1962 in sports

1962 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
Years:	1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965

Alpine skiing

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships –

American football

AFL Championship – Dallas Texans won 20-17 over the Houston Oilers in double overtime
NFL Championship – Green Bay Packers won 16-7 over the New York Giants

Artistic gymnastics

World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- Men's all-around champion: Yuri Titov, USSR
- Women's all-around champion: Larisa Latynina, USSR
- Team competition champions: men's - Japan; women's - USSR

Association football

Football World Cup in Chile – Brazil won 3-1 over Czechoslovakia

England

FA Cup final – Tottenham Hotspur won 3-1 versus Burnley

Athletics

Seventh European Championships held from September 12 to September 16 at Belgrade
Commonwealth Games Championships held in November at Perth, Western Australia

Australian rules football

Victorian Football League
- Essendon wins the 66th VFL Premiership (13.12 (90) d Carlton 8.10 (58))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Alistair Lord (Geelong)

Baseball

January 23 – Bob Feller and Jackie Robinson are selected for the Baseball Hall of Fame in their first years of eligibility.
October: National League pennant playoff: After finishing tied for the league lead, the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants played-off for the title. The Giants won the series 2 games to 1, thereby winning the National League championship.
World Series – New York Yankees win 4 games to 3 over the San Francisco Giants. The Series MVP was Ralph Terry, New York.

Basketball

March 2 - In Hershey, Pennsylvania, Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors scored 100 points against the New York Knicks, breaking several National Basketball Association records.
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship –
- Cincinnati wins 71-59 over Ohio St.
NBA Finals –
- Boston Celtics won 4 games to 3 over the Los Angeles Lakers

Boxing

March 24 – Emile Griffith regained the World Welterweight Championship by knocking out Benny the "Kid" Paret in the 12th round. Paret died ten days later on April 3 as a result of severe head injuries sustained in the fight.
September 25 – Sonny Liston knocks out Floyd Patterson, two minutes and six seconds into the first round, to become World Heavyweight Champion.

Canadian football

Grey Cup – Winnipeg Blue Bombers win 28-27 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships
- Men's champion: Donald Jackson, Canada
- Ladies' champion: Sjoukje Dijkstra, Netherlands
- Pair skating champions: Maria Jelinek & Otto Jelinek, Canada
- Ice dancing champions: Eva Romanová & Pavel Roman, Czechoslovakia

Golf

Men's professional

Masters Tournament - Arnold Palmer
U.S. Open - Jack Nicklaus
British Open - Arnold Palmer
PGA Championship - Gary Player
PGA Tour money leader - Arnold Palmer - $81,448

Men's amateur

British Amateur - Richard Davies
U.S. Amateur - Labron Harris, Jr.

Women's professional

Women's Western Open - Mickey Wright
LPGA Championship - Judy Kimball
U.S. Women's Open - Murle Lindstrom
Titleholders Championship - Mickey Wright
LPGA Tour money leader - Mickey Wright - $21,641

Horse racing

Steeplechases

Cheltenham Gold Cup – Mandarin
Grand National – Kilmore

Flat races

Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Even Stevens
Canada – Queen's Plate won by Flaming Page
France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Soltikoff
Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Tambourine
English Triple Crown Races:
1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Privy Councillor
2. Epsom Derby – Larkspur
3. St. Leger Stakes – Hethersett
United States Triple Crown Races:
1. Kentucky Derby – Decidedly
2. Preakness Stakes – Greek Money
3. Belmont Stakes – Jaipur

Ice hockey

Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Bobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks
Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Jacques Plante, Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup – Toronto Maple Leafs won 4 games to 2 over the Chicago Black Hawks
World Hockey Championship –
- Men's champion: Sweden defeated Canada
NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship - Michigan Technological University Huskies defeat Clarkson University Golden Knights 7-1 in Utica, NY

Motor racing

November 2 – death of Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver during practice for the Mexican Grand Prix
Stock car racing –
- Fireball Roberts wins the Daytona 500 in the #22 Pontiac
- NASCAR Championship - Joe Weatherly (for Bud Moore in the #8 Pontiac)
30 May – Rodger Ward wins the 46th running of the Indianapolis 500 in the Leader Cards 500 Special Watson-Offenhauser
USAC Racing - Rodger Ward won the season championship
Formula One – Graham Hill (Great Britain) wins World Drivers' Champion, driving for Ferrari.
24 hours of Le Mans – won by Olivier Gendebien / Phil Hill sharing a Ferrari 330LM
Rally racing - the team of Erik Carlsson / Gunnar Haggbom win the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Saab 96
Drag racing - Jack Chrisman wins Top Eliminator at the NHRA Nationals

Rugby union

68th Five Nations Championship series is won by France

Swimming

February 20 – Australian swimming ace Kevin Berry takes over the world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course) from USA's Carl Robie at a meet in Melbourne, Victoria, clocking 2:12.5.
August 11 – Carl Robie regains the world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course) and betters the world's best time twice in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, clocking 2:12.4 and, eventually, 2:10.8.
August 19 – US swimmer Sharon Finneran breaks the world record in the women's 200m butterfly (long course) during a meet in Chicago, Illinois – 2:31.2.
August 25 – Sharon Finneran breaks her own world record in the women's 200m butterfly (long course) during a meet in Los Altos, California – 2:30.7.
October 23 – Australia's Kevin Berry takes over the world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course) once again, clocking 2:09.7 at a meet in Melbourne, Victoria.

Tennis

Australia

Australian Men's Singles Championship – Rod Laver (Australia) defeats Roy Emerson (Australia) 8–6, 0–6, 6–4, 6–4
Australian Women's Singles Championship – Margaret Smith Court (Australia) defeats Jan Lehane O'Neill (Australia) 6–0, 6–2

England

Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Rod Laver (Australia) defeats Martin Mulligan (Australia) 6–2, 6–2, 6–1
Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Karen Hantze Susman (USA) defeats Vera Pužejová Suková (Czechoslovakia) 6–4, 6–4

France

USA

Events

Rod Laver becomes only the second man in tennis history to win the Grand Slam in tennis.

Davis Cup

1962 Davis Cup – Australia 5–0 Mexico at Milton Courts (grass) Brisbane, Australia

Volleyball

1962 FIVB Men's World Championship in Moscow won by the USSR

Yacht racing

The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as Weatherly defeats Australian challenger Gretel, of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, 4 races to 1; it is the first time in 81 years a country other than Great Britain has challenged for the Cup

Multi-sport events

Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia
British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Perth, Western Australia
Central American and Caribbean Games held in Kingston, Jamaica
Second Winter Universiade held in Villars, Switzerland

Awards

Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Maury Wills, Major League Baseball
Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Dawn Fraser, Swimming
ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year: Jim Beatty, Athletics

References

Sports by year 1951 – 2000

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