1963 in sports

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Athletics

Marathon

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

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

* October 15 — flagicon|JPN 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)

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*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 BemanWomen'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:
*#2,000 Guineas Stakes - Only For Life
*#Epsom Derby - Relko
*#St. Leger Stakes - Ragusa

*United States Triple Crown Races:
*#May 4 - Kentucky Derby - Chateaugay
*#Preakness Stakes - Candy Spots
*#Belmont Stakes - Chateaugay (Held at Aqueduct)

=Harness Racing=

*United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
*#Cane Pace - Meadow Skipper
*#Little Brown Jug - Overtrick
*#Messenger Stakes - Overtrick

*Speedy Scot won the Triple Crown of Harness Racing forTriple Crown races:
*#Hambletonian - Speedy Scott
*#Yonkers Trot - Speedy Scott
*#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:
*#Australian Open - Roy Emerson
*#French Open - Roy Emerson
*#Wimbledon championships - Chuck McKinley
*#US Open - Rafael Osuna

*Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
*#Australian Open - Margaret Smith
*#French Open - Lesley Turner
*#Wimbledon championships - Margaret Smith
*#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: vb|BRA
***Silver Medal: vb|USA
***Bronze Medal: vb|ARG
**Women's Tournament
***Gold Medal: vbw|BRA
***Silver Medal: vbw|USA
***Bronze Medal: vbw|MEX

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 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 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 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

eptember

*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 — 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)