1963 in sport

Chronology of the sport

1962 in sport - 1963 in sport - 1964 in sport

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Automobile

Jim Clark gains the Championnat of the world of Formula 1 at the wheel of a Lotus - Climax.
Joe Weatherly gains the championship of the series NASCAR with an entire amount of $58,110 (USD).

Baseball

the Los Angeles Dodgers gain the World Series vis-a-vis the New York Yankees.

Basketball

the Boston Celtics are champions NBA by beating in finales the Los Angeles Lakers 4 handles with 2.
Paris CPU champion of France.

American football

December 29th: Chicago Bears champion of NFL. detailed Article: Season NFL 1963

Hockey

; National league of hockey

First fishing out players in the leagues juniors. Garry Monahan is the first player has to be selected by a frankness from the LNH. It is chosen by the Canadian of Montreal and there will play in 1967.
the Maple Leafs of Toronto gain the Coupe Stanley 1963.

; Other competitions

Cut Magnus: Chamonix is crowned champion France.
the the USSR gains the championship of the world.
HC Villars is champion of Suisse.

Swimming

June 14th: With Barcelona, Dmitry Komornikov beats the world records of the 200 m brews, carrying it to 2 ' 09" 52 .
July 27th: Don Schollander beats the world records of the 200m freestyle, changing it to 1 ' 58" 8. He is the first swimmer in lower part of the 2 minutes.

Rugby with XIII

Lézignan champion of France.

Rugby with XV

the England gains the Tournoi.
the Mons Stade is champion of France.

Births

January 9th: Mathieu Hermans, racing cyclist Dutch having gained 59 victories of 1984 with 1994.
January 25th: Per Johansson, swimmer Swedish.
February 4th: Pirmin Zurbriggen, Swiss alpine skier.
February 17th: Michael Jordan, American basketball player.
February 18th: Rob Andrew, player of Rugby to XV English.
February 20th: Charles Barkley, American basketball player.
February 22nd: Vijay Singh, Fijian golfor.
February 27th: Francesco Cancellotti, Italian player of Tennis.
February 28th: Claudio Chiappucci, Italian racing cyclist .
March 13rd :

Rick Carey, American swimmer , specialist in the Backstroke.
Jean-Baptiste Mendy, French boxer.

March 20th: Yelena Romanova, Russian athlete. († January 28th 2007).
April 7th: Bernard Lama, French footballer
April 11th :

Karen Briggs, British Judo kate , world champion in -48kg in 1982, 1984, 1986 and 1989.
Jörg Woithe, German swimmer, specialist in the 50,100 and 200 m freestyle.

April 20th: Mauricio Gugelmin, racing driver Brazil IEN, having disputed 74 Grands Prix of Formula 1 of 1988 with 1992.
April 23rd: Paul Belmondo, pilot French, having disputed 7 Grands Prix of Formula 1 of 1992 with 1994.
April 28th: Lloyd Eisler, Canadian artistic skater.
May 12th: Stefano Modena, racing driver Italy N, having disputed 70 Grands Prix of Formula 1 of 1987 with 1992.
May 24th: Ivan Capelli, racing driver Italy N, having disputed 93 Grands Prix of Formula 1 of 1985 with 1993.
1 {{er}} June: Christophe Tiozzo, French boxer.
June 19th: Rory Underwood, player of Rugby to XV English
June 23rd: Hake Montgomerie, Scottish golfor
July 4th: Henri Leconte, French tennis player
July 17th: Matti Nykänen, skijumper Finnish, quadruple Olympic champion with the Plays of Sarajevo in 1984 and of Calgary in 1988.
August 15th: Marc Girardelli, Austrian alpine skier then Luxembourg.
September 3rd: Muriel Hermine, swimmer synchro Frenchwoman.
September 9th: Markus Wasmeier, German alpine skier.
September 19th: David Seaman, English footballer.
September 21st: Trevor Steven, Football or English, whose professional path proceeded between 1980 and 1997.
October 2nd: Thierry Bacconnier, Football French or. († 1 {{er}} January 2007).
October 22nd: Brian Boitano, American artistic skater.
October 28th: Christian Plaziat, French athlete.
November 5th: Jean-Pierre Papin, French footballer.
November 10th: Mike Powell, American athlete.
November 18th: Peter Schmeichel, Danish footballer.
December 4th: Sergueï Boubka, Ukrainian athlete.
December 10th: Jahangir Khan, Pakistani player of squash.

Principal deaths

January 28th: Gustave Garrigou, 78 years, racing cyclist French. (° September 24th 1884).
February 7th :

Learco Guerra, 60 years, racing cyclist Italy N, world champion in 1931. (° October 10th 1902).
Arthur Carr, 69 years, cricketer English. (° May 21st 1893).

December 2nd: Thomas Hicks, 88 years, American athlete , Olympic champion of the marathon to the Plays of Saint-Louis in 1904. (° January 7th 1875).

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