! Multimedia Sixties 1964 Sports - A retro nostalgia look at sports of the 1960s

>Yogi Berra     Muhammad Ali     Cassius Clay     The XVIII Olympiad     Bob Gibson.     Jim Bunning     Sonny Liston     Lidia Skoblikova     Egon Zimmermann     Knut Johannesen     Peggy Flemming      Frank Robinson     Paul Hornung     Alex Karras     Arnold Palmer     Ken Venturi     Tony Lema     Bobby Nichols     Jack Nicklaus     Mickey Wright     Mary Mills     John Huarte     Northern Dancer     Quadrangle     Don Schollander

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Associated Press Athlete of 1964:  Don Schollander, Mickey Wright

 

Professional Sports 1964


Baseball

 

yogi berra 1964

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 1964

 

 

 

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 the most conservative United States Senator in recent history.

 

 

 

 

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

 

Horse Racing


Kentucky Derby - Northern Dancer
Preakness Stakes - Northern Dancer
Belmont Stakes - Quadrangle

 

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Boxing

 

I am the Greatest

 

 

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.

 

 

The 1964 Olympics Tokyo, Japan

 

United States: 36 gold, 26 silver, 28 bronze
Soviet Union: 30 gold, 31 silver, 35 bronze
Japan (host): 16 gold, 5 silver, 8 bronze

 

smokin joe frazier 1964

 

 

 

20 year old "Smokin' Joe" Frazier wins the gold metal for Heavyweight division

 

 

 

 

 

 

College Sports 1964

 

30th Heisman Trophy Award: John Huarte, Notre Dame (QB)

 

Football

 

ORANGE BOWL: Texas Longhorns 21 Alabama Crimson Tide 17
COTTON BOWL: Arkansas Razorbacks 10 Nebraska Cornhuskers 7
ROSE BOWL: Michigan Wolverines 34 Oregon State Beavers 7
SUGAR BOWL: LSU Tigers 10 Syracuse Orangemen 7

 

NCAA Football: Alabama


Basketball

 

UCLA wins 97-83 over Duke. UCLA season 30-0.

 

Louisiana witnessed the most lopsided high-school basketball score 211-29

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