Associated Press Athlete of 1960:  Wilma Rudolph and Rafer Johnson

Professional Sports 1960

Baseball
 

1960 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

1960 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

Cassius Clay vs Allan Hudson

The 1960 Olympics

1960 Summer Olympics - Rome

Nation Gold Silver Bronze  
USSR     43      29       31 
US           34     21       16
Italy          13     10       13  
Germany 12     19       11
 

Nation Gold Silver Bronze
USSR       7       5          9 
Germany   4      3          1
US             3      4          3

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







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Cassius Clay wins gold as light heavyweight in boxing

Rafer Johnson Scored 8,392 points in the Decathlon









Horse Racing
 
Kentucky Derby - Venetian Way
Preakness Stakes - Bally Ache
Belmont Stakes - Celtic Ash

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

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