1964 in sports

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Contents 1 Athletics (track and field) 1.1 Indoor Competition 1.2 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 Lacrosse 18 Skiing 19 Snooker 20 Swimming 20.1 International tournaments 20.2 Records 21 Tennis 22 Volleyball 23 Yacht racing 24 General sporting events 25 Awards 26 Births 26.1 January 26.2 February 26.3 March 26.4 April 26.5 May 26.6 June 26.7 July 26.8 August 26.9 September 26.10 October 26.11 November 26.12 December 27 Deaths

[edit] Athletics (track and field)

[edit] Indoor Competition

• March 6 — Tom O'Hara sets a new world record for the indoor mile run by completing it in 3 minutes and 56.4 seconds.

[edit] Marathon

• December 6 — Fukuoka Marathon, Japan
  • Men's Winner: Toru Terasawa (JPN) 2:14:49

[edit] Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • Richard Petty won the Daytona 400 on February 23
  • NASCAR Championship - Richard Petty
• Indianapolis 500 - A.J. Foyt
• USAC Racing - A.J. Foyt won the season championship
• Formula One Championship - John Surtees of Great Britain
• 24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Jean Guichet / Nino Vaccarella won driving a Ferrari 275P
• Rally racing - the team of Paddy Hopkirk / Henry Liddon won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Mini Cooper S
• Drag racing - Don Garlits won the NHRA, Top Fuel Championship

[edit] Baseball

• June 21: Jim Bunning of the Philadelphia Phillies pitched a perfect game in a 6-0 victory over the New York Mets.

• World Series: St. Louis Cardinals win 4 games to 3 over the New York Yankees. The Series MVP is pitcher, Bob Gibson of St. Louis.

[edit] Basketball

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
  • UCLA wins 97-83 over Duke

• NBA Finals|NBA Finals:
  • Boston Celtics won 4 games to 1 over the San Francisco Warriors

[edit] Boxing

• February 25 in Charlotte - Cassius Clay defeated Sonny Liston by TKO in the 8th round to win the World Heavyweight Championship.

• December 14 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Joey Giardello won a 15 round decision over Rubin "Hurricane" Carter to win the World Middleweight Title.

[edit] Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Jacques Anquetil of France
• Tour de France - Jacques Anquetil of France
• World Cycling Championship: Jan Janssen of Netherlands

[edit] Field Hockey

• Olympic Games (Men's Competition) in Tokyo, Japan
  • Gold Medal: India
  • Silver Medal: Pakistan
  • Bronze Medal: Australia

[edit] Figure skating

• World Figure Skating Championships
  • Men's champion: Manfred Schnelldorfer, Germany
  • Ladies' champion: Sjoukje Dijkstra, Netherlands
  • Pair skating champions: Marika Kilius & Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, Germany
  • Ice dancing champions: Eva Romanová & Pavel Roman, Czechoslovakia

[edit] Football (American)

• AFL Championship:1964 - Buffalo Bills win 11-7 over the San Diego Chargers
• NFL Championship:December, 27 1964 - Cleveland Browns win 27-0 over the Baltimore Colts

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[edit] Football (Australian rules football)

• Victorian Football League
  • Melbourne wins the 68th VFL Premiership (Melbourne 8.16 (64) d Collingwood 8.12 (60))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to Gordon Collis (Carlton)

[edit] Football (Canadian)

• Grey Cup: B.C. Lions win 34-24 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats

[edit] Football (Soccer)

For an extensive coverage see 1964 in football (soccer)

• England - FA Cup: West Ham United won 3-2 over Preston North End
• Spain beat the Soviet Union 2-1 to win the European Championship.
• In October during the celebration of the 1964 Summer Olympics FIFA gives the right to host the Football World Cup in 1970 to Mexico.

[edit] Golf

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. April 12 - The Masters - Arnold Palmer
  2. June - US Open - Ken Venturi
  3. July - British Open - Tony Lema
  4. August - PGA Championship - Bobby Nichols

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Jack Nicklaus - $113,285

Women's Golf

• US Women's Open - Mickey Wright
• LPGA Championship - Mary Mills
• Mickey Wright: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $29,800

[edit] Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• Australia - Melbourne Cup - Polo Prince
• Canada - Queen's Plate - Northern Dancer
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Prince Royal
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Santa Claus

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Baldric
  2. Epsom Derby - Santa Claus
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Indiana

• United States Triple Crown Races: Northern Dancer is the first Canadian-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby
  1. Kentucky Derby - Northern Dancer
  2. Preakness Stakes - Northern Dancer
  3. Belmont Stakes - Quadrangle(Held at Aqueduct)

[edit] Harness Racing

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Race Time
  2. Little Brown Jug - Vicar Hanover
  3. Messenger Stakes - Race Time

• Ayres won the United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Ayres
  2. Yonkers Trot - Ayres
  3. Kentucky Futurity - Ayres

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

[edit] Ice Hockey

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

• Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Jean Beliveau, Montreal Canadiens

• Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs won 4-3 over the Detroit Red Wings

• World Hockey Championship:
  • Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Sweden

• NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship - University of Michigan Wolverines defeat University of Denver Pioneers 6-3 in Denver, CO

[edit] Lacrosse

• The Guelph Mohawks win the first Castrol Cup.
• The Vancouver­ Carlings win the Mann Cup.
• The Oshawa Green Gaels win the Minto Cup.

[edit] Skiing

• Alpine Skiing
• The men's Olympic Gold Medal:
  • Downhill: Egon Zimmermann, Austria
  • Slalom: Josef Stiegler, Austria
  • Giant Slalom: Francois Bonlieu, France

• • The women's Olympic Gold Medal:
  • Downhill: Christl Haas, Austria
  • Slalom: Christine Goitschel, France
  • Giant Slalom: Marielle Goitschel, France

• ISF World Championships:
  • Men's combined champion: Ludwig Leitner, Germany
  • Women's combined champion: Marielle Goitschel, France

[edit] Snooker

• The World Snooker Championship is revived in a challenge format:
  • John Pulman beats Fred Davis 19-16
  • John Pulman beats Rex Williams 40-33

[edit] Swimming

[edit] International tournaments

• XVIII Olympic Games, held in Tokyo, Japan (October 11 – October 18)

[edit] Records

• February 29 — In Sydney, Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser sets a new world record in the women's 100m freestyle (long course) competition: 58.9 seconds.

• March 29 — Australia's Kevin Berry sets a new world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course) at a meet in Sydney, clocking 2:06.9.

• July 12 — US swimmer Sharon Stouder breaks the world record in the women's 200m butterfly (long course) with one second, during a meet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, clocking 2:28.1.

• August 2 — Sharon Stouder once again breaks the world record in the women's 200m butterfly (long course), this time in Los Altos, California, clocking 2:26.4.

• October 18 — Kevin Berry breaks his own world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course) on the last day of the swimming competition at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, with a time of 2:06.6.

[edit] Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Roy Emerson
  2. French Open - Manuel Santana
  3. Wimbledon championships - Roy Emerson
  4. US Open - Roy Emerson

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

• Davis Cup: Australia wins 3-2 over the United States in world tennis.

[edit] Volleyball

• Summer Olympics
  • Women's Team Competition
    1. Japan
    2. Soviet Union
    3. Poland

[edit] Yacht racing

• The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as Constellation defeats British challenger Sovereign, of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, 4 races to 0

[edit] General sporting events

• 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan
  • United States wins the most medals (90), and the most gold medals (36).

• 1964 Winter Olympics held in Innsbruck, Austria
  • USSR wins the most medals (25), and the most gold medals (11).

• Third Winter Universiade held in Špindlerův Mlýn, Czechoslovakia

[edit] Awards

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Don Schollander, Swimming
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Mickey Wright, LPGA golf
• ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year: Don Schollander, Swimming

[edit] Births

[edit] January

• January 1 — Susan Devoy, New Zealand squash player
• January 2 — Pat Sutherland, English netballer
• January 2 — Pernell Whitaker, American boxer
• January 6 — Henry Maske, German boxer
• January 6 — Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan swimmer (d. 2005)
• January 7 — Reggie de Jong, Dutch freestyle swimmer
• January 12 — Laura Gildemeister, Peruvian tennis player
• January 18 — Virgil Hill, American boxer
• January 21 — Aleksandar Šoštar, Yugoslav water polo player
• January 20 — Roger Smith, Bahamian tennis player
• January 22 — Nigel Benn, British boxer
• January 22 — Celia Correa, Spanish field hockey player
• January 27 — Baik Hyun-Man, South Korean boxer

[edit] February

• February 4 — Ricardo Acioly, Brazilian tennis player
• February 5 — Rob Grabert, Dutch volleyball player
• February 5 — Jim Pugh, American tennis player
• February 10 — Victor Davis, Canadian swimming champion (d. 1989)
• February 10 — Chris Sande, Kenyan boxer
• February 12 — Tuihaleni Kayele, Namibian long distance runner
• February 16 — Raul Alcala, Mexican cyclist
• February 17 — Ingrid Wolff, Dutch field hockey forward
• February 18 — Jackie McWilliams, Irish field hockey player
• February 20 — An Young-Su, South Korean boxer
• February 22 — Magnus Wislander, Swedish handball player
• February 24 — Ute Geweniger, German breaststroke and medley swimmer
• February 27 — Thomas Lange, German rower
• February 29 — Svilen Rusinov, Bulgarian boxer
• February 29 — Henrik Sundström, Swedish tennis player

[edit] March

• March 5 — Gerald Vanenburg, Dutch football (soccer) player
• March 6 — Robyn Toomey, New Zealand field hockey player
• March 10 — Wendy Baker, Canadian field hockey goalkeeper
• March 11 — Juantxo García-Mauriño, Spanish field hockey player
• March 18 — Bonnie Blair, American Olympic gold medalist in speed skating
• March 21 — Frank Baltrusch, East German backstroke swimmer
• March 21 — Sean Murphy, Canadian backstroke swimmer
• March 31 — Kelly Jones, American tennis player

[edit] April

• April 2 — Nadezhda Wijenberg, Russian-Dutch long-distance runner
• April 5 — Steve Beaton, British darts player
• April 8 — Andrew Maynard, American boxer
• April 9 — Graham Reid, Australian field hockey player
• April 10 — Manon Bollegraf, Dutch tennis player
• April 12 — Josep Picó, Spanish water polo player
• April 13 — Steve McCrory, American boxer
• April 18 — Paul Gonzales, American boxer
• April 21 — Alex Baumann, Czech-born Canadian swimmer
• April 21 — Ludmila Engquist, Russian-born Swedish athlete
• April 22 — Michelle Pearson, Australian medley and freestyle swimmer
• April 22 — Wilma van Velsen, Dutch butterfly and freestyle swimmer
• April 25 — Omar Catari, Venezuelan boxer
• April 26 — Aleksandr Miroshnichenko, Soviet boxer (d. 2003)
• April 27 — Sharon Creelman, Canadian field hockey player
• April 28 — Mark Hager, Australian field hockey player

[edit] May

• May 1 — Yvonne van Gennip, Dutch speed skater
• May 2 — Ricki Osterthun, German tennis player
• May 4 — Mark Leduc, Canadian boxer
• May 17 — Menno Oosting, Dutch tennis player (d. 1999)
• May 5 — Heike Henkel, German athlete
• May 13 — Sara Gomer, British tennis player
• May 20 — Miodrag Belodedici, Romanian football (soccer) defender
• May 22 — Virginia Ramírez, Spanish field hockey player
• May 28 — Jeff Fenech, Australian boxer

[edit] June

• June 4 — Desi Reijers, Dutch freestyle swimmer
• June 11 — Kim Gallagher, American athlete (d. 2002)
• June 11 — Martine Ohr, Dutch field hockey striker
• June 14 — Randall Thompson, Canadian boxer
• June 16 — Michael Metz, German field hockey player
• June 19 — Michael Kenny, New Zealand boxer
• June 21 — Rick Duff, Canadian boxer
• June 30 — Tania Dangalakova, Bulgarian breaststroke swimmer

[edit] July

• July 1 — Francisco Maciel, Mexican tennis player
• July 10 — Martin Laurendeau, Canadian tennis player
• July 14 — Marcelino Bolivar, Venezuelan boxer
• July 24 — Barry Bonds, American baseball player
• July 25 — Helen van der Ben, Dutch field hockey player and coach
• July 25 — Angus Waddell, Australian freestyle swimmer
• July 28 — Aleksandar Hristov, Bulgarian boxer

[edit] August

• August 3 — Elles Voskes, Dutch freestyle swimmer
• August 8 — Nicolae Juravschi, Moldovan canoer
• August 9 — Michael Heath, American swimmer
• August 14 — Sammy Lelei, Kenyan long-distance runner
• August 14 — Hussain Shah Syed, Pakistani boxer
• August 20 — Giuseppe Giannini, Italian footballer
• August 22 — Mats Wilander, Swedish tennis player
• August 27 — Frank Tate, American boxer
• August 29 — Jordi Arrese, Spanish tennis player
• August 30 — Milena Gaiga, Canadian field hockey player
• August 31 — Mike West, Canadian backstroke swimmer

[edit] September

• September 4 — Robson da Silva, Brazilian athlete
• September 5 — Michael Bentt, English-American boxer
• September 5 — Carlos Gabriel Salazar, Argentine boxer
• September 7 — Richard Matuszewski, American tennis player
• September 12 — Zsolt Gyulai, Hungarian canoer
• September 12 — Dirk Richter, East German swimmer
• September 16 — Glenn Beringen, Australian breastroke swimmer
• September 22 — Wayne Yearwood, Canadian basketball player and coach
• September 23 — Diana Dutra, Canadian female boxer
• September 25 — Christopher Jacobs, American swimmer

[edit] October

• October 1 — Marcia Pankratz, American field hockey forward
• October 2 — Dirk Brinkmann, German field hockey player
• October 5 — Seiko Hashimoto, Japanese ice speed skater
• October 5 — Letitia Vriesde, Surinamese track and field athlete
• October 19 — Carlos di Laura, Peruvian tennis player
• October 21 — Christian Eminger, Austrian ice speed skater
• October 23 — David Penfold, New Zealand field hockey player
• October 25 — Johan de Kock, Dutch football (soccer) defender
• October 26 — Lawson Duncan, American tennis player
• October 26 — Elisabeta Lipă, Romanian rower
• October 27 — Mary T. Meagher, American swimmer
• October 29 — May Allison, Canadian long-distance runner
• October 29 — Anthony Mosse, New Zealand swimmer

[edit] November

• November 14 — Silken Laumann, Canadian rower
• November 18 — Markus Hacksteiner, Swiss middle distance runner
• November 23 — Lars Myrberg, Swedish boxer
• November 23 — Drake Thadzi, Malawian boxer
• November 24 — Hendrie Krüzen, Dutch football (soccer) midfielder
• November 25 — Bert van Vlaanderen, Dutch long-distance runner
• November 26 — Vreni Schneider, Swiss alpine ski racer

[edit] December

• December 5 — Pablo Morales, American swimmer
• December 8 — Nikola Jerkan, Croatian football (soccer) player
• December 9 — Peter Blangé, Dutch volleyball player and coach
• December 11 — Jacqueline Toxopeus, Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
• December 11 — Carolyn Waldo, Canadian synchronized swimmer
• December 12 — Suzanne Landells, Australian medley swimmer
• December 13 — Dieter Eilts, German football (soccer) player
• December 16 — Heike Drechsler, German track and field athlete
• December 16 — Marieke van Drogenbroek, Dutch rower
• December 17 — Barbara Daniels, English cricketer
• December 19 — Arvydas Sabonis, Lithuanian basketball player
• December 24 — Shahid Ali Khan, Pakistani field hockey goalkeeper
• December 28 — Rick Leach, American tennis player

[edit] Deaths

• January 19 — Joe Weatherly, NASCAR grand national champion
• February 15 — Ken Hubbs (22), MLB baseball player, Chicago Cubs
• July 2 — Fireball Roberts, American stock car driver
• July 23 — Frederick Grace (80), English lightweight boxer (b. 1884)