1961 In Sports

1960 In Sports ,
Other Events Of 1961 ,
1962 In Sports and the
List Of 'years In Sports' .

AUTO RACING

Stock Car Racing :

--- Marvin Panch won the Daytona 500

--- NASCAR Championship - Ned Jarrett

Indianapolis 500 - A.J. Foyt

USAC Racing - A.J. Foyt won the driving championship

Formula One Championship - Phil Hill of the United States

/ Phil Hill win, driving a Ferrari TR61

Rally Racing - the team of Maurice Martin / Roger Bateau won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Panhard PL17

Drag Racing - Pete Robinson won Top Eliminator at the NHRA Nationals

BASEBALL

becomes the highest paid player in Major League Baseball by signing a contract that will pay him $75,000 per season.

play their first home game in Metropolitan Stadium as the Minnesota Twins

Outfielder Mack Jones tied a post-1900 National League record by collecting three Singles and a Double in his first game.

Roger Maris hits 61 home runs during the regular season, breaking Babe Ruth 's mark of 60 that had stood since 1927

win 4 games to 1 over the Cincinnati Reds . The series MVP is Whitey Ford of the Yankees.

BASKETBALL

NCAA Men's Basketball Championship :

---Cincinnati wins 70-65 over Ohio St.

NBA Finals :

--- Boston Celtics won 4 games to 1 over the St. Louis Hawks

BILLIARDS

Maureen Baynton won the Women's World Amateur Billiards Championships

BOXING

June 3 in Los Angeles, California - Emile Griffith knocked out Gaspar Ortega in the 12th round to retain the Welterweight Championship

CYCLING

Giro D'Italia won by Ercole Baldini of Italy

Tour De France - Jacques Anquetil of France

of Belgium

FIGURE SKATING

The World Figure Skating Championships in Prague , Czechoslovakia were canceled after the entire United States team of skaters, officials, leaders and chaperones all died on February 15 in a plane crash just outside of Belgium while traveling to the competition.

FOOTBALL ( AMERICAN )

won 10-3 over the San Diego Chargers

won 37-0 over the New York Giants

FOOTBALL ( AUSTRALIAN RULES )

Hawthorn 13.16 (94) d Footscray 7.9 (51))

FOOTBALL ( CANADIAN )

win 21-14 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats

FOOTBALL ( SOCCER )

won 2-0 over Leicester City

GOLF

Men's Golf

Grand Slam Of Golf results:

#May - The Masters - Gary Player

#June - US Open - Gene Littler

#July - British Open - Arnold Palmer

#August - PGA Championship - Jerry Barber

- $64,540

wins 14 1/2 to 9 1/2 over Britain in world team golf.

Women's Golf

US Women's Open - Mickey Wright

LPGA Championship - Mickey Wright

tour, earning $22,236

THOROUGHBRED HORSE RACING

Australia - Melbourne Cup - Lord Fury

Canada - Queen's Plate - Blue Light

France - Prix De L'Arc De Triomphe - Molvedo

Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Your Highness

English Triple Crown Races :

# Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Rockavon

# Epsom Derby - Psidium

# St. Leger Stakes - Aurelius

United States Triple Crown Races :

# Kentucky Derby - Carry Back

# Preakness Stakes - Carry Back

# Belmont Stakes - Sherluck

HARNESS RACING

United States Pacing Triple Crown Races :

# Cane Pace - Cold Front

# Little Brown Jug - Henry T. Adios

# Messenger Stakes - Adios Don

United States Trotting Triple Crown Races :

# Hambletonian - Harlan Dean

# Yonkers Trot - Duke Rodney

# Kentucky Futurity - Duke Rodney

Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship :

---Pacers: Massacre

ICE HOCKEY

, Montreal Canadiens

, Montreal Canadiens

win 4 games to 2 over the Detroit Red Wings

World Hockey Championship :

--- Men's champion: Trail Smokeaters from Canada

RADIOSPORT

First Europe an Amateur Radio Direction Finding Championships held in Stockholm, Sweden . This event was the first organized international competition in the sport.

TENNIS

Grand Slam In Tennis men's results:

# Australian Open - Roy Emerson

# French Open - Manuel Santana

# Wimbledon Championships - Rod Laver

# US Open - Roy Emerson

Grand Slam In Tennis women's results:

# Australian Open - Margaret Smith

# French Open - Ann Haydon

# Wimbledon Championships - Angela Mortimer

# US Open - Darlene Hard

won 5-0 over Italy in world tennis.

GENERAL SPORTING EVENTS

Pan Arab Games held in Casablanca, Morocco

Second Summer Universiade held in Sofia, Bulgaria

BIRTHS

January

January 2 — Alberto Mercado , Puerto Rican boxer

January 2 — Carole Teffri , French field hockey player

January 26 — Wayne Gretzky , Canadian ice hockey player

January 31 — Miguel De Paz , Spanish field hockey player

February

February 1 — Stan Van Belkum , Dutch water polo player

February 1 — Volker Fried , German field hockey player

February 11 — Mary Docter , American speed skater

February 20 — Steve Lundquist , American swimmer

February 21 — Davey Allison , automobile racer (d. 1993 )

February 21 — Marívi González , Spanish field hockey player

March

March 4 — Ray Mancini , boxer

March 12 — Mary Nevill , British field hockey player

March 21 — Lothar Matthäus , German football player

March 24 — Maureen O’Toole , American water polo player

April

April 6 — Brenda Stauffer , American field hockey player

May

May 2 — Ronnie Baxter , English darts player

May 2 — Peter Doohan , Australian tennis player

May 4 — Luis Herrera , Colombian cyclist

May 10 — Viktor Deputatov , Soviet field hockey player

May 13 — Dennis Rodman , American NBA player

May 24 — Trevor Porritt , Canadian field hockey player

June

June 5 — Ramesh Krishnan , Indian tennis player

June 16 — Stuart Grimshaw , New Zealand field hockey player

June 26 — Greg LeMond , American cyclist, three-time Tour De France winner

July

July 1 — Carl Lewis , American athletics legend, nine-time Olympic gold medalist

July 26 — Danie Visser , South African tennis player

August

August 1 — Peter Evans , Australian breastroke swimmer

August 3 — Ken Wark , Australian field hockey player

August 16 — Sandie Lister , British field hockey player

August 29 — Carsten Fischer , German field hockey player

September

September 2 — Carlos Valderrama , Colombian football player

September 3 — Nick Brown , British tennis player

September 7 — Deb Covey , Canadian field hockey player

September 7 — Donald Curry , American boxer

September 15 — Dan Marino , American football player

September 28 — Yordanka Donkova , Bulgarian hurdling athlete

October

October 11 — Steve Young , American football player

October 15 — Jon Uriarte , Argentine volleyball player

October 21 — Pablo Arraya , Peruvian tennis player

October 22 — Barbara Potter , American tennis player

October 26 — Manuel Estiarte , Spanish water polo player

November

November 12 — Nadia Comaneci , Romanian-born gymnast

November 12 — Enzo Francéscoli , Uruguayan football (soccer) player

December

December 8 — Stephane Bonneau , Canadian tennis player

December 19 — Reggie White , American football player

December 19 — Juan Martin Coggi , Argentine boxer

December 27 — Tomi Poikolainen , Finnish archer

December 31 — Shelley Fruin , New Zealand cricketer

DEATHS

February 15 - Bradley Lord , (1961 U.S. men's figure skating champion)

February 15 - Maribel Vinson-Owen , U.S. figure skating champion & coach

February 15 - Maribel Yerxa Owen , U.S. figure skating champion

February 15 - Laurence Richon Owen , U.S. figure skating champion

July 17 - Ty Cobb , Major League Baseball star

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