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1961 in sports
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{{Short description|Sports-related events of 1961}}1961 in sports describes the year’s events in world sport.{{Year nav sports topic5|1961|sports}}- the content below is remote from Wikipedia
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American football
- NFL Championship: the Green Bay Packers won 37â0 over the New York Giants at Lambeau Field
- Rose Bowl (1960 season):
- The Minnesota Golden Gophers lose 17â7 to the Washington Huskies; still voted national champions
- The Ohio State Buckeyes boycott a trip to the Rose Bowl the following January resulting in student protests on campus.
- AFL Championship â Houston Oilers won 10â3 over the San Diego Chargers
Association football
England
- FA Cup final â Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Leicester City. Tottenham also were division 1 champions, making them the first British club to win the double.
Australian rules football
- Victorian Football League
- August 12: Richmond becomes the only team to fail to kick a goal in a match since 1921, scoring only 0.8 (8) to St. Kilda’s 12.19 (91).
- September 23: Hawthorn wins the 65th VFL pennant and its first, beating Footscray 13.16 (94) to 7.9 (51)
- John James wins the 34th Brownlow Medal
Bandy
- 1961 Bandy World Championship is held in Norway and won by {{Bandy|URS}}.
Baseball
- The American League expands to 10 teams, adding the Los Angeles Angels and the new Washington Senators. The league schedule is expanded from 154 to 162 games.
- January 16 â Mickey Mantle becomes the highest paid player in Major League Baseball by signing a contract that will pay him $75,000 per season.
- April 11 â The former Washington Senators play their first home game in Metropolitan Stadium as the Minnesota Twins
- July 13 â In his majors debut, Milwaukee Braves 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, establishing a record for the longer season. Babe Ruth’s record of 60 still stood for the shorter season.
- October â World Series â New York Yankees win 4 games to 1 over the Cincinnati Reds. The series MVP is Whitey Ford of the Yankees.
Basketball
- NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship â
- Cincinnati wins 70â65 over Ohio St.
- NBA Finals â
- Boston Celtics won 4 games to 1 over the St. Louis Hawks
- The twelfth European basketball championship, Eurobasket 1961, is won by Soviet Union.
Boxing
- June 3 in Los Angeles â Emile Griffith knocked out Gaspar Ortega in the 12th round to retain the Welterweight Championship
Canadian football
- Grey Cup â Winnipeg Blue Bombers win 21â14 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Cycling
- August 1 â death of Adrie Voorting (aged 30), Dutch road bicycle and track cyclist
- Giro d’Italia won by Ercole Baldini of Italy
- Tour de France â Jacques Anquetil of France
- UCI Road World Championships â Men’s road race â Rik Van Looy of Belgium
Figure skating
- The World Figure Skating Championships in Prague are cancelled after the entire USA team of skaters, officials, leaders and chaperones are killed in a plane crash on 15 February en route to the competition.
- Among the dead are:
- Bradley Lord (21), USA men’s figure skating champion;
- Maribel Vinson-Owen, USA women’s figure skating champion and coach;
- Maribel Yerxa Owen (20), USA women’s figure skating champion;
- Laurence Owen (16), USA women’s figure skating champion.
Golf
Men’s professional- Masters Tournament â Gary Player becomes the first international golfer to win the Masters.
- U.S. Open â Gene Littler
- The Open â Arnold Palmer
- PGA Championship â Jerry Barber
- PGA Tour money leader â Gary Player â $64,540
- Ryder Cup â United States wins 14½ to 9½ over Britain in team golf.
- Women’s Western Open â Mary Lena Faulk
- LPGA Championship â Mickey Wright
- U.S. Women’s Open â Mickey Wright
- Titleholders Championship â Mickey Wright
- LPGA Tour money leader â Mickey Wright â $22,236
Harness racing
- United States Pacing Triple Crown races â
- United States Trotting Triple Crown races â
- Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship â
- Pacers: Massacre
Horse racing
Steeplechases Flat races- Australia â Melbourne Cup won by Lord Fury
- Canada â Queen’s Plate won by Blue Light
- France â Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe won by Molvedo
- Ireland â Irish Derby Stakes won by Your Highness
- English Triple Crown Races:
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes â Rockavon
- The Derby â PsidiumWEB, Epsom Derby {{!, History, Winners, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/sports/Derby-horse-race |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=en}}
- St. Leger Stakes â Aurelius
- United States Triple Crown Races:
Ice hockey
- Art Ross Trophy as the NHL’s leading scorer during the regular season: Bernie “Boom-Boom” Geoffrion, Montreal Canadiens
- Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL’s Most Valuable Player: Bernie “Boom-Boom” Geoffrion, Montreal Canadiens
- Stanley Cup â Chicago Black Hawks win 4 games to 2 over the Detroit Red Wings
- World Hockey Championship â
- Men’s champion: Trail Smoke Eaters from Canada
- NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Championship â University of Denver Pioneers defeat St. Lawrence University Saints 12â2 in Denver, Colorado
Motorsport
Radiosport
- First European Amateur Radio Direction Finding Championships held in Stockholm, Sweden. This event was the first organized international competition in the sport.
Rugby league
- 1961 New Zealand rugby league season
- 1960â61 Northern Rugby Football League season / 1961â62 Northern Rugby Football League season
- 1961 NSWRFL season
Rugby union
- 67th Five Nations Championship series is won by France
Swimming
- August 13 â USA’s Becky Collins breaks the world record in the women’s 200m butterfly (long course) during a meet in Philadelphia â 2:32.8.
- August 19 â US swimmer Carl Robie takes over the world record in the men’s 200m butterfly (long course) from his compatriot Michael Troy at a meet in Los Angeles, clocking 2:12.6.
Tennis
Australia- Australian Men’s Singles Championship â Roy Emerson (Australia) defeats Rod Laver (Australia) 1â6, 6â3, 7â5, 6â4
- Australian Women’s Singles Championship â Margaret Smith Court (Australia) defeats Jan Lehane O’Neill (Australia) 6â1, 6â4
- Wimbledon Men’s Singles Championship â Rod Laver (Australia) defeats Chuck McKinley (USA) 6â3, 6â1, 6â4
- Wimbledon Women’s Singles Championship â Angela Mortimer Barrett (Great Britain) defeats Christine Truman Janes (Great Britain) 4â6, 6â4, 7â5
- French Men’s Singles Championship â Manuel Santana (Spain) defeats Nicola Pietrangeli (Italy) 4â6, 6â1, 3â6, 6â0, 6â2
- French Women’s Singles Championship â Ann Haydon (Great Britain) defeats Yola RamÃrez (Mexico) 6â2, 6â1
- American Men’s Singles Championship â Roy Emerson (Australia) defeats Rod Laver (Australia) 7â5, 6â3, 6â2
- American Women’s Singles Championship â Darlene Hard (USA) defeats Ann Haydon (Great Britain) 6â3, 6â4
- 1961 Davis Cup â {{davis|AUS}} 5â0 {{davis|ITA}} at Kooyong Stadium (grass) Melbourne, Australia
Multi-sport events
- Pan Arab Games held in Casablanca, Morocco
- Second Summer Universiade held in Sofia, Bulgaria
Awards
- Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year â Roger Maris, Major League Baseball
- Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year â Wilma Rudolph, Track and field
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