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Word: playoff (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Softball: Last year's strong finishers Eliot and Dudley are toss-ups for the top spot, with last year's championship playoff pair, Leverett and Dunster, also expected in the first division...

Author: By John J. Iselin, | Title: Eliot, Dunster Rated Even In Bids for Straus Trophy | 4/9/1953 | See Source »

Montreal coach Dick Irvin is pessimistic about his team's chances against the Boston Bruins in the final playoff series, which begins tonight in Montreal. The Bruins had little trouble beating the Detroit Red Wings, League champions for five consecutive years, 4 games...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: National Sports | 4/9/1953 | See Source »

...Montreal Canadians broke a second period deadlock and defeated the Chicago Black Hawks 4 to 1 last night in the deciding game of their best of seven semifinal Stanley Cup playoff series in the National Hockey League. Montreal will meet Boston in the finals, which start in Montreal Thursday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: National Sports | 4/8/1953 | See Source »

Detroit, Montreal, Boston, and Chicago gained Stanley Cup playoff berths as the National Hockey League season closed last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: National Sports | 3/23/1953 | See Source »

...cinch compared to what I went through in the war." His first year back, playing for the U.S. Open title, golf's most coveted prize, Mangrum coolly sank a 75-ft. putt in the final round to stay in the running, then won a tense triple playoff from Byron Nelson and Vic Ghezzi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Money Player | 1/26/1953 | See Source »

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