1964 VFL season
The 1964 Victorian Football League season was the 68th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.


1964 VFL season, Premiership season
In 1964, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances.


1964 VFL season, Premiership season
Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 18 rounds; matches 12 to 18 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 7.


1964 VFL season, Premiership season
Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1964 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the Page–McIntyre system.


1964 VFL season, Consolation Night Series Competition
The night series were held under the floodlights at Lake Oval, South Melbourne, for the teams (5th to 12th on ladder) out of the finals at the end of the season.


1964 VPI Gobblers football team
The 1964 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1964 NCAA University Division football season.


1964 VPI Gobblers football team, Players
The following players were members of the 1964 football team according to the roster published in the 1965 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.


1964 Valley State Matadors football team
The 1964 Valley State Matadors football team represented Valley State during the 1964 NCAA College Division football season.


1964 Valley State Matadors football team
Valley State competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The Matadors were led by third-year head coach Sam Winningham. They played home games at Monroe High in Sepulveda, California. They finished the season with a record of four wins and six losses (4–6, 1–3 CCAA).


1964 Valley State Matadors football team, Team players in the NFL
No Valley State players were selected in the 1965 NFL Draft.


1964 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
The 1964 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. The Commodores were led by head coach John Green in his second season and finished the season with a record of three wins, six losses and one tie (3–6–1 overall, 1–4–1 in the SEC).


1964 Venezuelan Primera División season
The 1964 season of the Venezuelan Primera División, the top category of Venezuelan football, was played by 6 teams. The national champions were Galicia.


1964 Vermont Catamounts football team
The 1964 Vermont Catamounts football team represented the Vermont Catamounts football team of the University of Vermont during the 1964 NCAA College Division football season. With a 7–1 record (3–1 in the Yankee Conference), this was Vermont's most successful season.


1964 Vermont gubernatorial election
The 1964 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Democrat Philip H. Hoff ran successfully for re-election to a second term as Governor of Vermont, defeating Republican candidate Ralph A. Foote.


1964 Victorian state election
Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on 27 June 1964 to elect the 66 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 17 members of the 34-member Legislative Council. The Liberal and Country Party (LCP) government of Premier Henry Bolte won a fourth term in office.


1964 Victorian state election, Results, Legislative Assembly
The election produced almost no change in the electoral balance.


1964 Victorian state election, Results, Legislative Assembly
Victorian state election, 27 June 1964Legislative Assembly << 1961–1967 >>


1964 Victorian state election, Results, Legislative Council
Victorian state election, 27 June 1964Legislative Council << 1961–1967 >>


1964 Villanova Wildcats football team
The 1964 Villanova Wildcats football team represented the Villanova University during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. The head coach was Alexander F. Bell, coaching his fifth season with the Wildcats. The team played their home games at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania.


1964 Virginia Cavaliers football team
The 1964 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. The Cavaliers were led by fourth-year head coach Bill Elias and played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in last. Elias left at the conclusion of the season to accept a one-year head coaching contract at the United States Naval Academy. He had an overall record of 16–23–1 at Virginia and failed to produce a winning season.


1964 Volta a Catalunya
The 1964 Volta a Catalunya was the 44th edition of the Volta a Catalunya cycle race and was held from 13 September to 20 September 1964. The race started in Castelldefels and finished in Barcelona. The race was won by Joseph Carrara.


1964 Volunteer 500
The 1964 Volunteer 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on July 26, 1964, at Bristol International Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee.


1964 Volunteer 500
Buddy Baker won the Saturday qualifying race to earn 25th starting position, but was replaced by Jimmy Helms in the 500 lap feature.


1964 Volunteer 500, Race report
There was a racing grid of 36 drivers who were all born in the United States of America. Fred Lorenzen defeated Richard Petty by slightly more than a lap in front of 25,500 people in order to win the top prize of $4,185 USD ($34,921 when adjusted for inflation). Petty was considered to be on pace to win the race until his rear end failed on the last lap; forcing him to accept a second-place finish. However, Petty's car developed the problem sometime before starting the final lap. As a result, Petty had a big enough lead to where Lorenzen did not catch him until the car failed entirely.


1964 Volunteer 500, Race report
Five lead changes were made and the caution flag was waved only once for 14 laps. Darrell Bryant received the last place finish and a measly $275 paycheck ($2,295 when adjusted for inflation) for a fuel pressure issue on lap 1 that forced him out of the race. Petty would receive the pole position for his qualifying speed of 82.910 miles per hour (133.431 km/h) while the average speed of the race would be 78.044 miles per hour (125.600 km/h).


1964 Volunteer 500, Race report
Bristol was a flatter track during the 1960s and the banking was more shallow.


1964 Volunteer 500, Race report
Darrell Bryant and Doug Wilson would make their NASCAR debuts here. Johnny Nave would exit the NASCAR Cup Series after this race. Fourteen notable crew chiefs participated in the event; including Herman Beam, Glen Wood, Banjo Matthews, Herb Nab and Jimmy Helms.


1964 Volunteer 500, Race report
The transition to purpose-built racecars began in the early 1960s and occurred gradually over that decade. Changes made to the sport by the late 1960s brought an end to the "strictly stock" vehicles of the 1950s.


1964 Vuelta a España
The 19th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 30 April to 16 May 1964. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 2,860 km (1,780 mi), and was won by Raymond Poulidor of the Mercier cycling team. José Pérez Frances won the points classification and Julio Jiménez won the mountains classification.


1964 WANFL season
The 1964 WANFL season was the 80th season of the various incarnations of the Western Australian National Football League.


1964 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1964 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 5th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 12 and March 14, 1964. All games were played at home team campus sites. By reaching the title game both Denver and Michigan were invited to participate in the 1964 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1964 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The top four teams in the WCHA, based upon the conference regular season standings, were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 4 . In the first round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds were matched in two-game series where the school that scored the higher number of goals was declared the winner. The winners advanced to the title game which was to be played at the higher remaining seed's home venue. Due to the ongoing dispute between Minnesota and Denver the Golden Gophers refused to participate in the tournament and were replaced by 5th-place North Dakota.


1964 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PCT = Winning Percentage; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


1964 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
The 1964 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represented Wake Forest University during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. In its first season under head coach Bill Tate, the team compiled a 5–5 record and finished in a three-way tie for third place in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).


1964 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
Three players received first-team All-ACC honors from the Associated Press: fullback Brian Piccolo, quarterback John Mackovic, and end Richard Cameron. Piccolo was a unanimous selection for the all-conference team, and was also selected as a first-team All-American by Football News. He set three ACC records in 1964 with 1,044 rushing yards, 111 points scored, and 17 touchdowns. Piccolo also led the nation in 1964 in rushing yards, rushing touchdowns, and points scored. He was named the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Player of the Year, yet went unselected in the both the AFL and NFL drafts. Mackovic led the Demon Deacons with 1,340 passing yards while completing 89 of 195 passes. Cameron caught 29 passes for 410 yards.


1964 Wales rugby union tour of Africa
The 1964 Wales rugby union tour of Africa was a collection of friendly rugby union games undertaken by the Wales national rugby union team to Africa. The tour took in five matches against African regional and invitational teams with one test against South Africa. This was the first official Wales tour to the southern hemisphere; Wales' first match outside Europe (and thus their first match in the Southern Hemisphere) was played against East Africa on Tuesday May 12 1964.


1964 Wales rugby union tour of Africa
The tour was not a success for Wales. Under the leadership of Clive Rowlands, Wales won the opening two games, but were unconvincing in the second match against Boland. The South African test at Durban saw Wales lose by the largest margin in forty years.


1964 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election
The 1964 Waltham Forest Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Waltham Forest London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained control of the council.


1964 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election, Background
These elections were the first to the newly formed borough. Previously elections had taken place in the Municipal Borough of Chingford, Municipal Borough of Leyton and Municipal Borough of Walthamstow. These boroughs were joined to form the new London Borough of Waltham Forest by the London Government Act 1963.


1964 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election, Background
A total of 161 candidates stood in the election for the 48 seats being contested across 16 wards. These included a full slate from the Labour and Liberal parties, while the Conservative stood 42 candidates. Other candidates included 18 Residents and 5 Communists. All wards were three-seat wards.


1964 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election, Background
This election had aldermen as well as directly elected councillors. Labour got all 8 aldermen.


1964 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election, Background
The Council was elected in 1964 as a "shadow authority" but did not start operations until 1 April 1965.


1964 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw Labour gain the new council with a majority of 24 after winning 36 of the 48 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 32.0%. This turnout included 716 postal votes.


1964 Wandsworth London Borough Council election
The 1964 Wandsworth Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Wandsworth London Borough Council in England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained control of the council.


1964 Wandsworth London Borough Council election, Background
These elections were the first to the newly formed borough. Previously elections had taken place in the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea and Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth. These boroughs were merged by the London Government Act 1963 to form the new London Borough of Wandsworth.


1964 Wandsworth London Borough Council election, Background
A total of 169 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 20 wards. These included a full slate from the Conservative and Labour parties, while the Liberals stood 35 candidates. Other candidates included 15 Communists, 4 Independents and 1 Rad Lib. All wards were three-seat wards.


1964 Wandsworth London Borough Council election, Background
This election had aldermen as well as directly elected councillors. Labour won all 10 aldermen.


1964 Wandsworth London Borough Council election, Background
The Council was elected in 1964 as a "shadow authority" but did not start operations until 1 April 1965.


1964 Wandsworth London Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw Labour gain the new council with a majority of 34 after winning 47 of the 60 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 35.0%. This turnout included 1,514 postal votes.


1964 Waratah state by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Waratah on 19 September 1964. It was triggered by the death of Edward Greaves (Labor).


1964 Washington Huskies football team
The 1964 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. In its eighth season under head coach Jim Owens, the team compiled a 6–4 record, finished third in the Athletic Association of Western Universities, and outscored its opponents 139 to 110. Charlie Browning and Rick Redman were the team captains.


1964 Washington Huskies football team, Professional football draft selections
Four University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1965 NFL Draft, which lasted twenty rounds with 280 selections. Two of those Huskies were also selected in the 1965 AFL Draft, which lasted twenty rounds with 160 selections.


1964 Washington Redskins season
The 1964 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 33rd season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 28th in Washington, D.C.. The team improved on their 3–11 record from 1963 and finished 6–8.


1964 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Season summary, Week 5
The first meeting between the two teams since they traded quarterbacks in the offseason.


1964 Washington Redskins season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1964 Washington Senators season
The 1964 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing 9th in the American League with a record of 62 wins and 100 losses.


1964 Washington Senators season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1964 Washington Senators season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1964 Washington Senators season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1964 Washington Senators season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1964 Washington Senators season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1964 Washington State Cougars football team
The 1964 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. In their first season under head coach Bert Clark, the Cougars compiled a 3–6–1 record (1–2–1 in AAWU, tie for sixth), and were outscored 208 to 165.


1964 Washington State Cougars football team
The team's statistical leaders included Dave Petersen with 478 passing yards, Clancy Williams with 783 rushing yards, and Tom Kelley with 218 receiving yards. Williams was the ninth overall pick of the 1965 NFL Draft, selected in the first round by the Los Angeles Rams.


1964 Washington State Cougars football team
Hired in January, Clark was previously an assistant at rival Washington for seven seasons under head coach Jim Owens; both had played collegiately at Oklahoma under hall of fame head coach Bud Wilkinson. Clark's initial contract at WSU was for three years at $16,500 per year.


1964 Washington gubernatorial election
The 1964 Washington gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1964, between incumbent Democratic governor Albert Rosellini and Republican nominee Daniel J. Evans.


1964 Washington gubernatorial election
Rosellini, a former state senator, was elected governor in 1956 and re-elected in 1960; he had become unpopular after a series of scandals and increasing partisan division in the state legislature. Evans was a member of the state house of representatives and became the minority leader for the Republicans.


1964 Washington gubernatorial election
Despite the state's favoring of Democrats in national elections in 1964, Evans won by a large margin using a "Blueprint for Progress" as a cornerstone of his campaign.


1964 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
The 1964 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship was the 64th staging of the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Waterford County Board in 1897.


1964 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
On 11 October 1964, Mount Sion won the championship after a 3-06 to 1-06 defeat of Abbeyside in the final. This was their 19th championship title overall and their second title in succession.


1964 West German presidential election
An indirect presidential election (officially the 4th Federal Convention) was held in West Germany on 1 July 1964. President Heinrich Lübke was renominated by the Christian Democratic Union. The Free Democratic Party nominated justice minister Ewald Bucher. The Social Democratic Party was divided. The official party line was that they supported President Lübke's re-election. Some have speculated this was a first move towards the grand-coalition that brought Kurt Kiesinger to power two years later. However, the high number of abstentions seems to indicate that not all members of the SPD caucus agreed with this move, as does the fact that Ewald Bucher received at least 19 votes from outside his own party.


1964 West German presidential election, Composition of the Federal Convention
The President is elected by the Federal Convention consisting of all the members of the Bundestag and an equal number of delegates representing the states. These are divided proportionally by population to each state, and each state's delegation is divided among the political parties represented in its parliament so as to reflect the partisan proportions in the parliament.


1964 West German presidential election, Composition of the Federal Convention
Source: Eine Dokumentation aus Anlass der Wahl des Bundespräsidenten am 18. März 2012


1964 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 1964 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season.


1964 West Virginia gubernatorial election
The 1964 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1964, to elect the governor of West Virginia.


1964 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The 1964 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. In their first season under head coach Bill Doolittle, the Broncos compiled a 3–6 record (2–4 against MAC opponents), finished in fifth place in the MAC, and were outscored by their opponents, 185 to 77. The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.


1964 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The team's statistical leaders included Bob Radlinski with 469 passing yards, Troy Allen with 185 rushing yards, and Allen Howze with 94 receiving yards. Quarterback Troy Allen, tackle Paul Rakow, and end Tom Titcomb were the team captains. Center Jim Reid received the team's most outstanding player award.


1964 Western Michigan Broncos football team
Bill Doolittle was hired as Western's head football coach on January 20, 1964. He had played quarterback at Ohio State from 1946 to 1948 and was the backfield coach at Army during the 1962 and 1963 seasons.


1964 Western Samoan general election
General elections were held in Western Samoa on 4 April 1964, the first since independence in 1962. All candidates ran as independents. Following the elections, Fiame Mata'afa Faumuina Mulinu'u II remained Prime Minister.


1964 Western Samoan general election, Electoral system
There were two voter rolls; one for indigenous Samoans (which was restricted to matai) and one for non-indigenous citizens, known as "individual voters". People of mixed ancestry could choose which roll to register on. As women rarely gained matai titles, it was unusual for women to be able to vote or stand for election in the Samoan seats.


1964 Western Samoan general election, Electoral system
Prior to the elections, the number of elected members was increased from 46 to 47; the number of Samoan seats was increased from 41 to 45, and the number of non-indigenous seats reduced from five to two. Only around 7,000 of the adult population of 45,000 was able to vote.


1964 Western Samoan general election, Campaign
A total of 107 candidates contested the elections, with only one female candidate, Lefine Satia in Faasaleleaga 3. Prime Minister Mata'afa was challenged in his Lotofaga constituency by former MLA Fonoti Ioane.


1964 Western Samoan general election, Campaign
Fourteen candidates in the Samoan constituencies were returned unopposed. Only three candidates contested the two-seat individual voter constituency, all of which were incumbent MLAs.


1964 Western Samoan general election, Results
27 of the 47 elected MLAs were new to the legislature. Voter turnout was around 90% for individual voters.


1964 Western Samoan general election, Aftermath
Following the elections, Mata'afa was unanimously re-elected as Prime Minister by the Legislative Assembly. He then appointed a nine-member cabinet, including three new ministers, Papali'i Poumau, Ulualofaiga Talamaivao and Laufili Time.


1964 Westminster City Council election
The 1964 Westminster Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Westminster City Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained control of the council.


1964 Westminster City Council election, Background
These elections were the first to the newly formed borough. Previously elections had taken place in the Metropolitan Borough of Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone and Metropolitan Borough of Westminster. These boroughs were joined to form the new London Borough of Westminster by the London Government Act 1963.


1964 Westminster City Council election, Background
A total of 155 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 31 wards. These included a full slate from the Conservative and Labour parties, while the Liberals stood 31 candidates. Other candidates included 4 from the Communist party. There were 20 single-seat wards, 6 three-seat wards, 4 five-seat wards and 1 two-seat ward.


1964 Westminster City Council election, Background
This election had aldermen as well as directly elected councillors. The Conservatives got 7 aldermen and Labour 3.


1964 Westminster City Council election, Background
The Council was elected in 1964 as a "shadow authority" but did not start operations until 1 April 1965.


1964 Westminster City Council election, Election result
The results saw the Conservatives gain the new council with a majority of 22 after winning 41 of the 60 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 28.0%. This turnout included 1,343 postal votes.


1964 Wichita State Shockers football team
The 1964 Wichita State Shockers football team was an American football team that represented Wichita State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. In its third and final season under head coach Marcelino Huerta, the team compiled a 4–6 record (2–2 against conference opponents), finished third out of five teams in the MVC, and was outscored by a total of 197 to 112. The team played its home games at Veterans Field, now known as Cessna Stadium.


1964 Wightman Cup
The 1964 Wightman Cup was the 36th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London in England in the United Kingdom.


1964 Wilkes 400
The 1964 Wilkes 400 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on October 11, 1964, at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina.


1964 Wilkes 400, Background
Through the 1960s and 1970s the NASCAR Grand National Series began focusing on bigger, faster, and longer tracks. Like other short tracks in NASCAR at the time, crowd capacity and purses were small compared to the larger tracks. Over time, Enoch Staley and Jack Combs attempted to keep the facility modern and on pace with the growth of the sport. The West Grandstand was rebuilt with chair-type seats rather than the old bare concrete slabs. New larger restroom facilities were built, and the South Grandstand was expanded.


1964 Wilkes 400, Background
A garage facility was also built within the track, which at the time was rare for short-track venues. But the main focus was on keeping ticket prices affordable. Food and beverage prices were kept low, and event parking and camping were always free. As long as profits covered maintenance costs, Staley was satisfied with the income of the track.


1964 Wilkes 400, Background
In the Gwyn Staley 160 of 1960, Junior Johnson beat 21 other drivers for the pole position with a lap speed of 83.860 mph. Glen Wood overtook Johnson to lead the first lap, but Johnson had the race under control and led the next 145 laps. Lee Petty moved up from the eighth starting position to challenge Johnson late in the race. With 14 laps remaining, Johnson and Petty made contact. Johnson's car was sent spinning into the guardrail. Petty lead the final 14 laps to win his third straight race at North Wilkesboro.


1964 Wilkes 400, Background
The crowd of 9,200 pelted Petty with bottles, rocks, and debris after his win; he had done their local hero wrong. When Petty took the microphone in Victory Lane to explain his side of the story, the crowd began jeering. Rex White finished second, and Wood placed third. Ned Jarrett finished fourth under the alias John Lentz.


1964 Wilkes 400, Background
The length of the fall race in 1960 was increased from its usual 160 laps / 100 miles to 320 laps / 200 miles, this it became known as the Wilkes 320. Speeds increased immensely from the previous record, 1.83 seconds quicker than any previous qualifying lap (86.806 to 93.399 mph). Rex White posted the fastest qualifying lap and dethroned Lee Petty from his three-race winning streak at North Wilkesboro. Junior Johnson finished about half a lap behind White in second place.


1964 Wilkes 400, Background
In the 1961 running of the Gwyn Staley 400, Junior Johnson recorded another pole, this time by 0.57 seconds better than the previous track record, with his qualifying time of 23.52 (95.660 mph). Johnson led all of the 62 laps he ran before transmission problems forced him out of the race. Fred Lorenzen led the next 61 laps until engine problems took him out of the running. And Curtis Turner led 56 laps before experiencing problems as well. 1960 Grand National Champion Rex White, who started on the outside pole, led the remaining 221 laps and won the race.


1964 Wilkes 400, Background
Tommy Irwin started the race in sixth position and finished the Gwyn Staley 400 two laps behind White. Richard Petty followed in third place. Fireball Roberts, in a Pontiac owned by Smokey Yunick, finished fourth (ten laps down), and Johnny Allen, who crashed out of the race on his 387th lap, still finished in fifth place. Only 12 of the 25 cars that entered the race were running at the finish of the first 400-lap edition of the Gwyn Staley race.


1964 Wilkes 400, Background
In the 1963 Wilkes 400, Fred Lorenzen captured his third straight pole at the track by breaking his own record with a lap time of 23.30 seconds / 96.566 mph. Richard Petty entered the race in an attempt to become the first driver to win four consecutive races at North Wilkesboro. But he experienced engine problems and lasted only 45 laps into the race. Lorenzen led 58 laps, but came up short of victory, six seconds behind winner Marvin Panch.


1964 Wilkes 400, Background
Panch did not start the 1963 season until halfway through because he had nearly lost his life in a crash while testing a Maserati at Daytona that February. Panch, in a Wood Brothers car, started third and led 131 laps in the race. Holman-Moody took the next three spots in the final rundown, with Lorenzen second, Nelson Stacy third, and Fireball Roberts fourth. Stacy started fourth and led 56 laps, while Roberts started from the outside pole and led the most laps with 155.


1964 Wilkes 400, Race report
This race took two hours and forty-four minutes to successfully complete with stock cars reaching speeds of 91.398 miles per hour (147.091 km/h). Marvin Panch managed to defeat Fred Lorenzen by a time of 5.8 seconds; Fred Lorenzen was leading until he had to pit for gas 25 laps from the end of the race and Marvin Panch took the lead for good. Two cautions were given for 28 laps in front of twelve thousand live spectators. Junior Johnson qualified for the pole position for this race with a solo speed of 100.761 miles per hour (162.159 km/h). Buddy Arrington and Doug Cooper failed to make any prize winnings for their respective 31st and 32nd-place finishes. They crashed into each other at lap 2 of the 400-lap race.


1964 Wilkes 400, Race report
Mark Hurley would retire from the NASCAR Grand National Series after the conclusion of this event; taking his 1963 Ford Galaxie to its final 400 miles of racing action. The winner would walk away with a grand total of $3,225 in winnings ($26,585 when adjusted for inflation) while the bottom two finishers walked away with nothing.


1964 Wilkes 400, Race report
Notable crew chiefs who actively participated in this race were Jimmy Helms, Dale Inman, Herb Nab, Banjo Matthews, Glen Wood, Herman Beam, Bud Moore among others.


1964 Wilkes 400, Race report
The transition to purpose-built racecars began in the early 1960s and occurred gradually over that decade. Changes made to the sport by the late 1960s brought an end to the "strictly stock" vehicles of the 1950s.


1964 Wilkes 400, Race report, Qualifying
Failed to qualify:  Terry Murchison (#13) Withdrew from race: Paul Goldsmith (#25), Bobby Isaac (#26), Possum Jones (#31), Marshall Sargent (#89)


1964 William & Mary Indians football team
The 1964 William & Mary Indians football team represented William & Mary during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season.


1964 Wimbledon Championships
The 1964 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 22 June until Saturday 4 July 1964. It was the 78th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1964. Roy Emerson and Maria Bueno won the singles titles.


1964 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Men's Doubles
Bob Hewitt /  Fred Stolle defeated  Roy Emerson /  Ken Fletcher, 7–5, 11–9, 6–4


1964 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Women's Doubles
Margaret Smith /  Lesley Turner defeated  Billie Jean Moffitt /  Karen Susman, 7–5, 6–2


1964 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Mixed Doubles
'Fred Stolle /  Lesley Turner defeated  Ken Fletcher /  Margaret Smith, 6–4, 6–4


1964 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles
Ismail El Shafei defeated Vladimir Korotkov in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the Boys' Singles tennis title at the 1964 Wimbledon Championships.


1964 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
Peaches Bartkowicz defeated Elena Subirats in the final, 6–3, 6–1 to win the Girls' Singles tennis title at the 1964 Wimbledon Championships.


1964 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Rafael Osuna and Antonio Palafox were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Bob Hewitt and Fred Stolle.


1964 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Hewitt and Stolle defeated Roy Emerson and Ken Fletcher in the final, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 to win the Gentlemen' Doubles tennis title at the 1964 Wimbledon Championship.


1964 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1964 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Roy Emerson defeated Fred Stolle 6–4, 12–10, 4–6, 6–3 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1964 Wimbledon Championships. Chuck McKinley was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Stolle.


1964 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1964 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Fred Stolle and Lesley Turner defeated the reigning champions Ken Fletcher and Margaret Smith in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 1964 Wimbledon Championships.


1964 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles, Seeds
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1964 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Maria Bueno and Darlene Hard were the defending champions, but Hard did not compete. Bueno partnered with Robyn Ebbern but lost in the semifinals to Billie Jean Moffitt and Karen Susman.


1964 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Margaret Smith and Lesley Turner defeated Moffitt and Susman in the final, 7–5, 6–2 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 1964 Wimbledon Championships.


1964 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles, Seeds
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1964 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Maria Bueno defeated the defending champion Margaret Smith in the final, 6–4, 7–9, 6–3 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1964 Wimbledon Championships.


1964 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
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1964 Winchester by-election
The 1964 Winchester by-election was held on 14 May 1964. It was held after the incumbent Conservative MP Peter Smithers was appointed as the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe. It was retained for the Conservative Party by their candidate Morgan Morgan-Giles.


1964 Winchester by-election, Background
The by-election was one of four (the others being Bury St Edmunds, Devizes and Rutherglen being held on the same day in which the seat was being defended by a candidate supporting the incumbent Conservative government. With a general election due later in the year, the results were anticipated with interest as pointer to  what might happen at the election. According to The Glasgow Herald unlike the other three seats, Winchester was expected to be an easy win for the Conservatives, although it was expected that the Conservative majority would be cut.


1964 Winchester by-election, Aftermath
While the Conservatives held Winchester, it was reported that if the swing of 8.5% from Conservative to Labour were repeated at the general election it would give the latter a majority of over 170 seats. However, the result at Devizes showed a much lower swing to Labour.


1964 Winter Olympics
The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (German: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. The city was already an Olympic candidate, unsuccessfully bidding to host the 1960 Games. Innsbruck won the 1964 Games bid defeating the cities of Calgary in Canada and Lahti in Finland. The sports venues, many of which were built for the Games, were located within a radius of twenty kilometers around Innsbruck.


1964 Winter Olympics
The Games included 1,091 athletes from 36 nations, which was a record for the Winter Games at the time. Athletes participated in six sports and ten disciplines which bring together a total of thirty-four official events, seven more than the 1960. The luge made its debut on the Olympic program. Three Asian nations made their Winter Games debut: North Korea, India and Mongolia.


1964 Winter Olympics
Two Soviet women dominated their respective disciplines: Lidia Skoblikova won all four women's races of speed skating while Klavdiya Boyarskikh won all three events of cross-country skiing. The Swedish cross-country skier Sixten Jernberg, a three-time medalist at these Games, became the first athlete to achieve nine medals at the Winter Games. In alpine skiing, the French sisters Christine and Marielle Goitschel each obtained a gold and a silver medal. The Soviet Union was first in the medal table with twenty-five medals, eleven of which are gold.


1964 Winter Olympics
The Soviet Union was followed by Austria, the host country, which won twelve medals, four of which were gold. Before the Games, the Austrian army was mobilized to deal with the lack of snow. They brought thousands of cubic meters of it from Brenner Pass, close to the Italian border. The Olympic Winter Games was held a second time in Innsbruck in 1976.


1964 Winter Olympics
The Olympic Torch was carried by Joseph Rieder, a former alpine skier who had participated in the 1956 Winter Olympics.


1964 Winter Olympics
The Games were affected by the deaths of Australian alpine skier Ross Milne and British luge slider Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypeski, during training, and by the deaths, three years earlier, of the entire United States figure skating team and family members.


1964 Winter Olympics, Bid and background for the Games, Host city selection
The city of Innsbruck submitted its first Olympic bid in the 1950s to host the 1960 Winter Olympic Games. The Austrians had a convincing bid and were viewed as the favorites to host the games. In the second round of the vote of the members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) selected the American city of Squaw Valley.


1964 Winter Olympics, Bid and background for the Games, Host city selection
A month later, the Innsbruck authorities decided to enter a bid again for the 1964 Winter Games. On 26 May 1959, during the 55th session of the (IOC) in Munich, West Germany, the Austrians were selected in a landslide for the Games with 49 votes in the first round, ahead of Calgary (Canada), which obtained 9 votes and Lahti (Finland), which did not receive a vote.


1964 Winter Olympics, Bid and background for the Games, Political situation
Despite the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, which increased tensions between East and West and the fact that East Germany wanted to have its own team, the  IOC  managed to maintain the United Team of Germany for the third consecutive Olympiad. In the 1960s, the IOC also discussed the Olympic participation of South Africa, a country immersed in the apartheid regime. During the Games in Innbruck, the IOC President Avery Brundage announced that the country would not be able to participate in the 1964 Summer Olympics because of its policy of racial segregation in sport.


1964 Winter Olympics, Bid and background for the Games, Political situation
On the other hand, several African countries which had become independent joined the Olympic movement: the national Olympic committees of Algeria, of Congo, from Nigeria and Sierra Leone were recognized by the IOC during the session held during the Innsbruck Games. The number of IOC member nations increased to 114. In addition, the Innsbruck Games were used for the dissemination of political messages. Five Iranian students are arrested after marching with banners hostile to the shah. Twenty other Iranians, who demonstrated for the release of prisoners in their country, were also imprisoned.


1964 Winter Olympics, Organization, Organizing Committee
The Organizing Committee of the IX Winter Olympics in Innsbruck 1964 was formed on 2 June 1959. Heinrich Drimmel, President of the Austrian Olympic Committee and Federal Minister of Education, was elected as its president and Friedl Wolfgang was elected as its secretary-general. The organizing committee was made up of the general assembly, the board of directors, and the executive committee, as well as eight sub-committees created to manage the different aspects of the Games: finance, construction, sports, transport, etc. accommodation and medical services, lodging, administration and checks.


1964 Winter Olympics, Organization, Financial aspects
The Innsbruck Games cost around one billion schillings, or 40 million US dollars distributed among the organizing committee, the Austrian state, the Land of Tyrol and the city of Innsbruck. The organizers tried to reduce the expenses related to the provisional elements, and to invest more money for the facilities which would continue to be used after the Games. The Olympiaeisstadion costs 75 million schillings, the renovation of the Bergisel Ski Jump 15 million and the Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck 10 million. The development of ski slopes, cross-country skiing and biathlon required a total of 29 million. The Olympic village, intended to become a leisure center, costs 174 million. A total of 225 million was invested to renovate and develop the road network in the region.


1964 Winter Olympics, Organization, Television
The 1964 edition was the third time that the Winter Games were broadcast on television and the second time that exclusive broadcasting rights were sold. This was a substantial increase: where they were US$50,000 in 1960, the broadcast rights yielded US$937,000 in 1964, which was approximately 24 million schillings. Thirty countries broadcast the Games. The American channel ABC paid nearly 15.4 million schillings, or 64 per cent of the broadcast rights revenue. The Eurovision network spent around 7.6 million for 16 countries, the Soviet television SURк600,000 and the Intervision network US$550,000 for six countries in Western Europe. The CTV Television Network paid C$5,000 for the exclusive broadcast rights in Canada.


1964 Winter Olympics, Schedule, Calendar
The Games were held over twelve days, from January 29 to February 9. Thirty-four events were on the program, an increase from the twenty-seven at Squaw Valley four years earlier. Three luge events (individual men and women, doubles men) were included in the Olympic program. Bobsled, which was absent from the 1960 Games due to the cost of building the track, returned to the Games.Ski jumping was divided into two events (small and large hill) and the women's 5-kilometer was added in cross-country skiing. Ice stock sport (Eisstockschießen), a variant of curling popular in Alpine countries, was a demonstration sport as in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1936. In total, 1,073,000 people attend the various events. The disciplines which attracted the most spectators were alpine skiing and ice hockey.


1964 Winter Olympics, Schedule, Calendar
† The numeral indicates the number of event finals for each sport held that day.


1964 Winter Olympics, Schedule, Weather conditions before the Games
In the weeks leading up to the Games, temperatures often rose above zero degrees Celsius due to the foehn, a hot, dry wind. There was no major snowfall for seven weeks, and the rain melted snow and ice at sports venues. This was the first time in around a century that the snowfall had been so low in Tyrol. Two weeks before the start of the Games, thousands of Austrian soldiers were mobilized to transport by truck 40,000m3 of snow from the Brenner Pass, close to the Italian border, and spread it by hand on the ski slopes. 20,000m3 of snow was built up and 20,000 blocks of ice were transported to the bobsleigh and toboggan run.


1964 Winter Olympics, Schedule, Opening Ceremony
The Opening Ceremony took place on January 29 at the Bergisel Ski Jump stadium in front of approximately 50,000 spectators. The Games were opened by the President of Austria Adolf Schärf. The bobsledder Paul Aste took the Olympic oath. Aste modified the oath slightly: instead of saying "for the glory of sport and the honor of our countries", he replaced the word "country" with "teams" to remove the nationalist elements of the oath. This was the first time that the Olympic flame of the Winter Games has been lit in front of the Temple of Hera in Olympia, Greece. In the stadium, the alpine skier Josef Rieder lit the cauldron. Tyrolean orchestras performed during the ceremony.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Biathlon
The biathlon made its second Olympic appearance. As in 1960, the only event contested was a 20-kilometer cross-country ski race with four shooting ranges of 100 to 250 meters. Soviet athlete Vladimir Melanin, a heavy favorite, won the event. This was the first time he did not miss any of his twenty shots in a major competition. His compatriot Aleksandr Privalov, who also had a clean shoot, was second by more than three minutes and the Norwegian Olav Jordet, who missed a target, won the bronze medal. The Finn Veikko Hakulinen was the fastest, but missed six shots and finished 15th.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Bobsleigh
The bobsleigh was not on the program for the 1960 Winter Olympic Games, at Squaw Valley in the United States, because of the low number of crews and the cost of building the track. In 1964, bobsleigh events made a comeback and were contested on the Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck. Neither of the two Olympic champion teams, Great Britain and Canada, has a track in their country


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Bobsleigh
During the first round of the two-man event, the bobsleigh of the British Robin Dixon and Tony Nash was damaged and the competition's favorite, the Italian Eugenio Monti, lent them a axle bolt. After two rounds, the British beat the two Italian teams. After the third set, the Italians Sergio Zardini and Romano Bonagura beat Dixon and Nash by just five hundredths of a second. Finally, Dixon and Nash become Olympic champions with 12 hundredths ahead of silver medalists Zardini and Bonagura and 73 over third, Eugenio Monti and Sergio Siorpaes. This is the only time in history that the British have been Olympic bobsleigh champions. After the Games, Monti received the first Pierre de Coubertin medal for his sportsmanship towards the British team.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Bobsleigh
The Canadians surprised in the four-man bobsleigh event. As the country competed for the first time in the Olympic bobsleigh events, the pilot's team Vic Emery won the first round, breaking the track record, and increased his lead in the following three rounds. Canada won gold by more than a second ahead of Erwin Thaler 's Austrian bobsleigh and Eugenio Monti' s Italian bobsleigh.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Nordic combined
The Nordic combined event took place in the village of Seefeld in Tirol. On the first day, the competitors did three jumps and the two best results are recorded. The next day, they did a 15-kilometer cross-country ski race. The final ranking was established with a new points system.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Nordic combined
The reigning Olympic champion, the German Georg Thoma, was first ahead of the Norwegian Tormod Knutsen and the Soviet Nikolay Kiselyov after the jumps. Knutsen needed to beat Thoma by at least twelve seconds in the cross-country ski race to pass him, which he did, winning by 1.33 and becoming Olympic champion. Kisseliov wins the silver medal. Thoma, who had wax problems and fell twice during the race, was third, just 0.16 points behind Kisseliov after a tenth place finish in cross-country skiing.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Ice hockey
The matches of ice hockey were played in the Olympiaeisstadion and the Messehalle. The sixteen participating teams first played a match to determine their group for the rest of the competition: group A (which allocates places 1 to 8) or in group B (places 9 to 16). Then, each team faces the other seven of its group.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Ice hockey
In Group A, the Soviet favorites won their seven matches and became Olympic champions. The tournament was actually very close since in the last game, the Soviets were losing 2–1 against Canada after two periods to finally win 3–2; if Canada had won they would have taken the gold medal. Behind the Soviet Union, three teams had five wins and two losses: Canada, Czechoslovakia and Sweden. These three teams were ranked by goal difference with Sweden receiving silver, Czechoslovakia bronze and Canada finishing fourth. The Americans, reigning Olympic champions, were fifth. The Canadians, who are not satisfied with the method used to decide between Sweden and Czechoslovakia, boycott the medal ceremony.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Luge
Luge was a popular sport in the Alpine countries, the first competition of which dates back to 1831. The first international event was organized in 1928. The  IOC  decided in 1954 to include luge in the program of the 1964 Games to replace the skeleton, because there was only one only one track adapted to this sport: the Cresta Run of Saint-Moritz in Switzerland. Three events are contested at the Games: individual for men and women and two for men. Some commentators believed that luge was too dangerous a sport to enter the Olympic program. The death of Poland-born British luger Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypeski during a test run two weeks before the start of the Games helped reinforce this position.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Luge
The luge events were dominated by the Germans, who take five out of six medals individually. During the men's individual event, a German trio dominated the competition: the 1962 world champion Thomas Köhler as well as Klaus Bonsack and Hans Plenk are the top three in each of the first three rounds. , won respectively by Köhler, Bonsack and again Köhler. Bonsack also wins the fourth round. Finally, Köhler is Olympic champion with 27 hundredths ahead of Bonsack and 3.38 of Plenk.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Luge
The German Ilse Geisler, world champion in 1962 and 1963, was the favorite in the women's event. However, it was her compatriot Ortrun Enderlein who won the first three races. Geiser took a lot of risks in the last heat and made a big mistake, letting Enderlein wins again. Enderlein became Olympic champion, almost three seconds ahead of Geisler. The Austrian Helene Thurner won the bronze medal.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Luge
The doubles event, which takes place over two rounds, was dominated by the Austrians. Indeed, Josef Feistmantl and Manfred Stengl won the first round ahead of Reinhold Senn and Helmut Thaler. The latter won the second round without worrying Feistmantl and Stengl, crowned Olympic champions. Italians Walter Aussendorfer and Sigisfredo Mair are bronze medalists.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Figure skating
The figure skating events were held at the Olympiaeisstadion. Individually, men and women performed a free skate and compulsory figures while, for the last time in an international competition, the couples only presented one program. Computers are used for refereeing, which is new to the Olympics. The data processing system provided by the company IBM allows scores to be announced instantly. In addition to figure skating, information is sent to a data center at University of Innsbruck from eleven other facilities.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Figure skating
In the men's event, the German Manfred Schnelldorfer became Olympic champion by winning each round. The Frenchman Alain Calmat, slightly favored before the Olympics, finished in second place. The American Scott Allen won the bronze medal, two days before his fifteenth birthday. He thus becomes the youngest medalist in the history of the Winter Games.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Figure skating
The big favorite in the women's event, the Dutch Sjoukje Dijkstra, easily became Olympic champion. She is in fact placed in the first row by the nine judges. In front of the Dutch royal family, she won the first Dutch gold medal at the Winter Games. The Austrian Regine Heitzer was the silver medalist with a small lead over the Canadian Petra Burka.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Figure skating
The Soviets Ludmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov, a married couple, narrowly won the pair event ahead of the German favorites Marika Kilius and Hans-Jürgen Bäumler. The bronze medal went to Canadians Debbi Wilkes and Guy Revell. Olympic athletes must be amateurs s, and in 1966 Kilius and Bäumler had to return their medals because of a professional contract signed before the Games. The Canadians received the silver medal and the Americans Vivian and Ronald Joseph, initially fourth, received the bronze medal. In 1987, however, the  IOC  decided to return the medals of the German couple.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Figure skating
The results are then plunged into confusion since the different rankings do not indicate the same information. In 2013, the IOC indicated that the Soviets had the gold medal, the Canadians and the Germans shared the silver medal and the Americans the bronze medal. These were the official results since 1987.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Speed skating
The speed skating events took place on an outdoor track set up around the Olympiaeisstadion. While the Soviets dominated the women's events, the men's podiums are more international.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Speed skating
The American Terry McDermott, who was not one of the favorites,  won the men's 500 meters setting a new Olympic record. Taking part in his first international competition, he borrowed skates from his trainer Leo Freisinger. Three athletes, including the favorite of the event Yevgeny Grishin, shared second place. The Soviet Ants Antson won the gold medal in the 1,500 meters, ahead of the Dutch Kees Verkerk and the Norwegian Villy Haugen, after a very close race. The Norwegians score a hat-trick in the 5,000 meters.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Speed skating
Knut Johannesen is a gold medalist beating the Olympic record just two tenths ahead of Per Ivar Moe. Finally, the Swede Jonny Nilsson won the 10,000 meters ahead of the Norwegians Fred Anton Maier and Knut Johannesen. This race was controversial because Nilsson was one of the few to skate before the wind picked up, and enjoyed better ice than most of the other competitors.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Speed skating
The Soviet Lidia Skoblikova won all four races at the 1963 world championships. A big favorite, she reproduced the same performance at the 1964 Olympic Games, breaking the Olympic record each time. She thus becomes the first athlete to win four gold medals in one edition of the Winter Games and the first, after her two titles in 1960, to accumulate six gold medals in several editions. Skoblikova first won the 500 meters ahead of her compatriots Irina Yegorova and Tatyana Sidorova. On 1,000 meters, she was ahead of Irina Iegorova and the Finn Kaija Mustonen.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Speed skating
She dominated the 1,500 meters, with a time almost three seconds ahead of Mustonen. Finally, Skoblikova took the 5,000 meters with almost four seconds. The North Korean Han Pil-hwa, unknown before the Games, created a surprise: tied with Skoblikova halfway through the course, she was ended up tied for second with the Soviet Valentina Stenina. North Korea participated in the Games for the first time; that was the country's first Olympic medal. Upon her return home, Skoblikova was made a member of the Communist Party and became the first woman to win the title of Soviet Sportsman of the Year.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Ski jumping
For the first time in 1964, two ski jumping events were contested at the Olympic Games: small hill, contested at Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze and big hill, which takes place at Bergisel Ski Jump. They have a construction point of 70 and 90 meters respectively. Athletes jump three times and their two best results count in each event.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Ski jumping
The Czechoslovak Josef Matouš surprised many by winning the first round of the normal hill while the Finn Veikko Kankkonen, who was among the favorites, was only twenty-ninth. Kankkonen had the best jump of the competition in the second set, at 80 meters, and the Norwegian Toralf Engan took the lead. After the third round, Kankkonen who again produced a good jump, became Olympic champion. Toralf Engan is second while young Norwegian Torgeir Brandtzæg takes third place.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Ski jumping
In the first round of the big hill, Veikko Kankkonen took the lead in front of Toralf Engan with a jump of 95.5 meters. Engan took the first place after the second jump, while Kankkonen and Brandtzæg followed closely behind. Brandtzæg finished with a good jump unlike his two rivals. The medalists are the same as for the normal hill, but this time Engan is Olympic champion ahead of Kankkonen.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Alpine skiing
Most alpine skiing events were held at Axamer Lizum, with the men's downhill being held at Igls. Three events were on the program for men and women: downhill, giant slalom and slalom. For the first time at the Olympics, athletes were timed to the hundredth of a second. The competition was held in mourning for the death of Australian Ross Milne, who crashed into a tree during downhill training.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Alpine skiing
The Austrian Egon Zimmermann won the men's downhill, 74 hundredths of a second ahead of the French Léo Lacroix and 1.32 seconds over the German Wolfgang Bartels. For the last time at the Olympics, the men's giant slalom was held in a single round. The French François Bonlieu won the race ahead of the Austrian favorites: Karl Schranz was second, and Josef Stiegler was third. For the first time, the Olympic slalom has a two-round qualifying phase. The 25 best take part in the two final rounds which determine the ranking of the event. Austrian officials tried to replace Josef Stiegler with Egon Zimmermann, but Stiegler competed in the slalom under public pressure. He finally won the event. The Americans Billy Kidd and Jimmy Heuga, second and third respectively, won their country's first Olympic medals in alpine skiing.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Alpine skiing
In the women's downhill, the Austrians achieved the second treble in the history of the Winter Games in alpine skiing. The favorite Christl Haas was Olympic champion, more than a second ahead of Edith Zimmermann and Traudl Hecher. The technical events were dominated by two French women, the Goitschel sisters. Marielle Goitschel, aged 18, won the first round of the slalom ahead of her sister Christine, one year her senior. Christine was the fastest, however, in the second run. She won gold, ahead of Marielle, while the bronze medal is awarded to the American Jean Saubert.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Alpine skiing
Two days later, Christine Goitschel took the lead in the giant slalom. His time was then equaled by Jean Saubert. Marielle Goitschel, the fourteenth skier to set off, was almost a second ahead of them however. The eldest Goitschel finished furst this time, while her sister shares second place with Saubert.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Cross-country skiing
The cross-country skiing events took place near the village of Seefeld in Tirol. The men competed as usual in individual over 15, 30 and 50 kilometer as well as in the 4 × 10 kilometer relay. On the other hand, women competed for the first time at the Olympic Games the 5 kilometer, introduced at the world championships in 1962, in addition to the 10 kilometer and the relay 3 × 5 kilometer.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Cross-country skiing
Men's events started with the 30 kilometers. The Finn Eero Mäntyranta won the race ahead of the Norwegian Harald Grønningen and the Soviet Igor Voronchikhin. The Swede Sixten Jernberg, the favorite after his six Olympic medals obtained in 1956 and 1960, finished fifth. Eight of the top nine athletes were Scandinavian. In the 15 kilometer skied three days later, Eero Mäntyranta was once again crowned Olympic champion ahead of Harald Grønningen. Sixten Jernberg wins bronze, his seventh Olympic medal. Racing the day before his 35th birthday, Jernberg took the lead at the end of the 50 kilometer.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Cross-country skiing
He won gold, his eighth Olympic medal, finishing more than a minute ahead of his compatriot Assar Rönnlund. The end of the relay 4 × 10 kilometer was a duel between the Finnish Eero Mäntyranta and the Swede Assar Rönnlund, who overtook the Soviet Pavel Kolchin one kilometer from the finish . Sweden eventually won the event, eight seconds ahead of Finland and twelve over the Soviet Union. Jernberg ended his Olympic career with nine medals including four gold, which was a new record.


1964 Winter Olympics, Events, Cross-country skiing
Soviet skiers dominated the women's events as they won six of the seven possible medals. In the 10 kilometer they achieved the treble as in 1960: Klavdiya Boyarskikh ahead Yevdokiya Mekshilo and Maria Gusakova. For the first time among women, non-European cross-country skiers took part in the Olympic Games. The two North Koreans and the two Mongols, however, finished in the last four places. Boyarskikh also won the very close Olympic 5 km, while Finland's Mirja Lehtonen surprised by taking second place. The Soviet Alevtina Kolchina was third. Finally, the Soviets won the relay 3 × 5 kilometer for the first time. They were well ahead of the Swedes by two minutes and the Finns by three. Klavdiya Boyarskikh wins his third gold medal at these Games.


1964 Winter Olympics, Closing Ceremony
The Closing Ceremony took place on February 9 at the Olympiaeisstadion. The flags of Greece, the founding nation of the Olympic Games, Austria, the host country, and France, the host country of the next Games, were raised to the sound of the national anthems. The President of the  IOC  Avery Brundage officially declared the Games closed before the extinction of the Olympic flame.


1964 Winter Olympics, Table of medals
Fourteen of the thirty-six nations which participated in these Games won at least one medal, as detailed in the table below. Already first in 1956 and 1960, Soviet Union comes far ahead of this table with twenty-five medals: eleven gold, eight silver and six bronze. The host country, ninth four years earlier, was second with twelve medals, including seven in alpine skiing. Norway, fourth in 1964, came third with fifteen medals. For the first time since 1936, the Americans won only one gold medal.


1964 Winter Olympics, Table of medals, Most Medalist Athletes
The Soviets also dominated the ranking of the most medal-winning athletes as the speed skater Lidia Skoblikova and cross-country skier Klavdiya Boyarskikh came first and second.


1964 Winter Olympics, Venues
Several sports venues were built especially for the Games. New slopes for alpine skiing were developed near the village of Axamer Lizum, about twenty kilometers from Innsbruck. There is a bobsleigh and luge track in Igls, seven kilometers south of Innsbruck. The runway, 1506 meters long, had 14 curves and a drop of 138 meters. For the first time at the Games, the bobsleigh track used artificial ice. The Olympiaeisstadion, an eleven thousand-seat ice rink completed in 1963 and located in the center of Innsbruck, hosted the competitions of figure skating and most games of ice hockey. The other hockey matches were played at the Messehalle. The speed skating ring, made of artificial ice, was installed outside the Olympiaeisstadion.


1964 Winter Olympics, Venues
The ski jumping events were held on the Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze (normal hill) at Seefeld in Tirol and the Bergisel Ski Jump (big jump) in Innsbruck. The Bergisel ski jump, built in wood in 1920, was replaced by a concrete ski jump. The cross-country skiing and biathlon tracks were located in Seefeld, like the small hill. The opening ceremony was celebrated at the foot of the Bergisel ski jump while the closing ceremony took place at the Olympiaeisstadion. An Olympic Village consisting of eight eleven-storey buildings was built outside the city.


1964 Winter Olympics, Participating nations
A total of 36 nations sent athletes to Innsbruck, six more than in Squaw Valley in 1960. The total number of athletes was 1,091, up from 665 four years earlier. Mongolia, India and North Korea participated in the Winter Games for the first time. Belgium, Greece, Iran, Romania and Yugoslavia returned to this competition after missing it in 1960. On the other hand, South Africa and New Zealand, which took part in Squaw Valley, did not compete in Innsbruck. Athletes from West Germany (FRG) and East Germany (GDR) competed together as Unified Team Germany from 1956 to 1964.


1964 Winter Olympics, Participating nations
The number indicated in brackets is the number of athletes entered in the official events for each country.


1964 Winter Olympics, Medal count
These are the top ten nations that won medals at these Games:


1964 Winter Olympics, Prior fatalities
Two fatal events before the 1964 Winter Olympics affected the outcome and mood of the Games:


1964 Winter Olympics, Prior fatalities
There were also several injuries which occurred prior to the event.


1964 Winter Olympics, After the Games, After the Games
In the 1970s, the American city of Denver, chosen to host the 1976 Winter Olympics, rejected the bid after a statewide referendum. About ten cities applied to take over the Games and Innsbruck was selected. The main reasons for this choice were the venues built for the 1964 Games, which kept costs down, and their good organization during the 1964 Olympics. The Olympic venues subsequently hosted various sports competitions such as the Four Hills Tournament, Bobsleigh and Luge World Cup events, the Winter Universiade and the Ice Hockey World Championship in 2005 and the first Winter Youth Olympic Games in 2012.


1964 Winter Olympics medal table
The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, was a multi-sport event held in Innsbruck, Austria, from 29 January to 9 February. A total of 1,091 athletes from 36 nations participated in 34 events in 6 sports over 10 disciplines. India, Mongolia, and North Korea made their first Winter Olympics appearances; the latter achieved a 3,000 metres speed skating medal through Han Pil-hwa's silver medal tie with Valentina Stenina.


1964 Winter Olympics medal table
Soviet athlete Lidiya Skoblikova achieved four gold medals, winning more medals than any athlete.


1964 Winter Olympics medal table, Medal table
The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where nation is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee (NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.


1964 Winter Universiade
The 1964 Winter Universiade, the III Winter Universiade, took place in Špindlerův Mlýn, Czechoslovakia.


1964 Winter Universiade, Medalists, Alpine skiing
Men: Slalom Gold – Fritz Wagnerberger (West Germany) Silver – Yoshiharu Fukuhara (Japan) Bronze – Taliy Monastyrev (Soviet Union)


1964 Winter Universiade, Medalists, Alpine skiing
Men: Giant slalom Gold – Jerzy Wojna (Poland) Silver – Hajima Tomii (Japan) Bronze – Fritz Wagnerberger (West Germany)


1964 Winter Universiade, Medalists, Alpine skiing
Men: Downhill Gold – Fritz Wagnerberger (West Germany) Silver – Günther Scheuerl (West Germany) Bronze – Manfred Kostinger (Austria)


1964 Winter Universiade, Medalists, Alpine skiing
Men: Combined Combined event is the overall standings of all disciplines on the Universiade program. Gold – Fritz Wagnerberger (West Germany) Silver – Günther Scheuerl (West Germany) Bronze – Jerzy Wojna (Poland)


1964 Winter Universiade, Medalists, Alpine skiing
Women: Slalom Gold – Annie Famose (France) Silver – Pascale Judet (France) Bronze – Heidi Obrecht (Switzerland)


1964 Winter Universiade, Medalists, Alpine skiing
Women: Giant slalom Gold – Hiltrud Rohrbach (Austria) Silver – Heidi Obrecht (Switzerland) Bronze – Cécile Prince (France)


1964 Winter Universiade, Medalists, Alpine skiing
Women: Downhill Gold – Annie Famose (France) Silver – Hiltrud Rohrbach (Austria) Bronze – Pascale Judet (France)


1964 Winter Universiade, Medalists, Alpine skiing
Women: Combined Combined event is the overall standings of all disciplines on the Universiade program. Gold – Heidi Obrecht (Switzerland) Silver – Hiltrud Rohrbach (Austria) Bronze – Ilona Miclos (Romania)


1964 Winter Universiade, Medalists, Nordic skiing
Men: 15km classical Gold – Igor Vorongichin (Soviet Union) Silver – Valery Tarakanov (Soviet Union) Bronze – Nikolay Arzilov (Soviet Union)


1964 Winter Universiade, Medalists, Nordic skiing
Women: 5km Gold – Nina Demina (Soviet Union) Silver – Krastana Stoeva (Bulgaria) Bronze – Weronika Budna (Poland)


1964 Winter Universiade, Medalists, Nordic combined
Men: Gold – Vyacheslav Dryagin (Soviet Union) Silver – Stefan Oleksak (Czechoslovakia) Bronze – Takashi Fujisawa (Japan)


1964 Winter Universiade, Medalists, Ski jumping
Men: Small Hill - K90 Gold – Baldur Preiml (Austria) Silver – Yuriy Zubarev (Soviet Union) Bronze – Andrzej Szfolt (Poland)


1964 Winter Universiade, Medalists, Figure skating
Men: Gold – Karol Divín (Czechoslovakia) Silver – Nobuo Sato (Japan) Bronze – Valeriy Meshkov (Soviet Union)


1964 Winter Universiade, Medalists, Figure skating
Women: Gold – Miwa Fukuhara (Japan) Silver – Junko Ueno (Japan) Bronze – Helli Sengstschmid (Austria)


1964 Winter Universiade, Medalists, Figure skating
Ice dancing: Gold – György Korda / Pál Vásárhelyi (Hungary) Silver – Jutta Peters / Wolfgang Kunz (West Germany) Bronze – Irena Spatenková / Michal Jiránek (Czechoslovakia)


1964 Wisconsin Badgers football team
The 1964 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1964 Big Ten Conference football season.


1964 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
The 1964 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1964. Republican Warren P. Knowles won the election with 51% of the vote, winning his first term as Governor of Wisconsin and defeating incumbent Democrat John W. Reynolds.


1964 Wollongong-Kembla state by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Wollongong-Kembla on 29 February 1964. It was triggered by the resignation of Rex Connor (Labor) to successfully contest the federal seat of Cunningham at the 1963 election.


1964 Women's British Open Squash Championship
The 1964 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club in London from 15–21 February 1964.Heather Blundell won her third consecutive title defeating Fran Marshall for the third successive year in the final.


1964 Women's South American Volleyball Championship
The 1964 Women's South American Volleyball Championship was the 6th edition of the Women's South American Volleyball Championship, organised by South America's governing volleyball body, the Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV). It was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 30 March to 8 April.


1964 Women's South American Volleyball Championship, Notes
Due to a political turmoil in Brazil, the Brazil national team did not participate in this tournament, this is the only edition of the competition so far not featuring the Green and Golds in the final.


1964 Women's Western Open
The 1964 Women's Western Open was a golf tournament contested from March 19–22 at Scenic Hills Country Club. It was the 35th edition of the Women's Western Open.


1964 World 600
The 1964 World 600, the fifth running of the event, was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that took place on May 24, 1964, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.


1964 World 600
There was a 30-mile consolation race the day before this to determine the final 14 starters.


1964 World 600
Bobby Keck finished 14th in that race (in a 1963 Ford) but he was unable to start the 600 and his car was withdrawn, with Pete Stewart taking the last starting position as the first alternate starter. Major Melton finished 16th in that race driving a 1963 Dodge and was the second alternate.


1964 World 600, Background
Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the Sprint All-Star Race, as well as the Bank of America 500. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and Curtis Turner and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith (son of Bruton Smith) as track president.


1964 World 600, Race report
The race covered four hundred laps of the paved oval track spanning 1.500 miles (2.414 km). It took four hours, forty-six minutes, and fourteen seconds. Seven cautions slowed the race for 48 laps. The race averaged 125.772 miles per hour (202.410 km/h) and 144.346 miles per hour (232.302 km/h) was the pole position speed. The attendance was 66,311. Notable crew chiefs for this race included Bud Moore, Herman Beam, Ralph Gray, Glen Wood, Banjo Matthews and Dale Inman.


1964 World 600, Race report
Miss Linda Vaughn was selected to be Pontiac's representative at this event; she was an adolescent during that time.


1964 World 600, Race report
Jim Paschal defeated Richard Petty by more than four laps. Other notable drivers included: Ralph Earnhardt, Roy Tyner, Fireball Roberts, Elmo Langley, and Buddy Baker. The top two finishers were teammates at Petty Enterprises (now Richard Petty Motorsports). Jim Paschal would receive $24,785 ($206,816 when adjusted for inflation) in prize money after becoming the only driver to finish all 400 laps of the race. Pete Stewart was rewarded with $600 ($5,007 when adjusted for inflation) for finishing only one lap; resulting in a last place finish. Jimmy Pardue started in pole position while the winner started in 12th place.


1964 World 600, Race report, Death of Fireball Roberts
Fireball Roberts was involved in a crash while trying to avoid Junior Johnson and Ned Jarrett's crash on lap 7. Roberts was sent to Charlotte hospital. While he was not seriously injured by the crash itself, Roberts was trapped when his ankle became pinned under the dashboard and caught by either the clutch or brake pedal. The death would have occurred at the speedway if Jarrett hadn't pulled Roberts out. He died on July 2 of that year; leaving behind a wife (Doris Roberts) and a young daughter (Pamela Jane Roberts Trivette). Jarrett would go up to Roberts, and Roberts, who was uninjured and conscious, told Jarrett "Oh my God, Ned, help me! I'm on fire!" after being caught on fire because of the crash.


1964 World 600, Race report, Death of Fireball Roberts
Before the fatal accident, Roberts was going to announce his retirement from the NASCAR Cup Series after the race to work as a spokesperson for a beer company. Fireball, as he was known to his racing fans and to his fellow drivers, was the first superstar of the superspeedway era.


1964 World 600, Race report, Death of Fireball Roberts
Doctors ultimately blamed his death on pneumonia and he spent the last 39 days of his life at Charlotte Memorial Hospital (now Carolinas Medical Center) in extremely critical condition. The entire week from May 24 through May 30, 1964, ultimately became one of the darkest weeks in motorsports history as Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald were both killed in that year's Indianapolis 500. Actual home video footage of the accident was being recorded as the race occurred. The race was being televised by local CBS affiliate WBTV. Roberts' body was eventually delivered to his burial crypt in Daytona Beach, Florida. One of the quotes that came in an earlier race sometime prior to his death was "I fear fire the most!"


1964 World 600, Race report, Death of Fireball Roberts
Numerous safety innovations came about as a result of Roberts' death including the fire suit, as some drivers still raced wearing jeans and t-shirts, as well as a specialized fuel cell for racing. These inventions would first see usage at the 1964 Firecracker 400; just two days after Roberts' death.


1964 World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion.


1964 World Figure Skating Championships
The 1964 competitions for men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance took place from February 25 to March 1 in Dortmund, West Germany.


1964 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1964 World Men's Handball Championship was the fifth team handball World Championship. It was held in Czechoslovakia. Romania won the championship.


1964 World Series
The 1964 World Series pitted the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals against the American League champion New York Yankees, with the Cardinals prevailing in the best of seven games. St. Louis won their seventh world championship, while the Yankees, who had appeared in 14 of 16 World Series since 1949, did not play in the Series again until 1976.


1964 World Series
In an unusual twist, the Yankees fired Yogi Berra after the Series ended, replacing him with Johnny Keane, who had resigned from the Cardinals after the Series. His job had been threatened by Cardinals management, and it was unexpectedly saved by the Cardinals' dramatic pennant drive.


1964 World Series
This was also the last World Series that matched the Yankees up against the Cardinals; in the previous four meetings, each team had won twice, with the Yankees winning in 1928 and 1943, and the Cardinals in 1926 and 1942. This was the first World Series to feature a team with the players' last names on the uniforms (St. Louis)


1964 World Series
This pennant for the Yankees concluded their remarkable run of 15 World Series appearances over 18 years. In total, they won 29 American League championships in the 44-year span from 1921 through 1964.


1964 World Series, Background
The 1964 World Series, and the season leading up to it, later became the subject for the David Halberstam New York Times bestseller October 1964. The Series is seen as a bellwether point in baseball history as it was the last hurrah for the 1950s Yankee Dynasty of Mantle, Maris, Ford and Berra, among others, and it demonstrated that the National League's growing enthusiasm to sign black and Latino players (such as those of the '64 Cardinals) was a permanent paradigm shift in fielding a championship team.


1964 World Series, Background
The Series featured the brother-against-brother match-up of Ken Boyer of the Cardinals and Clete Boyer of the Yankees, both of whom started at third base for their respective teams.


1964 World Series, Background
For the first time in Series history, all six umpires rotated through their positions. In all Series from 1947 through 1963, only the four infield umpires had rotated, with the last two umpires working only in the outfield throughout the Series.


1964 World Series, Background
Mickey Mantle, playing in his last Series, hit three home runs, raising his total to a record-setting 18, surpassing Babe Ruth's mark of 15.


1964 World Series, Background
Utility infielder Chet Trail, who had no prior major league experience, appeared on the Yankees' World Series roster to fill the opening created by an injury to Tony Kubek. Trail did not play in the series (Phil Linz played in place of Kubek), and Trail never appeared in a major league game during his career.


1964 World Series, Background
Both Berra and Keane were St. Louis natives, though neither had ever played for the hometown Cardinals; Berra's entire playing career was spent in New York, while Keane played in the Cardinals' farm system but never reached the major leagues as a player.


1964 World Series, Background, Yankees
After winning the American League pennant in 1963, the Yankees faced strong challenges from the pitching-rich Chicago White Sox and up-and-coming Baltimore Orioles in 1964. On August 22, the Yankees were in third place, 5+1⁄2 games out of first. Led by recently called up pitcher Mel Stottlemyre (who went 9–3), and helped by the post trade deadline acquisition of relief pitcher Pedro Ramos (2–0 with seven saves for New York) from Cleveland, the Yankees went 27–8 to take a 3+1⁄2 game lead with five to play. After losing two games in Detroit, the Yankees clinched the pennant on the next-to-last day of the season with an 8–3 win over the Indians.


1964 World Series, Background, Cardinals
The Cardinals were coming off a second-place finish in 1963, and their road to the World Series was even more dramatic than that of the Yankees. After a season-long four-way race among the Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, and Cincinnati Reds, the Phillies appeared to have the pennant in hand as they built a 6+1⁄2 game lead with 12 games to play. But they proceeded to lose 10 straight games. With two games remaining, four teams still had a mathematical chance to win the pennant.


1964 World Series, Background, Cardinals
The Giants were the first to be eliminated when they lost on October 3 to the Cubs, 10–7. The Cardinals lost to the lowly Mets, 15–5, while the Phillies ended their 10-game losing streak with a 4–3 win over the Reds. Going into the last day of the season, the Cardinals and Reds were tied for first and the Phillies were one game back; the Phillies hoped to force the first three-way tie in major league history by defeating the Reds and hoping the Mets would beat the Cardinals. The Phillies did their part by defeating the Reds, 10–0, but the Cardinals overcame an early 3–2 deficit and beat the Mets, 11–5, to win the pennant.


1964 World Series, Background, Cardinals
During the season the Cardinals would be involved in the Lou Brock-for-Ernie Broglio trade, later considered one of the more lopsided trades in baseball history.


1964 World Series, Summary
NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (3)


1964 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
The Cardinals' scouting report indicated that injuries had taken their toll on Mickey Mantle's defense and that he could be run on. They acted on this intelligence, taking extra bases repeatedly and scoring from second on singles in the second and sixth innings. The Cardinals also believed that they should swing early in the count against Whitey Ford, and this strategy also paid off, as Ray Sadecki, Carl Warwick, and Mike Shannon all drove in runs on the first or second pitches of their at-bats.


1964 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
The Cardinals struck first in the bottom of the first off Whitey Ford on Ken Boyer's sacrifice fly after two one-out singles, but Tom Tresh's two-run home run after a single off Ray Sadecki put the Yankees up 2–1 in the second. They made it 3–1 when Clete Boyer singled, stole second, and scored on Ford's single. The Cardinals cut the lead to 3–2 in the bottom of the inning when Mike Shannon hit a leadoff single, moved to second on a groundout, and scored on Sadecki's single.


1964 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
Tresh's RBI double in the fifth after two two-out singles made it 4–2 Yankees, but the Cardinals sent eight men to the plate in the sixth inning. Shannon's home run after a single tied the game, then after Tim McCarver doubled, Al Downing relieved Ford and allowed a two-out RBI single to Carl Warwick and a single to Curt Flood to put the Cardinals up 6–4.


1964 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
The Yankees cut the lead to one in the eighth when Johnny Blanchard doubled and scored on Bobby Richardson's single off Barney Schultz, but the Cardinals padded their lead in the bottom half, loading the bases off Rollie Sheldon on two walks and an error, then Flood's RBI single and Lou Brock's two-run double off Pete Mikkelsen put them up 9–5. Schultz retired the Yankees in order in the ninth for the save.


1964 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
Ford pitched with severe pain and numbness in his arm for much of the 1964 season, and that day he was again in pain and missing with sliders inside. Shannon came up looking for sliders and hit one 500 feet. This was the last World Series appearance by Ford, whose shoulder had been injured during the season. Ford had pitched in 22 World Series games with the Yankees, compiling ten victories, going back to the sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies in 1950, and set a record which still stands by pitching 33+2⁄3 consecutive scoreless innings across three different World Series (1960–62).


1964 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
Rookie Mel Stottlemyre, called up from the minors in August, dominated for New York and the Cardinal bullpen wilted in the late innings. The Cardinals struck first in the third on Curt Flood's groundout with runners on second and third, but the Yankees tied the game in the fourth on Clete Boyer's bases-loaded sacrifice fly off Bob Gibson. After a walk and hit-by-pitch in the sixth, Tom Tresh's RBI single put the Yankees up 2–1. Next inning, Phil Linz hit a leadoff single, moved to third on a wild pitch, and scored on Bobby Richardson's single.


1964 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
After moving to third on a single, Richardson scored on Mickey Mantle's groundout. Lou Brock's groundout in the eighth with runners on second and third shaved the lead to 4–2, but the Yankees blew the game open in the ninth. Linz's leadoff home run off Barney Schultz made it 5–2 Yankees. After a one-out single, Gordie Richardson relieved Schultz and allowed an RBI double to Mantle. After an intentional walk, Joe Pepitone's RBI single and Tresh's sacrifice fly made it 8–2 Yankees. The Cardinals got a run in the bottom half when Dick Groat hit a leadoff triple and scored on Tim McCarver's single, but Stottlemyre retired the next two hitters to end the game as the Yankees' 8–3 win tied the series heading to New York.


1964 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
Curt Simmons and Jim Bouton were both very effective. Simmons got 17 ground-ball outs. The Yankees scored a run in the second on Clete Boyer's RBI double with two on, but Simmons's RBI single tied the game in the fifth. Bouton stranded the go-ahead run four times and held the top five hitters in the Cardinal lineup to a 2 for 21 day.


1964 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
In the bottom of the ninth, Mickey Mantle reached deep for one of the last ounces of Yankees magic. With the game tied at one, Mantle, the leadoff hitter, told on-deck hitter Elston Howard to go back to the clubhouse because he was going to hit a home run. Mantle swung at the first pitch from Barney Schultz, a knuckleball that failed to move, and hit it into the right field stands to win the game for the Yankees.


1964 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
Schultz had been a mainstay of the Cardinals' stretch run and Yankee scouting reports had advised that his knuckler was most vulnerable on the first pitch when he threw harder than usual to try for a strike. Mantle's home run (his 16th Series home run) broke Babe Ruth's record for most home runs hit in World Series play.


1964 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
Cardinal starting pitcher Ray Sadecki let the first four Yankees hit safely. After a leadoff double by Phil Linz, Bobby Richardson's RBI double put the Yankees up 1–0. After a single, Mickey Mantle's RBI single made it 2–0 and Sadecki was promptly removed by manager Keane. Roger Craig came in to pitch and gave up an RBI single to Elston Howard but allowed no more damage. After five innings, New York was still up 3–0 and St. Louis had only one hit off Downing.


1964 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
The turning point of the game — and the Series — came in the top of the sixth. Carl Warwick led off with his third pinch-hit base hit, tying a World Series record. Curt Flood singled to put runners on first and second. After Lou Brock flied out, Dick Groat reached base on a slow roller that was bobbled by Yankee second baseman Bobby Richardson. Instead of runners on second and third with two out, the bases were loaded with one out.


1964 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
In the first game, Yankee Al Downing struck Cardinal Ken Boyer out with a high changeup. Downing faced Boyer again with the bases loaded, and Boyer guessed that he'd see the high changeup again. He guessed right, and hit a grand-slam. Ron Taylor relieved Craig and gave up one hit over the last four innings. St. Louis won the game 4–3; instead of trailing three games to one, Boyer's grand slam enabled the Cardinals to even the Series at two games apiece and guaranteed a return to St. Louis.


1964 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
The game was scoreless in the top of the fifth inning when the Cardinals plated two. Pitcher Bob Gibson led off the inning with a single. Center fielder Curt Flood hit a grounder to second base that Bobby Richardson fumbled. Instead of a potential double play, the Cardinals had two runners on. Lou Brock, hitless in his previous 14 at bats, singled in Gibson. Flood scored on a Bill White ground out after Phil Linz made another misplay, throwing a ball into the dirt at first on what should have been the back end of a double play.


1964 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
The Yankees were still down 2–0 when they rallied in the ninth inning. Mantle reached base on an error by Dick Groat. With one out and one on, Joe Pepitone smashed a bouncer off Bob Gibson's leg, the ball ricocheting towards the third-base line. Gibson recovered quickly and threw to first, and the Cardinals were one out away. With two out, though, Tom Tresh crushed a long drive into the right center field bleachers and the game was tied. The game went to extra innings, and it was the Cardinals who seized the initiative.


1964 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
With two on and one out and lefty hitter Tim McCarver up, Berra stuck with right-hander Pete Mikkelsen rather than using lefty specialist Steve Hamilton. McCarver delivered a three-run home run in the tenth inning to send the Cardinals back to St. Louis with a 3–2 lead in the series. Just 22 years old at the time, McCarver would go 11–for–23 (.478) in the series. For his entire career McCarver would hit .271. This was the last postseason game at Yankee Stadium before its renovation following the 1973 season.


1964 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
The Cardinals struck first in Game 6 on Bill White's double play with runners on first and third in the first off Jim Bouton, but the Yankees tied the score in the fifth when Tom Tresh hit a leadoff double and scored on Bouton's two-out single off Curt Simmons. Back-to-back home runs by Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle put the Yankees up 3–1 in the sixth before they blew the game open in the eighth. With two on and two outs off Barney Schultz, Elston Howard's RBI single made it 4–1 Yankees.


1964 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
After a walk loaded the bases, Gordie Richardson relieved Schultz and allowed a grand slam to Joe Pepitone to put the Yankees up 8–1. The Cardinals scored a run in the bottom of the inning on Bill White's RBI groundout with runners on second and third and no out, then in the ninth, Bob Skinner hit an RBI single with two on off Steve Hamilton (the run charged to Bouton) before Curt Flood hit into the game-ending double play. The Yankees' 8–3 win forced a deciding Game 7.


1964 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
"Something had to give" in Game 7, as the Yankees had lost back-to-back World Series only once (to the New York Giants in 1921–22), and were in danger of doing so again, having lost to the Dodgers in 1963; and the Cardinals had never lost a World Series Game 7.


1964 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
Bob Gibson pitched his third start in this Series on two days rest. He was tired but deliberately worked fast to hide his fatigue from the Yankees. In the bottom of the fourth the Cardinals scored three times. Again the Yankees botched a double play when Linz's throw to first went wide, and Bill White scored. McCarver then scored from third on a double steal. Al Downing came in for the fifth after Stottlemyre developed shoulder stiffness, and Lou Brock hit his first pitch for a home run. Two more runs made it 6–0.


1964 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
Mantle cut the gap in half with a three-run homer in the sixth, adding to his own record for total home runs in the World Series. Ken Boyer responded with a home run in the seventh that pushed the lead to 7–3. Bobby Richardson broke a World Series hit record in the seventh with his 13th hit, later tied by Brock in 1968 and Marty Barrett in 1986. Gibson continued to tire, but manager Keane left him in. Ken Boyer's brother Clete hit a home run for New York with one out in the ninth, making the score 7–4. Pinch-hitter Johnny Blanchard struck out. Linz hit another home run, pulling New York to within two, 7–5, but the next batter, Richardson, popped up to second baseman Dal Maxvill and the Cardinals won the Series.


1964 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
Bob Gibson won the Series MVP award for his 2–1 record, 3.00 ERA, and 27 IP. Jim Bouton, pitching for the Yankees, started two games and won them both, compiling a 1.56 Series ERA. Six years later, he would write the classic baseball memoir, Ball Four. After the series, the Yankees fired manager Yogi Berra and replaced him with the Cardinal manager, Keane, who quit St. Louis due to his differences with Cardinal owner Gussie Busch. Yogi Berra would go on to join the New York Mets, the following season and be re-united with Casey Stengel as a player/coach.


1964 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
The 1964 Cardinals were the only team between 1962 and 1972 to win the World Series when owning home-field advantage.


1964 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
Game 7 was the last postseason game to be played at the first Busch Stadium, and the last such game to be played in St. Louis until 1967 (at Busch Memorial Stadium, which opened during the previous season), when the Cardinals defeated the Boston Red Sox to win their next world championship. The first non-World Series postseason games to be played in St. Louis occurred in 1982, when the Cardinals defeated the Atlanta Braves in the NLCS and the then-American League Milwaukee Brewers in the World Series.


1964 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
The Cardinals also ended their first season at the current Busch Stadium with a World Series win over the Detroit Tigers in 2006; the Yankees (then in their first season at the current Yankee Stadium) did the same thing in 2009 by defeating the Philadelphia Phillies in that year's World Series.


1964 World Series, Composite box
1964 World Series (4–3): St. Louis Cardinals (N.L.) over New York Yankees (A.L.)


1964 World Sportscar Championship
The 1964 World Sportscar Championship season was the 12th season of FIA 'World Sportscar Championship' motor racing. It featured the 1964 International Championship for GT Manufacturers which was open to Group 3 GT cars and  was contested from 16 February 1964 to 11 October 1964 over a twenty race series. Titles were awarded in three engine capacity divisions:


1964 World Sportscar Championship
The season also included the 1964 International Prototype Trophy which was open to Prototype cars and was contested over four of the twenty championship races. Titles were awarded to those that were:


1964 World Sportscar Championship, Schedule
The twenty championship races each counted towards one or more of the five FIA Titles, as shown below. A points coefficient multiplication factor was applied for each race to the determine the number of championship points to be awarded.


1964 World Sportscar Championship, Results, International Championship for GT Manufacturers, Division III (+2000 cc)
Note: Some manufacturers (other than the three Division winners) may have been ineligible for championship classification under the minimum race participation regulation.


1964 Wyoming Cowboys football team
The 1964 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. In their third season under head coach Lloyd Eaton, the Cowboys compiled a 6–2–2 record (2–2 in WAC, fourth), and outscored opponents 181 to 117. Dick Barry, Jeff Hartman, and Bill Levine were the team captains.


1964 Yale Bulldogs football team
The 1964 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. The Bulldogs were led by second-year head coach John Pont, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished third in the Ivy League season with a 4–2–1 record, 6–2–1 overall.


1964 Yugoslav First Basketball League
The 1964 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 20th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League.


1964 Yukon general election
The 1964 Yukon general election was held on 8 September 1964 to elect the seven members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally appointed Commissioner.