1958–59 NHL season, Regular season
The Montreal Canadiens again won the regular season standings and again their players dominated the All-Star nominations (with six of a possible twelve, the same number as in 1956) and trophies as Jacques Plante won his fourth straight Vezina Trophy, Tom Johnson won the James Norris Memorial Trophy, ending teammate Doug Harvey's four-year monopoly, and Dickie Moore won the Art Ross Trophy, setting a new record for total points in a season: with a 41-goal, 55-assist campaign, "Digger" broke "Mr. Hockey's" record by a single point.


1958–59 NHL season, Regular season
This season marked the final time until 1967 where we would see an active player that had played for a team not in the Original Six. Former Brooklyn Americans player Ken Mosdell suited up for 2 postseason games for the Canadiens that year, and retired after Montreal won the Cup.


1958–59 NHL season, Player statistics, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes


1958–59 NHL season, Player statistics, Leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; Min – Minutes Played; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts


1958–59 NHL season, Debuts
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1958–59 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):


1958–59 NHL season, Last games
The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1958–59 (listed with their last team):


1958–59 National Football League (Ireland)
The 1958–59 National Football League was the 28th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.


1958–59 National Football League (Ireland)
Leitrim reached their first and only NFL semi-final, and Derry reached their first final, where they lost to Kerry.


1958–59 National Hurling League
The 1958–59 National Hurling League was the 28th season of the NHL, an annual hurling competition for the GAA county teams. Tipperary won the title.


1958–59 Nationalliga A, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and BSC Young Boys won the championship.


1958–59 Nationalliga A season
The 1958–59 Nationalliga A season was the 21st season of the Nationalliga A, the top level of ice hockey in Switzerland. Eight teams participated in the league, and SC Bern won the championship.


1958–59 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and Csepel SC won the championship.


1958–59 New York Knicks season
The 1958–59 New York Knicks season was the 13th season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the regular season, the Knicks finished in second place in the Eastern Division with a 40–32 win–loss record, qualifying for the NBA Playoffs for the first time since the 1955–56 season. New York lost in the first round to the Syracuse Nationals, two games to none.


1958–59 New York Knicks season, NBA Draft
Note: This is not an extensive list; it only covers the first and second rounds, and any other players picked by the franchise that played at least one game in the league.


1958–59 New York Rangers season
The 1958–59 New York Rangers season was the 33rd season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished with a 26–32–12 record in the regular season, and did not advance to the NHL playoffs.


1958–59 New York Rangers season, Playoffs
The Rangers failed to qualify for the 1959 Stanley Cup playoffs.


1958–59 New York Rangers season, Player statistics
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only. ‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.


1958–59 Newport County A.F.C. season
The 1958–59 season saw the previous season's Third Division North and South consolidated into Third and Fourth Divisions. Newport County's top-half finish qualified them for the Third Division. This was County's second season in the division as they were founder members of the Third Division before the regional split for the 1921–22 season.


1958–59 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season
The 1958–59 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey team represented the University of North Dakota in college ice hockey. In its 2nd year under head coach Bob May the team compiled a 20–10–1 record and reached the NCAA tournament for the second time. The Fighting Sioux defeated Michigan State 4–3 in overtime to win the championship game at the RPI Field House in Troy, New York, the first national title hosted by an eastern school.


1958–59 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season, Season
Coming off of their first trip to the NCAA tournament, North Dakota was hoping to improve on their Runner-Up finish. First, however, the Fighting Sioux had to deal with the collapse of their conference. While programs like North Dakota and Denver had fully embraced the blueprint that Michigan had lain down by recruiting mostly overaged Canadian players, Minnesota head coach John Mariucci had made it a policy for his team to stick with American players and soon found his team left behind. Rather than join the rest of the teams Minnesota withdrew from the WIHL, taking Michigan and Michigan State with them to form the ice hockey division of the Big Ten. Rather than form a small conference of their own the remaining four teams played as independents for the 1958–59 season.


1958–59 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season, Season
Despite being without a conference North Dakota played a very similar schedule to the one they had the year before. They still played each of the 6 other former WIHL teams and divided their time fairly evenly at home and on the road. After opening the season with two wins against the senior Winnipeg Maroons, North Dakota hit the road and split a pair of game at Michigan State. They returned home to take on Denver in a rematch of last season's national championship and took both close contests 4–3 with one win coming in extra time.


1958–59 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season, Season
After jumping out to a 5-1 start the Fighting Sioux slumped over the holiday break, tying then losing to the US National Team before dropping a match on the road with the Warroad Lakers. They lost their next game at home to Michigan Tech before finally stemming the tide with an overtime win the next night. Sporting a pedestrian 5-4-1 record UND went on an extended road trip through the great lakes.


1958–59 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season, Season
The team's first stop was in Duluth where they took both games against an inferior Bulldogs squad. Afterwards they headed Ann Arbor and in the first game against the Wolverines the Fighting Sioux were beating up the home team so badly that the crowd couldn't contain themselves and ended up getting into a fight with the visitors. The game was stopped with 5:20 left in the third period and the remainder of the time was cancelled. The next night was a bit more subdued but North Dakota dropped the contest 2–4. After taking a week off the team returned to the area to take on Minnesota and Michigan Tech, splitting both series and beginning a six-game homestand with a respectable 11-7-1 record.


1958–59 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season, Season
North Dakota welcomed Colorado College and won both games against the once-fearsome Tigers. After splitting yet another series against Michigan State the Fighting Sioux finished their home schedule with a pair of wins against Minnesota. For their final weekend North Dakota headed to Colorado to face the Pioneers and Tigers twice each in a 5-day span. Despite fatigue and elevation North Dakota acquitted themselves well by splitting both series and ending with an 18-10-1 record.


1958–59 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season, Season
With the dissolution of the WIHL the NCAA selection committee had to use a new metric to determine which two western team would make the tournament. In the end they settled on using a similar method to how they choose eastern teams; they gave the top seed to the Big Ten Champion, Michigan State, then picked the best remaining team as the second semifinalist. While Michigan Tech had split its series with North Dakota during the season they finished with a worse record.


1958–59 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season, Season
Denver, on the other hand, ended with a stellar 22-5-1 mark and possessed the best offense in the country. There was, however, a problem. While most teams had a relatively balanced schedule, Denver had played only five of its 26 games on the road. Additionally, three of those game came against Colorado College. This meant that during the entire season Denver left their state only once and when they did they lost both game against North Dakota. Because of Denver's rather sizable home ice advantage their schedule was seen as far less strenuous than the Fighting Sioux's. In the end it may have been UND's 3–1 record against the Pioneers that tipped the scales in their favor but in any event North Dakota was awarded the second western seed, much to the displeasure of the Denver faithful.


1958–59 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season, Season
North Dakota headed to the eastern time zone for the first time all season to take on Tri-State League champion St. Lawrence. The Saints battled the Fighting Sioux to a 3-3 tie after regulation and were hoping to head to their first National Title in their fourth appearance but a goal by UND's Guy LaFrance sent the Fighting Sioux back to the championship game. In the other semifinal Michigan State dropped Boston College by an identical 4–3 score, though they didn't require extra time.


1958–59 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season, Season
In the fifth meeting that season the Spartans opened the scoring in a close-checking first period, ending with a one-goal advantage due to an Ed Pollesel marker. In the second period North Dakota found their legs and completely took the game over, outshooting MSU 17–4 and outscoring their opponent 3–0. Once the third period began the pendulum swung completely in the other direction and it was Sparty's turn to take over, scoring twice in the final twelve minutes of play to tie the game and send the national championship into overtime.


1958–59 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season, Season
North Dakota hadn't lost an overtime game in over two years and head coach Bob May confessed to being nervous about that statistic. His team may have picked up on that because they didn't record a shot for more than four minutes but when they did they made it count and Reg Morelli scored to give the Fighting Sioux their first national title.


1958–59 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season, Season
Morelli was awarded the tournament MOP and was joined by Ed Thomlinson on the All-Tournament first team while Ralph Lyndon and Joe Poole appeared on the second team.


1958–59 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season, Season
Bill Steenson was the only player on the team to find his way onto the AHCA All-American West Team and while Bob May received a great deal of support for the Spencer Penrose Award the trophy went to Harry Cleverly.


1958–59 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season, Season
After the season May left the team to coach minor professional hockey for a year before entering dental school. The team was not left in the lurch, however, as assistant coach Barry Thorndycraft took over the reigns.


1958–59 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season, Schedule
† The game against Michigan on January 16 was ended with 5:20 remaining in the 3rd period due to a fight involving players and fans.


1958–59 Northern Football League
The 1958–59 Northern Football League season was the 61st in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in Northern England.


1958–59 Northern Football League, Clubs
The league featured 14 clubs which competed in the last season, along with one new club, joined from the North Eastern League:


1958–59 Northern Rugby Football League season
The 1958–59 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 64th season of rugby league football. Thirty clubs from across Northern England competed for the Championship, culminating in a final between St. Helens and Hunslet.


1958–59 Northern Rugby Football League season, Season summary
St. Helens won their third Championship when they beat Hunslet 44-22 in the Championship Final. They had also finished the regular season as the league leaders.


1958–59 Northern Rugby Football League season, Season summary
The Challenge Cup winners were Wigan who beat Hull F.C. 30-13 in the final.


1958–59 Northern Rugby Football League season, Season summary
Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Wakefield Trinity won the Yorkshire League. Oldham beat St. Helens 12–2 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Leeds beat Wakefield Trinity 24–20 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.


1958–59 Northern Rugby Football League season, Season summary
This season, St. Helens winger Tom van Vollenhoven set a new record for most tries in a season, with 62.


1958–59 Northern Rugby Football League season, Challenge Cup
Wigan reached the final by beating Leeds 12–5 at home on 21 Feb in Round 1; Hunslet 22–4 at home on 7 Mar in Round 2; Halifax 26–0 away on 21 Mar in the quarter-finals and Swinton 5–0 on 11 Apr in the semi-final played at Leigh. Captained by Eric Ashton, they then beat Hull 30–13 in the Challenge Cup Final played at Wembley Stadium before a crowd of 79,811 with tries from Boston (2), Bolton, Holden, McTigue and Sullivan and six goals from Griffiths.


1958–59 Northern Rugby Football League season, Challenge Cup
This was Wigan's sixth Challenge Cup Final win in ten Final appearances and their second in successive years. Brian McTigue, their second-row forward, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance.


1958–59 Norwegian 1. Divisjon season
The 1958–59 Norwegian 1. Divisjon season was the 20th season of ice hockey in Norway. Eight teams participated in the league, and Gamlebyen won the championship.


1958–59 Norwegian Main League
The 1958–1959 Hovedserien was the 15th completed season of top division football in Norway.


1958–59 Norwegian Main League, Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and Lillestrøm won the championship, their first league title.


1958–59 OB I bajnoksag season
The 1958–59 OB I bajnokság season was the 22nd season of the OB I bajnokság, the top level of ice hockey in Hungary. Five teams participated in the league, and Voros Meteor Budapest won the championship.


1958–59 Oberliga
The 1958–59 Oberliga  was the fourteenth season of the Oberliga, the first tier of the football league system in West Germany. The league operated in five regional divisions, Berlin, North, South, Southwest and West. The five league champions and the runners-up from the west, south, southwest and north then entered the 1959 German football championship which was won by Eintracht Frankfurt. It was Frankfurt's sole national championship win. The 1959 final was one of only two post Second World War finals to go into extra time, the other having been in 1949.


1958–59 Oberliga
A similar-named league, the DDR-Oberliga, existed in East Germany, set at the first tier of the East German football league system. The 1959 DDR-Oberliga was won by SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt.


1958–59 Oberliga, Oberliga Nord
The 1958–59 season saw two new clubs in the league, ASV Bergedorf 85 and VfV Hildesheim, both promoted from the Amateurliga. The league's top scorer was Uwe Seeler of Hamburger SV with 29 goals, the highest total for any scorer in the five Oberligas in 1958–59.


1958–59 Oberliga, Oberliga Berlin
The  1958–59 season saw two new clubs in the league, BFC Südring and Rapide Wedding, both promoted from the Amateurliga Berlin. The league's top scorer was Reinhard Knöfel of Spandauer SV with 23 goals.


1958–59 Oberliga, Oberliga West
The 1958–59 season saw two new clubs in the league, STV Horst-Emscher and Borussia München-Gladbach, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga West. The league's top scorer was Gerhard Clement of Westfalia Herne with 28 goals.


1958–59 Oberliga, Oberliga Südwest
The  1958–59 season saw two new clubs in the league, Sportfreunde Saarbrücken and SpVgg Weisenau, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga Südwest. The league's top scorers were Rudolf Bast (FV Speyer) and Helmut Kapitulski (FK Pirmasens) with 25 goals each.


1958–59 Oberliga, Oberliga Süd
The  1958–59 season saw two new clubs in the league, TSG Ulm 1846 and SV Waldhof Mannheim, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga Süd. The league's top scorer was Ernst-Otto Meyer of VfR Mannheim with 27 goals, a record third time finishing as the league's top scorer.


1958–59 Oberliga, German championship
The 1959 German football championship was contested by the nine qualified Oberliga teams and won by Eintracht Frankfurt, defeating Kickers Offenbach in the final. The runners-up of the Oberliga Nord and Südwest played a pre-qualifying match. The remaining eight clubs then played a home-and-away round in two groups of four. The two group winners then advanced to the final.


1958–59 Panhellenic Championship
The  1958–59 Panhellenic Championship  was the 23rd season of the highest football league of Greece and the last one that was held with the system of qualifying rounds per local association, as from the following year the structure of Greek football changed with the introduction of Alpha Ethniki, as well as the other categories in following seasons. Olympiacos won their 15th championship (6 consecutive) after an interesting race with AEK Athens. Compared to the previous season, the teams that participated in the final round of the championship decreased by 2 (10 out of 12) and resulted as follows:


1958–59 Panhellenic Championship
The qualifying round matches took place from 7 September 1958 to 14 January 1959, while the final round took place from 21 January to 21 June 1959. The point system was: Win: 3 points - Draw: 2 points - Loss: 1 point.


1958–59 Philadelphia Warriors season
The 1958–59 NBA season was the Warriors' 13th season in the NBA.


1958–59 Polska Liga Hokejowa season
The 1958–59 Polska Liga Hokejowa season was the 24th season of the Polska Liga Hokejowa, the top level of ice hockey in Poland. Eight teams participated in the league, and Legia Warszawa won the championship.


1958–59 Port Vale F.C. season
The 1958–59 season was Port Vale's 47th season of football in the English Football League, and their first season in the newly created Fourth Division following their relegation from the Third Division South. They scored a club-record 110 goals in 46 league matches to storm to the Fourth Division title. Forwards Stan Steele, Jack Wilkinson,  Graham Barnett, Harry Poole, and John Cunliffe all reached double-figures in front of goal.


1958–59 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Fourth Division
The pre-season saw the arrival of the 'speedy and direct' winger Brian Jackson (signed from Liverpool for £2,000), experienced left-back Roy Pritchard (Notts County), and Peter Hall (Stoke City). There was also a change of chairman, as Jake Bloom took charge. He initiated a change of kit, as Vale played in black and amber striped jerseys with black shorts.


1958–59 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Fourth Division
The season opened with a 4–1 home defeat by Northampton Town, Andy Woan scoring the first goal of the new division. Roy Sproson was then dropped from the first eleven, and Vale failed to find a win in Burslem until 29 September. Their away form proved to be outstanding though, as the team recorded seven wins in their first nine away fixtures. On 24 September, Vale Park saw its first match under the new £17,000 floodlights, as the club beat West Bromwich Albion (who included Ronnie Allen in their line-up) 5–3.


1958–59 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Fourth Division
With a 4–1 win over Southport five days later, The Sentinel's 'T.G.F.' remarked that "the spell is broken". Vale remained unbeaten at home for the rest of the season. Strong in attack, the club took until 11 October before failing to score, in a goalless draw with Oldham Athletic witnessed by Shirley Bassey (as a guest of Norman Low). A fortnight later Vale failed to beat Carlisle United, as referee J.G.Williams blew the full-time whistle just as a Jack Wilkinson header was floating into the opposition's net. On 8 November, Vale beat Exeter City 5–3 in a top-of-the-table clash. Two consecutive away defeats followed soon after, as Vale fell down to third. The 4–2 loss in an 'appalling mud bath' at The Den saw the débuts of keeper Ken Hancock and striker Graham Barnett.


1958–59 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Fourth Division
A twelve match unbeaten run followed, taking Vale four points clear at the top. This included a triumphant 8–0 Boxing day win over Gateshead (a Vale Park record and their biggest win since 24 September 1932), followed by a 4–0 win at Redheugh Park on New Year's Day. Roy Sproson was then brought back into the defensive line, whilst up front Stan Steele 'did the work of two men', Harry Poole brought 'flexibility and fluidity', and Barnett scored from half-chances.


1958–59 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Fourth Division
Just as Vale seemed to be running away with the title, defeat came on 16 March at Highfield Road to Coventry City. The following month the "Valiants" beat the "sky blues" 3–0, taking them six points ahead of the chasing pack. Promotion was secured on 18 April with a 1–1 draw at home to Darlington, and the title was secured with a final day victory over Millwall.


1958–59 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Fourth Division
They finished as champions with 64 points, four points clear of second, and seven clear of fifth spot. They had secured twelve victories on the road, as despite nobody recording a hat-trick all season, a club-record 110 goals were scored – with five players reaching double-figures. The defence was also strong, only Coventry and York City conceded fewer. Praise came in for manager Norman Low, who in turned praised Barnett as 'the supreme goal poacher', Hancock as 'the find of the season', whilst Steele was 'the model of consistency'.


1958–59 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Finances
On the financial side, gate receipts rose by 20% to £39,934, whilst there was a transfer credit of £6,075. Wages had risen to £26,535, however the club's Sportsmen's Association made a donation of £9,069 to give the club a profit of £8,595. Pleased with his players, Low only released Alan Martin (Northwich Victoria) and reserve Ken Higgs (who went on to enjoy a successful cricket career). The stadium received an upgrade, as the Bycars End was terraced, increasing capacity by 6,500 to 50,000, and the car park was extended and additional drains were installed.


1958–59 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Cup competitions
In the FA Cup, Vale exited in the First Round with a 1–0 defeat by Torquay United at Plainmoor.


1958–59 Primeira Divisão, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and F.C. Porto won the championship.


1958–59 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team
The 1958–59 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1958–59 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The head coach was Franklin Cappon and the team captain was Carl Belz. The team played its home games in the Dillon Gymnasium in Princeton, New Jersey. The team was the Co-Champion of the Ivy League, ending the regular season tied with Dartmouth Big Green with a 13–1 record at the end of the regular conference schedule.


1958–59 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team
Following a 4–3 start the team won twelve consecutive games on its way to posting a 19–5 overall record and a 13–2 conference record. After ending the regular season tied for the conference lead, the team lost a one-game playoff against Dartmouth on March 7, 1959, at the Payne Whitney Gymnasium in New Haven, Connecticut, by a 69–68 margin for the Ivy League championship and the automatic invitation to the 1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.


1958–59 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team
Belz established the current school single-game rebounding record on January 31, 1959, against the Rutgers Scarlett Knights when he totaled 29. This surpassed the previous record of 27 set on February 1, 1956, against Rutgers and tied on March 3, 1956, against the Cornell Big Red, both by David "Whitey" Fulcomer.


1958–59 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team
Belz, who finished second to Cornell's Lou Jordan in the conference in scoring with a 20.1 points per game average, and Jim Brangan were both first team All-Ivy League selections, and Belz was drafted by the Minneapolis Lakers in the 9th Round of the 1959 NBA Draft with the 62nd overall selection. Belz led the conference in field goal percentage with a 56.8%.


1958–59 Rangers F.C. season
The 1958–59 season is the 79th season of competitive football by Rangers.


1958–59 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
Rangers played a total of 43 competitive matches during the 1959–60 season.


1958–59 Ranji Trophy
The 1958–59 Ranji Trophy was the 25th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Bengal in the final. This started a sequence of 15 consecutive Ranji titles for Bombay.


1958–59 Real Madrid CF season
The 1958–59 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 56th season in existence and the club's 28th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.


1958–59 Real Madrid CF season, Summary
During the summer Hungarian player Ferenc Puskás arrived to the club after a 2-year FIFA ban on the him. The move was controversial due to player's age (31 years old) and his being overweight, reasons why he had already been turned down by Juventus, Milan and Manchester United.


1958–59 Real Madrid CF season, Summary
However, Puskas and Di Stefano completed a lethal duo with an astonishing campaign collecting for the club the fourth consecutive European Cup defeating Just Fontaine's Stade de Reims. However, Puskas missed the final match due to a technical decision by head coach Luis Carniglia, who was fired after that by club chairman Santiago Bernabéu. Also, Di Stefano clinched another top scorer individual trophy in the Spanish league with 23 goals. Puskas was in second place with 21 goals.


1958–59 Real Madrid CF season, Summary
The squad finished in a decent second spot in the league table, four points behind champions FC Barcelona, despite scoring a record 89 goals (to Barcelona's 96). In June, the club reached the semi-finals of Copa del Generalísimo, where they were defeated by FC Barcelona.


1958–59 Real Madrid CF season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1958–59 Red Star Belgrade season
During the 1958–59 season, Red Star Belgrade participated in the 1958–59 Yugoslav First League, 1958–59 Yugoslav Cup and 1958 Danube Cup.


1958–59 Red Star Belgrade season, Season summary
Red Star won their first double in this season. Rajko Mitić played his last game for Red Star in the 1957–58 Yugoslav Cup final against Velež Mostar.


1958–59 Red Star Belgrade season, Season summary
On 30 April 1959, Red Star played a friendly match against Milan.


1958–59 Rheinlandliga
The 1958–59 Rheinlandliga was the seventh season of the highest amateur class of the Rhineland Football Association under the name of 1. Amateurliga Rheinland. It was a predecessor of today's Rheinlandliga. It was the third season in which the league played with two game divisions, East and West. The Rhineland champion was determined through a game between the division champions.


1958–59 Rheinlandliga
The 1. Amateurliga was below II. Division Southwest until 1963 and therefore the third-class in the hierarchy. In the seasons 1956–57 to 1962–63 the league was played in two divisions (East and West). The two division champions played to determine the Rhineland champion. With the introduction of the regional league Southwest as second highest class, starting in the 1963–64 season, the Amateur league Rheinland was again combined into one division.


1958–59 Rheinlandliga
Beginning in the 1974–75 season, the league played a role as a sub-team to the newly introduced 2. Bundesliga, where the Rhineland champion played in a relegation against the champion of the Verbandsliga Südwest and the Saarlandliga, for a position in the south divisions of the 2. Bundesliga. Starting from the 1978–79 season, the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar was introduced as the highest amateur class and this class was renamed to the "Verbandsliga Rheinland" and since then only fourth class.


1958–59 Rheinlandliga, Results
Rheinland champion was the winner of the West Division, Germania Metternich, after a victory over the East Division champion SC Sinzig. The following the move up to the II. Division Southwest, Metternich unsuccessfully landed in last place and had to continue to play in the Amateurliga.


1958–59 Rheinlandliga, Results
The amateurs of SpVgg Andernach, SG Betzdorf, SV Bendorf and SV Woppenrath had to move down to the 2. Amateur League.


1958–59 Rheinlandliga, Results
For the following season 1959–60, promoted from the 2. Amateur League were:


1958–59 Rheinlandliga, Results
VfL Trier came as relegated team down from the II. Division and played in the West Division in the following season.


1958–59 Rheinlandliga, Results
SSV Heimbach-Weis and Eintracht Höhr-Grenzhausen switched from the West to the East Division after this season.


1958–59 Rochdale A.F.C. season
The 1958–59 season saw Rochdale compete in the newly formed Football League Third Division.


1958–59 Romanian Hockey League season
The 1958–59 Romanian Hockey League season was the 29th season of the Romanian Hockey League. Six teams participated in the league, and CCA Bucuresti won the championship.


1958–59 Rugby Union County Championship
The 1958–59 Rugby Union County Championship was the 59th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time.


1958–59 Rugby Union County Championship
Warwickshire won the competition for the third time after defeating Gloucestershire in the final.


1958–59 SK Rapid Wien season
The 1958–59 SK Rapid Wien season was the 61st season in club history.


1958–59 SM-sarja season
The 1958–59 SM-sarja season was the 28th season of the SM-sarja, the top level of ice hockey in Finland. 10 teams participated in the league, and Tappara Tampere won the championship.


1958–59 Scottish Cup
The 1958–59 Scottish Cup was the 74th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by St Mirren who defeated Aberdeen in the final.


1958–59 Scottish Division One
The 1958–59 Scottish Division One was won by Rangers by two points over nearest rival Hearts. Falkirk and Queen of the South finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1959–60 Scottish Division Two.


1958–59 Scottish Division One
The last day of the season saw Rangers holding a 2-point lead over Hearts, with the clubs having an identical goal average. Rangers lost 1–2 at home to Aberdeen. Hearts could have won the league on goal average with a win away to Celtic, but instead lost 2–1.


1958–59 Scottish Division Two
The 1958–59 Scottish Second Division was won by Ayr United who, along with second placed Arbroath, were promoted to the First Division. Montrose finished bottom.


1958–59 Scottish Inter-District Championship
The 1958–59 Scottish Inter-District Championship was a  rugby union competition for Scotland's district teams.


1958–59 Scottish Inter-District Championship
South and Edinburgh District won the competition with two wins and a loss each.


1958–59 Scottish League Cup
The 1958–59 Scottish League Cup was the thirteenth season of Scotland's second football knockout competition. The competition was won Heart of Midlothian, who defeated Partick Thistle in the Final.


1958–59 Segunda División
The 1958–59 Segunda División season was the 28th since its establishment and was played between 13 September 1958 and 19 April 1959.


1958–59 Segunda División, Overview before the season
32 teams joined the league, including two relegated from the 1957–58 La Liga and 4 promoted from the 1957–58 Tercera División.


1958–59 Serie A
The 1958–59 Serie A season was the 29th edition of Serie A, the top-level football competition in Italy. The championship was won by Milan.


1958–59 Serie A (ice hockey) season
The 1958–59 Serie A season was the 25th season of the Serie A, the top level of ice hockey in Italy. Four teams participated in the league, and SG Cortina won the championship.


1958–59 Serie B
The Serie B 1958–59 was the twenty-seventh tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.


1958–59 Serie B, Teams
Reggiana and Vigevano had been promoted from Serie C, while Atalanta and Hellas Verona had been relegated from Serie A.


1958–59 Serie C
The 1958–59 Serie C was the twenty-first edition of Serie C, the third highest league in the Italian football league system. There were no relegations in order to expand the league to three groups. The expansion was decided by the FIGC.


1958–59 Sheffield Shield season
The 1958–59 Sheffield Shield season was the 57th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. New South Wales won the championship for the sixth consecutive year.


1958–59 Southern Football League
The 1958–59 Southern Football League season was the 56th in the history of the league, an English football competition.


1958–59 Southern Football League
It was the first season since 1936 the league split into two divisions following the election of thirteen new clubs at the end of the previous season. Hereford United won the North-West Division, whilst Bedford Town won the South-East Division. Bedford were declared Southern League champions after defeating Hereford 2–1 in a championship play-off at Edgar Street on 9 May. Nine clubs applied to join the Football League, although none were successful.


1958–59 Southern Football League
The plan for the following season was to have a Premier Division of 22 clubs and a Division One below it. As a result, the top eleven clubs in each division this season would remain in the new Premier Division, whilst clubs finishing twelfth or lower would be in the new Division One.


1958–59 Southern Football League, North-West Division
It was the first and the only North-West Division season. North-West Division consisted of 18 clubs, including 11 Southern League clubs from the previous season and seven new clubs:


1958–59 Southern Football League, North-West Division
At the end of the season Southern League divisions were restructured. The top eleven clubs in each division this season remained in the new Premier Division, whilst clubs finishing twelfth or lower relegated to the new Division One. Lovells Athletic left the league and switched to the Welsh football pyramid.


1958–59 Southern Football League, South-East Division
It was the first and the only South-East Division season. South-East Division consisted of 17 clubs, including 11 Southern League clubs from the previous season and six new clubs:


1958–59 Southern Football League, South-East Division
At the end of the season Southern League divisions were restructured. The top eleven clubs in each division this season remained in the new Premier Division, whilst clubs finishing twelfth or lower relegated to the new Division One.


1958–59 Southern Football League, Football League election
Nine Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League. However, all four League clubs were re-elected.


1958–59 Soviet League season
The 1958–59 Soviet Championship League season was the 13th season of the Soviet Championship League, the top level of ice hockey in the Soviet Union. Twelve teams participated in the league, and CSK MO Moscow won the championship.


1958–59 Spartan League
The 1958–59 Spartan League season was the 41st in the history of Spartan League. The league consisted of 16 teams.


1958–59 Spartan League, League table
The division featured 16 teams, 14 from last season and 2 new teams:


1958–59 Spartan League, League table
After the season Briggs Sports merged with Ford Sports to form Ford United,and joined Aetolian League.


1958–59 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team
The 1958–1959 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team represented St. Francis College during the 1958–59 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The team was coached by Daniel Lynch, who was in his eleventh year at the helm of the St. Francis Terriers. The team was a member of the Metropolitan New York Conference and played their home games at the II Corps Artillery Armory in Park Slope, Brooklyn.


1958–59 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team
The Terriers finished their season at 14–9 overall and 2–1 in conference play.


1958–59 St. John's Redmen basketball team
The 1958–59 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1958–59 NCAA Division I college basketball season. The team was coached by Joseph Lapchick in his fourteenth year at the school and also was the first season Lou Carnesecca joined the basketball program as an assistant coach. The team was a member of the Metropolitan New York Conference. During this time the university was transitioning from Brooklyn to Queens, so the basketball team played their home games at Martin Van Buren High School in Queens, NY and Madison Square Garden in Manhattan while their new on campus arena, Alumni Hall, was being built.


1958–59 St. Louis Hawks season
The 1958–59 St. Louis Hawks season was the franchise's 13th season in the NBA. Despite winning the NBA Championship, Alex Hannum was replaced as coach of the Hawks in 1958–59. The new coach was Andy Phillip, and he lasted 10 games before being replaced by Ed Macauley. The Hawks made player changes. Clyde Lovellette was brought in from the Cincinnati Royals. The Hawks won the Western Division with a record of 49 wins and 23 losses. Bob Pettit won his 2nd NBA MVP award as he led the league in scoring with 29.2 points per game. In the Western Division Finals, the Hawks were defeated by the Minneapolis Lakers in 6 games.


1958–59 Stoke City F.C. season
The 1958–59 season was Stoke City's 52nd season in the Football League and the 19th in the Second Division.


1958–59 Stoke City F.C. season
Manager Frank Taylor again decided not to make any signings in the summer of 1958 and was to regret that decision as Stoke crashed to a 6–1 defeat on the opening day of the season. However Stoke's fortunes started to improve and two decent unbeaten runs before the new year lifted Stoke into the promotion race. But just six wins in 1959 saw Stoke finish in 5th position, eleven points behind second placed Fulham.


1958–59 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
The rebuilding of the main stand at the Victoria Ground had been completed over the summer months and cost the club around £70,000 and whilst it was fine a stand the supporters had hoped it would have cost less to avoid swallowing up the seasons transfer budget. As a result, there were no major signings whatsoever for the 1958–59 season, and for the opening day match away at Fulham Stoke were without both Bobby Howitt and Tony Allen. They were badly missed as Stoke were hammered 6–1 by an impressive Fulham side led by Johnny Haynes.


1958–59 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
After a poor start to their league campaign Stoke went on a nine match unbeaten run and didn't lose a match in December to lift Stoke to third in the table. However following the turn of the year Stoke's form dropped and Sheffield Wednesday and Fulham pulled to far ahead as Stoke ended the season in 5th place.


1958–59 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
It had been a fairly uninspiring yet somewhat of a transitional season with Neville Coleman moving on to Crewe Alexandra for a modest fee after scoring 52 goals in 126 games for the club while three club legends Frank Bowyer, John McCue and Harry Oscroft where entering the veteran stage of their careers. Before the season was out Oscroft was involved in a three-man swap, as he and Peter Ford move to Vale Park in exchange for John Cunliffe a left-winger who had a good career at Vale but failed to make an impression with Stoke. John Sellars who missed the season due to an eye injury decided to retire and Stoke decided to end their season with a trip to Morocco.


1958–59 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, FA Cup
In the third round Dennis Wilshaw bagged a hat trick as Oldham Athletic were well beaten 5–1 before Ipswich Town came and frustrated Stoke and in the fourth round before nicking a 1–0 win.


1958–59 Sussex County Football League
The 1958–59 Sussex County Football League season was the 34th in the history of the competition.


1958–59 Sussex County Football League
Division 1 remained at sixteen teams and Lancing was promoted from Division 2. Division 2 was increased to sixteen teams with Burgess Hill joining. from which the winner would be promoted into Division 1.


1958–59 Sussex County Football League, Division One
The division featured 16 clubs, 15 which competed in the last season, along with one new club:


1958–59 Sussex County Football League, Division Two
The division featured 16 clubs, 14 which competed in the last season, along with two new clubs:


1958–59 Swedish Division I season
The 1958–59 Swedish Division I season was the 15th season of Swedish Division I. Djurgardens IF won the league title by finishing first in the final round.


1958–59 Syracuse Nationals season
The 1958–59 NBA season was the Nationals' 10th season in the NBA.


1958–59 Tanganyikan general election
General elections were held in Tanganyika in September 1958 and February 1959. Elections were held in five constituencies on 8 and 12 September 1958, and in the other five on 9 and 15 February 1959. The Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) and affilianted independents won all 30 elected seats in the Legislative Council.


1958–59 Tanganyikan general election, Campaign
Fifteen of the 30 elected seats were uncontested, all of which were won by the TANU. In each constituency, voters voted for an African, Asian and European candidate. A further 34 members were appointed.


1958–59 Tanganyikan general election, Aftermath
In December 1959, the United Kingdom agreed to the establishment of internal self-government, after fresh elections the following year.


1958–59 Tennessee A&I State Tigers basketball team
The 1958–59 Tennessee A&I State Tigers basketball team represented Tennessee A&I State College (now called Tennessee State University) in National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) men's basketball during the 1958–59 season. Coached by fifth-year head coach John McLendon, the Tigers finished the season with a school-record 32 wins and were crowned NAIA national champions by winning the 1959 NAIA Tournament. This marked the third of three consecutive national championships, a feat that no other team at any level of college basketball had previously accomplished. In 2019, all three national championship teams were inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.


1958–59 Tercera División
The 1958–59 Tercera División season was the 23rd since its establishment.


1958–59 Toronto Maple Leafs season
The 1958–59 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 42nd season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Maple Leafs made it to the Stanley Cup Final, but lost to the Montreal Canadiens.


1958–59 Tweede Divisie
The Dutch Tweede Divisie in the 1958–59 season was contested by 29 teams, fifteen of which playing in group A, fourteen in group B. Teams occupying the lowest two places from each group at the end of the season, would have to play in a relegation play-off (however, two teams chose to relegate to amateur football immediately). That play-off would not be played this season, but in the next. The worst placed teams from that year would also enter. In the play-off (played after the 1959–60 season), teams would play against relegation to amateur football. The changes were part of an attempt by the KNVB to eventually make the Tweede Divisie one league instead of two.


1958–59 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
The 1958–59 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1958–59 NCAA men's basketball season and were members of the Pacific Coast Conference. The Bruins were led by eleventh year head coach John Wooden. They finished the regular season with a record of 16–9 and finished third in the PCC with a record of 10–6.


1958–59 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team, Previous season
The Bruins finished the regular season with a record of 16–10 and finished third in the PCC with a record of 10–6.


1958–59 United States network television schedule
The following is the 1958–59 network television schedule for the four major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1958 through March 1959. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1957–58 season.


1958–59 United States network television schedule
According to television historians Castleman and Podrazik (1982), the networks' schedules were thrown "into complete chaos" by the quiz show scandals that erupted during fall 1958. At first only one series, Dotto, was implicated in the game-fixing charges. Ed Hilgemeier, a contestant on the program, filed a complaint with the show's sponsor, Colgate-Palmolive. Colgate withdrew its sponsorship of the Tuesday evening (on NBC) and daytime (on CBS) versions of Dotto, and the show did not appear on either network's fall 1958 schedule.


1958–59 United States network television schedule
The $64,000 Challenge (on CBS) similarly did not appear that fall, and by November, The $64,000 Question (CBS) and Twenty-One (NBC) were also removed from the network schedules, amidst accusations of game rigging. NBC's primetime Tic-Tac-Dough lasted through December. According to Castleman and Podrazik, "NBC and CBS were adamant in their own statements of innocence" since they only aired, and did not produce, the rigged series. They also claimed the cancellations were due to low ratings, not because of game-fixing accusations. ABC had few game shows on its 1958–59 schedule, and "eagerly pointed out" its innocence in the quiz show mess. The network affirmed its commitment to Westerns, which could not be rigged.


1958–59 United States network television schedule
Western TV series continued to be very popular with audiences, and for the first time, the three highest-rated programs on television, CBS's Gunsmoke, NBC's Wagon Train, and CBS's Have Gun – Will Travel, were all Westerns. ABC's new series, The Rifleman even hit #4, quite a feat for a network which had had no series in the top 30 five years earlier.


1958–59 United States network television schedule
Although ABC, CBS, and NBC remained the largest television networks in the United States, they were not the only companies operating television networks during this era. In May 1958, Ely Landau, president of the NTA Film Network, announced an NTA Film Network schedule for the 1958–59 season.


1958–59 United States network television schedule
The schedule consisted of three and a half hours of programs on Friday nights: Man Without a Gun at 7:30, followed by This is Alice at 8:00, then How to Marry a Millionaire at 8:30, and Premiere Performance, a package of films from the network's minority shareholder 20th Century Fox, from 9:00 to 11:00. Although the NTA Film Network had over 100 affiliate stations, only 17 agreed to air the Friday night schedule "in pattern" (during the scheduled time).


1958–59 United States network television schedule
Other NTA Network affiliates carried the network's programs whenever they had available slots, and outside of Gun, Alice, Millionaire and Performance, NTA's programs were aired whenever the local stations preferred. National Educational Television (NET), the predecessor to PBS founded in 1952, also allowed its affiliate stations to air programs out of pattern.


1958–59 United States network television schedule
All times are U.S. Eastern and Pacific time (except for some live sports or events). Subtract one hour for Central and Mountain times.


1958–59 United States network television schedule
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.


1958–59 United States network television schedule, Sunday
NOTES: The Canadian-produced anthology series Encounter aired only five episodes on ABC before cancellation.


1958–59 United States network television schedule, Sunday
Deadline for Action on ABC consisted of reruns of episodes that starred Dane Clark of the 1956–1957 series Wire Service.


1958–59 United States network television schedule, Sunday
From February to September 1959, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, starring David Janssen, aired for a third and final season on CBS, on the Sunday schedule at 10 p.m. Eastern. It switched to NBC and returned to the air for a fourth season during the 1959–60 television season.


1958–59 United States network television schedule, Monday
Note: The Westinghouse Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show was later rebroadcast and syndicated as The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour. In most areas, Douglas Edwards with the News and The Huntley-Brinkley Report aired at 6:45 p.m.


1958–59 United States network television schedule, Tuesday
Confession, with host Jack Wyatt, which had begun as a local program in the Dallas, Texas, market in early 1957, premiered as a summer replacement on ABC on June 19, 1958, in advance of the 1958–59 television season. It ended on January 13, 1959, and was succeeded on January 20, 1959, by the paranormal anthology series Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond.


1958–59 United States network television schedule, Wednesday
Notes: On CBS, Armstrong Circle Theatre alternated with The United States Steel Hour. Armstrong by Request, which also alternated with The United States Steel Hour and aired in place of Armstrong Circle Theatre from July 8 to September 16, 1959, consisted of reruns of six documentary dramas which originally had aired on Armstrong Circle Theatre during the 1958–1959 season.


1958–59 United States network television schedule, Wednesday
On NBC, Milton Berle starring in the Kraft Music Hall formerly was known as The Milton Berle Show.


1958–59 United States network television schedule, Friday
Note: On January 9, Phillies Jackpot Bowling premiered in the 10:45-11 p.m. spot on NBC, while on March 13 Tombstone Territory replaced Man with a Camera on the ABC schedule.


1958–59 United States network television schedule, Saturday
Note: On NBC, Brains & Brawn was replaced on January 3, 1959, by The D.A. 's Man. On CBS, Markham premiered Saturday, May 2, 1959, at 10:30 pm.


1958–59 United States network television schedule, By network, NTA
Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.


1958–59 United States network television schedule (daytime)
These are the daytime Monday–Friday schedules on all three networks for each calendar season beginning September 1958. All times are Eastern and Pacific. The 1958-1959 season, beginning October 13 for ABC, was its first "full scale daytime programming" schedule.


1958–59 United States network television schedule (daytime)
Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white, reruns of prime-time programming are orange, game shows are pink, soap operas are chartreuse, news programs are gold and all others are light blue. New series are highlighted in bold.


1958–59 United States network television schedule (late night)
These are the late night Monday-Friday schedules on all three networks for each calendar season beginning September 1958. All times are Eastern and Pacific.


1958–59 United States network television schedule (late night)
Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white.


1958–59 WHL season
The 1958–59 WHL season was the seventh season of the Western Hockey League. The Seattle Totems were the President's Cup champions as they beat the Calgary Stampeders in four games in the final series.


1958–59 WHL season
The Spokane Spokes joined as an expansion club. Initially named the "Flyers" they were forced to modify their name after complaints from the Edmonton Flyers, who cited seniority. The Seattle franchise also changed names, going from the "Americans" to the "Totems". The teams played an unbalanced schedule: the Cost Division teams played 70 games each, while the Prairie Division teams had 64 each.


1958–59 WHL season
Guyle Fielder set a league record with 95 assists, winning the scoring title with 119 points. He was named the Coast Division's most valuable player, while Ed Dorohoy of the Calgary Stampeders, who scored 109 points, was named so for the Prairie Division.


1958–59 WHL season, Playoffs
The Seattle Totems defeated the Calgary Stampeders 4 games to 0 to win the President's Cup.


1958–59 WHL season, Bibliography
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1958–59 WIHL season
1958–59 was the 13th season of the Western International Hockey League.


1958–59 WIHL season, Playoffs, Final (Best of 5)
The Nelson Maple Leafs beat Rossland Warriors 3 wins to none. The Nelson Maple Leafs advanced to the 1958-59 British Columbia Senior Playoffs.


1958–59 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
The 1958–59 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1958–59 NCAA college basketball season. Led by ninth-year head coach Tippy Dye, the Huskies were members of the Pacific Coast Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.


1958–59 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
The Huskies were 18–8 overall in the regular season and 11–5 in conference play, second in the standings.


1958–59 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
Dye departed after the season in June to become athletic director at Wichita State, succeeded a month later by John Grayson, the head coach at Idaho State.


1958–59 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
The 1958–59 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State College for the 1958–59 college basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Marv Harshman, the Cougars were members of the Pacific Coast Conference and played their home games on campus at Bohler Gymnasium in Pullman, Washington.


1958–59 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
The Cougars were 10–16 overall in the regular season and 3–13 in conference play, tied for last in the standings.


1958–59 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
Harshman was formerly the head coach at his alma mater, Pacific Lutheran, for thirteen seasons, and he led the Cougars for thirteen years.


1958–59 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
The PCC disbanded in the spring and Washington State was an independent for three years, then joined the AAWU, today's Pac-12 Conference.


1958–59 Welsh Cup
The 1958–59 FAW Welsh Cup is the 72nd season of the annual knockout tournament for competitive football teams in Wales.


1958–59 Welsh Cup, Fifth round
Ten winners from the Fourth round and six new clubs.


1958–59 Welsh Cup, Semifinal
Bangor City and Lovell's Athletic played at Wrexham, replay at Newtown; Cardiff City and Wrexham played at Shrewsbury.


1958–59 West Ham United F.C. season
After winning the Second Division title the previous season, West Ham equalled their highest ever league finish of the 1926–1927 season, coming a very respectable 6th. This was in spite of the fact that the only signing they made was of the Leyton Orient Inside Forward Phil Woosnam in November 1958.


1958–59 West Ham United F.C. season, Season summary
West Ham beat the champions of that season (and the previous one) Wolves 2-0 in their first home match back in the top flight.


1958–59 West Ham United F.C. season, Season summary
The team featured Andy Malcolm who was West Ham's first ever England Youth International. This indicated the progress Manager Ted Fenton had made in establishing West Ham's successful Academy.


1958–59 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team
The 1958–59 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team represented West Virginia University in NCAA competition in the 1958–59 season. Coached by Fred Schaus and led by Hall of Fame guard Jerry West, the Mountaineers, then a member of the Southern Conference, lost in the final of that year's NCAA tournament to California.


1958–59 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team, Season Summary
West Virginia wasn’t a one-man team, far from it, but guard Jerry West was the star of the show, as he proved after leading the mountaineers to the final four. He scored 38 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in a semifinal win over Louisville, then scored 28 points and snared 11 boards against California in the title game. That effort wasn’t enough to prevent the Bears from winning, by a single point, 71-70.


1958–59 Western Football League
The 1958–59 season was the 57th in the history of the Western Football League.


1958–59 Western Football League
The champions for the first time in their history were Yeovil Town Reserves, and the winners of Division Two were Bath City Reserves.


1958–59 Western Football League, Final tables, Division One
Division One remained at nineteen clubs after Chippenham United were relegated the previous season, Trowbridge Town joined the Southern League, and two clubs joined:


1958–59 Western Football League, Final tables, Division Two
Division Two was reduced from eighteen clubs to seventeen after Gloucester City Reserves and Poole Town Reserves were promoted to Division One, Clevedon left, and two new clubs joined:


1958–59 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team
The 1958–59 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1958–59 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. Under the second year of head coach Bill Chambers, the team finished the season 13–11 and 7–7 in the Southern Conference. William & Mary played its home games at Blow Gymnasium. This was the 54th season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe.


1958–59 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team
The Indians finished in 4th place in the conference and qualified for the 1959 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, held at the Richmond Arena. William & Mary defeated Richmond in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to top-seeded West Virginia.


1958–59 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
The 1958–1959 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Harold E. Foster, coaching his twentyfifth season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the UW Fieldhouse in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.


1958–59 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season
The 1958–59 season was the 60th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played in the First Division, then the highest level of English football, for a 22nd consecutive year.


1958–59 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season
The season was a major success as the club won the League championship for a third and final time, successfully defending their title they already held. For a second consecutive season they scored over 100 league goals. They also participated in European competition for the first time in their history.


1958–59 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season
Wolves achieved the double over local rivals Aston Villa, part of a run of seven between 1957 and 1960.


1958–59 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season, Results, Football League
A total of 22 teams competed in the First Division in the 1958–59 season. Each team would play every other team twice, once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Two points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats.


1958–59 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season, Results, FA Cup
As a First Division team, Wolves entered the competition at the third round stage. The draw for this round was made on 8 December 1958.


1958–59 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season, Results, European Cup
In Wolves' first-ever competitive European tie they were drawn against West German champions Schalke 04 in the second round of the European Cup, having received a bye in the first round. Their appearance in the competition made them only the third English side at that time to ever play in a European competition.


1958–59 Yugoslav Cup
The 1958–59 Yugoslav Cup was the 12th season of the top football knockout competition in SFR Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav Cup (Serbo-Croatian: Kup Jugoslavije), also known as the "Marshal Tito Cup" (Kup Maršala Tita), since its establishment in 1946.


1958–59 Yugoslav Cup, First round
In the following tables winning teams are marked in bold; teams from outside top level are marked in italic script.


1958–59 Yugoslav First League
The 1958–59 Yugoslav First League season was the 13th season of the First Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: Prva savezna liga), the top level association football league of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Twelve teams contested the competition, with Red Star winning their fifth title.


1958–59 Yugoslav First League, Teams
Due to the reduction of the league from 14 to 12 clubs, at the end of the previous season four clubs were relegated (RNK Split, Spartak Subotica, OFK Belgrade and NK Zagreb) and were replaced by two teams - NK Rijeka and FK Sarajevo.


1958–59 Yugoslav Ice Hockey League season
The 1958–59 Yugoslav Ice Hockey League season was the 17th season of the Yugoslav Ice Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Yugoslavia. Six teams participated in the league, and Jesenice have won the championship.


1958–59 ice hockey Bundesliga season
The 1958–59 Ice hockey Bundesliga season was the first season of the Ice hockey Bundesliga, the top level of ice hockey in Germany. Eight teams participated in the league, and EV Fussen won the championship.


1958–59 in Belgian football
The 1958–59 season was the 56th season of competitive football in Belgium. RSC Anderlechtois won their 8th Division I title. Standard Liège entered the 1958–59 European Champion Clubs' Cup as Belgian title holder and became the first Belgian club to win a match in European competitions. They eventually reached the quarter finals. RU Saint-Gilloise entered the 1958–60 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and reached the semifinals. The Belgium national football team played 7 friendly games (3 draws, 4 losses).


1958–59 in Belgian football, Overview
At the end of the season, RRC Tournaisien and R Tilleur FC were relegated to Division II and were replaced by R Daring Club de Bruxelles and RFC Brugeois from Division II. The bottom 2 clubs in Division II (RFC Renaisien and K Boom FC) were relegated to Division III, to be replaced by RRC de Bruxelles and K Olse Merksem) from Division III. The bottom 2 clubs of each Division III league (K. Tongeren SC, RCS La Forestoise, RC Lokeren and SCUP Jette) were relegated to Promotion, to be replaced by R Crossing FC Ganshoren, US Centre, U Basse-Sambre-Auvelais and K Hasseltse VV from Promotion.


1958–59 in Belgian football, European competitions
Standard Liège became the first Belgian club to win a match in European competition when they beat Hearts of Scotland on September 3, 1958 (5-1), in the first round of the 1958–59 European Champion Clubs' Cup. In spite of their loss in the second leg (2-1), Standard advanced to the second round, where they defeated Sporting of Portugal (wins 2-3 away and 3-0 at home). In the quarter finals, Standard was eliminated by Stade Reims of France (win 2-0 at home and defeat 3-0 away).


1958–59 in Belgian football, European competitions
RU Saint-Gilloise entered the 1958–60 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. They defeated a team from Leipzig of Germany in the first round (win 6-1 at home and defeat 1-0 away). In the quarter finals, RU Saint-Gilloise eliminated AS Roma of Italy with a 2-0 home win followed by a 1-1 draw in Roma. The semifinals were played during the 1959–60 season. The Belgian lost to Birmingham City (two losses by 2-4).


1958–59 in English football
The 1958–59 season was the 79th season of competitive football in England.


1958–59 in English football, Diary of the season
August 1958: The Football League season begins with the new national Third and Fourth divisions that have been created from the old Third Division North and Third Division South.


1958–59 in English football, Diary of the season
30 August 1958: The Football Association snub Manchester United's wish to participate in the 1958–59 European Cup.


1958–59 in English football, Diary of the season
September 1958: Manchester United pay a national record fee of £45,000 for Sheffield Wednesday inside-forward Albert Quixall.


1958–59 in English football, Diary of the season
12 November 1958: Wolverhampton Wanderers play their first European Cup game, drawing 2–2 at home to Schalke 04 in the first round first leg.


1958–59 in English football, Diary of the season
18 November 1958: Wolverhampton Wanderers lose 2–1 to Schalke 04 in the European Cup first round second leg in West Germany, ending their hopes of being the first team other than Real Madrid (winners of the first three competitions) to win the European Cup.


1958–59 in English football, Diary of the season
15 January 1959: Second Division Liverpool suffer a shock FA Cup third round exit when they lose 2-1 to non league Worcester City.


1958–59 in English football, Diary of the season
4 April 1959: Jeff Hall, 29, right-back for Birmingham City and England, dies from polio, prompting widespread takeup of the polio vaccine.


1958–59 in English football, Diary of the season
2 May 1959: Nottingham Forest defeat Luton Town 2–1 in the 1959 FA Cup Final.


1958–59 in English football, Notable debutants
8 September 1958: Bobby Moore, 17-year-old wing-half, makes his debut for West Ham United against Manchester United in the First Division.


1958–59 in English football, Notable retirements
May 1959: Billy Wright, 35, Wolverhampton Wanderers and England captain, after more than 500 appearances for his club and a record 105 for his country.


1958–59 in English football, Notable retirements
June 1959: Jackie Blanchflower, 26, Manchester United and Northern Ireland centre-half, who announced his retirement as a player after failing to recover sufficiently from injuries sustained in the Munich air disaster 16 months earlier.


1958–59 in English football, Honours
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition


1958–59 in English football, Football League, First Division
In the last season of captain Billy Wright's playing career, Wolves retained their First Division title - the third time they had been league champions in six seasons. There was every reason to hope for continued success in the post-Wright era, though, with younger players like Bobby Mason and Mickey Lill excelling in the team. Manchester United enjoyed a good return in the season following the Munich tragedy, as new signings and younger players integrated with crash survivors to achieve runners-up spot in the league. Arsenal, Bolton Wanderers and West Bromwich Albion completed the top five, while newly promoted West Ham United recorded their highest league finish yet by finishing sixth.


1958–59 in English football, Football League, Second Division
Sheffield Wednesday sealed an immediate return to the First Division as Second Division champions, being joined by runners-up Fulham.


1958–59 in English football, Football League, Third Division
Plymouth Argyle won the first championship of the new national Third Division, with Hull City finishing one point behind them in second place. Norwich City made the headlines with their run to the semi-finals of the FA Cup, but the cup run distracted them from the league as fourth place in the final table was not enough for promotion.


1958–59 in English football, Football League, Fourth Division
Port Vale were champions of the new Fourth Division, and were joined in promotion by Coventry City, York City and Shrewsbury Town.


1958–59 in English football, National team
Although the England national football team eventually shared victory in the 1959 British Home Championship with Northern Ireland, it was a tough year without so many of the squad's key players lost in the Munich air disaster the year before. The season concluded with a disastrous tour of the Americas, in which the team lost three successive games before restoring some pride in the final match against the USA. The final game against the USA was also the last match for veteran defender and captain Billy Wright after a then record 105 caps. The match was played in front of just 13,000 fans on a gravel pitch in Los Angeles.


1958–59 in Israeli football
The 1958–59 season was the 11th season of competitive football in Israel and the 33rd season under the Israeli Football Association, established in 1928, during the British Mandate.


1958–59 in Israeli football, IFA Competitions, 1957–58 Israel State Cup
The 1957–58 Israel State Cup started during the previous season, but was carried over the summer break and finished with the final on 30 September 1958, in which Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Hapoel Haifa 2–0.


1958–59 in Israeli football, IFA Competitions, 1958–59 Israel State Cup
On 6 December 1958 the next season's competition began, and once again carried over to the next season.


1958–59 in Israeli football, IFA Competitions, Israeli 10th Anniversary Cup
As part of the 10th anniversary celebrations of Israel, a cup competition was arranged by the Israeli Football Association. The competition, which was divided to two cups, one for 1957–58 Liga Leumit clubs and one for 1957–58 Liga Alef clubs and was played as a straight knock-out tournament, was won by Hapoel Haifa and Hapoel Tiberias.


1958–59 in Scottish football
The 1958–59 season was the 86th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 62nd season of the Scottish Football League.


1958–59 in Scottish football, Scottish League Division One
The last day of the season saw Rangers holding a two-point lead over Hearts, with the clubs having an identical goal average. Rangers lost 1–2 at home to Aberdeen, only for Hearts also to lose, 2–1 away to Celtic. Had Hearts won by any score they would have won the title.


1958–59 in Scottish football, Other honours, County
* – aggregate over two legs – replay – trophy shared


1958–59 in Turkish football
The 1958–59 season was the 54th season of competitive football in Turkey.


1958–59 in Turkish football, Overview
The Milli Lig was introduced in 1959. At the time, there were three cities who had professional leagues: Ankara, Istanbul, and Izmir. The first league was made up of sixteen clubs, with eight from Istanbul, and four each from Ankara and Izmir. To gain entry, qualification tournaments were held in 1958 to decide who would participate in the league. League play did not start until the second half of the season, causing the season to be played in group format and a shorter game schedule.


1958–59 in Turkish football, Overview
The first final was held between Fenerbahçe S.K. and Galatasaray S.K. The match was a two legged knockout. Galatasaray won the first match 1-0, while Fenerbahçe won the second 4-0 and secured their first title by 4-1 aggregate.


1958–59 in Turkish football, Overview
This year was also earmarked by the first competition of a Turkish club in the European Cup. Fenerbahçe won the first match of the preliminary round 4-3 on aggregate over Csepel SC. Their second preliminary match came against OGC Nice. Fenerbahçe had tied after two legs, but lost the playoff leg 1-5.


1958–59 in Turkish football, Honours
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour.


1958–59 in Turkish football, Final National league tables, Promotions
Four clubs were promoted through a promotion tournament called the Federasyon Kupası. This brought the league club total up to 20 for the 1959–60 season. The four clubs were Kasımpaşa S.K., Şeker Hilal, Altınordu S.K., and Feriköy G.K.. There were no relegations.


1958–59 in Turkish football, National team
The Turkey national football team competed in six matches during the 1958-59 season. The team finished with a record of two wins, three draws, and one loss. Lefter Küçükandonyadis finished top scorer with two goals in six matches.


1958–60 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
The second Inter-Cities Fairs Cup took place between 1958 and 1960 and was won by Barcelona for the second consecutive time in a two-legged final against Birmingham City. Once again, a number of countries sent a representative team for one of their main cities, although London sent Chelsea instead. The Copenhagen XI was made up mostly of BK Frem players, and played in their colours.


1959
1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1959th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 959th  year of the 2nd millennium, the 59th  year of the 20th century, and the  10th  and last year of the 1950s decade.


1959 (John Anderson song)
"1959" is a song written by Gary Gentry, and recorded by American country music artist John Anderson. It was released in November 1980 as the fifth single from the album John Anderson. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.


1959 (John Anderson song), Content
The singer reflects on the year 1959, particularly a relationship he had that year with a girl named Betty, to whom he is singing the song. The "most important thing" for them was making sure the singer's truck had gas so they could go to the drive-in movie. He was drafted into the military after graduation, and Betty married someone else while he was away. He cries whenever he reads the letters she wrote to him, promising she would never leave him. He has even kept the old truck he had that year (in which the couple "went all the way"), and looking at it takes him "back to '59."


1959 (Patti Smith song)
"1959" is a rock song written by Patti Smith and Tony Shanahan, and released as a promo single from Patti Smith 1997 album Peace and Noise. At the 40th Annual Grammy Awards the song was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.


1959 (album)
1959 is the fifth studio album by Australian country musician Lee Kernaghan and was Kernaghan's first top ten album. It was nominated for the "Best Country Album" at the ARIA Music Awards of 1996. It was certified platinum in 1996 and won "Album of the Year" at the 1996 Country Music Awards of Australia.


1959 1000km Nürburgring
The ADAC 1000 Kilometer Rennen took place on 7 June, on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, (West Germany). It was also the third round of the F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship.


1959 1000km Nürburgring, Report, Entry
A massive total of 77 racing cars were registered for this event, of which 68 arrived for practice and started the long distance race on the 14.174 mile German circuit. David Brown who had won the event in 1957 and again in 1958 sent along just one Aston Martin DBR1 over from England for Stirling Moss/Jack Fairman. As for championship leaders, Porsche, this was their home event and they arrived with two different cars; 356A and 718 RSK for their squad of drivers led by Wolfgang von Trips and Jo Bonnier.


1959 1000km Nürburgring, Report, Entry
Scuderia Ferrari would head the Italian challenge. Ferrari had three works 250 TR 59s in the Eifel mountains, Tony Brooks/Jean Behra, Phil Hill/Olivier Gendebien and Dan Gurney/Cliff Allison. They were joined by a fleet of privateer drivers in their Alfa Romeos, Porsche 356A Carreras Oscas and other mainline sportscars.


1959 1000km Nürburgring, Report, Qualifying
Qualifying was held over three sessions for a total of 1,710 minutes over the three days prior to the race. The Ferrari 250 TR of Behra took pole position, averaging a speed of 88.33 mph around the 14.173 mile circuit.


1959 1000km Nürburgring, Report, Race
With each lap over 14 miles in length, the race covered a total of 44 laps, or 1,000 miles, the Nordschleife was a fearsome thing to behold. A crowd of approximately 200,000 in attendance came to witness the race, despite a day of intermittent rain.


1959 1000km Nürburgring, Report, Race
As for the race, victory went to the Aston Martin DBR1/300 of Moss and Fairman, gaining the marque their first points of the season, to win for the third time in a row. The victory was one of Moss’s greatest drives, having to make up for time lost while Fairman drove. The winning partnership, won in a time of 7hr 33:18.0 mins, averaging a speed of 89.204 mph. The margin of triumph over the Ferrari of Hill/Gendebein was 41secs., who were followed home by their team-mates Brooks/Behra who were 3min 27s adrift of the Aston.


1959 1000km Nürburgring, Report, Race
The first of the Porsches came home in fourth, with Umberto Maglioli/Hans Herrmann winning their class. Moss’s pace was so quick that his fastest lap of the race, was faster than Behra’s pole lap by over five seconds. The race continued for another hour to allow the other classes/division to try and complete the full 1000 km.


1959 1000km Nürburgring, Standings after the race
Championship points were awarded for the first six places in each race in the order of 8-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only awarded points for their highest finishing car with no points awarded for positions filled by additional cars. Only the best 3 results out of the 5 races could be retained by each manufacturer. Points earned but not counted towards the championship totals are listed within brackets in the above table.


1959 12 Hours of Sebring
The 1959 12-Hour Florida International Grand Prix of Endurance for the Amoco Trophy was a motor race for sportscars, staged on 21 March at the Sebring International Raceway, Florida, United States. It was the opening round of the 1959 World Sportscar Championship and was the eighth running of the 12 Hours of Sebring.


1959 12 Hours of Sebring
The race was won by Dan Gurney, Phil Hill, Chuck Daigh and Olivier Gendebien driving a Ferrari 250 TR 59 for Scuderia Ferrari.


1959 12 Hours of Sebring, Report, Entry
A massive total of 81 racing cars were registered for this event, of which 74 arrived for practice. Only these, 65 qualified for, and started the race. Reigning champions, Ferrari had eight of their new 250 TRs in Florida, of which three were works machines (1959 model) for  their squad of drivers; Phil Hill, Dan Gurney, Chuck Daigh, Olivier Gendebien, Jean Behra and Cliff Allison. Their main opposition would come from a single works Aston Martin.


1959 12 Hours of Sebring, Report, Entry
David Brown sent just one Aston Martin DBR1/300 over from England for Carroll Shelby and Roy Salvadori. Also on the entry list were some quick looking Lister-Jaguar entered by Briggs Cunningham with himself, Walt Hansgen and Stirling Moss amongst their squad. The work outfit also brought a car for Moss and paired him with Ivor Bueb.


1959 12 Hours of Sebring, Report, Qualifying
Because there were no qualifying sessions to set the grid, the starting positions were decided according to engine size with the 3.0 litre Aston Martin DBR1 of Shelby and Salvadori being given first place.


1959 12 Hours of Sebring, Report, Race
Most of the 40,000 spectators expected a battle for sole Aston Martin and the Ferrari. Although early on, there was a great scrap, the Aston retired after just 32 laps with gear lever problems. This meant it really was a Ferrari battle at the front of the field for almost all the race. The official result lists the winner as the no. 7 Ferrari of Gurney, Daigh, Hill and Gendebien, but that's not the whole story.


1959 12 Hours of Sebring, Report, Race
For the opening four and half hours, the Ferrari of Hill and Gendebien led until suffering from a broken differential. That put the Gurney/Daigh car in front. Behra/Allison were in second, followed by Moss/Bueb. And then the heavy rain arrived and the race became intriguing. With cars sliding off all over the place, one of the most dramatic accidents come just after the six-hour mark when Robert Rollason’s Stanguellini 750 Sport collided with a pole that supported a bridge. The car hit the pole while sideways throwing it up into the air before splitting in half, and ending up on its roof. It required a number of track marshals to flip it back onto its wheels, so that Rollason could escape uninjured.


1959 12 Hours of Sebring, Report, Race
The conditions made it difficult for even the very best to keep their cars under control. The works Lister-Jaguar with Moss behind the wheel, despite struggling for most of the race, came alive and moved up through the field passing both the Ferraris. After five hours, Moss led Behra and by now the little Porsche of Wolfgang von Trips and Jo Bonnier had moved into third. At this time, Scuderia Ferrari decided to call on the experience of Hill and Gendebien and added them the Gurney/Daigh car. Although the fans were not happy, this was a team event and Ferrari wanted to win. Then Moss was disqualified for illegal refuelling.


1959 12 Hours of Sebring, Report, Race
With the better drivers now driving the no.7, Hill passed Behra for the lead and the car held on to first place until the flag dropped. After 12 hours of racing, the Scuderia Ferrari of Gurney, Daigh, Hill and Gendebien won ahead of their team-mates Behra and Allison. Car number 7, took an impressive victory, completing 188 laps, covering 977.6 miles after 12 hours of racing, averaging a speed of 81.181mph. Second place went to the second Ferrari, albeit one lap adrift. The podium was complete by works Porsche of von Trips and Bonnier who were four laps behind the winners.


1959 12 Hours of Sebring, Standings after the race
Championship points were awarded for the first six places in each race in the order of 8-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only awarded points for their highest finishing car with no points awarded for positions filled by additional cars. Only the best 3 results out of the 5 races could be retained by each manufacturer. Points earned but not counted towards the championship totals are listed within brackets in the above table.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 27th 24 Hours of Le Mans, Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 20 and 21 June 1959, on Circuit de la Sarthe. It was also the fourth round of the F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship. The prospect of an exciting duel between Ferrari, Aston Martin and giantkillers Porsche was enough to draw large crowds and some 150,000 spectators gathered for France's classic sports car race, around the 8.38-mile course.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans
Aston Martin finally achieved the coveted outright win, doing it with a 1-2 finish. The marque had first entered the Le Mans race in 1928, running every race since 1931 and had finished second three times and third twice before this victory.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Regulations
Significant changes occurred with the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) regulations this year. The FIA had issued its revamped and revised Appendix J rules for Grand Touring (GT) cars and the ACO followed other endurance races and opened its entry-list to the GT categories for the first time.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Regulations
Each GT model had to have a minimum production run of 100 cars over 12 consecutive months. Those not meeting those requirements were put into the Sports Prototypes category. Both GT and SP ran to the same engine categories within their respective divisions.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Regulations
The ACO also introduced a new competition to measure optimal car performance. The Index of Thermal Efficiency (Indice au Rendement Énergétique) took into account a car's weight, speed and fuel consumption (using standard 95/100-octane supplied fuel). Surprisingly, it did not include engine size in the calculation. This ran alongside the regular Index of Performance handicap competition, whose target distances were increased. Fuel, oil and water replenishment remained limited at a minimum of 30 laps between refills. Only two men, and a third as refueller, were allowed to work on a car in the pits, meaning the driver had to get out and behind the pit wall to not count against that total.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Regulations
Regarding the track and organisation, the ACO installed IBM calculators to help with the administration. As well as considerable re-surfacing, a number of signalling lights were installed. Finally, acknowledging the huge influx of British spectators to the race, the ACO invited the racing magazine The Motor to send a journalist to provide race-commentary in English once an hour. This year the prize-money was £5000 for both the winners on distance and index of performance, and a total of over £30000.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
The increase in potential classes to 10 created a lot of interest with manufacturers and drivers and a total of 97 entries applied for the event. From this the ACO accepted 60 to practise, to qualify for the 54 starting places.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
This year there were seven manufacturer works teams, led by Ferrari and Aston Martin as well as Porsche, Lotus, DB, OSCA and Triumph. They were joined by the sports-car specialist Lister, Cooper and Stanguellini teams. It meant that half of the cars in the race were ‘works’ entries.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Defending champions Scuderia Ferrari brought their latest version of the Ferrari 250 TR. The chassis had been redesigned, made shorter and 77 kg lighter. The 3-litre V12 had a new 5-speed gearbox and now developed 306 bhp. Also, after six years Enzo Ferrari had finally relented and installed Dunlop disc brakes on the works cars. His squad of drivers included 1958 winners, Phil Hill/Olivier Gendebien, joined by Jean Behra/Dan Gurney and Hermano da Silva Ramos/Cliff Allison. There were also three 1958-models entered by private teams including the Equipe Nationale Belge and North American Racing Team.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
A subsidiary team, Scuderia Eugenio Castellotti, was entrusted with a new prototype to take on the Porsches in the 2-litre division – the V6-engined Dino 196 S that produced 195 PS. It would be driven by Castellotti's close friend Giulio Cabianca with Giorgio Scarlatti.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
As in the previous year, Aston Martin arrived with victory in the 1000km of Nürburgring with their DBR1/300. Led by director John Wyer and team manager Reg Parnell (himself a veteran of 7 Le Mans races in the early 1950s), they arrived at Le Sarthe with a very strong driver line-up to give themselves every chance of victory. The three works cars were driven by Nürburgring winners Stirling Moss/Jack Fairman alongside the F1 team driver Roy Salvadori with ex-chicken farmer, Texan Carroll Shelby, and Maurice Trintignant/Paul Frère.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
This year the cars were more streamlined and Moss and Fairman were given a more powerful 255 bhp engine to keep up with the Ferraris. Graham Whitehead again privately entered another DBR1. After the death of his half-brother Peter, he now had Brian Naylor as co-driver. In the GT category there was also a new DB4 GT (also using the DBR1 engine) entered by the Swiss Ecurie Trois Chevrons


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
With no Maseratis this year, the remaining five cars in the S-3000 category all had Jaguar-engines: Lister Engineering brought two of their new Frank Costin-designed cars (joined by Jaguar's former team manager, Lofty England), with another for the Equipe Nationale Belge, while the previously successful Ecurie Ecosse team this year entered both a Jaguar D-Type (for Masten Gregory and Innes Ireland) and a Tojeiro-Jaguar (for Ron Flockhart and Jock Lawrence).


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
After the very strong run to 3rd. 4th and 5th in the previous year, the Porsche 718 RSK was the car to beat in the 2.0 and 1.5-litre prototype classes. They had also just achieved their first outright Championship victory in May's Targa Florio, finishing 1-2-3-4. The two works cars were driven by regulars Hans Herrmann / Umberto Maglioli and new team-members Wolfgang von Trips / Jo Bonnier. Four Porsches made up the only entrants in the S-1500 class, the works car driven by Edgar Barth / Wolfgang Seidel alongside Dutch, French and American privateers.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Colin Chapman's Lotus team arrived in force, entering several classes: F1 team driver Graham Hill was paired with Australian Lotus-agent Derek Jolly in a new 2-litre Lotus 15, while the other team driver, Alan Stacey was in one of the two Lotus 17s in the 750cc class. Additionally, the team joined privateer Dickie Stoop in entering Lotus Elites in the new GT-1500 class.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
The 2-litre Prototype class was very competitive with 8 strong entries. Up against the Porsches and Lotus and the new Ferrari, Cooper sent the new T49 ‘Monaco’ (named after its first GP victory) driven by young works driver Bruce McLaren. Triumph returned to Le Mans with three TR3S cars, its driver line-up including 1956 race winner Ninian Sanderson. In the smallest Prototype classes, there was only a single DB in the 1100cc class, but the 750cc was to be contested by DB, OSCA, Lotus and Stanguellini. One of the works OSCAs was notable as it was driven by the Mexican Rodriguez brothers. Ricardo had been refused entry the previous year for being underage. This year he did compete, becoming the youngest ever driver to race at Le Mans, being only 17 years and four months old.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
The new GT classes were well supported. The Ferrari 250 GT, in its various guises, was a tried and true racecar, winning since 1956. The V12 engine produced about 250 bhp. Four were in the entry list with only a single Swiss-entered Aston Martin DB4 GT competing against it in the GT-3000 class.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
AC and MG each had a single car qualify in the GT-2000 class. After the non-appearance of the Squadra Virgilio Conrero Alfa Romeos, the Lotus Elite was the only model in the GT-1500 class with five entries. Having produced the required 100 units, DB was able to homologate the HBR-5 into the GT class, and four works cars were entered. Along with four privateers, it made DB the second biggest manufacturer present, after Ferrari. They were joined by the first appearance of Swedish manufacturer Saab looking to expand up its growing success in rallying.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice
For the first time, the ACO was able to close the public roads in April which allowed a test day for teams to prepare their cars. Only 19 cars took up the opportunity to run for 6½ hours, and it was Phil Hill in the new Ferrari that set the pace. Surprisingly, Cabianca in the 2-litre Dino was second fastest, ahead of the Aston Martins.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice
After scrutineering was held on the Monday and Tuesday, nine hours of qualifying were held over two sessions on the Wednesday and Thursday. Again the Ferraris were fastest and this time it was debutante Dan Gurney putting in the best time of 4:03.3. However Jean Behra had a major argument with team manager Romolo Tavoni who had imposed a 7500rpm rev-limit on the cars, limiting top performance, to protect the engines. Moss recorded 4:10.8, Hansgen's Jaguar 4:12.2 and Graham Hill put in a competitive time of 4:20 in the 2-litre Lotus.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice
Both the Whitehead Aston Martin and the Tojeiro had major problems and needed parts urgently flown in before the race.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice
After practice, Dickie Stoop's Lotus Elite was in a traffic accident driving back to its garage in the town and was too badly damaged to be ready for the race-start.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start
Saturday started with heavy rain, but by 4pm it was dry and very hot. Yet again, Stirling Moss was first away. Parnell had given him team orders to act as the ‘hare’ and to bait the Ferraris into a race-pace that would break them - a role he relished. (This is contradicted by the transcription of Parnells's race briefing published by Moss). Meanwhile, Behra stalled his Ferrari twice on the line and was 15th at the end of the first lap.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start
He subsequently put in some blistering lap-times (setting a new 3-litre lap record) to get back up to 3rd by the end of the first hour. Setting the fastest lap of the race, he then powered his way into the lead passing Moss on the Mulsanne straight around 5.15pm on the 17th lap. Still furious with the team management he hammered the engine at all costs (at one time getting up to 9500rpm on the Mulsanne straight) to prove his point. At the time of the first driver changes on the 30th lap, the car needed a lot of water and suffered from overheating thereafter.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start
Surprisingly, there was not a single retirement in the first hour (although Lund was delayed after his MG hit a dog at Mulsanne corner). Moss still led from the works Ferraris of Hill, Behra and Allison, then the two Ecosse cars (Jaguar ahead of Tojeiro) and Graham Hill in the remarkable Lotus 15 leading the 2-litre class in 7th. The other Aston Martins were 8th and 9th biding their time, ahead of the two Listers, while the Dino was 13th overall ahead of the Porsches in the 2-litre class.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start
By 7pm, after three hours, the Behra/Gurney Ferrari had a 40-second lead over the Moss/Fairman Aston Martin. They had a lap's lead over the rest of the field: leading the pack in third was the Hill/Gendebien Ferrari, then the Gregory/Ireland Ecosse Jaguar and the Salvadori/Shelby Aston Martin. The Allison/Ramos works Ferrari had just retired with a blown head gasket and soon after the Hill/Gendebien car was delayed by engine trouble dropping them to 8th. The Hill/Jolly Lotus that had started so well had been stymied by gearbox issues, and would eventually retire during the night. The Dino briefly took over leading until fuel issues started, leaving the Porsches to take up the 2-litre class lead.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Night
It was at dusk, in the fifth hour, that the first major accident occurred: Brian Naylor hit oil and rolled the Whitehead Aston Martin at Maison Blanche. Naylor got out, but the car was then heavily struck by Jim Russell in the Cooper Monaco (running 9th) and then Faure's Stanguellini hit the Cooper's fuel tank. Both smaller cars went up in flames and although Russell had a broken leg and ribs from the initial collision both drivers got away with only minor burns.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Night
The Ecurie Ecosse team was still a competitive force, and by 9pm their Jaguar was running second and the Tojeiro in 4th. But as night fell the pace started taking its toll – around 10pm, on the 70th lap, both the Ireland/Gregory Jaguar running second and the Moss/Fairman Aston Martin in third were put out with engine problems. Innes Ireland had a big moment when the connecting rod broke dropping oil all over his rear tyres and sending him into a big spin in the pitch darkness.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Night
And when Behra's Ferrari was called into the pits by officials to fix malfunctioning lights suddenly the Salvadori/Shelby Aston Martin found itself in the lead. Behra and Gurney had slipped to second and the other works Aston Martin in third. Then came the remaining Lister, Hill's Ferrari, the Ecosse Tojeiro and then three Porsches with Bonnier/von Trips leading the 2-litre classes. The Stacey/Greene Lotus headed the Index of Performance.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Night
However, within hours though the Lister and the Tojeiro were out: the Bueb/Halford Lister succumbed to engine issues, then the ‘Toj’ started leaking fluids long before its replenishment point. Inevitably the engine soon seized and the last Jaguar engine was gone. By midnight over half the field had retired. Aston led Gurney's ailing Ferrari, Aston, Ferrari then the Bonnier Porsche. Behra's engine finally let go just before 2am when he had slipped back to fourth.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Night
Meanwhile, Phil Hill had hunted down the leaders and soon after 2am the Aston Martin lost ten minutes when Salvadori pitted with major vibrations in the suspension. Fearing transmission issues, the team was relieved to instead find that it was a destroyed tyre tread lodged up in the wheel-well. The Hill/Gendebien Ferrari finally hit the front – its engine issues resolved when the water levels dropped – and together they set about building a solid lead through the night. By 4am, the halfway mark, that lead was two laps. They were, however, now the sole Testarossa running as the three privateer cars had all retired during the evening. The other Aston Martin was third and the works Porsche 4th (and leading the Performance Index), 4 and 7 laps respectively behind the Ferrari.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Morning
As the sun rose (for once without the thick rolling fog) the S-750 class Stacey/Greene Lotus had risen to 14th, leading the Index of Performance by a big margin, when it was stopped by the same distributor issues that had halted its teammate. The Lotus 17 was the fastest 750cc ever raced at Le Mans, but still fragile.


1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Morning
By 6am the field down to only 23 runners. The Ferrari was leading the two remaining Aston Martins and pulling away. Incredibly, with no other S-3000 class cars left running, four Porsches held down the next places. Then came the four more-powerful Ferrari GTs, headed by the Belgian car of ”Beurlys” / ”Eldé”. But then it started going wrong for Porsche. First, the leading works car of von Trips/Bonnier, running 4th, was stopped by clutch problems. Soon afterward the works 1500cc car lost its gearbox. The Dutch Ecurie Maarsbergen car inherited 4th place for two hours until it too broke its engine. This left Hugus/Erickson, the American privateers, promoted to 4th still pursued by four Ferraris with the older, French, 550A in 9th.