1960–61 Danish 1. division season, Relegation
Silkeborg SF was relegated to the 2. division, and Furesø was promoted to the 1. division for the 1961–62 season.


1960–61 Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey season
The 1960–61 Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey team represented University of Denver in college ice hockey. In its 5th year under head coach Murray Armstrong the team compiled a 30–1–1 record and reached the NCAA tournament for the third time in four years. The Pioneers defeated St. Lawrence 12–2 in the championship game at the DU Arena in Denver, Colorado. Denver set a record for the most wins by a team in one season, breaking the previous high of 27 they had earned the previous year.


1960–61 Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey season, Season
Denver's program was riding high after winning the NCAA tournament the year before as well as having the first player in program history earn an NHL contract following the championship. Head coach Murray Armstrong was not willing to rest on his laurels, however. After the team's first national title in 1958 the program was shut out of the tournament the following year and, not wanting to see a repeat performance, Armstrong watched his team get off to a fast start with three wins at home before embarking on a brief but arduous road trip.


1960–61 Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey season, Season
Their first stop was in North Dakota where they easily took two games from a weak Fighting Sioux squad before heading to Houghton to face a tough Michigan Tech team that given them fits the year before. The Huskies took the first game, holding Denver to a season-low 2 goals, but the Pioneers evened the score the next night with a 5–2 win.


1960–61 Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey season, Season
Two days later Denver was back home where they would remain for essentially the next two months. Denver playing too many of their games at home was the main cause of their missing the 1959 tournament despite having the best record in the country. Even with that recent history the Pioneers had skewed an already home-favored schedule for 1961 with 20 games at home and only 8 on the road. They were able to do this in part because they now belonged to the WCHA rather than being an Independent program and as a result they would only have to be one of the two best squads in the 7-team conference to have home-ice in the playoffs.


1960–61 Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey season, Season
With all of these advantages built into their schedule Denver took full advantage and ran roughshod over their opponents. After sweeping four games in 5 days against Michigan State and Michigan (though they got a scare with an overtime win in the final match), Denver welcomed the Huskies for a rematch at the end of December and took both games to place themselves firmly atop the conference standings. After a series against a Canadian senior team that provided Denver with its only tie of the season, the Pioneers dominated North Dakota in two games before welcoming the US National Team. Though Team USA had just won the gold medal most of the players from that squad were no longer on the team and the perceptibly weaker group was easily defeated in both games.


1960–61 Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey season, Season
After their first of two home-and-home meetings with in-state rival Colorado College, Denver hosted the Warroad Lakers for a three-game series and totally dominated the visitors by scoring 9 goals in each game. In mid-February Denver finally left Colorado for two games against a strong Michigan squad and took both contests before ending their regular season with a second series against the CC Tigers.


1960–61 Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey season, Season
The one team from the WCHA that they did not face during the season was Minnesota. This was due to the on-going feud between the two programs over recruiting practices. Both teams were able to benefit from this since the two teams were the strongest in the WCHA and finished in the top two of the conference. Denver won their second consecutive WCHA title with their 17–1 conference record and played Michigan Tech at home in the WCHA tournament.


1960–61 Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey season, Season
For the first game of the total-goal series Denver dominated the Huskies, winning 9–1 and followed that up with an equally impressive 8–2 victory the following night. Denver's 17–3 victory was the widest margin for any 2-game series in the history of the WCHA tournament as well as being tied for the most goals scored by one team in a two-game series.


1960–61 Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey season, Season
Denver received the top western seed while WCHA co-champion Minnesota was afforded the #2 seed. Partially due to Denver and Minnesota having not played against one another all season the NCAA took the unprecedented step of placing both WCHA teams in the same semifinal game. This was the first time two teams from the same conference or region would play in an opening round of the NCAA tournament, an occurrence that would not happen again until 2008.


1960–61 Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey season, Season
Despite their being the top two teams from the WCHA from the drop of the puck it was obvious that Denver was far superior to the Golden Gophers. Minnesota did well to hold the Pioneers to six goals in their 6–1 victory that sent Denver back to the title game. In the championship match Denver faced Tri-State League champion St. Lawrence and were heavily favored to repeat as national champions. Despite that it was the Saints who scored first, less than 90 seconds into the contest.


1960–61 Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey season, Season
Denver was able to tie the score less than two minutes later and then built a two-goal lead before the Larries cut the lead to one with just under seven to play in the first period. After the second goal against Denver clamped down on the Saints' attack and controlled the rest of the game. In the final 45 minutes of play Denver scored the final 9 goals of the game (an NCAA tournament record) to win by an astounding 10-goal margin (also a record).


1960–61 Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey season, Season
Team captain Bill Masterton scored a hat trick with two assists and was named the tournament MOP. Denver's thoroughly dominating performance in the two games got five members of the team onto the All-Tournament first team (tied for the most in NCAA history): Marty Howe, Grant Munro, Trent Beatty, Bill Masterton and Jerry Walker with only Minnesota's Mike Larson stopping their bid for a sweep. Additionally George Kirkwood and George Konik made the second team.


1960–61 Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey season, Season
The 1961 Denver team set several new NCAA records, including most wins by a program with 30. Their 30–1–1 record was the second best winning percentage (.953) for an NCAA champion at the time and currently sits at 4th-best in history (behind only 1949 Boston College, 1970 Cornell and 1993 Maine as of 2018) Denver also scored at one of the highest goals per game pace in NCAA history with a whopping 7.56. Additionally they were the best defensive team to that point, allowing only 59 goals against in 32 contests for a team goals against average of 1.84.


1960–61 Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey season, Season
Denver's average margin of victory of 5.72 goals was the second-largest average in NCAA history at the time and still stands as the largest ever for a championship team. Jerry Walker's 85 points that season were a record for any WCHA player and were not beaten until the conference expanded to many more games in the mid-1970s while his WCHA-record 56 goals still stands as of 2018. George Kirkwood set an NCAA record for wins in a season with 30 and finished with a then-record career winning percentage of .894 which was broken by future Hall-of-Famer Ken Dryden.


1960–61 Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey season, Season
Denver's unparalleled performance throughout the season caused the WCHA voters to name 5 players to the All-WCHA First Team: George Kirkwood, George Konik, Marty Howe, Bill Masterton and Jerry Walker while a record 5 Pioneers appeared on AHCA All-American West Team with Grant Munro being selected rather than Konik.


1960–61 Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey season, Season
The 1960-61 Denver team is commonly regarded as the best in the history of the program and one of the greatest teams in NCAA history.


1960–61 Detroit Pistons season
The 1960-61 NBA season was the Pistons' 13th season in the NBA and fourth season in the city of Detroit.


1960–61 Detroit Red Wings season
The 1960–61 Detroit Red Wings season saw the Red Wings finish in fourth place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 25 wins, 29 losses, and 16 ties for 66 points. They defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in six games in the Semi-finals before losing the Stanley Cup Finals in six games to the Chicago Black Hawks.


1960–61 Detroit Red Wings season, Player statistics, Playoffs
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average;  SO = Shutouts;


1960–61 Divizia A
The 1960–61 Divizia A was the forty-third season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.


1960–61 Divizia A, Champion squad
Goalkeepers: Costică Toma (10 / 0); Ion Voinescu (19 / 0). Defenders: Vasile Zavoda (25 / 0); Alexandru Apolzan (20 / 0); Gheorghe Staicu (12 / 0); Traian Ivănescu (21 / 0). Midfielders: Vasile Mihăilescu (8 / 1); Emerich Jenei (17 / 0); Tiberiu Bone (23 / 0). Forwards: Gheorghe Cacoveanu (23 / 3); Ion Crișan (16 / 3); Gheorghe Constantin (23 / 22); Ion Alecsandrescu (23 / 12); Gabriel Raksi (26 / 3); Nicolae Tătaru (26 / 15); Alexandru Lazăr (6 / 2); Alexandru Donciu (1 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)


1960–61 Divizia B
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1960–61 Divizia B
The 1960–61 Divizia B was the 21st season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.


1960–61 Divizia B
The format has been maintained to three series, each of them having 14 teams. At the end of the season the winners of the series promoted to Divizia A and the last two places from each series relegated to Regional Championship.


1960–61 Divizia B, Team changes, Other teams
CS Târgu Mureș and Voința Târgu Mureș merged, the first one being absorbed by the second one. After the merge Voința changed its name in Mureșul Târgu Mureș.


1960–61 Divizia B, Team changes, Other teams
CFR Cluj and Rapid Cluj merged, the first one being absorbed by the second one. The new club was named CSM Cluj.


1960–61 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
The 1960–61 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel Institute of Technology during the 1960–61 men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 9th year head coach Samuel Cozen, played their home games at Sayre High School and were members of the College–Southern division of the Middle Atlantic Conferences (MAC).


1960–61 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
The team finished the season 12–5, and finished in 1st place in the MAC in the regular season.


1960–61 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
Due to a power outage in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, the last 5 minutes and 10 seconds of Drexel's game at Ursinus on February 25, 1961, was not played.


1960–61 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
On February 8, 1961, Samuel Cozen recorded his 100th win as Drexel head coach.


1960–61 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
The 1960–61 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University in the 1960–61 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The head coach was Vic Bubas and the team finished the season with an overall record of 22–6.


1960–61 Dumbarton F.C. season
The 1960–61 season was the 77th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. In addition Dumbarton competed in the Stirlingshire Cup.


1960–61 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish Second Division
Another good start to the season - unbeaten in the first four games - was not maintained and Dumbarton never really managed to progress above mid-table, finishing in 10th place with 35 points, 20 behind champions Stirling Albion.


1960–61 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish League Cup
With 3 wins and 3 draws from their 6 games, Dumbarton won their section in the League Cup, and following a play off win over Cowdenbeath, lost a close encounter with Queen of the South in the quarter finals.


1960–61 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish Cup
In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton had another early exit, losing to Alloa Athletic in the second round, having received a first round bye.


1960–61 Dumbarton F.C. season, Stirlingshire Cup
Locally Dumbarton again lost out to Falkirk in the semi final of the Stirlingshire Cup, after a drawn game.


1960–61 Dumbarton F.C. season, Friendlies
Finally, amongst the friendlies played during the season were home and away fixtures against English Northern Counties League opponents, Gateshead.


1960–61 Dumbarton F.C. season, Player statistics, Transfers
Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following:


1960–61 Dumbarton F.C. season, Reserve team
Dumbarton played only one competitive 'reserve' match in the Scottish Second XI Cup, heavily defeated by Kilmarnock in the first round.


1960–61 Dundee F.C. season
The 1960–61 season was the fifty-ninth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where the club would finish in 10th place. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. They would be knocked out of both the League Cup and Scottish Cup by Rangers.


1960–61 Dundee United F.C. season
The 1960–61 season was the 53rd year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1960 to 30 June 1961. United finished in ninth place in the First Division.


1960–61 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results
Dundee United played a total of 41 competitive matches during the 1960–61 season.


1960–61 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results, Legend
All results are written with Dundee United's score first. Own goals in italics


1960–61 EPHL season
The 1960–61 Eastern Professional Hockey League season was the second season of the Eastern Professional Hockey League, a North American minor professional league. Six teams participated in the regular season, and the Hull-Ottawa Canadians were the league champions.


1960–61 Eerste Divisie
The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1960–61 season was contested by 36 teams, divided in two groups. FC Volendam and Blauw-Wit Amsterdam won the championship.


1960–61 Egyptian Premier League
The 1960–61 Egyptian Premier League, was the 11th season of the Egyptian Premier League, the top Egyptian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. The season started on 7 October 1960 and concluded on 16 April 1961. Al Ahly managed to win the league for the tenth time in the club's history.


1960–61 Egyptian Premier League, League Table
(C)= Champions, (R)= Relegated, Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; ± = Goal difference; Pts = Points.


1960–61 Eintracht Frankfurt season
The 1960–61 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 61st season in the club's football history. In Oberliga Süd the club played in the Oberliga Süd, then one of many top tiers of German football. It was the club's 16th season in the Oberliga Süd. In the German Championship Qualifiers finished as 3rd.


1960–61 Eredivisie
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1960–61 season was contested by 18 teams. Feijenoord won the championship.


1960–61 European Cup
The 1960–61 European Cup was the sixth season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Benfica, who won 3–2 in the final against Barcelona, who had knocked out Spanish rivals Real Madrid, winners of the first five tournaments, in the first round. Benfica was the first Portuguese team to reach the final and to win the tournament. For the first time a Norwegian club participated.


1960–61 European Cup, Preliminary round
The draw for the preliminary round took place at UEFA headquarters in Paris, France, on Thursday, 7 July 1960. As title holders, Real Madrid received a bye, and the remaining 27 teams were grouped geographically into three pots. The first team drawn in each pot also received a bye, while the remaining clubs would play the preliminary round in September.


1960–61 European Cup, Preliminary round
The calendar was decided by the involved teams, with all matches to be played by 30 September.


1960–61 European Cup, First round
1 Rapid Wien beat Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 1–0 in a play-off to qualify for the second round.


1960–61 European Cup, Semi-finals
1 Barcelona beat Hamburg 1–0 in a play-off to qualify for the final.


1960–61 European Cup, Semi-finals, Second leg
Game abandoned with two minutes to play due to crowd riots and pitch invasion.


1960–61 European Cup, Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1960–61 European Cup (including preliminary round) are as follows:


1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup
The 1960–61 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup club football tournament was won by Italian club Fiorentina in two-legged final victory against Rangers of Scotland.


1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup
Organised by the Mitropa Cup committee, this tournament's edition was recognised by UEFA in 1963, after lobbying by the Italian Football Federation. This was the first season that the tournament took place for the winners of each European country's domestic cup, and was the only one to be decided in a two-legged final. Only ten sides entered the competition, partially due to the low expectations for the new tournament among association football fans, and also to the unofficial nature of this edition.


1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup
It is a myth that the low number of entrants was due to few countries already having a domestic cup competition: as happened for the first edition of the European Cup, entrance criteria could be changed by each national federation. Fiorentina entered as runners-up to Juventus in both Coppa Italia and Serie A, Czechoslovakia sent the winners of an unofficial League Cup, and both Hungary and East Germany enrolled their league runners-up.


1960–61 Everton F.C. season
During the 1960–61 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.


1960–61 Everton F.C. season, Season summary
In the 1960–61 season, the Toffees finished in 5th place, their highest post-war position but despite that, Johnny Carey was infamously sacked in the back of a taxi by director John Moores. As a result, the infamous fans jibe, 'Taxi for xxxxxx!' has become a staple insult offered to any manager facing the threat of the sack. Carey was then replaced in April by Harry Catterick.


1960–61 Everton F.C. season, Final league table
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points


1960–61 Everton F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1960–61 FA Cup
The 1960–61 FA Cup was the 80th season of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Tottenham Hotspur won the competition for the third time, beating Leicester City 2–0 in the final at Wembley. In doing so, they became the first team to win the Double since Aston Villa in 1897.


1960–61 FA Cup
Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. Some matches, however, might be rescheduled for other days if there were clashes with games for other competitions or the weather was inclement. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played.


1960–61 FA Cup, Results, First Round Proper
At this stage clubs from the Football League Third and Fourth Divisions joined those 30 non-league clubs having come through the qualifying rounds. To complete this round, Gateshead and Hendon given directly byes. Matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 5 November 1960. Eleven were drawn and went to replays.


1960–61 FA Cup, Results, Second Round Proper
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 26 November 1960, with three matches taking place later. Seven matches were drawn, with replays taking place later the same week. However, the Darlington–Hull City match went to another three replays after this before the match finished in Hull City's favour.


1960–61 FA Cup, Results, Third Round Proper
The 44 First and Second Division clubs entered the competition at this stage. The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 7 January 1961. Nine matches were drawn and went to replays, with two of these requiring a second replay.


1960–61 FA Cup, Results, Fourth Round Proper
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 28 January 1961, with three games postponed until 1 February. Six matches were drawn and went to replays, which were all played in the following midweek match, and one of these was then replayed a second time. Tottenham Hotspur and Crewe Alexandra were drawn together for the second consecutive season in the fourth round, with Tottenham having beaten Crewe 13–2 in a replay the one year earlier.


1960–61 FA Cup, Results, Fifth Round Proper
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 18 February 1961. One match went to a replay in the following mid-week fixture.


1960–61 FA Cup, Results, Sixth Round Proper
The four Sixth Round ties were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 4 March 1961. Three of the four matches went to replays in the midweek fixtures before being settled.


1960–61 FA Cup, Results, Semi-Finals
The semi-final matches were played on Saturday, 18 March 1961 with the Leicester City–Sheffield United game requiring two replays. This series of games marked the first time since 1928 that a semi-final had required a second replay, and the first time ever in the FA Cup that a semi-final had failed to produce a goal after a replay. United had the ball in the net through Derek Pace in the first game and although the player insisted that it hit his shoulder, the referee disallowed for handball. Leicester eventually won the tie and so went on to meet Tottenham in the final at Wembley.


1960–61 FA Cup, Results, Final
The 1961 FA Cup Final took place on 6 May 1961 at Wembley Stadium and was won by Tottenham Hotspur who defeated Leicester City, by a 2–0 scoreline. In doing so, Tottenham became the first team to complete the League and FA Cup Double since Aston Villa in 1897.


1960–61 FA Cup qualifying rounds
The FA Cup 1960–61 is the 80th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition; The Football Association Challenge Cup, often abbreviated to the FA Cup, or FACC, for short. The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down the English football league system meant that the competition started with a number of preliminary and qualifying rounds. The 30 victorious teams from the Fourth Round Qualifying progressed to the First Round Proper.


1960–61 FA Cup qualifying rounds, 4th qualifying round
The teams that given byes to this round were Crook Town, Bishop Auckland, Wycombe Wanderers, Bedford Town, Yeovil Town, Hereford United, South Shields, Worcester City, Oxford United, King's Lynn Town, Guildford City, Chelmsford City, Rhyl, Blyth Spartans, Dorchester Town, Margate, Bath City, Boston United, Wisbech Town, Tooting & Mitcham United, Walthamstow Avenue, Enfield, Salisbury and Ashford Town (Kent).


1960–61 FA Cup qualifying rounds, 1960–61 FA Cup
See 1960-61 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the First Round Proper onwards.


1960–61 FC Basel season
The 1960–61 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 67th season in their existence. It was their 15th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football since their promotion from the Nationalliga B the season 1945–46. They played their home games in the Landhof, in the Wettstein Quarter in Kleinbasel. Ernst Weber was the club's chairman for his second consecutive season.


1960–61 FC Basel season, Overview
Jenő Vincze was Basel's team manager for the second season. The West German ex-international footballer Gerhard Siedl joined the team from Bayern Munich during the summer off-season, but he was to leave the club again during the winter break. Hanspeter Stocker joined the team, coming from third tier local club Concordia Basel. Two further new players were Antonio Danani coming from FC Moutier and Fernando Von Krannichfeldt who signed in from FC Mendrisiostar.


1960–61 FC Basel season, Overview
In the other direction midfielder Jean-Jacques Maurer moved to Servette, allrounder Otto Ludwig moved to third tier local club Old Boys, and forward Roberto "Mucho" Frigerio moved on to score his goals for La Chaux-de-Fonds. Another player who left the squad was defender Werner Bopp who moved on to Nordstern Basel and retired. Bopp had played 16 seasons for Basel, playing in 321 league and 43 cup matches scoring 15 goals during these appearances.


1960–61 FC Basel season, Overview
Basel played a total of 43 games this season. Of these 43 matches 26 were in the domestic league, one was in the Swiss Cup and 16 were friendly matches. Of these test matches five were played as hosts and 11 were played away, 12 were won, two were drawn and two ended with a defeat. The team scored 55 goals and conceded 29. The two defeats were suffered at the Landhof against VfR Mannheim and in the St. Jakob Stadium against Santos. The match against Santos was one of the highlights of these test games despite the 2–8 defeat. Gottlieb Stäuble and Josef Hügi scored the goals for Basel. Coutinho scored five and Pelé scored three for Santos. 14,000 spectators paid for a ticket to see the game, much needed money in the bad financial situation that the club was suffering.


1960–61 FC Basel season, Overview
Fourteen teams contested the 1960–61 Nationalliga A, these were the top 12 teams from the previous season and the two newly promoted teams Young Fellows Zürich and Fribourg. The Championship was played in a double round-robin, the champions were to be qualified for 1961–62 European Cup and the last two teams in the table were to be relegated. Despite a home defeat against Young Fellows in the very first match, Basel started the season well, winning six of their first eight matches.


1960–61 FC Basel season, Overview
But then came a run with six consecutive defeats in which the team failed to score a single goal. Basel slipped from the table top down to the relegation zone before they managed to return to winning games. Basel ended the season in 5th position with 28 points, but were 18 points behind the new Swiss Champions Servette. Basel were appointed as one of four Swiss representatives in the newly founded International Football Cup, which was to take place in the summer break after the end of this season. The other three teams who competed in the 1961–62 International Football Cup were La Chaux-de-Fonds, Grenchen and Zürich.


1960–61 FC Basel season, Overview
Basel entered the Swiss Cup in the third principal round. They were drawn away against third tier local club Concordia Basel and for Basel the game ended in a fiasco. Despite an early 1–0 lead and in total 18–0 corners, Werner Decker and Heinz Wirz each scored for the under dogs who had a very young Karl Odermatt in their team. Basel lost 2–1 and were eliminated form the competition. Odermatt's football skills were noted, later he and Decker would later transfer to Basel.


1960–61 FC Basel season, Players
The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the season 1960–61. The list includes players that were in the squad on the day that the Nationalliga A season started on 28 August 1960 but subsequently left the club after that date.


1960–61 FC Basel season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1960–61 FC Dinamo București season
The 1960–61 season was Dinamo București's 12th season in Divizia A. Dinamo is again on the podium, ending the second position with 32 points, five fewer than CCA. Gheorghe Ene is ranked in the top three leading scorers, with 15 goals.


1960–61 FC Dinamo București season
UTA-Dinamo match of the 14th day, would have re-arranged, according to a decision of the FRF Bureau because of unfavorable conditions of the game, but ultimately the result has been preserved.


1960–61 FC Dinamo București season, Squad
Manager Traian Ionescu used the following standard squad: Iuliu Uţu (Gheorghe Cozma) – Cornel Popa, Ion Nunweiller, Nicolae Panait – Vasile Alexandru, Lică Nunweiller (Gheorghe Dragomir) – Vasile Anghel, Iosif Varga (Mircea Sasu), Gheorghe Ene (Constantin David), Ion Țîrcovnicu (Mircea Stoenescu), Haralambie Eftimie (Tiberiu Selymesi).


1960–61 FC Dinamo București season, Transfers
Traian Ionescu promotes Tiberiu Selymesi, Mircea Sasu and Mircea Stoenescu from Tineretul Dinamovist (Young Dinamo player). Ion Țîrcovnicu (Dinamo Bacău), Constantin David (Progresul) and Gheorghe Ene (Rapid) are brought. Meanwhile, Ion Motroc is transferred to Rapid.


1960–61 FC Steaua București season
The 1960–61 season was FC Steaua București's 13th season since its founding in 1947.


1960–61 FIBA European Champions Cup
The 1960–61 FIBA European Champions Cup was the fourth season of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by CSKA Moscow, after they defeated Rīgas ASK, the reigning three-time defending champions, and the first major dynasty of European professional club basketball . CSKA lost the first game 66–61, but won the second 87–62, and thus became the fourth straight European champions from the Soviet Union League.


1960–61 FIBA European Champions Cup, Competition system
24 teams. European national domestic league champions, plus the then current FIBA European Champions Cup title holders only, playing in a tournament system. The Finals were a two-game home and away aggregate.


1960–61 FIBA European Champions Cup, Second round
*The second leg was cancelled after the Yugoslavian police refused to guarantee the safety of the Belgian team, whose members received serious threats upon arrival to Belgrade, as a result of the mysterious death of Patrice Lumumba, Prime Minister of Congo, on February 11, 1961. The Soviet government, an ally to Lumumba, blamed the Belgian secret service as the instigator of his murder in the former Belgian colony, and this translated into several riots in the communist countries against the Belgian interests. Since the second leg could not be played, Antwerpse received a 2–0 w.o. in this game and qualified for the next round.


1960–61 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup
The 1960–61 Women's Basketball European Cup was the third edition of the competition. 1960 champion Daugava Riga beat Czechoslovakia's Slovan Orbis Prague in the final, becoming the first team to successfully defend their title.


1960–61 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup
This edition marked the first appearance of Morocco, Portugal and Spain in the competition. Israel and Switzerland were scheduled to take part, but both teams retired before they could make their debut. Yugoslavia was a noted absence, while France's Paris UC also retired after beating the 1st Qualification Round.


1960–61 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup
This edition saw the first match between two team from the same nation in the history of the competition, with a Daugava Riga – USK Tartu tie in the semifinals. Daugava and Tartu were respectively the champion and runner-up of the 1960 Soviet Championship.


1960–61 FK Partizan season
The 1960–61 season was the 15th season in FK Partizan's existence. This article shows player statistics and matches that the club played during the 1960–61 season.


1960–61 FK Partizan season, Players, Squad information
player (league matches/league goals)Tomislav Kaloperović (22/7)Milutin Šoškić (22/0) (goalkeeper)Velibor Vasović (22/1)Fahrudin Jusufi (22/0)Milan Galić (21/14)Milan Vukelić (20/8)Joakim Vislavski (20/5)Vladica Kovačević (18/4)Lazar Radović (17/3)Jovan Miladinović (16/2)Branislav Mihajlović (12/5)Aleksandar Jončić (11/0)Velimir Sombolac (9/0)Bora Milutinović (6/2)Bruno Belin (5/0)Ilija Mitić (5/0)Božidar Pajević (5/0)Milorad Milutinović (2/0)Miodrag Petrović (1/0)Dragomir Slišković (1/0)


1960–61 Football League
The 1960–61 season was the 62nd completed season of The Football League.


1960–61 Football League, Final league tables
The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at  website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.


1960–61 Football League, Final league tables
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.


1960–61 Football League, Final league tables
Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the bottom four teams of that division have been required to apply for re-election.


1960–61 Football League, Television
This season saw the first ever live television coverage of a Football League game, when ITV broadcast the second half of Blackpool versus Bolton Wanderers on September 10, 1960, with commentary from Peter Lloyd and Billy Wright


1960–61 Football League Cup
The 1960–61 Football League Cup was the inaugural staging of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The competition began on 26 September 1960, and ended with the two-legged final almost a year later on 22 August and 5 September 1961.


1960–61 Football League Cup
The tournament was won by Aston Villa, who beat Rotherham United 3–2 on aggregate after extra time. Rotherham won the first leg 2–0 at Millmoor, their home ground thanks to goals from Alan Kirkman and Barry Webster. In the second leg at Villa Park, Harry Burrows and Peter McParland levelled the tie on aggregate and Alan O'Neill scored in extra-time to win the cup for Aston Villa.


1960–61 Football League Cup, Semi-finals
The semi-final draw was made in February 1961 after the conclusion of the quarter finals. Unlike the rounds up to that point, the semi-final ties were played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The matches were played in March, April and May 1961.


1960–61 Football League Cup, Final
The 1961 League Cup Final was played on 22 August and 5 September 1961 and was contested between First Division side Aston Villa and Second Division team Rotherham United. Aston Villa won the game 3-2 on aggregate (after extra time).


1960–61 Football League First Division
Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1960–61 season.


1960–61 Football League First Division, Overview
Tottenham Hotspur won the First Division title for the second time in the club's history, eight points clear of second-placed Sheffield Wednesday. This remains their last league title.


1960–61 Football League First Division, Overview
Newcastle United and Preston North End were relegated, to be replaced by Ipswich Town and Sheffield United who finished first and second in the Second Division that season.


1960–61 Four Hills Tournament
After the political scandal one year prior, no national flags were used at the ninth edition of the ninth annual Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria, only those of the host country and the hosting ski club.


1960–61 Four Hills Tournament
East German athlete Helmut Recknagel won the tournament for a record third time after his absence the previous year.


1960–61 Four Hills Tournament, Participating nations and athletes
With the return of the East block nations, the 1960-61 tournament saw a record number of 12 participating nations.


1960–61 Four Hills Tournament, Results, Bischofshofen
In the overall lead already, Helmut Recknagel won the Bischofshofen event and thus the tournament.


1960–61 French Division 1
AS Monaco won Division 1 season 1960/1961 of the French Association Football League with 57 points.


1960–61 French Division 1, Final table
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1961/1962


1960–61 French Division 2, Overview
It was contested by 19 teams, and Montpellier won the championship.


1960–61 French Rugby Union Championship
The French Rugby Union Championship 1960-1961 was contested by 56 teams divided in 7 pools.


1960–61 French Rugby Union Championship
THE  Béziers  won the tournament beating the US Dax in the final.


1960–61 French Rugby Union Championship, Context
The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won by Mont-de-Marsan that beat the Béziers par 17 – 8.


1960–61 Galatasaray S.K. season
The 1960–61 season was Galatasaray's 57th in existence and the 3rd consecutive season in the Milli Lig. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club have played in the season.


1960–61 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
The 1960–61 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1960–61 NCAA University Division college basketball season. Tommy O'Keefe coached them in his first season as head coach. The team was an independent and played its home games at McDonough Gymnasium on the Georgetown campus in Washington, D.C. The team finished with a record of 11-10 and had no post-season play, but it was the first Georgetown team to have a winning record since the 1955-56 season.


1960–61 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
After Tom Nolan left the head coaching position after the end of the previous season to focus on coaching the Georgetown baseball team, Georgetown hired his assistant, O'Keefe, as his replacement. O'Keefe had been a stand-out on Hoya teams from 1946 to 1950. After that, the National Basketball Association's Washington Capitols selected him in the fourth round of the 1950 NBA draft, and he played for one season in the NBA, splitting it between the Capitols and the Baltimore Bullets. He later served under Nolan as assistant coach at Georgetown from 1956 to 1960.


1960–61 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
Georgetown's head coaching position paid so little that during his six seasons as head coach, he could coach the Hoyas only part-time, holding a full-time job time outside of coaching in order to make ends meet, and this impaired his ability to spend time on recruiting players. The team would never have a losing record during his tenure as head coach, but also would make no post-season tournament appearances.


1960–61 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
The season is notable for Georgetown's final game of the year, a lopsided defeat of an NYU team which after the season concluded was implicated in a major point-shaving scandal.


1960–61 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Senior forward and team captain Tom Coleman scored a total of 52 points in the two games the Hoyas played in the Gulf South Classic in Shreveport, Louisiana, in late December 1960 as Georgetown won an in-season tournament for the first time since the 1952-53 season. In the Hoyas' upset win over Fordham in January 1961, he had one of the best games of his collegiate career, scoring 21 points and pulling down 13 rebounds.


1960–61 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Senior guard Brian "Puddy" Sheehan played point guard and for the third straight season led the team in scoring. An excellent ballhandler, he had many assists in the era before assists were tracked regularly by record keepers. He played in all 21 games and scored in double figures in 15 of them, with a season-high 28 points against Boston College and a 16-point, 14-assist game against New York University (NYU) at Madison Square Garden in New York City in the final game of the year.


1960–61 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Junior guard Jim Carrino became a starter this season and complemented Sheehan in the backcourt. A good outside shooter also capable of driving at the basket, he shot 44% from the field and scored 15 or more points nine times. He scored 24 points in the NYU game.


1960–61 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
After struggling in his sophomore year the previous season, junior center Bob Sharpenter improved his shooting and inside play. He scored in 20 of the season's 21 games, had four 20-plus-point performances, and averaged 12.1 points and 7.9 rebounds per game. He would emerge fully as one of Georgetown's great players as a senior the following season.


1960–61 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Junior forward Paul "Tag" Tagliabue led the team in rebounds. Like Sheehan, he played in all 21 games and scored in double figures 15 times, with a season-high 21 points against Rhode Island.


1960–61 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Playing under a new coach and suffering from injuries that limited his playing time, senior forward Tom Matan appeared in only 16 games, but scored 21 points in the game against American. Although his sophomore year had been his most productive, he was a reliable shooter throughout his three-year varsity career and had played a big role in many of the more important games of his era.


1960–61 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Georgetown's season concluded with the 10–10 Hoyas visiting New York City to face NYU at Madison Square Garden before a crowd of 2,573 on March 2, 1961.


1960–61 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Coming off a very successful season in 1959–1960 that included a 70–48 drubbing of the Hoyas at McDonough Gymnasium in the schools' most recent meeting and a Final Four run in the 1960 NCAA Tournament, NYU had played inconsistently during the 1960–61 season and entered the game with a record of 11–9, but the Violets had won four straight games and averaged 72 points a game, and New York-area sportswriters viewed them as a heavy favorite to beat the Hoyas.


1960–61 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The Hoyas played one of their best games of the season, hitting 44 percent of their field-goal attempts (against a season average of 41 percent) and 64 percent of their free throws (against a season average of 67 percent). Carrino led the team with 24 points, while three Georgetown players (Sheehan with 16 points and 11 assists, Sharpenter with 11 points and 14 rebounds, and Tagliabue with 11 points and 12 rebounds) finished with double-doubles. Only NYU guard Mark Reiner shot well.


1960–61 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The Violets' top scorer for the season, forward Al Filardi, a 48 percent field-goal shooter, went 1-for-10 from the field, and center Al Barden, a 31 percent shooter, had a 1-for-8 game. NYU shot 30 percent from the field (against a 40 percent season average) and 46 percent in free throws (against a 68 percent season average).


1960–61 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
On offense, Sheehan dominated Violets guard Art Loche, who a week earlier had shut down Wake Forest guard Billy Packer, and Sharpenter and Tagliabue grabbed a combined 26 rebounds, while Barden and his fellow center Tom Boose seemed unable to pull down any rebounds at all for NYU. The Hoyas led 39–32 at halftime and 48–32 three-and-a-half minutes into the second half, and later pulled out to a 30-point lead on the way to a 92–69 victory, handing the Violets their second-worst defeat of the season, exceeded only by a 93–69 loss at UCLA. The one-sided game puzzled many observers.


1960–61 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Only after the end of the season did an investigation result in the arrest of 37 players from 22 different colleges for point shaving in a major gambling scandal that rocked college basketball in the United States. Among those arrested was NYU guard Ray Popracky — the only Violets player implicated — who had played opposite Tagliabue during the game and had accepted $1,300 for point-shaving in four NYU games during the season, including the Georgetown game, during which he had shot 4-for-12 from the field.


1960–61 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The 1960-61 team finished with a record of 11-10, giving Georgetown its first winning season since 1955–1956. The team had no post-season play and was not ranked in the Top 20 in the Associated Press Poll or Coaches' Poll at any time.


1960–61 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Roster
From the 1958-59 season through the 1967-68 season, Georgetown players wore even-numbered jerseys for home games and odd-numbered ones for away games; for example, a player would wear No. 10 at home and No. 11 on the road. Players are listed below by the even numbers they wore at home.


1960–61 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Roster
Junior forward Paul Tagliabue later became Commissioner of the National Football League.


1960–61 Greek Football Cup
The 1960–61 Greek Football Cup was the 19th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Football Cup. The competition culminated with the Greek Cup Final, held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, on 2 July 1961. The match was contested by Olympiacos and Panionios, with Olympiacos winning by 3–0.


1960–61 Greek Football Cup, Final
The 19th Greek Cup Final was played at the Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.


1960–61 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season
During the 1960–61 season Hearts competed in the Scottish First Division, the Scottish Cup, the Scottish League Cup, the European Cup and the East of Scotland Shield.


1960–61 Hellenic Football League
The 1960–61 Hellenic Football League season was the eighth in the history of the Hellenic Football League, a football competition in England.


1960–61 Hellenic Football League, Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with one new club:


1960–61 Hellenic Football League, Division One
The Division One featured 9 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 5 new clubs:


1960–61 Hibernian F.C. season
During the 1960–61 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came eighth out of 18 clubs in the Scottish First Division.


1960–61 Honduran Amateur League
The 1960–61 Honduran Amateur League was the 13th edition of the Honduran Amateur League. The season ran from 14 February 1960 to 6 March 1961, however, it was declared null and abandoned due to an excessive delay to start the final phase of the season.


1960–61 Honduran Amateur League, National championship round
Scheduled to be played in a double round-robin format between the regional champions. Also known as the Pentagonal. However, only one game was played due to the withdrawals of C.D. Honduras and C.D.S. Vida. It is unclear the reason why the Honduran Sports Federation decided on 6 March 1961 to proclaim C.D. Olimpia as 1960–61 national champions


1960–61 Hong Kong First Division League
The 1960–61 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 50th since its establishment.


1960–61 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season
Huddersfield Town's 1960–61 campaign was Town's worst ever season to date. They missed out on relegation to Division Three for the first time in their history. They finished the season in 20th place, just two points ahead of relegated Portsmouth. Their main high point of the season was the defeat of FA Cup holders Wolverhampton Wanderers in the third round of the FA Cup.


1960–61 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the start of the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1960–61 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
Following Denis Law's record-breaking departure to Manchester City the previous season, Town's strikeforce was severely depleted, despite the purchase of Derek Stokes from neighbours Bradford City. Town's start was OK in the strike department, but the defence department was leaking goals leading Town down the table to the relegation trapdoor to Division Three. Not even a 4–1 win over rivals Leeds United at Elland Road gave Town much joy during the season. As Town were dropping rapidly down the table Aston Villa's Pat Saward was brought in to stop the slide. Les Massie & Derek Stokes' 31 league goals helped Town survive the drop by just two points from Portsmouth. They finished 20th with just 35 points, their closest shave with relegation in their history.


1960–61 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
Their season will be best remembered for their exploits in the FA Cup. Their 3rd round match was against the holders and Division One leaders Wolverhampton Wanderers. At the time, Town were bottom of Division Two and travelled to Molineux Stadium with virtually no chance of victory expected. They managed a 1–1 draw thanks to a goal by Stokes. The replay at Leeds Road was the first match to use the newly erected "Denis Law Lights" and saw Town victorious by the score of 2–1 with goals from Stokes and Michael O'Grady. They eventually lost to Barnsley in the next round.


1960–61 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the end of the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1960–61 IHL season
The 1960–61 IHL season was the 16th season of the International Hockey League, a North American minor professional league. Eight teams participated in the regular season, and the St. Paul Saints won the Turner Cup.


1960–61 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The 1960–61 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1960–61 NCAA University Division  basketball season. The independent Vandals were led by first-year head coach Joe Cipriano and played their home games on campus at the Memorial Gymnasium, in Moscow, Idaho.


1960–61 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
In the four years between the demise of the Pacific Coast Conference (1959) and the founding of the Big Sky Conference (1963), Idaho was an independent; this season the Vandals had a 10–16 (.385) record.


1960–61 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
Cipriano was hired in May 1960; a former player (and assistant coach) at Washington in Seattle, he was an energetic guard on the Huskies' Final Four team in 1953. He led the Vandals for three years, then departed for Nebraska.


1960–61 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
Sophomore Chuck White, a junior college transfer, led the Vandals in scoring at 13.4 points per game; senior co-captain Dale James was next at 12.3 ppg, followed by senior Ken Maren at 11.7 ppg, who led the team with 9.5 rebounds per game.


1960–61 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
The 1960–61 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.


1960–61 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
Head coach Harry Combes experienced the worst record of his 20 years at the University of Illinois. His Fighting Illini basketball team, for the second year in a row, played in a mid-season tournament. The tournament they would compete in would be the Kentucky Invitational Tournament held at Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Kentucky December 21–22.


1960–61 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
The 1960-61 team utilized several returning lettermen including the leading scorer and team "MVP" Dave Downey. It also saw the return of Jerry Colangelo, John Wessels, Bill Burwell, Bill Small, as well as Doug Mills. The Illini also added sophomore Bob Starnes to their lineup. The Illini finished the season with a conference record of 5 wins and 9 losses, finishing 7th in the Big Ten. They would finish with an overall record of 9 wins and 15 losses. The starting lineup included Bill Burwell at the center position, Bill Small and Jerry Colangelo at guard and Dave Downey and John Wessels at the forward slots.


1960–61 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The 1960–61 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Branch McCracken, who was in his 20th year. For the first time, the team played its home games in the New Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.


1960–61 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 15–9 and a conference record of 8–6, finishing 4th in the Big Ten Conference. Indiana was not invited to participate in any postseason tournament.


1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
The third Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was the first to be played over a single season, namely the 1960–61 season. Birmingham City once again reached the final, but lost again over two legs, this time to Roma. Once again, a number of countries sent a representative team for one of their main cities.


1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, First round
1 Belgrade XI progressed to the Quarter finals after beating Leipzig XI 2–0 on a play-off match.


1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Quarter-finals
1 Roma progressed to the Semifinals after beating Cologne XI 4–1 on a play-off match.


1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Semi-finals
1 Roma progressed to the Final after beating Hibernian 6–0 on a play-off match.


1960–61 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team
The 1960–61 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa in intercollegiate basketball during the 1960–61 season. The team was led by head coach Sharm Scheuerman and played their home games at the Iowa Field House. The Hawkeyes finished the season 18–6 and were 10–4 in Big Ten conference games.


1960–61 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team, Roster
Connie Hawkins was on the freshmen team during the 1960–61 season.


1960–61 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
The 1960–61 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 1960–61 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Glen Anderson, who was in his second season with the Cyclones. They played their home games at the Iowa State Armory in Ames, Iowa.


1960–61 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
They finished the season 14–11, 8–6 in Big Eight play to finish tied for fourth place.


1960–61 Ipswich Town F.C. season
The 1960–61 season was the 72nd season of competitive football played by Ipswich Town. They finished the season as champions of the Second Division, one point ahead of second-placed Sheffield United, winning promotion to the top flight of English football for the first time in their history. Ray Crawford was the league's top scorer with 40 goals and his strike partner Ted Phillips netted 30 times as Ipswich scored exactly 100 league goals.


1960–61 Iraq Central FA First Division Cup
The 1960–61 Iraq Central FA First Division Cup was the 13th season of the Iraq Central FA League (the top division of football in Baghdad and its neighbouring cities from 1948 to 1973). It was played as a double-elimination tournament. Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab won their second title, and the third title in the history of the teams that were later merged to form Amanat Baghdad, beating Montakhab Al-Shorta 1–0 in the final.


1960–61 Iraq Central FA First Division Cup, Third round, Losers bracket
The match originally ended as a 3–2 win for Esalet Al-Mai but was later awarded as a win for Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya due to Esalet Al-Mai fielding the ineligible player Salim HassanEsalet Al-Mai eliminated


1960–61 Irish League
The Irish League in season 1960–61 comprised 12 teams, and Linfield won the championship after a play-off with Portadown.


1960–61 Israel State Cup
The 1959–61 Israel State Cup (Hebrew: גביע המדינה, Gvia HaMedina) was the 22nd season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition and the seventh after the Israeli Declaration of Independence.


1960–61 Israel State Cup
The competition began on 30 January 1960, two months after the conclusion of the former competition. Further rounds, until the eighth round, were played during the remainder of the 1959–60 season. Disagreements within the IFA caused a delay of over 5 months in the competition, and the quarter and semi finals were played on December 1960.


1960–61 Israel State Cup
The final was held at the Ramat Gan Stadium on 1 February 1961. Hapoel Tel Aviv, appearing in its first final since 1941, defeated Hapoel Petah Tikva 2–1, winning its 6th cup.


1960–61 Israel State Cup, Results, Sixth round
Byes: Hakoah Tel Aviv, Hapoel Herzliya, Hapoel Ramla, Shimshon Tel Aviv.


1960–61 Isthmian League
The 1960–61 season was the 46th in the history of the Isthmian League, an English football competition.


1960–61 Juventus F.C. season
During the 1960–61 season Juventus Football Club competed in Serie A, the Coppa  Italia and the European Cup.


1960–61 Juventus F.C. season, Summary
Juventus clinched the domestic title for the second year in a row.


1960–61 Juventus F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1960–61 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
The 1960–61 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1960–61 college men's basketball season.


1960–61 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
The 1960–61 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky during the 1960–61 NCAA men's basketball season.


1960–61 LFF Lyga
The 1960–61 LFF Lyga was the 40th season of the LFF Lyga football competition in Lithuania. It was contested by 24 teams, and Elnias Šiauliai won the championship.


1960–61 La Liga
The 1960–61 La Liga was the 30th season since its establishment. The season started on September 11, 1960, and finished on April 30, 1961.


1960–61 Lancashire Cup
1960–61 was the forty-eighth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held. St. Helens won the trophy  by beating Swinton by the score of 15-9The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 31,755 and receipts were £5,337. This was the first of what, unknown to St. Helens, were to be five consecutive Lancashire Cup final triumphs, and what is more, the first of seven  victories in a period of nine successive seasons. It was also to be the first of three successive Lancashire Cup final runner-up spots for Swinton


1960–61 Lancashire Cup, Background
With again no invitation to a junior club this season, the total number of teams entering the competition remained the same at 14. The same fixture format was retained, and due to the number of clubs this resulted in no bye but one “blank” or “dummy” fixture in the first round, and one bye in the second round


1960–61 Lancashire Cup, Competition and results, Round 1
Involved  7 matches (with no bye but one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs


1960–61 Lancashire Cup, Competition and results, Final, Teams and scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points


1960–61 Lancashire Cup, Notes and comments
1 * Central Park was the home ground of Wigan with a final capacity of 18,000, although the record attendance was  47,747 for Wigan v St Helens 27 March 1959


1960–61 Landsdelsserien
The 1960–61 Landsdelsserien was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.


1960–61 Landsdelsserien
The league was contested by 54 teams, divided into a total of seven groups from four districts; Østland/Søndre, Østland/Nordre, Sørland/Vestre and Møre/Trøndelag. The two group winners in the Østland districts, Ørn and Frigg promoted directly to the 1961–62 Hovedserien. The other five group winners qualified for promotion play-offs to compete for two spots in the following season's top flight. Brann and Steinkjer won the play-offs and were promoted.


1960–61 Landsdelsserien, Promotion play-offs
Steinkjer won 6–5 on aggregate and were promoted to Hovedserien.


1960–61 Landsdelsserien, Relegation play-offs
Vigør won 5–0 on aggregate and were promoted to Landsdelsserien. Våg were relegated to 3. divisjon.


1960–61 League of Ireland, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and Drumcondra won the championship and qualified to play in the 1961–62 European Cup for next season.


1960–61 League of Ireland, Overview
St Patrick's Athletic qualified to play in the 1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup.


1960–61 Leicester City F.C. season
The 1960–61 season was Leicester City's 56th season in the Football League and their 18th (non-consecutive) season in the first tier of English football.


1960–61 Leicester City F.C. season, Season summary
Leicester finished in their highest league position since finishing league runners-up 34 years previously. The club also reached the FA Cup final for the second time, eventually losing to Tottenham Hotspur who completed the first double of the 20th century. Though most of the talk about the Leicester cup final side was about the lack of Ken Leek, who had been controversially dropped for his off-the-field antics despite scoring in every round of the club's run to the final.


1960–61 Leicester City F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1960–61 Leicester City F.C. season, Club statistics
All data from: Dave Smith and Paul Taylor, Of Fossils and Foxes: The Official Definitive History of Leicester City Football Club (2001) (ISBN 1-899538-21-6)


1960–61 Liga Alef
The 1960–61 Liga Alef season saw Hapoel Tiberias win the title and promotion to Liga Leumit.


1960–61 Liga Bet
The 1960–61 Liga Bet season saw Hapoel HaMechonit,  Beitar Netanya, Maccabi Ramla and SK Nes Tziona win their regional divisions, and qualify for promotion play-offs. Beitar Netanya and Maccabi Ramla won the promotion play-offs and promoted to Liga Alef.


1960–61 Liga Bet, Promotion play-offs
A promotion play-off was played between the two winners of the North divisions, and another promotion play-off was played between the two winners of the South divisions. the play-offs format was of two legs, with a decisive match played in neutral venue, if two teams are level. the play-off winners set to be promoted to Liga Alef.


1960–61 Liga Española de Baloncesto
The 1960–61 season was the 5th season of the Liga Española de Baloncesto. R. Madrid won their title.


1960–61 Liga Leumit
The 1960–61 Liga Leumit season saw Hapoel Petah Tikva crowned champions for the third successive season. Hapoel's Zecharia Ratzabi and Hapoel Haifa's Shlomo Levi were the joint top scorers with 15 goals each.


1960–61 Liverpool F.C. season
In Liverpool F.C. seventh season in Division Two and Bill Shankly's second season as manager and first full season at the club. The rebuilding of the club continued with them ending third in the table and being knocked out early in the FA Cup and the newly formed Football League Cup.


1960–61 Los Angeles Lakers season
The 1960–61 NBA season was the Lakers' 13th season in the NBA and first season in Los Angeles, following their off-season relocation from the Twin Cities of Minnesota. The Lakers finished in second place in the NBA Western Division, with a record of 36–43, 15 games behind the St. Louis Hawks. The Lakers qualified for the Western Division playoffs, defeating the Detroit Pistons, three games to two in the semifinals, before losing again to the Hawks in the West Finals, four games to three.


1960–61 Luxembourg National Division
The 1960–61 Luxembourg National Division was the 47th season of top level association football in Luxembourg.


1960–61 Luxembourg National Division, Overview
It was performed in 12 teams, and CA Spora Luxembourg won the championship.


1960–61 MJHL season, League notes
The League said it would announce midseason Allstar Teams, starting this year.


1960–61 Maltese Premier League
The 1960–61 Maltese First Division was the 46th season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 8 teams, and Hibernians F.C. won the championship.


1960–61 Manchester United F.C. season
The 1960–61 season was Manchester United's 59th season in the Football League, and their 16th consecutive season in the top division of English football. It was also United's first season in the inaugural Football League Cup, and for the second successive season they finished seventh in the league.


1960–61 Mansfield Town F.C. season
The 1960–61 season was Mansfield Town's 23rd season in the Football League and 1st in the Fourth Division, they finished in 20th position with 38 points.


1960–61 Mexican Primera División season
Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1960–61 season.


1960–61 Mexican Primera División season, Overview
The season was contested by 14 teams, and Guadalajara won the championship and becomes first team to win three consecutive championships.


1960–61 Mexican Segunda División season
The 1960–61 Mexican Segunda División was the 11th season of the Mexican Segunda División. The season started on 2 July 1960 and concluded on 26 March 1961. It was won by Nacional.


1960–61 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The 1960–61 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1960–61 season. The team played its home games at Fielding H. Yost Field House (renamed Yost Ice Arena in 1973) on the school's campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan.


1960–61 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Season overview
Under the direction of first-year head coach Dave Strack, the team compiled 6–18 record (2–12 in conference games), finished tenth in the Big Ten Conference and failed to get an invitation to either the 1961 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament or the 1961 National Invitation Tournament. Over the course of the season, the team lost to both ranked opponents that it faced. Although it had a 6–6 record at home, it lost all 12 of its road games.


1960–61 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Season overview
After two road losses to Vanderbilt and Tennessee to open the season, Michigan returned to Yost Field House and won its home opener over Pittsburgh, 86–70, on December 6, 1960. Team captain and senior, John Tidwell led Michigan's scoring with 38 points.


1960–61 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Season overview
On February 2, 1961, Michigan tallied its highest point total of the year and easily defeated Western Ontario, 88–58, in a non-conference home game. All 13 Michigan players saw action against Western Ontario, a team that was "rated as Canada's best." Tidwell led the team in scoring with 28 points, and Tom Cole led the way on the boards with 13 rebounds. The team set a Michigan single-game record with 72 rebounds against Western Ontario, but the record would be broken exactly two years later when the current record of 77 was set.


1960–61 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Season overview
Two days after its victory over the Canadians, Michigan suffered its worst loss of the season, losing at home to an undefeated and No. 1 ranked Ohio State team by a score of 80–58. The game was played in front of a crowd of 6,000 fans and a regional television audience. The Associated Press wrote, "The fabulous Buckeys, now 16–0 for the season and 6–0 in the Big Ten, dispatched the conference cellar dwellers with an adding machine offense."


1960–61 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Season overview
Michigan's second worst loss of the season came on the road against Purdue, 96–79, on February 6, 1961. Four Michigan players fouled out of the game, as the Wolverines were called for 58 personal fouls. Purdue converted 40 of 48 free throw attempts. Michigan's leading scorer, Tidwell, was among the four Wolverines to foul out, and he finished the game with only one point.


1960–61 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Season overview
On February 13, 1961, Michigan won its first Big Ten Conference game, defeating Michigan State 78–67 in front of a season-high crowd of 6,500 at Yost Field House. In the battle of in-state rivals, the Wolverines' center, Scott Maentz of East Grand Rapids, was the only Michigan-born player to start for either team. Michigan's Tom Cole was the high scorer with 29 points. Maentz, who also played end for the Michigan football team, scored 19 points and pulled in 18 rebounds.


1960–61 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Season overview
On March 4, 1961, Tidwell established a Big Ten Conference single-game record by making 20 field goals in a 73–70 loss against Minnesota. Tidwell also broke his own Michigan single-game scoring record with 43 points in the loss to Minnesota. Tidwell's Big Ten record of 20 field goals stood until February 16, 1963, when Jimmy Rayl posted 23 for Indiana.


1960–61 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Season overview
On March 6, 1961, in the final home game of the season, Michigan won only its second conference game, defeating Illinois, 74–66. Scott Maentz led a second-half rally that put the Wolverines on top. After a slow start with two points in the first half, Maentz scored 16 points in the second half before fouling out with six minutes left in the game. Tidwell, playing in his final home game in front of a crowd of 3,000, led Michigan's scorers with 24 points. Tidwell set nearly every Michigan scoring record, and when he was pulled from the game, he was "given a three-minute, standing ovation for his effort."


1960–61 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Season overview
On March 11, 1961, Michigan closed its season with an 82–67 loss to Indiana in Bloomington. The season-ending loss to Indiana is notable in that the two teams set a National Collegiate Athletic Association single-game record that still stands as of 2010 with 152 total rebounds, 95 by Indiana and 57 for Michigansted 57 rebounds, while Indiana posted 95. Indiana's Walt Bellamy led the effort with 33 rebounds to break his own Indiana record.


1960–61 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Season overview
At the conclusion of the season, the members of the team chose Tidwell as the team's Most Valuable Player. Tidwell scored 441 points for a 19.2 point average during his senior year. Tidwell became the first Wolverine to end his career with a 20-point per game scoring average, and his career point total (1,386) eclipsed the school scoring record set by Ron Kramer in 1957 (1,119). Bill Buntin broke Tidwell's scoring record in 1965 with 1,725 points and a 21.8 point per game average.


1960–61 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Player statistics
The following player statistics are taken from the University of Michigan's Men's Basketball Statistic Archive Query Page.


1960–61 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Team players drafted into the NBA
One player from this team were selected in the NBA Draft.


1960–61 Montenegrin Republic League
The 1960–61 Montenegrin Republic League was 16th season of Montenegrin Republic League. Similar to previous season League was organised as tournament, during the April and May 1961.


1960–61 Montenegrin Republic League, Season, Qualifiers
In the qualifiers, 15 teams were divided into three regional groups. Winners of the groups (OFK Titograd, FK Jedinstvo and Bokelj) qualified for Montenegrin Republic League. Below are the final tables of each qualifying group.


1960–61 Montenegrin Republic League, Season, Championship
At the finals, every team played four games and the winner went to qualifiers for Yugoslav Second League. Title holder was OFK Titograd, who finished season with all four wins.


1960–61 Montenegrin Republic League, Season, Qualifiers for Yugoslav Second League
In the qualifiers for 1961–62 Second League – East, OFK Titograd was eliminated in Semifinals.


1960–61 Montenegrin Republic League, Higher leagues
On season 1960–61, two Montenegrin teams played in higher leagues of SFR Yugoslavia. Both of them (Budućnost and Sutjeska) participated in 1960–61 Yugoslav Second League.


1960–61 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1960–61 Montreal Canadiens season was the 52nd season in club history. The team placed first in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens were eliminated in semi-finals by the Chicago Black Hawks 4 games to 2.


1960–61 Moroccan Throne Cup
The 1960–61 season of the Moroccan Throne Cup was the 5th edition of the competition.


1960–61 Moroccan Throne Cup
From this season, after the last 16, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation introduced a system of home and away matches until the final in Casablanca. In case of a draw, the match was replayed at the opponents' ground.


1960–61 Moroccan Throne Cup
KAC Kénitra beat Wydad Athletic Club 1–0 in the final, played at the Stade d'honneur in Casablanca. KAC Kénitra won the competition for the first time in their history.


1960–61 Moroccan Throne Cup, Competition
The final took place between the winners of the two semi-finals, Wydad AC and KAC Kénitra, at the Stade d'honneur in Casablanca. The match was refereed by Mohamed Meknassi. It was the first final for KAC Kénitra, unlike Wydad AC, who were playing their third. KAC Kénitra won the title thanks to a goal from Abdeslam ( 65'). It was their first win in the competition, while Wydad AC had their third consecutive final loss, having never won the competition.


1960–61 NBA season
The 1960–61 NBA season was the 15th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Boston Celtics winning their 3rd straight NBA title, beating the St. Louis Hawks 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals.


1960–61 NBA season, Playoffs
* Division winnerBold Series winnerItalic Team with home-court advantage in NBA Finals


1960–61 NBA season, Statistics leaders
Note: Prior to the 1969–70 season, league leaders in points, rebounds, and assists were determined by totals rather than averages.


1960–61 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings
The 1960–61 NCAA men's basketball rankings was made up of two human polls, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll.


1960–61 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings, AP Poll
The December AP polls included 20 ranked teams, while AP polls for the remainder of the season included only 10 ranked teams.


1960–61 NCAA University Division men's basketball season
The 1960–61 NCAA University Division men's basketball season began in December 1960, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1961 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament Championship Game on March 25, 1961, at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The Cincinnati Bearcats won their first NCAA national championship with a 70–65 victory in overtime over the Ohio State Buckeyes.


1960–61 NCAA University Division men's basketball season, Season outlook, Pre-season polls
The Top 20 from the AP Poll and the UPI Coaches Poll during the pre-season.


1960–61 NCAA University Division men's basketball season, Coaching changes
A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.


1960–61 NCAA men's ice hockey season
The 1960–61 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1960 and concluded with the 1961 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 18, 1961 at the University of Denver Arena in Denver, Colorado. This was the 14th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 66th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.


1960–61 NCAA men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the season.


1960–61 NCAA men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


1960–61 NCAA men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Leading goaltenders
The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the end of the regular season while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.


1960–61 NCAA men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Leading goaltenders
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average


1960–61 NHL season
The 1960–61 NHL season was the 44th season of the National Hockey League. The Chicago Black Hawks defeated the Detroit Red Wings in the Stanley Cup Finals four games to two to win the Stanley Cup. It was the first series since 1950 with two American-based teams. It was Chicago's first Cup win since 1938; they would not win another until 2010.


1960–61 NHL season
Red Wings' forward Gordie Howe became the first player in NHL history to score 1,000 regular-season points. It took seven more seasons before the Montreal Canadiens' Jean Beliveau would match the feat.


1960–61 NHL season, League business
The original Hart Trophy was retired, as all its plaques were filled and its general condition had deteriorated. A new trophy was commissioned and the award was renamed the Hart Memorial Trophy.


1960–61 NHL season, Off-season
On September 15, 1960, Maurice "Rocket" Richard announced his retirement from hockey. During his career, he had led all scorers with a record 544 goals plus an additional 82 goals in the playoffs. Despite the league expanding the number of games in a season to 70 games from 50 since Richard's famous 50 goals in 50 games, Richard remained the only player to score 50 goals in a season, until this season.


1960–61 NHL season, Regular season
By this season, the Chicago Black Hawks were a strong team. They had an especially powerful defence, which had Pierre Pilote, Al Arbour, Jack Evans, and Elmer Vasko. Up front, youngsters Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita led the offense, and goaltender Glenn Hall was the Hawks' steady presence between the pipes.


1960–61 NHL season, Regular season
It was reported that Eddie Shore, the great Boston Bruins defenceman and four-time league MVP from the 1930s, had been stricken with a heart attack, but was resting comfortably in a Springfield, Massachusetts hospital.


1960–61 NHL season, Regular season
On October 13, the Canadiens routed the Rangers 8–4, with Bernie Geoffrion and Dickie Moore each scoring hat tricks.


1960–61 NHL season, Regular season
Jack McCartan got his only NHL shutout for the New York Rangers by blanking the Black Hawks 2–0 on October 19. Chicago's Reg Fleming set a record with 37 penalty minutes in this game. They included three major penalties for battles with Dean Prentice, Eddie Shack, and John Hanna, a misconduct, and a game misconduct.


1960–61 NHL season, Regular season
On December 1, the Canadiens, who had traded André Pronovost to Boston for Jean-Guy Gendron, defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 6–3 at the Montreal Forum. Gendron had a goal, but the main feature was the 21 penalties referee Frank Udvari had to call, including several majors in the third period. Henri Richard took on Frank Mahovlich, Dickie Moore squared off with Bob Pulford, and Marcel Bonin scrapped with Bobby Baun.


1960–61 NHL season, Regular season
Toronto general manager and head coach George "Punch" Imlach was in a bad mood following the game and said to the press among other things that Udvari and linesmen Loring Doolittle and George Hayes should have been picked as the three stars for the help they gave to Montreal. Imlach's comments were brought to the attention of NHL president Clarence Campbell, who fined the Leafs bench boss $200.


1960–61 NHL season, Regular season
In the new year, Stan Mikita helped to spark Chicago. He scored two goals in a 3–2 win over the Rangers on January 4 and scored the winner when the Black Hawks beat Boston 4–3 the following night.


1960–61 NHL season, Regular season
Former Canadiens defenceman Leo Lamoureux died in Indianapolis on January 11 at age 45.


1960–61 NHL season, Regular season
Chicago defeated the Rangers 4–3 on March 8. New York goalie Gump Worsley pulled a hamstring muscle and Joe Shaefer replaced him with the score 1–1. The next night, the Rangers were eliminated from the playoffs as Bernie Geoffrion potted a hat trick in a 6–1 pasting by the Canadiens.


1960–61 NHL season, Regular season
Toronto's Johnny Bower, who appeared on his way to winning the Vezina Trophy, strained a leg muscle and would have to take a rest. Cesare Maniago played in goal for the Leafs on March 16 and lost 5–2. It looked like two players, Toronto's Frank Mahovlich and Montreal's Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, were going to hit 50 goals, but Mahovlich ended up slumping near the end of the season and missed 50 by two goals. Geoffrion scored his 50th goal that night and got a wild ovation. He also added 45 assists and led the league in scoring.


1960–61 NHL season, Regular season
Toronto played a 2–2 tie with the Rangers in their final game of the season and Bobby Baun was a victim of his own hard-hitting. Camille Henry of the Rangers ran into Baun and Henry's skate cut Baun in the neck. Baun returned for the third period, but after the game, while boarding the team bus, he began to gasp desperately. He groped for attention and waved his arms, and his teammates finally realized he was in trouble and rushed him to the hospital where an emergency operation was performed to permit breathing. Baun missed some action in the playoffs as the result of the injury.


1960–61 NHL season, Playoffs
For the Montreal Canadiens, two streaks came to an end. The Canadiens' streak of ten consecutive Finals appearances and five consecutive Finals wins came to an end with a defeat to eventual Stanley Cup champion Chicago Black Hawks in the first round. The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in the other semifinal to set up an all-American final between Chicago and Detroit.


1960–61 NHL season, Playoffs, Stanley Cup Finals
Chicago defeated the Red Wings in six games to win their first Cup since 1938, and their last until 2010.


1960–61 NHL season, Player statistics, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes


1960–61 NHL season, Player statistics, Leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; Min – Minutes Played; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts


1960–61 NHL season, Debuts
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1960–61 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):


1960–61 NHL season, Last games
The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1960–61 (listed with their last team):


1960–61 NK Hajduk Split season
The 1960–61 season was the 50th season in Hajduk Split’s history and their 15th in the Yugoslav First League. Their 5th place finish in the 1959–60 season meant it was their 15th successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League.


1960–61 National Football League (Ireland)
The 1960–61 National Football League was the 30th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.


1960–61 National Hurling League
The 1960–61 National Hurling League was the 30th season of the National Hurling League.


1960–61 National Hurling League, Division 1
Tipperary came into the season as defending champions of the 1959-60 season. Kerry entered Division 1 as the promoted team.


1960–61 National Hurling League, Division 1
On 7 May 1961, Tipperary won the title after a 6-6 to 4-9 win over Waterford in the final. It was their third league title in succession and their 10th league title overall.


1960–61 Nationalliga A, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and Servette FC Genève won the championship.


1960–61 Nationalliga A season
The 1960–61 Nationalliga A season was the 23rd season of the Nationalliga A, the top level of ice hockey in Switzerland. Eight teams participated in the league, and Zurcher SC won the championship.


1960–61 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and Vasas SC won the championship.


1960–61 New York Knicks season
The 1960-61 NBA season was the Knicks' 15th season in the NBA.


1960–61 New York Rangers season
The 1960–61 New York Rangers season was the 35th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished in fifth place in the regular season with 54 points, and did not qualify for the NHL playoffs.


1960–61 New York Rangers season, Playoffs
The Rangers failed to qualify for the 1961 Stanley Cup playoffs.


1960–61 New York Rangers season, Player statistics
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only. ‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.


1960–61 Newcastle United F.C. season
During the 1960–61 English football season, Newcastle United F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.


1960–61 Newcastle United F.C. season, Season summary
In the 1960–61 season, Newcastle were relegated after 13 years in the top flight after a season which saw the Magpies score an impressive 86 goals, but conceded a horrific 109 goals.


1960–61 Newcastle United F.C. season, Final league table
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points


1960–61 Newcastle United F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1960–61 Newport County A.F.C. season
The 1960–61 season was Newport County's third consecutive season in the Football League Third Division since the end of regionalisation in 1958. It was their 32nd season in the third tier and 33rd competitive season overall in the Football League.


1960–61 Northern Football League
The 1960–61 Northern Football League season was the 63rd in the history of Northern Football League, a football competition in England.


1960–61 Northern Football League, Clubs
The league featured 15 clubs which competed in the last season, along with one new club, joined from the defunct Midland League:


1960–61 Northern Rugby Football League season
The 1960–61 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 66th season of rugby league football.


1960–61 Northern Rugby Football League season, Season summary
Leeds won their first Championship when they defeated Warrington 25-10 in the play-off final.


1960–61 Northern Rugby Football League season, Season summary
The Challenge Cup winners were St. Helens who beat Wigan 12-6 in the final.


1960–61 Northern Rugby Football League season, Season summary
Swinton won the Lancashire League, and Leeds won the Yorkshire League. St. Helens beat Swinton 15–9 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Wakefield Trinity beat Huddersfield 16–10 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.


1960–61 Northern Rugby Football League season, Championship, Championship final
This match was Warrington loose forward Albert Naughton's last appearance.


1960–61 Northern Rugby Football League season, Challenge Cup
St Helens reached the Challenge Cup Final by beating Widnes 29–10 on 16 Feb away in round one after a 5–5 draw at home on 11 Feb; Castleford 18–10 away in round two on 25 Feb; Swinton 17–9 at home in the quarter-finals on 11 Mar and Hull 26–9 on neutral ground in the semi-final on 15 Apr.


1960–61 Northern Rugby Football League season, Challenge Cup
St Helens beat Wigan 12–6 (5–2 at Half Time) in the Final played at Wembley Stadium in front of a crowd of 94,672 on 13 May 1961. St Helens’ points were scored by Alex Murphy (try), Tom van Vollenhoven (try) and Austin Rhodes (one conversion and two drop goals). The Lance Todd Trophy winner was St Helens' second-row forward, Dick Huddart.


1960–61 Northern Rugby Football League season, Challenge Cup
This was St Helens’ second Challenge Cup Final win in six Final appearances.


1960–61 Norwegian 1. Divisjon season
The 1960–61 Norwegian 1. Divisjon season was the 22nd season of ice hockey in Norway. Eight teams participated in the league, and Tigrene won the championship.


1960–61 Norwegian Main League
The 1960–1961 Hovedserien was the 17th completed season of top division football in Norway.


1960–61 Norwegian Main League, Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and Fredrikstad won the championship, their second consecutive league title and ninth title overall.


1960–61 OB I bajnoksag season
The 1960–61 OB I bajnokság season was the 24th season of the OB I bajnokság, the top level of ice hockey in Hungary. Six teams participated in the league, and Ferencvarosi TC won the championship.


1960–61 Oberliga
The 1960–61 Oberliga  was the sixteenth season of the Oberliga, the first tier of the football league system in West Germany. The league operated in five regional divisions, Berlin, North, South, Southwest and West. The five league champions and the runners-up from the west, south, southwest and north then entered the 1961 German football championship which was won by 1. FC Nürnberg. It was 1. FC Nürnberg's eighth national championship and its first since 1948.


1960–61 Oberliga
A similar-named league, the DDR-Oberliga, existed in East Germany, set at the first tier of the East German football league system. The 1960 DDR-Oberliga was won by ASK Vorwärts Berlin, after which the league reverted to the traditional autumn-spring format and held its next season in 1961–62 .


1960–61 Oberliga, Oberliga Nord
The 1960–61 season saw two new clubs in the league, VfB Oldenburg and Heider SV, both promoted from the Amateurliga. The league's top scorer was Uwe Seeler of Hamburger SV with 29 goals, the highest total for any scorer in the five Oberligas in 1960–61.


1960–61 Oberliga, Oberliga Berlin
The 1960–61 season saw two new clubs in the league, Kickers 1900 Berlin and BFC Südring, both promoted from the Amateurliga Berlin. The league's top scorer was Helmut Faeder of Hertha BSC Berlin with 17 goals.


1960–61 Oberliga, Oberliga West
The 1960–61 season saw two new clubs in the league, SV Sodingen and TSV Marl-Hüls, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga West. The league's top scorer was Jürgen Schütz of Borussia Dortmund with 27 goals.


1960–61 Oberliga, Oberliga Südwest
The 1960–61 season saw two new clubs in the league, TuS Neuendorf and SV Niederlahnstein, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga Südwest. The league's top scorer was Josef Christ of Sportfreunde Saarbrücken with 25 goals.


1960–61 Oberliga, Oberliga Süd
The 1960–61 season saw two new clubs in the league, Jahn Regensburg and SV Waldhof Mannheim, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga Süd. The league's top scorer were Rudolf Brunnenmeier, TSV 1860 München, and Erwin Stein, Eintracht Frankfurt, with 23 goals each.


1960–61 Oberliga, German championship
The 1961 German football championship was contested by the nine qualified Oberliga teams and won by 1. FC Nürnberg, defeating Borussia Dortmund in the final. The runners-up of the Oberliga Süd and Südwest played a pre-qualifying match. The remaining eight clubs then played a home-and-away round in two groups of four. The two group winners then advanced to the final.


1960–61 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team
The 1960–61 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represented Ohio State University. The team's head coach was Fred Taylor.


1960–61 PFC Cherno More Varna season
The 1960-61 season marked the immediate return of Cherno More to the top flight of Bulgarian football after the club finished bottom of A Group in 1958-1959.


1960–61 PFC Cherno More Varna season, Overview
Despite spending the majority of the season mid-table, Cherno More narrowly avoided relegation on the last day of the season. The team was seven points clear of Spartak Sofia with only five matches left in the two-points-for-a-win league. Spartak's resurgence began with an away victory against their namesakes and Cherno More's city rivals. On the penultimate day of the season Cherno More lost against city rivals Spartak Varna at home, while Spartak Sofia thrashed Dunav Ruse 5-0 to move just a point behind the Sailors with both teams scheduled to play in Sofia in the last round. Spartak Sofia recorded another convincing win by defeating runners-up Levski Sofia 4-1 but eventually went down despite having a +4 goal difference, after Cherno More, without a win away the whole season, prevailed against Septemvri Sofia 2-1.


1960–61 Philadelphia Warriors season
The 1960–61 NBA season was the Warriors' 15th season in the NBA.


1960–61 Polska Liga Hokejowa season
The 1960–61 Polska Liga Hokejowa season was the 26th season of the Polska Liga Hokejowa, the top level of ice hockey in Poland. Eight teams participated in the league, and Legia Warszawa won the championship.


1960–61 Port Vale F.C. season
The 1960–61 season was Port Vale's 49th season of football in the English Football League, and their second season in the Third Division. Aiming for promotion, the club were disappointed with their eventual seventh-place finish. The first season of the League Cup ended for Vale at the Second Round, whilst they exited the FA Cup at the Third Round. They did however taste success in the second and last Supporters' Clubs' Trophy series, beating rivals Stoke City 1–0 in a replay.


1960–61 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Third Division
The pre-season saw the club's management attempt to build a squad capable of promotion, this meant recruiting former Wales international inside-right Noel Kinsey from Birmingham City as a player-coach, and 21-year-old outside-left Dennis Fidler from the Manchester City Reserves. It also meant a concerted effort to sign a star forward, a £10,000 offer for Aston Villa's Gerry Hitchens was rejected, and the club's interest in Ronnie Allen also went nowhere. Instead 'bustling' Ted Calland  was signed on a free transfer from Exeter City. Fred Donaldson was sold to Exeter for £2,000. Vale Park was also improved, with yet more new drains installed to help ease the winter mud spots.


1960–61 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Third Division
The season opened with a Harry Poole goal fifty seconds into an eventual 1–1 draw with Walsall in front of a season-best attendance of 15,504 on 20 August. Vale's campaign really got going nine days later however, with a sequence of three consecutive victories. This included a 7–1 'annihilation' of Chesterfield. Seven games without a win followed, ending with a collapse to an impressive Swindon Town side at The County Ground on 1 October. Vale were much improved after this, recording six wins from eight games. The following month Norman Low signed Bert Llewellyn from Crewe Alexandra for £7,000.


1960–61 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Third Division
Llewellyn scored past Barnsley in his debut game on 12 November, and scored a hat-trick past Hull City the next month. This win over the "Tigers" came a week after a 5–0 win over high-flying Grimsby Town at Blundell Park, in what Roy Sproson later described as his 'greatest memory' and 'one of their finest hours'. The performance was so impressive they received 'a standing ovation' from the home crowd, as the "Valiants" finished the game 'rolling the ball about like a game of chess'.


1960–61 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Third Division
In sixth place, a 6–2 hammering from Walsall at Fellows Park on 17 December set them back. The goals continued, this time in Vale's favour, with a 5–0 win and 3–3 draw with Tranmere Rovers, and a 4–1 victory over Bury. In January, Albert Leake was transferred to Macclesfield Town, leaving Sproson as the only survivor of the legendary 1953–54 outfit. Vale continued to entertain and win games, as The Sentinel's Jon Abberley described Harry Poole as 'one of the best wing-halves ever produced in the Potteries.


1960–61 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Third Division
By 11 February, Vale were four points from second place, as Vale battled to a 1–1 draw with Torquay United in 'a sea of mud' at Plainmoor. A week later Llewellyn scored a hat-trick past Swindon Town. However, on 4 March QPR ended their promotion hopes with a 1–0 win at Loftus Road, the second of a streak of five games without a win for Vale. The next week Notts County easily beat Vale 3–1, in a game for which Stan Steele was rested after 195 consecutive appearances. Steele immediately handed in a transfer request, and got picked up by West Bromwich Albion for a £10,000 fee. Vale's season then petered out, ending with an attendance of only 4,088 for a 1–1 draw with Bristol City at Vale Park, followed by two away draws.


1960–61 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Third Division
They finished in seventh place with 49 points, with their tally of 96 goals bettered only by the two promoted clubs. The season was a disappointment however, and their away record of two wins in twelve games was put to blame for killing their promotion hopes. Cliff Portwood scored an impressive 26 goals, followed closely by Bert Llewellyn on 20 (who had also scored 10 for Crewe).


1960–61 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Finances
On the financial side, a disappointing home attendance average of 9,702 was a concern, though a profit of £4,253 was recorded. This was down to a £9,501 donation from the Sportsmen's Association and a slashing of the wage bill by around £4,000 to £29,915. The management decided to cut the playing staff but to increase the wage budget. Eleven players were let go, crucially: Harry Oscroft (Brantham Athletic), Ted Calland (Lincoln City), John Poole (Macclesfield Town), and Peter Hall (Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic).


1960–61 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Cup competitions
In the FA Cup, Vale were superior to non-league Chelmsford City, winning 3–2 in the First Round clash. Fourth Division Carlisle United were Vale's Second Round opponents, who Vale dispatched 2–1. Struggling Second Division side Swansea Town bettered Vale on a mud-filled and hole-ridden Vetch Field.


1960–61 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Cup competitions
In the League Cup, they bettered Queens Park Rangers in a replay following a 2–2 draw at Loftus Road. They next round held Tranmere Rovers, who eliminated Vale with a 2–0 win.