- Jan 1 25th Orange Bowl: #5 Oklahoma beats #9 Syracuse, 21-6
- Jan 1 25th Sugar Bowl: #1 LSU beats #12 Clemson, 7-0
- Jan 1 45th Rose Bowl: #2 Iowa beats #16 California, 38-12
- Jan 11 9th NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: Eastern Conference beats Western Conference, 28-21; MVPs: Frank Gifford, NY Giants, HB; Doug Atkins, Chicago Bears, DE
Mohammad Smashes 499
Jan 11 Pakistani cricket batsman Hanif Mohammad smashes 499 for Karachi v Bahawalpur, then 1st class world record
9th NBA All-Star Game
Jan 23 9th NBA All-Star Game, Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Mi: West beats East, 124-108; MVPs: Elgin Baylor, Minneapolis Lakers, F; Bob Pettit, St. Louis Hawks, C; first co-winners of MVP award
- Jan 26 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: American based Peruvian Alex Olmedo wins his first Grand Slam event; beats Neale Fraser of Australia 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
- Jan 26 Australian Championships Women's Tennis: Mary Carter Reitano wins her 2nd home singles title; beats Renee Schuurman of South Africa 6-2, 6-3
- Jan 28 Soviet Union wins 62-37 for 1st international basketball loss by US
Cronin AL President
Jan 31 Former star MLB shortstop and manager Joe Cronin signs 7 year pact to become American League President
- Feb 1 Outfielder Zack Wheat, a Brooklyn Robins favourite of the 1910s and 1920s, is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame; Wheat hit .317 over 19-year career, and batted .300 or better 14 times
Goggin Wins
Feb 1 Senior PGA Championship, PGA National GC: Willie Goggin, using a borrowed set of woods, wins by 1 stroke ahead of Leland Gibson, Paul Runyan and Denny Shute
Lombardi to the Packers
Feb 2 Vince Lombardi signs a 5 year contract to coach NFL Green Bay Packers
- Feb 5 Australia regain the Ashes with a 10 wicket victory at Adelaide
- Feb 11 Vinoo Mankad ends his final Test Cricket (v WI at Delhi)
- Feb 22 Inaugural Daytona 500: Lee Petty and Johnny Beauchamp cross finish line side by side; Beauchamp declared unofficial winner; ruling overturned after 3 days by NASCAR founder Bill France Sr
The Ollie Matson Trade
Feb 28 Chicago Cardinals trade running back Ollie Matson to the LA Rams for an unprecedented 9 players
Sports History
Mar 7 West Indies all out 76 v Pakistan at Dacca, Fazal Mahmood 6-34
Sports History
Mar 10 Dorothy Comiskey Rigney, sells her 54% share of MLB Chicago White Sox to Bill Veeck, for a reported $27M
Golf Tournament
Mar 15 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Louise Suggs wins her 4th Titleholders title by 1 stroke from Betsy Rawls
NBA Record
Mar 18 Boston Celtic's Bill Sharman begins record of 56 straight free-throws
- Mar 21 113th Grand National: Michael Scudamore wins aboard 8/1 second favourite Oxo; only 4 of 32 starters finish the race
Sports History
Mar 21 21st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: California beats West Virginia, 71-70; WV future Hall of Fame point guard Jerry West is named MOP
- Mar 25 Bill White traded to St Louis for pitchers Sam Jones & Don Choate
- Mar 26 Test debut for Pakistani cricketer Mushtaq Mohammad v West Indies, aged 15 years
- Mar 29 West Indian cricket fast bowler Wes Hall dismisses Pakistani batsmen Mushtaq Mohammad, Fazal Mahmood and Nasim-ul-Ghani for a hat-trick in 3rd Test at Lahore
- Apr 4 France beats Wales, 11-3 at Stade Colombes to win the Five Nations Rugby Championship outright for the first time
US Masters Golf
Apr 5 23rd US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Art Wall Jr wins by 1 stroke from Cary Middlecoff for his only PGA Tour major victory
- Apr 9 13th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics sweep Minnesota Lakers in 4 games, first of Boston Celtics record 8 straight titles
- Apr 9 Baltimore Orioles pull their 2nd triple play (3-6-3 vs Washington Senators)
- Apr 9 Bill Sharman hits a NBA record 56 consecutive foul shot
- Apr 10 Chicago White Sox second baseman Nellie Fox gets a MLB Opening Day record tying 5 hits in 7 at-bats in a 14-inning, 9–7 win in Detroit
Drysdale's 2nd Opening Day HR
Apr 11 Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale hits his 2nd Opening Day HR
- Apr 16 MLB Philadelphia Phillies' Dave Philley gets a major league record 9th straight pinch hit, having ended the previous season with a streak of 8
- Apr 18 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Canadiens' 4th straight title; beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 5-3 for a 4-1 series win
- Apr 20 63rd Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:22:42
- Apr 22 Chicago White Sox beat KC Athletics 20-6, in 1 inning Sox score 11 runs on 1 hit, 10 walks, & 3 errors
Baseball Record
Apr 22 Yankee Whitey Ford strikes out 15, beating Senators, 1-0 in 14 innings
Boxing Title Fight
May 1 Floyd Patterson scores 11th round KO of Englishman Brian London in Indianapolis; his 4th World Heavyweight Boxing title defence
Kentucky Derby
May 2 85th Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Tomy Lee wins in 2:02.2
Sports History
May 7 "Roy Campanella Night" Largest baseball crowd at 93,103 at the LA Coliseum see Yankees beat Dodgers 6-2 in exhibition game
Rigney Family Resign
May 9 Dorothy Rigney, husband John, and Hank Greenberg resign from White Sox
Sports History
May 11 New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra's errorless streak of 148 games ends
- May 20 Yanks sink to last place, 1st time since May 25, 1940
- May 25 US Supreme Courtt rules Louisiana prohibiting black-white boxing unconstitutional
- May 26 MLB Pittsburgh Pirates Harvey Haddix pitches 12 perfect innings, loses in 13th to Braves at Milwaukee County Stadium
- May 30 58th Men's French Championships: Nicola Pietrangeli beats Ian Vermaak (3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1)
- May 30 58th Women's French Championships: Christine Truman beats Zsuzsi Kormoczy (6-4, 7-5)
- May 30 Indianapolis 500: Rodger Ward earns first of 2 career Indy 500 victories as a record 16 cars complete full 500 miles; for the first time all cars required to have roll bars
- Jun 1 Two-time defending champion Monterrey, Mexico ruled ineligible to compete in Little League Baseball World Series for using players outside predetermined geographical area
- Jun 3 European Cup Final, Stuttgart: Real Madrid beats Stade de Reims, 2-0; 4th consecutive title for Los Blancos
Baseball Record
Jun 10 MLB Cleveland Indians' Rocky Colavito hits his 4 home runs in 11-8 win over the Orioles, in Baltimore
US Golf Open
Jun 11 Charlie Sifford becomes the 1st African American to play in a US Golf Open
- Jun 13 91st Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Sword Dancer wins in 2:28.6
US Golf Open
Jun 14 US Open Men's Golf, Winged Foot GC: Billy Casper wins first of his 2 Open titles, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Bob Rosburg
Sports History
Jun 22 Most Phillies strike out in a game (16 by Sandy Koufax)
Boxing Title Fight
Jun 26 Ingemar Johansson TKOs Floyd Patterson in 3 for heavyweight boxing title
US Women's Golf Open
Jun 27 US Open Women's Golf, Churchill Valley CC: Mickey Wright successfully defends her Open title by 2 strokes from Louise Suggs
- Jun 28 Philadelphia Phillies' Wally Post is only outfielder to throw out 2 runners in an inning twice, in a 6-0 loss to Giants at Seals Stadium, San Francisco, California
British Golf Open
Jul 3 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: 23-year-old South African Gary Player wins the first of his 9 major titles, 2 strokes clear of runners-up Fred Bullock and Flory Van Donck
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 3 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American-based Peruvian Alex Olmedo wins his only Wimbledon title beating Rod Laver of Australia 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 4 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Maria Bueno of Brazil wins her first of 3 Wimbledon singles titles beating Darlene Hard 6-4, 6-3
LPGA Championship
Jul 6 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Sheraton Hotel CC: Betsy Rawls wins her second title in the event by 1 stroke from Patty Berg
Sports History
Jul 7 26th MLB All Star Game, Forbes Field, Pittsburgh: Willy Mays triples to score Hank Aaron as NL wins 5-4
- Jul 12 NBC uses cameras to show catchers signals during Yankee-Red Sox game
- Jul 18 46th Tour de France won by Federico Bahamontes of Spain
- Jul 18 William 'Bill' Wright becomes the 1st African American to win a major golf tournament (U.S. Amateur Public Links Championships)
- Jul 21 Red Sox are last team to use a black player (Pumpsie Green)
Sports History
Jul 26 Chicago White Sox Larry Doby plays final MLB game; retires in 1962 after playing for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan
- Jul 27 Baseball's new Continental League is formally announced by attorney William Shea; teams in Denver, Colorado; Houston, Texas; Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota; New York City; and Toronto, Ontario are confirmed, with three more to be named later
- Jul 27 William Shea announces plans to have a baseball team in NYC in 1961
Sports History
Jul 30 In his MLB debut, SF Giants future Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman Willie McCovey goes 4-for-4 in a 7-2 win over Philadelphia Phillies at Seal Stadium
- Aug 2 Future Hall of Fame 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits 1st of his 521 MLB home runs in SF Giants 5-3 win v Pittsburgh Pirates
- Aug 2 Milwaukee Braves outfielder Bill Bruton hits 3 triples in 11-5 win v St. Louis Cardinals; 2 of them bases loaded, first time in 20th Century
- Aug 2 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Minneapolis GC: Bob Rosburg wins by 1 stroke from Jerry Barber and Doug Sanders
- Aug 3 27th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Memorial Coliseum, LA
- Aug 3 AL beats NL 5-3 in Game 2 of All Star Baseball doubleheader (to boost player pension fund) at LA Memorial Coliseum
- Aug 5 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL), 55-26 in a pre-season exhibition at CNE Stadium in Toronto
- Aug 14 26th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Baltimore 29, All-Stars 0 (70,000)
- Aug 14 First (American Football League) meeting is held in Chicago; charter memberships handed to Dallas, NY, Houston, Denver, LA and Minneapolis-Saint Paul; 'AFL' named following week
- Aug 16 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Ranier G&CC: Betsy Rawls wins her second WO by 6 strokes from JoAnne Gunderson and Patty Berg
Baseball History
Aug 18 Branch Rickey resigns as MLB Pittsburgh Pirates' CEO to be President of new baseball Continental League
Baseball Record
Aug 22 Cincinnati Reds future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Frank Robinson hits 3 consecutive HRs (6 RBIs) in 11-4 win over St. Louis Cardinals at Crosley Field
- Aug 31 48th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (3-2)
- Aug 31 Sandy Koufax breaks Dizzy Dean's NL mark of 18 strikeouts in a game
- Sep 11 Baltimore starter Jerry Walker pitches all 16 innings as the Orioles edge the Chicago White Sox, 1-0 at Memorial Stadium
- Sep 11 Elroy Face's 22 game winning streak ends as Dodgers beat Pirates 5-4
- Sep 13 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Australian Neale Fraser wins first of 2 straight US singles titles; beats Alex Olmedo of Peru 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4
- Sep 13 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Maria Bueno of Brazil wins her first of 4 US singles crowns; beats England's Christine Truman 6-1, 6-4
Golf Tournament
Sep 17 59th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jack Nicklaus
- Sep 22 Chicago White Sox clinch AL pennant
Sports History
Sep 26 Milwaukee Braves Warren Spahn becomes winningest NL lefty
- Sep 26 SF Giants Sam Jones 2nd no-hitter, beats St Louis Cards, 4-0
- Sep 27 Braves & Dodgers finish in a tie (86-68)
- Sep 29 Dodgers win game 2 of playoff, 6-5, & take NL pennant
- Oct 1 Chicago White Sox beat LA Dodgers, 11-0 in Game 1 of the Baseball World Series at Comiskey Park; White Sox first WS appearance since 1919 'Black Sox Scandal'; LA wins series 4-2
NHL All-Star Game
Oct 3 13th NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC: Montreal Canadiens beat All-Stars, 6-1
- Oct 4 First Baseball World Series game played west of St Louis; LA Dodgers beat Chicago White Sox 3-1 in Game 3; record 92,394 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Oct 4 Netherlands equal best performance against neighbours Belgium; win, 9-1 in soccer friendly at De Kuip, Rotterdam; Piet van der Kuil & Faas Wilkes score 3 apiece
- Oct 6 Chicago White Sox beat LA Dodgers, 1-0 in Game 5 of Baseball World Series at LA Memorial Coliseum; World Series record attendance 92,706
- Oct 8 Baseball World Series: LA Dodgers beat Chicago White Sox, 9-3 at Comiskey Park to claim championship, 4 games to 2; MVP: Dodgers pitcher Larry Sherry
- Oct 28 American Football League awards Buffalo Bills franchise to Ralph C Wilson
- Oct 29 10 nation soccer league to play all games on NY Randalls Is, announced
- Nov 1 Future Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown runs for 5 touchdowns in Cleveland Browns, 38-31 win over Baltimore Colts at Memorial Stadium
Sports History
Nov 1 Montreal Canadiens’ goal tender Jacques Plante becomes first NHL net-minder to wear a fibreglass protective face mask
Sports History
Nov 4 Ernie Banks, Cubs shortstop, wins 2nd consecutive NL MVP
- Nov 5 AFL announced with 8 teams
- Nov 7 Ryder Cup Golf, Eldorado GC: Sam Snead leads US to comprehensive 8½-3½ win
- Nov 11 Seals Stadium, a minor league baseball park and temporary home of MLB Giants) in San Francisco, California demolished
- Nov 12 White Sox 2B Nellie Fox wins AL's MVP
- Nov 15 Cleveland Browns' halfback Bobby Mitchell sets club record for longest run from scrimmage (90-yards), beat Wash 31-17
- Nov 16 Boston business executive Billy Sullivan is awarded eighth and final franchise of developing American Football League (AFL); later branded Boston Patriots
- Nov 17 SF Giants future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Willie McCovey wins NL Rookie of the Year
- Nov 22 American Football League (AFL) conducts its first draft in Minneapolis with the 8 clubs selecting their playing rosters for the inaugural 1960 season
- Nov 28 24th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 10-0 in Birmingham, breaking a streak of five consecutive victories by Auburn in the series
- Nov 28 CFL Grey Cup, CNE Stadium, Toronto: Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat Hamilton Tiger-Cats (21-7) for a second straight year
Billy Cannon
Nov 30 1960 NFL Draft: Billy Cannon from LSU first pick by Los Angeles Rams
- Nov 30 Joe Foss named 1st commissioner of AFL
- Dec 1 25th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Cannon, LSU (HB)
- Dec 5 Future Pakistan cricket captain Intikhab Alam bowls Australian opener Colin McDonald with his first ball in Test cricket in drawn 3rd Test in Karachi
- Dec 8 Baseball's new Continental League awards its 6th franchise to Atlanta, Georgia
Eisenhower Catches a Game
Dec 8 President Eisenhower watches Pakistan v Aust Test Cricket at Karachi
Yankees Trade Three for Three
Dec 11 NY Yankees trade Marv Thronberry, Don Larsen, Hank Bauer and Norm Seibern for Roger Maris, Kent Hadley and Joe Deaestri
- Dec 12 Jack Brabham finishes 4th in season-ending US Grand Prix at Sebring to become first Australian F1 World Drivers Championship winner; takes title by 4 points from Briton Tony Brooks
Di Stéfano's Second Win
Dec 15 Ballon d'Or: Real Madrid forward Alfredo Di Stéfano wins his second award for best football player in Europe ahead of teammate Raymond Kopa and Juventus' Welsh utility John Charles
Baugh 1st Titans' Coach
Dec 18 Sammy Baugh named 1st coach of NY Titans (AFL)
- Dec 20 Indian cricket spin bowler Jasubhai Patel takes 9-69 in Australia's 1st innings 219 in 2nd Test at Kanpur
Tom Landry Joins Cowboys
Dec 21 Tom Landry accepts coaching job with Dallas Cowboys (stays until 1988)
- Dec 22 Baseball's new Continental League awards its 7thfranchise to Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
- Dec 22 NY Ranger goalie Marcel Paille wears a customized mask
- Dec 27 National Football League Championship, Memorial Stadium, Baltimore: Baltimore Colts beat New York Giants, 31-16; Colts score 24 straight points in 4th quarter
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