1959 Boston Red Sox season, Offseason
1958 turned out to be Jimmy Piersall's final season with the Red Sox. On December 2, 1958, Piersall was traded to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Gary Geiger and Vic Wertz.


1959 Boston Red Sox 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


1959 Boston Red Sox 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


1959 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1959 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1959 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1959 Boston University Terriers football team
The 1959 Boston University Terriers football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as an independent during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. In its third season under head coach Steve Sinko, the team compiled a 4–5 record and was outscored by a total of 150 to 102.


1959 Boston mayoral election
The Boston mayoral election of 1959 occurred on Tuesday, November 3, 1959, between former Boston City Council member John Frederick  Collins and President of the Massachusetts Senate John E. Powers. Collins was elected to his first term, and was inaugurated on Monday, January 4, 1960.


1959 Boston mayoral election
The nonpartisan municipal preliminary election was held on Tuesday, September 22, 1959.


1959 Boston mayoral election
Collins' victory was considered the biggest upset in city politics in decades. Boston University political scientist Murray Levin wrote a book on the race, titled The Alienated Voter: Politics in Boston, which attributed Collins' victory to the voters' cynicism and resentment of the city's political elite. Collins had been widely viewed as the underdog in the race. Collins had run on the slogan "stop power politics", and was widely seen as independent of any political machine.


1959 Bowling Green Falcons football team
The 1959 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. In their fifth season under head coach Doyt Perry, the Falcons compiled a perfect 9–0 record (6–0 against MAC opponents), won the MAC championship, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 274 to 83. The team was voted by the United Press International Board of Coaches as the 1959 national small college champion. The team was inducted as a group into the Bowling Green Hall of Fame in 2013.


1959 Bowling Green Falcons football team
The team's statistical leaders were Bob Colburn with 788 passing yards, Chuck Comer with 361 rushing yards, and Bernie Casey with 264 receiving yards. Colburn and tackle Bob Zimpfer were selected by the UPI as first-team All-Ohio players. Colburn received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Jack Harbaugh, who later gained fame as a football coach, set a school record with three interceptions in the November 14 game against No. 1 Delaware.


1959 British Grand Prix
The 1959 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Aintree Circuit on 18 July 1959. It was race 5 of 9 in the 1959 World Championship of Drivers and race 4 of 8 in the 1959 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the 14th British Grand Prix and the third to be held at the Aintree Motor Racing Circuit, a circuit mapped out in the grounds of the Aintree Racecourse horse racing venue. The race was held over 75 laps of the four kilometre circuit for a race distance of 362 kilometres.


1959 British Grand Prix
The race was won by Australian Jack Brabham taking his second Grand Prix victory in a works Cooper T51. Brabham dominated the race, leading all 75 laps to win by 22 seconds over British driver Stirling Moss driving a British Racing Partnership entered BRM P25. It was the first time a BRP entry finished in the top three. Brabham's Cooper Car Company teammate, New Zealander Bruce McLaren finished in third place, just 0.2 seconds behind Moss, having lost second place late in the race. Harry Schell finished fourth for the Owen Racing Organisation BRM team a lap behind Brabham.


1959 British Grand Prix
The British Grand Prix had the biggest entry of the season outside the Indianapolis 500 with 30 cars competing and 24 starting the race, all despite the absence of Ferrari. Strikes in Italy trapped the team at home, leaving the British teams to fight over the race. Ferrari's new lead driver Tony Brooks was given a release and started the race in a Vanwall but was the first to retire with misfire after 13 laps having started in a lowly 17th after winning the French Grand Prix a few weeks earlier.


1959 British Grand Prix
The win saw Brabham expand his points lead over Brooks to 13 points. Moss and McLaren moved into fourth place just half a point behind the absent Phil Hill.


1959 British Grand Prix
On the last lap of this race, McLaren became the youngest driver to set a fastest lap in Formula One, aged 21 years and 322 days. It was another 44 years before Fernando Alonso relieved him of that achievement with fastest lap in the 2003 Canadian GP. He was a day younger aged 21 years and 321 days.


1959 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand
In 1959, the British Lions rugby union team toured Australia and New Zealand. The Lions won the two test matches against Australia but lost the international series against the All Blacks by three matches to one. They also played two matches in Canada, on the return leg of the journey.


1959 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand
Although New Zealand won the series, the results in three of the tests were close. The Lions scored four tries to nil in the first test but six penalties by Don Clarke saw the All Blacks win 18–17. Clarke also scored a late try and conversion to win the second test, 11–8. New Zealand won the third test comfortably by 22–8 to win the series but the fourth test, which the Lions won 9–6, could have gone the All Blacks way had Clarke not missed a late penalty attempt.


1959 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand
Overall the tourists played thirty-three matches, winning twenty-seven and losing six. In Australia the Lions played six matches, winning five and losing one, to New South Wales. In New Zealand they played twenty-five matches, winning twenty and losing five – in addition to their three test defeats they also lost to Otago and Canterbury. They also played two matches in Canada, winning both.


1959 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand
The tour was notable for the 842 points scored in 33 games, a record number of points for a Lions tour and for the 22 tries scored by Tony O'Reilly, also a Lions tour record.


1959 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand
The touring party was captained by Ronnie Dawson. The manager was A. W. Wilson and the assistant manager was O.B. Glasgow.


1959 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand, The matches, First Australia Test
Australia: JK Lenehan (NSW), AR Morton (NSW), JM Potts (NSW), LJ Diett (NSW), KJ Donald (Queensland), AJ Summons (NSW), DM Connor (Queensland), PK Dunn (NSW), PG Johnson (NSW), KJ Ellis (NSW); JH Carroll (NSW), AK Millar (NSW); PT Fenwicke (NSW) Captain, K Outterside (NSW), John Thornett (NSW)


1959 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand, The matches, First Australia Test
British Lions: KJF Scotland, PB Jackson, M Price, D Hewitt, AJF O'Reilley, AB Risman, REG Jeeps, HF McLeod, AR Dawson Captain, S Millar, GK Smith, WA Mulcahy, RH Williams, A Ashcroft, J Faull


1959 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand, The matches, Second Australia Test
Australia: JK Lenehan (NSW), AR Morton (NSW), AR Kay (Victoria), LJ Diett (NSW), KJ Donald (Queensland), AJ Summons (NSW), DM Connor (Queensland); KJ Ellis (NSW), PG Johnson (NSW), PK Dunn (NSW); JH Carroll (NSW), AK Millar (NSW), JE Thornett (NSW), K Outterside (NSW), PT Fenwicke (NSW) Captain


1959 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand, The matches, Second Australia Test
British Lions: KJF Scotland, PB Jackson, D Hewitt, M Price, AJF O'Reilley, AB Risman, REG Jeeps, HF McLeod, AR Dawson Captain, S Millar, WR Evans, RH Williams, NAA Murphy, RWD Marques, GK Smith


1959 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand, The matches, First New Zealand Test
New Zealand: DB Clarke (Waikato), PT Walsh (Counties), RF McMullen (Auckland), TR Lineen (Auckland), BE McPhail (Canterbury), RH Brown (Taranaki), RJ Urbahn (Taranaki); WJ Whineray (Canterbury) Captain, RC Hemi (Waikato), IJ Clarke (Waikato), SF Hill (Canterbury), BE Finlay (Manauatu), PFH Jones (North Auckland), EAR Pickering (Waikato), IN MacEwan (Wellington)


1959 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand, The matches, First New Zealand Test
British Lions: KJF Scotland, PB Jackson, MJ Price, D Hewitt, AJF O'Reilley, ABW Risman, REG Jeeps, HF McLeod, AR Dawson Captain, BGM Wood, WR Evans, RH Williams, GK Smith, J Faull, NA Murphy


1959 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand, The matches, Second New Zealand Test
New Zealand: DB Clarke (Waikato), ES Diack (Otago), RF McMullen (Auckland), TR Lineen (Auckland), RW Caulton (Wellington), JF McCullough (Taranaki), KC Briscoe (Taranaki), WJ Whineray (Canterbury) Captain, DS Webb (North Auckland), IJ Clarke (Waikato), SF Hill (Canterbury), IN MacEwan (Wellington), CE Meads (Kings Country), RJ Conway (Otago), KR Tremain (Canterbury)


1959 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand, The matches, Second New Zealand Test
British Lions: TE Davies, JRC Young, MC Thomas, WM Patterson, AJF O'Reilley, MJ Price, REG Jeeps, S Millar, AR Dawson Captain, HF McLeod, RH Williams, WR Evans, A Ashcroft, RWD Marques, NA Murphy


1959 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand, The matches, Third New Zealand Test
New Zealand: DB Clarke (Waikato), RH Brown (Taranaki), TR Lineen (Auckland), RW Caulton (Wellington), JF McCullough (Taranaki), RJ Urbahn (Taranaki), MW Irwin (Otago), RC Hemi (Waikato), WJ Whineray (Canterbury) Captain, SF Hill (Canterbury), IN MacEwan (Wellington), KR Tremain (Canterbury), RJ Conway (Otago), CE Meads (Kings Country)


1959 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand, The matches, Third New Zealand Test
British Lions: KJF Scotland, PB Jackson, MJ Price, D Hewitt, AJF O'Reilley, JP Horrocks-Taylor, REG Jeeps, HF McLeod, AR Dawson Captain, BGM Wood, WR Evans, RH Williams, HJ Morgan, J Faull, GK Smith


1959 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand, The matches, Fourth New Zealand Test
New Zealand: DB Clarke (Waikato), BE McPhail (Canterbury), TR Lineen (Auckland), AH Clarke (Auckland), RW Caulton (Wellington), JF McCullough (Taranaki), RJ Urbahn (Taranaki), MW Irwin (Otago), RC Hemi (Waikato), WJ Whineray (Canterbury) Captain, SF Hill (Canterbury), CE Meads (Kings Country), EAR Pickering (Waikato), RJ Conway (Otago), KR Tremain (Canterbury)


1959 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand, The matches, Fourth New Zealand Test
British Lions: TE Davies, PB Jackson, D Hewitt, KJF Scotland, AJF O'Reilley, ABW Risman, AA Mulligan, TR Prosser, AR Dawson Captain, HF McLeod, RH Williams, WA Mulcahy, NA Murphy, J Faull, HJ Morgan


1959 British Saloon Car Championship
The 1959 BRSCC British Saloon Car Championship was the second season of the championship. It began at Goodwood on 30 March and finished at Brands Hatch on 29 August. Jeff Uren became the second BSCC champion, thanks to his domination of Class C in his Ford Zephyr.


1959 British Saloon Car Championship, Calendar & Winners
All races were held in the United Kingdom. Overall winners of multi-class races in bold.


1959 British Somaliland parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in British Somaliland on 18 March 1959, the first elections in the territory. They were boycotted by the Somali National League, allowing the moderate National United Front to win a majority of the elected seats.


1959 British Somaliland parliamentary election, Background
The Legislative Council was established in 1957, and initially consisted of the Governor, 3 ex officio members, five government officials and six members appointed by the Governor. Constitutional reforms in 1958 increased the council to 30 members; the Governor, 15 officials, two appointed members and 12 elected members.


1959 British Somaliland parliamentary election, Electoral system
The 12 elected members were elected from six two-member constituencies. Three urban constituencies (Hargeisa, Berbera and Burao) had direct elections, whilst the members in the three rural constituencies were elected by the shirs (open councils).


1959 British Somaliland parliamentary election, Electoral system
In the rural constituencies all men over the age of 21 were allowed to participate in the shirs. In urban areas people could qualify to vote if they owned or rented land or a house, owned a registered car, 10 camels or cattle or 100 sheep, owned a trade licence, or had been in public service or employment for at least two years. Only 2,508 people registered to vote in the three urban constituencies.


1959 British Somaliland parliamentary election, Electoral system
Candidates were required to own or rent land worth at least 5,000 shillings, a monthly income of at least 300 shillings or individual ownership of at least 10 camels or cows or 100 sheep, or family ownership of at least 40 camels or cattle or 400 sheep, or own an agricultural licence.


1959 British Somaliland parliamentary election, Campaign
The elections were boycotted by the Somali National League, who had demanded an elected majority in the Legislative Council. The party also claimed the British authorities would rig the vote to prevent it winning. Seven of the 12 seats were uncontested, resulting in no vote taking place.


1959 British West Indies Championships
The 1959 British West Indies Championships was the third edition of the track and field competition between British colony nations in the Caribbean. It was held in Georgetown in British Guiana. A total of 27 events were contested, twenty-one by men and six by women. This was the first time that women had been able to compete at the event. Three new men's events were added to the programme: 3000 metres steeplechase, half marathon, and the 3000 metres walk. The latter two were the first road running and racewalking events to be included.


1959 British West Indies Championships
For a third time running, George de Peana of British Guiana won both the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres titles, remaining undefeated at the tournament. Aside from de Peana, Ralph Gomes was the only other athlete to defend his title from the 1958 edition, doing so in the 1500 metres. George Kerr rose to prominence with a 400 metres and 800 metres double – distances he would win Olympic medals in a year later. In the women's section, the British Guiana team were dominant, being led by double individual sprint medallist Myra Fawcett.


1959 British West Indies Championships
Also among the gold medallists was Antigua's Lester Bird, winner of the long jump here, who would later go on to be the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda (succeeding his father, Vere Bird). Triple jump medallist Wendell Mottley also became involved in politics later in his life, serving as Trinidad and Tobago's Finance Minister, and high jumper Anton Norris was another athlete in the field to become a prominent economist in the region.


1959 Brown Bears football team
The 1959 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. Brown finished second-to-last in the Ivy League.


1959 Brown Bears football team
In their first season under head coach John McLaughry, the Bears compiled a 2–6–1 record and were outscored 139 to 51. R. Carlin was the team captain.


1959 Brown Bears football team
The Bears' 1–5–1 conference record placed seventh in the Ivy League. They were outscored by Ivy opponents 106 to 31.


1959 Brown Bears football team
Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.


1959 Brownlow Medal
The 1959 Brownlow Medal was the 32nd year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. Bob Skilton of the South Melbourne Football Club and Verdun Howell of the St Kilda Football Club both won the medal by polling twenty votes during the 1959 VFL season.


1959 Brownlow Medal, Leading votegetters
* The player was ineligible to win the medal due to suspension by the VFL Tribunal during the year.


1959 Bucknell Bison football team
The 1959 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University during the 1959 NCAA College Division football season. Bucknell finished fourth in the University Division of the Middle Atlantic Conference.


1959 Bucknell Bison football team
In its second season under head coach Bob Odell, the team compiled a 4–5 record, 3–3 against division opponents. Larry Mathias was the team captain.


1959 Bucknell Bison football team
Following their defeat of Rutgers, an NCAA University Division team, Bucknell earned a national No. 11 ranking in the UPI Small College Poll. The following week, the Bison lost to unranked Lafayette, and were pushed out of the top 20. Bucknell remained unranked through the end of the season.


1959 Bucknell Bison football team
The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium on the university campus in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.


1959 Buffalo Bulls football team
The 1959 Buffalo Bulls football team represented the University at Buffalo in the 1959 NCAA College Division football season. The Bulls offense scored 279 points while the defense allowed 93 points.


1959 Bulgarian Cup Final
The 1959 Bulgarian Cup Final was the 19th final of the Bulgarian Cup (in this period the tournament was named Cup of the Soviet Army), and was contested between Levski Sofia and Spartak Plovdiv on 2 May 1959 at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. Levski won the final 1–0.


1959 CFL season
The 1959 CFL season was the sixth season in modern Canadian professional football, although officially it was the second season of the Canadian Football League. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers played the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for the third straight time in the Grey Cup final. The Bombers won the rubber match in a defensive showdown.


1959 CFL season, Regular season, Final regular season standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points


1959 CFL season, Playoff bracket, Grey Cup Championship
47th Annual Grey Cup Game: Exhibition Stadium – Toronto, Ontario


1959 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
The 1959 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University during the 1959 NCAA College Division football season. Cal Poly competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA).


1959 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
The team was led by tenth-year head coach LeRoy Hughes and played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. They finished the season with a record of six wins and three losses (6–3, 3–2 CCAA).


1959 Cal Poly Mustangs football team, Team players in the NFL
No Cal Poly Mustangs were selected in the 1960 NFL Draft.


1959 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football team
The 1959 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football team represented Cal Poly Kellogg-Voorhis Unit during the 1959 NCAA College Division football season. Cal Poly played as an independent in 1959.


1959 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football team
Cal Poly Pomona was led by third-year head coach Don Warhurst. They played home games on campus in Pomona, California. The Broncos finished the season with a record of seven wins, one loss and one tie (7–1–1). Overall, the team outscored its opponents 231–96 for the season.


1959 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football team, Team players in the NFL/AFL
No Cal Poly Pomona players were selected in the 1960 NFL Draft.


1959 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football team, Team players in the NFL/AFL
The following finished their Cal Poly Pomona career in 1959, were not drafted, but played in the NFL/AFL.


1959 Calgary Stampeders season
The 1959 Calgary Stampeders finished in 4th place in the W.I.F.U. with an 8–8 record and failed to make the playoffs.


1959 Calgary Stampeders season
This was the Stamps last season at Mewata Stadium. They would move into their new home McMahon Stadium a year later.


1959 California Golden Bears football team
The 1959 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley in the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. In their third and final year under head coach Pete Elliott, the Golden Bears compiled a 2–8 record (1–3 in AAWU, fourth), and were outscored  223 to 115.


1959 California Golden Bears football team
The team's statistical leaders included Wayne Crow with 379 passing yards, Walt Arnold with 351 rushing yards, and Gael Barsotti with 111 receiving yards. Two Cal players were selected by the Associated Press (AP) for the All-Coast team: Frank Sally as a first-team tackle and Walt Arnold as a second-team fullback. Wayne Crow later played four years in the American Football League.


1959 Cambodian constitutional referendum
A referendum on suspending the provincial parliaments was held in Cambodia on 29 November 1959.


1959 Cambodian constitutional referendum, Background
On 6 October, the government of Cambodia called for a referendum to decide who would hold power between the government and the Khmer Serei, which was led by Sam Sary and Son Ngoc Thanh. Norodom Sihanouk asserted that if he lost he would either agree to a trial or to go into exile, but that if he won the other leaders would be named outlaws.


1959 Cambodian constitutional referendum, Aftermath
The changes adopted in suspending the provincial legislatures would last beyond Sihanouk's abdication in 1970.


1959 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby
The Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 1959 was won by the selection of Buenos Aires Province ("Provincia") that beat in the final the selection of Capital.


1959 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby, Semifinals
Provincia: H. Rosenblat, E. Bianchetti, J. Guidi, A. Salinas, O. Bernacchi, J. Sascaro, E. Holmgreen, J. Pulido, F. Varela, A. Moreno, R. Schimdt, B. Otaño, J. Lucas, J. Casanegra, O. Martínez. La Plata: J. Manes, P. Grossi, R. La Rosa, R. Wilt, R. Posadas, E. Cáceres, J. Buriñigo, E. Foulkes, H. Carnicero, A. Nogueira, A. Cervini, L. Nápoli, R. Goso, A. Dentone, R. Gorostiaga.


1959 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby, Semifinals
Capital: R. Raimundez, C. Raimundez, E. Karplus, L. Mendez, C. Giuliano, A Guastella, V. Mayol, S. Hogg, M. Azpiroz, J. La¬fleur, J. Trebotich, R. Rumboll, E. Gaviña, H. Vidou, E. Verardo Norte: Nougués, J. Terán, C. Valdez, A. Peiró, J. Esteban, J. Nucci, A. Frías Silva, O. Paz, L. Nieva Moreno, J. Paz, C. Diam¬bra, J. Carlino, J. Ritorto, J. Centurión, R. Terán Vega


1959 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby, Final
Provincia : R. Raimundez, C. Giuliano, E. Karplus, L. Mendez, C. Raimundez, A. Guastella, V. Mayol, J. Lafleur, M. Azpiroz, S. Hogg, R. Hogg, J. Trebotich, E. Verardo, H. Vidou, E. Gaviña. Capital: H. Rosenblat, E. Bianchetti, J. Álvarez, J. Guidi, O. Bernacchi, J. Sascaro, E. Holmgreen, A. Moreno, F. Varela, J. Pulido, R. Schmidt, B. Otaño, O. Martínez, J. Casanegra, J. Lucas


1959 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby, Final
The referee of the match was the South African Ackermann, that was following the South African selection of Junior Springboks, that ended his tour in South America. The selection of "Capital" and Provincia, was without with the national team against South Africa. In the same day, was arranged a match between two mixed teams of Southafrican and Argentine and players.


1959 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The 1959 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the 1959 Taça Brasil) was the 1st edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It began on August 23, 1959, and ended on March 29, 1960, in a tie-break match played in Rio de Janeiro, won by Bahia.


1959 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Format
The competition was a single elimination knockout tournament featuring two-legged ties, with a Tie-Breaker if the sides were tied on points (however, if the tie-break was a draw, the aggregate score of the first two legs was used to determine the winner).


1959 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, National Final
The tie-break was played in Maracanã Stadium, in Rio de Janeiro, on March 29, 1960. Bahia: Nadinho; Beto, Henrique, Flávio and Neizinho; Vicente and Mário; Marito, Alencar, Léo and Biriba. Santos: Lalá; Getúlio, Mauro Ramos de Oliveira, Formiga and Zé Carlos; Zito and Mário; Dorval, Pagão (Tite), Coutinho and Pepe. Goals: Vicente, Léo and Alencar (Bahia) and Coutinho (Santos)Expulsions: Getúlio, Formiga and Dorval. Referee: Frederico Lopes, assisted by Airton Vieira de Morais (named "Sansão") and Wilson Lopes de Souza.


1959 Campeonato Carioca
The 1959 edition of the Campeonato Carioca kicked off on July 12, 1959 and ended on December 20, 1959. It was organized by FMF (Federação Metropolitana de Futebol, or Metropolitan Football Federation). Twelve teams participated. Fluminense won the title for the 17th time. no teams were relegated.


1959 Campeonato Carioca, System
The tournament would be disputed in a double round-robin format, with the team with the most points winning the title.


1959 Campeonato Centroamericano
The 1959 Campeonato Centroamericano was the first attempt in an international tournament for the CONCACAF region. All teams that participated were champions of their respective leagues. The tournament was composed of one club from North America and three from Central America.


1959 Campeonato Centroamericano, Final standings
Olimpia were declared winners had a better goal average (+2, +1).


1959 Campeonato Paulista
The 1959 Campeonato Paulista da Primeira Divisão, organized by the Federação Paulista de Futebol, was the 58th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Palmeiras won the title for the 13th time. Comercial de São Paulo, Nacional and XV de Jaú were relegated and the top scorer was Santos's Pelé with 44 goals.


1959 Campeonato Paulista, Championship
The championship was disputed in a double-round robin system, with the team with the most points winning the title and the three teams with the fewest points being relegated.


1959 Campeonato Profesional
The 1959 Campeonato Profesional (1959 Professional Championship) was the 12th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. 12 teams compete against one another and played each weekend. Millonarios won the league for the 5th time in its history after getting 58 points. Santa Fe, the defending champion, was 8th with 40 points.


1959 Campeonato Profesional, Background
Twelve teams competed in the tournament: Deportivo Cali, Independiente Medellín and Unión Magdalena returned, while Atlético Manizales was dissolved. Millonarios won the championship for fifth time.


1959 Campeonato Profesional, League system
Every team played four games against each other team, two at home and two away. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal difference. The team with the most points is the champion of the league.


1959 Campeón de Campeones
The 1959 Campeon de Campeones was the 18th Mexican Super Cup football one-leg match played on May, 1959.


1959 Canada Cup
The 1959 Canada Cup took place 18–21 November at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia. It was the seventh Canada Cup event, which became the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 30 teams. These were the same teams that had competed in 1958 but without Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela and with the addition of Indonesia. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The Australian team of Kel Nagle and Peter Thomson won by 10 strokes over the American team of Cary Middlecoff and Sam Snead. The individual competition was won by Canadian Stan Leonard, who beat Peter Thomson at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.


1959 Canada Cup, Scores
Leonard beat Thomson with a par 4 at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.


1959 Cannes Film Festival
The 12th Cannes Film Festival was held from 30 April to 15 May 1959. The Palme d'Or went to the Orfeu Negro by Marcel Camus. The festival opened with Les Quatre Cents Coups, directed by François Truffaut and closed with The Diary of Anne Frank, directed by George Stevens.


1959 Cannes Film Festival
In 1959, the Marché du Film (lit. Film Market) was established as the business counterpart of the Cannes Film Festival, with the aim of helping meet the needs of film industry professionals. Before this year the market was held unofficially in the cinemas of the rue d'Antibes in Cannes. Another important development of that year for the Festival, was that the French cinema moved away from  the Ministry of Industry and became part of Ministry of Cultural Affairs.


1959 Cannes Film Festival, Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1959 competition:


1959 Cannes Film Festival, Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:


1959 Caribbean Series
The eleventh edition of the Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was played in 1959. It was held from February 10 through February 15 with the champions teams from Cuba (Almendares), Panama (Coclé), Puerto Rico (Santurce) and Venezuela (Oriente). The format consisted of 12 games, each team facing the other teams twice. The games were played at UCV Stadium in Caracas, Venezuela, which boosted capacity to 35.000 seats, and the first pitch was thrown by Edgar Sanabria, by then the President of Venezuela.


1959 Caribbean Series, Summary
Cuba won the Series with a 5-1 record for a fourth straight championship. The Almendares club won for the second time guided by manager Sungo Carrera and led by 1B Rocky Nelson (.320 BA, six RBI), LF Carlos Paula (.462), 2B Tony Taylor (.346, .462 SLG) and RF Sandy Amorós (.333). The pitching staff included starters Camilo Pascual (2-0, 16 strikeouts, 1.50 ERA, 18 innings), Orlando Peña (1-1, 17⅔ innings) Art Fowler (1-0, 1.00, nine innings) and reliever Mike Cuellar (1-0, 0.00). Other players for Cuba included pitchers Tommy Lasorda, Cholly Naranjo  and Carlos Pascual in addition to Bob Allison (OF), Jim Baxes (3B), Dick Brown (C), Miguel de la Hoz (2B), Enrique Izquierdo (C), Willy Miranda (SS), Leonardo Posada (OF) and Angel Scull (OF).


1959 Caribbean Series, Summary
Venezuela, with a low-profile team, finished an honourable second place after going 4-2. Managed by Kerby Farrell, the offense was anchored by RF/1B and Series MVP Norman Cash, who finished with a .360 BA (9-for-25), 11 RBI and a .680 SLG. Oriente also received a considerable support from 3B Luis García and LF Jesús Mora, who tied for first place in the batting race with  a .417 average (10-for-24). García added six runs, three doubles and slugged .625, while Mora collected four runs and a .583 SLG.


1959 Caribbean Series, Summary
Werner Birrer was the top pitcher with a 2-0 record, including a 13-inning victory, a 1.25 ERA and 18 SO in 21⅔ innings. He also set a Series record with 13 innings pitched in a single game (#2), while Cash set a new mark with six RBI in a single game (#8). Other players included Elio Chacón (SS), Jim Owens (P), Ramón Monzant (P) and Jerry Snyder (2B).


1959 Caribbean Series, Summary
Puerto Rico, managed by Ramón Concepción, disappointed with a 3-3 mark to finish in third place. C Valmy Thomas (.381) and 1B Orlando Cepeda (.333) led the attack, while Marion Fricano and Julio Navarro each pitched 1–0 shutouts. Santurce also featured Luis Arroyo (P), Joe Black (P), Jackie Brandt (CF), Orlando Cepeda (1B), Nino Escalera (1B/OF), Rubén Gómez (P), Willie Kirkland (RF), Bob Lennon (LF), Félix Maldonado (LF), Lloyd Merritt (P), José Pagán (3B), Victor Pellot Power (2B), José Santiago (P) and Pete Wojey (P).


1959 Caribbean Series, Summary
Panama finished in last place with a 0-6 record, to become the first winless team in Series history. The Coclé club was managed by Lester Peden and benefited from a solid effort by RF Ken Hunt, who hit .304 with five RBI, home run, triple and a .609 SLG. Other players included P Bud Black, IF Owen Friend, SS Pumpsie Green, OF Gail Henley and IF/OF Joe Tuminelli, among others.


1959 Central African parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Central African Republic on 5 and 29 April 1959. The result was a victory for the Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa (MESAN), which won all 48 contested seats on election day. Two seats were left vacant, and the vote for one seat won by MESAN was declared void. In a re-run, all three seats were won by MESAN, giving it all 50 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 56.71%.


1959 Central American and Caribbean Games
The 8th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Caracas, Venezuela, and it was the first time this nation had held the Games. The Games were held from 6 January to 15 January 1959 and included 1,150 athletes from twelve nations, competing in seventeen sports.


1959 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
The 1959 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan University in the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1959 NCAA College Division football season. In their ninth season under head coach Kenneth Kelly, the Chippewas compiled a 7–3 record (4–2 against IIAC opponents) and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 233 to 155.


1959 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
The team's statistical leaders included Oarie Lemanski with 962 passing yards and Jerry O’Neil with 821 rushing yards and 296 receiving yards. Halfback Walter Beach received the team's most valuable player award for the second consecutive year. No Central Michigan players received first-team honors on the All-IIAC team.


1959 Chadian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Chad on 31 May 1959. The result was a victory for the Chadian Progressive Party, which won 57 of the 85 seats in the enlarged National Assembly.


1959 Chatham Cup
The 1959 Chatham Cup was the 32nd annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.


1959 Chatham Cup
The competition was run on a regional basis, with regional associations each holding separate qualifying rounds. Teams taking part in the final rounds are known to have included North Shore United, Rangers (Bay of Plenty), Hamilton Wanderers, Eastern Union (Gisborne), Moturoa AFC (New Plymouth), Colenso Athletic (Hawkes Bay), Wanganui Athletic, Massey College (Manawatu), Miramar Rangers, Nelson Rangers, Western (Christchurch), Northern (Dunedin), Brigadiers (Invercargill).


1959 Chatham Cup, The 1959 final
Northern became the first Chatham Cup winners from Otago since Seacliff won the first final in 1923, winning the cup for the first time in their sixth final. Northern goalkeeper Jim Stephenson was playing in his fourth final for the club; he was to play in two more in 1961 and 1962, to become the first player to play in six finals.


1959 Chatham Cup, The 1959 final
The game had a frantic start, with a goal coming for each side in the opening five minutes. Cliff Schmidt turned the ball into his own net to give the lead to Northern after just two minutes. The lead was only to last for some 90 seconds, with Alex Middleton heading the ball into the Dunedin side's net. Goals either side of the half-time interval from Bill Berry and George Little gave Northern a 3–1 lead. Chris Foulkes reduced the deficit late on, but despite strong pressure from the Aucklanders Northern held on to win the match by the odd goal in five.


1959 Chattanooga Moccasins football team
The 1959 Chattanooga Moccasins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chattanooga (now known as the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga) as an independent during the 1959 NCAA College Division football season. In their 29th year under head coach Scrappy Moore, the team compiled a 3–7 record.


1959 Chicago Bears season
The 1959 season was the Chicago Bears' 40th in the National Football League. The team matched on their 8–4 record from 1958 under the coaching of George Halas, winning their last seven games.


1959 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1959 Chicago Cardinals season
The 1959 Chicago Cardinals season was the team's 40th and final season in Chicago. The Cardinals opened the season with a 49–21 home win over the Washington Redskins at Soldier Field, but finished with a record of two wins and ten losses, last place in the Eastern Conference. They tied with the Los Angeles Rams for the worst record in the 12-team league.


1959 Chicago Cardinals season
Their final home game in Chicago was on November 29, a 31–7 loss to the cross-town rival Bears at Soldier Field. The home games of October 25 and November 22, both losses, were played in Minnesota at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, the future home of the expansion Minnesota Vikings, starting two years later in 1961.


1959 Chicago Cardinals season
In March 1960, the Chicago Cardinals relocated to St. Louis and became the St. Louis Cardinals, bringing the NFL back to Missouri.


1959 Chicago Cardinals season, Regular season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1959 Chicago Cubs season
The 1959 Chicago Cubs season was the 88th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 84th in the National League and the 44th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs tied the Cincinnati Reds for fifth in the National League with a record of 74–80, thirteen games behind the NL and World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.


1959 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season
Ernie Banks became the first shortstop in the history of the NL to win the MVP award in back to back seasons.


1959 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season
One of baseball history's weirdest plays took place on June 30, 1959, when the St. Louis Cardinals played the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Stan Musial was at the plate facing Bob Anderson with a count of 3–1. Anderson's next pitch was errant, the ball evaded catcher Sammy Taylor and rolled all the way to the backstop. Umpire Vic Delmore called "ball four", but Anderson and Taylor contended that Musial foul tipped the ball. Because the ball was still in play and Delmore was embroiled in an argument with Anderson and Taylor, Musial tried to run for second base.


1959 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season
Seeing that Musial was running to second, third baseman Alvin Dark ran to the backstop to retrieve the ball. The ball wound up in the hands of field announcer Pat Pieper, but Dark ended up getting it back anyway. Absentmindedly, however, Delmore pulled out a new baseball and gave it to Taylor. When Anderson noticed that Musial was trying for second, he took the new ball from Sammy Taylor and threw it towards Tony Taylor covering second base, and the ball went over Taylor's head into the outfield. At the same time that Anderson threw the new ball towards second baseman Taylor, Dark threw the original ball to shortstop Ernie Banks. Musial did not see the throw and he was declared out when the tag was made.


1959 Chicago Cubs 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


1959 Chicago Cubs 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


1959 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1959 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1959 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1959 Chicago White Sox season
The 1959 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 59th season in the major leagues, and its 60th season overall. They finished with a record 94–60, good enough to win the American League (AL) championship, five games ahead of the second place Cleveland Indians. It was the team's first pennant since 1919 and would be its last until their championship season of 2005.


1959 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season
In 1959, the team won its first pennant in 40 years, thanks to the efforts of several eventual Hall of Famers – manager Al López, Luis Aparicio, Nellie Fox (the league MVP), and pitcher Early Wynn, who won the Cy Young Award at a time when only one award was presented for both leagues. Veteran catcher Sherm Lollar provided quiet leadership on and off the field, leading the team in home runs and RBIs. The White Sox also acquired slugger Ted Kluszewski in August, a local area native, from the Pittsburgh Pirates for the final pennant push.


1959 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season
Kluszewski gave the team the needed power-hitting for the stretch run and hit nearly .300 in the final month of play for the White Sox. Lopez had also managed the Cleveland Indians to the World Series in 1954, making him the only manager to interrupt the New York Yankees pennant run between 1949 and 1964.


1959 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season
After the pennant-clinching victory, Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, a lifelong White Sox fan, ordered his fire chief to set off the city's air raid sirens. Many Chicagoans became fearful and confused since 1959 was the height of the Cold War; however, they relaxed somewhat upon realizing it was part of the White Sox' celebration. The Sox won Game 1 of the World Series 11–0 on the strength of Kluszewski's two home runs, their last postseason home win until 2005.


1959 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season
The Los Angeles Dodgers, however, won three of the next four games and captured their first World Series championship since moving to the west coast in 1958. 92,706 fans witnessed Game 5 of the World Series at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the most ever to attend a World Series game, or for that matter any non-exhibition major league baseball game. The White Sox won that game 1–0 over the Dodgers' 23-year-old pitcher Sandy Koufax, but the Dodgers clinched the series by beating the Sox 9–3 two days later at Comiskey Park.


1959 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season
Fox became the last player in the 20th century to have five hits on Opening Day.


1959 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


1959 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


1959 Chicago White Sox season, 1959 World Series
NL Los Angeles Dodgers (4) vs. AL Chicago White Sox (2)


1959 Chicago mayoral election
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1959, Richard J. Daley was elected to a second term as mayor by a landslide margin of more-than 40%.


1959 Chicago mayoral election, Background
Heading into the 1959 election, Daley had strong support as mayor across party lines. The Republican Party, however, insisted it stood a chance of winning the mayoral election, with governor William Stratton stating, "I can think of four or five good candidates," the party could run against Daley, but conceding, "whether they will run is another matter.


1959 Chicago mayoral election, Background
By 1959, Chicago's black voters had strongly come to support the Democratic Party.


1959 Chicago mayoral election, Background
While they leaned very Republican and had opposed him in the 1955 election, the city's business community had come to support Daley by 1959. Part of there support was won through his focus on improving the city's business district. Particularly, the Development Plan for the Central Area of Chicago placed a strong emphasis on development in the Loop.


1959 Chicago mayoral election, Background
Other support from the business community was won by his dedication to projects such as highways, parking lots, and the development of O'Hare Airport (O'Hare, which had opened for passenger service the year Daley had become mayor, saw developments during Daley's term that positioned it to become the city's major airport). Daley had also shown a willingness to do favors for businessmen, and bend rules for them, with one national commentator remarking, "Daley has made it easier to do business in Chicago than almost anywhere else in the country."


1959 Chicago mayoral election, Background
The city's newspapers, which had largely been in opposition to Daley in 1955, had come around to supporting him by 1959, with the Chicago Sun-Times even declaring on the day that Daley launched his reelection campaign that, "Dick Daley has been one of the best mayors in Chicago's history".


1959 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Daley launched his reelection campaign December 11, 1958 at the Morrison Hotel, before a crowd of greater than 1,000 loyalists of the Cook County Democratic Party. An hour after this, Chicago Federation of Labor president William Lee declared that Daley would receive the organization's endorsement for both the primary and general elections (before the Republicans even had a chance to name a challenger to Daley).


1959 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Republican primary
Sheehan, a former Republican congressman, faced no serious competition in the Republican primary. He had been drafted by the party to run.


1959 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Republican primary
Sheehan had recently lost reelection to Congress in 1958. Sheehan was a conservative Republican.


1959 Chicago mayoral election, General election
While he was a Republican congressman, Sheehan had nevertheless earned the respect of many Democrats. This gave him the potential to possibly earn votes in the general election of an overwhelmingly Democratic city. However, he ultimately was handed a landslide defeat from Daley.


1959 Chicago mayoral election, General election
Sheehan sought in his campaign to characterize Daley as the head of a corrupt power-hungry political machine. Sheehan rubbed-in that Paul Powell, a bitter political rival of Daley,  had recently been elected Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, despite Daley's efforts to prevent this. Sheehan argued that crime and drugs were rampant on the South Side because they received protection from Daley and the Democratic machine, saying, "there seems to be a positive correlation and connection between those areas which have suffered a breakdown of law and order and the Democratic Party success". Sheehan also criticized Daley's plans for construction of public housing, arguing that his plans would result in "skyscraper slums".


1959 Chicago mayoral election, General election
Daley publicly spoke of the many civic improvements he had achieved in his term as mayor. Daley also focused a lot of effort on shoring up the turnout of Democratic machine voters. Sheehan's efforts to convince voters that Daley's administration was corrupt were to little avail.


1959 Chicago mayoral election, General election
Daley was strongly backed by President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Dan Ryan Jr..


1959 Chicago mayoral election, General election
Daley, despite being a political boss, received strong support from a number of reform-minded Democrats. Daley saw support from former Illinois Governor and two-time Democratic presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson II, who at a Democratic rally held near the end of the campaign remarked in praise of Daley, "I dare say that seldom if ever have we been served by such a combination of politician and idealist, who by the arts of one could achieve the objectives of the other." He also received the backing of US Senator Paul Douglas, who in one speech supporting Daley called him, "the best mayor Chicago ever had".


1959 Chicago mayoral election, General election
Sheehan saw support from, among others, incumbent Governor William Stratton. However, Sheehan's supporters focused much of their stump speeches on deploring Daley, rather than extolling the virtues of Sheehan.


1959 Chicago mayoral election, General election
Daley was able to adapt to the audiences he spoke before, portraying himself as an ally of the black community in speeches before black audiences, and adopting reformist rhetoric when speaking to anti-machine audiences.


1959 Chicago mayoral election, General election
Reviving a tactic used in his previous campaign, a "Volunteers for Daley" committee was formed to generate support among reform Democrats.


1959 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Results
Daley carried 49 of the city's 50 wards. The sole ward he lost was the 41st Ward, located on the Far Northwest Side, which was Sheehan's home ward.


1959 Chico State Wildcats football team
The 1959 Chico State Wildcats football team represented Chico State College during the 1959 NCAA College Division football season. Chico State competed in the Far Western Conference in 1959. They played home games at College Field in Chico, California.


1959 Chico State Wildcats football team
The 1959 Wildcats were led by second-year head coach George Maderos. Chico State finished the season with a record of four wins and four losses (4–4, 2–3 FWC). The Wildcats outscored their opponents 186–116 for the season.


1959 Chico State Wildcats football team, Team players in the NFL
No Chico State players were selected in the 1960 NFL Draft.


1959 Christchurch mayoral election
The 1959 Christchurch mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1959, election were held for the Mayor of Christchurch plus other local government positions. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.


1959 Christchurch mayoral election, Background
Sitting mayor George Manning was re-elected for a full term, with a decreased majority, opposed only by Harold Smith of the Citizens' Association. Smith was successful in winning a seat on the council and was appointed deputy mayor. The Citizens' Association won every council seat leaving Manning as the only Labour Party elected representative in Christchurch.


1959 Cincinnati Bearcats football team
The 1959 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented the University of Cincinnati in the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season under head coach George Blackburn.


1959 Cincinnati Reds season
The 1959 Cincinnati Reds season consisted of the Reds finishing in a fifth-place tie with the Chicago Cubs in the National League standings, with a record of 74–80, 13 games behind the NL and World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers.


1959 Cincinnati Reds season
Prior to the season the club, after calling themselves the Cincinnati Redlegs for the past six seasons, changed its nickname back to the Reds. The Reds played their home games at Crosley Field, where they attracted 801,298 fans, eighth and last in the Senior Circuit.


1959 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season
For the second consecutive season, the Reds played under two managers. Mayo Smith, hired during the previous off-season, managed the Reds to a 35–45 start, seventh in the eight-team league. He was replaced during the first All-Star break by Fred Hutchinson, manager of their Triple-A Seattle Rainiers affiliate, on July 9. Hutchinson then led Cincinnati to a 39–35 record the rest of the way.


1959 Cincinnati Reds 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


1959 Cincinnati Reds 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


1959 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1959 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1959 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1959 Claxton Shield
The 1959 Claxton Shield was the 20th annual Claxton Shield, it was held in Melbourne, Victoria. It was originally scheduled for Perth, Western Australia, but when teams hinted at pulling out of the Shield that year due to travel costs, the venue was moved. The participants were South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and Queensland. The series was won by South Australia, claiming their fifth Shield title.


1959 Clemson Tigers baseball team
The 1959 Clemson Tigers baseball team represented Clemson University in the 1959 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team played their home games at Riggs Field in Clemson, South Carolina.


1959 Clemson Tigers baseball team
The team was coached by Bill Wilhelm, who completed his second season at Clemson. The Tigers reached the 1959 College World Series, their second appearance in Omaha.


1959 Clemson Tigers football team
The 1959 Clemson Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Clemson College in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. In its 20th season under head coach Frank Howard, the team compiled a 9–2 record (6–1 against conference opponents), won the ACC championship, was ranked No. 11 in the final AP and Coaches Polls, defeated TCU in the 1959 Bluebonnet Bowl, and outscored opponents by a total of 285 to 103. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.


1959 Clemson Tigers football team
The annual game against South Carolina was played on Thursday at the South Carolina State Fair for the final time. Clemson's 300th win came in the Bluebonnet Bowl against TCU.


1959 Clemson Tigers football team
Center Bill Thomas was the team captain. The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Harvey White with 770 passing yards, and fullback Doug Cline with 482 rushing yards, and halfback Bill Mathis with 70 points scored (11 touchdowns, 4 extra points).


1959 Clemson Tigers football team
Tackle Lou Cordileone was selected as a first-team All-American by Time magazine and a third-team All-American by the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI). Four Clemson players were selected as first-team players on the 1959 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team: Cordileone; halfback Bill Mathis; end Gary Barnes; and center Paul Snyder.


1959 Cleveland Browns season
The 1959 Cleveland Browns season was the team's tenth season with the National Football League. Future Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown rushed for 1,329 yards, leading the league for the third straight year, and 14 touchdowns. QB Milt Plum, who was drafted by the Browns in the 1957 draft with Brown would emerge as a solid quarterback. The Browns had been looking for a replacement for Otto Graham ever since the Hall of Famer retired—for the second time—following the 1955 season.


1959 Cleveland Browns season
They finally found him when Plum, a second-round draft pick in 1957, threw for 14 TDs with just six interceptions. However, the Browns would finish just 7–5 in 1959,the second in what would turn out to be a string of six straight seasons in which the Browns had decent to very good teams without qualifying for the postseason. The 7–5 record was also the second worst record since head coach Paul Brown's tenure with the team.


1959 Cleveland Browns season, Regular Season Schedule, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1959 Cleveland Indians season
The 1959 Cleveland Indians season was the 59th in franchise history. The Indians finished in second place in the American League with a record of 89 wins and 65 losses, five games behind the AL Champion Chicago White Sox.


1959 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season
On June 10, right fielder Rocky Colavito hit four home runs in one game against the Baltimore Orioles.


1959 Cleveland Indians 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


1959 Cleveland Indians 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


1959 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1959 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1959 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1959 Cleveland mayoral election
The Cleveland mayoral election of 1959 saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Anthony J. Celebrezze.


1959 Colgate Red Raiders football team
The 1959 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. After the resignation of Fred Rice, the university hired Alva Kelley away from Brown University to be Colgate's new head coach. Kelley led the team to a 2–7 record is his first season. Joseph Wignot was the team captain.


1959 Colgate Red Raiders football team
The team played its home games at Colgate Athletic Field in Hamilton, New York.


1959 College Baseball All-America Team
An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.


1959 College Baseball All-America Team
From 1947 to 1980, the American Baseball Coaches Association was the only All-American selector recognized by the NCAA.


1959 College Football All-America Team
The 1959 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1959. The six selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1959 season are (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (2) the Associated Press (AP), (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), (4) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (5) The Sporting News (TSN), and (6) the United Press International (UPI).


1959 College Football All-America Team
Billy Cannon of LSU, Charlie Flowers of Ole Miss, Dan Lanphear of Wisconsin, and Roger Davis of Syracuse were the only four players to be unanimously named first-team All-Americans by all six official selectors. Cannon won the 1959 Heisman Trophy.


1959 College Football All-America Team, Consensus All-Americans
For the year 1959, the NCAA recognizes six published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.


1959 Colorado Buffaloes football team
The 1959 Colorado Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. Head coach Sonny Grandelius led the team to a 3–3 mark in the "Big 7" and 5–5 overall.


1959 Colorado State College Bears baseball team
The 1959 Colorado State College Bears baseball team represented Colorado State College in the 1959 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Bears played their home games at Jackson Field. The team was coached by Pete Butler in his 17th year at Colorado State College.


1959 Colorado State College Bears baseball team
The Bears won the District VII playoff to advanced to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Clemson Tigers.


1959 Colorado State Rams football team
The 1959 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University in the Skyline Conference during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. In their fourth season under head coach Don Mullison, the Rams compiled a 6–4 record (5–2 against Skyline opponents), finished second in the Skyline Conference, and were outscored by opponents by a total of 147 to 123.


1959 Colorado State Rams football team
The team's statistical leaders included Bill Wade with 197 passing yards, Wayne Schneider with 457 rushing yards, and Al Fortune with 99 receiving yards.


1959 Columbia Lions football team
The 1959 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1958 NCAA University Division football season. Columbia finished last in the Ivy League.


1959 Columbia Lions football team
In their third season under head coach Aldo "Buff" Donelli, the Lions compiled a 2–7 record and were outscored 210 to 82. Harvey Brookins was the team captain.


1959 Columbia Lions football team
The Lions' 1–6 conference record placed eighth in the Ivy League. Columbia was outscored 139 to 56 by Ivy opponents.


1959 Columbia Lions football team
Columbia played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.


1959 Comoros by-election
A by-election to the French National Assembly was held in the Comoros on 31 May 1959. The result was a victory for the List for the Fifth Republic, which won both seats up for election. The two seats were taken by Saïd Mohamed Cheikh and Saïd Ibrahim Ben Ali.


1959 Connecticut Huskies baseball team
The 1959 Connecticut Huskies baseball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1959 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Huskies were led by J. O. Christian in his 24th year as head coach, and played as part of the Yankee Conference. Connecticut posted a 20–3 record, earned the Yankee Conference championship with a 10–0 regular season to claim the automatic bid to the 1959 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament. They were an automatic selection to the 1959 College World Series for District 1, their second appearance in the ultimate college baseball event. The Huskies lost their first game against Penn State and were eliminated by Western Michigan.


1959 Connecticut Huskies football team
The 1959 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1959 NCAA College Division football season. The Huskies were led by eighth-year head coach Bob Ingalls, and completed the season with a record of 6–3.


1959 Cook's River state by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Cook's River on Saturday, 12 December 1959 and was triggered by the death in office of the Premier of New South Wales, Joseph Cahill (Labor).


1959 Cook's River state by-election
The seat was subsequently retained for the Labor Party by his eldest son Tom. Despite Cook's River being a safe Labor seat, the Liberal Party fielded a candidate, John Bampton, a soap manufacturer. The Labor primary vote improved by 1.6% compared to the previous year's general election. The Communist Party of Australia stood Wal Buckley, an organiser for the Amalgamated Engineering Union, but only gained 4.6% of the vote.


1959 Cook's River state by-election, Results
The Labor Party retained the seat on an improved margin, which was nonetheless significant due to the large personal vote for Cahill and sympathy after his death which was then carried by his son.


1959 Copa Chile
The Copa Chile 1959 was the 2nd edition of the Chilean Cup tournament. The competition started on November 21, 1959 and concluded on December 22, 1959. Santiago Wanderers won the competition for the first time, beating Deportes La Serena on the final.


1959 Copa Chile
Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round. From the beginning of the second Round, if scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, an extra time took place.


1959 Copa del Generalísimo Final
The Copa del Generalísimo 1959 Final was the 57th final of the King's Cup. The final was played at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, on 21 June 1959, being won by CF Barcelona, who beat Granada CF 4-1.


1959 Copa del Generalísimo Juvenil
The 1959 Copa del Generalísimo Juvenil was the ninth staging of the tournament. The competition began on March 1, 1959, and ended on June 29, 1959, with the final.


1959 Coppa Italia Final
The 1959 Coppa Italia Final was the final of the 1958–59 Coppa Italia. The match was played on 13 September 1959 between Internazionale and Juventus. Juventus won 4–1; it was their third victory.


1959 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 1959 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 50th staging of the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1909. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place at the Cork Convention on 25 January 1959.


1959 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
On 13 September 1959, Mallow won the championship following a 2-08 to 3-03 defeat of St. Vincent's in the final. This was their first ever championship title.


1959 Cork Senior Football Championship
The 1959 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 71st staging of the Cork Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887.


1959 Cork Senior Football Championship
On 4 October 1959, St. Finbarr's won the championship following a 1-05 to 0-06 defeat of Macroom in the final. This was their third championship title overall and their first since 1957.


1959 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
The 1959 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 71st staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place at the Cork Convention on 25 January 1959. The championship began on 5 April 1959 and ended on 25 October 1959.


1959 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
On 25 October 1959, Glen Rovers won the championship following a 3-11 to 3-5 defeat of Blackrock in the final. This was their 17th championship title overall and their second title in succession.


1959 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
Christy Ring from the Glen Rovers club was the championship's top scorer with 6-12.


1959 Cornell Big Red football team
The 1959 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1958 NCAA University Division football season. Cornell tied for fifth place in the Ivy League .


1959 Cornell Big Red football team
In its 13th season under head coach George K. James, the team compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents 136 to 110. Dave Feeney was the team captain.


1959 Cornell Big Red football team
Cornell's 3–4 conference record tied for fifth place in the Ivy League. The Big Red was outscored 115 to 77 by Ivy opponents.


1959 Cornell Big Red football team
Cornell played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.


1959 Cotton Bowl Classic
The 1959 Cotton Bowl Classic was the 23rd edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, on Thursday, January 1. Part of the 1958–59 bowl game season, it matched the independent and sixth-ranked Air Force Falcons and the #10  TCU Horned Frogs of the Southwest Conference (SWC).


1959 Cotton Bowl Classic
This was the first tie in the game in eleven years, and the first scoreless game in twelve years.


1959 Cotton Bowl Classic, Teams, Air Force
Undefeated Air Force had a tie during the regular season, 13–13 to Iowa; the Hawkeyes went on to win the Big Ten Conference and the Rose Bowl. The Falcons were ranked in the polls for the seventh straight week, #8 for the second straight week, and were making their first-ever bowl appearance.


1959 Cotton Bowl Classic, Teams, TCU
TCU was unbeaten in Southwest Conference until a 20–13 loss to SMU in the last game of the season. The Horned Frogs had also spent seven weeks in the polls, though they were unranked going into this game. Coincidentally, they also had played Iowa, but lost 17–0. This was TCU's fourth bowl game in seven years and were favored by eight points.


1959 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary
Although it had snowed two days earlier, the field was clear and the weather was sunny and 44 °F (7 °C) for the 2:30 p.m. CST kickoff.


1959 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary
In the end, it was six lost fumbles (out of 13 in total) and five missed field goals that decided the scoreless outcome. The Falcons at one point had the ball at TCU's 6-yard line before being stuffed, but when they tried to kick a field goal from the 12, George Pupich's kick sailed wide left. Pupich missed two more (one from 34 and the other from 52) while TCU missed two of their own.


1959 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary
TCU went 3 for 11 on passing for a woeful 37 yards but had 190 yards rushing on 48 attempts. Air Force barely did better with 12 for 23 passing for 91 yards and two interceptions. Both teams finished with over 227 yards yet had more punts (16) then points. Dave Phillips of Air Force and Jack Spikes of TCU were named Outstanding Players.


1959 County Championship
The 1959 County Championship was the 60th officially organised running of the County Championship. Yorkshire won the Championship title ending a seven-year winning sequence by Surrey.


1959 Coupe de France Final
The 1959 Coupe de France Final was a football match held at Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes on May 3, 1959, and May 18, 1959, that saw Le Havre AC of Division 2 defeat FC Sochaux-Montbéliard.


1959 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
The 1959 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré was the 13th edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré cycle race and was held from 1 June to 7 June 1959. The race started and finished in Grenoble. The race was won by Henry Anglade.


1959 Cupa României Final
The 1959 Cupa României Final was the 21st final of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition. It was disputed between Dinamo București and CSM Baia Mare, and was won by Dinamo București after a game with 4 goals. It was the first cup for Dinamo București.


1959 Curitiba riots
The 1959 Curitiba riots refer to three days of violence in December 1959, primarily directed against ethnic Arab immigrants, in the southern Brazilian city of Curitiba. It began on the evening of 8 December, when a local policeman António Tavares bought a comb from the shop of Ahmed Najar, a Lebanese merchant, and asked for a tax receipt. At the time, there was a campaign called Seu Talão Vale um Milhão (Your Bead is Worth a Million) to encourage the issuance of tax receipts for retail purchases.


1959 Curitiba riots
As the cost of the comb was too low, the shopkeeper refused which led to an argument that ended with the policeman fracturing a leg. Violence soon broke out, targeted initially at the shops and businesses of "turcos" ("Turks", or ethnic minorities of Middle Eastern origin) in the Centenary Bazaar in Tiradentes Square. The bazaar was a stronghold of Syrian-Lebanese traders and merchants. By the second day, rioting spilled over into downtown and hit various public buildings such as the Parana Public Library. The violence only died down on December 10, with the deployment of the army who reestablished order and imposed a curfew.


1959 Curitiba riots
The Curitiba riots are also known as the Guerra do Pente or the War of the Comb.


1959 Cypriot presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Cyprus for the first time on 13 December 1959. Only two candidates contested the election; Makarios III, who was backed by EOKA and Ioannis Clerides, a member of the Democratic Union, who was also supported by AKEL. The result was a victory for Makarios III, who won 66.8% of the vote, although he did not take office until 16 August 1960. Voter turnout was 91.2%.


1959 Cypriot presidential election
A separate election for Vice President of Cyprus took place. Fazıl Küçük was the only candidate, and was elected unopposed.


1959 Cypriot presidential election, Electoral system
The elections were held using a two-round system; if no candidate received over 50% of the vote in the first round, a second round was to be held between the top two candidates. The constitution required the President of Cyprus to be a Greek Cypriot and the Vice-President to be a Turkish Cypriot. Greek Cypriots elected the President and Turkish Cypriots elected the Vice-President.


1959 DDR-Oberliga
The 1959 DDR-Oberliga was the eleventh season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany. Rather than in the traditional autumn-spring format the Oberliga played for six seasons from 1955 to 1960 in the calendar year format, modelled on the system used in the Soviet Union. From 1961–62 onwards the league returned to its traditional format.


1959 DDR-Oberliga
The league was contested by fourteen teams. SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt, incidentally based at Aue and not Karl-Marx-Stadt, won the championship, the club's last of three national East German championships. On the strength of the 1959 title Wismut qualified for the 1960–61 European Cup where the club was knocked out by SK Rapid Wien in the first round. League runners-up ASK Vorwärts Berlin qualified for the 1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup instead of FDGB-Pokal winner SC Dynamo Berlin and was knocked out by Rudá Hvězda Brno in the preliminary round.


1959 DDR-Oberliga
Bernd Bauchspieß of Chemie Zeitz was the league's top scorer with 18 goals.


1959 DDR-Oberliga, Table
The 1959 season saw two newly promoted clubs, BSG Lokomotive Stendal and Chemie Zeitz.


1959 DFB-Pokal Final
The 1959 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 1958–59 DFB-Pokal, the 16th season of Germany's knockout football cup competition. It was played on 27 December 1959 at the Auestadion in Kassel. Schwarz-Weiß Essen won the match 5–2 against Borussia Neunkirchen, to claim their 1st cup title.


1959 DFB-Pokal Final, Route to the final
The DFB-Pokal began with 5 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of two rounds leading up to the final. In the qualification round, all but two teams were given a bye. Teams were drawn against each other, and the winner after 90 minutes would advance. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a replay would take place at the original away team's stadium. If still level after 90 minutes, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a drawing of lots would decide who would advance to the next round.


1959 DFB-Pokal Final, Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


1959 Dahomeyan legislative election
Legislative elections were held in the Republic of Dahomey on 2 April 1959. Although the Dahomeyan Democratic Union (UDD) received the most votes, they won the fewest seats. The Republican Party of Dahomey (PRD), which came second in terms of votes, won 37 of the 70 seats in the Legislative Assembly. Following the election the PRD and UDD agreed to split the seats in one constituency, with the PRD losing nine seats and the UDD gaining nine seats.


1959 Danish 1st Division, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and Boldklubben 1909 won the championship.


1959 Dartmouth Indians football team
The 1959 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. After winning the Ivy League championship in 1958, Dartmouth finished second in 1959.


1959 Dartmouth Indians football team
In their fifth season under head coach Bob Blackman, the Indians compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored opponents 106 to 96. William Gundy was the team captain.


1959 Dartmouth Indians football team
The Indians' 5–1–1 conference record was the second-best in the Ivy League. They outscored Ivy opponents 76 to 40.


1959 Dartmouth Indians football team
Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.


1959 Davis Cup
The 1959 Davis Cup was the 48th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 27 teams entered the Europe Zone, 8 teams entered the Eastern Zone, and 7 teams entered the America Zone. The Europe Zone was modified so that only the previous year's semifinalists were guaranteed first round byes, allowing more countries to compete. Colombia made its first appearance in the tournament.


1959 Davis Cup
Australia defeated Cuba in the Americas Inter-Zonal final, India defeated the Philippines in the Eastern Zone final, and Italy defeated Spain in the Europe Zone final. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, Australia defeated Italy in the semifinal, and then defeated India in the final. In the Challenge Round Australia defeated the defending champions the United States. The final was played at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, New York, United States on 28–31 August.


1959 Davis Cup America Zone
The America Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1959 Davis Cup.


1959 Davis Cup America Zone
7 teams entered the America Zone: 3 teams competed in the North & Central America Zone, while 4 teams competed in the South America Zone. The winner of each sub-zone would play against each other to determine who moved to the Inter-Zonal Zone to compete against the winners of the Eastern Zone and Europe Zone.


1959 Davis Cup America Zone
Australia defeated Canada in the North & Central America Zone final, and Cuba received a walkover in the South America Zone final after Argentina withdrew. In the Americas Inter-Zonal Final, Australia defeated Cuba and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.


1959 Davis Cup Eastern Zone
The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1959 Davis Cup.


1959 Davis Cup Eastern Zone
8 teams entered the Eastern Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the America Zone and Europe Zone. India defeated the Philippines in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.


1959 Davis Cup Europe Zone
The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1959 Davis Cup.


1959 Davis Cup Europe Zone
The seeding system for the Europe Zone was modified so that only the previous year's semifinalists were guaranteed first round byes, allowing more countries to compete. 27 teams entered the Europe Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the America Zone and Eastern Zone.


1959 Davis Cup Europe Zone
Italy defeated Spain in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.


1959 Daytona 500
The 1959 First 500 Mile NASCAR International Sweepstakes at Daytona (now known as the 1959 Inaugural Daytona 500) was the second race of the 1959 NASCAR Grand National Series season. It was held on February 22, 1959, in front of 41,921 spectators. It was the first race held at the 2.5-mile (4.0 kilometer) Daytona International Speedway.


1959 Daytona 500, Background
Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida that was one of the first superspeedways to hold NASCAR races. The standard track at Daytona is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track also features two other layouts that utilize portions of the primary high speed tri-oval, such as a 3.56-mile (5.73 km) sports car course and a 2.95-mile (4.75 km) motorcycle course. The track's 180-acre (73 ha) infield includes the 29-acre (12 ha) Lake Lloyd. The speedway is currently owned and operated by the International Speedway Corporation.


1959 Daytona 500, Background
The track was built by NASCAR founder Bill France, Sr. to host racing that was being held at the former Daytona Beach Road Course and opened with the first Daytona 500 in 1959.


1959 Daytona 500, Background
The Daytona 500 is regarded as the most important and prestigious race on the NASCAR calendar. It is also the series' first race of the year; this phenomenon is virtually unique in sports, which tend to have championships or other major events at the end of the season rather than the start. Since 1995, U.S. television ratings for the Daytona 500 have been the highest for any auto race of the year, surpassing the traditional leader, the Indianapolis 500 which in turn greatly surpasses the Daytona 500 in in-track attendance and international viewing. The 2006 Daytona 500 attracted the sixth largest average live global TV audience of any sporting event that year with 20 million viewers.


1959 Daytona 500, Race report, Qualifying
Cotton Owens had the fastest qualifying lap, at 143.198 miles per hour (230.455 km/h). The race had one qualifying race for Convertibles and one for the hardtop Grand National cars. Bob Welborn, winner of the 100-mile (160 km) Grand National qualifying race earlier in the week, started on the pole position. Shorty Rollins won the Convertible qualifying race and started second. Twenty of the 59 cars in the Daytona 500 were convertibles.


1959 Daytona 500, Race report, Race
There were no caution periods in the race; making it one of the few "perfect games" in NASCAR history, though it would occur in three of the first four Daytona 500s, as the Daytona 500 also went caution-free in both 1961 and 1962. This would be repeated ten years later with the 1969 running of the Motor Trend 500. Welborn led the early laps in the race but his race ended after 75 laps (of 200) with engine problems. Other leaders in the first 22 laps of the race were "Tiger" Tom Pistone and Joe Weatherly.


1959 Daytona 500, Race report, Race
Fireball Roberts took over the lead on lap 23, leading the next 20 laps before dropping out on lap 57 due to a broken fuel pump. When Roberts went to the pits on lap 43, Johnny Beauchamp, running in second place, became the leader. On lap 50, Pistone took over first place and Jack Smith moved into second; Beauchamp was third and Lee Petty was fifth. From lap 43 to 148 the race leaders were Pistone, Smith, and Beauchamp.


1959 Daytona 500, Race report, Race
Although Smith and Pistone led most of these laps, Beauchamp led a few times, for example records show he led on lap 110. There is print information about the details of the race, including the leaders of the race in five-lap intervals. Pistone and Jack Smith both had dropped out of contention by lap 149 and Beauchamp took over first place. 100 miles (160 km). Richard Petty also had to retire from the race with an engine problem and earned $100 ($887.79 when adjusted for inflation) for his 57th-place performance.


1959 Daytona 500, Race report, Race
Lee Petty battled with Beauchamp during the final 30 laps of the race, and they were the only two drivers to finish on the lead lap. Petty took the lead with 3 laps left and led at the start of the final lap. Petty and Beauchamp drove side by side across the finish line at the end final lap for a photo finish. Beauchamp was declared the unofficial winner by NASCAR officials, and he drove to victory lane. Petty protested the results, saying "I had Beauchamp by a good two feet. In my own mind, I know I won."


1959 Daytona 500, Race report, Race
Beauchamp replied "I had him by two feet. I glanced over to Lee Petty's car as I crossed the finish line and I could see his headlight slightly back of my car. It was so close I didn't know how they would call it, but I thought I won." Early leader Fireball Roberts, who was standing by the finish line, said: "There's no doubt about it, Petty won." It took NASCAR founder Bill France, Sr. three days to decide the winner the following Wednesday. In the end, with the help of photographs and newsreel footage, Petty was officially declared the winner.


1959 Daytona 500, Race report, Race
The controversial finish helped the sport. The delayed results to determine the official winner kept NASCAR and the Daytona 500 on the front page of newspapers.


1959 Daytona 500, Race report, Official results
The race lasted 3:41:22, with an average speed of 135.521 mph (218.10 km/h).


1959 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team
The 1959 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team was an American football team that represented the University of Delaware in the Middle Atlantic Conference during the 1959 NCAA College Division football season. In its ninth season under head coach David M. Nelson, the team compiled an 8–1 record (5–0 against MAC opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 286 to 95. Mark Hurm was the team captain.


1959 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team
The Blue Hens started the year unranked, but early victories over Lafayette, Lehigh and Massachusetts catapulted them into the UPI Small College Poll's national top 3 by mid-October. Delaware held the No. 1 spot for two weeks in November before ceding it to Bowling Green in a head-to-head matchup. Delaware dropped to No. 4, and remained at that rank through the end of the season.


1959 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team
The team played its home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware.


1959 Delaware State Hornets football team
The 1959 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State College—now known as Delaware State University—as a member of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) in the 1959 NCAA College Division football season. Led by coach Preston Mitchell in his only season, the Hornets compiled a 1–7 record, being outscored 72 to 155.


1959 Denver Pioneers football team
The 1959 Denver Pioneers football team represented the University of Denver in the Skyline Conference during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. In its fifth season under head coach John Roning, the team compiled a 2–8 record (2–5 against Skyline opponents), tied for fifth place in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 230 to 104.


1959 Detroit Lions season
The 1959 Detroit Lions season was their 30th in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 4–7–1, winning only three games. They missed the playoffs for the second straight season.


1959 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1959 Detroit Tigers season
The 1959 Detroit Tigers season was the 59th season for the American League franchise in Detroit. Although the Tigers lost 15 of their first 17 games in 1959—resulting in the May 2 firing of manager Bill Norman—they recovered under his successor, Jimmy Dykes, to finish in fourth place with a record of 76–78, eighteen games behind the AL Champion Chicago White Sox.


1959 Detroit Tigers 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


1959 Detroit Tigers 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


1959 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1959 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1959 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1959 Detroit Titans football team
The 1959 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit as an independent during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. In their first year under head coach Jim Miller, the Titans compiled a 6–4 record and were outscored by a combined total of 199 to 139.


1959 Detroit Titans football team
Seven players from the 1959 Detroit team went on to play in the National Football League (NFL): Grady Alderman, Bruce Maher, Ernie Fritsch, Larry Vargo, Jim Shorter, Steve Stonebreaker, and Frank Jackunas. The team's statistical leaders included Tony Hanley with 544 passing yards, Bruce Maher with 595 rushing yards and 66 points scored, and Tom Chapman with 270 receiving yards.


1959 Dissolution Honours
The 1959 Dissolution Honours List was issued on 19 September 1959 to mark the dissolution of the United Kingdom parliament prior to the 1959 general election.


1959 Dissolution Honours
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


1959 Djurgårdens IF season
The 1959 season was Djurgårdens IF's 59th in existence, their 15th season in Allsvenskan and their 10th consecutive season in the league. They were competing in Allsvenskan.


1959 Drexel Dragons football team
The 1959 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as a member of the Middle Atlantic Conference during the 1959 NCAA College Division football season. Jack Hinkle was the team's head coach.


1959 Duke Blue Devils football team
The 1959 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season.


1959 Dunedin mayoral election
The 1959 Dunedin mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1959, elections were held for the Mayor of Dunedin plus other local government positions including twelve city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.


1959 Dunedin mayoral election
Len Wright, the incumbent Mayor, declined to run for a fourth term. He was succeeded by councillor Stuart Sidey who defeated the Labour Party candidate Peter John Scott. The Citizens' Association won eight seats on the city council to the Labour Party's four.


1959 Dutch Grand Prix
The 1959 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zandvoort on 31 May 1959. It was the ninth Dutch Grand Prix. The race was held over 75 laps of the four kilometre circuit for a race distance of 314 kilometres. It was race 3 of 9 in the 1959 World Championship of Drivers and race 2 of 8 in the 1959 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.


1959 Dutch Grand Prix
The race was won by Swedish driver Joakim Bonnier driving a BRM P25. It would be the only World Championship victory of Bonnier's fifteen-year Grand Prix career. It was also the first win for the Owen Racing Organisation, the race team of the constructor BRM, after almost a decade of effort. Bonnier won by fifteen seconds over Australian driver Jack Brabham driving a Cooper T51, to become the first Swedish driver to win a Formula One Grand Prix. Brabham's American teammate Masten Gregory was the only other driver to finish on the lead lap in his Cooper T51 in third position.


1959 Dutch Grand Prix
Brabham's second position expanded his championship points lead with Bonnier now second along with the Indianapolis 500 winner Rodger Ward.


1959 Dutch Grand Prix
The organisers wanted to have a local driver in the race, so Carel Godin de Beaufort was allowed to compete despite his car being a Porsche RSK sports car.


1959 Dutch general election
General elections were held in the Netherlands on 12 March 1959. The Catholic People's Party emerged as the largest party, winning 49 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.


1959 East Carolina Pirates football team
The 1959 East Carolina Pirates football team was an American football team that represented represented East Carolina College (now known as East Carolina University) as a member of the North State Conference during the 1959 NAIA football season. In their eighth season under head coach Jack Boone, the team compiled a 5–6 record.


1959 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team
The 1959 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team represented Eastern Michigan University in the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1959 NCAA College Division football season. In their eighth season under head coach Fred Trosko, the Hurons compiled a 1–7 record (1–5 against IIAC opponents) and were outscored by their opponents, 217 to 50. In the second game of the season, the Hurons defeated Illinois State by a 14–7 score, but then lost the six remaining games. Dave L. Longridge was the team captain and also led the team with 513 passing yards and 517 yards of total offense.


1959 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team
Albert Day led the team with 226 rushing yards and was a first-team selection for the All-IIAC team; he was also selected for the team's most valuable player awar. The team totaled only 645 net yards of offense.


1959 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team
The Hurons had great success in the 1950s, winning IIAC conference championships in 1954, 1955 and 1957.


1959 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team
However, by 1959, Eastern Michigan had ceased granting athletic scholarships, even though IIAC rules permitted member schools to do so. The school also banned recruiting and drastically reduced the football program's budget to $15,300. University vice president William Lawrence explained: "We feel athletics here are for students with students the participants.


1959 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team
We don't think it's our job to go out and hire a troop of athletes to entertain our students." Using non-scholarship athletes against IIAC schools with scholarship athletes, Trosko's Eastern Michigan teams were unable to compete and suffered a 29-game winless streak (0–27–2) between October 7, 1959, and October 27, 1962.


1959 Edmonton municipal election
The 1959 municipal election was held October 14, 1959, to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. The electorate also decided eleven plebiscite questions.


1959 Edmonton municipal election
There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Frederick John Mitchell, George Prudham, Donald Bowen, Ethel Wilson, and Laurette Douglas were all elected to two-year terms in 1958 and were still in office (in fact, Mitchell was in office as mayor, having been  appointed by council to replace the resigned William Hawrelak, but city bylaws allowed him to resume his aldermanic term once a new mayor was elected).


1959 Edmonton municipal election
There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: J. Percy Page, Robert Thorogood, and William Orobko were elected to two-year terms in 1958 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Leo Lemieux, Vincent Dantzer, and E D Stack were continuing.


1959 Edmonton municipal election, Voter turnout
There were 52357 ballots cast out of 150062 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 34.9%.


1959 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Plebiscites, Fluoridation of Water
Shall fluorides, for the prevention of tooth decay, be added to the City water supply sufficient to bring the fluoride content of City water up to the level of one part fluoride to one million parts of water?


1959 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Plebiscites, Landfill
Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $75,000.00 for the purchase of land to be used as a refuse disposal area employing the sanitary fill method?


1959 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Plebiscites, Traffic Lights
Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $160,000.00 in order to purchase and locate traffic lights on certain highway intersections within the City?


1959 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Plebiscites, Paving
Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $250,000.00 for the City share of standard paving of arterial and residential streets?


1959 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Plebiscites, Parks
Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $750,000.00 for constructing or improving park areas or playgrounds and circles, buffer zones, ravine side boulevards, small parks and triangles?


1959 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Plebiscites, Railway Underpass
Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $300,00.00 for the City share of constructing an underpass of the Canadian National Railway tracks at the crossing of 127 Street at 126 Avenue?


1959 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Plebiscites, Bridge over Mill Creek Ravine
Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $500,000.00 for the City share of constructing a four lane bridge to replace the existing structure over Mill Creek Ravine at 82nd Avenue?


1959 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Plebiscites, Royal Alexandra Hospital Expansion
Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $3,000,000.00 so that the patient bed capacity of the new Royal Alexandra Hospital approved in 1958 may be increased by 300 beds and to buy equipment?