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Sports - 1951 Dick Button wins US skating title for 6th timeNY Yankees over NY Giants in the World Series NY Yankee Mickey Mantle's see his 1st game, he goes 1 for 4 Willie Mays begins playing for NY Giants and gets his gets his 1st major league hit, a home run Cleveland Browns beat LA Rams 30-28 in NFL championship game Rochester beats New York, 4 games to 3, for NBA championship Kentucky beats Kansas for NCAA basketball championship Dick Savitt and Doris Heart win at Wimbledon Betsy Rawls wins US Women's Open Golf title Count Turf, Conn McCreary jockey, won the Kentucky Derby Citation becomes 1st horse to win $1,000,000 in races Ben Hogan's 280 won the Masters. He also won the U.S. Open. for the 2nd year in a row Dick Kazamaier (HB), Princeton won the Heisman Trophy Tor Maple Leafs beat Mont Canadiens 4 games to 1 for Stanley Cup |
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