1953 in sports

1953 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. American football NFL Championship: the Detroit Lions won 17–16 over the Cleveland Browns at Briggs Stadium Association football England First Division – Arsenal win the 1952–53 title. FA Cup – Blackpool beat Bolton Wanderers 4–3 in what is known as "The Matthews Final", although it is Stan Mortensen who scores a winning hat-trick for Blackpool. England lose 6–3 to Hungary at Wembley Stadium their first ever loss to a team from Continental Europe at home. Scotland Coronation Cup (football) – Celtic beat Hibernian 2–0 at Hampden Park. Spain La Liga won by Barcelona F.C. Italy Serie A won by F.C. Internazionale Milano West Germany German football championship won by 1. FC Kaiserslautern France French Division 1 won by Stade de Reims Portugal Primeira Liga won by Sporting C.P. Australian rules football Victorian Football League 23 May: Fitzroy, against a brilliant Footscray defence, kick the lowest VFL/AFL score since 1899, 1.0 (6) to 10.6 (66). Fitzroy seemed doomed to the first 0.0 (0) score in VFL history until Allan Ruthven scored a goal with ten minutes to go. 4 July: Geelong beats Collingwood’s previous record of 20 consecutive wins, beating 12.14 (86) to 13.7 (85). 1 August: Collingwood ends a run of 26 unbeaten games (including a draw with ) by Geelong, beating them 10.15 (75) to 7.13 (55) 26 September: Collingwood wins the 57th VFL Premiership, beating Geelong 11.11 (77) to 8.17 (65) Brownlow Medal awarded to Bill Hutchison (Essendon) South Australian National Football League: 3 October: West Torrens wins the last of its four SANFL premierships, beating Port Adelaide 9.13 (67) to 8.12 (60) Magarey Medal won by Jim Deane (South Adelaide) Western Australian National Football League: 8 August: Bernie Naylor kicks a WANFL record 23 goals against , including twelve in one quarter. 10 October: win their second consecutive premiership and seventh overall, beating 18.12 (120) to 8.13 (61) Sandover Medal awarded to Merv McIntosh (Perth)