Events in Sports History in August 1957

Aug 1 Ex MLB outfielder Glen Gorbous throws a regulation baseball a record 136m (445' 10") in a game promotion

Baseball Record

Aug 1 Gil Hodges hits his 13th MLB career grand slam, a NL record and the last ever by a Brooklyn Dodgers player

F1 World Champion

Aug 4 Argentine Maserati driver Juan Manuel Fangio clinches his record 5th F1 World Drivers Championship (4th consecutive) in winning the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring

Aug 9 24th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: NY Giants 22, All-Stars 12 (75,000)

Baseball History

Aug 17 Baseball player Richie Ashburn fouls and hits fan Alice Roth twice in the same game at bat playing for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1st hit breaks her nose, 2nd one hits her while she is on the stretcher

Aug 18 Amelia Wershoven sets record of female throwing a baseball (252'4½")
Aug 19 NY Giants board of directors vote 8-1 to move their baseball franchise to San Francisco in 1958 [1]
Aug 20 Chicago White Sox Bob Keegan no-hits Washington Senators, 6-0

Boxing Title Fight

Aug 22 Olympic heavyweight boxing champion Pete Rademacher becomes first to contest the world title in his first professional bout; knocked out by Floyd Patterson in 6th round at Sicks' Stadium, Seattle

Aug 24 At age 17 future England soccer striker Jimmy Greaves scores on his First Division debut for Chelsea against Tottenham Hotspur in a 1–1 draw at White Hart Lane