1964 in sports

See also: 1963 in sports, other events of 1964, 1965 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 Snooker 17 Tennis 18 General sporting events 19 Births 20 Deaths

Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • Richard Petty won the Daytona 500
  • 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

Baseball

• 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.

Basketball

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
  • UCLA wins 98-83 over Duke

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

Boxing

• February 25 in Miami, Florida - 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.

Cycling

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

Figure Skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Manfred Schnelldorfer , Germany
  • Women's champion: Sjoukje Dijkstra , Netherlands
  • Pairs champions: Marika Kilius & Hans-Jürgen Bäumler , Germany

Football (American)

• AFL Championship:1964 - Buffalo Bills win 20-7 over the San Diego Chargers
• NFL Championship:1964 - Cleveland Browns win 27-0 over the Baltimore Colts

Football (Australian Rules)

• 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)

Football (Canadian)

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

Football (Soccer)

• England - FA Cup: West Ham United won 3-2 over Preston North End

Golf

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. May - 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

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

• 1. Preakness Stakes - Northern Dancer
  2. Belmont Stakes - Quadrangle

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

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

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

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

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.

General sporting events

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

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

• February 29 - In Sydney, Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser sets a new world record in the 100-meter freestyle swimming competition (58.9 seconds).
• March 6 - Tom O'Hara sets a new world record for the indoor mile run by completing it in 3 minutes, 56.4 seconds.

Births

• January 1 - Susan Devoy, squash player
• January 2 - Pat Sutherland , English netballer
• January 6 - Henry Maske, German boxer
• February 10 - Victor Davis, Olympic and World swimming champion (+ 1989)
• March 18 - Bonnie Blair, Olympic gold medalist in speed skating
• July 24 - Barry Bonds, baseball player
• December 17 - Barbara Daniels , English cricketer
• December 19 - Arvydas Sabonis, Lithuanian basketball star

Deaths

• February 15 - Ken Hubbs 22, MLB baseball player, Chicago Cubs, died in a plane crash