Ned Jarrett won the Nascar Grand National Series championship in 1961.
Feijenoord won the Netherlands League championship in 1961.
Phil Hill who won the championship that year was born in America
The organization won the championship of the American Football League in 1960 and 1961 as the Houston Oilers.
Ned Jarrett won the 1961 Championship, driving the #11 Chevy Impala for W.G. Holloway Jr. He won one race and finished in the top ten 34 times. He also won four pole positions.
Phil Hill driving for Ferrari won the 1961 formula one drivers championship. He had a total of 34 points with 2 wins. He beat his nearest rival Wolfgang Von Trips by just one point. Wolfgang had 33 points with 2 wins as well that season. Ferrari won the constructors championship as well.
Title Town USA.
Quarterbacks for the 1961 NFL championship game, won by the Green Bay Packers over the New York Giants by the score of 37-0, were Bart Starr for the Packers and Y.A. Tittle for the Giants.
Titletown since Green bay packers got so many championship titles. Andrew & Chang
That was Paul Dietzel who was LSU's head coach between 1955-1961.
Julia Morris (comedian) won celebrity apprentice 2011.
The first American Football League championship game was played January 1, 1961 between the Houston Oilers and the Los Angeles Chargers. The Oilers won 24-16.