1962 in sports

Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • Fireball Roberts[?] won the Daytona 500
  • NASCAR Championship - Joe Weatherly[?]
• Indianapolis 500 - Rodger Ward[?]
• USAC Racing - Rodger Ward[?] won the season championship
• Formula One Championship - Graham Hill of Great Britain
• 24 hours of Le Mans: won by the team of Olivier Gendebien[?] / Phil Hill[?] driving a Ferrari 330LM
• Rally racing - the team of Erik Carlsson[?] / Gunnar Haggbom[?] won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Saab 96
• Drag racing - Jack Chrisman[?] won Top Eliminator at the NHRA Nationals

Baseball

• World Series: New York Yankees win 4 games to 3 over the San Francisco Giants. The Series MVP was Ralph Terry[?], New York.

Basketball

• March 2 - In Hershey, Pennsylvania, Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia 76ers scored 100 points against the New York Knicks, breaking several National Basketball Association records.

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
  • Cincinnati wins 71-59 over Ohio St.

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

Boxing

• March 24, 1962 - Emile Griffith regained the World Welterweight Championship by knocking out Benny the "Kid" Paret in the 12th round. Paret died ten days later on April 3, 1962 as a result of severe head injuries sustained in the fight.

Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Franco Balmamion[?] of Italy
• Tour de France - Jacques Anquetil[?] of France
• World Cycling Championship: Jean Stablinski[?] of France

Figure Skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Donald Jackson[?], Canada
  • Women's champion: Sjoukje Dijkstra[?], Netherlands
  • Pairs champions: Maria Jelinek[?] & Otto Jelinek[?], Canada

Football (Soccer)

• England - FA Cup: Tottenham Hotspur won 3-1 over Burnley[?]

• Football World Cup: Brazil won 3-1 over Czechoslovakia

Football (American)

• NFL Championship: Green Bay Packers won 16-7 over the New York Giants

Canadian Football League

• Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers win 28-27 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Golf

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. May - The Masters golf tournament - Arnold Palmer
  2. June - US Open - Jack Nicklaus
  3. July - British Open - Arnold Palmer
  4. August - PGA Championship - Gary Player[?]

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Arnold Palmer - $81,448

Women's Golf

• US Women's Open - Murle Lindstrom[?]
• LPGA Championship - Judy Kimball[?]
• Mickey Wright[?]: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $21,641

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• Australia - Melbourne Cup - Even Stevens[?]
• Canada - Queen's Plate - Flaming Page[?]
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Soltikoff[?]
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Tambourine[?]

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Privy Councillor[?]
  2. Epsom Derby - Larkspur[?]
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Hethersett[?]

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Decidedly[?]
  2. Preakness Stakes - Greek Money[?]
  3. Belmont Stakes - Jaipur[?]

Harness Racing

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Ranger Knight[?]
  2. Little Brown Jug - Lehigh Hanover[?]
  3. Messenger Stakes - Thor Hanover[?]

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - A.C.'s Viking[?]
  2. Yonkers Trot - A.C.'s Viking[?]
  3. Kentucky Futurity - Safe Mission[?]

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: James Scott[?]

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: Jacques Plante, Montreal Canadiens

• Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs won 4 games to 2 over the Chicago Blackhawks

• World Hockey Championship:
  • Men's champion: Sweden defeated Canada

Skiing

• ISF World Championships[?]:
  • Men's combined champion: Karl Schranz[?], Austria
  • Women's combined champion: Marielle Goitschel[?], France

Tennis

• Rod Laver becomes only the second man in tennis history to win the Grand Slam in tennis.

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Rod Laver
  2. French Open - Rod Laver
  3. Wimbledon championships - Rod Laver
  4. US Open - Rod Laver

• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open - Margaret Smith
  2. French Open - Margaret Smith
  3. Wimbledon championships - Karen Susman[?]
  4. US Open - Margaret Smith

• Davis Cup: Australia wins 5-0 over Mexico in world tennis.

General sporting events

• British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Perth, Australia

Births

• February 10 - Bobby Czyz, boxer
• March 3 - Jackie Joyner-Kersey[?], track and field athlete
• April 15 - Nawal El Moutawakel, Moroccan hurdler.
• September 30 - Frank Rijkaard[?], Dutch soccer star

Deaths

• June 28 - Mickey Cochrane, Major League Baseball player