1960 in sports

Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • Junior Johnson[?] won the Daytona 500
  • NASCAR Championship - Rex White[?]
• Indianapolis 500 - Jim Rathmann[?]
• USAC Racing - A.J. Foyt won the season championship
• Formula One Championship - Jack Brabham of Australia
• 24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Olivier Gendebien[?] / Paul Frère[?] won, driving a Ferrari TR60
• Rally racing - the team of Walter Schock[?] / Rolf Moll[?] won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Mercedes 220SE.
• Drag racing - Leonard Harris[?] won "Top Eliminator" at the NHRA Nationals

Baseball

• World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates win 4 games to 3 over the New York Yankees. The Series MVP is Bobby Richardson[?], New York.

Basketball

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
  • Ohio St. wins 75-55 over California

• NBA Finals:
  • Boston Celtics win 4 games to 3 over the St. Louis Hawks[?]

Boxing

• March 16 - Flash Elorde[?] won the world junior lightweight title with a seventh-round knockout of Harold Gomes[?] in Quezon City[?], Philippines.

Cycling

• Tour de France - Gastone Nencini[?] of Italy

Figure Skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Alain Giletti[?], France
  • Women's champion: Carol Heiss[?], United States
  • Pairs champions: Barbara Wagner[?] & Robert Paul[?], Canada

Football (Soccer)

• England - FA Cup: Wolverhampton Wanderers won 3-0 over the Blackburn Rovers[?]

Football (American)

• NFL Championship: Philadelphia Eagles won 17-13 over the Green Bay Packers

Canadian Football League

• Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders win 16-6 over the Edmonton Eskimos

Golf

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. May - The Masters golf tournament - Arnold Palmer
  2. June - US Open - Arnold Palmer
  3. July - British Open - Kel Nagle[?]
  4. August - PGA Championship - Jay Hebert[?]

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Arnold Palmer - $75,263

Women's Golf

• US Women's Open - Betsy Rawls[?]
• LPGA Championship - Mickey Wright[?]
• Louise Suggs[?]: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $16,892

• Australia - Melbourne Cup
• Canada - Queen's Plate
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Chamour[?]

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes
  2. Epsom Derby
  3. St. Leger Stakes

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Venetian Way[?]
  2. Preakness Stakes - Bally Ache[?]
  3. Belmont Stakes - Celtic Ash[?]

Harness Racing

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Countess Adios[?]
  2. Little Brown Jug - Bullet Hanover[?]
  3. Messenger Stakes - Countess Adios[?]

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Blaze Hanover[?]
  2. Yonkers Trot
  3. Kentucky Futurity

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Caduceus

Ice Hockey

• Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Bobby Hull, Chicago Blackhawks

• Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings

• Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens win 4 games to 0 over the Toronto Maple Leafs

• World Hockey Championship
  • Men's champion: United States defeats Canada

Skiing

• Alpine Skiing
• The men's Olympic Gold Medal:
  • Downhill: Jean Vuarnet[?], France
  • Slalom: Ernst Hinterseer[?], Austria
  • Giant Slalom: Roger Staub[?], Switzerland

• • The women's Olympic Gold Medal:
  • Downhill: Heidi Biebl[?], West Germany
  • Slalom: Anne Heggtveigt[?], Canada
  • Giant Slalom: Yvonne Ruegg[?], Switzerland

• ISF World Championships[?]:
  • Men's combined champion: Guy Périllat[?], France
  • Women's combined champion: Anne Heggtveigt[?], Canada

Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis mens results:
  1. Australian Open - Rod Laver
  2. French Open - Nicola Pietrangeli[?]
  3. Wimbledon championships - Neale Fraser[?]
  4. US Open - Neale Fraser[?]

• Grand Slam in tennis womens results:
  1. Australian Open - Margaret Smith
  2. French Open - Darlene Hard[?]
  3. Wimbledon championships - Maria Bueno[?]
  4. US Open - Darlene Hard[?]

• Davis Cup: Australia wins 4-1 over Italy in world tennis.

General sporting events

Events

• First Paralympic Games held. From September 18 to September 25. See: 1960 Summer Paralympics

Births

• January 6 - Howie Long[?], American football star
• January 29 - Greg Louganis, Olympics gold medalist in swimming
• March 21 - Ayrton Senna, automobile racer (+ 1994)
• March 26 - Marcus Allen[?], American football star
• October 30 - Diego Maradona, soccer player

Deaths