American Football
- NFL Championship – December 28 the Baltimore Colts won 23-17 over the New York Giants in overtime. The game is later called the "Greatest game ever played".
- College football – Louisiana State University wins their first recognized national championship in the poll era. See 1958 LSU Tigers football team. Iowa wins the Football Writers Association of America national championship. See 1958 Iowa Hawkeyes football team.
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“In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning.”
—A.E. (Alfred Edward)
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