1962 United States Senate election in Washington
The 1962 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 6, 1962. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Warren Magnuson won a fourth term in office, narrowly defeating Republican nominee Richard G. Christensen.


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1962 United States Senate election in Wisconsin
The 1962 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 6, 1962. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Alexander Wiley ran for re-election to a fifth term in office but was defeated by Democratic Gaylord A. Nelson.


1962 United States Senate elections
The 1962 United States Senate elections was an election for the United States Senate which was held in the middle of President John F. Kennedy's term. His Democratic Party made a net gain of four seats from the Republicans, increasing their control of the Senate.


1962 United States Senate elections
Both Republican-held senate seats in New Hampshire were up on election day due to a special election. The appointee lost election to a full term to the Democratic challenger while the incumbent Republican was reelected. As such, this is the last time that one of a state's two senate seats, both up on election day, that were held by the same party changed parties.


1962 United States Senate elections, Retirements
Through open seats due to retirements, Democrats gained two seats.


1962 United States Senate elections, Losing incumbents
Democrats had a net gain of two seats in election upsets.


1962 United States Senate elections, Other changes
The Democrats' four-seat net gain was reduced by one seat between the election and the next Congress.


1962 United States Senate elections, Race summaries, Special elections during the 87th Congress
In these special elections, the winner was seated during 1962 or before January 3, 1963; ordered by election date, then state.


1962 United States Senate elections, Race summaries, Elections leading to the next Congress
In these regular elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 1963; ordered by state.


1962 United States Senate elections, North Dakota
Incumbent Republican Milton Young was re-elected to his fourth term, defeating North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party candidate William Lanier of Fargo. Only Young filed as a Republican, and the endorsed Democratic candidate was Lanier, who had previously faced Young in a special election held in 1946 to fill the seat which was vacated by the late John Moses. Young and Lanier won the primary elections for their respective parties. No independents ran.


1962 United States Senate elections, Oregon
Democratic incumbent Wayne Morse was re-elected to a fourth term. He defeated Republican candidate Sig Unander in the general election.


1962 United States Senate elections, South Carolina
Incumbent Democratic Senator Olin D. Johnston defeated Governor Fritz Hollings in the Democratic primary and Republican W. D. Workman Jr. in the general election. The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary on June 12, 1962. Olin D. Johnston, the incumbent Senator, faced stiff competition from Governor Fritz Hollings who argued that Johnston was too liberal and not representative of South Carolina interests. Johnston merely told the voters that he was doing what he thought was best for the agriculture and textile workers of the state. Hollings was decisively defeated by Johnston because Johnston used his position as Post Office and Civil Service Committee to build 40 new post offices in the state and thus demonstrate the pull he had in Washington to bring home the bacon.


1962 United States Senate elections, South Carolina
W. D. Workman Jr., a correspondent for the News and Courier, faced no opposition from South Carolina Republicans and avoided a primary election.


1962 United States Senate elections, South Carolina
Both Johnston and Workman supported segregation, so the campaign centered on the economic issues of the state. Workman tried to persuade the voters that Johnston's policies were socialist and that he was too closely aligned with the Kennedy administration. Johnston was a consistent supporter of socialized health care proposals and Workman was able to win considerable support from the medical establishment. However, the state's citizens were much poorer than that of the rest of the nation and Johnston's class based appeals made him a very popular figure for the downtrodden of both the white and black races. The competitive nature of this race foresaw the eventual rise of the Republican Party and that South Carolinians were growing increasingly suspicious of policies generated at the federal level.


1962 United States Senate elections, Wisconsin
Incumbent Republican Alexander Wiley lost to Democrat Gaylord A. Nelson.


1962 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts
The 1962 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts was held on November 6, 1962. The election was won by Ted Kennedy, the youngest brother of then-President John F. Kennedy, who would remain Senator until his death in 2009.


1962 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts
As of 2021, Kennedy and Lodge's combined age of 65 remains the youngest for two major candidates in a United States Senate election.


1962 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, Background
Senator John F. Kennedy resigned the seat to become President of the United States after winning the presidential election in 1960. Benjamin A. Smith II, a Kennedy family friend, was appointed to succeed Kennedy, serving as a placeholder for Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy, who at the time was too young to be constitutionally eligible for the seat.


1962 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, Democratic primary, Campaign
Ted Kennedy first faced a Democratic Party primary challenge from Edward J. "Eddie" McCormack Jr., the state Attorney General and nephew of U.S. Speaker of the House John W. McCormack. McCormack had the support of many liberals and intellectuals, who thought Kennedy inexperienced ("I back Jack but Teddy ain't ready") and knew of his suspension from Harvard, a fact which subsequently became public during the race.


1962 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, Democratic primary, Campaign
Kennedy's slogan was "He can do more for Massachusetts", the same one John had used in his first campaign for the seat ten years earlier. Kennedy also faced the notion that with one brother the President and another the United States Attorney General, "Don't you think that Teddy is one Kennedy too many?"


1962 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, Democratic primary, Campaign
But Kennedy proved to be an effective street-level campaigner with great personal appeal.


1962 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, Democratic primary, Campaign
In a televised debate, McCormack said "The office of United States senator should be merited, and not inherited", and that if his opponent's name was Edward Moore rather than Edward Moore Kennedy, his candidacy "would be a joke". A Kennedy supporter said that "McCormack was able to make a millionaire an underdog". With the public's sympathy and the family political machine, Kennedy won 69% of the vote in the September 1962 primary.


1962 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, Democratic primary, Convention
A delegate at the state Democratic convention said, "He's completely unqualified and inexperienced. And I'm going to be with him". Kennedy won on the first ballot at the convention.


1962 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, General election, Campaign
For most of the campaign, independent candidate Hughes was taken seriously, even engaging in two televised debates with Lodge. (Kennedy, by then an overwhelming favorite, declined to participate.) Any chance that Hughes might have had of winning the election or even receiving widespread support was destroyed in the aftermath of the Cuban Missile crisis, only weeks before the election, in which the President and his brother Robert F. Kennedy took the nation "to the brink" of nuclear confrontation with the Soviet Union. A candidate favoring nuclear disarmament suddenly seemed unrealistic and out of touch; Hughes received less than two per cent of the vote and far fewer votes than he previously had signatures.


1962 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, General election, Results
In the November special election, Kennedy defeated Lodge, whose father had lost this seat to then-Representative John F. Kennedy in 1952. In winning, Kennedy gained 55 percent of the vote. Murray Levin stated that Kennedy's youth and political inexperience made him an innocent outsider, and his wealth made him incorruptible. The prosecutor had become a Senator, Levin said, "with one year of frantic campaigning and 30 years of experience as a Kennedy".


1962 United States Senate special election in Wyoming
The 1962 United States Senate special election in Wyoming was held on November 6, 1962. Following the death of Senator-elect Keith Thomson after his election to the Senate in 1960, Democratic Governor John J. Hickey appointed himself to fill the vacancy. A special election was held to fill the remaining four years of the term in 1962, and Hickey faced a strong challenge from former Republican Governor Milward Simpson in a rematch of the 1958 gubernatorial election. Despite a political environment largely favorable to Democrats nationwide, Democratic candidates faced strong headwinds in Wyoming. Senator Hickey overwhelmingly lost re-election to Simpson as Democratic Governor Jack R. Gage lost re-election by a wide margin, as well.


1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system
The Tri-Service aircraft designation system is a unified system introduced in 1962 by the United States Department of Defense for designating all U.S. military aircraft. Prior to then, the U.S. armed services used separate nomenclature systems.


1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system
Under the tri-service designation system, officially introduced on 18 September 1962, almost all aircraft receive a unified designation, whether they are operated by the United States Air Force (USAF), United States Navy (USN), United States Marine Corps (USMC), United States Army, or United States Coast Guard (USCG). Experimental aircraft operated by manufacturers or by NASA are also often assigned designations from the X-series of the tri-service system.


1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system
The 1962 system was based on the one used by the USAF between 1948 and 1962, which was in turn based on the Type, Model, Series USAAS/USAAC/USAAF system used from 1924 to 1948. The 1962 system has been modified and updated since introduction.


1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system, Designation system
The designation system produces a Mission-Design-Series (MDS) designation of the form:


1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system, Designation system
Of these components, only the Basic Mission, Design Number and Series Letter are mandatory. In the case of special vehicles a Vehicle Type symbol must also be included. The U.S. Air Force characterizes this designation system as "MDS", while the Navy, and Marine Corps refer to it as Type/Model/Series (T/M/S).


1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system, Designation system, Status prefix
These optional prefixes are attached to aircraft not conducting normal operations, such as research, testing and development. The prefixes are:


1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system, Designation system, Status prefix
A temporary special test means the aircraft is intended to return to normal service after the tests are completed, while permanent special test aircraft are not. The Planning code is no longer used but was meant to designate aircraft "on the drawing board". For example, using this system an airframe such as the F-13 could have initially been designated as ZF-13 during the design phase, possibly XF-13 if experimental testing was required before building a prototype, the YF-13; the final production model would simply be designated F-13 (with the first production variant being the F-13A). Continuing the example, some F-13s during their service life may have been used for testing modifications or researching new designs and designated JF-13 or NF-13; finally after many years of service, the airframe would be permanently grounded due to safety or economic reasons as GF-13.


1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system, Designation system, Modified mission
Aircraft which are modified after manufacture or even built for a different mission to the standard airframe of a particular design are assigned a modified mission code. They are:


1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system, Designation system, Modified mission
The multi-mission and utility missions could be considered the same thing; however they are applied to multipurpose aircraft conducting certain categories of mission. M-aircraft conduct combat or special operations while U-aircraft conduct combat support missions, such as transport (e.g., UH-60) and electronic warfare (e.g., MC-12). Historically, the vast majority of U.S. Coast Guard air assets included the H-code (e.g., HH-60 Jayhawk or HC-130 Hercules). In the 21st century, the Coast Guard has used the multi-mission designation for their armed rescue helicopters (MH-60 Jayhawk or MH-65 Dolphin).


1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system, Designation system, Basic mission
All aircraft are to be assigned a basic mission code. In some cases, the basic mission code is replaced by one of the modified mission codes when it is more suitable (e.g., M in MH-53J Pave Low III). The defined codes are:


1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system, Designation system, Basic mission
The rise of the multirole fighter in the decades since the system was introduced has created some confusion about the difference between attack and fighter aircraft. According to the current designation system, an attack aircraft (A) is designed primarily for air-to-surface missions (also known as "attack missions"), while a fighter category F incorporates not only aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air warfare, but also multipurpose aircraft designed also for attack missions. The Air Force has even assigned the F designation to attack-only aircraft, such as the F-111 Aardvark and F-117 Nighthawk.


1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system, Designation system, Basic mission
The only A designated aircraft currently in the U.S. Air Force is the A-10 Thunderbolt II. The last front line A designated in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps was the A-6 Intruder, with the only strictly A designated fixed-wing aircraft remaining is the A-29 Super Tucano leased under the Imminent Fury program.


1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system, Designation system, Basic mission
Of these code series, no normal aircraft have been assigned a K or R basic mission code in a manner conforming to the system.


1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system, Designation system, Vehicle type
The vehicle type element is used to designate the type of aerospace craft. Aircraft not in one of the following categories (most fixed-wing aircraft) are not required to carry a type designator. The type categories are:


1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system, Designation system, Vehicle type
A UAV control segment is not an aircraft, it is the ground control equipment used to command a UAV. Only in recent years has an aircraft been designated as a spaceplane, the proposed MS-1A.


1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system, Designation system, Design number
According to the designation system, aircraft of a particular vehicle type or basic mission (for manned, fixed-wing, powered aircraft) were to be numbered consecutively. Numbers were not to be assigned to avoid confusion with other letter sequences or to conform with manufacturers' model numbers. Recently this rule has been ignored, and aircraft have received a design number equal to the model number (e.g., KC-767A) or have kept the design number when they are transferred from one series to another (e.g., the X-35 became the F-35).


1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system, Designation system, Series letter
Different versions of the same basic aircraft type are to be delineated using a single letter suffix beginning with "A" and increasing sequentially (skipping "I" and "O" to avoid confusion with the numbers "1" and "0"). It is not clear how much modification is required to merit a new series letter, e.g., the F-16C production run has varied extensively over time. The modification of an aircraft to carry out a new mission does not necessarily require a new suffix (e.g., F-111Cs modified for reconnaissance are designated RF-111C), but often a new letter is assigned (e.g., the UH-60As modified for Search and Rescue missions are designated HH-60G).


1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system, Non-systematic aircraft designations
Since the 1962 system was introduced there have been several instances of non-systematic aircraft designations and skipping of design numbers.


1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system, Non-systematic aircraft designations, Non-systematic or aberrant designations
The most common changes are to use a number from another series, or some other choice, rather than the next available number (117, 767, 71). Another is to change the order of the letters or use new acronym based letters (e.g. SR) rather than existing ones. Non -systematic designations are both official and correct, since the DOD has final authority to approve such designations.


1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system, Non-systematic aircraft designations, Skipped design numbers
The design number "13" has been skipped in many mission and vehicle series for its association with superstition. Some numbers were skipped when a number was requested and/or assigned to a project but the aircraft was never built.


1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system, Non-systematic aircraft designations, Skipped design numbers
The following table lists design numbers in the 1962 system which have been skipped.


1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system, Manufacturer's code
From 1939, a 2-letter manufacturer's code was added to designations to easily identify the manufacturer and the production plant. For example, F-15E-50-MC, the "MC" being the code for the McDonnell Douglas plant at St. Louis, Missouri.


1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system, Block number
In 1941 block numbers were added to designations to show minor equipment variations between production blocks. The block number appears in the designation between the model suffix and manufacturers code (for example F-100D-85-NH). Initially they incremented in numerical order -1, -2, -3 but this was changed to -1, -5, -10, -15 in increments of five. The gaps in the block numbers could be used for post-delivery modifications, for example a F-100D-85-NH could be modified in the field to F-100D-86-NH. Not all types have used block numbers.


1962 United States elections
The 1962 United States elections were held on November 6 to elect the members of the 88th United States Congress. The election occurred in the middle of Democratic President John F. Kennedy's term. The Republican Party picked up four seats in the House of Representatives, but the Democrats retained strong majorities in both houses of Congress. In the Senate, Democrats won a net gain of four seats from the Republicans, maintaining control of the Senate. In the gubernatorial elections, neither party won a net gain of seats. Notably, 1960 Republican presidential nominee Richard Nixon lost the California gubernatorial election, which many analysts, as well as Nixon himself, incorrectly predicted to be the end of his political career.


1962 United States elections
After failing to pass his New Frontier programs in the face of the powerful conservative coalition, Kennedy's victory in this election helped bolster his presidency. Republicans campaigned on Kennedy's handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the end of the crisis shortly before the election helped the Democrats avoid the typical midterm losses. The election also saw the Republicans pick up several House seats in the South for the first time in the Fifth Party System. The GOP would later build on these inroads with Nixon's Southern strategy. The ranks of liberal Democrats were bolstered in this election, allowing for the passage of the Clean Air Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and other liberal programs.


1962 United States gubernatorial elections
United States gubernatorial elections were held 6 November 1962 in 35 states, concurrent with the House and Senate elections.


1962 United States gubernatorial elections
In Minnesota, the governor was elected to a 4-year term for the first time, instead of a 2-year term. In North Dakota, this was the last election on a 2-year cycle, before switching to a 4-year term for governors.


1962 United States gubernatorial elections
The Democratic and Republican parties each gained seven governorships from the other party, leaving the overall partisan balance unchanged.


1962 Uruguayan Primera División, Overview
The division was contested by 10 teams, and Peñarol won the championship.


1962 Uruguayan constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Uruguay on 25 November 1962 alongside general elections. The proposed amendments to the constitution were rejected by 83% of voters.


1962 Uruguayan constitutional referendum, Proposals
The amendments had been put forward by the Ruralista/Herrerista faction of the Colorado Party through the General Assembly, and proposed re-introducing a presidential system of government to replace the colegiado system.


1962 Uruguayan general election
General elections were held in Uruguay on 25 November 1962, alongside a constitutional referendum. The result was a victory for the National Party, which won the most seats in the National Council of Government, the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.


1962 Utah Redskins football team
The 1962 Utah Redskins football team represented the University of Utah in the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Ray Nagel, the Redskins were 4–5–1 and 1–2–1 in the newly-formed Western Athletic Conference (WAC). Home games were played on campus in Salt Lake City at Ute Stadium.


1962 Utah State Aggies football team
The 1962 Utah State Aggies football team was an American football team that represented Utah State University as an independent during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. In their fourth season under head coach John Ralston, the Aggies compiled an 8–2 record and outscored all opponents by a total of 273 to 139.


1962 Utah State Aggies football team
The team's statistical leaders included Jim Turner with 414 passing yards and 70 points scored (six touchdowns, 25 extra points, and three field goals), Roger Leonard with 348 rushing yards, and John Matthews with 223 receiving yards. Other notable players on the 1962 team included Bill Munson, who later played quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams and Detroit Lions, and Steve Shafer, who later played defensive back for the BC Lions.


1962 Utah state route renumbering
Coinciding with the designation of several routes in the Interstate Highway System through Utah, the Utah State Legislature made several changes to the Utah State Route system. The bulk of these changes were not visible to the public, but were to unsigned legislative designations only. The primary effect was reserving route numbers 1 through 5 for the future corridors of the Interstate Highways in Utah. Several other routes were truncated or reassigned or split into multiple designations to allow the Interstate Highway corridors to have a single route number assigned.


1962 Utah state route renumbering
As very little of the Interstate Highway System had been constructed in Utah by 1962, these changes were primarily to support future construction. There were a number of cases where the legislative change enacted in 1962 would not be built and signed until years later. There were also changes made to a few unsigned highways serving state parks and institutions. Few of the changes made in 1962 are still valid today. As construction of the Interstate Highway system proceeded, additional changes were made. The legislature made a larger change in route designations in 1977, eliminating unsigned legislative designations and concurrences, in the process making most of the 1962 changes obsolete.


1962 Utah state route renumbering
Though dozens of changes were required, most were to support the following five major changes:


1962 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
The 1962 election to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India resulted in the re-election of Chandra Bhanu Gupta of the Indian National Congress as Chief Minister. Congress retained a commanding majority despite losing some seats to the Bharatiya Jana Sangh.


1962 VFA season
The 1962 Victorian Football Association season was the 81st season of the top division of the Australian rules football competition, and the second season of its second division. The Division 1 premiership was won by the Sandringham Football Club, after it came from behind to defeat Moorabbin in the Grand Final on 29 September by one point; it was Sandringham's second VFA premiership. The Division 2 premiership was won by Dandenong; it was the club's first premiership in either division.


1962 VFA season, Association Membership, Amalgamation between Brighton and South Caulfield
On 24 October 1961, the struggling Brighton Football Club announced that, for the second time in less than a year, it would consider withdrawing from the Association. The club had won six wooden spoons in the last ten seasons, it was struggling to attract enough players to field a team, or enough administrators to run the club, and its support from locals was low – not helped by improved performances from neighbouring VFL club St Kilda, which itself was usually a cellar-dweller.


1962 VFA season, Association Membership, Amalgamation between Brighton and South Caulfield
At a public meeting on 2 November, voting members agreed unanimously to continue operating, but the club had encountered a new problem in the interim – on 1 November, the management of the club's home ground Elsternwick Park, either put off by Brighton's uncertain future or simply seeking greater return on the venue it had invested significant money to upgrade during 1961, called for tenders for winter occupancy of the ground. Brighton put forward its usual offers of £200 for alternate weekends or £300 for the entire winter, but on 15 December 1961 the ground management leased the ground for the full winter to the highest bidder, the Victorian Amateur Soccer Association, for £750.


1962 VFA season, Association Membership, Amalgamation between Brighton and South Caulfield
Without a ground that met Association standards, Brighton faced expulsion from the Association; and, the Association and A.N.F.C. were both concerned that the high quality and recently upgraded venue had been secured by the rival code; the three bodies worked together to attempt to resecure Elsternwick Park for Brighton, including an appeal to the state Minister for Lands, but all avenues were unsuccessful.


1962 VFA season, Association Membership, Amalgamation between Brighton and South Caulfield
Brighton then sought to move to Brighton Beach Oval, which had been its home ground until 1926, but an appeal to the Brighton Council to erect the fence to bring it up to Association standards was rejected by the mayor's casting vote. It was now less than a month until the season began, and with no home ground, nor enough players to fill a single team, the club announced on 15 March that it would withdraw from the Association. There were no suitable senior clubs willing and able to replace Brighton, and a proposal from Sandringham that it field its seconds team in the Division 2 firsts appeared to be the only chance for a short-notice replacement to keep the Association at eighteen teams.


1962 VFA season, Association Membership, Amalgamation between Brighton and South Caulfield
On 29 March, Brighton suddenly announced it had amalgamated with the nearby South Caulfield Football Club from the Federal District League, to form a club known as Brighton–Caulfield, following two weeks of secret negotiations between the clubs and facilitated by the VFA administration, which keen not to lose its eighteenth team. South Caulfield was the Federal League's bottom team, and it believed that its competitiveness in the Federal League was limited by its close proximity to two other strong teams; in fact, the Federal League administration had believed that the club was at risk of folding.


1962 VFA season, Association Membership, Amalgamation between Brighton and South Caulfield
South Caulfield had a home ground at Princes Park on Hawthorn Rd which, while primitive, was fenced and met Association standards; and it had enough players to field teams in four grades – both of which Brighton lacked. The negotiations were carried out secretly, and the Federal League was entirely surprised when the amalgamation was announced.


1962 VFA season, Association Membership, Amalgamation between Brighton and South Caulfield
As a result of the amalgamation, the Association remained at eighteen clubs for 1962.


1962 VFA season, Association Membership, Threat to Preston
The Preston Football Club also faced a potential grounds-related threat to its viability during the 1961/62 offseason. The VFL's Fitzroy Football Club was on poor terms with the Fitzroy Cricket Club, co-tenants and ground managers of the Brunswick Street Oval. The Fitzroy Football Club decided that it wanted to move to Preston, and after some preliminary but unsuccessful negotiations with the Preston Football Club, it made a request directly to the Preston Council for a 40-year lease of the Preston Football Ground, starting from the end of 1962.


1962 VFA season, Association Membership, Threat to Preston
The Preston Council decided that the lease could be granted only if the two football clubs came to agreeable terms, and the Preston Football Club insisted that Fitzroy would need to rebrand itself as Preston if it made the move. The two football clubs did not come to an agreement, and Fitzroy remained at the Brunswick Street Oval.


1962 VFA season, Division 1
The Division 1 home-and-home season was played over 18 rounds, a reduction from the 22 rounds played in 1961. The top four then contested the finals under the Page–McIntyre system.


1962 VFA season, Division 1, Grand Final
In a famous Grand Final, Sandringham staged a remarkable final quarter comeback to defeat Moorabbin by one point and claim the 1962 premiership. After a relatively even first half, Moorabbin took control of the game in a rough third quarter, kicking five goals to no score to open up a 44-point lead at three-quarter time. Kicking with only a slight breeze, Sandringham dominated the opening of the final quarter, and after fifteen minutes had kicked 6.3 to no score to trail by only five points.


1962 VFA season, Division 1, Grand Final
With five minutes remaining, O'Toole kicked a goal to put Sandringham ahead by a point; and from the ensuing centre bounce, ruckman Des Kennedy took the ball straight out of the ruck, took three steps and goaled from near the centre of the ground to give Sandringham a seven-point lead. Moorabbin attacked hard throughout the final five minutes, and Ron Kee goaled to bring the margin back to one point, before time expired.


1962 VFA season, Division 1, Grand Final
It was a particularly bad day for Moorabbin, as its seconds team also lost its Grand Final by one point in the curtain-raiser, after leading by as much as 20 points, and after Coburg kicked two goals during time-on in the final quarter.


1962 VFA season, Division 2
The Division 2 home-and-home season was played over 16 rounds, a reduction from the 18 rounds played in 1961; the top four played finals under the Page–McIntyre system. The Division 2 Grand Final was scheduled for the same weekend as the Division 1 First Semi-Final, with the promotion-relegation playoff scheduled for the following weekend. Division 2 finals were played at Toorak Park; the first semi-final was played on a Saturday because Box Hill was opposed to Sunday football, but all other finals were played on Sundays.


1962 VFA season, Promotion and relegation
Division 2 premier Dandenong was promoted to Division 1 for 1963, and tenth-placed Division 1 club Mordialloc was relegated to Division 2. A play-off for promotion was held between Division 2 runners-up, Prahran and ninth-placed Division 1 club Northcote; Northcote won by 77 points, and therefore held its place in Division 1 for 1963.


1962 VFA season, Notable events, Interstate matches
The Association played one interstate match during 1962, against Tasmania in front of a near record crowd in Devonport on Queen's Birthday Monday. Williamstown's Gerry Callahan coached the team.


1962 VFL Grand Final
The 1962 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the     Essendon Football Club and Carlton Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 1962. It was the 66th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1962 VFL season. The match, attended by 98,385 spectators, was won by Essendon by a margin of 32 points, marking that club's 11th premiership victory.


1962 VFL season
The 1962 Victorian Football League season was the 66th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.


1962 VFL season, Premiership season
In 1962, 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.


1962 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.


1962 VFL season, Premiership season
Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1962 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the Page–McIntyre system.


1962 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.


1962 VMI Keydets football team
The 1962 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season.


1962 VPI Gobblers football team
The 1962 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1962 NCAA University Division football season.


1962 VPI Gobblers football team, Players
The following players were members of the 1962 football team according to the roster published in the 1963 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.


1962 Valley State Matadors football team
The 1962 Valley State Matadors football team represented Valley State during the 1962 NCAA College Division football season.


1962 Valley State Matadors football team
Valley State competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). This was the first year Valley State played a varsity schedule. The team was led by head coach Sam Winningham. The Matadors played home games at Monroe High in Sepulveda, California. They finished the season with a record of three wins and six losses (3–6, 2–3 CCAA).


1962 Valley State Matadors football team, Team players in the NFL
No Valley State players were selected in the 1963 NFL Draft.


1962 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
The 1962 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. The Commodores were led by head coach Art Guepe in his tenth and final season and finished  a record of one win and nine losses (1–9 overall, 1–6 in the SEC).


1962 Venezuelan Primera División season
The 1962 season of the Venezuelan Primera División, the top category of Venezuelan football, was played by 6 teams. The national champions were Portugués.


1962 Vermont Catamounts football team
The 1962 Vermont Catamounts football team was an American football team that represented  the University of Vermont in the Yankee Conference during the 1962 NCAA College Division football season. In their first year under head coach Bob Clifford, the team compiled a 3–5 record.


1962 Vermont gubernatorial election
The 1962 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1962. Incumbent Republican F. Ray Keyser, Jr. ran unsuccessfully for re-election to a second term as Governor of Vermont, losing to Democratic candidate Philip H. Hoff. Hoff was the first Democrat elected Governor of Vermont since 1853.


1962 Villanova Wildcats football team
The 1962 Villanova Wildcats football team represented the Villanova University during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. The head coach was Alexander F. Bell, coaching his third season with the Wildcats. The team played their home games at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania.


1962 Virginia Cavaliers football team
The 1962 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. The Cavaliers were led by second-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 seventh.


1962 Volta a Catalunya
The 1962 Volta a Catalunya was the 42nd edition of the Volta a Catalunya cycle race and was held from 9 September to 16 September 1962. The race started in Montjuïc and finished in Barcelona. The race was won by Antonio Karmany.


1962 Volunteer 500
The 1962 Volunteer 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series  event that was held on April 29, 1962, at Bristol International Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee.


1962 Volunteer 500
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.


1962 Volunteer 500, Race report
This 500-lap event lasted for a duration of three hours and 24 minutes. Thirty-six drivers managed to qualify for this racing event; with Fireball Roberts earning a pole position start due to his qualifying speed of 81.374 miles per hour (130.959 km/h). Bobby Johns would beat out the likes of Richard Petty and Fireball Roberts by six laps; a dominating performance made possible by running the high line when nobody else wanted to run up high so he didn't get held up nearly as much as everyone else. This was the only time in Herman Beam's career that he got a top ten in a race with more than thirty cars starting. Granted, only eleven actually finished.


1962 Volunteer 500, Race report
Johns would later credit his win in this event to having a sense of consistency; rather than accelerating the car to full throttle all the time. Johns' vehicle was unsponsored during an era where corporate sponsorships for NASCAR vehicles were very few and far in-between.


1962 Volunteer 500, Race report
Larry Frank was the last-place finisher of this event due to his car overheating on lap 29. George Green would become the final driver to finish the event while David Pearson's faulty lug bolts would prevent him from acquiring a "top five" finish. Most of the vehicles in this race were Pontiac or Chevrolet. All of the drivers were born in the United States of America; no foreigners attempted to qualify for this racing event. Johnny Allen relieved Jack Smith in the #47 and received the checkered flag.


1962 Volunteer 500, Race report
While there are only four cautions to this race, an incredibly long duration of 37 laps were spent under the caution flag due to the various accidents and incidents that happened during the race. Gene Blackburn would retire from NASCAR Cup Series racing after this event.


1962 Volunteer 500, Race report
Individual earnings for each driver ranged from the winner's share of $4,405 ($37,232 when adjusted for inflation) to the meager earnings of $100 ($845 when adjusted for inflation) that was given to several low-ranked drivers. NASCAR only authorized a total sum of $17,865 to the qualifying drivers of this event ($150,998 when adjusted for inflation).


1962 Volunteer 500, Race report
At least eight notable crew chiefs were in attendance for this race; including Bud Moore, Herman Beam, Glen Wood, Ratus Walters and Shorty Johns.


1962 Volunteer 500, Race report, Major wrecks
The first major wreck of the race occurred when Nelson Stacy, on his 302nd lap, skidded into the second-turn guardrail after the '62 Ford had blown a tire. It bounced back on the track in time to be hit by Maurice Petty's '62 Plymouth. Stacy was shaken up, got a few minor bruises, and was sent to the hospital for observation. He was released before the race ended.


1962 Volunteer 500, Race report, Major wrecks
The second major wreck occurred when cars driven by Ned Jarrett and George Green collided on the fourth turn. Nobody was hurt. Both cars were badly damaged and hauled off the track by the wreckers. They were quickly repaired, however, and they got back into the race and were running at the finish.


1962 Vuelta a España
The 1962 Vuelta a España was the 17th Vuelta a España, taking place from 27 April to 13 May 1962. It consisted of 17 stages over 2,806 km (1,744 mi), ridden at an average speed of 35.684 km/h (22.173 mph).


1962 Vuelta a España
Jacques Anquetil started the race with the intention of winning it and becoming the first cyclist to win all the three grand tours. However, injury forced him out of the race. His St. Raphael-Helyett team dominated the race, with the team taking the leaders jersey after the second stage of the race. Rudi Altig and Seamus Elliott both wore the jersey with Altig taking it off the shoulders of Elliott after winning the final individual time trial on the 15th stage. Altig became the first German winner of the event.


1962 WANFL season
The 1962 WANFL season was the 78th season of the various incarnations of the Western Australian National Football League.


1962 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1962 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 3rd conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 1 and March 3, 1962. All games were played at the Weinberg Coliseum in Ann Arbor, Michigan. By reaching the title game both Michigan Tech and Michigan were invited to participate in the 1962 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1962 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 . The entire tournament consisted of single-elimination games. In the first round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds were matched with winners advanced to the championship game and the losers playing in a third place game.


1962 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


1962 Waitaki by-election
The Waitaki by-election 1962 was a by-election held in the Waitaki electorate in South Canterbury and North Otago during the term of the 33rd New Zealand Parliament, on 10 March 1962.


1962 Waitaki by-election
The by-election was caused by the death of incumbent MP Thomas Hayman of the National Party on 2 January 1962. The by-election was won by Alan Dick, also of the National Party.


1962 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
The 1962 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. In its third season under head coach Bill Hildebrand, the team compiled a 0–10 record and finished in last place in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).


1962 Washington Huskies football team
The 1962 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. In its sixth season under head coach Jim Owens, the team compiled a 7–1–2 record, finished second in the Athletic Association of Western Universities, and outscored its opponents 208 to 82.


1962 Washington Huskies football team, Professional football draft selections
Four University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1963 NFL Draft, which lasted twenty rounds with 280 selections. Two of those Huskies were also selected in the 1963 AFL Draft, which lasted twenty-nine rounds with 232 selections.


1962 Washington Redskins season
The 1962 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 31st season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 26th in Washington, D.C.. The team tried to improve on their 1–12–1 record from 1961 and did by making it 5-7-2.


1962 Washington Redskins season, Offseason, NFL Draft
Ernie Davis was the first black player to be chosen first overall in the NFL Draft.


1962 Washington Redskins season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1962 Washington Senators season
The 1962 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing 10th in the American League with a record of 60 wins and 101 losses, 35½ games behind the World Champion New York Yankees. 1962 was the first season in which the Senators played their home games at D.C. Stadium.


1962 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


1962 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


1962 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


1962 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


1962 Washington Senators season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1962 Washington State Cougars football team
The 1962 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU, Big Six) during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. In their seventh season under head coach Jim Sutherland, the Cougars compiled a 5–4–1 record (1–1 in AAWU, third), and outscored their opponents 213 to 167.


1962 Washington State Cougars football team
The team's statistical leaders included Dave Mathieson with 1,492 passing yards, George Reed with 503 rushing yards, and Hugh Campbell with 848 receiving yards.


1962 Washington State Cougars football team
Midway through the schedule, WSU was undefeated at 4–0–1, equaling their best start since 1936. They received a vote in that week's UPI Coaches Poll (tied for 23rd), but managed only a rally win at neighbor Idaho (in the snow) in the final five games.


1962 Washington State Cougars football team
After three years as an independent, WSU was admitted to the conference in the summer of 1962; due to advanced scheduling, they played few of the southern members (of California) per season until the late 1960s. The AAWU expanded to eight in 1964 with the addition of Oregon and Oregon State.


1962 Washington State Cougars football team, NFL Draft
Two Cougars were selected in the 1963 NFL Draft, which was twenty rounds (280 selections).


1962 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
The 1962 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship was the 62nd staging of the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Waterford County Board in 1897.


1962 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
Erin's Own won the championship after a 5-07 to 1-04 defeat of Mount Sion in the final. This was their 13th championship title overall and their first title since 1947. It remains their last championship victory.


1962 Wellington City mayoral election
The 1962 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1962, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government positions including fifteen city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.


1962 Wellington City mayoral election, Background
Incumbent mayor Frank Kitts was re-elected decisively for a third term over deputy mayor William Arcus, substantially increasing his majority. Initially Sam Barnett, the former Secretary of Justice and Controller-General of Police, was to be the Citizens' Association nomination for the mayoralty but he withdrew his nomination at the last minute.


1962 Wellington City mayoral election, Background
The election was also notable due to the success of Ralph Love, who became the first Maori candidate to be elected as a city councillor in Wellington's history. John Jeffries was also to become the youngest ever candidate elected as a councillor (at that time) at age 33.


1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
Legislative Assembly elections was held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1962.


1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Parties
Ahead of the polls, the Communist Party of India, the All India Forward Bloc, the Marxist Forward Bloc, the Revolutionary Communist Party of India, the Bolshevik Party of India and the Revolutionary Socialist Party had formed the electoral alliance United Left Front.


1962 West Derbyshire by-election
The 1962 West Derbyshire by-election was held on 6 June 1962 after the incumbent Conservative MP, Edward Wakefield, was appointed as Commissioner for Malta. It was retained by the Conservative candidate Aidan Crawley.


1962 West Derbyshire by-election
It is the largest loss of share of the vote suffered by the Conservative candidate, when the Conservative has still managed to retain the seat.


1962 West Lothian by-election
The 1962 West Lothian by-election was a UK Parliamentary by-election held for the constituency of West Lothian in Scotland on 14 June 1962, following the death of sitting MP, John Taylor. The by-election saw the election of Tam Dalyell, who went on to become a long-standing and controversial MP. Additionally, the Scottish National Party had a surprisingly strong showing—their candidate, William Wolfe, became the party leader for several years.


1962 West Lothian by-election
Candidates from the Liberal and Conservative parties both lost their deposits. It was the first deposit lost by the Conservatives in Scotland since 1920.


1962 West Texas State Buffaloes football team
The 1962 West Texas State Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented West Texas State College (now known as West Texas A&M University) as an independent during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. In its third season under head coach Joe Kerbel, the team compiled a 9–2 record, defeated Ohio in the 1962 Sun Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 312 to 115. The team played its home games at the Buffalo Bowl (later renamed Kimbrough Memorial Stadium) in Canyon, Texas.


1962 West Texas State Buffaloes football team
On offense, the team averaged 28.4 points per game, ranking fourth among 120 major college programs for the 1962 season. On defense, the team intercepted 25 passes and totaled 529 interception return years, both of which remain school records. Jerry Logan's 99-yard interception return against Arizona State on October 13, 1962, also remains a school record.


1962 West Texas State Buffaloes football team
The team's statistical leaders included Jim Dawson with 652 passing yards, Pete Pedro with 831 rushing yards, Jerry Richardson with 22 receptions and 282 receiving yards, and Jerry Logan with 13 touchdowns.


1962 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 1962 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season.


1962 Western Australian Legislative Council election
Elections were held in the Australian state of Western Australia on 12 May 1962 to elect 10 of the 30 members of the state's Legislative Council. This was the last time the Legislative Council elections were held separately to those of the Legislative Assembly.


1962 Western Australian state election
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 31 March 1962 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The Liberal-Country coalition government, led by Premier Sir David Brand, won a second term in office against the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Albert Hawke.


1962 Western Australian state election
The election resulted in a confirmation of the status quo, with the only apparent seat changes since the 1959 election being due to the changes of affiliation of the two Independent Liberal members. Edward Oldfield, representing Mount Lawley, had joined the Labor Party during the previous term, whilst Bill Grayden, representing South Perth, had joined the Liberal Party. Both were re-elected.


1962 Western Australian state election
Two seats changed between the Country and LCL Parties. In Avon, the sitting member James Mann (LCL) retired after 32 years in Parliament, and Harry Gayfer, one of the two Country Party candidates, succeeded him in the seat. Meanwhile, in outer-metropolitan Darling Range, LCL candidate Ken Dunn defeated the sitting Country member Ray Owen. The Labor candidate (Jack Metcalfe) narrowly won the primary vote, whilst Dunn polled one vote ahead of Owen, meaning Owen was eliminated and his votes distributed between Dunn and Metcalfe. A petition was filed and the Court of Disputed Returns ordered a fresh election for 22 July 1962, which widened the gap to 15 votes.


1962 Western Australian state election, Results
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1962 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The 1962 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. In their sixth season under head coach Merle Schlosser, the Broncos compiled a 5–4 record (3–3 against MAC opponents), finished in fourth place in the MAC, and outscored their opponents, 158 to 112. The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.


1962 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The team's statistical leaders included Roger Theder with 824 passing yards, Bill Schlee with 599 rushing yards, and Jim Bednar with 255 receiving yards. Center Mike Maul and quarterback Roger Theder were the team captains. Fullback Bill Schlee received the team's most outstanding player award.


1962 Wichita Shockers football team
The 1962 Wichita Shockers football team was an American football team that represented Wichita  University (now known as Wichita State University) as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. In its first season under head coach Marcelino Huerta, the team compiled a 3–7 record (0–3 against conference opponents), finished in last place out of four teams in the MVC, and was outscored by a total of 139 to 127. The team played its home games at Veterans Field, now known as Cessna Stadium.


1962 Wightman Cup
The 1962 Wightman Cup was the 34th 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.


1962 William & Mary Indians football team
The 1962 William & Mary Indians football team represented William & Mary during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season.


1962 Wimbledon Championships
The 1962 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 25 June until Saturday 7 July 1962. It was the 76th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1962. Rod Laver and Karen Susman won the singles titles.


1962 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Men's Doubles
Bob Hewitt /  Fred Stolle defeated  Boro Jovanović /  Nikola Pilić, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2, 6–4


1962 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Women's Doubles
Billie Jean Moffitt /  Karen Susman defeated  Sandra Price /  Renée Schuurman, 5–7, 6–3, 7–5


1962 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Mixed Doubles
Neale Fraser /  Margaret duPont defeated  Dennis Ralston /  Ann Haydon, 2–6, 6–3, 13–11


1962 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles
Stanley Matthews defeated Alex Metreveli in the final, 6–2, 6–4 to win the Boys' Singles tennis title at the 1962 Wimbledon Championships.


1962 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
Galina Baksheeva successfully defended her title, defeating Elizabeth Terry in the final, 6–4, 6–2 to win the Girls' Singles tennis title at the 1962 Wimbledon Championships.


1962 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Roy Emerson and Neale Fraser were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Boro Jovanović and Nikola Pilić.


1962 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Bob Hewitt and Fred Stolle defeated Jovanović and Pilić in the final, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2, 6–4 to win the Gentlemen' Doubles tennis title at the 1962 Wimbledon Championship.


1962 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles, Seeds
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1962 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Rod Laver successfully defended his title, defeating Martin Mulligan in the final, 6–2, 6–2, 6–1 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1962 Wimbledon Championships.


1962 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
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1962 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Fred Stolle and Lesley Turner were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Neale Fraser and Margaret duPont.


1962 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Fraser and duPont defeated Dennis Ralston and Ann Haydon in the final, 11–9, 6–2 to win the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 1962 Wimbledon Championships.


1962 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles, Seeds
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1962 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Billie Jean Moffitt and Karen Susman successfully defended their title, defeating Sandra Price and Renée Schuurman in the final, 5–7, 6–3, 7–5 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 1962 Wimbledon Championships.


1962 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles, Seeds
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1962 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Karen Susman defeated Věra Suková in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1962 Wimbledon Championships. Angela Mortimer was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Suková. Top seed Margaret Smith had a bye into the second round, where she lost her first match to Billie-Jean Moffit. It was the first time in Grand Slam history that the women's top seed had lost her opening match, albeit in the second round.


1962 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
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1962 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
The 1962 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in 1st place in the Western Conference with an 11–5 record. In a rematch of the previous season's Grey Cup Final, the Blue Bombers defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to win the 50th Grey Cup. The win cemented the Bombers' status as a dynasty, having won four Grey Cups in five years.


1962 Winter Universiade
The 1962 Winter Universiade, the II Winter Universiade, took place in Villars, Switzerland.


1962 Winter Universiade, Alpine skiing
Men: Slalom Gold – Willy Bogner (West Germany) Gold – Ulf Ekstam (Finland) Bronze – Masayoshi Mitani (Japan)


1962 Winter Universiade, Alpine skiing
Men: Downhill Gold – Philippe Mollard (France) Silver – Walter Kutschera (Austria) Bronze – Willy Bogner (West Germany)


1962 Winter Universiade, Alpine skiing
Men: Combined Combined event is the overall standings of all disciplines on the Universiade program. Gold – Willy Bogner (West Germany) Silver – Philippe Mollard (France) Bronze – Manfred Köstinger (Austria)


1962 Winter Universiade, Alpine skiing
Women: Slalom Gold – Cécile Prince (France) Silver – Barbi Henneberger (West Germany) Bronze – Annie Famose (France)


1962 Winter Universiade, Alpine skiing
Women: Giant Slalom Gold – Barbi Henneberger (West Germany) Silver – Astrid Sandvik (Norway) Bronze – Annie Famose (France) Bronze – Gertraud Ehrenfried (Austria)


1962 Winter Universiade, Alpine skiing
Women: Downhill Gold – Barbi Henneberger (West Germany) Silver – Gertraud Ehrenfried (Austria) Bronze – Cécile Prince (France)


1962 Winter Universiade, Alpine skiing
Women: Combined Combined event is the overall standings of all disciplines on the Universiade program. Gold – Barbi Henneberger (West Germany) Silver – Cécile Prince (France) Bronze – Gundl Sernetz (Austria)


1962 Winter Universiade, Nordic skiing
Men: 12 km Classical Gold – Igor Veranzhinin (Soviet Union) Silver – German Karpov (Soviet Union) Bronze – Ivan Kondrachev (Soviet Union)


1962 Winter Universiade, Nordic combined
Men: Gold – Vyacheslav Dryagin (Soviet Union) Silver – Albert Larinov (Soviet Union) Bronze – Yosuke Eto (Japan)


1962 Winter Universiade, Ski jumping
Men: Small Hill - K90 Gold – Shigeyuki Wasaka (Japan) Silver – Yosuke Eto (Japan) Bronze – Renzo Nigawara (Japan)


1962 Winter Universiade, Ice hockey
Men:Gold – Czechoslovakia Silver – Soviet Union Bronze – Sweden


1962 Winter Universiade, Figure skating
Women: Gold – Juno Ueno (Japan) Silver – Jitka Hlavacková (Czechoslovakia) Bronze – Helga Zollner (Hungary)


1962 Wisconsin Badgers football team
The 1962 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. Wisconsin was the Big Ten Conference champion and was ranked second in both final major polls, released in early December. This remains the highest season-ending ranking in program history (since the polls' inception in 1936 (AP) and 1950 (coaches)).


1962 Wisconsin Badgers football team
Wisconsin met the #1 USC Trojans in the historic Rose Bowl, the first bowl game in college football history to pair the top two ranked teams in the nation. This Wisconsin team is also tightly linked to the resurgence of the program in the 1990s through All-American end Pat Richter, who returned as athletic director in 1989 and hired head coach Barry Alvarez.


1962 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Season
Wisconsin opened the season by crushing New Mexico State and then subdued Indiana 30–6. On October 13, they defeated Notre Dame 17–8, which gave them a number 10 ranking. The Badgers then defeated the Iowa 42–15, which moved them up to fifth. A 14–7 loss to Ohio State the following week dropped Wisconsin out of the polls (top ten only).


1962 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Season
On November 3, the Badgers defeated struggling Michigan on the road, 34–12. This set up following week's homecoming game versus #1 Northwestern at Camp Randall Stadium. Eighth-ranked Wisconsin soundly defeated Northwestern 37–6, and moved up to fourth in the next poll. A win at Illinois set up a #3 Wisconsin vs #5 Minnesota battle for Paul Bunyan's Axe. Wisconsin won 14–9, securing the Big Ten title and the berth in the Rose Bowl, as well as a season-ending #2 ranking.


1962 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Season
The Badgers faced #1 USC in the historic Rose Bowl; the first bowl game in college football history between the top two teams in the polls, and the final rankings were already set. At the time, the two major polls (AP, UPI) released their final editions prior to the bowl games, so Wisconsin's runner-up rank went unchanged after the bowl loss.


1962 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Season
Quarterback Ron Vander Kelen seemingly "come from nowhere" to lead the Badgers to a conference championship; he had missed the 1960 season due to an injury, and was declared academically ineligible for 1961. He was named the Big Ten Conference MVP for 1962 in his only season of play (except for late-game mop-up in 1959 versus Marquette).


1962 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Season
Senior end Pat Richter was a unanimous consensus All-America selection and came in sixth in the Heisman Trophy voting for 1962. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1996. Despite his an accomplishments as a player, he may be better known to younger generations for hiring coach Barry Alvarez when he became the athletic director at Wisconsin decades later. Junior center Ken Bowman played ten seasons with the Green Bay Packers, winning three consecutive NFL titles under head coach Vince Lombardi.


1962 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
The 1962 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1962. Democrat John W. Reynolds won the election with 51% of the vote, winning his first term as Governor of Wisconsin and defeating Republican Philip Kuehn. As of 2021, this is the last time Menominee County voted for the Republican candidate.


1962 Women's Amateur Snooker Championship
The 1962 Women's Amateur Snooker Championship was an amateur snooker tournament held in May 1962 at Burroughes Hall. Maureen Barrett successfully defended her title, defeating Rita Holmes 4-1 in the final.


1962 Women's British Open Squash Championship
The 1962 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club in London from 18–24 February 1962. Heather Blundell won her first title defeating Fran Marshall in the final.


1962 Women's Western Open
The 1962 Women's Western Open was contested from May 10–13 at Montgomery Country Club. It was the 33rd edition of the Women's Western Open.


1962 Women's Western Open
This event was won by Mickey Wright on the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoff with Mary Lena Faulk.


1962 World 600
The 1962 World 600, the 3rd running of the event, was a NASCAR Grand National Series race held on May 27, 1962 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. Contested over 400 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) speedway, it was the 23rd race of the 1962 NASCAR Grand National Series season.


1962 World 600, Background
Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States, 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 World 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the National 400. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith 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).


1962 World 600, Race report
Nelson Stacy won the race over the second-place Joe Weatherly by a time of 32.35 seconds; making his third race victory of out a total of four. The race lasted four hours, forty-six minutes, and forty-four seconds. Average speed during the race was 125.552 miles per hour (202.056 km/h) while the pole position qualifier had a speed of 140.15 miles per hour (225.55 km/h). Two cautions slowed the race for 14 laps. Eighteen lead changes were recorded during the race.


1962 World 600, Race report
David Pearson was leading with seven laps to go. It was an extremely hot day and Pearson said it was hard to see because he had to wipe the sweat from his head on the straightaway. While leading with seven laps to go, his car just quit on him. He said it was one of the most disappointing losses of his career.


1962 World 600, Race report
Red Foote would make his NASCAR debut in this race while Gerald Duke and Herb Tillman would retire from professional stock car racing after this event. Joe Weatherly's respectable second-place finish managed to boost him ahead of Jack Smith in the championship standings.


1962 World 600, Race report
Notable crew chiefs for this race; included Bud Moore, Herman Beam, Glen Wood, Herb Nab and Ratus Walters.


1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 15th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held on July 3–8, 1962 in Prague, the capital of Czechoslovakia, this being the 3rd time that Prague hosted these championships.


1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
These were the last championships China competed in until 1979. Following a 1964 vote to accept Taiwan as a member nation, China withdrew from the International Gymnastics Federation in protest. They would not rejoin until 1978.


1962 World Fencing Championships
The 1962 World Fencing Championships were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina in July 1962.


1962 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.


1962 World Figure Skating Championships
The 1962 competitions for men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance took place from March 14 to 17 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. The Figure Skating World Championships in Prague were originally planned for 1961, but were cancelled due to the crash of Sabena Flight 548, which killed everyone on board the plane, including the entire US figure skating team.


1962 World Figure Skating Championships
East Germany participated in the World Figure Skating Championships for the first time.


1962 World Figure Skating Championships
This competition is best remembered for Donald Jackson's come-from-behind victory in the men's event with a tour-de-force free skating that included the first triple lutz jump ever landed in competition as well as a triple salchow jump and 20 other double and single jumps, including jumps in opposite directions and jumps with variations in arm position or delayed rotation. Jackson received 7 perfect 6.0 scores for this performance.


1962 World Figure Skating Championships
Prague hometown favorites Eva Romanová / Pavel Roman won the dance event - breaking the British domination of this discipline - and Canadians Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek were the winners in the pairs. As children, the Jelineks had defected from Czechoslovakia with their parents after the post-war Communist takeover, and there were significant fears for their safety in returning to their home country. The "official" story that had been circulated at the time of the previous year's planned competition was that they were merely of Czech descent. The Jelineks' chief competitors, 1960 runners-up Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, were forced to withdraw from the competition after colliding on side-by-side jumps during their program, and the silver medal was won by Ludmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov.


1962 World Modern Pentathlon Championships
The 1962 World Modern Pentathlon Championships were held in Mexico City, Mexico.


1962 World Rowing Championships
The 1962 World Rowing Championships were the inaugural world championships in rowing. The competition was held in September 1962 on the Rotsee in Lucerne, Switzerland. Rowers from West Germany dominated the competition, winning five of the seven boat classes.


1962 World Rowing Championships, Background
The Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron (FISA) decided in 1961 that, like at the Olympics, rowers from the whole world should compete for a championship title; thus far, they had only organised the European Rowing Championships, although they were open to rowers from outside of Europe. Prior to the 1974 World Rowing Championships, only men competed. Seven boat classes were part of the inaugural world championships that was held from 6 to 9 September on the Swiss Rotsee. There were 401 competitors from 24 countries (counting East and West Germany as one country) with 107 boats at the competition. Between 13 (double scull) and 17 (coxless pair) competed per boat class.


1962 World Rowing Championships, Background, German rowers
FISA did not recognise East Germany, hence only one German crew was permitted per event. Selection trials between East and West German crews were held on 3 September on the Rotsee, three days before the start of the championships. As was predicted by East German media outlets, West German crews would win in six of the seven categories, with 1960 Olympic single scull silver medal winner Achim Hill the only successful East German qualifier, beating Edgar Heidorn from Hanover. During the world championships, Hill did not proceed beyond the heats, though.


1962 World Rowing Championships, Medal table
The countries that did compete but did not win medals were Denmark and the Netherlands (they had entered 7 boats each), Czechoslovakia (6 boats), Norway and Poland (5 boats each), Belgium, Japan and Sweden (4 boats each), Australia, Finland and Canada (3 boats each), Israel, Yugoslavia, and Hungary (2 boats each), and New Zealand and Portugal (1 boat each).


1962 World Series
The 1962 World Series matched the defending American League and World Series champions New York Yankees against the National League champion San Francisco Giants. It is best remembered for its dramatic conclusion; with runners on second and third and two out in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7, Hall-of-Famer Willie McCovey hit an exceptionally hard line drive that was caught by second baseman Bobby Richardson to preserve a one-run victory for the Yankees.


1962 World Series
The Giants had won their first NL pennant since 1954 and first since moving from New York in 1958. They advanced by defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers in a three-game playoff. The Giants had a higher cumulative batting average (.226-.199) and lower earned-run average (2.66-2.95), had more hits (51-44), runs (21-20), hit more home runs (5-3), triples (2-1) and doubles (10-6), yet lost the Series. They would not return to the Fall Classic for another 27 years.


1962 World Series
The Yankees took the Series in seven games for the 20th championship in team history. The Yankees had won their first World Series in 1923; of the 40 Series played between 1923 and 1962, the Yankees won half. After a long dominance of the World Series picture, the Yankees would not win another World Series for another 15 years despite appearances in 1963, 1964, and 1976.


1962 World Series
This World Series, which was closely matched in every game, is also remembered for its then-record length of 13 days, caused by postponements due to rain in both cities.


1962 World Series, Summary
AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL San Francisco Giants (3)


1962 World Series, Summary
NOTE: the series was originally scheduled to begin October 3, but was moved back one day due to the three-game playoff between the Giants and Dodgers to determine the National League pennant. †: postponed from October 9 due to rain††: postponed from October 11 due to rain


1962 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
Roger Maris' two-run double in the first inning off Billy O'Dell set up Yankee starter Whitey Ford with a lead, but Willie Mays scored for the Giants on Jose Pagan's single in the second, ending Ford's record World Series consecutive scoreless inning streak at 33+2⁄3. Chuck Hiller's double and Felipe Alou's single in the third tied the game, but the Yankees broke the tie in the seventh on Clete Boyer's home run. Next inning, Dale Long followed a single and hit-by-pitch with an RBI single to make it 4–2 Yankees and knock O'Dell out of the game.


1962 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
Boyer's sacrifice fly off Don Larsen extended their lead to 5–2. The Yankees got a final run in the ninth on Elston Howard's RBI single off Stu Miller, the run charged to Larsen. Ford's complete-game victory was the first of six in the series, four for the Yankees and two for the Giants.


1962 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
The Giants scored two runs in Game 2, in the first when Chuck Hiller hit a leadoff double off Ralph Terry and scored on two ground outs, then in the seventh when Willie McCovey smashed a tremendous home run over the right-field fence to boost 24-game winner Jack Sanford to a 2–0 shutout of the Yankees, who managed only three hits.


1962 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
The Yankees ended a scoreless tie in the seventh with three runs. After two leadoff singles, Roger Maris drove a base hit off starter Billy Pierce for two runs, then after moving to third on a sacrifice fly, he scored the eventual winning run on Clete Boyer's groundout off Don Larsen when the Giants were unable to turn an inning-ending double play. Giants catcher Ed Bailey's two-run home run in the top of the ninth off Bill Stafford left them a run short.


1962 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
For the second time in as many games, a Giants catcher stroked a two-run home run, when Tom Haller hit one off Whitey Ford in the second inning. After the Yankees tied the score at 2–2 in the sixth on back-to-back walks off reliever Bobby Bolin followed by back-to-back RBI singles by Bill Skowron and Clete Boyer, second baseman Chuck Hiller hit the first National League grand slam in World Series history in the seventh off Marshall Bridges with two of the runs charged to reliever Jim Coates.


1962 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
The Giants scored another run in the ninth off Bridges when Matty Alou hit a leadoff single, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt, and scored on Chuck Hiller's single. The Yankees got that run back on three straight two-out singles off Billy O'Dell, the last an RBI single by Tom Tresh, but Mickey Mantle hit into a forceout to end the game as the Giants won 7–3. This game marked the only World Series appearance for Juan Marichal, who started for the Giants. Marichal smashed the thumb on his pitching hand while attempting to bunt in the top of the fifth, and was placed on the disabled list for the remainder of the series.


1962 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
Don Larsen was the winning pitcher in relief, six years to the day after (and in the same stadium of) his perfect game in the 1956 World Series.


1962 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
Games 5 and 6 were postponed by rain. Game 5 at New York was pushed back one day, but Game 6 in San Francisco was pushed back four days due to torrential rain on the West Coast. Three of the longest World Series in terms of total days, due to various postponements, involved the Giants: the 1911 and the 1989 were the other two.


1962 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
In Game 5, hot-hitting José Pagán hit a leadoff single in the third off Ralph Terry, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt, then scored on Chuck Hiller's RBI single. After a wild pitch from Jack Sanford tied the game in the fourth, Pagan's home run in the fifth put the Giants back in front 2–1, but another wild pitch in the sixth by Sanford tied the game again. In the eighth, Bobby Richardson and Tony Kubek hit back-to-back singles before Tom Tresh hit the game-winning three-run home run.


1962 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
The Giants scored a run in the ninth when Willie McCovey hit a leadoff single and scored on Tom Haller's one-out double, but Terry retired the next two hitters to end the game. With the series returning to San Francisco the Yankees had the edge, three games to two, only to have the sixth game delayed four days by rain.


1962 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
In a battle of left-handed starting pitchers, Billy Pierce outdueled Whitey Ford with a complete-game three-hitter as the Giants evened the series at three wins apiece with a 5–2 victory. They struck first in the fourth when after a single and walk, an error on an attempted pickoff by Ford allowed a run to score, then Orlando Cepeda's double and Jim Davenport's single scored a run each. They added to their lead next inning on RBI singles by Felipe Alou and Cepeda. The Yankees' only runs came on a Maris home run in the fifth inning and an RBI single by Tony Kubek in the eighth inning after a one-out double.


1962 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
The only run of this classic game came in the fifth inning when Tony Kubek grounded into a double play, Bill Skowron scoring from third. Ralph Terry, pitching the seventh game instead of Jim Bouton because of the rain delays, had given up Bill Mazeroski's Series-winning walk-off home run two years earlier in Pittsburgh, but in his third start stifled the Giants' power hitters.


1962 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
In the bottom of the ninth, pinch-hitter Matty Alou, batting for reliever Billy O'Dell, led off the inning with a bunt hit after first having a foul ball dropped, but Terry struck out the next two batters, Felipe Alou and Hiller. Mays hit a double into the right-field corner, but Maris played the carom well, then hit cutoff man Richardson with a throw that was quickly relayed home. Alou, aware of Maris' strong arm, stopped at third.


1962 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
Facing Willie McCovey with two outs, Terry elected to pitch to him rather than walk the bases loaded, which would have brought up slugger Orlando Cepeda. Terry's inside fastball on the second pitch handcuffed McCovey, who nonetheless adjusted his bat in mid-swing to extend his arms and hit what he later claimed was the hardest ball he had ever struck. The line drive appeared at first to be going over the head of a well-positioned Richardson, but was in fact sinking from topspin and Richardson made the catch without leaping to end the game. Terry was named the World Series MVP.


1962 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
The Yankees won their 20th World Series; they would not win another until 1977. The Giants would not win another National League pennant until 1989, when they would lose the World Series to the Oakland A's in a series interrupted by a major earthquake. The Giants would win the World Series in 2010, their first in San Francisco.


1962 World Series, Composite box
1962 World Series (4–3): New York Yankees (A.L.) over San Francisco Giants (N.L.)


1962 World Series, Quotes
Ralph Terry gets set. Here's the pitch to Willie. There's a liner straight to Richardson! The ballgame is over and the World Series is over!


1962 World Series, Aftermath
For the Peanuts comic strip of December 22, 1962, cartoonist and Giants fan Charles M. Schulz depicted Charlie Brown sitting glumly with Linus, lamenting in the last panel, "Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?" The January 28, 1963, strip featured a nearly identical scene, except in the last panel Charlie Brown moaned, "Or why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball even two feet higher?"


1962 World Series, Aftermath
During the 1981 Major League Baseball strike, Giants radio flagship KNBR rebroadcast Game 7, electronically re-editing NBC Radio announcer George Kell's description to make it sound as if McCovey's ninth-inning liner had gotten past Richardson, with Alou and Mays scoring to win the game and Series for San Francisco.


1962 World Series, Aftermath
48 years later, following additional World Series losses in 1989 and 2002, the Giants would finally bring the first Series championship to San Francisco in 2010. During Ring Night ceremonies in April 2011, Mays, McCovey, and Cepeda received honorary 2010 World Series rings.


1962 World Sportscar Championship
The 1962 World Sportscar Championship season was the 10th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1962 International Championship for GT Manufacturers, which was contested in three engine capacity divisions, and the 1962 Coupe des Sports, which was contested in three engine capacity divisions. The season ran from 11 February 1962 to 21 September 1962 over 15 events. For this season the FIA shifted the focus to production based GT cars and the World Sportscar Championship title was discontinued. This was also the first year that each class had its own championship, instead of a single overall title.


1962 World Sportscar Championship, Schedule
Although composed of 15 races, each class did not compete in all events. Some events were for one class, while others were combined events.


1962 World Sportscar Championship, Manufacturers' Championship
All championships scored points to the top six competitors in each class, in the order of 9-6-4-3-2-1. Constructors were only awarded points for their highest finishing car. Other finishers from the same manufacturer were merely skipped in the points count.


1962 World Sportscar Championship, Manufacturers' Championship
Only the best 5 results counted towards the championship. Points earned but not counted towards the championship total are listed in italics.


1962 World Sportscar Championship, Manufacturers' Championship, GT +2.0
This championship was for all GT class cars over 2000 cc. GT +2.0 did not participate in Rounds 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, and 13.


1962 World Sportscar Championship, Manufacturers' Championship, GT 2.0
This championship was for all GT class cars under 2000 cc but above 1000 cc. GT 2.0 did not participate in Rounds 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, and 14.


1962 World Sportscar Championship, Manufacturers' Championship, GT 1.0
This championship was for all GT class cars under 1000 cc. GT 1.0 only participated in Rounds 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, and 13.


1962 World Sportscar Championship, Coupe des Sports, S 3.0
This championship was for all Sportscar class cars under 3000 cc. Sportscars only scored points in Rounds 3, 5, and 7. The last two rounds were won by the Ferrari 246 SP.


1962 World Sportscar Championship, Coupe des Sports, S 2.0
This championship was for all Sportscar class cars under 2000 cc but above 1000 cc.


1962 World Sportscar Championship, Coupe des Sports, S 2.0
Porsche was the only manufacturer to finish a race in this class in the three scoring rounds, and were declared the champion.


1962 World Sportscar Championship, Coupe des Sports, S 1.0
This championship was for all Sportscar class cars under 1000 cc. Sportscars only scored points in Rounds 3, 5, and 7.


1962 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1962 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from September 16 to September 22, 1962. There were 113 men in action from 27 nations. These world championships were combined with European championships.


1962 World Women's Handball Championship
The 1962 World Women's Handball Championship took place in Romania in 1962.


1962 World Women's Handball Championship, Final standings
Liliana Borcea, Ana Starck, Edeltraut Franz, Iuliana Naco, Aurelia Szoke-Sălăgeanu, Constanţa Dumitraşcu, Antoaneta Oţelea-Vasile, Felicia Gheorghiţă, Irina Nagy, Cornelia Constantinescu, Aurora Leonte-Niculescu, Iozefina Ugron, Martina Constantinescu-Scheip, Elena Hedesiu, Victoria Dumitrescu and Ana Nemetz. Trainers: Constantin Popescu, Niculae Nedeff


1962 World Wrestling Championships
The 1962 World Wrestling Championships were held in Toledo, Ohio, United States.


1962 Wyoming Cowboys football team
The 1962 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. In their first season under head coach Lloyd Eaton, the Cowboys compiled a 5–5 record (2–2 against conference opponents), tied for third in the WAC, and outscored opponents by a total of 165 to 143.


1962 Wyoming gubernatorial election
The 1962 Wyoming gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1962. Incumbent Democratic Governor Jack R. Gage, who ascended to the governorship after his successor, John J. Hickey, appointed himself to the U.S. Senate in 1961, ran for re-election. After beating back a strong challenge from former Secretary of State William M. Jack in the Democratic primary, he then faced Republican nominee Clifford Hansen, the President of the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees and a former Teton County Commissioner. The year proved poor for Wyoming Democrats, as Hansen handily defeated Gage and as Senator Hickey was defeated for re-election by former Governor Milward Simpson.


1962 Wyoming state elections
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Wyoming on Tuesday, November 7, 1962. All of the state's executive officers—the Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, and Superintendent of Public Instruction—were up for election. Republicans ran the table on the state's executive offices, defeating incumbent Governor Jack R. Gage and incumbent Superintendent Velma Linford and picking up the Secretary of State's office. Republican State Auditor Minnie A. Mitchell was re-elected and Republicans also held the Treasurer's office.


1962 Wyoming state elections, Governor
After Democratic Governor John J. Hickey appointed himself to the U.S. Senate in 1961, Secretary of State Jack R. Gage, a fellow Democrat, became acting Governor. He ran for re-election in 1962 and was opposed by Republican nominee Clifford Hansen, the President of the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees. Gage lost re-election to Hansen by a wide margin, as many other Democrats around the state did poorly.


1962 Wyoming state elections, Secretary of State
Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Jack R. Gage, who also served as acting Governor, ran for re-election as Governor rather than seeking another term as Secretary of State, creating an open seat. State Treasurer Doc Rogers, who had previously served as Secretary of State and Governor, announced that he would run for the seat, but he passed away before qualifying ended. Accordingly, Thyra Thomson, the widow of late former Congressman and U.S. Senator-elect Keith Thomson, who had been seen as a likely candidate for the special U.S. Senate election, announced that she would seek the seat instead. Thomson defeated Frank Emerson, the son of former Governor Frank C. Emerson, in the Republican primary, and then overwhelmingly defeated former State Representative Frank L. Bowron in the general election to pick up the office for the Republican Party.


1962 Wyoming state elections, Auditor
Incumbent Republican State Auditor Minnie A. Mitchell ran for re-election to a third term. She faced a challenge from State Senator David Foote in the Republican primary, whom she defeated handily. In the general election, she was opposed by Democratic nominee John E. Purcell, the Chairman of the Natrona County Board of County Commissioners. She, like other Republicans throughout the state, won her election by a wide margin, improving on her performance from 1958.


1962 Wyoming state elections, Treasurer
Incumbent Republican State Treasurer Doc Rogers was unable to seek a second term due to term limits, creating an open seat. However, Rogers died prior to the end of his term, and Governor Jack R. Gage allowed Deputy Treasurer Richard J. Luman to act as Treasurer rather than appointing a replacement. Luman, however, declined to seek re-election. Prior to Rogers's death, Everett T. Copenhaver, the former Secretary of State and State Auditor, announced that he would seek the office. Copenhaver faced former State Representative Bob Adams, the Democratic nominee, who had twice before been the Democratic nominee for State Auditor, in the general election. He overwhelmingly defeated Adams, enabling his return to state government.


1962 Wyoming state elections, Superintendent of Public Instruction
Incumbent Democratic Superintendent of Public Instruction Velma Linford ran for re-election to a third term in office. She faced Cecil M. Shaw, an instructor at Casper College, who won a contested Republican primary over Assistant State Treasurer Duke DeForest, as her general election opponent. Linford significantly outpaced the rest of the statewide Democratic ticket, but it wasn't enough for her to win re-election; she fell short of a third term by just 737 votes.


1962 Yale Bulldogs football team
The 1962 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. The Bulldogs were led by 11th-year head coach Jordan Olivar, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished seventh in the Ivy League with a 1–5–1 record, 2–5–2 overall.


1962 in Afghanistan
The following lists events that happened during 1962 in the Kingdom of Afghanistan.


1962 in Afghanistan, January 1962
On January 22, 1962, the United States announces that Afghanistan has agreed to open the border for eight weeks following January 29, 1962, in order to allow aid supplies to enter from Pakistan. Meanwhile, the U.S. ambassador, Henry A. Byroade, continues efforts to open the border from Pakistan; the only alternative routes for aid supplies are from the north via Soviet rail connections, or through Iran at a cost of $70 per ton extra. In April the Afghan government signs an agreement with the Iranian government for use of the route through Iran.


1962 in Afghanistan, January 1962
The Iranian ambassador to Pakistan, Hassan Arafa, proposes that the best solution to Afghanistan's problems lies in the formation of an Iran-Afghan-Pakistan confederation. Kabul refuses to consider the proposal. During July and early August the Shah of Iran visits both Pakistan and Afghanistan in an effort at conciliation.


1962 in Afghanistan, April 1962
A second five-year plan is announced by Prime Minister Mohammad Daud, with a foreign-aid requirement of $734,000,000 for the expansion of mines, industries, agriculture, and communications. In June the U.S. expresses its unwillingness to make a firm commitment of funds over a five-year period. The Afghans also seek commitments from Japan, Italy, and Yugoslavia.


1962 in Afghanistan, April 1962
On April 9, 1962, a rural development project is begun at Ander, designed to improve farming, health, and schooling for about 100,000 people.


1962 in Afghanistan, May 6, 1962
A hydroelectric plant, built with Soviet assistance, is opened in northern Afghanistan.


1962 in Algeria, Events
This was the year that Algeria's revolution against the tyrannical colonialism of France officially ended after the peace talks in March of that year between the NLF (National Liberation Front) and the French government. This was followed by a ceasefire called between the NLF and the OAS, a secret army determined to keep Algeria a French colony, which was what officially ended the fighting.


1962 in Argentine football
1962 in Argentine football saw Boca Juniors win the Argentine Primera. Racing Club were Argentina's representatives in the Copa Libertadores where they were eliminated in the first round.


1962 in Australia
The following lists events that happened during 1962 in Australia.


1962 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1962.


1962 in Australian literature, Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1962 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.


1962 in Australian literature, Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1962 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.


1962 in Australian soccer
The 1962 season was the 79th season of competitive association football in Australia. The Australian Soccer Association introduced their Australia Cup, a knockout tournament.


1962 in Australian soccer, Cup competitions, Australia Cup
The competition began on 2 November 1962. Sixteen clubs had entered the competition with the final two clubs Yugal and St George-Budapest qualifying for the Final. Yugal won the final 8–1 with four goals from Tiko Jelisavčić, two goals from Eric Schwarts and one goal each for Tony Nincevich and Slavko Pacanin.


1962 in Australian soccer, Honours
(Note: figures in parentheses display the club's tournament record as winners/runners-up.)


1962 in Belgian television
This is a list of Belgian television related events from 1962.


1962 in Brazilian football
The following article presents a summary of the 1962 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 61st season of competitive football in the country.


1962 in Brazilian football, Taça Brasil
Santos declared as the Taça Brasil champions by aggregate score of 9-6.


1962 in Brazilian football, Brazil national team
The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1962.


1962 in Brazilian television
This is a list of Brazilian television related events from 1962.


1962 in British music
This is a summary of 1962 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.


1962 in British music, Summary
Popular music in the UK continues to be dominated by American acts, but a homegrown style of pop music has begun to evolve, led by performers such as Cliff Richard and The Shadows. The Hollies, The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Merseybeats, The Nashville Teens and The Rolling Stones all form during this year. The Beatles begin to be known outside Merseyside. Novelty records with a British flavour, such as Mike Sarne's "Come Outside" and Anthony Newley's "That Noise", continue to be successful.


1962 in British radio
This is a list of events from British radio in 1962.


1962 in British television
This is a list of British television related events from 1962.


1962 in Canadian television
The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 1962. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches.


1962 in Cape Verde
The following lists events that happened during 1962 in Cape Verde.


1962 in Chile
The following lists events that happened during 1962 in Chile.


1962 in Croatian television
This is a list of Croatian television related events from 1962.