1963 IN SPORTS

==Athletics

Contents

Awards

Births

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

=Marathon===

★ May 4 — Pan American Games Marathon, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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★ Men's Winner: Fidel Negrete (MEX) 2:27:56

★ July 13 — Enschede Marathon, Netherlands

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★ Men's Winner: Václav Chudomel (CZE) 2:25:11

★ October 15 — Fukuoka Marathon, Japan

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★ Men's Winner: Jeff Julian (NZL) 2:18:01
==Auto Racing==

★ Stock car racing:

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★ Tiny Lund won the Daytona 500

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★ NASCAR Championship - Joe Weatherly

★ Indianapolis 500 - Parnelli Jones

★ USAC Racing - A.J. Foyt won the season championship

★ Formula One Championship - Jimmy Clark of Great Britain

★ 24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Ludovico Scarfiotti / Lorenzo Bandini win, driving a Ferrari 250P

★ Rally racing - the team of Erik Carlsson / Gunnar Palm win the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Saab 96

★ Drag racing - Bobby Vodnik won "Top Fuel" at the NHRA Nationals
==Baseball==

★ June 22: Phillies center fielder Tony Gonzalez plays his 200th straight errorless game to help rookie Ray Culp beat Roger Craig and the Mets 2–0.

★ World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers win 4 games to 0 over the New York Yankees. The series MVP is Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles.
==Basketball==

★ NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:

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★ Loyola (Illinois) wins 60-58 over Cincinnati

★ NBA Finals|NBA Finals:

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★ Boston Celtics win 4 games to 2 over the Los Angeles Lakers

★ FIBA World Championship:

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★ Brazil World Champion
==Billiards==

★ Maureen Baynton won the Women's World Amateur Billiards Championships
==Boxing==

★ July 22 – Sonny Liston wins the Heavyweight Championship of the world by knocking out Floyd Patterson in the 1st round of their bout in Las Vegas, Nevada.



★ August 27 to September 7 – 'Pan American Games' held in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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★ ''Flyweight (– 51 kg):'' Floreal LaRosa (Uruguay)

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★ ''Bantamweight (– 54 kg):'' Abel Almariz (Argentina)

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★ ''Featherweight (– 57 kg):'' Rosemiro Santos (Brazil)

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★ ''Lightweight (– 60 kg):'' Roberto Caminero (Cuba)

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★ ''Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg):'' Adolfo Moreira (Argentina)

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★ ''Welterweight (– 67 kg):'' Miguel Villugron (Chile)

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★ ''Light Middleweight (– 71 kg):'' Elecio Neves (Brazil)

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★ ''Middleweight (– 75 kg):'' Luis César (Brazil)

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★ ''Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg):'' Fred Lewis (United States)

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★ ''Heavyweight (+ 81 kg):'' Lee Carr (United States)
==Cycling==

★ Giro d'Italia won by Franco Balmamion of Italy

★ Tour de France - Jacques Anquetil of France

★ World Cycling Championship: Benoni Beheyt of Belgium
==Figure skating==

★ World Figure Skating Championships

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★ Men's champion: Donald McPherson, Canada

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★ Ladies' champion: Sjoukje Dijkstra, Netherlands

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★ Pair skating champions: Marika Kilius & Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, Germany

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★ Ice dancing champions: Eva Romanová & Pavel Roman, Czechoslovakia
==Football (American)==

★ January 29 - First inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced

★ AFL Eastern Division Playoff: Boston Patriots win 26-8 over the Buffalo Bills

★ AFL Championship: San Diego Chargers win 51-10 over the Boston Patriots

★ NFL Championship: Chicago Bears win 14-10 over the New York Giants

★ September 7 - The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.

★ The Heisman Trophy: Roger Staubach, Navy
==Football (Australian rules football)==

★ Victorian Football League

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★ Geelong wins the 67th VFL Premiership (Geelong 15.19 (109) d Hawthorn 8.12 (60))

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★ Brownlow Medal awarded to Bob Skilton (South Melbourne)
==Football (Canadian)==

★ Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats win 21-10 over the B.C. Lions
==Football (Soccer)==
::''For an extensive coverage see 1963 in football (soccer)''

★ England - FA Cup: Manchester United won 3-1 over Leicester City
==Golf==
Men's Golf

★ Grand Slam of golf results:

★ #April - The Masters - Jack Nicklaus

★ #June - US Open - Julius Boros

★ #July - British Open - Bob Charles

★ #August - PGA Championship - Jack Nicklaus

★ PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Arnold Palmer - $128,230

★ Ryder Cup: United States wins 23 to 9 over Britain in world team golf.
Women's Golf

★ US Women's Open - Mary Mills

★ LPGA Championship - Mickey Wright

★ Mickey Wright: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $31,269
==Thoroughbred Horse Racing==

★ Australia - Melbourne Cup - Gatum Gatum

★ Canada - Queen's Plate - Canebora

★ France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Exbury

★ Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Ragusa

★ English Triple Crown Races:

★ #Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Only For Life

★ #Epsom Derby - Relko

★ #St. Leger Stakes - Ragusa

★ United States Triple Crown Races:

★ #Kentucky Derby - Chateaugay

★ #Preakness Stakes - Candy Spots

★ #Belmont Stakes - Chateaugay (Held at Aqueduct)
==Harness Racing==

★ United States Pacing Triple Crown races:

★ #Cane Pace - Meadow Skipper

★ #Little Brown Jug - Overtrick

★ #Messenger Stakes - Overtrick

★ Speedy Scot won the Triple Crown of Harness Racing forTriple Crown races:

★ #Hambletonian - Speedy Scott

★ #Yonkers Trot - Speedy Scott

★ #Kentucky Futurity - Speedy Scott

★ Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:

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★ Pacers: Cardigan Bay
==Radiosport==

★ Third Amateur Radio Direction Finding European Championship held in Vilnius, Lithuania.
==Rugby Union==

★ New Zealand All Blacks Tour Great Britain:

★ Defeated only once - October 30th 1963 Newport RFC 3 - New Zealand All Blacks 0
==Swimming==

★ July 27 — US swimmer Susan Pitt breaks the world record in the women's 200m butterfly (long course) during a meet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, clocking '2:29.1'.
==Tennis==

★ Grand Slam in tennis men's results:

★ #Australian Open - Roy Emerson

★ #French Open - Roy Emerson

★ #Wimbledon championships - Chuck McKinley

★ #US Open - Rafael Osuna

★ Grand Slam in tennis women's results:

★ #Australian Open - Margaret Smith

★ #French Open - Lesley Turner

★ #Wimbledon championships - Margaret Smith

★ #US Open - Maria Bueno

★ Davis Cup: United States won 3-2 over Australia in world tennis.
==General sporting events==

★ Fourth Pan American Games held in São Paulo, Brazil

★ Fourth Mediterranean Games held in Naples, Italy

★ Third Summer Universiade held in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Awards

★ Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Sandy Koufax, Major League Baseball

★ Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Mickey Wright, LPGA golf

★ ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the year: Valery Brumel, Athletics

Births

January

★ January 1 — Lina Kačiušytė, Lithuanian swimmer

★ January 2 — Patty Shea, American field hockey goalkeeper

★ January 3 — Lisa Opie, English squash player

★ January 4 — Elena Valova, Russian world pairs figure skating champion

★ January 6 — Paul Kipkoech, Kenyan long-distance runner (d. 1995)

★ January 9 — Karen Brown, British field hockey international

★ January 10 — Francesco Panetta, Italian long-distance runner

★ January 11 — Tracy Caulkins, American swimmer

★ January 11 — Petra Schneider, East German swimmer

★ January 12 — Ken Fitzpatrick, Canadian breaststroke swimmer

★ January 19 — Silvio Martinello, Italian road bicycle and track cyclist

★ January 20 — Ann Osgerby, British butterfly swimmer

★ January 21 — Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian-American basketball player

★ January 24 — Martyn Grimley, English field hockey player

★ January 24 — Arnold Vanderlyde, Dutch boxer

★ January 26 — José Mourinho, Portuguese football manager

★ January 30 — Agapito Gómez, Spanish boxer

February

★ February 4 — Tracie Ruiz, American synchronized swimmer

★ February 7 — Asko Peltoniemi, Finnish pole vaulter

★ February 11 — Todd Benzinger, American baseball player

★ February 16 — Ines Geißler, East German butterfly swimmer

★ February 16 — Dano Halsall, Swiss freestyle swimmer

★ February 17 — Michael Jordan, American basketball player

★ February 20 — Charles Barkley, American basketball player

★ February 20 — Joakim Nyström, Swedish tennis player

★ February 22 — Vijay Singh, Fiji-born, ethnic Indian golf player

★ February 27 — Francesco Cancellotti, Italian tennis player

★ February 27 — Susan Furmage, London-born field hockey player from New Zealand

★ February 27 — Ljubiša Simič, Yugoslav boxer

March

★ March 1 — Barbara Marois, US field hockey defender

★ March 2 — Tanyu Kiryakov, Bulgarian pistol shooter

★ March 6 — Gary Stevens, American jockey

★ March 8 — Miguel Nido, Puerto Rican tennis player

★ March 9 — Maurizio Stecca, Italian boxer

★ March 12 — Sharon Buchanan, Australian field hockey player

★ March 13 — Rick Carey, American backstroke swimmer

★ March 14 — Bruce Reid, Australian cricketer

★ March 22 — Frank Drost, Dutch freestyle and butterfly swimmer

★ March 30 — Wayne Gordon, Canadian boxer

April

★ April 3 — Anne Minter, Australian tennis player

★ April 7 — Vlastimil Cerny, Czech-born swimmer from Canada

★ April 18 — Jan Ykema, Dutch ice speed skater

★ April 23 — Wendy Fraser, Scottish field hockey player

★ April 29 — David Izonritei, Nigerian boxer

May

★ May 2 — Andrea Mannai, Italian boxer

★ May 10 — Patrice Kuchna, French tennis player

★ May 11 — Mark Breland, American world champion boxer

★ May 14 — Paul Easter, Scottish freestyle swimmer

★ May 17 — Michelle Conn, Canadian field hockey player

★ May 19 — Reema Abdo, Aden-born backstroke swimmer from Canada

★ May 24 — Joe Dumars, American basketball player and executive

★ May 24 — Rich Rodriguez, American football coach

★ May 25 — Erik de Bruin, Dutch discus thrower and shot putter

★ May 28 — Zemfira Meftakhetdinova, Azerbaijani sport shooter

★ May 30 — Jill Atkins, English field hockey player

June

★ June 3 — Hugo Antonio Corti, Argentine boxer

★ June 4 — Carey Nelson, Canadian long-distance runner

★ June 8 — Héctor Moreno, Colombian race walker

★ June 11 — Jan Posthuma, Dutch volleyball player

★ June 13 — Catarina Lindqvist, Swedish tennis player

★ June 17 — June Croft, British freestyle swimmer

★ June 19 — Rory Underwood, English rugby union footballer

★ June 20 — Matt Anger, American tennis player

★ June 23 — Rob Woodhouse, Australian swimmer

★ June 24 — Predrag Radosavljević, Serbia-born American soccer player

★ June 24 — Barbara Underhill, Canadian pairs figure skater

★ June 25 — Si-an Deng, Chinese-Canadian badminton player

★ June 30 — Olga Bryzgina, Soviet athlete

★ June 30 — Pat Caruso, Italian-born Canadian field hockey player

July

★ July 1 — Igor Zhelezovski, Soviet speed skater

★ July 5 — Mark Stockwell, Australian freestyle swimmer

★ July 7 — Geir Karlstad, Norwegian speed skater

★ July 10 — Jorge Payá, Spanish water polo player

★ July 12 — Thierry Tulasne, French tennis player

★ July 16 — Mikael Pernfors, Swedish tennis player

★ July 17 — Ian James, Canadian long jumper

★ July 20 — Mike Davidson, New Zealand freestyle swimmer

★ July 23 — Slobodan Zivojinovic, Serbian tennis player

★ July 24 — Julie Krone, American jockey

★ July 24 — Karl Malone, American basketball player

★ July 25 — Shane Collins, New Zealand field hockey player

★ July 28 — Lisanne Lejeune, Dutch field hockey defender

August

★ August 1 — Wendell Young, Canadian hockey player

★ August 2 — Mogens Guldberg, Danish middle distance runner

★ August 8 — Leo Gamez, Venezuelan boxer

★ August 8 — Igor Lapshin, Soviet triple jumper

★ August 16 — Kalusha Bwalya, Zambian soccer player and coach

★ August 16 — Ana Isabel Alonso, Spanish long-distance runner

★ August 18 — Luiz Mattar, Brazilian tennis player

★ August 20 — Robert Warzycha, Polish soccer midfielder

★ August 20 — Ian Woodley, New Zealand field hockey goalkeeper

★ August 23 — Hans-Henning Fastrich, German field hockey player

★ August 26 — Christine Arthur, New Zealand field hockey player

★ August 26 — Fred Barber, English football player

★ August 26 — John Jansen, Dutch water polo player

★ August 29 — Irene de Kok, Dutch judoka

September

★ September 10 — Randy Johnson, American baseball player, five-time Cy Young Award winner

★ September 10 — Gabriel Tiacoh, Ivorian athlete (d. 1992)

★ September 11 — Bonnie Gadusek, American tennis player

★ September 12 — Patrick Dybiona, Dutch freestyle swimmer

★ September 19 — Angelo Musone, Italian boxer

★ September 20 — Néstor Mora, Colombian cyclist (d. 1995)

★ September 26 — Douglas Wakiihuri, Kenyan long-distance runner

★ September 27 — Dale Walters, Canadian boxer

October

★ October 2 — José Ortega, Spanish boxer

★ October 3 — Dan Goldie, American tennis player

★ October 10 — Jolanda de Rover, Dutch backstroke swimmer

★ October 16 — Anneloes Nieuwenhuizen, Dutch field hockey defender

★ October 20 — Stan Valckx, Dutch football (soccer) defender

★ October 22 — Brian Boitano, American figure skater

★ October 23 — John Scherrenburg, Dutch water polo player

★ October 31 — Sue Duggan, New Zealand field hockey player

November

★ November 1 — Joaquín Malgosa, Spanish field hockey defender

★ November 4 — Horacio Elizondo, Argentine soccer referee

★ November 8 — Hugo Perez, El Salvador-born US soccer midfielder

★ November 19 — Bill Dunlop, Canadian boxer

★ November 22 — Domingos and Dionísio Castro, Portuguese twins and long-distance runners

★ November 24 — Veronica Planella, Chile-born field hockey player from Canada

★ November 27 — Roland Nilsson, Swedish football (soccer) player

December

★ December 6 — Debbie Armstrong, American alpine skier

★ December 6 — Gert Jan Schlatmann, Dutch field hockey player

★ December 11 — Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, German tennis player

★ December 12 — Kieren O'Grady, New Zealand field hockey player

★ December 13 — Uwe-Jens Mey, East German speedskater

★ December 13 — Jake White, South African rugby union coach

★ December 19 — Kathy Bald, Canadian freestyle swimmer

★ December 20 — Pam Casale, American tennis player

★ December 21 — Donovan Ruddock, Canadian heavyweight boxer

★ December 24 — David Grundy, New Zealand field hockey player

★ December 29 — Francisco Bustamante, Filipino pool player

★ December 29 — Teresa Motos, Spanish field hockey player

★ December 29 — Sean Payton, American football coach

★ December 30 — Ronald Jansen, Dutch field hockey goalkeeper

★ December 30 — Milan Šrejber, Czech tennis player

Deaths

★ January 5 — Rogers Hornsby (66), American baseball player (b. 1896)

★ March 22 — Cilly Aussem (53), German tennis player (b. 1909)

★ June 21 — Harvey Sutton (81), Australian athlete (b. 1882)

★ September 15 — Charles Winslow (75), South African tennis player (b. 1888)

★ December 14 — Marie Marvingt, French multi-athlete (b. 1875)