What sports were played during the 1950s?

If you are talking about the United States, all the same sports
were played then that are played now.  The only real difference is that some sports were more
popular then than they are now and some are more popular now than they were
then.

Most notably:

• In those
  days, baseball was the most popular of the team sports.  Nowadays, football has clearly taken
  over that position, at least in terms of what people like most to
  watch.


• In those days, boxing and horse racing were really major
  sports.  Nowadays, neither of these is anywhere near to what it used to
  be.


• Golf and tennis were more of rich people's sports than they
  are now -- they get much more participation today.


• Soccer is mcuh
  more important now -- it was played in those days, but not as much as now by any
  means.


• Finally, basketball has become much more of an important
  sport now both in terms of playing and watching.

So
overall, I would say, the same sports were played back then, but baseball, boxing, and horse
racing were much more important in those days than they are now.