1960 IN SPORTS

==Athletics

Contents

Awards

Births

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

=Marathon===

★ December 4 — Fukuoka Marathon, Japan

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★ Men's Winner: Barry Magee (NZL) 2:19:04
==Auto Racing==

★ Stock car racing:

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★ Junior Johnson won the Daytona 500

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★ 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
==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.
Drew Roesch homers to left field to win the 7th game of the world series
==Basketball==

★ NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:

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★ Ohio St. wins 75-55 over California

★ NBA Finals|NBA Finals:

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★ Boston Celtics win 4 games to 3 over the St. Louis Hawks
Freddy Johny
==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.
==Cycling==

★ Tour de France - Gastone Nencini of Italy

★ Giro d'Italia - Jacques Anquetil of France
==Field Hockey==

★ Olympic Games (Men's Competition) in Rome, Italy

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★ Gold Medal: Pakistan

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★ Silver Medal: India

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★ Bronze Medal: Spain
==Figure skating==

★ World Figure Skating Championships:

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★ Men's champion: Alain Giletti, France

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★ Ladies' champion: Carol Heiss, United States

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★ Pair skating champions: Barbara Wagner & Robert Paul, Canada

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★ Ice dancing champions: Doreen Denny & Courtney Jones, Great Britain
==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
==Football (Australian rules football)==

★ Victorian Football League

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★ Melbourne wins the 64th VFL Premiership (Melbourne 8.14 (62) d Collingwood 2.2 (14))

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★ Brownlow Medal awarded to John Schultz (Footscray)
==Football (Canadian)==

★ Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeated the Edmonton Eskimos 16-6.
==Football (Soccer)==
::''For an extensive coverage see 1960 in 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
==Golf==
Men's Golf

★ Grand Slam of golf results:

★ #April 10 - The Masters - Arnold Palmer

★ #June - US Open - Arnold Palmer

★ #July - British Open - Kel Nagle

★ #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
==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:

★ #Two Thousand Guineas Stakes

★ #Epsom Derby

★ #St. Leger Stakes

★ United States Triple Crown Races:

★ #Kentucky Derby - Venetian Way

★ #Preakness Stakes - Bally Ache

★ #Belmont Stakes - Celtic Ash
==Harness Racing==

★ United States Pacing Triple Crown races:

★ #Cane Pace - Countess Adios

★ #Little Brown Jug - Bullet Hanover

★ #Messenger Stakes - Countess Adios

★ United States Trotting Triple Crown races:

★ #Hambletonian - Blaze Hanover

★ #Yonkers Trot

★ #Kentucky Futurity

★ Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:

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★ Pacers: Caduceus
==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

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★ 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
==Skiing==

★ Alpine Skiing

★ The men's Olympic Gold Medal:

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★ Downhill: Jean Vuarnet, France

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★ Slalom: Ernst Hinterseer, Austria

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★ Giant Slalom: Roger Staub, Switzerland

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★ The women's Olympic Gold Medal:

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★ Downhill: Heidi Biebl, West Germany

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★ Slalom: Ann Heggtveit, Canada

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★ 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.

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★ Men's combined champion: Guy Périllat, France

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★ Women's combined champion: Ann Heggtveit, Canada
==Swimming==

★ June 12 — Marianne Heemskerk from the Netherlands breaks the world record in the women's 200m butterfly during a meet in Leipzig, East Germany: '2:34.4'.

★ July 10 — US swimmer Michael Troy breaks his own world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course) at a meet in Evansville, Indiana, clocking '2:15.0'.

★ July 23 — Thirteen days after breaking his own world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course) Troy once again betters the world's best time in that event, this time at a meet in Toledo, Ohio clocking '2:13.4'.

★ August 4 — Less than a month before the Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, Troy again breaks the world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course), when he clocks '2:13.2' at a meet in Detroit, Michigan.

★ September 2 — Michael Troy wins the men's 200m butterfly (long course) at the Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy by breaking his own world record: '2:12.8'.
==Tennis==

★ Grand Slam in tennis men's results:

★ #Australian Open - Rod Laver

★ #French Open - Nicola Pietrangeli

★ #Wimbledon championships - Neale Fraser

★ #US Open - Neale Fraser

★ Grand Slam in tennis women's results:

★ #Australian Open - Margaret Smith

★ #French Open - Darlene Hard

★ #Wimbledon championships - Maria Bueno

★ #US Open - Darlene Hard

★ Davis Cup: Australia wins 4-1 over Italy in world tennis.
== Volleyball ==

★ Men's World Championship in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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★ Gold Medal: Soviet Union

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★ Silver Medal: Czechoslovakia

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★ Bronze Medal: Romania
==General sporting events==

★ 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy

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★ USSR wins the most medals (103), and the most gold medals (43)

★ 1960 Winter Olympics held in Squaw Valley, United States

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★ USSR wins the most medals (21), and the most gold medals (7)

★ First Paralympic Games held in Rome, Italy

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★ Great Britain wins the most medals (53), the United States the most gold medals (29)

★ First Winter Universiade held in Chamonix, France

Awards

★ Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Rafer Johnson, Track and field

★ Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Wilma Rudolph, Track and field

Births

January

★ January 5 — Wendy Watson, New Zealand cricketer

★ January 6 — Mark Gorski, American track cyclist and cycling manager

★ January 6 — Howie Long, American football player

★ January 9 — Ursula Thielemann, German field hockey goalkeeper

★ January 17 — Hendrik Jan Kooijman, Dutch field hockey player

★ January 23 — Patrick de Gayardon, French skydiver and skysurfing pioneer (d. 1998)

★ January 24 — Manfred Zielonka, German boxer

★ January 25 — Huub van Boeckel, Dutch tennis player

★ 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

February

★ February 2 — Sadiq Abdullahi, Nigerian tennis player

★ February 2 — Grant Main, Canadian rower

★ 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 23 — Laura Almaral, Mexican beach volleyball player

★ February 25 — Stefan Blöcher, German field hockey player

★ February 27 — Pär Arvidsson, Swedish butterfly swimmer

★ February 28 — David Lowe, British swimmer

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 15 — Carole Rouillard, Canadian long-distance runner

★ March 20 — Robertas Žulpa, Lithuanian swimmer

★ March 21 — Ayrton Senna, Brazilian automobile racer (d. 1994)

★ March 25 — Peter Seisenbacher, Austrian judoka

★ 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

April

★ April 1 — Frank Leistra, Dutch field hockey goalkeeper

★ April 6 — Ron Boudrie, Dutch volleyball player

★ 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

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

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 24 — René Temmink, Dutch football (soccer) referee

★ June 28 — John Elway, American football player

★ June 29 — Luis Onmura, Brazilian judoka

July

★ July 4 — Anton Heiden, Dutch water polo player

★ July 8 — Susanne Nielsson, Danish swimmer

★ July 8 — Jeff Stork, American volleyball player

★ 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

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

September

★ September 2 — Sara Neil, Canadian cyclist

★ September 8 — Alexi Grewal, American cyclist

★ September 26 — Lesley Elliott, New Zealand field hockey player

★ September 27 — Leonardo David, Italian alpine skier (d. 1985)

October

★ October 2 — Johan Lammerts, Dutch cyclist

★ October 2 — Pedro van Raamsdonk, Dutch boxer

★ October 11 — Anne van Schuppen, Dutch long-distance runner

★ October 13 — Nelson Vails, American road and track cyclist

★ October 19 — Dave Saunders, American volleyball player

★ October 30 — Diego Maradona, Argentine football player

November

★ November 3 — Karch Kiraly, US volleyball player

★ November 6 — Kevin Neufeld, Canadian rower

★ November 14 — Marianne Dickerson, American long-distance runner

★ November 18 — Ivans Klementjevs, Latvian flatwater canoer

★ November 24 — Cameron Henning, Canadian backstroke swimmer

★ November 26 — Vasiliy Bubka, Soviet pole vaulter

★ November 27 — Akinobu Osako, Japanese judoka

★ November 28 — Andy Ritchie, English footballer

★ November 29 — Andrew Astbury, British swimmer

December

★ December 12 — Val Hallam, British field hockey goalkeeper

★ December 12 — Krzysztof Kosedowski, Polish boxer

★ December 14 — Jacques Hanegraaf, Dutch cyclist

★ December 22 — Tyrell Biggs, American heavyweight boxer

Deaths

★ January 2 — Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist

★ April 12 — Theo Willems (69), Dutch archer (b. 1891)

★ September 15 — Héctor Castro (54), Uruguayan football player and coach (b. 1904)

★ November 11 — Monte Attell, bantamweight world boxing champion