1963 Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election, Candidates
However, the emergence of the Earl of Home as the new Leader of the Conservative Party and his appointment as Prime Minister on 19 October led to a sudden requirement to find him a seat in the House of Commons. Douglas-Home's Scottish ancestry made him look with particular interest at Kinross and West Perthshire; speculation earlier in the week had already linked him with it. On Sunday 20 October, Younger announced his offer to withdraw in favour of Home, an offer which was graciously accepted. Younger was later selected for Ayr, which he represented from 1964 to 1992. On 23 October, Home executed an instrument of disclaimer under the Peerage Act 1963, becoming Sir Alec Douglas-Home. The new session of Parliament was delayed to await the outcome of the by-election.


1963 Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election, Candidates
The Labour Party chose Andrew Forrester, a 25-year-old schoolteacher from Glasgow who was Chairman of Scotstoun Young Socialists. The Liberal Party nominated Alistair Duncan Millar, a son of James Duncan Millar who farmed in Perthshire. The Scottish National Party leader Arthur Donaldson, a 62-year-old journalist who had fought Dundee in the 1945 general election, was also nominated.


1963 Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election, Candidates
With a sitting Prime Minister fighting a by-election, interest was high and three additional candidates stood. Willie Rushton, the satirist and broadcaster, was put up as an Independent candidate by Private Eye magazine. Ian Smith, a 43-year-old former Wing Commander in the Royal Air Force and now garage owner of Callander, stood as an Independent Unionist. A last-minute candidate was Richard Wort, a schoolmaster from Wimbledon who stood as an Independent right-wing candidate; his nomination paper was handed in with 29 minutes to spare.


1963 Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election, Candidates
On the eve of poll, Willie Rushton announced that he was retiring from the contest, and endorsed Liberal Party candidate Alistair Duncan Millar, who he thought stood the best chance of defeating Douglas-Home.


1963 Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election, Result
The result was declared from the County Buildings in Perth, shortly after noon on Friday 8 November. Douglas-Home won with a majority of 9,328, and all but he and the Labour and Liberal candidates forfeited their deposits. He went on to represent the constituency until the October 1974 general election.


1963 Kuril Islands earthquake
The 1963 Kuril Islands earthquake occurred at 05:17 UTC, on October 13. The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.5  and was followed by a Mw=7.8 event seven days later. Both earthquakes triggered tsunamis that were observed around the northern part of the Pacific ocean.


1963 Kuril Islands earthquake, Tectonic setting
The Kuril Islands form part of the island arc formed above the subduction zone, where the Pacific Plate is being subducted beneath the Eurasian Plate. This convergent boundary has been the site of many large megathrust earthquakes, including the second largest earthquake ever recorded.


1963 Kuril Islands earthquake, Damage
No damage, deaths or injuries are recorded for these two earthquakes or their associated tsunamis.


1963 Kuril Islands earthquake, Characteristics, Earthquake
The earthquake was made up of three sub events, each of which is interpreted to represent the rupture of an asperity roughly 50 km in length along the subduction interface.


1963 Kuril Islands earthquake, Characteristics, Tsunami
The tsunami triggered by the earthquake of October 13, caused a 4.5 m wave locally. The tsunami was also observed  in Canada, Japan, Mexico, Hawaii, Alaska, California and on many islands across the northern Pacific Ocean. The tsunami associated with the October 20 event was larger in the local area with a maximum recorded run-up of 15 m at Urup, but was only observed in the western part of the northern Pacific.


1963 Kuwaiti general election
General elections were held in Kuwait on 23 January 1963. A total of 205 candidates contested the 50 seats, with pro-government candidates emerging as the largest bloc. Voter turnout was 85.0%.


1963 LPGA Championship
The 1963 LPGA Championship was the ninth LPGA Championship, held October 10–13 at Stardust Country Club in Las Vegas, Nevada.


1963 LPGA Championship
After a second round 82 (+11), Mickey Wright shot 70 (−1) in both of the final two rounds to win her fourth and final LPGA Championship, two strokes ahead of runners-up Mary Lena Faulk, Mary Mills, and Louise Suggs. Defending champion Judy Kimball finished six strokes back, in a tie for ninth place. It was Wright's second major title of the year and the eleventh of her thirteen career majors. It was her thirteenth tour victory of the 1963 season.


1963 LPGA Championship
It was the third of six consecutive LPGA Championships at Stardust, which opened two years earlier. After several ownership and name changes, it became Las Vegas National Golf Club in 1998.


1963 LPGA Tour
The 1963 LPGA Tour was the 14th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 1 to November 17. The season consisted of 32 official money events. Mickey Wright won the most tournaments, 13. She also led the money list with earnings of $31,269.


1963 LPGA Tour
There were two first-time winners in 1963: Mary Mills and Barbara Romack.


1963 LPGA Tour, Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1963 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.


1963 LSU Tigers football team
The 1963 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University during the 1963 NCAA University Division football season.


1963 LSU Tigers football team
The Battle for the Rag, the annual rivalry game vs. Tulane, was played as scheduled, one of the few games not to be postponed or canceled following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The contest kicked off approximately 25 hours after the tragedy in Dallas. It was the second of three consecutive Tiger shutouts vs. the Green Wave at Baton Rouge.


1963 La Flèche Wallonne
The 1963 La Flèche Wallonne was the 27th edition of La Flèche Wallonne cycle race and was held on 6 May 1963. The race started in Liège and finished in Charleroi. The race was won by Raymond Poulidor of the Mercier team.


1963 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election
Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet (more formally, its "Parliamentary Committee") occurred in November 1963. In addition to the 12 members elected, the Leader (Harold Wilson), Deputy Leader (George Brown), Labour Chief Whip (Herbert Bowden), Labour Leader in the House of Lords (A. V. Alexander), and Labour Chief Whip in the House of Lords (the Earl of Lucan)  were automatically members.


1963 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election
All existing members of the Shadow Cabinet were re-elected. However, as Wilson had succeeded to the leadership of the party, he did not need to stand in the election, and Douglas Jay won the newly available seat.


1963 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
The 1963 Labour Party leadership election was held following the death of Hugh Gaitskell,  party leader since 1955. He died on 18 January 1963 and was succeeded (on a temporary basis) by deputy leader George Brown.


1963 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
In 1963 the Labour leader was elected by the Parliamentary Labour Party (the members of the House of Commons in receipt of the Labour whip). To be elected the winning candidate required more than half the votes. If no candidate was elected in a ballot then the last placed candidate was eliminated and a new ballot held contested by the continuing candidates. This process, known as the exhaustive ballot, was repeated until a candidate was elected.


1963 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Ballots
An overall majority was required for election. The results of the ballots of Labour MPs were as follows:


1963 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Ballots
As a result of the first ballot, Callaghan was eliminated. The Labour Party's rules required that the winner of the contest win more than half of the votes cast. As Wilson fell short of this the remaining two candidates would face each other in a second ballot, seven days later. However it was reported that Wilson was "likely" to prevail and that it was "doubtful" Brown could be able to win the backing of the 35 Callaghan voters he would need to emerge with a majority.


1963 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Ballots
Although Brown had defeated Wilson for the deputy leadership the previous year, the political correspondent of The Glasgow Herald reported that the two contests could not be compared, suggesting that Brown had partly that contest as he was seen as a contrast to the "intellectual" leader Hugh Gaitskell. The same author suggested the fact that Wilson was an "intellectual" was an advantage to him in the contest to be leader. The author also opined that Callaghan supporters, who might assumed to be more likely to back Brown, would take into consideration that Wilson was " a more credible alternative Prime Minister".


1963 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Ballots
Although Brown had mustered 15 extra votes compared with the first ballot, Wilson increased his total by 29 to win a comfortable victory. According to the following day's The Glasgow Herald while Wilson's win by 41 votes was larger than had been anticipated earlier in the contest, it was not a surprise as "the tide began to run strongly in his [Wilson's] favour" after the previous week's vote ballot. The same article concluded that Labour MP's had picked Wilson as the "more credible alternative Prime Minister", arguing that his performances in the House of Commons and on television were more statesman like than those of "the bluff, outspoken Mr Brown".


1963 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Ballots
At 46, Wilson was Labour's youngest leader until Tony Blair became leader in 1994 at the age of 41.


1963 Lady Wigram Trophy
The 1963 Lady Wigram Trophy was a motor race held at the Wigram Airfield Circuit on 19 January 1963. It was the twelfth Lady Wigram Trophy to be held and was won by Bruce McLaren in the Cooper T62. McLaren became the first New Zealander since Ron Roycroft to win the Lady Wigram Trophy.


1963 Lafayette Leopards football team
The 1963 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College during the 1963 NCAA College Division football season. Lafayette finished last in the Middle Atlantic Conference, University Division, and last in the Middle Three Conference.


1963 Lafayette Leopards football team
In their first year under head coach Kenneth Bunn, the Leopards compiled a 1–8 record. John Brown and Richard Zanewicz were the team captains.


1963 Lafayette Leopards football team
In conference play, Lafayette's 1–4 record against MAC University Division opponents represented the worst winning percentage in the six-team circuit; Lehigh finished a half-game ahead in the standings with a 1–3 record. The Leopards were swept by their Middle Three rivals, losing to both Lehigh and Rutgers.


1963 Lafayette Leopards football team
The season-ending rivalry game against Lehigh was originally slated for November 23, but postponed following the assassination of John F. Kennedy the previous day. The November 30 makeup date was the latest in the year that the 99-year traditional matchup had ever been held.


1963 Lafayette Leopards football team
Lafayette played its home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.


1963 Lamar Tech Cardinals football team
The 1963 Lamar Tech Cardinals football season was the program's final season at off–campus South Park High School "Greenie Stadium". The Cardinals competed at the NCAA College Division level in 1963 as an independent. The 1963 season was the first season with Vernon Glass as the Cardinals' head football coach.


1963 Latvian SSR Higher League, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and ASK won the championship.


1963 Leeds City Council election
The Leeds municipal elections were held on Thursday 9 May 1963, with one third of the council to be elected.


1963 Leeds City Council election
The Liberals significantly expanded on their prior year's record showing of 10 candidates to 18 candidates this time, obtaining them post-war records in votes and vote share. This hidden a disappointing result for them, seeing swings away from them in the wards they'd fought previously, with Far Headingley the only ward they managed to retain second place in (as well as gaining second place on first standing in Wellington).


1963 Leeds City Council election
This Liberal advancement again mainly hurt the Conservative vote, helping Labour achieve a 2.3% swing to make six gains – reversing all but one of the gains the Tories made in their 1960 victory (the exception being the usually reliable Conservative ward of Harehills, which Labour managed to narrowly gain in 1957). These gains doubled Labour's majority of councillors – with their overall majority now at 28 – as the party made widespread gains nationally to capture a record number of borough seats.


1963 Leeds City Council election, Election result
The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:


1963 Leeds South by-election
The 1963 Leeds South by-election was held on Thursday 20 June 1963. It was held due to the death of the incumbent MP and Leader of the Labour Party, Hugh Gaitskell. The by-election was won by the Labour candidate, Merlyn Rees who would later become a Cabinet minister. Had Gaitskell lived to contest the 1964 general election, it has been predicted that Gaitskell would have won the election for Labour and became the next Prime Minister. Some supporters of the late Hugh Gaitskell describe him as "the best Prime Minister Britain never had".


1963 Lehigh Engineers football team
The 1963 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1963 NCAA College Division football season. Lehigh finished second-to-last in both the Middle Atlantic Conference, University Division, and the Middle Three Conference.


1963 Lehigh Engineers football team
In their second year under head coach Mike Cooley, the Engineers compiled a 1–8 record. Jake LaMotta was the team captain.


1963 Lehigh Engineers football team
In conference play, Lehigh's 1–3 record against opponents in the MAC University Division represented the fifth-best winning percentage in the six-team circuit, half a game ahead of Lafayette's 1–4. The Engineers went 1–1 against the Middle Three, losing to Rutgers and beating Lafayette.


1963 Lehigh Engineers football team
The season-ending rivalry game against Lafayette was originally slated for November 23, but postponed following the assassination of John F. Kennedy the previous day. The November 30 makeup date was the latest in the year that the 99-year traditional matchup had ever been held.


1963 Lehigh Engineers football team
Lehigh played its home games at Taylor Stadium on the university campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.


1963 Liberian general election
General elections were held in Liberia on 7 May 1963. In the presidential election, incumbent William Tubman of the True Whig Party was the only candidate, and was re-elected unopposed.


1963 Liberty Bowl
The 1963 Liberty Bowl was a college football bowl game played at Philadelphia Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 21, 1963. The fifth edition of the Liberty Bowl was played between the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the North Carolina State Wolfpack before a crowd of 8,309 fans in brutally cold weather.


1963 Liberty Bowl
Coach Paul E. Davis led Mississippi State to victory, but the significant dropoff in attendance from prior games led organizers to relocate the 1964 edition of the bowl to the Atlantic City Convention Hall (now known as Boardwalk Hall) in Atlantic City, New Jersey, as the first college bowl game ever played indoors.


1963 Liberty Bowl, Teams
Led by head coach Paul E. Davis, Mississippi State came into the game with a 6–2–2 record, having lost to both Memphis and the Alabama, while defeating bowl-bound teams from Auburn and LSU and tying Ole Miss. The Bulldogs were ranked 11th in the Coaches Poll, and were favored to win the game by the Associated Press. The NC State Wolfpack entered the game with a record of 8–2, under head coach Earle Edwards.


1963 Liberty Bowl, Game summary
The game was played at 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time and was broadcast by NBC. The two teams from the South played in bitter cold weather, with a temperature of 22 °F (−6 °C) at the kickoff, dropping to 15 °F (−9 °C) by the end of the game. There was also a very strong wind which amplified the effect of the low temperatures, making it nearly unbearable. 8,309 fans were in attendance, 8,000 fewer than the lowest previous attendance at a Liberty Bowl and a marked drop off from the 100,000 who attended the Army–Navy Game two weeks earlier in the 102,000-capacity stadium.


1963 Liberty Bowl, Game summary
Mississippi State's Bill McGuire blocked a punt by North Carolina State's Dave Houtz, which was recovered by the Bulldogs' Tommy Inman at the 11-yard line and returned for a touchdown to give Mississippi State a 7-0 lead six minutes into the first quarter. NC State was forced to punt on their next possession from their own 15-yard line, with Mississippi State taking over on the NC State 47-yard-line.


1963 Liberty Bowl, Game summary
On the eighth play of the drive, quarterback Sonny Fisher scored on a wide left-end roll out from the 3-yard-line to give the Bulldogs a 13–0 lead after the extra point attempt failed. Mississippi State took possession on the NC State 49-yard-line after another short punt and Justin Canale kicked a 43-yard field goal at the start of the second quarter that just cleared the crossbar, giving the Bulldogs a 16–0 lead, and the last points the team would score in the game.


1963 Liberty Bowl, Game summary
North Carolina State scored on a quarterback sneak by Jim Rossi in the second period, but with the two-point conversion failing, the Wolfpack trailed 13–6 at halftime. In the fourth quarter, the final score of the game came on a four-yard pass from Rossi to Ray Barlow; The score was 16–12 after the two-point conversion failed again. NC State attempted an onside kick which went to the Bulldogs after the Wolfpack was called for touching the ball before it had traveled ten yards, and Mississippi State was able to hold on to the margin of victory.


1963 Liberty Bowl, Game summary
The Bulldogs' Hoyle Granger, who later played professionally for the Houston Oilers, led all players with 94 yards rushing. Ode Burrell of Mississippi State, who was drafted by the Green Bay Packers but also played for the Oilers in the American Football League, rushed for 69 yards and was voted the game's most valuable player. The Wolfpack's Rossi was 5 for 12 on passing and gained 67 yards on the ground, earning recognition as the game's outstanding back.


1963 Liberty Bowl, Aftermath
The Liberty Bowl was played for its initial five editions outdoors in Philadelphia Stadium, often in temperatures below freezing. The inaugural Liberty Bowl in 1959 saw Penn State beat Alabama by a score of 7–0 in front of 38,000 fans. But it was downhill from there, and fewer than 10,000 were in attendance to watch the 1963 edition, with the organizers taking a loss of $40,000. The frigid temperatures at year-end in the Northeast led to the game being called the "Deep Freeze Bowl". Bud Dudley, organizer of the Liberty Bowl, was ready for a change and he was receptive to an offer from a group of Atlantic City businessmen who were trying to help revive the fading Jersey Shore resort that included a $25,000 guarantee.


1963 Liberty Bowl, Aftermath
The 1964 edition, between West Virginia and the Utah, was the first major bowl game ever played indoors, with a comfortable temperature of 60 °F (16 °C). The 1964 Liberty Bowl would be the last edition played in the Northeastern United States, as the bowl was moved to Memphis, Tennessee, for the 1965 edition, and has remained there since.


1963 Lime Rock SCCA National Race
The June 14-15, 1963 race at Lime Rock Park was the fifth racing event of the thirteenth season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. Held under the auspices of the SCCA's New England Region, the event started on Friday with two races, and after an overnight rain which left the unpaved paddock looking like a lake, the racing concluded on Saturday, as there was  an injunction forbidding Sunday racing at the venue which continues to the present day.


1963 Lime Rock SCCA National Race
In addition to the classes listed below, individual races were also held for a Formula cars, won by Arch McNeill in his Lotus 18 Formula Jr #18 (on Friday afternoon), and a race for the Modified cars on Saturday, won by Peter Sachs in his FM Lotus 23 #37, with second place and first in CM (upclassed, as there were no other DM or EM cars) taken by Joe Buzzetta's #7 "Bosch Special" Porsche. M.R.J. "Doc" Wyllie took GM in his ubiquitous #7 Lola, Chuck Dietrich 2nd in GM with the #88 Bobsy, with GM honorable mention in 3rd going to local resident and motorsports legend John Fitch in a BMC #45.


1963 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
The 1963 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship was the 69th staging of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board.


1963 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
Feenagh-Kilmeedy won the championship after a 3-06 to 3-01 defeat of Emmets in the final. It was remains their only championship triumph.


1963 Little League World Series
The 1963 Little League World Series took place between August 20 and August 24 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Granada Hills National Little League of Granada Hills, California, defeated Stratford Original Little League of Stratford, Connecticut, in the championship game of the 17th Little League World Series.


1963 Little League World Series
For the first time, the championship game was televised, as highlights were broadcast by ABC on Wide World of Sports. This was the third consecutive title for the state of California. As of 2018, this is the longest winning streak by a U.S. state.


1963 Liverpool City Council election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 9 May 1963.


1963 Liverpool City Council election, Ward results
The Councillors seeking re-election at this election were elected in 1960 for a three-year term, therefore comparisons are made with the 1960 election results.


1963 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
The 1963 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the 49th edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycle race and was held on 5 May 1963. The race started and finished in Liège. The race was won by Frans Melckenbeeck of the Mercier team.


1963 Lombank Trophy
The 4th Lombank Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 30 March 1963 at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, England. The race was run over 50 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Graham Hill in a BRM P57.


1963 Lombank Trophy
The lead changed hands several times between Richie Ginther and Jim Clark, before Hill, who had started from the back of the grid, passed Clark on lap 33. He stayed in front until the end of the race, with Clark second, while Ginther spun and finished fifth.


1963 Lombank Trophy
This was the first and only Formula One start for Adam Wyllie, who was killed at a Formula Three event at Dunboyne in 1965, when he was involved in an accident with Jack Pearce. Pearce had also entered this Lombank Trophy race but withdrew.


1963 Long Beach State 49ers football team
The 1963 Long Beach State 49ers football team represented Long Beach State during the 1963 NCAA College Division football season. The 49ers competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA).


1963 Long Beach State 49ers football team
The team was led by head coach Don Reed, in his sixth year, and played their home games at Veterans Stadium adjacent to the campus of Long Beach City College in Long Beach, California. They finished the season with a record of five wins and five losses (5–5, 3–2 CCAA).


1963 Long Beach State 49ers football team, Team players in the NFL
No Long Beach State 49ers were selected in the 1964 NFL Draft or 1964 AFL Draft.


1963 Los Angeles Angels season
The 1963 Los Angeles Angels season involved the Angels finishing 9th in the American League with a record of 70 wins and 91 losses.


1963 Los Angeles Angels season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1963 Los Angeles Angels season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1963 Los Angeles Angels season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1963 Los Angeles Angels season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1963 Los Angeles Angels season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1963 Los Angeles Dodgers season
The 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers were led by pitcher Sandy Koufax, who won both the Cy Young Award and the Most Valuable Player Award. The team went 99–63 to win the National League title by six games over the runner-up St. Louis Cardinals and beat the New York Yankees in four games to win the 1963 World Series, marking the first time that the Yankees were ever swept in the postseason.


1963 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, Player stats, Batting
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1963 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1963 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, Player stats, Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1963 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, Player stats, Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1963 Los Angeles Rams season
The 1963 Los Angeles Rams season was the team's 26th year with the National Football League and the 18th season in Los Angeles. The Rams were attempting to improve on a disastrous 1-12-1 record in 1962, the worst in franchise history at the time. The Rams lost their first 5 games, including a 52-14 loss at home to the Chicago Bears, the worst home loss in franchise history at the time. The 52 points allowed in that game are the most ever surrendered by the Rams in a home game in franchise history.


1963 Los Angeles Rams season
The Rams then split their next 4 games to stand at 2-7. Los Angeles then won their next 3 games to stand at 5-7 and keep their slim playoff hopes alive, but 2 more losses sealed their fate as they finished with a 5-9 record, missing the playoffs for the 8th straight year.


1963 Los Angeles Rams season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1963 Los Angeles State Diablos football team
The 1963 Los Angeles State Diablos football team represented Los Angeles State during the 1963 NCAA College Division football season.


1963 Los Angeles State Diablos football team
Los Angeles State competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by first-year head coach Homer Beatty, and played home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. They finished the season as champions of the CCAA in a tie-breaker, as a result of their victory over San Diego State. Their overall record was seven wins and one loss (7–1, 3–1 CCAA).


1963 Los Angeles State Diablos football team, Team players in the NFL/AFL
The following Los Angeles State players were selected in the 1964 NFL Draft.


1963 Los Angeles State Diablos football team, Team players in the NFL/AFL
The following Los Angeles State players were selected in the 1964 AFL Draft.


1963 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team
The 1963 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Louisiana Polytechnic Institute (now known as Louisiana Tech University) as a member of the Gulf States Conference during the 1963 NCAA College Division football season. In their twenty-third year under head coach Joe Aillet, the team compiled a 6–3 record.


1963 Louisville Cardinals football team
The 1963 Louisville Cardinals football team was an American football team that represented the University of Louisville in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. In their 18th season under head coach Frank Camp, the Cardinals compiled a 3–7 record (0–3 against conference opponents) and were outscored by a total of 213 to 118.


1963 Louisville Cardinals football team
The team's statistical leaders included Tom LaFramboise	 with 1,205 passing yards, Larry Compton with 199 rushing yards, Charlie Mudd with 367 receiving yards, and LaFramboise and Mudd with 26 points each.


1963 Luton by-election
The 1963 Luton by-election was held on 7 November 1963 following the resignation of the former "radio doctor" and Conservative Minister Charles Hill. Hill had a majority of over 5,000 at the 1959 general election, but the Luton seat was won by the Labour candidate Will Howie with a majority of 3,749.


1963 Maine Black Bears football team
The 1963 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1963 NCAA College Division football season. In its 13th season under head coach Harold Westerman, the team compiled a 5–3 record (3–2 against conference opponents) and finished second out of the six teams in the Yankee Conference championship. The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Orono, Maine. Daniel Severson and Earle Cooper were the team captains.


1963 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The 1963 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 34th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 9, 1963 in Cleveland, Ohio, at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, home of the American League's Cleveland Indians. The game was won by the National League 5–3.


1963 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
From 1959 to 1962, baseball experimented with a pair of All-Star Games per year. That ended with this 1963 game, which also marked the 30th anniversary of the inaugural All-Star Game played in Chicago in 1933.


1963 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Scoring summary
The teams traded runs in the second inning. Willie Mays drew a walk off Ken McBride, stole second and scored on a Dick Groat single. The AL tied the score when Jim O'Toole gave up a Leon Wagner single, hit Zoilo Versalles with a pitch and surrendered an RBI hit to his pitching counterpart, McBride.


1963 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Scoring summary
In the third, both sides scored twice. Behind 3-1, the AL struck back on a double by Albie Pearson and singles by Frank Malzone and Earl Battey to tie it at 3-all.


1963 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Scoring summary
The NL scratched out a run off Jim Bunning in the fifth to regain the lead, then made it 5-3 in the eighth when Bill White singled off Dick Radatz, stole second and scored on a Ron Santo single. Don Drysdale closed it out in the eighth and ninth, retiring Bobby Richardson on a game-ending double play.


1963 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Rosters
Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.


1963 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Rosters, American League
Note:  Bill Mazeroski was selected for the starting lineup, but did not play due to injury. Julián Javier took his spot in the starting batting order.


1963 Major League Baseball season
The 1963 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 8 to October 6, 1963. The American League and National League both featured ten teams, with each team playing a 162-game schedule.


1963 Major League Baseball season
In the World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers swept the New York Yankees in four straight games. The Dodgers' stellar pitching staff, anchored by left-hander Sandy Koufax and right-hander Don Drysdale, was so dominant that the vaunted Yankees, despite the presence of sluggers such as Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris in their lineup, never took a lead against Los Angeles the entire Series.


1963 Major League Baseball season, Season recap
In the American League, the Yankees were in the 4th of 5 straight pennant winning years, and, led by MVP Elston Howard, cruised to the American League title by 10.5 games over the 2nd place White Sox.


1963 Major League Baseball season, Season recap
In the National League, most experts figured the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers would be locked in another battle for the pennant, much like 1962 when the Giants came from behind and beat the Dodgers in a playoff. The Dodgers started slowly, perhaps feeling the hangover effect from blowing the pennant the year before. They were 2 games under .500 in early May, and trailed the surprising St. Louis Cardinals by 4.5 games. Then their pitching asserted itself, and on August 28, the Dodgers led the Giants by 5.5 games and the Cardinals by 6.5 games.


1963 Major League Baseball season, Season recap
The Cardinals proceeded to win 19 of their next 20 games and, while the Dodgers didn't exactly slump, they went "only" 14–7 during that same period. Thus, the Dodgers went into St. Louis on September 16 to play the Cardinals in a 3-game series leading by only 1 game. With the memory of blowing the 1962 pennant fresh in their minds, the Dodgers proceeded to sweep the Cardinals and take a 4-game lead with 7 games to go.


1963 Major League Baseball season, Season recap
The key game was the third one; the Cardinals led 5–1 in the 8th inning and a win would move them back to within 2 games of L.A. But the Dodgers got 3 in the 8th and in the top of the 9th, late season call up Dick Nen, in only his 8th major league at bat, hit a pinch hit homer to force extra innings. The Cardinals got a leadoff triple from Dick Groat in the 10th but could not score. The Dodgers then scored an unearned run in the 13th inning and won, 6–5. The disheartened Cardinals then lost their next 3 games as well while the Dodgers won 3 of their next 4 to clinch the pennant with 6 games left.


1963 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms
In an attempt to create an identity distinguishable from all other teams, Kansas City Athletics owner Charlie Finley changed the team uniforms to kelly green and yellow. This tradition of "green and gold" has been preserved to this day, although the kelly green has since been replaced with forest green. Finley also changed the Athletics' cleats to white instead of the standard black. Coaches and managers were also given white hats, which were dropped when the Athletics adopted new colors in 1993. The white cleats were dropped in 2000, but were revived in 2008.


1963 Malaya Cup
Malaya Cup was a tournament held annually by a Malaya Cup committee.


1963 Malaya Cup
This is the 37th season of Malaya Cup (later known as Malaysia Cup). It were contested by states in Malaysia. The final were contested by the southern and northern champions in their respective conference round. Six states sent their teams. The final were held at Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur on 29 September 1963 where Selangor winning Malaya Cup, by defeating Penang with scoreline 6–2.


1963 Malaya Cup, Conference Round
15 teams participated the Malaya Cup, Malacca, Negeri Sembilan, Singapore, Penang, Selangor and Perak. The teams were divided into two conference, the Northern Section and Southern Section. The Northern Section comprises Penang, Selangor and Perak while Southern Section represented by Johor, Negeri Sembilan, Malacca and Singapore. Each team will play with each other (two games per team) and the winners of each conference will play in the final. Each win will give the team 2 points while losing will give 0 points. A draw means a point were shared between two teams.


1963 Malaya Cup, Final
The final were held at Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur on 29 September 1963. Selangor won the cup by defeating Penang with scoreline 6–2.


1963 Manchester Openshaw by-election
The  1963 Manchester Openshaw by-election was held on 5 December 1963. It was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, W. R. Williams. The by-election was won by the Labour candidate Charles Morris.


1963 Marj earthquake
The 1963 Marj earthquake occurred on February 21 in northern Libya. The earthquake occurred at 18:14:36 local time with a moment magnitude of 5.6 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Financial losses totaled $5 million USD, with 290–375 deaths, 375–500 injuries, and 12,000 homeless.


1963 Marlboro SCCA National Race
The April 7, 1963, race at Marlboro Motor Raceway  was the opening race of the thirteenth season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship.


1963 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
The 1963 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. In its fifth season under head coach Charlie Snyder, the team compiled a 5–4–1 record (3–2–1 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place out of seven teams in the MAC, scored 139 points, and gave up 139 points. Zeke Myers and Everett Vance were the team captains. The team played its home games at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.


1963 Maryland Terrapins football team
The 1963 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. In their fifth season under head coach Tom Nugent, the Terrapins compiled a 3–7 record (2–5 in conference), finished in fifth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and were outscored by their opponents 201 to 148.


1963 Maryland Terrapins football team
On September 21, Maryland receiver Darryl Hill became the first African-American player to compete in the ACC in the Terps' home game against North Carolina State. Hill was the team's leading receiver but Maryland lost 36-14.


1963 Maryland Terrapins football team
The team's statistical leaders included Dick Shiner with 1,165 passing yards, Jerry Fishman with 480 rushing yards, and Darryl Hill with 516 receiving yards.


1963 Masters Tournament
The 1963 Masters Tournament was the 27th Masters Tournament, held April 4–7 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. 84 players entered the tournament and 50 made the cut at eight-over-par (152).


1963 Masters Tournament
Jack Nicklaus, 23, won the first of his record six Green Jackets with a three-foot (0.9 m) par putt on the final hole to finish one stroke ahead of runner-up Tony Lema. Nicklaus shot a 66 (−6) in the second round, which was key in his victory. It was the second of his record 18 major titles; his third came three months later at the PGA Championship in July.


1963 Masters Tournament
Gene Sarazen, the 1935 champion, made the cut at Augusta for the final time at age 61 and finished 49th.


1963 Masters Tournament
It was the last Masters for Horton Smith, winner of the inaugural event in 1934 and again in 1936. He was the only competitor to have participated in every edition of the tournament, and had a lung removed in 1957. Battling Hodgkin's Disease, Smith was partly aided by a golf cart and shot 91 and 86; he died six months later in Detroit at age 55, shortly after attending the Ryder Cup matches in Atlanta.


1963 Masters Tournament
George Bayer won the Par 3 contest with a score of 23.


1963 Masters Tournament, Field
Jack Burke Jr. (4), Jimmy Demaret (8), Doug Ford (4,9,10,11), Claude Harmon, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff (2), Byron Nelson, Arnold Palmer (2,3,8,9,11), Henry Picard, Gary Player (3,4,9,10), Gene Sarazen, Horton Smith, Sam Snead (8), Art Wall Jr. (9,11), Craig Wood


1963 Masters Tournament, Field
Tommy Bolt, Billy Casper (8,11), Jack Fleck (8,10), Ed Furgol, Gene Littler (8,9,11), Dick Mayer, Jack Nicklaus (8,9,10)


1963 Masters Tournament, Field
Jerry Barber (8,11), Walter Burkemo, Dow Finsterwald (8,11), Chick Harbert, Jay Hebert (11), Lionel Hebert (8), Bob Rosburg (9)


1963 Masters Tournament, Field
Charles Coe (6,8,a), Richard Davies (6,a), Labron Harris Jr. (6,7,a)


1963 Masters Tournament, Field
Robert W. Gardner (a), Downing Gray (7,a), Billy Joe Patton (7,a), R. H. Sikes (a), Charlie Smith (a), Ed Updegraff (a)


1963 Masters Tournament, Field
Homero Blancas (a), Charles Coody (a), Paul Desjardins (a), Jim Gabrielsen (a), Bill Newcomb (a)


1963 Masters Tournament, Field
Julius Boros, Gay Brewer (9), Jacky Cupit, Gardner Dickinson, Paul Harney (10), Don January, Billy Maxwell (9), Johnny Pott, Mike Souchak (9,11), Ken Venturi


1963 Masters Tournament, Field
Bob Goalby (9), Tommy Jacobs, Bobby Nichols (10), Phil Rodgers, Doug Sanders


1963 Masters Tournament, Field
Al Balding (8), David Blair (a), Antonio Cerdá, Bob Charles, Chen Ching-Po, Bruce Crampton, Gerard de Wit, Juan Antonio Estrada (a), Jorge Ledesma (a), Stan Leonard, Ángel Miguel, Kel Nagle, Koichi Ono, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Miguel Sala, Alvie Thompson


1963 Mauritian general election
General elections were held in Mauritius on 21 October 1963. The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 19 of the 40 seats.


1963 Meadowdale SCCA National Championships
The August 4, 1963 race at Meadowdale International Raceway was the eighth racing event of the thirteenth season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. A&B Production Results


1963 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
The 1963 Meath Intermediate Football Championship is the 37th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for intermediate graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 12 teams. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.


1963 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
Donaghmore, St. Peter's Dunboyne and Syddan were regraded from the 1962 S.F.C. Although the St. Peter's Dunboyne 'B' team claimed the 1962 J.F.C. they chose not to enter two teams into the middle grade, and so their second string remained in J.F.C. Southern Division. The Rathkenny club reformed this year and entered Meath GAA competitions for the first time since the 1951 J.F.C. Many of their players joined from the neighbouring Slane and Syddan 1962 squads.


1963 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
At the end of the season Dunderry applied to be regraded to the 1964 J.F.C. surviving just one year in the middle tier.


1963 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
On 8 September 1963, St. Patrick's claimed their 1st Intermediate championship title when they defeated Kells Harps 1-6 to 1-3 in the final at Pairc Tailteann.


1963 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 1962 championship season.


1963 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Group stage
There are 2 groups called Group A and B. The top finisher in each group will qualify for the Final. Some results were unavailable in the Meath Chronicle.


1963 Meath Senior Football Championship
The 1964 Meath Senior Football Championship is the 71st edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 10 teams. The championship employed a straight knock-out format.


1963 Meath Senior Football Championship
This season saw Kilbride's debut in the top flight after claiming the 1962 Meath Intermediate Football Championship title. The famous Bohermeen club which won 6 S.F.C. title in a row (1909-1914) was reformed this year and entered the J.B.F.C. ranks. This was Athboy parish rivals Martinstown and Rathmore's first year in existence, both of whom entered the J.F.C.


1963 Meath Senior Football Championship
Trim were the defending champions after they defeated Ballinlough in the previous years final, however they lost their crown to Navan O'Mahonys at the First Round stage.


1963 Meath Senior Football Championship
Navan O'Mahonys claimed their 7th S.F.C. (in 11 years) title on 25 August 1963 when defeating St. Vincent's in the final by 4-6 to 1-2 at Pairc Tailteann. Paddy Fitzsimons raised the Keegan Cup for the Navan parish outfit.


1963 Meath Senior Football Championship
At the end of the season Athboy and Ballivor were regraded to the 1964 I.F.C. after 3 and 15 years respectively as senior clubs.


1963 Meath Senior Football Championship, Team Changes
The following teams have changed division since the 1962 championship season.


1963 Meath Senior Football Championship, First Round
Four teams enter this round selected by random draw. The winner progresses to the Quarter-Finals.


1963 Meath Senior Football Championship, Quarter-Finals
The remaining 6 clubs along with the Round 1 winner enter this round.


1963 Mediterranean Games
The IV Mediterranean Games – Naples 1963, commonly known as the 1963 Mediterranean Games, were the 4th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Naples, Italy over 8 days, from 21 to 29 September 1963, where 1,057 athletes (all men) from 13 countries participated. There were a total of 93 medal events from 17 different sports.


1963 Mediterranean Games, Participating nations
The following is a list of nations that participated in the 1963 Mediterranean Games:


1963 Mediterranean Games, Sports
The IV Mediterranean Games sports program featured 93 events in 17 sports. The numbers in parentheses represent the number of medal events per sport.


1963 Mediterranean Grand Prix
The 1963 Mediterranean Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 18 August 1963 at the Autodromo di Pergusa, Sicily. The second running of the Mediterranean Grand Prix, the race was run over 60 laps of the circuit, and was dominated by British driver John Surtees in a Ferrari 156.


1963 Mediterranean Grand Prix
British driver Trevor Taylor suffered an accident during the race, in which he was thrown out of his Lotus 25 with fairly minor injuries, before the car broke up and caught fire.


1963 Meistaradeildin, Overview
It was contested by 4 teams, and Havnar Bóltfelag won the championship.


1963 Memorial Cup
The 1963 Memorial Cup final was the 45th junior ice hockey championship of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA). The George Richardson Memorial Trophy champions Niagara Falls Flyers of the Ontario Hockey Association in Eastern Canada competed against the Abbott Cup champions Edmonton Oil Kings of the Central Alberta Hockey League in Western Canada. In a best-of-seven series, held at Edmonton Gardens in Edmonton, Alberta. Edmonton won their 1st Memorial Cup, defeating Niagara Falls 4 games to 2.


1963 Memorial Cup
CAHA vice-president Lionel Fleury oversaw the 1963 playoffs in Eastern Canada, when the junior champions from the Quebec Amateur Hockey Association and the Maritime Amateur Hockey Association declined to participate and complained that the national deadlines did not allow adequate time to decide their leagues' champions. The CAHA was concerned about the quality of Memorial Cup competition due to the rapid expansion in junior ice hockey, and named Fleury chairman of a committee to investigate the imbalance the competition in Eastern Canada and find a solution to include all branches of the CAHA in the national playoffs. He opted to change the subsequent format of the playoffs from an elimination bracket into a round-robin format to reduce travel costs.


1963 Memorial Cup
CAHA president Art Potter oversaw the 1963 Memorial Cup final series. Niagara Falls' coach Hap Emms made numerous petty complaints about the series and the CAHA, including the ice rink's dimensions and access to the other team's practices. Emms threatened that the Flyers would quit the 1963 Memorial Cup and accused Potter of being "strictly a homer" and dictatorial. Emms charged that his team was denied access to treatment for a player's broken leg, and that spectators and sportswriters in Edmonton treated his team poorly, and complained about a general lack of hospitality.


1963 Memorial Cup
Potter dismissed the charges and stated that the treatment of the Flyers matched their lack of courtesy and refusal to attend the Edmonton Sports Writers' Association dinner. The Canadian Press described the series as an "all-out war", the play of Edmonton to be "almost brutal", and that Edmonton seemed intent to end Eastern Canada's opinion that Western Canadian teams played "pantsy-waist hockey". The CAHA debated the incidents in the series and approved a motion to deplore "the actions of any club official which degrade our game". Potter agreed that Emms was a good coach but that "his actions were childlike".


1963 Memorial Cup, Winning roster
Ron Anderson, Butch Barber, Tom Bend, Roger Bourbonnais, Jim Brown, Rich Bulloch, Jim Chase, Vince Downey, Jim Eagle, Ron Falkenberg, Doug Fox, Harold Fleming, Russ Kirk, S. Knox, Bert Marshall, Max Mestinsek, Butch Paul, Gregg Pilling, Pat Quinn, Dave Rochefort, Glen Sather, Reg Tashuk. Coach: Buster Brayshaw


1963 Memphis State Tigers football team
The 1963 Memphis State Tigers football team represented Memphis State University (now known as the University of Memphis) as an independent during the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. In its sixth season under head coach Billy J. Murphy, the team compiled a 9–0–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 199 to 52. Richard Saccoccia was the team captain. The team played its home games at Crump Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee.


1963 Memphis State Tigers football team
The team's statistical leaders included Russell Vollmer with 466 passing yards, fullback Dave Casinelli with 1,016 rushing yards and 84 points scored, and Bob Sherlag with 183 receiving yards.


1963 Men's British Open Squash Championship
The 1963 Open Championship was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 26 November - 5 December 1962. Azam Khan was unable to defend his title after struggling to regain fitness following an Achilles tendon injury. Mo Khan won the Open Championship defeating Abdelfattah Abou Taleb in the final. Incredibly Taleb had led the final two sets to one and eight points to one needing just one more point to become champion. Mo Khan however recovered to win the set and then the match in a remarkable comeback. Roshan Khan defeated Aftab Jawaid in the third place play off 9-3 9-6 5-9 4-9 9-3.


1963 Men's British Open Squash Championship, Draw and results, First qualifying round
John Skinner beat  Terry Pickering 9-0 6-9 3-9 9-0 9-2 Aftab Jawaid beat  Jonathan Smith 7-9 9-5 8-10 9-7 10-9 Brian Wise beat  Peter Fuente w/o Sherif Afifi beat  Ken Watson 5-9 9-4 9-5 9-3 Richard Hawkey beat  Don Thompson 9-0 6-9 9-7 6-9 9-3


1963 Men's British Open Squash Championship, Draw and results, Second qualifying round
Tony Gathercole beat  Mike Corby 5-9 9-4 6-9 9-7 9-5 George Chisholm beat  Richard Hawkey 9-2 9-2 1-9 1-9 10-8 Sherif Afifi beat  Brian Wise 10-9 7-9 9-6 9-7 Aly Abdel Aziz beat  Pat Kirton 9-7 4-9 9-2 10-9 Aftab Jawaid beat  John Skinner


1963 Men's British Open Squash Championship, Draw and results, Main draw
+ Corby gained a lucky losers place by virtue of the withdrawal of Yusuf Khan of India.


1963 Men's European Volleyball Championship
The 1963 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the sixth edition of the event,  organized by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in various cities in Romania from October 21 to November 2, 1963, with the final taking place in Bucharest.


1963 Mestaruussarja, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and Reipas Lahti won the championship.


1963 Mexican Grand Prix
The 1963 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca in Mexico City on October 27, 1963. It was race 9 of 10 in both the 1963 World Championship of Drivers and the 1963 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.


1963 Mexican Grand Prix
Jim Clark dominated the race from pole position, a time that was 1.7 seconds faster than anybody else. Mexico was considered one of his most successful venues. His fastest lap of the race eclipsed his pole time by 0.7 seconds, and he lapped the entire field except for second and third behind him. He would eventually score a total of five pole positions, four fastest laps and three victories at the venue in his Formula One career. This was also his sixth win, his sixth fastest lap, and his sixth pole position of the nine races completed in 1963.


1963 Mexican Grand Prix
This was also the only World Championship Grand Prix where a car raced with the number 13 until Pastor Maldonado selected the number as his permanent race number in 2014.


1963 Miami Hurricanes football team
The 1963 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami as an independent during the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. Led by 16th-year head coach Andy Gustafson, the Hurricanes played their home games at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. They finished the season 3–7.


1963 Miami Redskins football team
The 1963 Miami Redskins football team was an American football team that represented Miami University during the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. In March 1963, following John Pont's resignation as head coach, Miami hired Bo Schembechler, who had played for the team from 1948 to 1950 and served as an assistant coach in 1955, as the new head football coach.


1963 Miami Redskins football team
In their first season under Schembechler, Miami finished in second place in the Mid-American Conference (MAC), compiled a 5–3–2 record (4–1–1 against MAC opponents), and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 208 to 178. Dave McClain joined Schembechler's staff as an assistant coach in 1963.


1963 Miami Redskins football team
The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Ernie Kellermann with 895 passing yards, Tom Longsworth with 642 rushing yards, and Jack Himebauch with 226 receiving yards.


1963 Miami Redskins football team
Three Miami players were selected as first-team players on the All-MAC team: quarterback Ernie Kellermann, fullback Tom Longsworth, and guard Dave Mallory. Longsworth and Mallory were the team captains and also shared the team's most valuable player honors.


1963 Michigan State Spartans football team
The 1963 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 1963 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 10th season under head coach Duffy Daugherty, the Spartans compiled a 6–2–1 overall record 4–1–1 against Big Ten opponents), finished in second place in the Big Ten Conference, and were ranked #9 in the final AP Poll.


1963 Michigan State Spartans football team
Two Spartans were selected as first-team players on the 1963 All-Big Ten Conference football team. Halfback Sherman Lewis received first-team honors from the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI), and end Dan Underwood received first-team honors from the AP. Lewis was also a consensus first-team All-American.


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team
The 1963 Michigan Wolverines football team was an American football team that represented the University of Michigan in the 1963 Big Ten Conference football season. In its fifth year under head coach Bump Elliott, Michigan compiled a 3–4–2 record (2–3–2 against conference opponents), tied for fifth place in the Big Ten, and outscored opponents by a total of 131 to 127. The highlight of the season was an upset victory over No. 2 Illinois led by Dick Butkus, the only loss suffered by the 1963 Illinois team.


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team
Left guard Joe O'Donnell was the team captain, and was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team guard on the 1963 All-Big Ten Conference football team. Left tackle Tom Keating received the team's most valuable player award, and was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten player by the United Press International.


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team
The team's statistical leaders included Bob Timberlake with 593 passing yards, Mel Anthony with 394 rushing yards and 30 points scored, and John Henderson with 330 receiving yards.


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Preseason
The 1962 Michigan Wolverines football team compiled a 2–7 record and was outscored, 214 to 70. At the end of the 1962 season, Joe O'Donnell was elected by his teammates to be captain of the 1963 team. Several starters from the 1962 returned in 1963, including O'Donnell, Tom Keating, and Bob Timberlake.


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Preseason
In May 1963, Tom Keating received the Meyer W. Morton Trophy as the team's most improved player in spring drills. Dick Sygar received the John Maulbetsch Award.


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, SMU
On September 28, Michigan opened its season with a 27–16 victory over Hayden Fry's SMU before a Band Day crowd of 63,659 (including 13,000 high school band members) at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. After a scoreless first quarter, Michigan scored three touchdowns in the second quarter (including a 98-yard touchdown drive following a fumble recovery by Brian Patshen and a 50-yard touchdown run by Joe O'Donnell on a fake punt) and led 27–0 at the end of the third quarter. All of SMU's points were scored in the final six-and-a-half minutes. Bob Timberlake kicked three extra points, but was unable to start at quarterback due to a shoulder injury; Frosty Evashevski (son of Forest Evashevski) played at the quarterback position in Timberlake's place.


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Navy
On October 5, Michigan lost to Navy by a 26–13 score before a crowd of 55,877 at Michigan Stadium. Navy, led by junior quarterback Roger Staubach, was ranked No. 6 in the AP poll. Staubach broke his own Navy single-game record with 307 yards of total offense. He completed 14 of 16 passes for 237 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 70 yards and one touchdown. Michigan quarterback Bob Timberlake was again sidelined; Frosty Evashevski started in his place, and Bob Chandler took over in the second half. Chandler completed nine of ten passes for 138 yards and two touchdowns in a comeback that fell short.


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Michigan State
On October 12, Michigan played to a 7–7 tie with Michigan State in their annual rivalry game. The game was played before a crowd of 101,450 at Michigan Stadium. Michigan took the lead in the first quarter on a 15-yard pass from quarterback Bob Chandler to split end John Henderson. Michigan's scoring drive began with a 26-yard punt return by Jack Clancy. The Spartans tied it up late in the third quarter on a seven-yard touchdown pass from Steve Juday to Sherman Lewis.


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Purdue
On October 19, Michigan lost to Purdue by a 23–12 score before a small crowd of 45,557 at Michigan Stadium. Purdue took advantage of two Michigan fumbles to take a 14-0 lead in the first quarter. The Boilermakers extended their lead to 23-0 with field goal in the third quarter and another touchdown early in the fourth quarter.


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Purdue
Bob Chandler started the game at quarterback, but was replaced after he fumbled on a fourth-down play at Michigan's 26-yard line. Chandler was then replaced by Frosty Evashevski, but Evashevski also turned the ball over on a misirected pitchout. Late in the third quarter, Bob Timberlake came off the bench to take over at quarterback. He had been selected as the team's starting quarterback before the season, but a shoulder injury relegated him to kickoffs and field goals in the team's first three games. In his return to the quarterback spot, Timberlake completed 10 of 16 passes for 133 yards. He also scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter – first on a one-yard run and 71 seconds later on a 14-yard run.


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Purdue
Tom Cecchini suffered a knee injury in the game that caused him to lose the remainder of the season.


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, at Minnesota
On October 26, Michigan lost the annual Little Brown Jug game to Minnesota by a 6–0 score before a homecoming crowd of 62,107 at Memorial Stadium in Minneapolis. The only points of the game were scored by Minnesota's 152-pound halfback Jerry Pelletier on a six-yard run in the second quarter. The kick for extra point failed. Michigan was unable to score on two drives inside Minnesota's 10-yard line and on another to the 17-yard line. Quarterback Bob Timberlake also missed a field goal from the 15-yard line. Timberlake completed 14 passes for 90 yards, and Mel Anthony rushed for 82 yards on 18 carries. Minnesota out-gained Michigan by 202 yards (157 rushing, 45 passing) to 195 yards (105 rushing, 90 passing).


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Northwestern
On November 2, Michigan defeated Northwestern by a 27 to 6 score before a homecoming crowd of 51,088 at Michigan Stadium. Michigan quarterback Bob Timberlake completed 12 of 20 passes for 196 yards, threw three touchdown passes, and kicked three extra points. John Henderson scored two of the Wolverines' touchdowns, one on a 24-yard touchdown pass from Timberlake and the other on 23-yard interception return. Dave Cyranowski scored Northwestern's lone touchdown with six seconds remaining.


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, at Illinois
On November 9, Michigan upset undefeated Illinois by a 14 to 8 score before a crowd of 55,810 at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. Illinois, led by All-American center/linebacker Dick Butkus and fullback Jim Grabowski, was ranked No. 2 in the AP poll prior to the game. The Wolverines, on the other hand, were unranked and arrived at the game with a 1–2–1 conference record. The game was the sixth straight victory for Bump Elliott against his brother, Pete Elliott, head coach of Illinois since 1960. The Elliott brothers played together in the backfield of Michigan's undefeated 1947 "Mad Magicians" team.


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, at Illinois
Late in the first quarter and early in the second, Bob Timberlake and Dick Rindfuss led a 56-yard touchdown drive capped by a three-yard run by Rindfuss.


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, at Illinois
Later in the second half, an Illinois drive was halted when freshman defensive back John Rowser (who later played 10 seasons in the NFL) interrupted a pass at the Michigan 10-yard line and returned it to the 20. On the last play of the first half, Rowser also broke up a pass from Mike Taliaferro to Ron Fearn at the Michigan five-yard line.


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, at Illinois
In the third quarter, a 65-yard line-drive punt by Michigan captain Joe O'Donnell rolled dead at the Illinois eight-yard line. From there, Illinois drove 92 yards in 16 plays, including a 20-yard run by Grabowski. The Illini scored their only touchdown on a one-yard run by backup fullback Al Wheatland. Rather than kick the extra point, Illinois went for two points. Taliaferro rolled out to the left side, faked a pass, and ran for the two-point conversion. Illinois led, 8–7.


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, at Illinois
With six minutes remaining in the game, Illinois back Jim Warren fumbled on a pitch from quarterback Mike Taliaferro. Rowser recovered the loose ball on the Illinois 11-yard line. Michigan scored the winning touchdown five plays later on a one-yard plunge by fullback Mel Anthony.


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, at Illinois
Late in the game, Rowser halted yet another Illinois drive by recovering another fumble—his third turnover of the game. The game was largely a defensive battle, as Illinois out-gained Michigan in total yards by a margin of 295 to 154. Timberlake completed only seven of 22 passes and gave up two interceptions. Rindfuss was Michigan's leading rusher with a total of only 35 yards on 13 carries.


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Iowa
On November 16, Michigan tied with Iowa, 21–21, before a crowd of 46,582 at Michigan Stadium.


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Iowa
On its second drive, Iowa advanced the ball to Michigan's two-yard line on a 49-yard reception by Paul Krause. OnMel Anthony scored all three Michigan touchdowns on runs of 13 yards, one yard, and one yard. For Iowa, Gary Snook was responsible for all three Hawkeye touchdowns on a 14-yard run and touchdown passes to Cloyd Webb and Paul Krause. The drive was halted when Gary Snook fumbled and Tom Keating recovered the ball. Michigan then drove 94 yards for a touchdown on a 13-yard run by Mel Anthony to take a 7–0 lead.


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Iowa
Iowa took the lead with two touchdowns (scored within four minutes of the other) in the second quarter. Snook ran 13 yards for the first and passed 12 yards to Cloyd Webb for the second. Shortly before halftime, Michigan back Dick Rindfuss fumbled at Iowa's four-yard line.


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Iowa
At the start of the third quarter, Michigan drove 59 yards for a touchdown. Mel Anthony scored on a one-yard dive over the left tackle. Bob Timberlake's pass for a two-point conversion was knocked down in the end zone. Midway through the third quarter, Anthony ran three yards for his third touchdown of the game. This time, Timberake's pass for a two-point conversion was caught by (John Henderson.


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Iowa
At the end of the third quarter, Anthony fumbled with Michigan ahead, 21–14, and the Hawkeyes scored the game-tying touchdown on the  possession that followed. Timberlake missed a game-winning field goal from the 29-yard line midway through the fourth quarter, Iowa's kicker, Jay Roberts, missed one from the 35-yard line five minutes later.


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Iowa
Michigan rushed for 276 yards, including 137 on 24 carries by Timberlake. Timberlake's 137 yards was the highest single-game rushing total to that point in Bump Elliott's five-year tenure as head coach. Mel Anthony added 83 rushing yards. In total yardage, Michigan out-gained the Hawkeyes by 369 yards to 366.


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
On November 30, Michigan lost its annual rivalry game to Ohio State by a 14–10 score at Michigan Stadium. The game was originally scheduled to be played on November 23. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, and the Michigan athletic department announced that night that the game would not be postponed. On game day, the game was abruptly postponed. The game was ultimately played on the Saturday after Thanksgiving and drew a crowd of only 36,424 – the smallest crowd at Michigan Stadium since November 1958.


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
Michigan took a 10–0 lead in the second quarter on a 28-yard field goal by Bob Timberlake and a one-yard touchdown run by Dick Rindfuss. Ohio State narrowed Michigan's lead with a 35-yard touchdown pass from Don Unverferth to Paul Warfield later in the second quarter, but Michigan held the lead until midway through the fourth quarter. Quarterback Don Unverferth scored the game-winning touchdown on a five-yard run.


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Postseason
Two Michigan players received first-team honors on the 1963 All-Big Ten Conference football team:


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Postseason
Keating was also selected by his teammates as the team's most valuable player.


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Postseason
The 1964 NFL Draft was held on December 2, 1963. Three Michigan players were selected:


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team, Statistical leaders
Michigan's individual statistical leaders for the 1963 season include those listed below.


1963 Michigan Wolverines football team, Personnel, Letter winners
The following player received letters for their participation on the 1963 Michigan football team. Player starting five or more games are displayed in bold.


1963 Milan–San Remo
The 1963 Milan–San Remo was the 54th edition of the Milan–San Remo cycle race and was held on 19 March 1963. The race started in Milan and finished in San Remo. The race was won by Joseph Groussard.


1963 Milwaukee Braves season
The 1963 Milwaukee Braves season was the 11th in Milwaukee and the 93st overall season of the franchise.


1963 Milwaukee Braves season
The sixth-place Braves finished the season with an 84–78 (.519) record, fifteen games behind the National League and World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The season's home attendance was 773,018, ninth in the ten-team National League.


1963 Milwaukee Braves season, Ownership change and managerial turnover
On November 16, 1962, the 17-year tenure of Louis Perini as owner of the Braves ended when the Boston construction magnate sold the team to a Chicago-based group of investors led by William Bartholomay. The Braves' home attendance had been declining since its 1957 high-water mark of over 2.2 million fans to 767,000 in five short years, due to a drop-off in on-field success since its last postseason appearance (the 1959 NL playoff) and a ban on "bringing your own" food and beer to County Stadium. Within two years of buying the Braves, the Bartholomay group would be negotiating with Atlanta, in a successful bid to move the club to the Southeast as early as 1965.


1963 Milwaukee Braves season, Ownership change and managerial turnover
The change in owners overshadowed the Braves' continued turbulence in the managerial chair. On October 5, 1962, Birdie Tebbetts, in office for only 13 months, resigned to join the Cleveland Indians in the American League. His successor, Bobby Bragan, 45, was the team's fourth manager in five seasons. He had been a coach with the expansion Houston Colt .45s in 1962 and had previously been fired from managing posts with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1956–1957) and the Indians (1958).


1963 Milwaukee Braves season, Ownership change and managerial turnover
In a 1976 memoir, longtime Dodger executive Harold Parrott would claim that the Braves' hiring of Bragan after the 1962 season was orchestrated by Branch Rickey to thwart a plan by Dodger owner Walter O'Malley to replace his manager, eventual Hall of Famer Walter Alston, with Leo Durocher. O'Malley was strongly considering firing Alston, but only if he could find a suitable "soft landing spot" for him. He chose the Braves, looking to replace Tebbetts, as Alston's ideal destination.


1963 Milwaukee Braves season, Ownership change and managerial turnover
But, according to Parrott, Rickey—in semi-retirement but still O'Malley's bitter enemy—discovered the scheme and brokered the marriage between Bragan and the Braves' ownership before O'Malley's plan could materialize. Bragan served as the Braves' last manager in Milwaukee in 1965, and their first in Atlanta in 1966, although he was fired on August 9 of that year, after guiding the team to an overall record of 310–287 (.519) in over 3½ seasons.


1963 Milwaukee Braves season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1963 Milwaukee Braves season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1963 Milwaukee Braves season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1963 Milwaukee Braves season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1963 Milwaukee Braves season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1963 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
The 1963 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1963 Big Ten Conference football season. In their tenth year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled a 3–6 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 117 to 95.


1963 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Tackle Carl Eller received the team's Most Valuable Player award and was a consensus first-team All-American. Eller was also named All-Big Ten first team. Center Frank Marchiewski was named All-Big Ten second team. Offensive lineman Milt Sunde was named Academic All-Big Ten.


1963 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Total attendance at five home games was 286,797, an average of 57,759 per game. The largest crowd was against Michigan.


1963 Minnesota Twins season
The 1963 Minnesota Twins finished 91–70, third in the American League. 1,406,652 fans attended Twins games, the highest total in the American League.


1963 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season
Four Twins made the All-Star Game: first baseman Harmon Killebrew, shortstop Zoilo Versalles, outfielder Bob Allison and catcher Earl Battey.


1963 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season
On August 29, the Twins played two games at Washington. The club struck for eight home runs in the first game (to tie an American League record) and four more in the nightcap, for an even dozen on the day.


1963 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season
On September 21, the Twins played two games at Boston's Fenway Park. Slugger Harmon Killebrew connected for three home runs in the first game and another in the nightcap. His four-homer double-header tied an AL record.


1963 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season
Harmon Killebrew again led the team (and the American League) with 45 home runs; his 96 RBI was Minnesota's best. Bob Allison hit 35 home runs and drove in 91. Camilo Pascual won 21 games and led the AL with 202 strikeouts.


1963 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season
With 33 home runs, Twins rookie Jimmie Hall topped the Boston Red Sox Ted Williams' "true rookie" American League record of 31 homers, set by Williams in 1939. The team's total of 225 home runs was the second-most ever in a season, only trailing the 1961 New York Yankees' 240.


1963 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season
Three Twins won Gold Gloves: first baseman Vic Power won his sixth, shortstop Zoilo Versalles won his first, and Jim Kaat won his second.


1963 Minnesota Twins season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1963 Minnesota Twins season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1963 Minnesota Twins season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1963 Minnesota Twins season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1963 Minnesota Twins season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1963 Minnesota Vikings season
The 1963 season was the Minnesota Vikings' third in the National Football League. Under head coach Norm Van Brocklin, the team finished with a 5–8–1 record. Five wins in a season represented the most in the franchise's three-year history. 22-year-old Paul Flatley of Northwestern University was named the NFL's Rookie of the Year, a first for the fledgling franchise.


1963 Minnesota Vikings season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1963 Minnesota Vikings season, Postseason
For the first time, the Vikings had starters in the East–West Pro Bowl, played January 12, 1964, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and won by the West squad. Halfback Tommy Mason, linebacker Rip Hawkins and tackle Grady Alderman each were voted to start on the West team coached by the Chicago Bears' George Halas.


1963 Minnesota Vikings season, Postseason
Wide receiver Paul Flatley, who led the team in receiving yards and receiving touchdowns, was named as the 1963 Rookie of the Year by the Associated Press (AP), United Press International (UPI) and The Sporting News (TSN).


1963 Minnesota Vikings season, Postseason
Halfback Tommy Mason, in his third year, was named first-team All-Pro by the AP, UPI, TSN, the Newspaper Enterprise Association and the New York Daily News.


1963 Minnesota Vikings season, Postseason
Middle linebacker Rip Hawkins was named second-team All-Pro by the UPI.


1963 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team
The 1963 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. Although the Bulldogs were picked to come in last in the SEC in the preseason, they finished 4–1–2 in the conference and qualified for the Liberty Bowl, the first nationally televised game in school history. The Liberty Bowl, played in 15-degree weather, was described by longtime radio broadcaster Jack Cristil as "colder than a pawnbroker's heart." Head coach Paul Davis was named SEC Coach of the Year in honor of the team's surprise success.


1963 Mississippi gubernatorial election
The 1963 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1963, in order to elect the Governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Democrat Ross Barnett was term-limited, and could not run for reelection to a second term.


1963 Mississippi gubernatorial election, Democratic primary
No candidate received a majority in the Democratic primary, which featured 4 contenders, so a runoff was held between the top two candidates. The runoff election was won by Lieutenant Governor Paul B. Johnson Jr., the son of former governor Paul B. Johnson Sr., who defeated former governor James P. Coleman.


1963 Mississippi gubernatorial election, Democratic primary
As was common at the time, the Democratic primary had higher turnout than the general election, as it was a given the Democrat would win.


1963 Mississippi gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
For the first time since 1947 and only the third time since 1877, the Republicans put up a candidate for governor. Rubel Phillips, a former Democratic public service commissioner, switched parties to challenge Johnson.


1963 Mississippi gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Both candidates used country musicians in their campaigns. Phillips declared himself a "redneck", and the Republicans sang to the tune of "Reuben, Reuben", the refrain, "Rubel, Rubel, We're all rebels, Fighting for our native land, Against the Kennedy carpetbaggers, Bobby, Jack, and all the clan." The Democrats used a song composed by Houston Davis of Jackson: "Rubel, Rubel, little Rubel, Poor misguided Democrat, when it comes to the final test, The GOP will leave you flat. ... "


1963 Mississippi gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Phillips said he spent $500,000 on the first gubernatorial campaign. Democrats claimed that the New York City investment banker Nelson Trimble Levings, who owned a plantation in Mississippi and had opposed Senator Bilbo in the 1946 Democratic primary, was dispatching Rockefeller cash to Phillips, a point the GOP denied.


1963 Mississippi gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Johnson carried the backing of the Mississippi Municipal Association, which consisted of most of the state's Democratic mayors. That endorsement prompted Phillips to cancel a scheduled appearance before the group.


1963 Mississippi gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Johnson refused to debate Phillips and expressed irritation over the fact that he even had to face a Republican challenger. Carroll Gartin, the former lieutenant governor seeking to regain the position on Johnson's ticket, declared Phillips' candidacy "a great disservice" to the state because "everyone had a chance to run as a Democrat." The Jackson Daily News similarly declared it a "nuisance" to hold a general election after two all-encompassing Democratic primaries.


1963 Mississippi gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
In Water Valley in Yalobusha County in northern Mississippi, Phillips challenged Johnson's proposal to change election laws, suggesting that his rival would create "a dictatorship ... so Republicans and Independents cannot run for office." Unlike in neighboring Louisiana, which in 1975 abolished one of the three elections in the cycle, the Mississippi legislature never revised the state's election law. Some had argued that such a change might hamper efforts to recruit northern industries into the South.


1963 Mississippi gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
The gubernatorial contest was a prelude to the 1964 national election in Mississippi. Paul Johnson at first, in an appearance in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, endorsed "free electors" for 1964, a move strongly opposed by Republicans. I. Lee Potter of Arlington, Virginia, chairman of the GOP's "Operation Dixie"  said, "The South has been that route before. It didn't work, can't work." Ultimately, Governor Paul Johnson endorsed Goldwater over Lyndon B. Johnson, but he was critical of the Republican Party in making the selection.


1963 Mississippi gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Bidwell Adam called Goldwater "a true Republican where the dollar is involved" but not really "a conservative as to the social revolutions being forced by judicial edicts and bayonets at the hands of ruthless dictatorships." Goldwater's position on the Tennessee Valley Authority, which serves northeastern Mississippi, prompted Phillips to distance himself from the senator on that issue. Formerly known as "the young firebrand from the Gulf Coast," Adam was elected lieutenant governor in 1927 at the age of thirty-three. Wirt Yerger recalled him in later years as "an old-line, redneck Democrat who literally hated Republicans or the thought of any Republican in public office." Still Adam endorsed Goldwater in 1964 and Nixon in 1972.


1963 Mississippi gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Bidwell Adam declared that Paul Johnson "towers like the giants of the forest above the man (Phillips) who is grazing in the pastures of filth." He predicted voters would give Phillips "the brass ring of political ingratitude that he so richly deserves" and claimed that Phillips would be "buried in a political boneyard of forgotten men." Phillips later recalled that he and Adam "buried the hatchet and became warm friends" after that campaign when they worked together on the same side in a lawsuit.


1963 Mississippi gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
The campaign featured an exchange between GOP chairman Yerger and Senator James Eastland, who missed nearly thirty roll call votes while in Mississippi to campaign for Paul Johnson. In 1966, Wirt Yerger resigned as GOP chairman and considered challenging Eastland until U.S. Representative Prentiss Walker of Mize entered the race. Years later, Yerger said that Walker's decision to relinquish his House seat after one term for the vagaries of a Senate race was "very devastating" to the growth of the Mississippi GOP.


1963 Mississippi gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
In Parchman in Sunflower County, Phillips declared the Mississippi State Penitentiary "a disgrace" and called for a constitutional board "free of politics to exercise responsible leadership" at the institution then known for brutal practices. Phillips recounted the case of inmate Kimble Berry, serving time for manslaughter who was granted leave in 1961 by acting Governor Johnson but showed up in a Cadillac in Massachusetts claiming that he had been authorized to recover burglary loot.


1963 Missouri Tigers football team
The 1963 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Eight Conference (Big 8) during the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. The team compiled a 7–3 record (5–2 against Big 8 opponents), finished in third place in the Big 8, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 151 to 86. Dan Devine was the head coach for the sixth of 13 seasons. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.


1963 Missouri Tigers football team
The team's statistical leaders included Carl Reese with 300 rushing yards, Gary Lane with 710 passing yards, 1,010 yards of total offense, and 36 points, Jim Johnson with 198 passing yards, and Ted Saussele with 115 receiving yards.


1963 Monaco Grand Prix
The 1963 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on 26 May 1963. It was race 1 of 10 in both the 1963 World Championship of Drivers and the 1963 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 100-lap race was won by British driver Graham Hill driving a BRM P57 after Jim Clark retired from the lead with a broken gearbox on lap 78.


1963 Monaco Grand Prix, Classification, Qualifying
- Chris Amon did not start after handing his car over to Maurice Trintignant


1963 Monaco Grand Prix, Classification, Qualifying
- Bernard Collomb did not qualify as the grid was limited to 16 places but Jack Brabham was automatically qualified


1963 Monegasque general election
General elections were held in Monaco on 25 February and 3 March 1963. The result was a victory for the National and Democratic Union, which won 17 of the 18 seats in the National Council.


1963 Monegasque general election, Results
Sixteen seats were won in the first round, with two decided in the second.


1963 Monegasque municipal elections
The 1963 Monegasque municipal elections were held on 10 March to elect the 15 members of the Communal Council of Monaco.


1963 Monegasque municipal elections, Electoral system
The 15 councillors were elected for a four-year period in a single multi-member constituency using plurality-at-large voting with a two-round system. A majority of the votes was required to be elected. The second round would have been held one week after the first round. The Mayor of Monaco was elected by the councillors after the election.


1963 Mongolian legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Mongolia on 9 June 1963. At the time, the country was a one-party state under the rule of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party. The MPRP won 216 of the 270 seats, with the remaining 54 seats going to non-party candidates, who had been chosen by the MPRP due to their social status. Voter turnout was reported to be 100%, with only 13 registered voters failing to cast a ballot.


1963 Montana Grizzlies football team
The 1963 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1963 NCAA College Division football season as a member of the first-year Big Sky Conference. Led by sixth-year head coach Ray Jenkins, the Grizzlies played their home games at Dornblaser Field and were 1–9 overall, 0–3 in conference.


1963 Montana Grizzlies football team
The rivalry game with Idaho for the Little Brown Stein was not played this season or the following year.


1963 Montana State Bobcats football team
The 1963 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State College (now known as Montana State University) in the Big Sky Conference during the 1963 NCAA College Division football season. In its first season under head coach Jim Sweeney, the team compiled a 6–3 record and finished second out of four teams in the Big Sky Conference.


1963 Moroccan general election
Parliamentary elections were held for the first time in Morocco on 17 May 1963. They followed the approval of a constitution in a referendum the previous year. The result was a victory for the pro-Monarchy Front for the Defence of Constitutional Institutions (FDIC), which won 69 seats. However, the two main opposition parties, the Istiqlal Party and the National Union of Popular Forces, won exactly the same number of seats. Voter turnout was 71.8%. However, in November the Supreme Court annulled the results of several seats won by the opposition. By-elections held in January 1964 gave the FDIC control of Parliament, which was eventually dissolved by King Hassan II in 1965.


1963 Moroccan general election
Indirect elections to the House of Councillors were held on 12 October, with the FDIC winning 102 of the 120 seats.


1963 Moroccan general election, Electoral system
The 120 members of the House of Councillors were elected by three electoral colleges; members of provincial and prefectural assemblies elected 80 members, professional bodies elected 35 members (of which industrial workers elected 14, farmers elected 16 and craftsmen elected 5) and business councils elected five.


1963 Moscow protest
On 18 December 1963 a number of students from Ghana and other African countries organized a protest on Moscow's Red Square in response to the alleged murder of medical student Edmund Assare-Addo. The number of participants was reported at 500–700, but according to the Ghanaian physician Edward Na, who participated in the events, there were at most 150 protesters. The ambassador of Ghana in the Soviet Union John Banks Elliott requested a militsiya protection of the Ghanaian embassy.


1963 Moscow protest
This was the first recorded political protest on Red Square since the late 1920s.


1963 Moscow protest, Background
Edmund Assare-Addo was a 29-year-old student of the Kalinin Medical Institute. His body was found in a stretch of wasteland along a country road leading to the Moscow Ring Road. African students alleged that he was knifed by a Soviet man because Assare-Addo courted a Russian girl. The African students based their allegation on the unlikelihood of a student venturing into that remote place. The Soviet authorities stated that Assare-Addo froze to death in a snow while being drunk. According to the autopsy, performed by Soviet medics with two advanced medical students from Ghana as observers, the death was "an effect of cold in a state of alcohol-induced stupor". No signs of physical trauma were found, with the possible exception of a small scar on the neck.


1963 Moscow protest, Background
Discussing the incident with Soviet officials, Elliot indicated the Western embassies in Moscow ("the U.S., England, France, the FRG, or even Holland") as the probable instigators of the incident. Elliot went so far as to suggest that students who "behaved poorly" and "skipped class" should be expelled from the Soviet Union. Before the students' march to the Red Square Elliott alleged that the students broke into the Ghanaian embassy and damaged furniture and pictures.


1963 Moscow protest, Protest
The protesters were African students studying in Soviet universities and institutes. Having assembled on the morning of 18 December 1963, they wrote a memorandum to present to Soviet authorities. The protesters carried placards with slogans "Moscow – center of discrimination", "Stop killing Africans!" and "Moscow, a second Alabama", while shouting in English, Russian, and French. The protesters marched to the Spasskiye Gates of the Kremlin, where they posed for photographs and gave interviews to the Western correspondents.


1963 Moscow protest, Protest
The Soviet TASS news agency responded with a statement: "It is to be regretted that the meetings of the Ghanaian students which began in connection with their claims to the embassy of their country resulted in the disturbance of public order in Moscow streets. It is quite natural that this is resented by the Russian people".


1963 Moscow protest, Protest
On 20 December, the students returned to classes and militsiya ceased the protection of the Ghanaian embassy.


1963 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1963 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 11–16 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 26th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. This tournament did not feature any games going into overtime. This was the first tournament to feature a Leading Scorer, and Leading Rebounder awards. They were presented to Mel Gibson, Willis Reed and Lucious Jackson respectively. In the inaugural year of the Leading Scorer award, there was a tie. This would not happen again until 1981.


1963 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament, 1963 NAIA bracket, 3rd place game
The third place game featured the losing teams from the national semifinalist to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988.


1963 NAIA football season
The 1963 NAIA football season was the eighth season of college football sponsored by the NAIA. The season was played from August to December 1963, culminating in the eighth annual NAIA Football National Championship, played this year at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, California. During its three years in Sacramento, the game was called the Camellia Bowl (separate from the present day bowl game with the same name in Montgomery, Alabama).


1963 NAIA football season
Saint John's (MN) defeated Prairie View A&M in the championship game, 33–27, to win their first NAIA national title.


1963 NASCAR Grand National Series
The 1963 NASCAR Grand National Series was an American stock car racing competition. It was the fourteenth running of what is now called the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.


1963 NASCAR Grand National Series
The series was won by Joe Weatherly from Richard Petty and Fred Lorenzen.


1963 NASCAR Grand National Series, Races, Daytona 500
The 1963 Daytona 500 was won by Tiny Lund driving a 1963 Ford. Lund drove his number 21 to victory in three hours and 17 minutes. Lund, who was driving for Wood Brothers Racing, filled in for Marvin Panch who was suffering from injuries after a fiery crash.


1963 NASCAR Grand National Series, Races, Pickens 200
The 1963 Pickens 200 was a NASCAR Grand National Series racing event that took place on July 30, 1963, at Greenville-Pickens Speedway (Greenville, South Carolina).


1963 NASCAR Grand National Series, Races, Pickens 200
Three lead changes ended up circulating amongst three different race leaders. This racing event took place on a dirt track oval with 200 laps being the pre-determined number of laps according to the NASCAR officials who sanctioned the event. J. D. McDuffie would crash into the wall on his first lap in his 1961 Ford Galaxie vehicle; causing him to become the last-place finisher of the race.


1963 NASCAR Grand National Series, Races, Pickens 200
Frank Warren would make his NASCAR debut racing against Buck Baker, Neil Castles, Joe Weatherly, Wendell Scott (NASCAR's first African-American competitor), and Cale Yarborough.


1963 NASCAR Grand National Series, Races, Sandlapper 200
The 1963 Sandlapper 200 was the official site of Richard Petty's 25th NASCAR Grand National win for Petty Enterprises; leading 138 laps in that race. The race took place on August 8, 1963, at Columbia Speedway in Columbia, South Carolina. Two hundred laps were done on a dirt track spanning 0.500 miles (0.805 km).


1963 NASCAR Grand National Series, Races, Old Dominion 500
The 1963 Old Dominion 500 is a NASCAR Grand National Series race that took place on September 22, 1963, at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia, U.S.. Possum Jones and Bobby Keck were the two drivers not to qualify for this event. The race was scheduled for 500 laps; taking three hours and forty-two minutes to complete. Fred Lorenzen defeated Marvin Panch by a single lap and two seconds.


1963 NASCAR Grand National Series, Races, Golden State 400
The 1963 Golden State 400 is a NASCAR Grand National Series racing event held on November 3, 1963, at Riverside International Raceway in the American community of Riverside, California.


1963 NASCAR Grand National Series, Races, Golden State 400
Richard Petty attempted to compete using automatic transmission but his transmission failed only five laps into the race; proving that NASCAR may always be for vehicles with manual transmission. He would go on to become a replacement driver for Junior Johnson; although Johnson received credit for the fifth-place finish.


1963 NBA All-Star Game
The 13th National Basketball Association All-Star Game was played on January 16, 1963, at Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles. The coaches were Red Auerbach for the East, and Fred Schaus for the West. This was the last All-Star game to feature one of the original All-Stars from the 1951 game, with Bob Cousy making his thirteenth and final All Star appearances.


1963 NBA Finals
The 1963 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1963 NBA Playoffs, which concluded the National Basketball Association 1962–63 season. The best-of-seven series was played between the Western Division champion Los Angeles Lakers and the Eastern Division champion Boston Celtics. This was the Celtics' seventh straight trip to the championship series, and they won the series over the Lakers, 4–2.


1963 NBA draft
The 1963 NBA draft was the 17th annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on April 30 and May 7, 1963, before the 1963–64 season. In this draft, nine NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. A player who had finished his four-year college eligibility was eligible for selection. If a player left college early, he would not be eligible for selection until his college class graduated. In each round, the teams select in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season.