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1963 in sports
See also:
1962 in sports
,
other events of 1963
,
1964 in sports
and the
list of 'years in sports'
.
Table of contents
1 Auto Racing
2 Baseball
3 Basketball
4 Boxing
5 Cycling
6 Figure Skating
7 Football (Soccer)
8 Football (American)
9 Canadian Football League
10 Golf
11 Thoroughbred Horse Racing
12 Harness Racing
13 Ice Hockey
14 Tennis
15 General sporting events
16 Births
17 Deaths
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[?]
won the
Monte Carlo Rally
driving a
Saab 96
Drag racing
-
Bobby Vodnik[?]
won "
Top Fuel
" at the
NHRA
Nationals
Baseball
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
:
Boston Celtics
win 4 games to 2 over the
Los Angeles Lakers
Boxing
July 22
in
Las Vegas, Nevada
,
Sonny Liston
won the Heavyweight Championship of the world by knocking out
Floyd Patterson
in the 1st round.
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
Women's champion:
Sjoukje Dijkstra[?]
,
Netherlands
Pairs champions:
Marika Kilius[?]
&
Hans-Jürgen Bäumler[?]
,
Germany
Football (
Soccer
)
England - FA Cup
:
Manchester United
won 3-1 over
Leicester City[?]
Football (American)
January 29
- First inductees into the
Football Hall of Fame
are announced
NFL Championship
:
Chicago Bears
win 14-10 over the
New York Giants
Canadian Football League
Grey Cup
:
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
win 21-10 over the
B.C. Lions[?]
Golf
Men's Golf
Grand Slam of golf
results:
May
-
The Masters
-
Jack Nicklaus
June
-
US Open
-
Julius Boros[?]
July
-
British Open
-
Bob Charles[?]
August
-
PGA Championship
-
Jack Nicklaus
PGA
tour's leading money winner for the year:
Johnny Miller[?]
- $353,022
Ryder Cup
:
United States
wins 23 to 9 over
Britain
in world team golf.
Women's Golf
US Women's Open
-
Mary Mills[?]
LPGA Championship
-
Mickey Wright[?]
Mickey Wright[?]
: leading money winner on the
LPGA
tour, earning $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
:
Two Thousand Guineas Stakes
-
Only For Life[?]
Epsom Derby
-
Relko[?]
St. Leger Stakes
-
Ragusa[?]
United States Triple Crown Races
:
Kentucky Derby
-
Chateaugay[?]
Preakness Stakes
-
Candy Spots[?]
Belmont Stakes
-
Chateaugay[?]
Harness Racing
United States Pacing Triple Crown races
:
Cane Pace
-
Meadow Skipper[?]
Little Brown Jug
-
Overtrick[?]
Messenger Stakes
-
Overtrick[?]
Speedy Scot[?]
won the
United States Trotting Triple Crown races
:
Hambletonian
-
Speedy Scott[?]
Yonkers Trot
-
Speedy Scott[?]
Kentucky Futurity
-
Speedy Scott[?]
Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship
:
Pacers:
Cardigan Bay[?]
Ice Hockey
Art Ross Memorial Trophy
as the
NHL
's leading scorer during the regular season:
Gordie Howe
,
Detroit Red Wings
Hart Memorial Trophy
for the
NHL
's Most Valuable Player:
Gordie Howe
,
Detroit Red Wings
Stanley Cup
:
Toronto Maple Leafs
win 4 games to 1 over the
Detroit Red Wings
World Hockey Championship
:
Men's champion:
Soviet Union
defeated
Sweden
Tennis
Grand Slam in tennis
mens results:
Australian Open
-
Roy Emerson[?]
French Open
-
Roy Emerson[?]
Wimbledon championships
-
Chuck McKinley[?]
US Open
-
Rafael Osuna[?]
Grand Slam in tennis
womens results:
Australian Open
-
Margaret Smith
French Open
-
Lesley Turner[?]
Wimbledon championships
-
Margaret Smith
US Open
-
Maria Bueno[?]
Davis Cup
:
United States
won 3-2 over
Australia
in world tennis.
General sporting events
Maureen Baynton[?]
won the Women's World Amateur Billiards Championships
Births
February 11
-
Todd Benzinger[?]
, American baseball player.
February 17
-
Michael Jordan
, American basketball star
Deaths
January 5
-
Rogers Hornsby[?]
, Baseball
Hall of Famer
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