1964 in sport

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Automobile

August 23rd: Over the Circuit of Zeltweg, in Austria, Lorenzo Bandini gains, at the wheel of the Ferrari 156, the Grand Prix of Austria of Formule 1, seventh test of the season, obtaining the only victory of its career, by preceding the American Richie Ginther (BRM, 2nd) and the Britannique Bob Anderson (Brabham - Climax, 3rd).
October 25th: By finishing second of the Grand Prix of Mexico, tenth and ultimate test of the season, gained by the American daN Gurney, the former world champion of Speed motor bike John Surtees becomes world champion of Formula 1 at the wheel of a Ferrari.

the Boston Celtics are champions NBA by beating in finales the San Francisco Warriors 4 handles with 1.
ACE Villeurbanne champion of France.

August 22nd. Beginning of the British emission “ Match off the day ” which proposes a summary of the match high-speed motorboat of the day of championship. The first match, Liverpool - Arsenal, does not profit that from a poor audience (75.000) because of the diffusion on BBC2, then not very accessible.

January 5th: San Diego Chargers champion of AFL. detailed Article: Season AFL 1963
December 26th: Buffalo Bills champion of AFL. detailed Article: Season AFL 1964
December 27th: Cleveland Browns champion of NFL. detailed Article: Season NFL 1964

Olympic Games of summer to Tokyo (Japan) of which the competitions are held between the October 10th and the October 24th.

Winter Olympics to Innsbruck (Austria) of which the competitions are held between the January 29th and the February 9th.

June 19th: Eric Tabarly gains the second British Transatlantique as a recluse (OSTAR), after having traversed the distance between Plymouth and Newport in 26 days, 6 hours and 2 minutes, consequently improving occasion the record of the crossing of the Atlantique.

January 18th: Virgil Hill, American boxer
January 24th: Carole Blackbird, alpine skier French.
January 29th: Holger Behrendt, gymnaste East-German, Olympic champion with the rings with the Plays of Seoul in 1988.
February 2nd: Galina Borzenkova, Russian Handball euse .
February 22nd: Magnus Wislander, Handball or Swedish, world champion in 1990 and 1999.
March 7th: Vladimir Smirnov, Kazakh cross-country skier.
April 12th: Johan Capiot, Belgian racing cyclist , having gained 71 victories between 1986 and 2000.
April 28th: Roland Jourdain, skipper (veil) French
April 30th: Ian Healy, cricketer Australia N.
May 24th: Patrice Martin, nautical skier French
June 11th: Jean Alesi, French racing driver
June 16th: Michael Large, German swimmer
June 21st: Patrice Bailly-Saline, biathlète French
June 26th: Tommi Mäkinen, racing driver (rally) Finnish
June 27th: Johnny Herbert, British racing driver of Formula 1.
July 2nd :

Eric Srecki, French fencer.
Jose Canseco, player Cuba in major League of baseball, which evolved/moved in seven teams different of 1985 with 2001.

July 16th: Miguel Indurain, Spanish racing cyclist , Olympic champion (1996) and world champion (1995) of the Against-the-watch, five times winner of the Tour de France.
August 8th: Harry Butch Reynolds, American athlete
August 10th: Andy Caldecott, pilot motor bike Australia N. († January 9th 2006).
August 16th: Jimmy Arias, American tennis player
August 22nd: Mats Wilander, Swedish tennis player
August 23rd: Johan Bruyneel, Belgian runner cyclist
August 28th: Lee Janzen, American golfor
September 7th: Andy Hug, Swiss kickboxor . († August 24th 2000).
September 10th: Christine Cicot, judokate French, world champion (more 72kg) with the Championships of the world of Paris in 1997.
September 17th: Franck Piccard, alpine skier French
October 10th: Maximum Gnauck, gymnaste German (GDR), 5 times champion of Europe, 4 times world champion and Olympic champion with the asymmetric bars in 1984.
October 22nd: Drazen Petrovic, Croatian basketball player († June 7th 1993).
October 31st: Marco van Basten, Football or Dutch, champion of Europe in 1988.
November 13rd :

Ronald Agenor, tennis player Haiti in
Timo Rautiainen, copilot of rally, in particular of Marcus Grönholm, twice world champion in 2000 and 2002.

November 26th: Vreni Schneider, Swiss skier alpine
December 13rd: Raymundo Ricardo, Brazilian footballer
December 7th: Peter Laviolette, trainer of Hockey, champion of the Cut Stanley in 2006 with the Hurricanes of the Caroline (LNH)
December 8th: Eric Aubijoux, pilot motor bike French († January 20th 2007).
December 16th :

Heike Drechsler, German athlete, Olympic champion of the Long jump with the Plays of Barcelona in 1992, world champion of the same speciality in 1983 and 1993.
John Kirwan, player New Zealand of Rugby to XV ( three quarter wing ), victorious of the World cup of Rugby 1987, 63 selections with the All Blacks between 1984 and 1994.

May 21st: Paul Mauriat, 76 years, French player of Rugby to XV. (° May 27th 1887).
June 17th: Rene Crabos, 65 years, rugby player French. (° February 7th 1899).
December 7th: Roger Commonplace, 62 years, French player of Rugby to XV. (° August 10th 1902).
December 13rd: Pedro Petrone, 59 years, Football Uruguyan or, world champion in 1930, Olympic champion in 1924 and 1928. (° May 11th 1905).

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