flock won the pole. This race was team owner Junie Donlavey's first career start, fielding an Oldsmobile driven by Runt Harris.


1950 NASCAR Grand National Series, Race summaries, 1950-18
The eighteenth race of the 1950 season was run on October 15 at Funk's Speedway in Winchester, Indiana. Dick Linder won the pole.


1950 NASCAR Grand National Series, Race summaries, 1950-19
The nineteenth and final race of the 1950 season was run on October 29 at Occoneechee Speedway in Hillsboro, North Carolina. Fonty Flock won the pole.


1950 NBA Finals
The 1950 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s inaugural 1949–50 season. The Central Division champion Minneapolis Lakers faced the Eastern Division champion Syracuse Nationals in a best-of-seven series with Syracuse having home-court advantage.


1950 NBA Finals
The NBA recognizes three preceding Basketball Association of America (BAA) seasons as part of its own history, and thus presents the 1950 Finals as its fourth championship series. Minneapolis had won the 1949 BAA Finals and its 1950 win over Syracuse is officially the Lakers second of five titles in Minneapolis.


1950 NBA Finals
In the event, six games were played in 16 days, beginning Saturday and Sunday, April 8 and 9, in Syracuse and incorporating two subsequent Sunday games in Minneapolis. Counting a Central Division tiebreaker played on Monday, March 20, the entire postseason tournament spanned five full weeks to Sunday, April 23.


1950 NBA Finals
The NBA was arranged in three divisions (for its first season only) and the first two rounds of the 1950 NBA Playoffs generated three Division champions. With the league's best regular season record, Syracuse had earned a place in the Finals by winning the Eastern Division title on the preceding Sunday, and had been five days idle while the Central and Western champions had played a best-of-three series mid-week.


1950 NBA Finals
In Game 1, The Lakers won on a buzzer beating shot by sub Bob "Tiger" Harrison, the first known case of a buzzer beater in the Finals. 6'8" Dolph Schayes of Syracuse led his team out to the finals after a 16.8 ppg average during the regular season. George Mikan, however, averaged 27.4 ppg and led the league. Mikan would lead the Lakers past Syracuse in six games.


1950 NBA draft
The 1950 NBA draft was the fourth annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). This is the first draft after the Basketball Association of America (BAA) was renamed the NBA. The draft was held on April 25, 1950, before the 1950–51 season. In this draft, 12 remaining NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. In each round, the teams select in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season. The Chicago Stags participated in the draft but folded prior to the start of the season. The draft consisted of 12 rounds comprising 121 players selected.


1950 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
Chuck Share from Bowling Green State University was selected first overall by the Boston Celtics. Paul Arizin from Villanova University was selected before the draft as Philadelphia Warriors' territorial pick. The sixth pick, Irwin Dambrot, did not play in the NBA and opted for a career as a dentist. Four players from this draft, Paul Arizin, Bob Cousy, George Yardley and Bill Sharman, have been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame.


1950 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
Chuck Cooper, the 12th pick, and Earl Lloyd, the 100th pick, were the first African Americans to be drafted by an NBA team. Lloyd became the first African American to play in the NBA on October 31, 1950, one day before Cooper made his debut.


1950 NBA draft, Other picks
The following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one NBA game.


1950 NBA draft, Notable undrafted players
These players were not selected in the 1950 draft, but played at least one game in the NBA.


1950 NBA playoffs
The 1950 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the inaugural National Basketball Association 1949–50 season. The tournament concluded with the Central Division champion Minneapolis Lakers defeating the Eastern Division champion Syracuse Nationals 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals.


1950 NBA playoffs
Twelve teams qualified for the playoffs. Including tiebreaker games that preceded two of the six first-round series, they began play on Monday to Wednesday, March 20 to 22, and the best-of-seven Finals concluded in game six on Sunday, April 23. The champions played the greatest number of games, 13 in a span of 34 days, on a schedule including both back-to-back games and as many as six days off.


1950 NBA playoffs, Bracket
The NBA was created in 1949 by merger of  two competing professional basketball leagues, the BAA and NBL. For its first season only, the NBA teams were arranged in three divisions: Eastern, comprising the five surviving BAA Eastern Division teams plus Syracuse from the NBL; Central, comprising the five surviving BAA Western Division teams; and Western, comprising all the NBL teams except Syracuse. Within each division the top four teams were matched in two rounds of short series to generate a champion, after which the three division champions contended for the NBA title. With three contenders the third round of the tournament comprised a bye for one and a best-of-three match between the other two.


1950 NBA playoffs, Division Semifinals, Central Division Semifinals, (1) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (4) Chicago Stags
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning the first meeting.


1950 NBA playoffs, Division Semifinals, Central Division Semifinals, (2) Rochester Royals vs. (3) Fort Wayne Pistons
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1950 NBA playoffs, Division Semifinals, Eastern Division Semifinals, (1) Syracuse Nationals vs. (4) Philadelphia Warriors
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1950 NBA playoffs, Division Semifinals, Eastern Division Semifinals, (2) New York Knicks vs. (3) Washington Capitols
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Capitols winning the first meeting.


1950 NBA playoffs, Division Semifinals, Western Division Semifinals, (1) Indianapolis Olympians vs. (4) Sheboygan Red Skins
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1950 NBA playoffs, Division Semifinals, Western Division Semifinals, (2) Anderson Packers vs. (3) Tri-Cities Blackhawks
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1950 NBA playoffs, Division Finals, Central Division Finals, (1) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (3) Fort Wayne Pistons
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1950 NBA playoffs, Division Finals, Eastern Division Finals, (1) Syracuse Nationals vs. (2) New York Knicks
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1950 NBA playoffs, Division Finals, Western Division Finals, (1) Indianapolis Olympians vs. (2) Anderson Packers
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1950 NBA playoffs, NBA Semifinals: (2) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (3) Anderson Packers
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1950 NBA playoffs, NBA Finals: (1) Syracuse Nationals vs. (2) Minneapolis Lakers
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1950 NC State Wolfpack football team
The 1950 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1950 college football season. The Wolfpack were led by seventh-year head coach Beattie Feathers and played their home games at Riddick Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina. They competed as members of the Southern Conference.


1950 NCAA Basketball Tournament
The 1950 NCAA Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA college basketball. It began on March 23, 1950, and ended with the championship game on March 28 in New York City, New York. A total of 10 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.


1950 NCAA Basketball Tournament
CCNY, coached by Nat Holman, won the national title with a 71–68 victory in the final game over Bradley, coached by Forddy Anderson. Irwin Dambrot of CCNY was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. CCNY became the only team to ever win both the NIT and NCAA tournaments in the same year. Because of participation changes, this currently cannot happen. CCNY is also the only championship team which is not currently a member of Division I. They dropped down to the NCAA College Division in the 1963-64 season. The CCNY point shaving scandal of 1950–51 had hit the program hard, and they had 12 sub-par seasons from 1951-52 through 1962-63 before dropping down to the College Division.


1950 NCAA Basketball Tournament
The 1950 tournament was the last tournament to feature eight teams. The field would expand to sixteen teams the next year.


1950 NCAA Basketball Tournament, Locations
The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 1950 tournament:


1950 NCAA Basketball Tournament, Locations, Championship Game
For the seventh and final time, Madison Square Garden hosted the National Championship game. This would be the last final held in the New York metropolitan area until 1996, and the last final to date held in New York City itself. This was the seventh time in eight years that this particular venue arrangement would be used; both buildings would host the regionals for one more year.


1950 NCAA Cross Country Championships
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1950 NCAA Cross Country Championships
The 1950 NCAA Cross Country Championships were the 12th annual cross country meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate cross country running in the United States.


1950 NCAA Cross Country Championships
Since the current multi-division format for NCAA championship did not begin until 1973, all NCAA members were eligible. In total, 17 teams and 66 individual runners contested this championship.


1950 NCAA Cross Country Championships
The meet was hosted by Michigan State College on November 27, 1950, at the Forest Akers East Golf Course in East Lansing, Michigan. The distance for the race was 4 miles (6.4 kilometers).


1950 NCAA Cross Country Championships
The team national championship was won by the Penn State Nittany Lions, their third. The individual championship was won by Herb Semper, from Kansas, with a time of 20:31.7.


1950 NCAA Golf Championship
The 1950 NCAA Golf Championship was the 12th annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate golf in the United States.


1950 NCAA Golf Championship
The tournament was held at the University of New Mexico Golf Course in Albuquerque, New Mexico.


1950 NCAA Golf Championship
Defending champions North Texas State again won the team title, the Eagles' second NCAA team national title.


1950 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The consensus 1950 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of five major All-American teams. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, Look Magazine, The United Press International, Collier's Magazine and the International News Service.


1950 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1950 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1949–50 NCAA men's ice hockey season, the 3rd such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 16 and 18, 1950, and concluded with Colorado College defeating Boston University 13-4. All games were played at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado.


1950 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 13 goals Colorado College scored in the championship game is a record that has only been equaled once (by Colorado College in 1957). Additionally, the 23 goals scored in their two games is a record for one team in a Frozen Four. CC's goal differential (+16) is also a record for an NCAA tournament, matched by Michigan in 1953 and Wisconsin in 1983.


1950 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams
Four teams qualified for the tournament, two each from the eastern and western regions. The teams were selected by a committee based upon both their overall record and the strength of their opponents.


1950 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The eastern and western teams judged as better were seeded as the top regional teams. The second eastern seed was slotted to play the top western seed and vice versa. All games were played at the Broadmoor Ice Palace. All matches were Single-game eliminations with the semifinal winners advancing to the national championship game and the losers playing in a consolation game.


1950 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
The 1950 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships were contested in March 1950 at the Ohio State Natatorium at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio at the 14th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.


1950 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
Hosts Ohio State repeated as team champions, capturing their sixth overall title and fifth title in six years.


1950 NCAA Tennis Championships
The 1950 NCAA Tennis Championships were the 5th annual tournaments to determine the national champions of NCAA men's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States.


1950 NCAA Tennis Championships
UCLA was awarded the team championship, the Bruins' first title. UCLA finished six points ahead of California and USC (11–5).


1950 NCAA Tennis Championships, Host site
This year's tournaments were hosted by the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas.


1950 NCAA Tennis Championships, Team scoring
Until 1977, the men's team championship was determined by points awarded based on individual performances in the singles and doubles events.


1950 NCAA Track and Field Championships
The 1950 NCAA Track and Field Championships were contested at the 29th annual NCAA-hosted track meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate track and field events in the United States. This year's meet was hosted by the University of Minnesota at Memorial Stadium in Minneapolis.


1950 NCAA Track and Field Championships
USC repeated as team national champions, claiming their 14th title.


1950 NCAA Wrestling Championships
The 1950 NCAA Wrestling Championships were the 20th NCAA Wrestling Championships to be held. Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls, Iowa hosted the tournament at their West Gymnasium.


1950 NCAA Wrestling Championships
Iowa State Teachers College took home the team championship with 30 points and having three individual champions.


1950 NCAA baseball season
The 1950 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1950. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1950 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the fourth time in 1950, consisted of one team from each of eight geographical districts and was held for the first time in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Texas claimed their second championship.


1950 NCAA baseball season, Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1950 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. Conference champions had to be chosen, unless all conference champions declined the bid.


1950 NCAA baseball season, College World Series
The 1950 season marked the fourth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which consisted of the eight team College World Series. For the first time, the College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska, which became the permanent home of the event. Districts used a variety of selection methods to the event, from playoffs to a selection committee. District playoffs were not considered part of the NCAA Tournament, and the expansion to eight teams resulted in the end of regionals as they existed from 1947 through 1949. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Texas claiming their second championship with a 3–0 win over Washington State in the final.


1950 NCAA football rankings
Two human polls comprised the 1950 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll.


1950 NCAA football rankings, AP Poll
This was the first season that the AP released a preseason poll before any games were played in August. The final AP Poll was released on November 27, near the end of the 1950 regular season, weeks before the major bowls. The AP would not release a post-bowl season final poll regularly until 1968.


1950 NCAA football rankings, Coaches' Poll
This was the first year for the UP Coaches Poll, and its final edition was released prior to the bowl games, on December 5. Oklahoma received 32 of the 35 first-place votes, with one vote each to Princeton, Michigan State, and Wyoming.


1950 NFL Championship Game
The 1950 National Football League Championship Game was the 18th National Football League (NFL) title game, played on Sunday, December 24 at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio.


1950 NFL Championship Game
In their first NFL season after four years in the rival All-America Football Conference, the Cleveland Browns defeated the Los Angeles Rams, 30–28. The championship was the first of three won by Cleveland in the 1950s under head coach Paul Brown behind an offense that featured quarterback Otto Graham, fullback Marion Motley, and ends Dante Lavelli and Mac Speedie.


1950 NFL Championship Game
Cleveland began the season with a win against the Philadelphia Eagles, who had won the previous two NFL championships. The Browns won all but two of their regular-season games, both losses coming against the New York Giants. Cleveland ended the season with a 10–2 win–loss record, tied with the Giants for first place in the American Conference. The tie forced a playoff that the Browns won, 8–3. Los Angeles, meanwhile, finished the season 9–3, tied with the Chicago Bears for first place in the National Conference. The Rams won their playoff, setting up the championship matchup with the Browns, in which the Browns were four-point favorites at home.


1950 NFL Championship Game
The game began with a long touchdown pass from Rams quarterback Bob Waterfield to halfback Glenn Davis on the first play from scrimmage, giving Los Angeles an early lead. Cleveland tied the game later in the first quarter with a touchdown from Graham to Dub Jones, but the Rams quickly went ahead again on a Dick Hoerner touchdown run. Cleveland scored two unanswered touchdowns in the second and third quarters, retaking a 20–14 lead. A pair of Rams touchdowns in the third quarter, however, gave Los Angeles a two-possession advantage going into the final period. Cleveland responded with a diving touchdown catch by Rex Bumgardner in the final minutes of the game, followed by a field goal by placekicker Lou Groza with 28 seconds left to win, 30–28.


1950 NFL Championship Game
Lavelli set a then championship-game record with 11 receptions, and Waterfield's 82-yard pass to Davis on the first play of the game was then the longest scoring play in championship history. Los Angeles had 407 total yards to Cleveland's 373, but Cleveland had five interceptions, compared to just one for the Rams. The Browns' Warren Lahr had two interceptions in the game. After the game, NFL commissioner Bert Bell called Cleveland "the greatest team ever to play football".


1950 NFL Championship Game, Background
Before the 1950 season, the NFL added three teams from the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), a competing league that went out of business as part of a peace deal negotiated in 1949. After the addition of the Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Colts, and San Francisco 49ers, the NFL reorganized its Eastern and Western divisional structure into the American and National conferences. The Browns were placed in the American Conference with a group of teams mostly from the old Eastern Division, while the 49ers and Colts went into the National Conference with teams from the old Western Division. Under NFL rules at the time, the teams with the best records in each conference after the 12-game regular season were to play each other in the NFL championship to determine the winner of the league.


1950 NFL Championship Game, Background
The 1950 season ended with ties for first place in both the American and National conferences, forcing two playoff games for spots in the championship. The Browns tied with the New York Giants for the best record in the American Conference, while the Los Angeles Rams and Chicago Bears tied atop the National Conference. It was the first time in league history that both of the NFL's conferences (or divisions) ended in a tie for first place. The Browns defeated the Giants 8–3 in their playoff, and the Rams beat the Bears 24–20 to set up a Rams-Browns championship.


1950 NFL Championship Game, Background, Cleveland Browns
The Browns had been the AAFC's most dominant team, winning all four of its championships between its founding in 1946 and 1949 under head coach Paul Brown. The team, however, was seen by some NFL owners and sportswriters as merely the best squad in an inferior league. NFL commissioner Bert Bell scheduled a matchup between the Browns and the two-time defending champion Philadelphia Eagles in the first game of the season, played a day before the league's other games.


1950 NFL Championship Game, Background, Cleveland Browns
A crowd of 71,237 people saw the game, an attendance record in Philadelphia and the ninth-largest in professional football history at the time. After Cleveland won the game, NFL commissioner Bert Bell named Browns quarterback Otto Graham the game's most valuable player and gave him a trophy, calling the Browns "the greatest team to ever play the game".


1950 NFL Championship Game, Background, Cleveland Browns
Cleveland lost for the first time in the third week of the season against the Giants. That was followed by victories over the Chicago Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers, but Cleveland lost again to the Giants in the sixth week of the season. The team proceeded to win all of its remaining games, however, thanks in large part to an offense led by Graham, fullback Marion Motley, ends Mac Speedie and Dante Lavelli, and tackle/placekicker Lou Groza. Cleveland's offense was fourth in the NFL in scoring, with 310 points. The defense, meanwhile, finished second in points allowed, with 144. Cleveland played all of its games against American Conference opponents, aside from two matchups against the other former AAFC teams, the Colts and the 49ers.


1950 NFL Championship Game, Background, Cleveland Browns
Cleveland's record was 10–2 at the end of the regular season, leaving the team tied with the Giants and forcing a playoff to determine the conference winner. The Browns won a coin toss to determine home-field advantage. The game, played in cold weather at Cleveland Stadium, was a low-scoring affair that the Browns won 8–3 on a pair of Groza field goals and a safety.


1950 NFL Championship Game, Background, Los Angeles Rams
The Rams began the season with a loss to the Chicago Bears. Victories over the New York Yanks and 49ers followed, but the team fell to 2–2 with a loss to the Eagles in the fourth week of the season. Los Angeles then went on a six-game winning streak that included a 70–27 blowout of the Colts and a 65–24 win over the Detroit Lions. The Rams lost the second-to-last game of the season, again against the Bears, and finished with a 9–3 record. That tied the Rams with the Bears atop the National Conference, forcing a playoff that Los Angeles won, setting up a championship matchup with the Browns in Cleveland.


1950 NFL Championship Game, Background, Los Angeles Rams
The Rams, who left Cleveland after the 1945 season for Los Angeles, were making their second straight appearance in an NFL title game. The Rams had one of the most potent offenses in NFL history in 1950 under head coach Joe Stydahar. It featured Bob Waterfield and Norm Van Brocklin at quarterback, Tom Fears and Bob Boyd at end, and Elroy Hirsch at halfback.


1950 NFL Championship Game, Background, Los Angeles Rams
The Rams averaged 309 passing yards per game, a record that stood until 1984. The team's running unit, led by Dick Hoerner, Vitamin Smith, and Dan Towler, averaged more than 140 yards a game. Los Angeles averaged 38.8 points per game in 1950, an NFL record that still stood as of 2018. Los Angeles ended the regular season first in the NFL in points scored, with 466. The team was ninth of 13 teams in points allowed, however, with 309.


1950 NFL Championship Game, Game summary
While the Rams were unmatched offensively, the Browns' defense gave up half as many points during the regular season. Cleveland coach Paul Brown announced before the game that he would employ an umbrella defense against the Rams, similar to the one the Giants had used effectively against the Browns. His plan was to show Los Angeles the umbrella formation at first but switch back to the team's usual formation soon after. He abandoned the umbrella defense after the Rams scored a touchdown on their first play.


1950 NFL Championship Game, Game summary
The championship game took place on Christmas Eve in Cleveland a week after the conference playoffs. The weather was dry, with 28 mph (45 km/h) winds and a temperature of 29 °F (−2 °C). On the Rams' first play after the opening kickoff, Waterfield passed to Glenn Davis for an 82-yard touchdown, giving Los Angeles an early 7–0 lead. Martin was covering Davis, but slipped on the slick turf, leaving the receiver open.


1950 NFL Championship Game, Game summary
Graham and the Browns' offense responded with a drive later in the first quarter that evened the score, but the Rams went ahead again by a touchdown on a three-yard Hoerner rush. Cleveland scored a second touchdown in the second quarter, this time a 37-yard pass from Graham to Lavelli. Groza's extra point attempt failed, however, because of a high snap, putting the Browns behind by one point. Waterfield missed a 15-yard field goal attempt at the end of the first half, leaving the score at 14–13 at halftime.


1950 NFL Championship Game, Game summary
Cleveland took the lead again in the third quarter on a 39-yard touchdown pass to Lavelli, his second of the day. The Rams responded with a touchdown run by Hoerner and another touchdown quickly thereafter when Motley fumbled and Los Angeles's Larry Brink took it into the end zone. Down 28–20 as the fourth quarter began, Cleveland was helped by interceptions by Thompson and Lahr that put its offense in good field position.


1950 NFL Championship Game, Game summary
On a drive with 10 minutes left to play, Cleveland went for it on fourth down three times and made the necessary yards each time, advancing to the Los Angeles 14-yard line. From there, Graham threw a touchdown pass to Bumgardner, who dove to catch it in the corner of the end zone. After several more defensive stands, the Browns had the ball back and drove toward the Rams' end zone as the game drew to a close. Graham fumbled, however, and the Rams recovered with three minutes left.


1950 NFL Championship Game, Game summary
Cleveland's defense held, and Los Angeles punted, giving the Browns the ball back at their own 31-yard line with 1:49 left in the game. Graham scrambled up the middle for 16 yards on the first play, and then turned to his receivers. A pass to Bumgardner and two to Jones on the sidelines, followed by another to Bumgardner, put the ball at the Los Angeles 11-yard line. Graham ran a quarterback sneak on the next play to place the ball at the middle of the field in preparation for a field goal.


1950 NFL Championship Game, Game summary
After a time out, Groza came in and kicked the field goal with 0:28 left on the clock to put Cleveland ahead 30–28. The Rams fumbled the ensuing kickoff and the Browns recovered, appearing to seal the victory. The officials ruled that Groza had kicked prematurely, however, and Los Angeles returned his rekick to their 46-yard line. An interception by Lahr on a sideline pass stopped the drive and gave Cleveland the win.


1950 NFL Championship Game, Game summary
After the game, Bert Bell called the Browns "the greatest team ever to play football." Brown later remembered it as the best game he ever saw, pointing to the success both teams had passing the ball at a time when the emphasis was shifting across the league from running to passing. Cleveland and Los Angeles played again in the 1951 championship, which the Rams won, 24–17. The Browns went on to appear in each championship game between 1952 and 1955, including a win over the Rams in 1955.


1950 NFL Championship Game, Officials
The NFL added the fifth official, the back judge, in  1947; the line judge arrived in 1965, and the side judge in 1978.


1950 NFL Championship Game, Final statistics
Lavelli caught 11 passes, which set an NFL championship record that stood for eight years. He had 128 yards and two touchdowns. The Rams' Fears also had a strong game, with nine receptions for 136 yards. While Waterfield threw four interceptions, he otherwise performed well, completing 18 passes for 312 yards and a touchdown. His touchdown pass on the first play of the game to Davis was the longest score ever in a championship at the time. Graham, meanwhile, had 22 completions for 298 yards and four touchdowns.


1950 NFL Championship Game, Final statistics
Despite a high score, both defenses played well. Los Angeles was able to hold Motley, Cleveland's most dangerous rusher, completely in check. The Browns had five interceptions, including two by Lahr, and managed to stop the Rams from building a large lead in the fourth quarter, thanks in part to Len Ford's disruptive play at defensive end.


1950 NFL Championship Game, Players' shares
The gross receipts for the game, including about $45,000 for radio and television rights, was under $158,000. Each player on the winning Browns team received $1,113, while Rams players made $686 each.


1950 NFL Draft
The 1950 National Football League Draft was held January 20–21, 1950, at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia.


1950 NFL playoffs
The 1950 National Football League playoffs took place after the 1950 regular season ended with a tie for first place in both the American and National conferences. The ties forced one-game playoffs to determine who would play in the NFL championship game. It was the only time in the NFL's championship game era that two such tiebreaker playoff games were needed in the same year. The Cleveland Browns and New York Giants tied for first place in the American Conference, while the Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Rams tied for first place in the National Conference. The Browns proceeded to beat the Giants 8–3, and the Rams beat the Bears 24–14 in their playoff game. Cleveland then beat the Rams in the championship game the following week.


1950 NFL playoffs
Playing their first year in the NFL after four years in the rival All-America Football Conference, the Browns battled with the Giants for the lead in the American Conference for most of the regular season. Cleveland ended with a 10–2 win–loss record, having lost its only two games against the Giants. The Giants, meanwhile, lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Cardinals. In the National Conference, the Bears and Rams were also near the top of the standings in the second half of the 12-game season, and both ended with 9–3 records.


1950 NFL playoffs
The Browns and Giants and the Rams and Bears played their playoff games on December 17. In Cleveland against the Giants, the Browns won a low-scoring game in freezing conditions on two field goals by placekicker Lou Groza and a late-game safety. The Rams beat the Bears in 92-degree heat in Los Angeles, thanks largely to a strong performance by quarterback Bob Waterfield, who threw three touchdowns to end Tom Fears. The results set up a championship matchup between the Browns and Rams. The Browns won the game 30–28 on a Groza field goal with 28 seconds to play.


1950 NFL playoffs, Background
When the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) folded in late 1949, three of its teams – the Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Colts – were absorbed by the NFL. This forced a realignment of the NFL's divisions into the American and National conferences. The Browns went into the American Conference along with teams mostly from the NFL's old Eastern Division, while the 49ers and Colts went into the National Conference with teams from the old Western Division. Under NFL rules at the time, the teams with the best records in each conference after the 12-game regular season were to play each other in the NFL championship to determine the winner of the league.


1950 NFL playoffs, Background
The Browns and the New York Giants jockeyed for first place in the American Conference for most of the regular season. Cleveland ended with a 10–2 win–loss record, both of its losses coming against the Giants. The Giants ended with the same record, having lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Cardinals. In the National Conference, the New York Yanks, Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Rams were at the top of the standings for most of the season. The Yanks faded with four losses in the final five games, however, leaving the Rams and Bears tied at 9–3 at the end of the season. The Rams lost two of their games against the Bears, while the Bears lost to the Yanks, Cardinals and Green Bay Packers.


1950 NFL playoffs, Background
With both conferences tied, two playoffs were scheduled to determine which teams would play in the annual championship game. Cleveland won a coin toss to get home-field advantage in its matchup against the Giants on December 17. Chicago played Los Angeles on the same day in Los Angeles. It was the first and only time in the championship game era between 1933 and 1966 when both of the NFL's divisions ended in ties for first place, resulting in two playoff games.


1950 NFL playoffs, Conference playoff games, American Conference
Cleveland and New York met in Cleveland on a frozen field as a stiff wind gusted through the stadium. Cleveland drove deep into New York's territory in the first quarter, but a stop by the Giants led to a Lou Groza field goal that put the Browns up 3–0. The game was a defensive struggle through the middle periods. Neither team scored again until the fourth quarter, when Giants quarterback Charlie Conerly led a drive to the Cleveland 36-yard line.


1950 NFL playoffs, Conference playoff games, American Conference
From there, Conerly handed the ball to back Gene "Choo Choo" Roberts, who sprinted outside the right of the line and appeared headed for a touchdown. Cleveland linebacker Bill Willis chased him down and tackled him at the 4-yard line, however. Bob McChesney then caught a pass from Conerly in the end zone for an apparent touchdown on third down, but it was called back on an offside penalty. Cleveland's Tommy James intercepted Conerly's pass on the next play, but the Browns were called for holding, negating the turnover.


1950 NFL playoffs, Conference playoff games, American Conference
The Giants got a new set of downs, but were unable to score a touchdown. A penalty sent them back to the 13-yard line, from where Randy Clay kicked a field goal to tie the score. On the Browns' ensuing drive, coach Paul Brown decided to switch strategies and focus on quarterback keeper plays, calculating that the Giants would be unprepared for runs by Otto Graham. Cleveland advanced to New York's 22-yard line thanks to 45 yards of rushing by Graham, which set up a 28-yard field goal that gave the Browns a 6–3 lead. On the Giants' final possession as time ran out, Martin tackled Conerly in his own end zone, resulting in a safety and making the final score 8–3. The Browns and Giants had only 91 combined passing yards during the game.


1950 NFL playoffs, Conference playoff games, National Conference
The Bears and Rams faced off at Los Angeles Coliseum in 92-degree heat. The scoring began with a 43-yard field goal by Los Angeles quarterback Bob Waterfield in the first quarter, putting the Rams ahead 3–0. Chicago responded early in the second quarter with a 65-yard drive on eight plays, capped by a 22-yard touchdown run by Al Campana. The Bears' lead was short-lived, however. Waterfield threw two touchdown passes to end Tom Fears later in the second quarter, putting the Rams ahead 17–7 at halftime.


1950 NFL playoffs, Conference playoff games, National Conference
The Rams pulled away with a third touchdown pass to Fears in the third quarter. Chicago tried to mount a comeback at the end of the game, but could only manage one touchdown, a 4-yard rush by halfback Fred "Curly" Morrison. The Los Angeles defense stopped the Bears on another fourth-quarter drive that reached the Rams' 2-yard line. Following the stop, a fight broke out at midfield between Chicago's George Blanda and the Rams' Dan Tolwer, leading to a bench-clearing fight that officials and coaches had to break up. The game ended shortly thereafter with the Rams ahead 24–14.


1950 NFL playoffs, Conference playoff games, National Conference
Waterfield threw for 280 yards on 14 completions, while Chicago quarterback Johnny Lujack had only 198 yards on 14 completions. While Los Angeles was not known for its defense, it stopped Chicago on two long drives that could have gone for touchdowns. The win was an important one for Joe Stydahar, the Rams' head coach. He was in his first year coaching the Rams, and was going up against Bears coach George Halas, whom he had played under for several years.


1950 NFL playoffs, NFL Championship Game
Los Angeles had made it to the NFL championship game in 1949, making its appearance against the Browns its second straight. The Rams had one of the most potent offenses in NFL history in 1950. It featured Waterfield and Norm Van Brocklin at quarterback, Tom Fears and Bob Boyd at end and Elroy Hirsch at halfback. The Rams averaged 309 passing yards per game, a record that stood until 1984. The team's running unit, led by Dick Hoerner, Vitamin Smith and Dan Towler, averaged more than 140 yards a game. Los Angeles averaged 38.8 points per game in 1950, an NFL record that still stood as of 2007.


1950 NFL playoffs, NFL Championship Game
While the Rams were unmatched offensively, the Browns' defense gave up half as many points during the regular season. Brown announced before the game that he would employ an umbrella defense against the Rams, similar to the one the Giants had used effectively against the Browns. His plan was to show Los Angeles the umbrella formation at first but switch back to the team's usual formation soon after. He abandoned the umbrella defense after the Rams scored a touchdown on their first play.


1950 NFL playoffs, NFL Championship Game
The championship game took place on Christmas Eve in Cleveland a week after the conference playoffs. On the Rams' first play after the opening kickoff, Waterfield passed to Glenn Davis for an 82-yard touchdown, giving Los Angeles an early 7–0 lead. Martin was covering Davis, but slipped on the slick turf, leaving the receiver open. Graham and the Browns' offense responded with a drive later in the first quarter that evened the score, but the Rams went ahead again by a touchdown on a three-yard Hoerner rush.


1950 NFL playoffs, NFL Championship Game
Cleveland scored a second touchdown in the second quarter, this time a 37-yard pass from Graham to Lavelli. Groza's extra point attempt failed, however, because of a high snap, putting the Browns behind by one point. Waterfield missed a 15-yard field goal attempt at the end of the first half, leaving the score at 14–13 at halftime.


1950 NFL playoffs, NFL Championship Game
Cleveland took the lead again in the third quarter on a 39-yard touchdown pass to Lavelli, his second of the day. The Rams responded with a touchdown run by Hoerner and another touchdown quickly thereafter when Motley fumbled and Los Angeles's Larry Brink took it into the end zone. Down 28–20 as the fourth quarter began, Cleveland was helped by interceptions by Thompson and Lahr that put its offense in good field position.


1950 NFL playoffs, NFL Championship Game
On a drive with 10 minutes left to play, Cleveland went for it on fourth down three times and made the necessary yards each time, advancing to the Los Angeles 14-yard line. From there, Graham threw a touchdown pass to Bumgardner, who dove to catch it in the corner of the end zone. After several more defensive stands, the Browns had the ball back and drove toward the Rams' end zone as the game drew to a close. Graham fumbled, however, and the Rams recovered with three minutes left.


1950 NFL playoffs, NFL Championship Game
Cleveland's defense held, and Los Angeles punted, giving the Browns the ball back at their own 31-yard line with 1:49 left in the game. Graham scrambled up the middle for 16 yards on the first play, and then turned to his receivers. A pass to Bumgardner and two to Jones on the sidelines, followed by another to Bumgardner, put the ball at the Los Angeles 11-yard line. Graham ran a quarterback sneak on the next play to place the ball at the middle of the field in preparation for a field goal.


1950 NFL playoffs, NFL Championship Game
After a time out, Groza came in and kicked the field goal with 0:28 left on the clock to put Cleveland ahead 30–28. The Rams fumbled the ensuing kickoff and the Browns recovered, appearing to seal the victory. The officials ruled that Groza had kicked prematurely, however, and Los Angeles returned his rekick to their 46-yard line. An interception by Lahr on a sideline pass stopped the drive and gave Cleveland the win.


1950 NFL season
The 1950 NFL season was the 31st regular season of the National Football League. The merger with the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) expanded the league to 13 teams. Meanwhile, television brought a new era to the game. The Los Angeles Rams became the first NFL team to have all of its games – both home and away – televised. The Washington Redskins became the second team to put their games on TV. Other teams arranged to have selected games televised.


1950 NFL season, The AAFC–NFL merger
The NFL and the AAFC merged prior to the season, announced on December 9, 1949. Three AAFC teams — Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers, and Baltimore Colts — joined the NFL intact. The players of the former AAFC New York Yankees team were divided up between the New York Giants and the New York Bulldogs (who changed their name to New York Yanks), the Los Angeles Dons and Los Angeles Rams merged, and a portion of the AAFC Buffalo Bills was absorbed into the Browns organization. A special draft was then held by the league's 13 teams to allocate the rest of the AAFC players.


1950 NFL season, The AAFC–NFL merger
The 13 teams were realigned into the American and National conferences, which lasted for three seasons. The merged league briefly flirted with the name "National-American Football League", but restored the name "National Football League" a few months later on March 3, 1950. Under the alignment, both conferences had a team in New York and Chicago. The "American Conference" (formerly the Eastern Division) had six teams including the Giants and the Cardinals, and the "National Conference" (the old Western Division) had seven teams including the Yanks and the Bears, as well as the Baltimore Colts.


1950 NFL season, The AAFC–NFL merger
Baltimore was declared a "swing team" and played one game against each of the other 12 NFL clubs. The original intent of the merger was to have the popular Cleveland Browns serve as this team for two years to equally help gate receipts throughout the league, however, this was refused point blank by Paul Brown. Over a 13-week season, one team was idle each week while the other 12 met in the six scheduled games. Each team played a home-and-away game against the other five teams in their conference, one game outside the conference, and one game against Baltimore over the course of a 12-game schedule.


1950 NFL season, The AAFC–NFL merger
The league also established the Pro Bowl in the 1950 season. Though the league had attempted an all-star game annually between 1938 and 1942, it had cancelled the game because of World War II and did not revive it when the war ended. Unlike the previous all-star game format, which pitted the league's most recent champion against the league's best all-stars, the Pro Bowl would pit two all-star teams, one from each conference, against each other.


1950 NFL season, The AAFC–NFL merger
Also, the 1950 season saw the first game played outside the United States when the New York Giants played the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union in an exhibition match on August 12. The Giants and Rough Riders would repeat the feat in 1951; the Giants handily won both games.


1950 NFL season, Draft
The 1950 NFL Draft was held from January 20–21, 1950 at Philadelphia's Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. With the first pick, the Detroit Lions selected end Leon Hart from the University of Notre Dame.


1950 NFL season, Final standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1950 NFL season, Playoffs
The only scheduled playoff game was the championship game. The two conference playoffs were tiebreakers.


1950 NK Hajduk Split season
The 1950 season was the 39th season in Hajduk Split’s history and their 4th in the Yugoslav First League. Their 3rd place finish in the 1948–49 season meant it was their 4th successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League.


1950 NSWRFL season
The 1950 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the forty-third season of Sydney’s top-level rugby league competition, Australia’s first. Ten teams from across the city contested the premiership during the season which culminated in a grand final between South Sydney and Western Suburbs.


1950 NSWRFL season, Teams
16th seasonGround: Belmore Sports Ground Coach: Alby WhyCaptain: Eddie Burns


1950 NSWRFL season, Teams
43rd seasonGround: Sports Ground Coach: Ernie Norman Captain: Ferris Ashton


1950 NSWRFL season, Teams
4th seasonGround: Brookvale Oval Coach: Wally O'Connell Captain: Perce Pritchard


1950 NSWRFL season, Teams
43rd seasonGround: North Sydney OvalCoach: Frank Hyde Captain: Martin Gallagher


1950 NSWRFL season, Teams
30th seasonGround: Jubilee Oval Coach: Jim Duckworth Captain: Johnny Hawke


1950 NSWRFL season, Teams
43rd seasonGround: Pratten Park Coach: Jeff Smith Captain: Frank Stanmore


1950 NSWRFL season, Finals, Final
In a close and physical encounter South Sydney held a 17–11 six point lead at half time. The second half was tryless, but South Sydney kept ahead on penalty goals throughout.


1950 NSWRFL season, Finals, Final
Souths’ captain Jack Rayner led the team in fine style to their first title in eighteen years while the club’s internationals all stood up and were counted. Forward Bernie Purcell kicked five long-range penalty goals in succession; fullback Clive Churchill ran Wests’ heavyweight forwards off their legs and winger Johnny Graves scored two great tries.


1950 NSWRFL season, Finals, Final
South Sydney Rabbitohs  21 (Tries: Graves 2, Smailes. Goals: Purcell 5, Graves 1.)


1950 NYU Violets football team
The 1950 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1950 college football season.


1950 NYU Violets football team
In their first season under head coach Hugh Devore, the Violets compiled a 1–5–1 record, and were outscored 157–88.


1950 NYU Violets football team
The team played one game in Manhattan, against crosstown rival Fordham at the Polo Grounds. The rest of its schedule was on the road. NYU played no games at its on-campus home field, Ohio Field in University Heights, Bronx.


1950 Nairobi general strike
The 1950 Nairobi general strike was a nine-day general strike led by the East African Trades Union Congress (EAUTC) that took place in Nairobi, Kenya, in the spring of 1950.


1950 Nairobi general strike
On 15 May 1950, union leaders Makhan Singh and Fred Kubai, under charges of being officers of an unregistered trade union whose registration had been refused, as per section 8 and 10 of the Trades Unions and Trades Disputes Ordinance, 1943. After the arrests, police cordoned off the EAUTC offices, blocking the EAUTC central council from having access to it.


1950 Nairobi general strike
In response, the remaining EAUTC leadership announced their intentions to start a general strike at 14:00 the next day. By the end of the day, however, their call to strike had picked up such moment that a general strike was already de facto in effect.


1950 Nairobi general strike
Among the demands of the strike were the release of Kubai and Singh, an end to workers being arrested in their homes in the middle of the night, the setting of a legal minimum wage, housing allowances, sick leave, 14 days holiday a year, a workers’ provident fund, and the changes to taxi driver municipal by-laws.


1950 Nairobi general strike
Located between Nairobi's industrial area and the city's railway station, Kaloleni Valley became one of the epicentres of the strike, with multiple demonstrations being held there and a large bonfire being lit to symbolise the continuation of the strike. Strikebreakers had their heads shaved in the Valley and were forced to clean the local toilets. Local women played a significant role in the organisation of the strike and in maintaining supply lines.


1950 Nairobi general strike
The colonial government reacted strongly, quickly declaring the strike illegal under the Essential Services Ordinance and sending vans with loudspeakers around the city to broadcast the government's position. The government also attempted to break the strike by sending in armoured cars, firing tear gas at demonstrations, and making hundreds of arrests. The Kenya Police Reserve and the Criminal Investigation Department conducted surveillance and infiltration of the strike, with snatch squads being assigned to kidnap union leaders.


1950 Nairobi general strike
By June 1950, the strike had come to an end.


1950 National Challenge Cup
The 1950 National Challenge Cup was the 36th edition of the United States Soccer Football Association's annual open cup. Today, the tournament is known as the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Teams from the American Soccer League II competed in the tournament, based on qualification methods in their base region. St. Louis Simpkins-Ford won the tournament for their second time, by defeating Ponta Delgada S.C. of Fall River, Massachusetts.


1950 National Games of India
The 1950 National Games of India were held in Bombay. They were the 14th national games, and the second time the games had been held in Bombay.


1950 National Games of India, Background
In late 1949, the Bengal Provincial Olympic Association, whose turn it was to hold the next national games, could not do so, and, at the Indian Olympic Association meeting on 24 October 1949, members from other associations were asked to stage these games but no province took the responsibility. The IOA President Maharaja of Patiala then asked Bombay to host the games; it agreed and had just three months to organise the event.


1950 National Games of India, Organising Challenges
The Bombay Provincial Olympic Association tackled many challenges as it organised for the games. First, it approached the Bombay Government for assistance, and then Bombay Home and Revenue Minister Morarji Desai presided over the first Organizing Committee meeting for the games. Second, it sought housing for about 700 sportspersons; Major General Brar and Brigadier Madhavsinhji assisted in this effort of putting up the Olympic Village in the Barracks close to the Stadium. Third, the CCI authorities and Homi Contractor readily acceded to the request to hold the games at Brabourne Stadium. Fourth, the question of feeding the athletes arose, and Controller of Rationing Quereshi assisted with this effort. Fifth, orders for the latest international sporting equipment had to be placed, and Secretary of the Bombay Provincial Olympic Association Sohrab Bhoot handled this task.


1950 National Games of India, Organisation
And so the National Games were held on 4–13 February 1950 in Bombay. Key administrators for these Games were Organising Council Chair Morarji Desai; Organising Committee Chair A. S. deMello (then President of the Bombay Provincial Olympic Association); and Organising Committee Secretary Sohrab Bhoot (then Secretary of the Bombay Provincial Olympic Association).


1950 National Games of India, Organisation
The organising committee included 3 representatives of the Indian Olympic Association Council, as well as the Executive Committee of the Bombay Provincial Olympic Association. * * Also assisting with organisation were members of the Reception committee, Meher and Golwalla; Stadium committee, Bebbington and Taraporewala; Village committee, Davies, Saugar, and Wadia; Grounds committee, Rane and Pardiwala; Publicity committee, Mody and Saugar; Finance committee, Mehta and Kapadia; Transport committee, Shenoy and Kate; Program committee, Joseph and Gole; and Games committee, Mhaskar and Gole.


1950 National Games of India, Organisation
The brochure for the Games thus noted: "True to Bombay tradition we had the help and cooperation from one and all whom we approached in the cause of Sports." And A.S. DeMello noted on 10 February at Brabourne Stadium: "In staging these games, we have received the powerful help and influence of the Government of Bombay, of friends and of many friendly experts, all of whose invaluable aid it is my privilege to acknowledge gratefully today."


1950 National Games of India, Organisation
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1950 National Games of India, Organisation
*The principal officers and executive committee members of the Bombay Provincial Olympic Association were: 1949-50: President A S deMello; Vice Presidents K G Lohana and P R Bhatt; Treasurer J Kapadia; Secretaries S Bhoot, L R Agaskar, A R M Sidiki; Members T Adams, W Abraham, K F Golwala, Y A Gole, N D Kate, B M Mistry, J T Martin, N S Saugar, V H A Sonawalla, D B Taraporewala, K Ziaudin 1948-49: President A S deMello; Vice Presidents K G Lohana and J S Bharucha; Treasurer P R Bhatt; Secretary S Bhoot; Members D Abraham, W Abraham, L Agaskar, K F Golwala, Y A Gole, M D Kale, J T Martin, N V Sarma, N S Saugar, V H A Sonawalla, D B Taraporewala 1947-48: President A S deMello; Vice Presidents K G Lohana and S Setna; Treasurer P R Bhatt; Secretary S Bhoot, J Pardiwala; Members W Abraham, T Adams, L Agaskar, M K Choksi, K F Golwala, N M Limaye, M B Maneckji, J T Martin, R G Nair, N V Sarma, Valimahommed H A Sonawalla


1950 National Invitation Tournament
The 1950 National Invitation Tournament was the 1950 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. For the only time in history, the same school won both the NIT and NCAA tournaments as CCNY took both championships, beating Bradley in both finals. Four participants in the 1950 NIT (Bradley, CCNY, Kentucky and Long Island University) were later implicated in the CCNY point shaving scandal.


1950 National Invitation Tournament, Selected teams
Below is a list of the 12 teams selected for the tournament.


1950 Nations Grand Prix
The 1950 Nations Grand Prix was a motor race set to Formula One rules, held on 30 July 1950. The race was won by Argentinean driver Juan Manuel Fangio after a distance of 68 laps.


1950 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1950 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth and final round of the 1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 10 September 1950 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.


1950 Navy Midshipmen football team
The 1950 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1950 college football season. In their first season under head coach Eddie Erdelatz, the Midshipmen compiled a 3–6 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined score of 176 to 122.


1950 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
The 1950 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska and member of the Big 7 Conference in the 1950 college football season. The team was coached by Bill Glassford and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.


1950 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Before the season
After the dark decade of the 1940s, where the Cornhusker program found only one winning season, second-year head coach Glassford had arrived and brought a faint hope to the Cornhusker faithful by fielding a 1949 team that appeared competitive. As coach Glassford settled in for his second year, he increased the coaching staff from seven to nine personnel, and the new decade opened with hopes that Nebraska could once again take its place among the best of the college football programs in the United States.


1950 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Before the season
On April 8, 1950, Nebraska held its first ever Spring Game scrimmage (later known as the Red-White Game) against a team of Nebraska alumni players (supplemented by a handful of varsity members). The two teams played to a 13–13 tie.


1950 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Indiana
Nebraska put a stop to Indiana's seven-game winning streak against the Cornhuskers by bringing a strong performance to the opening game of the season. The Hoosiers escaped a defeat only by a handful of fumbles lost by Cornhusker miscues. It was the first time since 1938 that Nebraska had fought a contest to a tie, a 0–0 scoreless affair which also happened to be against Indiana. The Cornhuskers pulled up to 3–7–3 against Indiana to date.


1950 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Minnesota
Encouraged by the strong showing the week prior against the Hoosiers, Nebraska traveled to Minneapolis and refused to be intimidated by the Golden Gophers. By the time Minnesota managed to score, Nebraska was already enjoying a 26–0 lead and had the Gophers on their heels. Minnesota's adjustments after halftime brought some results, but not enough for them to escape the rare home field defeat. Minnesota's ten-game winning streak against Nebraska was snapped at last, and the Cornhuskers reveled in their first win in Minneapolis since a 6–0 decision against the Gophers dating back to 1902. Nebraska now stood at 5–25–2 in the series and had much ground to cover if they ever hoped to catch up, but the momentous win was cause to celebrate. Perhaps Nebraska was finally on the way back.


1950 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Colorado
Fresh from their triumph in Minneapolis, the Cornhuskers arrived in Boulder looking for another win to establish the return of the program to greatness. Colorado would have none of that, however, and dealt the uninspired Nebraska squad its first loss of the season to move to 3–6–3 in the series.


1950 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
Nebraska bounced back from the flat performance of the week before, and was firing on all cylinders when Penn State arrived in Lincoln for the first time ever in the third meeting of these teams. Cornhusker HB Bobby Reynolds accounted for more personal yards on the day then the entire Nittany Lion team, and the Nebraska defense held strong to prevent Penn State from ever finding the scoreboard, securing the first Nebraska win in the series. So far, except for the aberration in Boulder, the season had opened with exceptional success as the Cornhuskers were undefeated against three powerhouse teams, two of which were longtime rivals.


1950 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Kansas
The Cornhuskers continued to build on the season's rising tide of successes by defeating the Jayhawks in Lawrence, snapping their three-game skid against Kansas. Nebraska was now 41–12–3 against the Jayhawks all-time.


1950 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Missouri
The 1950 homecoming game was attended by former Cornhusker football players who had battled in the 1941 Rose Bowl ten seasons prior, and the new decade's version of the Cornhuskers did not disappoint. For the first time since 1945, Nebraska pulled in a homecoming victory, in an offensive shootout that amassed  over 1,000 combined offensive yards by both teams. The defeat of Missouri ended a five-game Tiger winning streak, and put Nebraska ahead in the series at 25–15–3.


1950 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Kansas State
Kansas State found itself in the path of a rolling Cornhusker squad that was listed in the AP Poll for the first time since 1941, and was unable to get out of the way as the Cornhuskers hung 49 points on the scoreboard before the final whistle, which was the most points scored in a single game by Nebraska since a 53–0 blanking of lowly South Dakota in 1945. Nebraska had now defeated the Wildcats in eight straight meetings and continued to lead the series at 28–4–2.


1950 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Iowa State
Apparently the voters in the AP Poll were not adequately impressed with Nebraska's win over downtrodden Kansas State the previous week, as the Cornhuskers actually fell two spots in the poll before facing Iowa State in Lincoln. A single touchdown proved to be the difference in the game, as the Cyclones fought a fairly close game, holding Nebraska to under 30 points for the first time in four games. The Cornhuskers increased their commanding series lead to 35–8–1.


1950 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma
Nebraska faced its stiffest test of the season when the Cornhuskers traveled to Norman to close the regular season, as the Sooners held a record seven-game winning streak over Nebraska and was the #1 ranked team in the AP Poll going into the game. Nebraska fought in front of a substantial crowd, managing to put up 35 points against the number one team in the land on their own turf, but Oklahoma romped over the Cornhusker defenses and racked up 49 points of their own to finish the season on top of the conference and the nation. Nebraska's record single-team losing streak, held by Oklahoma, was extended to eight games. The Sooners finished the season undefeated at 9–0–0, and closed the series record gap between the squads to 10–16–3.


1950 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, After the season
Coach Glassford's second season was a resounding success, as Nebraska end its brutal nine-season losing skid, and notched high-profile wins against Penn State and Minnesota in the process. The season-ending loss to national champion Oklahoma could be tolerated, leaving just the one letdown loss to Colorado to truly mar the season, though the positive turnaround of fortunes was so dramatic that few would complain. Nebraska ended the season ranked in the AP Poll for the first time in ten years. Coach Glassford's conference record improved to 7–5–0 (.583), as his overall record climbed to 10–7–1 (.583). The Cornhusker football program's overall record improved to 326–155–32 (.667), though the conference record declined slightly to 127–42–11 (.736).


1950 Nebraska gubernatorial election
The 1950 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1950, and featured incumbent Governor Val Peterson, a Republican, defeating Democratic nominee, former state Senator Walter R. Raecke, to win a third and final two-year term in office.


1950 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and Budapest Honvéd FC won the championship.


1950 Netherlands Antilles general election
General elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 21 December 1950. These snap elections were necessary because in the 'Interimregeling' the number of seats and the divisions of the seats in the Estates of the Netherlands Antilles was changed.


1950 Netherlands Antilles general election
The 22 seats in the Estates of the Netherlands Antilles consisted of twelve for Curaçao, eight for Aruba, one for Bonaire and one for the SSS Islands. At the previous elections (1949) the 21 seats consisted of eight for Curaçao, eight for Aruba, two for Bonaire and one for each of the three SSS Islands.


1950 Netherlands Antilles general election, Results, Curaçao
Population: 98,161 (31 December 1949)Entitled to vote: 39,768Valid votes: 32,423Seats: 12Average valid votes per seat: 2,702


1950 Netherlands Antilles general election, Results, Aruba
Population: 53,574 (31 December 1949)Entitled to vote: 14,521Valid votes: 12,060Seats: 8Average valid votes per seat: 1,507.5


1950 Netherlands Antilles general election, Results, Bonaire
Population: 5,011 (31 December 1949)Entitled to vote: 2,262Valid votes: 1,968Seats: 1


1950 Netherlands Antilles general election, Results, SSS Islands
Population: 3,578 (31 December 1949: Sint Maarten 1,513; Saba 1,110 & Eustatius 955)Entitled to vote: 1,389 (Sint Maarten 558; Saba 469 & Sint Eustatius 362)Valid votes: 1,005Seats: 1


1950 Netherlands Antilles general election, Aftermath
The new session of the Estates started on 21  February 1951 and a month later Isa became a temporary replacement for Braam.


1950 Netherlands Antilles general election, Aftermath
Around April 1951 Da Costa Gomez and Sprockel gave up their position in the parliament to join the 'Regeringsraad' (early stage of the Council of Ministers). They were succeeded by Bartels Daal and Morkos.


1950 Netherlands Antilles general election, Aftermath
Mid 1951 Tromp was succeeded by Amelink and Braam returned in the parliament after Kroon left. Later that year Morkos was replaced by Smit, Goslinga by Broos and Geerman by De la Fuente.


1950 Netherlands Antilles general election, Aftermath
In 1952 Amelink was succeeded by Dirksz, Gerharts by Abraham and Goslinga returned to replace Broos. After Debrot temporarily left the parliament Morkos became a member of the Estates and later that year Smit gave up his seat so Debrot could return.


1950 Netherlands Antilles general election, Aftermath
In 1953 Chumaceiro replaced Van der Hoeven for a few months.


1950 Nevada Wolf Pack football team
The 1950 Nevada Wolf Pack football team was an American football team that represented the University of Nevada as an independent during the 1950 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Joe Sheeketski, the Wolf Pack compiled a 1–9 record and were outscored by opponents by a total of 363 to 117. Sheeketski resigned as athletic director and head coach.


1950 Nevada gubernatorial election
The 1950 Nevada gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1950. Incumbent Democrat Vail M. Pittman ran unsuccessfully for re-election to a second term as Governor of Nevada. He was defeated by Republican nominee Charles H. Russell with 57.65% of the vote.


1950 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
The 1950 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1950 college football season. In its second year under head coach Chief Boston, the team compiled a perfect 8–0 record (4–0 against conference opponents) and won the Yankee Conference championship.


1950 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1950 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1950. Incumbent Republican Sherman Adams defeated Democratic nominee Robert P. Bingham with 56.95% of the vote.


1950 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team
The 1950 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team was an American football team that represented New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts (now known as New Mexico State University) as a member of the Border Conference during the 1950 college football season. In their third and final year under head coach Vaughn Corley, the Aggies compiled a 2–7 record (1–4 against conference opponents), finished eighth in the conference, and were outscored by a total of 249 to 95. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium.


1950 New Mexico Lobos football team
The 1950 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico in the Border Conference during the 1950 college football season. In their first season under head coach Dudley DeGroot, the Lobos compiled a 2–8 record (2–5 against conference opponents), finished seventh in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a total of 330 to 160. On defense, the team allowed an average of 33 points per game, ranking 116th of 120 major college teams.


1950 New Mexico gubernatorial election
The 1950 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1950, in order to elect the Governor of New Mexico. Incumbent Democrat Thomas J. Mabry was term-limited, and could not run for a third consecutive term.


1950 New Orleans mayoral election
The New Orleans mayoral election of 1950 was held on January 24, 1950. It resulted in the re-election of deLesseps Morrison to his second term as Mayor of New Orleans.


1950 New Orleans mayoral election
Like most Southern states between Reconstruction and the civil rights era, Louisiana's Republican Party was virtually nonexistent in terms of electoral support. This meant that the city's Democratic primary was the real contest for mayor.


1950 New Orleans mayoral election
Incumbent mayor deLesseps Morrison was backed by labor unions, the major newspapers, and black New Orleanians, but he also publicly maintained his support for segregation on the campaign trail.


1950 New Orleans mayoral election
After being defeated in the election of 1946, the Regular Democratic Organization political machine was anxious to regain control of the city. After an unsuccessful search for a candidate that briefly included former mayor Robert Maestri, the RDO threw its support behind Charles C. Zatarain, a local businessman and member of the Louisiana Tax Commission. Zatarain also received the endorsement of Governor Earl Long. Though running against Morrison, Zatarain’s platform was largely a watered-down copy of Morrison’s.


1950 New Orleans mayoral election
Zatarain also used racial appeals in his campaign, charging that Morrison planned to build housing for African Americans in Lakeview and Gentilly and circulating photographs of Morrison with black leader Ralph Bunche. Another minor candidate, Alvin A. Cobb, ran on an explicit Dixiecrat platform that included racial attacks on Morrison’s policies.


1950 New Orleans mayoral election
In the first primary, Morrison won an overwhelming majority over Zatarain, receiving 64% of the vote and winning every one of the city’s 17 wards. Cobb received 4,751 votes. No runoff was needed. With five of Morrison’s seven candidates for council also winning election, it seemed as though the RDO was irrevocably beaten.


1950 New South Wales 100
The 1950 New South Wales 100 was a motor race staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 10 April 1950. It was organised by the Australian Sporting Car Club  and was contested over 25 laps, a total distance of approximately 100 miles. The race was staged on a handicap basis with the first car, the MG J2/P of RW Fowler, scheduled to start 25 minutes before the last car, the Alta of Tony Gaze.


1950 New South Wales 100
The race was won by Doug Whiteford driving a Ford V8 Special. Whiteford also achieved the fastest race time, for which he was awarded the New South Wales Road Racing Championship title.


1950 New South Wales state election
The 1950  New South Wales state election  was held on 17 June 1950. It  was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and  was held on boundaries created at a 1949 redistribution. The election was for all of the 94 seats in the  Legislative Assembly, which was an increase of 4 seats since the previous election.


1950 New South Wales state election
At the time of the election, Labor had been in power for 9 years, James McGirr had been the Premier for 3 years and Labor had lost power federally to the Liberal Party of Robert Menzies 6 months earlier. The NSW Labor Government, under McGirr, was beginning to show signs of age.


1950 New South Wales state election
Severe  divisions had appeared in the party at the beginning of 1950 when the state executive  expelled 4 members of the Assembly James Geraghty (North Sydney), John Seiffert (Monaro), Roy Heferen (Barwon) and Fred Stanley (Lakemba)  from the parliamentary party for breaking party solidarity during an indirect election of the Legislative Council. They had voted for the businessman Asher Joel instead of the endorsed Labor candidates. All four served out the remainder of their terms as independents and stood in the election as Independent Labor candidates.


1950 New South Wales state election
An attempt by the caucus to overturn the expulsions led to resentment among party branch members which was reflected in the defeat of four members who were standing for pre-selection; Baden Powell, Bob Gorman, Mary Quirk and Kevin Dwyer. Two members of Lang Labor: Chris Lang (Auburn) and Lilian Fowler (Newtown) were still in the Assembly and they both stood for re-election.


1950 New South Wales state election
In contrast, the Liberal Party which had been founded by  in 1945, continued to consolidate its position as the pre-eminent conservative party. It had been led by Vernon Treatt  and presented a solid front to the electorate. The Country Party was led by Michael Bruxner and remained closely aligned to the Liberals.


1950 New South Wales state election
The balance of power lay with the two re-elected Independent Labor members, James Geraghty and John Seiffert, who had been expelled from the party for disloyalty during the previous parliament. Under a legalistic interpretation of the ALP rules, Seiffert was readmitted to the party and, together with the support of Geraghty, McGirr and Labor were able to stay in power. Labor gained the two  Lang Labor seats  and re-gained the Independent Labor seat of Lakemba at the election. It lost the remaining seat held by an  Independent Labor member (Barwon) to the Country Party.


1950 New South Wales state election
Labor also lost Hawkesbury, Ryde and Kogarah to the Liberal Party and Mudgee and Dubbo to the Country Party. The sitting Independent members for South Coast and  Gloucester changed their allegiance to the Liberal Party and the Country Party respectively at this election. During the parliament there were 4 by-elections with the result of a net gain to Labor of 1 seat (Ashfield).


1950 New South Wales state election
The near loss of the election weakened McGirr's position and he was replaced as premier by Joseph Cahill in April 1952. Treatt remained the Leader of the Opposition during the period of this parliament and Bruxner continued as the Leader of the Country Party, a position he had held since 1932.


1950 New South Wales state election, Seats changing party representation
† Concord was won by the Liberal Party at a 1949 by-election caused by the death of Labor's Bill Carlton


1950 New South Wales state election, Seats changing party representation
‡ Coogee was won by the Liberal Party at a 1948 by-election caused by the death of Labor's Lou Cunningham


1950 New South Wales state election, Seats changing party representation
¶ Kogarah was won by the Liberal Party at a 1948 by-election caused by the death of Labor's William Currey


1950 New South Wales state election, Tabulated Results
New South Wales state election, 17 June 1950Legislative Assembly << 1947–1953 >>


1950 New South Wales state election, Tabulated Results
The final two party preferred result was Labor 51% to Coalition 49%.


1950 New Year Honours
The 1950 New Years Honours were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced on 2 January 1950 for the United Kingdom, New Zealand, India, and Ceylon.


1950 New Year Honours
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.


1950 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The 1950 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by King George VI on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1949 and the beginning of 1950, and were announced on 2 January 1950.


1950 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


1950 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
The 16th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honored the best filmmaking of 1950.


1950 New York Giants (MLB) season
The 1950 New York Giants season was the franchise's 68th season. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 86-68 record, 5 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies.


1950 New York Giants (MLB) season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1950 New York Giants (MLB) season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1950 New York Giants (MLB) season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1950 New York Giants (MLB) season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1950 New York Giants (MLB) season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1950 New York Giants season
The 1950 New York Giants season was the franchise's 26th season in the National Football League.


1950 New York Giants season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1950 New York Yankees season
The 1950 New York Yankees season was the 48th season for the team in New York and its 50th overall as a franchise. The team finished with a record of 98–56, winning their 17th pennant, finishing 3 games ahead of the Detroit Tigers. In the World Series, they defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in 4 games. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.


1950 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1950 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1950 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1950 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1950 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1950 New York Yankees season, 1950 World Series
AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (0)


1950 New York Yanks season
The 1950 New York Yanks season was their first as the Yanks (previously being the New York Bulldogs, Boston Yanks, Brooklyn Dodgers, & the original, founding APFA member & Ohio League franchise Dayton Triangles). The team improved on their previous season's output of 1–10–1, winning seven games. Their games were particularly high scoring; in seven of their twelve games, forty or more points were scored by a single team.


1950 New York Yanks season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1950 New York state election
The 1950 New York state election was held on November 7, 1950, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the state comptroller, the attorney general and a U.S. Senator, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.


1950 New York state election, Nominations
The Socialist Workers state convention met on July 9, and nominated Michael Bartell for Governor; Gladys Barker for Lieutenant Governor; and Joseph Hansen for the U.S. Senate. The petition to nominate candidates was filed on September 5 with the Secretary of State.


1950 New York state election, Nominations
The American Labor state convention met on September 6 and nominated John T. McManus for Governor; Dr. Clementina J. Paolone, an obstetrician, for Lieutenant Governor; Michael Jiminez for Comptroller; Frank Scheiner for Attorney General; and Dr. W.E.B. DuBois for the U.S. Senate.


1950 New York state election, Nominations
The Republican state convention met on September 7 at Saratoga Springs, New York. They re-nominated Governor Thomas E. Dewey and Attorney General Nathaniel L. Goldstein; and nominated Lieutenant Governor Joe R. Hanley for the U.S. Senate; Comptroller Frank C. Moore for Lieutenant Governor; and State Senator J. Raymond McGovern for Comptroller.


1950 New York state election, Nominations
The Democratic state convention met on September 7 at Rochester, New York, and nominated Congressman Walter A. Lynch for Governor; Richard H. Balch for Lieutenant Governor; New York City Treasurer Spencer C. Young for Comptroller; Francis J. D'Amanda for Attorney General; and re-nominated the incumbent U.S. Senator Herbert H. Lehman


1950 New York state election, Nominations
The Liberal state convention met on September 6 and 7 at the Statler Hotel in New York City, and endorsed the Democratic nominees Lynch and Lehman, but rejected the other three. However, on September 11, the Liberal State Committee substituted the other three Democratic nominees Balch, Young and D'Amanda on the ticket.


1950 New York state election, Result
Almost the whole Republican ticket was elected in a landslide. Only the Democratic incumbent U.S. Senator, Ex-Governor Herbert H. Lehman, managed to stay in office.


1950 New York state election, Result
This was the last election with separate votes for Governor and Lieutenant Governor. An amendment adopted in 1953 required the voters to cast a joint vote for the candidates running for these two offices on any ticket, which has been done since the election of 1954.


1950 New Zealand Grand Prix
The 1950 New Zealand Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Ohakea Circuit on 18 March 1950. It was the first New Zealand Grand Prix to be held and was won by John McMillan.


1950 New Zealand rugby league season
The 1950 New Zealand rugby league season was the 43rd season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand.


1950 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
New Zealand defeated the touring Great Britain side 2-0 in a Test series, winning 16-10 in Christchurch and 20-13 at Carlaw Park. For both Test matches New Zealand included; Des White, Jack Forrest, Tommy Baxter, captain Maurie Robertson, Bevin Hough, Des Barchard, Jimmy Haig, Cliff Johnson, George Davidson, John Newton, Clarence Hurndell, Charlie McBride and Travers Hardwick.


1950 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
Auckland lost to Great Britain 26-17 at Carlaw Park. Auckland included Des White, Jimmy Edwards, Tommy Baxter, Maurie Robertson, Bevin Hough, Des Barchard, Ossie Stewart, Don McLeod, George Davidson, Bill Spence, Jack Wright, Cliff Johnson and Doug Price.


1950 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Northern Union Cup
Auckland held the Northern Union Cup at the end of the season.


1950 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Inter-island competition
The South Island defeated the North Island 19-12 in the annual fixture. The South Island included Jack Forrest, George Menzies, Jimmy Haig, John Newton, Lory Blanchard, Bob O'Donnell, Joe Curtain, Charlie McBride, Bob Neilson and Alister Atkinson.


1950 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Inter-district competition
Auckland sent a team on a tour of Wellington and the South Island and at the same time hosted South Auckland. The touring side defeated Wellington 13-10 on a Thursday, defeated Canterbury 17-8 two days later, before losing to the West Coast 8-5 on the Sunday. The touring squad included Jimmy Edwards, captain Des White, Roy Roff and Clarence Hurndell. Canterbury included Lory Blanchard, Alister Atkinson and his brother, Neville. The West Coast included Jack Forrest, Ray Nuttall and John Newton.


1950 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Inter-district competition
The other Auckland side defeated South Auckland 29-26 at Carlaw Park. This Auckland side included Bevin Hough, Tommy Baxter, Bill Sorensen, Doug Anderson, Cliff Johnson, captain Ray Cranch, Doug Richards-Jolley and Graham Burgoyne.


1950 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
Mt Albert won the Auckland Rugby League's Fox Memorial Trophy, Rukutai Shield, Roope Rooster and Norton Cup. Marist won the Stormont Shield while Otahuhu won the Sharman Cup. City retained its first division status after defeating Zora and Ellerslie in a two-round play-off.


1950 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
Bevin Hough played for Richmond while Mount Albert included Allan Wiles and Ray Cranch.


1950 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Other Competitions
Blackball thrashed Sydenham 53-13 to win the Thacker Shield and also defeated Mount Albert 35-15. Blackball included Bob Aynsley, Bill McLennan and Bob O'Donnell.


1950 Nicaraguan general election
General elections were held in Nicaragua to elect a president and National Congress of Nicaragua on 21 May 1950.


1950 Nicaraguan general election
In April, Anastasio Somoza García and Emiliano Chamorro Vargas sat down and signed the Pacto de los Generales, thus laying the basis for a new political coalition. Once the agreement was signed, the Congress formally proceeded to set the date and the procedure of the upcoming election. Sixty deputies to a Constituent Assembly would be elected, with forty seats going to the majority party and seventeen to the minority party, plus three that would include the defeated presidential candidate and the two living, popularly elected ex-presidents (Anastasio Somoza García and Emiliano Chamorro Vargas). "Only the Liberals and the Conservatives could participate because the constitutional procedure for registering new parties would be held in abeyance."


1950 Nicaraguan general election
The Conservative leadership at no time threatened to withdraw from the race and the election was held as scheduled on 21 May. The results of the election proved a disaster for the Conservatives, who received less than one-quarter of all the votes and won a bare outright majority only in Granada.


1950 Nippon Professional Baseball season
The 1950 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the first season for baseball in Japan that used the new two league format since the split the previous year. The two leagues would be known as the Central League and the Pacific League.


1950 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
The 1950 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1950 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by eighth-year head coach Carl Snavely, and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The team competed as a member of the Southern Conference.


1950 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
Center and linebacker Irv Holdash was named a first-team All-American by the All-America Board and Associated Press.


1950 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team
The 1950 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team, also known as the Nodaks, was an American football team that represented the University of North Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1950 college football season. In its first year under head coach Frank Zazula, the team compiled a 5–2–2 record (3–2–1 against NCC opponents), finished in third place out of seven teams in the NCC, and outscored opponents by a total of 222 to 170. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Grand Forks, North Dakota.


1950 North Dakota State Bison football team
The 1950 North Dakota State Bison football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota State University during the 1950 college football season as a member of the North Central Conference. In their first year under head coach Mac Wenskunas, the team compiled a 2–7 record.


1950 North Dakota gubernatorial election
The 1950 North Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1950. Republican nominee Norman Brunsdale defeated Democratic nominee Clyde G. Byerly with 66.29% of the vote.


1950 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
The 1950 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was part of the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. The season has no official bounds but cyclones tend to form between April and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northern Indian Ocean. There are two main seas in the North Indian Ocean—the Bay of Bengal to the east of the Indian subcontinent and the Arabian Sea to the west of India.


1950 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
The official Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre in this basin is the India Meteorological Department (IMD), while the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) releases unofficial advisories. An average of five tropical cyclones form in the North Indian Ocean every season with peaks in May and November. Cyclones occurring between the meridians 45°E and 100°E are included in the season by the IMD.


1950 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
Sixteen depressions developed during the 1950 season, with four of them becoming cyclonic storms while three of them formed over the land. Most tropical cyclones formed in this season are weak, as there is no severe cyclonic storms formed during this season.


1950 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression One
A ship reported thunderstorm rains in the southeast of Sri Lanka in April 4 while a shallow low was formed in the southeast Bay of Bengal on the next day, when Car Nicobar experienced overcast conditions and northeasterly winds. The low moved west and a well-marked trough formed southeast of Sri Lanka in the morning of April 7. By April 8, the trough developed into depression as winds of 15 to 20 knots are reported by number of vessels, and a vessel reported southerly winds The depression tracked north and then tracking northeast by April 10. By April 11, the system intensified and begins to accelerate towards Burma on evening of the same day. In April 13, the system moved ashore across southern Rakhine State coasts and quickly dissipated over land.


1950 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression One
The system dropped heavy rains on the east coast of Sri Lanka on April 8 and April 9. As the depression moved northeastwards, widespread rains occurred over Napier Bay Islands on April 11 and April 13, killing two people in Port Blair. As system made landfall near Burmese coast, heavy rains caused some damage to the property and five people.