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1963 in sports

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1963 in sports

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1963 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

[[American football]]

  • NFL Championship: the Chicago Bears won 14–10 over the New York Giants at Wrigley Field
  • January 29 – First inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced
  • September 7 – the Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
  • Rose Bowl (1962 season):
    • The Southern California Trojans won 42–37 over the Wisconsin Badgers to win the college football national championship. This is the first postseason bowl game to feature the #1 and #2 ranked teams in the country.
  • 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 on January 5, 1964
  • The Heisman Trophy – Roger Staubach, Navy
  • Instant replay is used for the first time during the broadcast of the Army–Navy Game.

[[Association football]]

  • FA Cup final – Manchester United won 3–1 over Leicester City
  • August 24 – Founding of the German Football League – Bundesliga

[[Sport of athletics|Athletics]]

  • May – Athletics at the 1963 Pan American Games held in São Paulo

[[Australian rules football]]

  • Victorian Football League
    • Geelong wins the 67th VFL Premiership (Geelong 15.19 (109) d Hawthorn 8.12 (60))
    • Brownlow Medal awarded to Bob Skilton (South Melbourne)

[[Bandy]]

[[Baseball]]

Hall of Famer [[Sandy Koufax
  • 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]]

[[Boxing]]

  • July 22 – Sonny Liston defends the Heavyweight Championship of the world by knocking out Floyd Patterson in the 1st round of their rematch in Las Vegas.
  • August 27 to September 7 – Pan American Games held in São Paulo, Brazil.

[[Canadian football]]

  • Grey Cup – Hamilton Tiger-Cats win 21–10 over the B.C. Lions

[[Cycle sport|Cycling]]

[[Figure skating]]

  • World Figure Skating Championships
    • Men's champion: Donald McPherson, Canada
    • Ladies' champion: Sjoukje Dijkstra, Netherlands
    • Pair skating champions: Marika Kilius & Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, Germany
    • Ice dancing champions: Eva Romanová & Pavel Roman, Czechoslovakia

[[Golf]]

Men's professional

[[Harness racing]]

  • United States Pacing Triple Crown races –
    1. Cane Pace – Meadow Skipper
    2. Little Brown Jug – Overtrick
    3. Messenger Stakes – Overtrick
  • Speedy Scot won the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Triple Crown races –
    1. Hambletonian – Speedy Scott
    2. Yonkers Trot – Speedy Scott
    3. Kentucky Futurity – Speedy Scott
  • Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
    • Pacers: Cardigan Bay

[[Horse racing]]

Steeplechases

  • Cheltenham Gold Cup – Mill House
  • Grand National – Ayala Flat races
  • Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Gatum Gatum
  • Canadian Triple Crown:
    1. Queen's Plate – Canebora
    2. Prince of Wales Stakes – Canebora
    3. Breeders' Stakes – Canebora
    • Canebora becomes the country's second Triple Crown winner, and the last until 1989.
  • France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Exbury
  • Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Ragusa
  • English Triple Crown:
    1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Only for Life
    2. The Derby – Relko
    3. St. Leger Stakes – Ragusa
  • United States Triple Crown:
    1. Kentucky Derby – Chateaugay
    2. Preakness Stakes – Candy Spots
    3. Belmont Stakes – Chateaugay

[[Ice Hockey]]

  • Stanley Cup – Toronto Maple Leafs defeat the Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 1.

[[Motorsport]]

Main article: 1963 in motorsport, List of 1963 motorsport champions

[[Radiosport]]

  • Third Amateur Radio Direction Finding European Championship held in Vilnius, Lithuania.

[[Rugby league]]

[[Rugby union]]

  • 69th Five Nations Championship series is won by England
  • New Zealand All Blacks team tours Great Britain and is defeated only once: 3–0 by Newport RFC on 30 October

[[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]]

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

[[Tennis]]

Australia

[[Volleyball]]

  • Volleyball at the 1963 Pan American Games in São Paulo won by Brazil (both men's and women's tournaments)

[[Multi-sport event]]s

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 (track and field)
  • Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year: Pete Rozelle NFL

References

References

  1. "Epsom Derby {{!}} History, Winners, & Facts {{!}} Britannica".
  2. "FAQ: What are the Pan American Games?".
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