High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1955 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Port Wakefield circuit, in South Australia on 10 October 1955. The race had 22 starters. The race was held over 80 laps of the 1.3 kilometre circuit.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1955 Formula One season was the sixth season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1955 World Championship of Drivers, which commenced on January 16, 1955 and ended on September 11 after seven races. Juan Manuel Fangio won his second consecutive World Championship title in a season that was curtailed by tragedies.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1955 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on June 5, 1955. It was the fourth round of the 1955 World Drivers` Championship.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1955 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Aintree on 16 July 1955. It was the sixth round of the 1955 World Drivers` Championship.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1955 Indianapolis 500 was an automobile race held on Monday, May 30, 1955 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The event was the third round of the 1955 World Drivers` Championship. It is notable to many as the race in which Bill Vukovich was killed while seemingly on the way to an unprecedented third consecutive victory in the event.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1955 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on 11 September 1955. It was the seventh and final round of the 1955 World Drivers` Championship.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1955 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on May 22, 1955. It was the second round of the 1955 World Drivers` Championship and was given an honorary name, Grand Prix d`Europe.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1955 National Football League Championship Game was played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum between the Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Browns and the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Rams. The 23rd NFL title game was played on Monday, December 26, 1955 before 87,695, the largest crowd to see an NFL title game to that time. This was the first NFL championship game televised by NBC and the first NFL championship game played on a Monday.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 23rd Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 11 and 12, 1955. It was also the fourth round of the World Sportscar Championship.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1955 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association`s 1954-1955 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Syracuse Nationals defeating the Western Conference champion Fort Wayne Pistons, four games to three in the NBA Finals.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1955 Davis Cup was the 44th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men`s tennis. The Eastern Zone was reinstated with increasing entries from Asia. 34 teams would enter the competition, 24 in the Europe Zone, 7 in the Americas Zone, and 3 in the Eastern Zone.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1955 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 22nd playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 12, 1955, at Milwaukee County Stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin the home of the Milwaukee Braves of the National League.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In the 1955 Isle of Man TT the Lightweight 250cc race moved to the 10.75 miles long Clypse Course, also used for the Lightweight 125cc TT race, and the Sidecar TT, and the course was used for these races until 1959. During this period the rest of the TT program remained on the Mountain Circuit.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1955 U.S. Open was the 55th U.S. Open. The golf tournament was held June 16–19, 1955, at Olympic Club in San Francisco, California. In arguably the greatest upset in golf history, Jack Fleck, a municipal-course pro from Iowa, denied Ben Hogan his record fifth U.S. Open title by prevailing in an 18-hole playoff.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1955 World Series matched the Brooklyn Dodgers against the New York Yankees, with the Dodgers winning the Series in seven games to capture their first championship in franchise history. It would be the only Series the Dodgers won in Brooklyn (the team relocated to Los Angeles after the 1957 season). The last time the Brooklyn franchise won a World Championship was in 1900. The team was called the Brooklyn Superbas, the event was called the Chronicle-Telegraph Cup, and the opponent was their fellow National League Pittsburgh Pirates.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1955 Chicago White Sox season was the team`s 55th season in the major leagues, and its 56th season overall. They finished with a record 91-63, good enough for third place in the American League, 5 games behind the first place New York Yankees.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ken Rosewall defeated Lew Hoad 9–7, 6–4, 6–4 in the final to win the Men`s Singles tennis title at the 1955 Australian Championships.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1955 Kansas City Athletics season was the 55th season for the franchise in MLB`s American League, and the first in Kansas City after playing the previous 54 in Philadelphia. The team won 63 games -- only the fifth time in 20 years that they won more than 60 games -- and lost 91, finishing sixth in the American League, 33 games behind the AL Champion New York Yankees.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1955 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 23rd in the league. They failed to improve on their previous output of 7–4–1, winning only four games. The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.