1963 in sports

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Years in sports:	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
Years:	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966

Athletics

Marathon

May 4 — Pan American Games Marathon, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Men's Winner: Fidel Negrete (MEX) 2:27:56

July 13 — Enschede Marathon, Netherlands
- Men's Winner: Václav Chudomel (CZE) 2:25:11

October 15 — Fukuoka Marathon, Japan
- Men's Winner: Jeff Julian (NZL) 2:18:01

Auto Racing

Stock car racing:
- Tiny Lund won the Daytona 500
- 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:
- Loyola (Illinois) wins 60-58 over Cincinnati

NBA Finals|NBA Finals:
- Boston Celtics win 4 games to 2 over the Los Angeles Lakers

FIBA World Championship:
- 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.
- Flyweight (– 51 kg): Floreal LaRosa (Uruguay)
- Bantamweight (– 54 kg): Abel Almariz (Argentina)
- Featherweight (– 57 kg): Rosemiro Santos (Brazil)
- Lightweight (– 60 kg): Roberto Caminero (Cuba)
- Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg): Adolfo Moreira (Argentina)
- Welterweight (– 67 kg): Miguel Villugron (Chile)
- Light Middleweight (– 71 kg): Elecio Neves (Brazil)
- Middleweight (– 75 kg): Luis César (Brazil)
- Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg): Fred Lewis (United States)
- 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
- 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

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

April 4-7 - Masters Tournament - Jack Nicklaus
June 21-24 - U.S. Open - Julius Boros
July 9-14 - British Open - Bob Charles
July 18-21 - PGA Championship - Jack Nicklaus
PGA Tour money leader - Arnold Palmer - $128,230
Ryder Cup - United States wins 23 to 9 over Britain in team golf.

Men's amateur

Women's professional

Women's Western Open - Mickey Wright
LPGA Championship - Mickey Wright
U.S. Women's Open - Mary Mills
Titleholders Championship - Marilynn Smith
LPGA Tour money leader - Mickey Wright - $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:
1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes - Only For Life
2. Epsom Derby - Relko
3. St. Leger Stakes - Ragusa

United States Triple Crown Races:
1. May 4 - Kentucky Derby - Chateaugay
2. Preakness Stakes - Candy Spots
3. Belmont Stakes - Chateaugay (Held at Aqueduct)

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 forTriple Crown races:

Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
- 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:

Grand Slam in tennis women's results:

Davis Cup: United States won 3-2 over Australia in world tennis.

Volleyball

Pan American Games in São Paulo, Brazil
- Men's Tournament
  - Gold Medal: Brazil
  - Silver Medal: United States
  - Bronze Medal: Argentina
- Women's Tournament
  - Gold Medal: Brazil
  - Silver Medal: United States
  - Bronze Medal: Mexico

Multi-sport 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 5 — Natalya Artyomova, Russian middle-distance runner
January 5 — Vanessa Browne-Ward, Australian high jumper
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 13 — Anabelle Prawerman, French beach volleyball player
January 19 — Silvio Martinello, Italian road bicycle and track cyclist
January 20 — Manuela Dalla Valle, Italian breaststroke swimmer
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 3 — Stefano Mei, Italian long-distance runner
February 4 — Andrés Espinosa, Mexican long-distance runner
February 4 — Tracie Ruiz, American synchronized swimmer
February 4 — Pirmin Zurbriggen, Swiss alpine skier
February 5 — Jan Kvalheim, Norwegian beach volleyball player
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 18 — Cornelia Polit, East German backstroke swimmer
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 25 — Essa Hukkanen, Finnish boxer
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 3 — Siegfried Mehnert, East German boxer
March 3 — Martin Fiz, Spanish long-distance runner
March 5 — José Guzman, Venezuelan boxer
March 6 — Gary Stevens, American jockey
March 8 — Bruce Hayes, American freestyle swimmer
March 8 — Miguel Nido, Puerto Rican tennis player
March 9 — Kent Ferguson, American diver
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 23 — Francesco Attolico, Italian water polo player
March 30 — Wayne Gordon, Canadian boxer
March 30 — Carol Klimpel, Canadian freestyle swimmer

April

April 3 — Anne Minter, Australian tennis player
April 7 — Vlastimil Cerny, Czech-born swimmer from Canada
April 8 — Helen Plachinski, Mexican freestyle swimmer
April 14 — Hugo Conte, Argentine volleyball player
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 5 — Robert Ihly, German race walker
May 6 — Rafael Zuñiga, Colombian 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 23 — Constance Senghor, Senegalese high jumper
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 8 — Antoaneta Todorova, Bulgarian javelin thrower
June 11 — Mikael Olander, Swedish decathlete
June 11 — Jan Posthuma, Dutch volleyball player
June 13 — Catarina Lindqvist, Swedish tennis player
June 13 — Nathalie Lupino, French judoka
June 17 — June Croft, British freestyle swimmer
June 17 — Sandra Greaves, Canadian judoka
June 19 — Margarita Ponomaryova, Russian hurdler
June 19 — Rory Underwood, English rugby union footballer
June 20 — Matt Anger, American tennis player
June 23 — Rob Woodhouse, Australian swimmer
June 24 — Pamela Healy, American sailor
June 24 — Nshan Munchyan, Armenian boxer
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 26 — Wendy Lucero, American diver
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 6 — Leopoldo Cantancio, Filipino boxer
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 — Matti Nykanen, Finnish ski jumper
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 26 — Raymond Stevens, English judoka
July 28 — Lisanne Lejeune, Dutch field hockey defender

August

August 1 — Wendell Young, Canadian ice hockey player
August 2 — Mogens Guldberg, Danish middle distance runner
August 2 — Olga Appell, Mexican-American long-distance runner
August 8 — Leo Gamez, Venezuelan boxer
August 8 — Igor Lapshin, Soviet triple jumper
August 14 — Pablo Squella, Chilean middle-distance runner
August 16 — Kalusha Bwalya, Zambian soccer player and coach
August 16 — Ana Isabel Alonso, Spanish long-distance runner
August 17 — Matt Scoggin, American diver
August 18 — Luiz Mattar, Brazilian tennis player
August 20 — Robert Warzycha, Polish soccer midfielder
August 20 — Ian Woodley, New Zealand field hockey goalkeeper
August 21 — Raffaele Avagnano, Italian breaststroke swimmer
August 21 — Masayoshi Manabe, Japanese volleyball player
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 3 — Kimberley Ruddins, American volleyball player
September 5 — Marco Bonitta, Italian volleyball coach
September 8 — Li Ning, Chinese gymnast
September 10 — Randy Johnson, American baseball player
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 — Ruth Lawanson, American volleyball player
September 27 — Dale Walters, Canadian boxer

October

October 1 — Mark McGwire, American baseball player
October 2 — José Ortega, Spanish boxer
October 3 — Dan Goldie, American tennis player
October 5 — Laura Davies, English golfer
October 6 — Dag Wennlund, Swedish javelin thrower
October 10 — Jolanda de Rover, Dutch backstroke swimmer
October 11 — LaTanya Sheffield, American hurdler
October 12 — Dio Lequaglie, Italian beach volleyball player
October 14 — Borislav Abadzhiev, Bulgarian boxer
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
October 31 — Troy Tanner, American volleyball player

November

November 1 — Joaquín Malgosa, Spanish field hockey defender
November 2 — Ines Diers, East German freestyle swimmer
November 4 — Horacio Elizondo, Argentine soccer referee
November 5 — Marcos Mazzaron, Brazilian cyclist
November 8 — Hugo Perez, El Salvador-born US soccer midfielder
November 8 — Mirko Vindiš, Slovenian long-distance runner
November 10 — Andrea Borrell, Cuban basketball player
November 14 — Brian Abshire, American long-distance runner
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 1 — Jennifer Isler, American sailor
December 3 — Floyd Favors, American boxer
December 4 — Sergey Bubka, Ukrainian pole vaulter
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 — Chris Odera, Kenyan boxer
December 12 — Kieren O'Grady, New Zealand field hockey player
December 13 — Philippe Collet, French pole vaulter
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)
February 14 — Billy Barlow (92), Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1871)
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)

Categories: 1963 in sports

1963 in sports

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Contents

Football (American)

Football (Australian rules football)

Football (Canadian)

Football (Soccer)

Awards

Births

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths