1963

January 5

• Rogers Hornsby, baseball player, dies of a heart ailment at age 66. [1]
• San Diego Chargers beat Boston Patriots 51-10 in AFL championship game. [1]

January 12

• Spin bowler Bobby Simpson takes 5-57 for Australia versus England. [1]

January 13

• AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 21-14. [1]
• NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 30-20. [1]

January 17

• Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 67 points versus Los Angeles Lakers. [1]

January 18

• Johnnie Moyes, journalist/cricketer (South Australian batsman), dies. [1]
• Reinier Paping wins Dutch 11-Cities Skating Race (10:59). [1]

January 22

• Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Naples Professional Golf Tournament. [1]

January 26

• Major League Rules Committee votes to expand strike zone. [1]

January 27

• Jevgeni Grishin skates world record 500m in 39.6 seconds. [1]
• Sam Rice, Eppa Rixey, Elmer Flick, and John Clarkson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame. [1]

January 29

• Jim Thorpe, Red Grange, and George Halas elected to football hall of fame. [1]

January 30

• P F "Plum" Warner, cricketer (England manager during Bodyline tour), dies. [1]

February 3

• Mickey Wright win LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational. [1]

February 8

• AFL's Dallas Texans become Kansas City Chiefs. [1]

February 10

• Mickey Wright wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Women's Golf Open. [1]
• US female Figure Skating championship won by Lorraine Hanlon. [1]
• US male Figure Skating championship won by Thomas Litz. [1]

February 13

• Harry Steers, bowling hall of famer, dies. [1]

February 15

• First US female world figure skating champion (Tenley Albright). [1]

February 16

• First round-trip swim of Strait of Messina, Italy (Mary Revell of US). [1]

February 17

• Toru Terasawa runs world record marathon (2:15:15.8). [1]

February 20

• End of the Test Cricket careers of Neil Harvey and Alan Davidson. [1]
• Willie Mays (San Francisco Giants) signs a record US$100,000 per year contract. [1]

February 27

• Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees sign a baseball contract worth US$100,000. [1] [5]

March 8

• John Hartley, cricketer (bowl average 115 in two Tests for England 1906), dies. [1]

March 10

• Pete Rose debuts with hits in his two first at bats in spring training. [1]
• Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 70 points versus Syracuse. [1]

March 11

• Mahomed Nissar, cricketer (6 Tests for India 1932-36, 25 wickets), dies. [1]

March 14

• San Francisco's Guy Rodgers ties NBA record with 28 assists. [1]

March 17

• Bob Cousy plays his last NBA game. [1]

March 22

• Oregon State's Terry Baker becomes first and only Heisman Trophy winner. [1]

March 23

• 25th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Loyola beats Cincinnati 60-58 (overtime). [1]
• Davey Moore dies seconds after being knocked-out in feather-weight boxing championship. [1]

March 28

• AFL's New York Titans become the New York Jets. [1]

April 1

• New York Mets purchase Duke Snider from the Los Angeles Dodgers for US$40,000. [1]

April 4

• Endzion Barelli dies two days after winning a boxing match at age 18. [1]

April 7

• 27th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 286. [1]
• Public stock offering of 115,000 shares in Milwaukee Braves withdrawn after only 13,000 shares are sold to 1,600 new investors. [1]

April 8

• Len Tuckett, cricketer (no runs no wickets in 1 Test for South Africa), dies. [1]
• Detroit Tigers claim young pitcher Denny McLain from the Chicago White Sox for US$25,000. [1]

April 11

• Warren Spahn beats New York Mets 6-1 for his 328th win (most by a lefty). [1]

April 13

• Pete Rose triples for his first major league base hit. [1]
• Pittsburgh Pirates' Bob Friend balks four times in a game. [1]

April 18

• Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 1. [1]

April 19

• 67th Boston Marathon won by Aurele Vandendriessche of Belgium in 2:18:58. [1]

April 21

• Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sunshine Women's Golf Open. [1]

April 24

• 17th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 2. [1]
• Boston Celtics' Bob Cousy retires. [1]

April 28

• Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship. [1]

May 2

• Jack Crawford, cricketer (469 runs and 39 wickets in 12 Tests), dies. [1]

May 3

• Leslie Narum is the only Baltimore Orioles' player to homer on his first at bat. [1]

May 4

• 89th Kentucky Derby: Braulio Baeza aboard Chateaugay wins in 2:01.8. [1]
• Pitcher Bob Shaw sets record of five balks in a game. [1]

May 5

• Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open. [1]

May 11

• Los Angeles Dodgers' Sandy Koufax second no-hitter beats San Francisco Giants, 8-0. [1]

May 12

• Mickey Wright wins LPGA Alpine Civitan Golf Open. [1]

May 15

• Tottenham Hotspur wins third Europe Cup II at Rotterdam, Netherlands. [1]

May 17

• Houston Colt .45s' Don Notterbart no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 4-1. [1]

May 18

• 89th Preakness: Bill Shoemaker aboard Candy Spots wins in 1:56.2. [1]

May 19

• Mickey Wright wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open. [1]

May 22

• A C Milan wins 8th Europe Cup 1 at London, England. [1]
• Mickey Mantle hits a ball off Yankee Stadium's facade. [1]

May 23

• NBC purchases 1963 AFL championship game TV rights for US$926,000. [1]

May 25

• Early Wynn wins his 300th baseball game. [1]
• Great Britain ends its amateur-professional classes in cricket. [1]

May 26

• Mickey Wright wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open. [1]
• Wes Stock becomes the only Baltimore Orioles' player to win a double header. [1]

May 27

• Three New Jersey businessmen purchase the NHL Colorado Rockies, and get approval to move them to the New Jersey Meadowlands (New Jersey Devils). [1]

June 9

• First Sunday night game in baseball: San Francisco Giants lose to Houston Colts 3-0. [1]

June 15

• San Francisco Giants' Juan Marichal no-hits Houston Colt 45s, 1-0. [1]

June 19

• Charter members of Canadian Football Hall of Fame are chosen. [1]

June 20

• First Mayor's Trophy Game, New York Mets beat New York Yankees 6-2. [1]

June 23

• Julius Boros wins golf's US Open. [1]
• New York Mets' Jimmy Piersall, hits his 100th home run, he circles bases backwards. [1]

June 28

• Frank "Home Run" Baker (hit two home runs in 1911 world series) dies at age 77. [1]

July 13

• Early Wynn wins his 300th and last game at age 43. [1]

July 19

• Philadelphia Phillies' Roy Siever hits home run number 300. [1]

July 24

• Sonny Liston knocks out Floyd Patterson to retain heavyweight championship. [1]

July 31

• Cleveland Indians tie record of four consecutive home runs (Held, Ramos, Francona, Brown). [1]

August 5

• Craig Breedlove sets world auto speed record at 407.45 MPH. [1]

August 13

• Warren Spahn sets left-hander strike out mark at 2,382. [1]

August 17

• Jim Hickman becomes the first New York Mets player to hit for the cycle. [1]
• Baltimore Orioles' Dick Hall retires his 28th consecutive player in relief. [1]

August 24

• First 200-metre freestyle swum under two minutes (Don Schollander 1:58). [1]
• John Pennel is first to pole-vault 17 feet. [1]

September 1

• Saint Louis Cardinals' pitcher Curt Simmons steals home plate. [1]

September 6

• Major league baseball's 100,000th game. [1]

September 7

• Pro Football Hall of Fame dedicated in Canton, Ohio, USA. [1]

September 10

• Philadelphia Phillies beat Houston Colt .45s, 16-0. [1]

September 13

• New York Yankees clinch their 28th pennant. [1]

September 18

• Final game at Polo Grounds, 1,752 see Philadelphia Phillies beat New York Mets 5-1. [1]

September 28

• Italian Giuseppe Cantarella roller-skates a record 41.5 kph for 440 yards. [1]

September 29

• Saint Louis Cardinals' Stan Musial's final game, gets his 3,630th hit. [1]
• Houston Colt .45s' John Paciorek goes three for three in his only game. [1]

October 6

• Los Angeles Dodgers sweep New York Yankees in 60th World Series. [1]

October 18

• International Olympic Committee votes Mexico City to host 1968 Olympics. [1]

October 20

• Jim Brown sets NFL single-season rushing record, 1,863 yards. [1]

November 7

• First black American League Most Valuable Player-Elston Howard, New York Yankees. [1]

November 10

• Gordie Howe takes over NHL career goal lead at 545. [1]

December 1

• New York Jets' first shutout, beat Kansas City Chiefs 17-0. [1]

December 2

• Major League Rules Committee bans oversized catcher's mitts, effective in 1965. [1]

December 6

• Test Cricket debut of Graeme Pollock at the Gabba. [1]

December 7

• Ian Meckiff no-balled for throwing against the South Africans. [1]

December 8

• Mickey Wright/Dave Ragan Jr win LPGA Haig and Haig Scotch Mixed Golf. [1]

December 18

• Clarke runs world record 10km (28:15.6). [1]

December 21

• Jack Hobbs, cricketer (61 Tests for England), dies. [1]

December 22

• Oakland Raiders' Tom Flores passes for six touchdowns vs Houston Oilers (52-49). [1]

December 26

• "Gorgeous George" Wagner, wrestler, dies. [1]

December 29

• 52nd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (3-2). [1]

December 31

• Chicago Bears win NFL championship. [1]