1963 in sports
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Athletics

Marathon

• May 4 — Pan American Games Marathon, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Men's Winner: Fidel Negrete (MEX) 2:27:56

• July 13 — Enschede Marathon, Netherlands
  • Men's Winner: Václav Chudomel (CZE) 2:25:11

• October 15 — Fukuoka Marathon, Japan
  • Men's Winner: Jeff Julian (NZL) 2:18:01

Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • Tiny Lund won the Daytona 500
  • NASCAR Championship - Joe Weatherly
• Indianapolis 500 - Parnelli Jones
• USAC Racing - A.J. Foyt won the season championship
• Formula One Championship - Jimmy Clark of Great Britain
• 24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Ludovico Scarfiotti / Lorenzo Bandini win, driving a Ferrari 250P
• Rally racing - the team of Erik Carlsson / Gunnar Palm win the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Saab 96
• Drag racing - Bobby Vodnik won "Top Fuel" at the NHRA Nationals

Baseball

• June 22: Phillies center fielder Tony Gonzalez plays his 200th straight errorless game to help rookie Ray Culp beat Roger Craig and the Mets 2–0.

• World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers win 4 games to 0 over the New York Yankees. The series MVP is Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles.

Basketball

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
  • Loyola (Illinois) wins 60-58 over Cincinnati

• NBA Finals|NBA Finals:
  • Boston Celtics win 4 games to 2 over the Los Angeles Lakers

• FIBA World Championship:
  • Brazil World Champion

Billiards

• Maureen Baynton won the Women's World Amateur Billiards Championships

Boxing

• July 22 – Sonny Liston wins the Heavyweight Championship of the world by knocking out Floyd Patterson in the 1st round of their bout in Las Vegas, Nevada.

• August 27 to September 7 – Pan American Games held in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
  • Flyweight (– 51 kg): Floreal LaRosa (Uruguay)
  • Bantamweight (– 54 kg): Abel Almariz (Argentina)
  • Featherweight (– 57 kg): Rosemiro Santos (Brazil)
  • Lightweight (– 60 kg): Roberto Caminero (Cuba)
  • Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg): Adolfo Moreira (Argentina)
  • Welterweight (– 67 kg): Miguel Villugron (Chile)
  • Light Middleweight (– 71 kg): Elecio Neves (Brazil)
  • Middleweight (– 75 kg): Luis César (Brazil)
  • Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg): Fred Lewis (United States)
  • Heavyweight (+ 81 kg): Lee Carr (United States)

Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Franco Balmamion of Italy
• Tour de France - Jacques Anquetil of France
• World Cycling Championship: Benoni Beheyt of Belgium

Figure skating

• World Figure Skating Championships
  • Men's champion: Donald McPherson, Canada
  • Ladies' champion: Sjoukje Dijkstra, Netherlands
  • Pair skating champions: Marika Kilius & Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, Germany
  • Ice dancing champions: Eva Romanová & Pavel Roman, Czechoslovakia

Football (American)

• January 29 - First inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced
• AFL Eastern Division Playoff: Boston Patriots win 26-8 over the Buffalo Bills
• AFL Championship: San Diego Chargers win 51-10 over the Boston Patriots
• NFL Championship: Chicago Bears win 14-10 over the New York Giants
• September 7 - The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
• The Heisman Trophy: Roger Staubach, Navy

Football (Australian rules football)

• Victorian Football League
  • Geelong wins the 67th VFL Premiership (Geelong 15.19 (109) d Hawthorn 8.12 (60))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to Bob Skilton (South Melbourne)

Football (Canadian)

• Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats win 21-10 over the B.C. Lions

Football (Soccer)

For an extensive coverage see 1963 in football (soccer)

• England - FA Cup: Manchester United won 3-1 over Leicester City

Golf

Men's professional

• April 4-7 - Masters Tournament - Jack Nicklaus
• June 21-24 - U.S. Open - Julius Boros
• July 9-14 - British Open - Bob Charles
• July 18-21 - PGA Championship - Jack Nicklaus
• PGA Tour money leader - Arnold Palmer - $128,230
• Ryder Cup - United States wins 23 to 9 over Britain in team golf.

Men's amateur

• British Amateur - Michael Lunt
• U.S. Amateur - Deane Beman

Women's professional

• Women's Western Open - Mickey Wright
• LPGA Championship - Mickey Wright
• U.S. Women's Open - Mary Mills
• Titleholders Championship - Marilynn Smith
• LPGA Tour money leader - Mickey Wright - $31,269

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• Australia - Melbourne Cup - Gatum Gatum
• Canada - Queen's Plate - Canebora
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Exbury
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Ragusa

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes - Only For Life
  2. Epsom Derby - Relko
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Ragusa

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. May 4 - Kentucky Derby - Chateaugay
  2. Preakness Stakes - Candy Spots
  3. Belmont Stakes - Chateaugay (Held at Aqueduct)

Harness Racing

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Meadow Skipper
  2. Little Brown Jug - Overtrick
  3. Messenger Stakes - Overtrick

• Speedy Scot won the Triple Crown of Harness Racing forTriple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Speedy Scott
  2. Yonkers Trot - Speedy Scott
  3. Kentucky Futurity - Speedy Scott

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Cardigan Bay

Radiosport

• Third Amateur Radio Direction Finding European Championship held in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Rugby Union

• New Zealand All Blacks Tour Great Britain:
  • Defeated only once - October 30th 1963 Newport RFC 3 - New Zealand All Blacks 0

Swimming

• July 27 — US swimmer Susan Pitt breaks the world record in the women's 200m butterfly (long course) during a meet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, clocking 2:29.1.

Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Roy Emerson
  2. French Open - Roy Emerson
  3. Wimbledon championships - Chuck McKinley
  4. US Open - Rafael Osuna

• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open - Margaret Smith
  2. French Open - Lesley Turner
  3. Wimbledon championships - Margaret Smith
  4. US Open - Maria Bueno

• Davis Cup: United States won 3-2 over Australia in world tennis.

Volleyball

• Pan American Games in São Paulo, Brazil
  • Men's Tournament
    • Gold Medal:  Brazil
    • Silver Medal:  United States
    • Bronze Medal:  Argentina
  • Women's Tournament
    • Gold Medal:  Brazil
    • Silver Medal:  United States
    • Bronze Medal:  Mexico

Multi-sport events

• Fourth Pan American Games held in São Paulo, Brazil

• Fourth Mediterranean Games held in Naples, Italy

• Third Summer Universiade held in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Awards

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Sandy Koufax, Major League Baseball
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Mickey Wright, LPGA golf
• ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the year: Valery Brumel, Athletics

Births

January

• January 1 — Lina Kačiušytė, Lithuanian swimmer
• January 2 — Patty Shea, American field hockey goalkeeper
• January 3 — Lisa Opie, English squash player
• January 4 — Elena Valova, Russian world pairs figure skating champion
• January 5 — Natalya Artyomova, Russian middle-distance runner
• January 5 — Vanessa Browne-Ward, Australian high jumper
• January 6 — Paul Kipkoech, Kenyan long-distance runner (d. 1995)
• January 9 — Karen Brown, British field hockey international
• January 10 — Francesco Panetta, Italian long-distance runner
• January 11 — Tracy Caulkins, American swimmer
• January 11 — Petra Schneider, East German swimmer
• January 12 — Ken Fitzpatrick, Canadian breaststroke swimmer
• January 13 — Anabelle Prawerman, French beach volleyball player
• January 19 — Silvio Martinello, Italian road bicycle and track cyclist
• January 20 — Manuela Dalla Valle, Italian breaststroke swimmer
• January 20 — Ann Osgerby, British butterfly swimmer
• January 21 — Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian-American basketball player
• January 24 — Martyn Grimley, English field hockey player
• January 24 — Arnold Vanderlyde, Dutch boxer
• January 26 — José Mourinho, Portuguese football manager
• January 30 — Agapito Gómez, Spanish boxer

February

• February 3 — Stefano Mei, Italian long-distance runner
• February 4 — Andrés Espinosa, Mexican long-distance runner
• February 4 — Tracie Ruiz, American synchronized swimmer
• February 4 — Pirmin Zurbriggen, Swiss alpine skier
• February 5 — Jan Kvalheim, Norwegian beach volleyball player
• February 7 — Asko Peltoniemi, Finnish pole vaulter
• February 11 — Todd Benzinger, American baseball player
• February 16 — Ines Geißler, East German butterfly swimmer
• February 16 — Dano Halsall, Swiss freestyle swimmer
• February 17 — Michael Jordan, American basketball player
• February 18 — Cornelia Polit, East German backstroke swimmer
• February 20 — Charles Barkley, American basketball player
• February 20 — Joakim Nyström, Swedish tennis player
• February 22 — Vijay Singh, Fiji-born, ethnic Indian golf player
• February 25 — Essa Hukkanen, Finnish boxer
• February 27 — Francesco Cancellotti, Italian tennis player
• February 27 — Susan Furmage, London-born field hockey player from New Zealand
• February 27 — Ljubiša Simič, Yugoslav boxer

March

• March 1 — Barbara Marois, US field hockey defender
• March 2 — Tanyu Kiryakov, Bulgarian pistol shooter
• March 3 — Siegfried Mehnert, East German boxer
• March 3 — Martin Fiz, Spanish long-distance runner
• March 5 — José Guzman, Venezuelan boxer
• March 6 — Gary Stevens, American jockey
• March 8 — Bruce Hayes, American freestyle swimmer
• March 8 — Miguel Nido, Puerto Rican tennis player
• March 9 — Kent Ferguson, American diver
• March 9 — Maurizio Stecca, Italian boxer
• March 12 — Sharon Buchanan, Australian field hockey player
• March 13 — Rick Carey, American backstroke swimmer
• March 14 — Bruce Reid, Australian cricketer
• March 22 — Frank Drost, Dutch freestyle and butterfly swimmer
• March 23 — Francesco Attolico, Italian water polo player
• March 30 — Wayne Gordon, Canadian boxer
• March 30 — Carol Klimpel, Canadian freestyle swimmer

April

• April 3 — Anne Minter, Australian tennis player
• April 7 — Vlastimil Cerny, Czech-born swimmer from Canada
• April 8 — Helen Plachinski, Mexican freestyle swimmer
• April 14 — Hugo Conte, Argentine volleyball player
• April 18 — Jan Ykema, Dutch ice speed skater
• April 23 — Wendy Fraser, Scottish field hockey player
• April 29 — David Izonritei, Nigerian boxer

May

• May 2 — Andrea Mannai, Italian boxer
• May 5 — Robert Ihly, German race walker
• May 6 — Rafael Zuñiga, Colombian boxer
• May 10 — Patrice Kuchna, French tennis player
• May 11 — Mark Breland, American world champion boxer
• May 14 — Paul Easter, Scottish freestyle swimmer
• May 17 — Michelle Conn, Canadian field hockey player
• May 19 — Reema Abdo, Aden-born backstroke swimmer from Canada
• May 23 — Constance Senghor, Senegalese high jumper
• May 24 — Joe Dumars, American basketball player and executive
• May 24 — Rich Rodriguez, American football coach
• May 25 — Erik de Bruin, Dutch discus thrower and shot putter
• May 28 — Zemfira Meftakhetdinova, Azerbaijani sport shooter
• May 30 — Jill Atkins, English field hockey player

June

• June 3 — Hugo Antonio Corti, Argentine boxer
• June 4 — Carey Nelson, Canadian long-distance runner
• June 8 — Héctor Moreno, Colombian race walker
• June 8 — Antoaneta Todorova, Bulgarian javelin thrower
• June 11 — Mikael Olander, Swedish decathlete
• June 11 — Jan Posthuma, Dutch volleyball player
• June 13 — Catarina Lindqvist, Swedish tennis player
• June 13 — Nathalie Lupino, French judoka
• June 17 — June Croft, British freestyle swimmer
• June 17 — Sandra Greaves, Canadian judoka
• June 19 — Margarita Ponomaryova, Russian hurdler
• June 19 — Rory Underwood, English rugby union footballer
• June 20 — Matt Anger, American tennis player
• June 23 — Rob Woodhouse, Australian swimmer
• June 24 — Pamela Healy, American sailor
• June 24 — Nshan Munchyan, Armenian boxer
• June 24 — Predrag Radosavljević, Serbia-born American soccer player
• June 24 — Barbara Underhill, Canadian pairs figure skater
• June 25 — Si-an Deng, Chinese-Canadian badminton player
• June 26 — Wendy Lucero, American diver
• June 30 — Olga Bryzgina, Soviet athlete
• June 30 — Pat Caruso, Italian-born Canadian field hockey player

July

• July 1 — Igor Zhelezovski, Soviet speed skater
• July 5 — Mark Stockwell, Australian freestyle swimmer
• July 6 — Leopoldo Cantancio, Filipino boxer
• July 7 — Geir Karlstad, Norwegian speed skater
• July 10 — Jorge Payá, Spanish water polo player
• July 12 — Thierry Tulasne, French tennis player
• July 16 — Mikael Pernfors, Swedish tennis player
• July 17 — Matti Nykanen, Finnish ski jumper
• July 17 — Ian James, Canadian long jumper
• July 20 — Mike Davidson, New Zealand freestyle swimmer
• July 23 — Slobodan Zivojinovic, Serbian tennis player
• July 24 — Julie Krone, American jockey
• July 24 — Karl Malone, American basketball player
• July 25 — Shane Collins, New Zealand field hockey player
• July 26 — Raymond Stevens, English judoka
• July 28 — Lisanne Lejeune, Dutch field hockey defender

August

• August 1 — Wendell Young, Canadian ice hockey player
• August 2 — Mogens Guldberg, Danish middle distance runner
• August 2 — Olga Appell, Mexican-American long-distance runner
• August 8 — Leo Gamez, Venezuelan boxer
• August 8 — Igor Lapshin, Soviet triple jumper
• August 14 — Pablo Squella, Chilean middle-distance runner
• August 16 — Kalusha Bwalya, Zambian soccer player and coach
• August 16 — Ana Isabel Alonso, Spanish long-distance runner
• August 17 — Matt Scoggin, American diver
• August 18 — Luiz Mattar, Brazilian tennis player
• August 20 — Robert Warzycha, Polish soccer midfielder
• August 20 — Ian Woodley, New Zealand field hockey goalkeeper
• August 21 — Raffaele Avagnano, Italian breaststroke swimmer
• August 21 — Masayoshi Manabe, Japanese volleyball player
• August 23 — Hans-Henning Fastrich, German field hockey player
• August 26 — Christine Arthur, New Zealand field hockey player
• August 26 — Fred Barber, English football player
• August 26 — John Jansen, Dutch water polo player
• August 29 — Irene de Kok, Dutch judoka

September

• September 3 — Kimberley Ruddins, American volleyball player
• September 5 — Marco Bonitta, Italian volleyball coach
• September 8 — Li Ning, Chinese gymnast
• September 10 — Randy Johnson, American baseball player
• September 10 — Gabriel Tiacoh, Ivorian athlete (d. 1992)
• September 11 — Bonnie Gadusek, American tennis player
• September 12 — Patrick Dybiona, Dutch freestyle swimmer
• September 19 — Angelo Musone, Italian boxer
• September 20 — Néstor Mora, Colombian cyclist (d. 1995)
• September 26 — Douglas Wakiihuri, Kenyan long-distance runner
• September 27 — Ruth Lawanson, American volleyball player
• September 27 — Dale Walters, Canadian boxer

October

• October 1 — Mark McGwire, American baseball player
• October 2 — José Ortega, Spanish boxer
• October 3 — Dan Goldie, American tennis player
• October 5 — Laura Davies, English golfer
• October 6 — Dag Wennlund, Swedish javelin thrower
• October 10 — Jolanda de Rover, Dutch backstroke swimmer
• October 11 — LaTanya Sheffield, American hurdler
• October 12 — Dio Lequaglie, Italian beach volleyball player
• October 14 — Borislav Abadzhiev, Bulgarian boxer
• October 16 — Anneloes Nieuwenhuizen, Dutch field hockey defender
• October 20 — Stan Valckx, Dutch football (soccer) defender
• October 22 — Brian Boitano, American figure skater
• October 23 — John Scherrenburg, Dutch water polo player
• October 31 — Sue Duggan, New Zealand field hockey player
• October 31 — Troy Tanner, American volleyball player

November

• November 1 — Joaquín Malgosa, Spanish field hockey defender
• November 2 — Ines Diers, East German freestyle swimmer
• November 4 — Horacio Elizondo, Argentine soccer referee
• November 5 — Marcos Mazzaron, Brazilian cyclist
• November 8 — Hugo Perez, El Salvador-born US soccer midfielder
• November 8 — Mirko Vindiš, Slovenian long-distance runner
• November 10 — Andrea Borrell, Cuban basketball player
• November 14 — Brian Abshire, American long-distance runner
• November 19 — Bill Dunlop, Canadian boxer
• November 22 — Domingos and Dionísio Castro, Portuguese twins and long-distance runners
• November 24 — Veronica Planella, Chile-born field hockey player from Canada
• November 27 — Roland Nilsson, Swedish football (soccer) player

December

• December 1 — Jennifer Isler, American sailor
• December 3 — Floyd Favors, American boxer
• December 4 — Sergey Bubka, Ukrainian pole vaulter
• December 6 — Debbie Armstrong, American alpine skier
• December 6 — Gert Jan Schlatmann, Dutch field hockey player
• December 11 — Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, German tennis player
• December 12 — Chris Odera, Kenyan boxer
• December 12 — Kieren O'Grady, New Zealand field hockey player
• December 13 — Philippe Collet, French pole vaulter
• December 13 — Uwe-Jens Mey, East German speedskater
• December 13 — Jake White, South African rugby union coach
• December 19 — Kathy Bald, Canadian freestyle swimmer
• December 20 — Pam Casale, American tennis player
• December 21 — Donovan Ruddock, Canadian heavyweight boxer
• December 24 — David Grundy, New Zealand field hockey player
• December 29 — Francisco Bustamante, Filipino pool player
• December 29 — Teresa Motos, Spanish field hockey player
• December 29 — Sean Payton, American football coach
• December 30 — Ronald Jansen, Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
• December 30 — Milan Šrejber, Czech tennis player

Deaths

• January 5 — Rogers Hornsby (66), American baseball player (b. 1896)
• February 14 — Billy Barlow (92), Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1871)
• March 22 — Cilly Aussem (53), German tennis player (b. 1909)
• June 21 — Harvey Sutton (81), Australian athlete (b. 1882)
• September 15 — Charles Winslow (75), South African tennis player (b. 1888)
• December 14 — Marie Marvingt, French multi-athlete (b. 1875)