1960 in sports

Table of contents

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

• 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.

• 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

• 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.

• Tour de France - Gastone Nencini of Italy

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

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

• 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
• NFL Championship: Philadelphia Eagles won 17-13 over the Green Bay Packers

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

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

• US Women's Open - Betsy Rawls
• LPGA Championship - Mickey Wright
• Louise Suggs: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $16,892

• 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

• 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

• 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: Anne Heggtveigt, 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: Anne Heggtveigt, Canada

• 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.

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

• January 6 - Howie Long, American football star
• January 29 - Greg Louganis, Olympics gold medalist in swimming
• March 21 - Ayrton Senna, automobile racer (+ 1994)
• March 26 - Marcus Allen, American football star
• October 30 - Diego Maradona, soccer player