- Baseball was the most popular sport
- Going to highschool Football games was the favorite thing to do among teens on Friday nights
- Jim Brown: member of professional Hall of Fame; By some, known as greatest offensive back of the Cleveland Browns
- Other popular Football players include:
Frank Gifford-NY Giants (now a sportscaster)
Sammy Baugh-Washington Redskins
- National Basketball Association was integrated in 1950 by Sweetwter Clifton, Chuck Cooper and Earl Lloyd
- Golf was more popular than hockey because of the ease of being able to follow the sport
- Roger Bannister: 1st person to run a mile in less than 4 minutes at 3:59.4; took place in England in 1954
- Average American's favorite sports: bicycling, bowling, fishing, swimming, sledding, ice-skating, golf and softball