Who were Famous sports people of the 1960s?

Answer 1

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: Ann Heggtveit, Canada
  • Giant Slalom: Yvonne Rüegg, Switzerland
• FIS Alpine World Ski Championships:
  • Men's combined champion: Guy Périllat, France
  • Women's combined champion: Ann Heggtveit, Canada, who becomes the first non-European to win a world championship title in Alpine skiing.

American football

• Minnesota Golden Gophers win National college football championship.
• National Football League names Pete Rozelle commissioner of the league. The league expands to Dallas for the 1960 season and Minneapolis-St.Paul for the 1961 season. The Chicago Cardinals relocates to St. Louis, Missouri.
• December 26-NFL Championship - Philadelphia Eagles won 17-13 over the Green Bay Packers
• 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

Association football

• England - FA Cup - Wolverhampton Wanderers won 3-0 over Blackburn Rovers
• The Soviet Union beat Yugoslavia 2-1 to win the first [[1960 European Football Championship|European Football Championship

Australian rules football

• Victorian Football League
  • Melbourne wins the 64th VFL Premiership (Melbourne 8.14 (62) d Collingwood 2.2 (14))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to John Schultz (Footscray)

Baseball

• 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.
• The Winnipeg Goldeyes win the Northern League championship.

Basketball

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship -
  • Ohio St. wins 75-55 over California
• NBA Finals|NBA Finals -
  • Boston Celtics win 4 games to 3 over the St. Louis Hawks

Boxing

• March 16 - Flash Elorde won the world junior lightweight title with a seventh-round knockout of Harold Gomes in Quezon City, Philippines.
• June - Floyd Patterson recovered the world heavyweight title from Ingemar Johansson, becoming the first-ever boxer to do so.
• September 5 - Cassius Clay wins the gold medal in boxing at the Rome Olympic Games.

Canadian football

• Grey Cup - Ottawa Rough Riders defeated the Edmonton Eskimos 16-6.

Cycling

• Tour de France - Gastone Nencini of Italy
• Giro d'Italia - Jacques Anquetil of France

Field Hockey

• Olympic Games (Men's Competition) in Rome, Italy
  • Gold Medal: Pakistan
  • Silver Medal: India
  • Bronze Medal: Spain

Figure skating

• World Figure Skating Championships -
  • Men's champion: Alain Giletti, France
  • Ladies' champion: Carol Heiss, United States
  • Pair skating champions: Barbara Wagner & Robert Paul, Canada
  • Ice dancing champions: Doreen Denny & Courtney Jones, Great Britain

GolfMen's professional

• Masters Tournament - Arnold Palmer
• U.S. Open - Arnold Palmer
• British Open - Kel Nagle
• PGA Championship - Jay Hebert
• PGA Tour money leader - Arnold Palmer - $75,263

Men's amateur

• British Amateur - Joe Carr
• U.S. Amateur - Deane Beman

Women's professional

• Women's Western Open - Joyce Ziske
• LPGA Championship - Mickey Wright
• U.S. Women's Open - Betsy Rawls
• Titleholders Championship - Fay Crocker
• LPGA Tour money leader - Louise Suggs - $16,892

Harness racing

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races -
  1. Cane Pace - Countess Adios
  2. Little Brown Jug - Bullet Hanover

• 1. Yonkers Trot
  2. Kentucky Futurity
• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship -
  • Pacers: Caduceus

Horse racingSteeplechases

• Cheltenham Gold Cup - Pas Seul
• Grand National - Merryman II

Flat races

• Australia - Melbourne Cup won by
• Canada - Queen's Plate won by
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Puissant Chef
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes won by Chamour
• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes - Martial
  2. Epsom Derby - St. Paddy
  3. St. Leger Stakes - St. Paddy
• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Venetian Way
  2. Preakness Stakes - Bally Ache
  3. Belmont Stakes - Celtic Ash

Ice hockey

• The American Olympic men's ice-hockey team 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 Black Hawks
• 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 is crushed by Canada
• NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship - University of Denver Pioneers defeat Michigan Technological University Huskies 5-3 in Boston, Massachusetts

Motor 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

Olympic Games

• 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy
  • USSR wins the most medals (103), and the most gold medals (43)
• 1960 Winter Olympics held in Squaw Valley, United States
  • USSR wins the most medals (21), and the most gold medals (7)
• First Paralympic Games held in Rome, Italy
  • Italy wins the most medals (80) and the most gold medals (29)
• First Winter Universiade held in Chamonix, France

Rugby union

• 66th Five Nations Championship series is shared by England and France

Swimming

• June 12 - Marianne Heemskerk from the Netherlands breaks the world record in the women's 200m butterfly during a meet in Leipzig, East Germany - 2:34.4.
• July 10 - US swimmer Michael Troy breaks his own world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course) at a meet in Evansville, Indiana, clocking 2:15.0.
• July 23 - Thirteen days after breaking his own world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course) Troy once again betters the world's best time in that event, this time at a meet in Toledo, Ohio clocking 2:13.4.
• August 4 - Less than a month before the Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, Troy again breaks the world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course), when he clocks 2:13.2 at a meet in Detroit, Michigan.
• September 2 - Michael Troy wins the men's 200m butterfly (long course) at the Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy by breaking his own world record - 2:12.8.

Tennis

• 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 Court
  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.

Volleyball

• 1960 FIVB Men's World Championship in Rio de Janeiro won by the USSR

Awards

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year - Rafer Johnson, Track and field
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year - Wilma Rudolph, Track and field

Answer 2

Joe Namath

John Unitas

Bart Starr

Vince Lombardi

A.J. Foyt

Richard Petty

Mario Andretti

Roger Maris