1962 in sports

[Alpine skiing]

• FIS Alpine World Ski Championships –

  [American football]

• AFL Championship – Dallas Texans won 20-17 over the Houston Oilers in double overtime
• NFL Championship – Green Bay Packers won 16-7 over the New York Giants
• Sugar Bowl :
• * The Alabama Crimson Tide won 10-3 over the Arkansas Razorbacks to win the AP and UPI Poll national championship
• The NCAA-record consecutive stadium sellout streak began at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska, which is still continuing today.

  [Artistic gymnastics]

• World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• * Men's all-around champion: Yuri Titov, USSR
• * Women's all-around champion: Larisa Latynina, USSR
• * Team competition champions: men's – Japan; women's – USSR

  [Association football]

• Football World Cup in Chile – Brazil won 3-1 over Czechoslovakia

  United Kingdom

• FA Cup final – Tottenham Hotspur won 3-1 versus Burnley
• Football League First Division – Ipswich Town F.C won the First Division

  Europe

• European Cup – Benfica won their second European Cup 5-3 against Real Madrid

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• Seventh European Championships held from September 12 to September 16 at Belgrade
• Commonwealth Games Championships held in November at Perth, Western Australia

  [Australian rules football]

• Victorian Football League
• * Essendon wins the 66th VFL Premiership d Carlton 8.10 )
• * Brownlow Medal awarded to Alistair Lord

  [Baseball]

• The National League expands to 10 teams, adding the Houston Colt.45's and the New York Mets. The league expands its schedule from 154 to 162 games.
• January 23 – Bob Feller and Jackie Robinson are selected for the Baseball Hall of Fame in their first years of eligibility.
• October: National League pennant playoff: After finishing tied for the league lead, the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants played-off for the title. The Giants won the series 2 games to 1, thereby winning the National League championship.
• 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 Warriors scored 100 points against the New York Knicks, breaking several National Basketball Association records.
• NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship –
• * Cincinnati wins 71-59 over Ohio St.
• NBA Finals –
• * Boston Celtics won 4 games to 3 over the Los Angeles Lakers

  [Boxing]

• March 24 – 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 as a result of severe head injuries sustained in the fight.
• September 25 – Sonny Liston knocks out Floyd Patterson, two minutes and six seconds into the first round, to become World Heavyweight Champion.

  [Canadian football]

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

  [Cycling]

• Giro d'Italia won by Franco Balmamion of Italy
• Tour de France – Jacques Anquetil of France
• UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race – Jean Stablinski of France

  [Golf]

• Masters Tournament – Arnold Palmer
• U.S. Open – Jack Nicklaus
• British Open – Arnold Palmer
• PGA Championship – Gary Player
• Canadian Open – Ted Kroll
• PGA Tour money leader – Arnold Palmer – $81,448

• British Amateur – Richard Davies
• U.S. Amateur – Labron Harris, Jr.

  [Horse racing]

• Cheltenham Gold Cup – Mandarin
• Grand National – Kilmore

• Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Even Stevens
• Canadian Triple Crown:
• # Queen's Plate – Flaming Page
• # Prince of Wales Stakes –
• # Breeders' Stakes –
• France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Soltikoff
• Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes –
• English Triple Crown:
• # 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Privy Councillor
• # The Derby – Larkspur
• # St. Leger Stakes – Hethersett
• United States Triple Crown Races:
• # Kentucky Derby – Decidedly
• # Preakness Stakes – Greek Money
• # Belmont Stakes – Jaipur

  [Ice hockey]

• Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Bobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks
• 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 Black Hawks
• World Hockey Championship –
• * Men's champion: Sweden defeated Canada
• NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship – Michigan Technological University Huskies defeat Clarkson University Golden Knights 7-1 in Utica, New York

  [Motorsport]

[Rugby league]

• 1962 New Zealand rugby league season
• 1962 NSWRFL season
• 1961–62 Northern Rugby Football League season / 1962–63 Northern Rugby Football League season

  [Rugby union]

• 68th Five Nations Championship series is won by France

  Swimming">swimming (sport)">Swimming

• February 20 – Australian swimming ace Kevin Berry takes over the world record in the men's 200m butterfly from USA's Carl Robie at a meet in Melbourne, clocking 2:12.5.
• August 11 – Carl Robie regains the world record in the men's 200m butterfly and betters the world's best time twice in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, clocking 2:12.4 and, eventually, 2:10.8.
• August 19 – US swimmer Sharon Finneran breaks the world record in the women's 200m butterfly during a meet in Chicago, Illinois – 2:31.2.
• August 25 – Sharon Finneran breaks her own world record in the women's 200m butterfly during a meet in Los Altos, California – 2:30.7.
• October 23 – Australia's Kevin Berry takes over the world record in the men's 200m butterfly once again, clocking 2:09.7 at a meet in Melbourne, Victoria.

  [Tennis]

• Australian Men's Singles Championship – Rod Laver defeats Roy Emerson 8–6, 0–6, 6–4, 6–4
• Australian Women's Singles Championship – Margaret Smith Court defeats Jan Lehane O'Neill 6–0, 6–2

• Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Rod Laver defeats Martin Mulligan 6–2, 6–2, 6–1
• Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Karen Hantze Susman defeats Věra Pužejová Suková 6–4, 6–4

• French Men's Singles Championship –
• French Women's Singles Championship –

• American Men's Singles Championship –
• American Women's Singles Championship –

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

• 1962 Davis Cup – 5–0 at Milton Courts Brisbane, Australia

  [Volleyball]

• 1962 FIVB Men's World Championship in Moscow won by the USSR

  [Yacht racing]

• The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as Weatherly defeats Australian challenger Gretel, of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, 4 races to 1; it is the first time in 81 years a country other than Great Britain has challenged for the Cup

  [Multi-sport event]s

• Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia
• British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Perth, Western Australia
• Central American and Caribbean Games held in Kingston, Jamaica
• Second Winter Universiade held in Villars, Switzerland

  Awards

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Maury Wills, Major League Baseball
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Dawn Fraser, Swimming
• ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year: Jim Beatty, Athletics