1961 in sports

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See also: 1960 in sports, other events of 1961, 1962 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Contents 1 Auto Racing 2 Baseball 3 Basketball 4 Billiards 5 Boxing 6 Cycling 7 Figure Skating 8 Football (American) 9 Football (Australian Rules) 10 Football (Canadian) 11 Football (Soccer) 12 Golf 13 Thoroughbred Horse Racing 14 Harness Racing 15 Ice Hockey 16 Radiosport 17 Tennis 18 General sporting events 19 Births 19.1 January 19.2 February 19.3 March 19.4 April 19.5 May 19.6 June 19.7 July 19.8 August 19.9 September 19.10 October 19.11 November 19.12 December 20 Deaths

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
• 24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Olivier Gendebien / 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

• January 16: 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: The former Washington Senators play their first home game in Metropolitan Stadium as the Minnesota Twins

• July 13: 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, breaking Babe Ruth's mark of 60 that had stood since 1927

• World Series: 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:
  • 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
• World Cycling Championship: Rik Van Looy 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)

• AFL Championship: Houston Oilers won 10-3 over the San Diego Chargers
• NFL Championship: Green Bay Packers won 37-0 over the New York Giants

Football (Australian Rules)

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

Football (Canadian)

• Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers win 21-14 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Football (Soccer)

• England - FA Cup: Tottenham Hotspur won 2-0 over Leicester City

Golf

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. May - The Masters - Gary Player
  2. June - US Open - Gene Littler
  3. July - British Open - Arnold Palmer
  4. August - PGA Championship - Jerry Barber

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Gary Player - $64,540

• Ryder Cup: United States 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
• Mickey Wright: leading money winner on the LPGA 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:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Rockavon
  2. Epsom Derby - Psidium
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Aurelius

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Carry Back
  2. Preakness Stakes - Carry Back
  3. Belmont Stakes - Sherluck

Harness Racing

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Cold Front
  2. Little Brown Jug - Henry T. Adios
  3. Messenger Stakes - Adios Don

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Harlan Dean
  2. Yonkers Trot - Duke Rodney
  3. Kentucky Futurity - Duke Rodney

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Massacre

Ice Hockey

• Art Ross Memorial 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: Chicago Blackhawks win 4 games to 2 over the Detroit Red Wings

• World Hockey Championship:
  • Men's champion: Trail Smokeaters from Canada

Radiosport

• First European 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:
  1. Australian Open - Roy Emerson
  2. French Open - Manuel Santana
  3. Wimbledon championships - Rod Laver
  4. US Open - Roy Emerson

• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open - Margaret Smith
  2. French Open - Ann Haydon
  3. Wimbledon championships - Angela Mortimer
  4. US Open - Darlene Hard

• Davis Cup: Australia 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

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

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 starfr:1961 en sport

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