1960 in sports

See also: 1959 in sports, other events of 1960, 1961 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Contents

1 Auto Racing 2 Baseball 3 Basketball 4 Boxing 5 Cycling 6 Figure Skating 7 Football (American) 8 Football (Australian Rules) 9 Football (Canadian) 10 Football (Soccer) 11 Golf 12 Thoroughbred Horse Racing 13 Harness Racing 14 Ice Hockey 15 Skiing 16 Tennis 17 General sporting events 18 Events 19 Births 20 Deaths

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

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.

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

Boxing

• March 16 - Flash Elorde won the world junior lightweight title with a seventh-round knockout of Harold Gomes in Quezon City, Philippines.
• 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

Figure Skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Alain Giletti , France
  • Women's champion: Carol Heiss, United States
  • Pairs champions: Barbara Wagner & Robert Paul , Canada

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.
• 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)

• 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)

Football (Canadian)

• Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders win 16-6 over the Edmonton Eskimos

Football (Soccer)

• England - FA Cup: Wolverhampton Wanderers won 3-0 over the Blackburn Rovers

Golf

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. May - The Masters golf tournament - 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

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

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

Ice Hockey

• The American Olympic men's ice-hockey tream 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 defeats Canada

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 Ruegg , 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

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.

General sporting events

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

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

Events

• First Paralympic Games held. From September 18 to September 25. See: 1960 Summer Paralympics

Births

• January 6 - Howie Long, American football star
• January 29 - Greg Louganis, Olympics gold medalist in swimming
• February 13 - Pierluigi Collina, football referee
• February 21 - Wendy Banks,British field hockey goalkeeper
• March 21 - Ayrton Senna, automobile racer (+ 1994)
• March 26 - Marcus Allen, American football star
• June 28 - John Elway, American football star
• October 30 - Diego Maradona, soccer player
• November 3 - Karch Kiraly, volleyball star
• December 12 - Val Hallam , British field hockey goalkeeper

Deaths

• November 11 - Monte Attell, bantamweight world boxing champion