1960 QUIZ OLYMPIC GAMES
XVII OLYMPIAD. ROME. AWARDED OLYMPICS IN 1908. SO WHY WERE THEY HELD IN LONDON? VESUVIUS ERUPTED IN 1906. AS A RESULT, GAMES REASSIGNED. 83 NATIONS. WHO WON LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING GOLD? CASSIUS CLAY 100 METRES? ARMIN HARY [GERMAN] IN 10.2 SECS. WHO WON GOLD IN WOMEN’S 100, 200 AND 4 X 100? WILMA RUDOLPH MARATHON? ABEBE BIKILA [ETHIOPIA]. WHAT WAS SPECIAL ABOUT THIS, APART FROM HIS BAREFOOT RUNNING? 1st BLACK AFRICAN OLYMPIC GOLD. 1500 METRES? HERB ELLIOTT [AUSSIE] FINNISH FIELD SHOOTER VILHO YLONEN WAS LYING IN 2ND PLACE WHEN, IN FINAL ROUND, HE SCORED A BULLSEYE IN WRONG TARGET. FINISHED 4th. HOW MANY GOLD MEDALS DID GB WIN? 2 [12TH PLACE] DON THOMPSON 50K WALK; ANITA LONSBOROUGH 200M BREASTSTROKE. SILVER? 6 - INC. DOROTHY HYMAN 100M BRONZE? 12 – INC. PETER RADFORD X 2 , 100M AND 4 X 100M; DOROTHY HYMAN 200M; DICK MCTAGGART, LIGHTWEIGHT BOXING; BRIAN PHELPS, 10M PLATFORM DIVING; DAVID BROOME, EQUESTRIAN, INDIVIDUAL JUMPING. 1960 BOXING
PAUL PENDER BEAT SUGAR RAY ROBINSON IN A 15 ROUND SPLIT DECISION WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT, NEW YORK & MASSACHUSETTS, CHAMPIONSHIP WHO BECAME FIRST MAN TO REGAIN A HEAVYWEIGHT CROWN ON JUNE 20TH? – FLOYD PATTERSON, KNOCKED OUT INGEMAR JOHANNSON. DEC.3rd WHO RETAINED HIS WORLD NBA MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE AFTER A 15 ROUND DRAW WITH SUGAR RAY ROBINSON? – GENE FULLMER. 1960 WIMBLEDON
MEN’S CHAMPION – NEALE FRASER WOMEN’S – MARIA BUENO MEN’S DOUBLES – RAFAEL OSUNA/DENNIS RALSTON WOMEN’S DOUBLES – DARLENE HARD/MARIA BUENO MIXED DOUBLES – DARLENE HARD/ROD LAVER 1960 GOLF
US PGA CHAMP – JAY HERBERT [USA] US MASTERS CHAMP – ARNOLD PALMER [USA] US OPEN CHAMP – ARNOLD PALMER – 7 SHOTS DOWN AT START OF LAST ROUND! BRITISH OPEN – KEL NAGLE [AUS] WON AT LEAST 1 TOURNEMENT A YEAR FROM 1949 TO 1975. NO AMERICANS CAME TO BR. OPEN IN 1959. ARNOLD PALMER CAME IN 1960 AND REGENERATED INTEREST FOR AMERICANS, ARGUABLY SAVING IT AS MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP. 1960 CRICKET
TEST SERIES – ENGLAND BEAT SOUTH AFRICA 3 – 0. SID BULLER, UMPIRE CALLED GEOFF GRIFFIN, S.A. FOR THROWING IN EXHIBITION MATCH FOLLOWING EARLY TEST FINISH. HE’D ALREADY BEEN “CALLED” BY FRANK LEE, UMPIRE IN THE TESTS. FINISHED HIS CAREER. COUNTY CHAMPS – YORKSHIRE, SECOND SUCCESSIVE YEAR LEADING BATTING AVERAGE – RAMAN SUBBA ROW – 1503 RUNS, 55.66 AV. LEADING BOWLER – BRIAN STATHAM – 135 WICKETS, 12.31 AVERAGE. 1960 FIVE NATIONS RUGBY
ENGLAND & FRANCE JOINT CHAMPS. 3 WINS EACH. DREW 3-3 WHEN PLAYED EACH OTHER. 14TH TRIPLE CROWN FOR ENGLAND 1960 FOOTBALL
FA CUP FINAL – WOLVES 3 – 0 BLACKBURN. SCORERS – MICK MCGRATH, O.G. NORMAN DEELEY 2. REFEREE – KEVIN HOWLEY DAVE WHELAN, BLACKBURN WINGER, WIGAN OWNER, BROKE HIS LEG. 1ST TIME THAT WINNERS ENTERED EURO CUP WINNERS CUP BLACKBURN BEAT WEDNESDAY IN SEMIS 2-1 AT MAINE ROAD. WEDNESDAY BEAT UTD. 2-0 IN ¼ FINAL AT LANE. DEREK WILKINSON 2
EURO CUP FINAL – REAL MADRID 7 – 3 EINTRACHT FRANKFURT PUSKAS 4, DI STEFANO 3 – STEIN 2, KRELLS 127000 CROWD AT HAMPDEN PARK
LEAGUE 1 CHAMPS – BURNLEY. [WOLVES/SPURS/WBA] OWLS 5th [ARSENAL 13th, WEST HAM 14TH]TOP SCORER, DENNIS VIOLLET MAN.U. 32 GOALS
LEAGUE 2 CHAMPS – ASTON VILLA, CARDIFF [LIVERPOOL 3rd], UTD. 4TH. TOP SCORER, BRIAN CLOUGH, MIDDLESBOROUGH, 39 GOALS
NEXT SEASON OWLS FINISHED 2ND TO SPURS BEING FIRST TEAM TO BEAT THEM IN 60-61 SEASON, 2-1 IN FRONT OF 56000 CROWD IN 3 SIDED GROUND UTD. FINISHED 2ND TO IPSWICH AND WERE PROMOTED. IN LATE 60 BEAT OWLS 1-0 AT LANE, DOC PACE SCORING.
FIRST LEAGUE CUP IN 60-61. VILLA BEAT ROTHERHAM OVER 2 LEGS IN FINAL
BIRMINGHAM CITY REACHED FINAL OF INTER CITIES FAIRS CUP LOSING 4-1 ON AGGREGATE TO BARCELONA. 1960 RUGBY LEAGUE
GB WORLD CHAMPS, BEAT AUSSIES 10 – 3 AT ODSALL STADIUM. 33023 CROWD. LOW CROWDS ‘COS ALL GAMES TELEVISED LIVE. ONLY 4 TEAMS TOOK PART – FRANCE AND NZ
WIGAN RL CHAMPS WINNING PLAY OFFS, 27-3 V. WAKEFIELD. ST. HELENS WON LEAGUE BUT LOST IN PLAY-OFF SERIES IN LEAGUE NEIL FOX TOP SCORER – 453 POINTS TOM VAN DE VOLLENHOVEN TOP TRY SCORER – 54
WAKEFIELD BEAT HULL 38-5 IN RL CUP FINAL