Associated Press
Athlete of 1960: Wilma
Rudolph and Rafer Johnson
Professional Sports
1960
Baseball
World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over the NY
Yankees
4-3
Pittsburgh Coach:
Danny Murtaugh
MVP: Dick Groat, Pittsburgh
Bill
Mazeroski becomes the first person to end a World Series
with a home run.
Football
Pete Rozelle becomes commissioner of the NFL
NFL Championship: Philadelphia -
17 Green Bay -
13
Pro MVP - Norm Van Brocklin,
Philadelphia Eagles
Paul
Hornung scored a record 176 points for
the Green Bay Packers.
The NFL expands
with a new team called the Dallas Cowboys
The American
Football League's (AFL) new teams play
their first season:
Houston Oilers
New York Titans
Boston Patriots
Buffalo Bills
Los Angeles Chargers
Dallas Texans
Oakland Raiders
Denver Broncos
AFL Championship: Houston Oilers 24 Los Angeles Chargers 16
Basketball
NBA Championship: Boston Celtics over St. Louis
Hawks
4-3 Coach: Red Auerbach
NBA MVP: Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia,
37.6 pts
Hockey
Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens win 4 games to 0 over the Toronto Maple Leafs
NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Bobby Hull, Chicago Blackhawks
Most Valuable Player: Gordie Howe,
Detroit Red Wings
Boxing
Floyd
Patterson recovered the world
heavyweight title from Ingemar Johansson, becoming the first-ever boxer to do so.
Golf
The Masters - Arnold Palmer
US Open - Arnold Palmer
British Open - Kel Nagle
PGA Championship - Jay Hebert
The American Olympic
men's ice-hockey team won the United States'
first Olympic hockey gold medal with a record of
7–0–0
Wilma
Rudolph
became the
fastest woman in the world and the first
American woman to win three gold medals in one
Olympics.
Cassius Clay wins gold as light
heavyweight in boxing
Rafer
Johnson
Scored 8,392
points in the Decathlon
College Sports 1960
Football
Heisman Trophy: Joe Bellino, Navy
Rose Bowl: Washington 17, Minnesota 7
An infamous college
prank was suffered by the Washington Huskies when during halftime, with live coverage by NBC,
the block of seats holding cards to depict
graphics flashed a cross-eyed beaver rather than
the Husky mascot, next the word Huskies was
spelled backwards and it all ended with the name
of one of the Huskies' competitors, Cal Tech.
Orange
Bowl: Missouri 21, Navy 14
Cotton
Bowl: Duke 7, Arkansas 6
Sugar Bowl: Mississippi
14, Rice 6
National
college football championship: Minnesota
Golden Gophers
Basketball
NCAA
National Champions: Ohio State 25-3 Coach: Fred
Taylor Ohio 75 California 55
