1. EVENTS & DISCOVERIES.
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SPORTS ,OLYMPIC Games (16th : 1956 : Melbourne, Vic.) ,TRACK & field ,WATER polo - Abstract
This section offers news briefs on the U.S. sports scene in 1956. The U.S. track and field team won 16 gold medals at the Melbourne Olympics while the rest of the U.S. team excelled in sports that are popular in American colleges. The Hungarian water polo team won the Olympic gold medal with a 2-1 win over Yugoslavia. Former heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano has been offered 400,000 U.S. dollars to fight heavyweight boxing champion Floyd Patterson.
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- 1956