Associated Press
Athlete of 1964: Don Schollander, Mickey Wright
Professional Sports 1964
Baseball
In 1963 Yogi Berra retired as a player for the New York Yankees and was hired as Manager in 1964. Berra took the Yankees to the World Series where they lost to the St. Louis Cardinals 4 games to 3. Yogi Berra was fired the next day. The Series MVP was St. Lewis pitcher Bob Gibson.
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Jim Bunning of the Philadelphia Phillies pitched a perfect game in a 6-0 victory over the New York Mets. Bunning went on to become a United States Senator.
Orioles Frank Robinson unanimous choice as AL MVP
Football
AFL Championship:1964 - Buffalo Bills win 11-7 over the San Diego Chargers
NFL Championship: 1964 - Cleveland Browns win 27-0 over the Baltimore Colts
Paul Hornung and Alex Karras reinstated in NFL after 1 year suspension
Basketball
NBA: Boston Celtics won 4 games to 1 over the San Francisco Warriors
NHL - Hockey
Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs win over the Detroit Red Wings Series: 4-1
Golf
The Masters - Arnold Palmer
US Open - Ken Venturi
British Open - Tony Lema
PGA Championship - Bobby Nichols
PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Jack Nicklaus - $113,285
US Women's Open - Mickey Wright
LPGA Championship - Mary Mills Mickey Wright leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $29,800
Cassius Clay TKOs Sonny Liston in the 7th round in Miami Beach, Florida, becoming the heavyweight champion of the world. He soon becomes a black Moslem and Elijah Muhammad renames Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali.
The 1964 Winter Olympics Innsbruck, Austria
The Soviet Union wins with 11 golds highlighted by Lidia Skoblikova taking a clean sweep in the women's speed skating events. Host nation Austria comes in second with 4 gold and Norway third with 3.
Egon Zimmermann of Austria takes the gold medal in the men's downhill, Canada takes the gold medal in bobsled and Knut Johannesen of Austria wins the men's 5,000m. The United States had suffered a great loss in 1961 when their entire Olympic Figure Skating team died in a plane crash in Belgium. U.S. Women's figure skater Peggy Flemming came in sixth.
In 1963 
