# 1957

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5 dated items in the record for 1957, and 4 championship result rows.

## Dated items

- **1957**: An international match in Ireland in 1957, 'the first in over twenty years', New York A.C. players winning four of seven, per the A.A.U.'s 1962 rule book (H-128; seller photographs). Source: [eBay listing 178429923015: seller photographs of an A.A.U. handball rules booklet (1962) (seen 30 October 2026)](https://www.ebay.com/itm/178429923015)
- **1957**: The A.A.U.'s 1962 rule book says the first international match in over twenty years was played in Ireland in 1957, New York Athletic Club players winning four of seven matches (H-128; seller photographs of the book). Source: [eBay listing 178429923015: seller photographs of an A.A.U. handball rules booklet (1962) (seen 30 October 2026)](https://www.ebay.com/itm/178429923015)
- **1957-1959**: The A.A.U.'s 1962 rule book (seller photographs, H-128) dates three things this record has nowhere else: an international match in Ireland in 1957, the first all-glass court at the Aurora, Illinois, Y.M.C.A. in 1958, and the official Source: [eBay listing 178429923015: seller photographs of an A.A.U. handball rules booklet (1962) (seen 30 October 2026)](https://www.ebay.com/itm/178429923015)
- **1957**: Official Rules, Handball (A.A.U.) (1957) Source: [HathiTrust Digital Library, catalog record 102896696 (seen 28 October 2026)](https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102896696)
- **1957**: Three New York Athletic Club players play seven matches in Ireland in 1957 and win four: the first international match in over twenty years, by the A.A.U.'s account Source: [eBay listing 178429923015: seller photographs of an A.A.U. handball rules booklet (1962) (seen 30 October 2026)](https://www.ebay.com/itm/178429923015), p. 45

## Championships held

- [All-Ireland 60x30 Softball Championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/gaa-all-ireland-60x30-softball.md)
- [All-Ireland Hardball Championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/gaa-all-ireland-hardball.md)
- [USHA national four-wall handball championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/usha-national-four-wall-championships.md)
- [USHA national three-wall handball championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/usha-national-three-wall-championships.md)

## Neighboring years

- Previous year with a page: [1954](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1954.md)
- Next year with a page: [1958](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1958.md)
- Part of [the 1950s](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1950s.md)
- [All years and decades](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years.md)

## Corrections

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