1960 in sports

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Contents 1 Athletics 1.1 Marathon 2 Auto Racing 3 Baseball 4 Basketball 5 Boxing 6 Cycling 7 Field Hockey 8 Figure skating 9 Football (American) 10 Football (Australian rules football) 11 Football (Canadian) 12 Football (Soccer) 13 Golf 14 Thoroughbred Horse Racing 15 Harness Racing 16 Ice Hockey 17 Skiing 18 Tennis 19 General sporting events 20 Births 20.1 January 20.2 February 20.3 March 20.4 April 20.5 May 20.6 June 20.7 July 20.8 August 20.9 September 20.10 October 20.11 November 20.12 December 21 Deaths

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Marathon

• December 4 — Fukuoka Marathon, Japan
  • Men's Winner: Barry Magee (NZL) 2:19:04

[edit] Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • Junior Johnson won the Daytona 500
  • NASCAR Championship - Rex White
• Indianapolis 500 - Jim Rathmann
• USAC Racing - A.J. Foyt won the season championship
• Formula One Championship - Jack Brabham of Australia
• 24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Olivier Gendebien / Paul Frère won, driving a Ferrari TR60
• Rally racing - the team of Walter Schock / Rolf Moll won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Mercedes 220SE.
• Drag racing - Leonard Harris won "Top Eliminator" at the NHRA Nationals

[edit] Baseball

• World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates win 4 games to 3 over the New York Yankees. The Series MVP is Bobby Richardson, New York.
• October 13 - 1960 World Series: Baseballer Bill Mazeroski becomes the first person to end a World Series with a home run.
• The Winnipeg Goldeyes win the Northern League championship.

[edit] Basketball

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
  • Ohio St. wins 75-55 over California

• NBA Finals:
  • Boston Celtics win 4 games to 3 over the St. Louis Hawks

Freddy Johns

[edit] Boxing

• March 16 - Flash Elorde won the world junior lightweight title with a seventh-round knockout of Harold Gomes in Quezon City, Philippines.
• June - Floyd Patterson recovered the world heavyweight title from Ingemar Johansson, becoming the first-ever boxer to do so.
• September 5 - Cassius Clay wins the gold medal in boxing at the Rome Olympic Games.

[edit] Cycling

• Tour de France - Gastone Nencini of Italy
• Giro d'Italia - Jacques Anquetil of France

[edit] Field Hockey

• Olympic Games (Men's Competition) in Rome, Italy
  • Gold Medal: Pakistan
  • Silver Medal: India
  • Bronze Medal: Spain

[edit] Figure skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Alain Giletti, France
  • Ladies' champion: Carol Heiss, United States
  • Pair skating champions: Barbara Wagner & Robert Paul, Canada
  • Ice dancing champions: Doreen Denny & Courtney Jones, Great Britain

[edit] Football (American)

• Minnesota Golden Gophers win National college football championship.
• National Football League names Pete Rozelle commissioner of the league. The league expands to Dallas for the 1960 season and Minneapolis-St.Paul for the 1961 season. The Chicago Cardinals relocates to St. Louis, Missouri.
• December 26-NFL Championship: Philadelphia Eagles won 17-13 over the Green Bay Packers
• The American Football League (AFL) played its first season
• First black pro football placekicker: Gene Mingo (Denver Broncos, AFL)
• First Hispanic pro football quarterback: Tom Flores (Oakland Raiders, AFL)
• AFL Championship: Houston Oilers won 24-16 over the Los Angeles Chargers

[edit] Football (Australian rules football)

• Victorian Football League
  • Melbourne wins the 64th VFL Premiership (Melbourne 8.14 (62) d Collingwood 2.2 (14))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to John Schultz (Footscray)

[edit] Football (Canadian)

• Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeated the Edmonton Eskimos 16-6.

[edit] Football (Soccer)

• England - FA Cup: Wolverhampton Wanderers won 3-0 over Blackburn Rovers
• The Soviet Union beat Yugoslavia 2-1 to win the first European Football Championship

[edit] Golf

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. April 10 - The Masters - Arnold Palmer
  2. June - US Open - Arnold Palmer
  3. July - British Open - Kel Nagle
  4. August - PGA Championship - Jay Hebert

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Arnold Palmer - $75,263

Women's Golf

• US Women's Open - Betsy Rawls
• LPGA Championship - Mickey Wright
• Louise Suggs: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $16,892

[edit] Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• Australia - Melbourne Cup
• Canada - Queen's Plate
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Chamour

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes
  2. Epsom Derby
  3. St. Leger Stakes

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Venetian Way
  2. Preakness Stakes - Bally Ache
  3. Belmont Stakes - Celtic Ash

[edit] Harness Racing

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Countess Adios
  2. Little Brown Jug - Bullet Hanover
  3. Messenger Stakes - Countess Adios

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Blaze Hanover
  2. Yonkers Trot
  3. Kentucky Futurity

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Caduceus

[edit] Ice Hockey

• The American Olympic men's ice-hockey team won the United States' first Olympic hockey gold medal with a record of 7–0–0 during the tournament.

• Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Bobby Hull, Chicago Blackhawks

• Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings

• Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens win 4 games to 0 over the Toronto Maple Leafs

• World Hockey Championship
  • Men's champion: United States is crushed by Canada

• NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship - University of Denver Pioneers defeat Michigan Technological University Huskies 5-3 in Boston, MA

[edit] Skiing

• Alpine Skiing
• The men's Olympic Gold Medal:
  • Downhill: Jean Vuarnet, France
  • Slalom: Ernst Hinterseer, Austria
  • Giant Slalom: Roger Staub, Switzerland

• • The women's Olympic Gold Medal:
  • Downhill: Heidi Biebl, West Germany
  • Slalom: Ann Heggtveit, Canada
  • Giant Slalom: Yvonne Rüegg, Switzerland

• ISF World Championships:
• Ann Heggtveit of Canada becomes the first non-European to win the International Ski Federation overall world championship in Alpine skiing.
  • Men's combined champion: Guy Périllat, France
  • Women's combined champion: Ann Heggtveit, Canada

[edit] Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Rod Laver
  2. French Open - Nicola Pietrangeli
  3. Wimbledon championships - Neale Fraser
  4. US Open - Neale Fraser

• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open - Margaret Smith
  2. French Open - Darlene Hard
  3. Wimbledon championships - Maria Bueno
  4. US Open - Darlene Hard

• Davis Cup: Australia wins 4-1 over Italy in world tennis.

[edit] General sporting events

• 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy
  • USSR wins the most medals (103), and the most gold medals (43)

• 1960 Winter Olympics held in Squaw Valley, United States
  • USSR wins the most medals (21), and the most gold medals (7)

• First Paralympic Games held in Rome, Italy
  • Great Britain wins the most medals (53), the United States the most gold medals (29)

• First Winter Universiade held in Chamonix, France

[edit] Births

[edit] January

• January 5 — Wendy Watson, New Zealand cricketer
• January 6 — Howie Long, American football player
• January 9 — Ursula Thielemann, German field hockey goalkeeper
• January 24 — Manfred Zielonka, German boxer
• January 25 — Annelies Maas, Dutch freestyle swimmer
• January 29 — Sean Kerly, English field hockey striker
• January 29 — Greg Louganis, American diver
• January 30 — Chris Brown, New Zealand field hockey player

[edit] February

• February 2 — Sadiq Abdullahi, Nigerian tennis player
• February 9 — Bernardo José Pinango, Venezuelan boxer
• February 13 — Pierluigi Collina, Italian football referee
• February 21 — Wendy Banks, British field hockey goalkeeper
• February 21 — Rolf Falk-Larssen, Norwegian speed skater
• February 25 — Stefan Blöcher, Gay German field hockey player
• February 27 — Pär Arvidsson, Swedish butterfly swimmer

[edit] March

• March 2 — Roald van Noort, Dutch water polo player
• March 3 — Per Holmertz, Swedish freestyle swimmer
• March 3 — Orlando Romero, Peruvian boxer
• March 4 — John Mugabi, Ugandan boxer
• March 5 — Kathleen McGahey, American field hockey player
• March 8 — Max Metzker, Australian long distance swimmer
• March 9 — Thierry Vigneron, French pole vaulter
• March 10 — Antonio Corgos, Spanish long jumper
• March 14 — Kirby Puckett, American baseball player (d. 2006)
• March 20 — Robertas Žulpa, Lithuanian swimmer
• March 21 — Ayrton Senna, Brazilian automobile racer (d. 1994)
• March 26 — Marcus Allen, American football player
• March 26 — Damir Keretic, Yugoslavian-German tennis player
• March 26 — Judy Strong, American field hockey player
• March 30 — Peter Maher, Canadian marathon runner

[edit] April

• April 1 — Frank Leistra, Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
• April 6 — Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova, Bulgarian canoer
• April 12 — Agapius Masong, Tanzanian long-distance runner
• April 13 — Olaf Ludwig, East German racing cyclist
• April 21 — Eric Noordegraaf, Dutch water polo player

[edit] May

• May 8 — Mary Clinton, New Zealand field hockey player
• May 11 — Jürgen Schult, German track and field athlete
• May 15 — Kip Hladky, Canadian field hockey player
• May 26 — Dean Lukin, Australian weightlifter
• May 26 — Romas Ubartas, Lithuanian discus thrower
• May 31 — Greg C. Adams, Canadian ice hockey forward

[edit] June

• June 3 — Anett Pötzsch, German figure skater
• June 12 — Diane Edelijn, Dutch backstroke swimmer
• June 12 — Hagen Stamm, German water polo player
• June 15 — Didier Courrèges, French equestrian
• June 15 — Marieke van Doorn, Dutch field hockey midfielder
• June 23 — Andy Tenbult, Canada-born ice hockey player and coach from The Netherlands
• June 28 — John Elway, American football player

[edit] July

• July 4 — Anton Heiden, Dutch water polo player
• July 8 — Susanne Nielsson, Danish swimmer
• July 12 — Ismail Mustafov, Bulgarian boxer
• July 18 — Peter Daji, New Zealand field hockey player
• July 22 — Torben Grael, Brazilian sailor
• July 28 — Tim Bright, American decathlete and pole vaulter

[edit] August

• August 1 — Henry Tillman, American boxer
• August 2 — Wilfredo Vázquez, Puerto Rican boxer
• August 7 — Steven Rooks, Dutch road racing cyclist
• August 13 — Phil Taylor, English darts player
• August 13 — Michael Richmond, Australian ice speed skater
• August 26 — Victor Caballero, Paraguayan tennis player

[edit] September

• September 8 — Alexi Grewal, American cyclist
• September 26 — Lesley Elliott, New Zealand field hockey player
• September 27 — Leonardo David, Italian alpine skier (d. 1985)

[edit] October

• October 2 — Pedro van Raamsdonk, Dutch boxer
• October 11 — Anne van Schuppen, Dutch long-distance runner
• October 30 — Diego Maradona, Argentine football player

[edit] November

• November 3 — Karch Kiraly, US volleyball player
• November 18 — Ivans Klementjevs, Latvian flatwater canoer
• November 24 — Cameron Henning, Canadian backstroke swimmer
• November 26 — Vasiliy Bubka, Soviet pole vaulter
• November 28 — Andrew Ritchie, English footballer

[edit] December

• December 12 — Val Hallam, British field hockey goalkeeper
• December 12 — Krzysztof Kosedowski, Polish boxer
• December 22 — Tyrell Biggs, American heavyweight boxer

[edit] Deaths

• January 2 — Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist
• September 15 — Héctor Castro (54), Uruguayan football player and coach (b. 1904)
• November 11 — Monte Attell, bantamweight world boxing champion