January 14 – The National Football League has its first Pro Bowl Game (Los Angeles).September 28 – Norm Van Brocklin sets NFL single game record for most passing yards (554) helping Los Angeles Rams beat New York Yanks 48–21.NFL Championship – Los Angeles Rams won 24–17 over the Cleveland Browns.Sugar Bowl (1950 season):The Oklahoma Sooners lose 13-7 to the Kentucky Wildcats; still awarded the college football national championshipEngland
First Division – Tottenham Hotspur win the 1950–51 title.FA Cup – Newcastle United beat Blackpool 2–0.Spain
La Liga won by Atlético MadridItaly
Serie A won by Milan.Germany
German football championship won by 1. FC Kaiserslautern.Portugal
Primeira Liga won by Sporting C.P..France
French Division 1 won by Nice.The athletics competition at the 1951 Pan American Games is held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mal Whitfield of the USA wins gold medals in three events: 400m, 800m and 4 × 400 m relay.
Victorian Football League
29 September − Geelong wins the 55th VFL Premiership defeating Essendon 11.15 (81) to 10.10 (70) in the 1951 VFL Grand Final.Brownlow Medal is awarded to Bernie Smith (Geelong)South Australian National Football League
29 September − Port Adelaide wins its fourteenth SANFL premiership, defeating North Adelaide 10.12 (72) to 9.7 (61) after the Magpies lost only one game for the season.Magarey Medal awarded to John Marriott (Norwood)Western Australian National Football League
October 13 – West Perth wins its eleventh WANFL premiership, beating South Fremantle 13.10 (88) to 12.13 (85)Sandover Medal awarded to Fred Buttsworth (West Perth)January 29 – baseball signs a six-year All-Star game deal for TV and radio rights for $6 millionSeptember 30 – Joe DiMaggio plays in his final career regular season game.October 3 – In one of the most famous finishes in baseball history, Bobby Thomson of the New York Giants hits a three-run walk-off home run, immortalized as the Shot Heard 'Round the World, to give the Giants a 5–4 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers for the National League title.World Series – The New York Yankees win 4 games to 2 over the New York Giants.Japan Series – The Yomiuri Giants win 4 games to 2 over the Nankai Hawks.NCAA Men's Basketball Championship –Kentucky wins 68–58 over Kansas State University.NBA Finals –Rochester Royals win 4 games to 3 over the New York KnicksThe seventh European basketball championship, Eurobasket 1951, is won by the Soviet Union.July 10 – Randy Turpin becomes the middleweight boxing champion by defeating Sugar Ray Robinson.July 18 – Jersey Joe Walcott knocks out Ezzard Charles in round 7 during their bout in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Grey Cup – Ottawa Rough Riders wins 21–14 over the Saskatchewan RoughridersGiro d'Italia is won by Fiorenzo Magni of ItalyTour de France – Hugo Koblet of SwitzerlandWorld Figure Skating Championships –Men's champion: Dick Button, United StatesLadies' champion: Jeannette Altwegg, Great BritainPair skating champions: Ria Baran & Paul Falk, GermanyMen's professional
Masters Tournament – Ben HoganU.S. Open – Ben HoganPGA Championship – Sam SneadBritish Open – Max FaulknerPGA Tour money leader – Lloyd Mangrum – $26,089Ryder Cup – United States team wins 9½ to 2½ over the British team.Men's amateur
British Amateur – Dick ChapmanU.S. Amateur – Billy MaxwellWomen's professional
Women's Western Open – Patty BergU.S. Women's Open – Betsy RawlsTitleholders Championship – Pat O'SullivanLPGA Tour money leader – Babe Zaharias – $15,087Tar Heel, a standardbred horse driven by Del Cameron, runs the first two–minute mile in harness racing history.Little Brown Jug for pacers is won by Tar HeelHambletonian for trotters is won by MainlinerAustralian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –Pacers: VedetteTrotters: Gay BelwinJuly 14 – Citation winds his 32nd race, the Hollywood Gold Cup, becoming the first equine millionaire.Steeplechases
Cheltenham Gold Cup – Silver FameGrand National – Nickel CoinHurdle races
Champion Hurdle – Hatton's Grace for the third successive yearFlat races
Australia – Melbourne Cup is won by DelatCanada – Queen's Plate is won by Major FactorFrance – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is won by TantiemeIreland – Irish Derby is won by Fraise du Bois IIEnglish Triple Crown Races:- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Ki Ming
- Epsom Derby – Arctic Prince
- St. Leger Stakes – Talma
United States Triple Crown Races:- Kentucky Derby – Count Turf
- Preakness Stakes – Bold
- Belmont Stakes – Counterpoint
August 26 – Bill Barilko, Toronto Maple Leafs dies in an air crashArt Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Gordie Howe, Detroit Red WingsHart Memorial Trophy – for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Milt Schmidt, Boston BruinsStanley Cup – Toronto Maple Leafs win 4 games to 1 over the Montreal CanadiensWorld Hockey ChampionshipMen's champion: Canada's Lethbridge Maple LeafsNCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship – University of Michigan Wolverines defeat Brown University Bruins 7–1 in Colorado Springs, ColoradoThe 50th anniversaries of the donations of both the Mann Cup and the Minto Cup.The Peterborough Timbermen win the 50th Mann Cup.The Mimico Mountaineers win the 50th Minto Cup.30 May – Lee Wallard wins the 35th running of the Indianapolis 500 in the Kurtis Kraft–OffenhauserNASCAR Championship – Herb Thomas driving his own #92 PlymouthAAA Racing –Tony Bettenhausen wins the series championshipFormula One – Juan Manuel Fangio (Argentina) is World Drivers' Champion in an Alfa Romeo24 Hours of Le Mans – Louis Rosier / Jean-Louis Rosier win sharing a Talbot-LagoRally racing –Marcel Becquart / H. Secret wins the Monte Carlo Rally driving a HotchkissDrag racing – NHRA is founded by Wally Parks1950–51 European Rugby League Championship / 1951–52 European Rugby League Championship1951 French rugby league tour of Australia and New Zealand1951 New Zealand rugby league season1951 NSWRFL season1950–51 Northern Rugby Football League season / 1951–52 Northern Rugby Football League season57th Five Nations Championship series is won by IrelandWorld Snooker Championship – Fred Davis beats Walter Donaldson 58–39.Speed Skating World Championships
Men's All-round Champion – Hjalmar Andersen (Norway)Australia
Australian Men's Singles Championship – Dick Savitt (USA) defeats Ken McGregor (Australia) 6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 6–1Australian Women's Singles Championship – Nancye Wynne Bolton (Australia) defeats Thelma Coyne Long (Australia) 6–1, 7–5England
Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Dick Savitt (USA) defeats Ken McGregor (Australia) 6–4, 6–4, 6–4Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Doris Hart (USA) defeats Shirley Fry Irvin (USA) 6–1, 6–0France
French Men's Singles Championship –French Women's Singles Championship –USA
American Men's Singles Championship –American Women's Singles Championship –Davis Cup
1951 Davis Cup – Australia 3–2 United States at White City Stadium (grass) Sydney, AustraliaFirst Pan American Games are held in Buenos Aires, ArgentinaAsian Games are held in New Delhi, IndiaFirst Mediterranean Games are held in Alexandria, EgyptAssociated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Dick Kazmaier, College footballAssociated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Maureen Connolly, Tennis 