1960–61 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Cup competitions
In the Supporters' Clubs' Trophy, the two leg game with rivals Stoke City came to a 1–1 draw, and so a replay was held at the Victoria Ground on 24 April, which Vale won 1–0 thanks to an own goal.


1960–61 Primeira Divisão
The 1960–61 Primeira Divisão was the 27th season of top-tier football in Portugal.


1960–61 Primeira Divisão, Overview
The competition was contested by 14 teams with S.L. Benfica winning the 1960–61 Primeira Divisão championship. It was the eleventh championship title for the club. Benfica also won the 1961–62 European Cup and qualified for the 1961–62 competition. This enabled second placed Sporting CP to also qualify for the European Cup. Leixões S.C. qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup and C.F. Os Belenenses for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. The two lowest placed teams of the competition, S.C. Braga and F.C. Barreirense were relegated to the Segunda Divisão.


1960–61 Primeira Divisão, Top scorer
José Águas (S.L. Benfica) was the top scorer of the season with 27 goals.


1960–61 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team
The 1960–61 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1959–60 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. Franklin Cappon began the season as head coach. In January 1961, Cappon suffered a mild heart attack, and Jake McCandless took over his role as head coach following Cappon's hospitalization. The team captain was Donald Swan. The team posted a 9–2 record under Cappon and then a 9–6 record with McCandless at the helm. The team played its home games in the Dillon Gymnasium in Princeton, New Jersey. The team was the champion of the Ivy League, earning an invitation to the 24-team 1961 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.


1960–61 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team
After losing its first game under McCandless, the team won six of the next seven. The team posted an 18-8 overall record and an 11-3 conference record. The team won its NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament East region first round contest against the George Washington Colonials by an 84–67 margin at Madison Square Garden on March 14, 1961, before losing in the second round at the Charlotte Coliseum in the second round to the Saint Joseph's Hawks 72–67 on March 17. Then, the next night at the Coliseum in the consolation game, they lost to the St. Bonaventure Bonnies 85–67.


1960–61 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team
Peter C. Campbell, who finished second in the conference to Dartmouth's George Ramming in scoring title with an 18.1 points per game average in conference games, and Al Kaemmerlen were both first team All-Ivy League selections.


1960–61 Purdue Boilermakers men's golf team
The 1960–61 Purdue Boilermakers men's golf team represented Purdue University. The head coach was Sam Voinoff, then in his twelfth season with the Boilers. The team was a member of the Big Ten Conference. They finished fourth in the Big Ten Conference and went on to win the NCAA national championship.


1960–61 Rangers F.C. season
The 1960–61 season is the 81st season of competitive football by Rangers.


1960–61 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
Rangers played a total of 65 competitive matches during the 1960–61 season.


1960–61 Ranji Trophy
The 1960–61 Ranji Trophy was the 27th season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Rajasthan in the final.


1960–61 Real Madrid CF season
The 1960–61 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 58th season in existence and the club's 29th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.


1960–61 Real Madrid CF season, Summary
After winning the European Cup semi-finals and Final last season, acting head coach "Miracle" Miguel Muñoz promoted as manager for this campaign. The team was defeated in the first round of 1960–61 European Cup against FC Barcelona now with László Kubala in the line-up a surprisingly result.


1960–61 Real Madrid CF season, Summary
Being early eliminated of European Cup tagged the Squad as heavily favourites for The doblete which was reachable. The club won its seventh League title ever (twelve points above the second spot Atlético Madrid and five matches before season finale), although defeated in 1961 Copa del Generalísimo in Final against local rivals Atlético Madrid. Also, Puskas won the individual trophy of topscorer "Pichichi" with 28 goals. At the start of campaign merengues the club clinched the first edition of Intercontinental Cup defeating Peñarol.


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


1960–61 Rheinlandliga
The 1960–61 Rheinlandliga was the ninth season of the highest amateur class of the Rhineland Football Association under the name of 1. Amateurliga Rheinland. It was a predecessor of today's Rheinlandliga. It was the fifth season in which the league played with two game divisions, East and West. The Rhineland champion was determined through a game between the division champions.


1960–61 Rheinlandliga
The 1. Amateurliga was below II. Division Southwest until 1963 and therefore the third–class in the hierarchy. In the seasons 1956–57 to 1962–63 the league was played in two divisions (East and West). The two division champions played to determine the Rhineland champion. With the introduction of the regional league Southwest as second highest class, starting in the 1963–64 season, the Amateur league Rheinland was again combined into one division.


1960–61 Rheinlandliga
Beginning in the 1974–75 season, the league played a role as a sub–team to the newly introduced 2. Bundesliga, where the Rhineland champion played in a relegation against the champion of the Verbandsliga Südwest and the Saarlandliga, for a position in the south divisions of the 2. Bundesliga. Starting from the 1978–79 season, the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar was introduced as the highest amateur class and this class was renamed to the "Verbandsliga Rheinland" and since then only fourth class.


1960–61 Rheinlandliga, Results
Rhineland champion was the winner of the West Division, SV Ehrang, after a victory over the East Division champion, VfB Wissen. The following move up to the II. Division Southwest ended with last place and the team had to remain in the Rheinlandliga.


1960–61 Rheinlandliga, Results
TuS Diez, SpVgg Neuwied, SV Trier–West and Rheinland Mayen had to move down to the 2. Amateur league.


1960–61 Rheinlandliga, Results
For the following season 1961−62, promoted from the 2. Amateur league were:


1960–61 Rheinlandliga, Results
SC 07 Bad Neuenahr and SC Sinzig joined the West division in the next season.


1960–61 Rheinlandliga, Results
SC Oberlahnstein and FC Urbar moved to the East division in the next season.


1960–61 Rochdale A.F.C. season
The 1960–61 season saw Rochdale compete for their second season in the Football League Fourth Division.


1960–61 Romanian Hockey League season
The 1960–61 Romanian Hockey League Season was the 31st season of the Romanian Hockey League. Four teams participated in the league, and CCA Bucuresti won the championship.


1960–61 Rugby Union County Championship
The 1960–61 Rugby Union County Championship was the 61st edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time.


1960–61 Rugby Union County Championship
Cheshire won the competition for the second time after defeating Devon in the replayed final.


1960–61 S.L. Benfica season
The 1960–61 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 57th season in existence and the club's 27th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, covering the period from 1 August 1960 to 30 July 1961. Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Divisão and the Taça de Portugal and participated in the European Cup after winning the previous league.


1960–61 S.L. Benfica season
After promising to win the European Cup the year before, Guttmann made almost no changes, only signing centre-back Germano. A dominant league campaign saw Benfica lap the first half with 12 wins in 13 games. A loss in January did not stop their momentum, and they added five more wins in the following weeks. On day 22, they drew with Sporting, and a week later they sealed their second consecutive league title. José Águas scored a league best 27 goals. Meanwhile, in Europe, Benfica defeated Hearts, Újpesti Dózsa, and AGF on their way to a semi-final with Rapid Wien. They won three-nil at home and drew one-all in Vienna, qualifying for the European Cup Final, where they would meet favourites Barcelona. A 3–2 win secured their historic first European Cup.


1960–61 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary
After Béla Guttmann led Benfica to the league title in 1959–60, he set his eyes on winning the European Cup, a promise he made when he first arrived at Benfica. In his second year, he recruited Fernando Caiado as assistant, due to his connection with the players, and said to him: "Caiado, help me because I am going to make Benfica the European Champion". He only made one signing for the first team, centre-back, Germano. The season began on 27 August with a game against Barreirense.


1960–61 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary
After other matches, Benfica ended the pre-season with the Taça de Honra, which they finished third. Despite the focus in Europe, Benfica domestic performance was dominant with 12 wins and one draw in the first half of the league. At the same time, they eliminated Hearts in the preliminary round of the European Cup, and Újpesti Dózsa in the first round. In the first leg, at home, Benfica build up a 5–0 lead in 28 minutes. The second half of the league was less imposing, with Benfica conceding their first loss with Vitória de Guimarães.


1960–61 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary
This was followed by five consecutive wins. In Europe, they had no difficulties in quarter-finals with the Danish AGF, beating them by 4–1 at their own home. In April, Benfica wrapped up the league, after drawing with Sporting CP on match-day 22, keeping a five-point lead. A week later, they beat Braga by 7–1 and won the league with three match-days to go, a new club record. José Águas was Bola de Prata for league top-scorer with 27 goals.


1960–61 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary
With the league conquered, Benfica met Rapid Wien in semi-finals, beating them at home by 3–0. In Vienna, the match was abandoned on the 88th minute, with the score on 1–1, after Rapid fans invaded the pitch. Qualified for the European Cup Final, they would face favourites FC Barcelona, who had eliminated five-time winners and title-holders Real Madrid. On 31 May 1961, Barcelona scored first, but Benfica levelled by José Águas after a cross from Cavém.


1960–61 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary
In the next minute, José Neto set up a long ball for Santana, with Barcelona defender, Enric Gensana heading it backwards into his own goal. In the second half, Cavém crossed another ball from the left, reaching Coluna, who waited at the front of the box, to score the 3–1. Barcelona brought it down to 3–2, but no more goals occurred with Benfica winning their first ever European Cup.


1960–61 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary
Benfica played the second leg of the third round of the Portuguese Cup the very next day, with all the team still in Vienna, because the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) would not postpone it. Entirely composed of reserve players, it marked the debut of Eusébio after five months of legal battle for his signing. He scored once, and Benfica lost 4–1. The season final game was with Belenenses in which Benfica won, therefore ending the league with a four-point lead over Sporting and 13 over Porto.


1960–61 S.L. Benfica season, Player statistics
The squad for the season consisted of the players listed in the tables below, as well as staff member Béla Guttman (manager),  Fernando Cabrita (assistant manager).


1960–61 S.L. Benfica season, Player statistics
Note 1: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1960–61 S.L. Benfica season, Player statistics
Note 2: Players with squad numbers marked ‡ joined the club during the 1960-61 season via transfer, with more details in the following section.


1960–61 SK Rapid Wien season
The 1960–61 SK Rapid Wien season was the 63rd season in club history.


1960–61 SM-sarja season
The 1960–61 SM-sarja season was the 30th season of the SM-sarja, the top level of ice hockey in Finland. 10 teams participated in the league, and Tappara Tampere won the championship.


1960–61 Scottish Cup
The 1960–61 Scottish Cup was the 76th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Dunfermline Athletic who defeated Celtic in the replayed final.


1960–61 Scottish Division One
The 1960–61 Scottish Division One was won by Rangers, who finished one point ahead of nearest rival Kilmarnock. Clyde and Ayr United finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1961-62 Second Division.


1960–61 Scottish Division Two
The 1960–61 Scottish Second Division was won by Stirling Albion who, along with second placed Falkirk, were promoted to the First Division. Morton finished bottom.


1960–61 Scottish Inter-District Championship
The 1960–61 Scottish Inter-District Championship was a rugby union competition for Scotland's district teams.


1960–61 Scottish Inter-District Championship, Results, Round 6
North and Midlands: J. C. Craig (Harris Academy FP) [


1960–61 Scottish Inter-District Championship, Results, Round 6
captain], D. J. Whyte (St. Andrews University), I. R. McDonald (Aberdeen GSFP),J. Coletta (Gordonians), A. Bryce (Dunfermline), W. M. Johnston (Dunfermline), L. G. McCrae (Gordonians), G. P. Hill (Gordonians),A. G. D. Whyte (Gordonians), A. Fraser (Perthshire Academicals), M. G. H. Gibb (Aberdeen GSFP), J. Steven (Madras College FP),R. Steven (Howe of Fife), R. J. C. Glasgow (Dunfermline)Glasgow District: M. R. McKechnie (Greenock Wanderers), C. G. Hodgson (Glasgow HSFP), D. A. C. Montgomery (Glasgow Academicals),D. D. M. McGavin (Kelvinside Academicals), P. M. Connolly (Jordanhill College), J. T. Docherty (Glasgow HSFP), I. D. Beattie (Jordanhill College),I. G. C. McLaren (Glasgow HSFP), I. Williamson (Glasgow HSFP), C. Allan (Jordanhill College), Hamish Kemp (Glasgow HSFP),D. E. Mitchell (Greenock Wanderers), I. Cosgrove (Jordanhill College), P. H. Milne (Kelvinside Academicals), R. D. Andrews (Glasgow HSFP)


1960–61 Scottish League Cup
The 1960–61 Scottish League Cup was the fifteenth season of Scotland's second football knockout competition. The competition was won Rangers, who defeated Kilmarnock in the Final.


1960–61 Segunda División
The 1960–61 Segunda División season was the 30th since its establishment and was played between 10 September 1960 and 30 April 1961.


1960–61 Segunda División, Overview before the season
32 teams joined the league, including two relegated from the 1959–60 La Liga and 6 promoted from the 1959–60 Tercera División.


1960–61 Serie A, Teams
Torino, Lecco and Catania had been promoted from Serie B.


1960–61 Serie A (ice hockey) season
The 1960–61 Serie A season was the 27th season of the Serie A, the top level of ice hockey in Italy. Four teams participated in the league, and SG Cortina won the championship by defeating HC Diavoli Milano in the final.


1960–61 Serie B
The Serie B 1960–61 was the twenty-ninth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.


1960–61 Serie B, Teams
Pro Patria, Prato and Foggia had been promoted from Serie C, while Palermo, Alessandria and Genoa had been relegated from Serie A.


1960–61 Serie C
The 1960–61 Serie C was the twenty-third edition of Serie C, the third highest league in the Italian football league system.


1960–61 Sheffield Shield season
The 1960–61 Sheffield Shield season was the 59th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. New South Wales won the championship for the eighth consecutive year.


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


1960–61 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Season summary
In the 1960–61 season, the Owls had an excellent campaign, reaching the last eight of the FA Cup and finishing 2nd place in the league, 8 points behind champions Tottenham Hotspur.


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


1960–61 Silver Hut expedition
The 1960–61 Silver Hut expedition or formally the Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Expedition was initiated by Edmund Hillary and Griffith Pugh with John Dienhart of World Books in America (producers of a children’s encyclopaedia). The expedition lasted from September 1960 to June 1961.


1960–61 Silver Hut expedition
In 1958 Hillary and Pugh had discussed whether Everest could be climbed without oxygen; with improved acclimatising by wintering at say 20,000 feet (6,100 m) for six months beforehand. But Pugh’s plans involving two bases on Everest (Base camp, and on the Western Cwm at 20,000 feet (6,100 m) feet) had been dropped by Hillary as a request to the Chinese had been rebuffed because of troubles in Tibet. And finance was needed; Hillary wrote to Pugh in 1959 "I’m damn certain that we’d get someone on the top (of Everest) without oxygen but we’d need a lot of cash".


1960–61 Silver Hut expedition
In 1959 Hillary was awarded the Explorer of the Year Award by Argosy magazine; $US1000 and a trip to New York to address the award banquet. His speech and personality impressed Dienhart who invited him to their Chicago headquarters. Hillary proposed a "Yeti search" plus a party of climbers who would winter for the first time at (20,000 feet (6,100 m)) and then attempt the summit of Makalu (27,790 feet (8,470 m)) without oxygen. Hillary estimated the expedition cost at $US120,000 and after meeting him in Chicago in October 1959 the World Book board gave him $US125,000 and a "practically free hand".


1960–61 Silver Hut expedition, Nepal and the Silver Hut base
The expedition gathered in Kathmandu in September 1960, destination the Rolwaling Valley; reputed to be a Yeti stronghold and where Shipton with Ward and the Sherpa Sen Tenzing had photographed the footprint in 1951. At the end of October the expedition went via the 19,000 feet (5,800 m) Tashi Laptsa Pass to the Khumbu region. Norman Hardie led a party of 310 Nepali porters with parts of the hut, the laboratory equipment and winter supplies. He set up a base at the village of Changmatang near the entrance to the Mingbo Valley.


1960–61 Silver Hut expedition, Nepal and the Silver Hut base
Research accommodation was in the prefabricated Silver Hut and an adjacent tent. The Silver Hut was six meters long and three meters wide with a panoramic view from windows at the laboratory end. The setting was spectacular, between the "vertiginous walls" of Ama Dablam and behind them the cirque of steep ice and rock of the Mingbo La. A kerosene stove separated the living-space with eight bunks and a dining table from the laboratory with a bicycle ergometer and equipment benches.


1960–61 Silver Hut expedition, Nepal and the Silver Hut base
Hillary had originally picked the crest of the Mingbo Valley, located on the col of the Mingbo Valley for the research base. But the pass (19,000 feet (5,800 m)) was up a 500 feet (150 m) feet slope of steep ice and winds funnelled over the pass. So Hardie and Hillary agreed that the névé 500 feet lower was better and safer. But the absent Pugh (though he agreed that it was safer there) was displeased at not being consulted, though he had been at Changmatang for two weeks; an early indication of the difficult relationship between Hillary and Pugh.


1960–61 Silver Hut expedition, Nepal and the Silver Hut base
The scientific phase of the expedition here lasted from November 1960 to March 1961. The "wintering party" was Pugh with Bishop, Gill, Lahiri, Milledge, Ward and West and Sherpas Siku, Dawa Tensing and Mingma Norbu. The physiological measurements at 19,000 feet (5,800 m), an altitude in the grey zone between acclimatisation and deterioration, were unique; at that altitude the oxygen content of the air was half that at sea level, and initially work capacity was half that at sea level though it increased to two-thirds with acclimatisation. The party all lost weight, an indication of high-altitude deterioration.


1960–61 Silver Hut expedition, Nepal and the Silver Hut base
For lung and heart function assessment, oxygen and carbon dioxide is measured in lungs and blood. At sea level blood leaving the lungs is nearly fully saturated with oxygen but there it dropped to seventy percent. An important finding was that during exercise saturation dropped further, sometimes below fifty percent despite a huge increase in the breathing rate; this explains why climbing upwards at high altitude is extraordinarily exhausting even if feeling comfortable at rest.


1960–61 Silver Hut expedition, Nepal and the Silver Hut base
Later the Silver Hut was disassembled and given to Tenzing Norgay (now Director at the Mountaineering institute in Darjeeling) for the institute’s high training base in Sikkim.


1960–61 Silver Hut expedition, The Yeti Hunt
The Yeti Hunt was to find evidence either proving or disproving the existence of the Yeti. It was supported by Marlin Perkins the Director of the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago well-known for the TV programme "Wild Kingdom" and he hoped that they could capture a yeti. Perkins thought that the best evidence was the 1951 photos of yeti tracks by Eric Shipton, Michael Ward and Sherpa Sen Tenzing;  although these were later dismissed as a joke, with Shipton and Bill Tilman  having a "running yeti joke" rivalry.


1960–61 Silver Hut expedition, The Yeti Hunt
Hillary said in 1984 of the 1951 photo that "Eric (Shipton) was a joker ... he’s gone around it (the footprint) with his knuckles, shaped the toe, pressed in the middle. There’s no animal could walk with a foot like that. He made it up ... " Hillary chose the Rowaling Valley to start after three weeks acclimatizing; it was reputed to be a Yeti stronghold and where the supposed 1951 photographs of Yeti footprints had been taken. Doig said he would pay for a yeti, dead or alive, or for parts.


1960–61 Silver Hut expedition, The Yeti Hunt
They got a supposed yeti scalp, three Tibetan blue bear skins, a goat skin, a dried human hand, two small red pandas and a fox. They set up cameras, telescopes, tripwires and capchur guns around the Ripimu Glacier at 18,000 feet (5,500 m) feet. At the end of October they left for the Khumbu region via the Tashi Laptsas Pass, and borrowed a 200-year old Yeti relic at the Jhumjung Monastery. Hillary and Doig took the "scalp" to Chicago in December 1960.


1960–61 Silver Hut expedition, The Assault on Ama Dablam
A party of leader Mike Ward and Barry Bishop, Mike Gill and Wally Romanes made the first ascent to the 22,500 feet (6,900 m) summit of Ama Dablam on 13 March, starting on 11 March. Hillary had expected just a preliminary look at what looked to be an "impossibility difficult" challenge; he was surprised, but wondered if the Nepalese government would have a problem about (lack of) permission to climb. The difficult section, the vertical rock of the first step, had been investigated on 24 and 25 March. In 1979 Peter Hillary’s party was climbing the face when they were struck by an ice avalanche.


1960–61 Silver Hut expedition, The Assault on Ama Dablam
But eight days later a message arrived from the Nepali Foreign Secretary cancelling the party’s permit to climb Makalu in view of the "unauthorised ascent of AMADABLAM"; although their permit did authorise work in the Mingbo and to "climb adjacent peaks". However, through Desmond Doig who knew the new Prime Minister Dr Tulsi Giri, Hillary got permission to continue as a "special case" after writing an unqualified apology.


1960–61 Silver Hut expedition, The Assault on Ama Dablam
Possible reasons for the official displeasure were international criticism of King Mahendra for shutting down Parliament, the wide publicity given to the ascent, and even because Hillary attended the state banquet on 27 February during Queen Elizabeth’s state visit in a lounge suit rather than in a dinner suit wearing his decorations (Sir Edward (sic) Hillary and Mrs E. (sic) Hillary had been invited at the last minute).


1960–61 Silver Hut expedition, The Assault on Makalu
The third object of the expedition was to acclimatise a party of climbers who would summit Makalu (27,790 feet (8,470 m)) without oxygen. There were to be three scientific camps where the bicycle ergonometer would be used: Base Camp (17,500 feet (5,300 m)), camp 3 on the neve (21,000 feet (6,400 m)) and Camp 5 (24,400 feet (7,400 m) on Makalu Col. At Camps 6 (25,800 feet (7,900 m)) and 7 (27,000 feet (8,200 m)) and the summit only alveolar air samples would be taken. Camp 3 was established by the end of April 1961 then Camp 4 (23,000 feet (7,000 m)). Camp 2 was at 19,000 feet (5,800 m)


1960–61 Silver Hut expedition, The Assault on Makalu
Mt Makalu is the fifth-highest mountain in the world. Hillary had been at near-death on the mountain in 1954 with cerebral and pulmonary edema. On 4 May at Camp 4 he was unwell and went back to Camp 2 then Base Camp and back to Khumjung; it was the end of his days as a serious climber. But while the Silver Hut group were better acclimatized at 19,000 feet (5,800 m) there was no consistent difference between the two groups at 24,300 feet (7,400 m) on the Col.


1960–61 Silver Hut expedition, The Assault on Makalu
The first assault on 13 May (Gill, Romanes and Ortenberger) got above camp 6 in gale force winds but had to turn back; they found the altitude "much tougher than they expected."


1960–61 Silver Hut expedition, The Assault on Makalu
The second assault team (Mulgrew & Nevison) left Camp 6 on 17 May but Mulgrew had severe chest pain from a pulmonary embolism at 27,450 feet (8,370 m). and had a desperate five-day struggle back to camp 5 on the Col where Ward also suffered cerebral edema; Mulgrew had to be carried part-way by a Sherpa (Urkien). He was an appalling sight and it was a miracle he was still alive. Doig arranged a helicopter which took Mulgrew with Ward and Ang Temba from the Barun Valley (15,000 feet (4,600 m)) to Shanta Bhawan Hospitlal in Khatmandu His life had been saved by the efforts of Nevison, Ortenburger and the Sherpas Urkien, Pemba Tharkey, Siku and Pemba Tenzing.


1960–61 Silver Hut expedition, The Assault on Makalu
A third assault team of Harrison and Ward had been planned.


1960–61 Silver Hut expedition, The Assault on Makalu
In 1955 a French team using oxygen put nine French climbers and a Sherpa on the summit. Gill says that while pulmonary infarcts are rare, the French team in 1954 was fitter and used oxygen day and night from Camp 4 (23,000 feet (7,000 m)); and also that the mountain was very windy: Jean Franco wrote that Makalu Col was "the kingdom of the wind". Everest was first climbed without oxygen by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler in 1978.


1960–61 Silver Hut expedition, The Personnel
Edmund Hillary, Griffith Pugh and fellow climbers Norman Hardie, George Lowe, Peter Mulgrew, Michael Ward, John Harrison (NZ), Leigh Ortenberger (US), Wally Romanes (NZ) and American photographer Barry Bishop.


1960–61 Silver Hut expedition, The Personnel
Several doctors, most with expertise in respiratory physiology and also mountaineering: John West, Jim Milledge (UK), Sukhamay Lahiri (India), Tom Nevison (US, USAF) and Michael Gill (NZ, medical student).


1960–61 Silver Hut expedition, The Personnel
Himalayan Adventure Intl Treks can organize Ama Dablam Expedition and Journalist Desmond Doig from the "Calcutta Statesman" who spoke Nepali (having fought with the Gurkhas).


1960–61 Silver Hut expedition, Achievements
The scientific programme was an unqualified success, and the expedition became one of the classic studies in high-altitude physiology. West, Ward and Milledge wrote a textbook "High Altitude Medicine and Physiology" which by 2012 was in its fifth edition. Pugh showed that Mount Everest could be climbed without oxygen, after a period of acclimatisation; the team lived at 19,000 feet (5,800 m) for six months.


1960–61 Silver Hut expedition, Achievements
Hillary’s search for the fabled Yeti or "abominable snowman" found no evidence, and footprints and tracks were proven to be from other causes. Hillary travelled to remote temples which contained "Yeti scalps"; however after bringing back three relics, two were shown to be from bears and one from a goat antelope. Hillary said after the expedition: "The yeti is not a strange, superhuman creature as has been imagined. We have found  rational explanations for most yeti phenomena".


1960–61 Silver Hut expedition, Achievements
All the Yeti relics were from Tibetan blue bears, red pandas or goats, and Hillary said that another yeti-hunt would be a "sheer waste of money" But with the permission to remove for examination a "Yeti scalp" in the Khumjung Monastery in the Khumbu region he was asked to build a school in Khumjung; this led to a new project for Hillary; schools and healthcare for Sherpas through the Himalayan Trust.


1960–61 Silver Hut expedition, Achievements
While Hillary had money from books, he did not get any business or diplomatic jobs in New Zealand. In January 1962 the family left for Chicago where Hillary flew every week to speak to "World Bookers" the company’s sales staff throughout America. Then he became a director of the Australasian branch of World Books for an annual salary of $10,000. In January 1982 he joined the Ted Williams Sports Advisory staff of Sears Roebuck, Sears tents were provided for school-building; and a salary which increased from $1000 to $40,000 per annum.


1960–61 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe
In 1960-61 the South Africa national rugby union team toured England, France, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, playing  a series of test matches, as well as games against club, regional, and representative teams. South Africa won a Grand Slam by winning their test matches against all four Home Nations sides, as well as the test against France. This was the fifth Springboks tour of the Northern Hemisphere.


1960–61 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
The 1960–61 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season was one of the least active South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons on record. It only had 6 tropical depressions, 5 named storms, 4 tropical storms, and 1 cyclone, Doris. Additionally, none of its storms made landfall, therefore it had almost no deaths or damage. The season was also the second with named storms, the first being 1959–60.


1960–61 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Storm Anna
Anna existed from November 11 to November 14. Its peak intensity was 65 kilometers an hour, or 40 miles per hour, in 1-minute maximum sustained winds.


1960–61 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Unnamed tropical depression
A tropical depression briefly existed in the northeast portion of the basin from November 29–30. Its peak intensity is currently unknown.


1960–61 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Storm Barbara
Barbara existed from November 27 to December 3. In 1-minute maximum sustained winds, its peak intensity was 85 miles per hour. That is equal to 50 kilometers per hour. For its whole duration, it stayed away from land.


1960–61 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Storm Clara
Clara, a slow-moving tropical cyclone, lasted from January 1 to January 6 and, twice, nearly made landfall. On New Year's Day, it formed near Madagascar. Moving west-northwestward, Clara reached its peak intensity of 85 mph (50 km/h). As it dissipated, Clara's remnants drifted over Mozambique.


1960–61 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclone Doris
Cyclone Doris was the only storm of the season to reach cyclone strength. On January 24, 1961, it formed east of Madagascar. A few days later, Doris reached its peak intensity, with 1-minute maximum sustained winds of 90 mph or 150 km/h. Moving southeast, it began to weaken. Doris finally dissipated on February 2, lasting 9 days.


1960–61 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Depression Eva
On February 7, 1961, the final storm of the season, Eva, formed. However, it soon encountered unfavorable conditions, and dissipated on February 10, 3 days later. Its 1-minute peak intensity was 55 km/h (35 mph).


1960–61 Southern Football League
The 1960–61 Southern Football League season was the 58th in the history of the league, an English football competition.


1960–61 Southern Football League
Oxford United won the championship, whilst Kettering Town, Cambridge United, Bexleyheath & Welling and Merthyr Tydfil were all promoted to the Premier Division. Ten Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful.


1960–61 Southern Football League, Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs, promoted from Division One:


1960–61 Southern Football League, Division One
Division One consisted of 21 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs:


1960–61 Southern Football League, Football League elections
Ten Southern League clubs (including Bexleyheath & Welling and Kettering Town from Division One) applied for election to the Football League. However, all four League clubs were re-elected.


1960–61 Soviet Cup (ice hockey)
The 1960–61 Soviet Cup was the seventh edition of the Soviet Cup ice hockey tournament, and the first since 1956. 19 teams participated in the tournament, which was won by CSKA Moscow for the fourth consecutive season.


1960–61 Soviet Cup (ice hockey), Tournament
The tournament was set up in five rounds, with six teams paired off in the opening round to advance and the other 13 pre-qualified to the round of 16. Two or three matches were played between pairings in the different rounds of play, with all opening round matches decided by two meetings. Four teams were eliminated from the tournament by failing to play their opponents.


1960–61 Soviet Cup (ice hockey), Tournament, First round
In the first round, Spartak Omsk defeated Metallurg Novokuznetsk, Spartak Sverdlovsk defeated LIIHT Leningrad, and Kirovez Leningrad defeated Daugava Riga to advance to the round of 16.


1960–61 Soviet Cup (ice hockey), Tournament, 1/8 finals
In the round of 16, Torpedo Gorky beat Spartak Moscow, Traktor Chelyabinsk advanced automatically due to Molot Perm not participating, and SKA Kalinin defeated Krylya Sovetov Moscow. Dynamo Novosibirsk beat Spartak Omsk, who had qualified from the first round play-in, and Kirowez Leningrad advanced by default over the non-participating Spartak Sverdlovsk. Dynamo Moscow lost to Lokomotiv Moscow, SKA Leningrad to Gorod Elektrostal, and Lhimik Voskresensk to the eventual champions CSKA Moscow.


1960–61 Soviet Cup (ice hockey), Tournament, Quarterfinals
In the quarter finals, Torpedo Gorky and SKA Kalinin advanced over the non-participating Traktor Chelyabinsk and Dynamo Novosibirsk respectively, while Kirovez Leningrad lost to Lokomotiv Moscow, and Gorod Elektrostal lost to champions CSKA Moscow.


1960–61 Soviet Cup (ice hockey), Tournament, Semifinals
In the semifinal matchups, Torpedo Gorky beat SKA Kalinin in three matches, 3-4, 4-3, 6-4, while Lokomotiv Moscow lost to CSKA Moscow in two, 2-7 and 1-6.


1960–61 Soviet Cup (ice hockey), Tournament, Final
In the finals, CSKA Moscow defeated Torpedo Gorky in three, 5-1, 15-4, 6-3.


1960–61 Soviet League season
The 1960–61 Soviet Championship League season was the 15th season of the Soviet Championship League, the top level of ice hockey in the Soviet Union. Nineteen teams participated in the league, and CSKA Moscow won the championship.


1960–61 Spartan League
The 1960–61 Spartan League season was the 43rd in the history of Spartan League. The league consisted of 15 teams.


1960–61 Spartan League, League table
The division featured 15 teams, 12 from last season and 3 new teams:


1960–61 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team
The 1960–61 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team represented St. Francis College during the 1960–61 NCAA men's basketball season. The team was coached by Daniel Lynch, who was in his thirteenth year at the helm of the St. Francis Terriers. The team was a member of the Metropolitan New York Conference and played their home games at the 69th Regiment Armory in Manhattan. It was their first year hosting games at the 69th Regiment Armory, previously the Terriers played at the II Corps Artillery Armory in Park Slope, Brooklyn.


1960–61 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team
The Terriers finished the season at 10–10 overall and 2–1 in conference play. In December, the Terriers participated in the Middle Eastern College Athletic Association Tournament, they finished 6th out of eight teams.


1960–61 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team, Middle Eastern College Athletic Association Tournament
The tournament took place at the Saint Peter's College gymnasium and the Jersey City Armory both located in Jersey City, NJ.


1960–61 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team, Awards
At the end of the season Richard Dreyer received an honorable-mention from the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association.


1960–61 St. John's Redmen basketball team
The 1960–61 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1960–61 college basketball season.


1960–61 St. Louis Hawks season
Prior to the 1960–61 St. Louis Hawks season owner Ben Kerner changed coaches despite reaching the 1960 NBA Finals. Ed Macauley was replaced with Paul Seymour. On the court, rookie Lenny Wilkens was averaging 11.7 points per game in his first year. The brunt of the scoring came from the Hawks' front line of Bob Pettit, Cliff Hagan, and Clyde Lovellette. They combined for 72.0 points per game, and the Hawks won the West by 15 games. The Hawks finished the season with a record of 51–28.


1960–61 St. Louis Hawks season
In the playoffs, the Hawks needed a 1-point overtime win in Game 6 on the road to force a 7th game with the Los Angeles Lakers. Game 7 was played in St. Louis and the Hawks beat the Lakers by 2 points. The Hawks then were up against the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals. The Hawks fell in 5 games as the Celtics won their 4th NBA Title in 5 seasons.


1960–61 Stoke City F.C. season
The 1960–61 season was Stoke City's 54th season in the Football League and the 21st in the Second Division.


1960–61 Stoke City F.C. season
With the unsuccessful Frank Taylor now departed new manager Tony Waddington quickly began to stamp his mark on the club allowing a number of players to leave the club whilst bringing in his own replacements. It was obviously going to be a transitional season for the club but there was probably too much upheaval as performances out on the pitch were not good and despite a 9–0 win over Plymouth Argyle, Stoke finished in 18th place avoiding relegation by three points.


1960–61 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
A clear-out of players was under way in the summer of 1960 with two goalkeepers Bill Robertson and Wilf Hall both departing. Also leaving the Victoria Ground was long serving defender John McCue and a number of fringe players. To replace the hole left by the departure of the 'keepers Tony Waddington made his first signing, Irish international Jimmy O'Neill from Everton for £5,000.


1960–61 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
There were no instant improvements as Stoke searched for a sustained run of success. An attack that could not score regularly was a major problem and it was so bad that by Christmas time centre back Bill Asprey was moved up front and he impressed scoring twice in a 9–0 win over Plymouth Argyle and got a hat trick against Charlton Athletic. That win over Plymouth is Stoke second highest league victory. Ahead of the March transfer deadline, Waddington paid £7,000 to Blackpool for their winger Jackie Mudie whose vast experience brought guile to the attack. Mudie effectively replaced Dennis Wilshaw who broke his leg in the FA Cup at Newcastle and had to retire.


1960–61 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
Stoke took 18th place in the Second Division at the end of Waddingtons first season in charge their away form letting them down badly with just three wins recorded and 12 goals scored. And for the first time since the 1907–08 season the average home attendance was under 10,000 as Waddington realised that much work was required to turn around the fortunes of Stoke City.


1960–61 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, FA Cup
In the FA Cup Stoke made it to the fifth round before losing to Newcastle United after beating West Ham United and a tricky three matches against Aldershot.


1960–61 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League Cup
The 1960–61 season was also the start of a new cup competition the Football League Cup, Stoke made an embarrassing start losing 3–1 to Fourth Division Doncaster Rovers. Stoke didn't even score as Rovers defender Tommy Hymers scored an own goal giving him the dubious honour of being Stoke's first League Cup goalscorer.


1960–61 Sussex County Football League
The 1960–61 Sussex County Football League season was the 36th in the history of the competition.


1960–61 Sussex County Football League
Division 1 remained at sixteen teams and Old Varndeanians was promoted from Division 2. Division 2 was increased to sixteen teams again, as LEC Sports joined, from which the winner would be promoted into Division 1.


1960–61 Sussex County Football League, Division One
The division featured 16 clubs, 15 which competed in the last season, along with one new club:


1960–61 Sussex County Football League, Division One
Whitehawk & Manor Farm Old Boys changed name to Whitehawk.


1960–61 Sussex County Football League, Division Two
The division featured 16 clubs, 14 which competed in the last season, along with two new clubs:


1960–61 Swedish Division I season
The 1960–61 Swedish Division I season was the 17th season of Swedish Division I. Djurgardens IF won the league title by finishing first in the final round.


1960–61 Syracuse Nationals season
The 1960–61 NBA season was the Nationals' 12th season in the NBA.


1960–61 Tercera División
The 1960–61 Tercera División season was the 25th since its establishment.


1960–61 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team
The 1960–61 Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team represented Texas Tech University in the Southwest Conference during the 1960–61 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The head coach was Polk Robison, his 14th and final year with the team. Robison became the Texas Tech athletic director the next year. The Red Raiders played their home games in the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum in Lubbock, Texas.


1960–61 Toronto Maple Leafs season
The 1960–61 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 44th season of operation of the Toronto franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Leafs placed second, and lost in the semi-finals to the Detroit Red Wings.


1960–61 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Farm teams
Rochester Americans AHLToronto Marlboros OHA  Jr. ASt. Mikes Majors Metro Jr. A


1960–61 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season
The 1960–61 season was Tottenham Hotspur Football Club's 43rd  of competitive football and 11th consecutive year in the English top flight. It was also the club's most successful year ever up to that point, as they won the Football League First Division for the second time and the FA Cup for the third time, thus becoming the third English club to achieve the league and FA Cup Double.


1960–61 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Results, First Division
Tottenham were crowned champions after their game against Sheffield Wednesday at White Hart Lane, which they won 2-1.


1960–61 Turkish National League
The 1960–61 Turkish National League was the third season of professional football in Turkey. The league consisted of 20 clubs, with Fenerbahçe winning their second title.


1960–61 Turkish National League, Overview
Fenerbahçe won their second Milli Lig title after edging out rivals Galatasaray by one point. The previous years champion, Beşiktaş, finished in third. Fenerbahçe were the lone Turkish representatives at the 1961–62 European Cup, as Turkey did not send a team to the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, and there was no cup competition held to send winners to the European Cup Winners' Cup. Metin Oktay finished top scorer for the third time in a row, scoring 36 goals, his highest tally to date.


1960–61 Turkish National League, Overview
The season marked the first time a club from outside of Ankara, Istanbul or İzmir competed; Adana Demirspor earned promotion to the league the previous season. Their stay did not last long, as they were relegated back to the Adana Regional League after finishing bottom of the table and finishing 4th in the Baraj Games. Adana Demirspor were the only club to be relegated and Yeşildirek were the only club to be promoted.


1960–61 Tweede Divisie
The Dutch Tweede Divisie in the 1960–61 season was contested by 18 teams, that would for the first time play in one league instead of two.


1960–61 Tweede Divisie
Two teams would be directly promoted to the Eerste Divisie. The 3rd- and 4th-place finishers would play against one another and the winner would take on a team from the Eerste Divisie itself.


1960–61 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
The 1960–61 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1960–61 NCAA men's basketball season and were members of the Pacific Coast Conference. The Bruins were led by 13th year head coach John Wooden. They finished the regular season with a record of 18–8 and finished second in the AAWU with a record of 7–5.


1960–61 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team, Previous season
The Bruins finished the regular season with a record of 14–12 and finished second in the PCC with a record of 7–5. After spending the previous five years at the Pan-Pacific Auditorium, UCLA moved to the new Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena prior the season.


1960–61 United States network television schedule
The following is the 1960–61 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1960 through March 1961. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1959–60 season.


1960–61 United States network television schedule
New fall series are highlighted in bold. All times are Eastern and Pacific.


1960–61 United States network television schedule
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.


1960–61 United States network television schedule, Sunday
Note: ABC aired the interim The Walter Winchell Show at 10:30 p.m. from early October until early November.


1960–61 United States network television schedule, Monday
Note: On CBS, Presidential Countdown aired as an interim series, 10:30–11 p.m. in September and October until the November 8th election. In some areas, Douglas Edwards with the News and The Huntley-Brinkley Report aired at 6:45 p.m. Peter Gunn moved from NBC to ABC in the fall of 1960.


1960–61 United States network television schedule, Tuesday
This is the first broadcast of The Bugs Bunny Show.


1960–61 United States network television schedule, Saturday
Note: On NBC, The Campaign and the Candidates aired as an interim series, 9:30–10:30 p.m., from mid-September until the November 8 election.


1960–61 United States network television schedule, By network, NBC
Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.


1960–61 United States network television schedule, Controversy
Between January and June 1960, the 1960 Writers Guild of America strike took place, affecting the fall schedule. The networks had numerous holes, which were mostly filled with unscripted material, some of which included political programs in anticipation of the forthcoming 1960 United States presidential election. CBS gave the unprecedented step of showing episodes from previous seasons of popular series. Some timeslots however (particularly that of 10:30-11) were ceded to stations.


1960–61 United States network television schedule, Controversy
On May 9, 1961, at the annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters new Federal Communications Commission chairman Newton Minow delivered a scathing speech directed at the "procession of game shows, violence, audience participation shows, formula comedies about totally unbelievable families, blood and thunder, mayhem, violence, sadism, murder, Western badmen, Western goodmen, private eyes, gangsters, more violence, and cartoons, and, endlessly, commercials, many screaming, cajoling, and offending, and, most of all, boredom [...] Is there one network president in this room who claims he can't do better?"


1960–61 United States network television schedule, Controversy
Minow called TV a "vast wasteland"; the phrase was picked up by the press and resulted in bad publicity for the networks and for the television industry as a whole. According to television historians Castleman and Podrazik (1982), the networks were in a bind, though: they had already purchased their fall 1961 programs and had locked in their 1961–62 schedules. "The best the networks could do was slot a few more public affairs shows, paint rosy pictures for 1962–63, and prepare to endure the barrage of criticism they felt certain would greet the new season."


1960–61 United States network television schedule (daytime)
The 1960–61 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday daytime hours from September 1960 to August 1961.


1960–61 United States network television schedule (daytime)
Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white, reruns of prime-time programming are orange, game shows are pink, soap operas are chartreuse, news programs are gold and all others are light blue. New series are highlighted in bold.


1960–61 United States network television schedule (late night)
These are the late night Monday-Friday schedules on all three networks for each calendar season beginning September 1960. All times are Eastern and Pacific.


1960–61 United States network television schedule (late night)
Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white.


1960–61 Volleyball Women's European Cup
The 1960–61 Volleyball Women's European Cup was the inaugural edition of the European premier championship for women's volleyball clubs. Dynamo Moscow defeated AZS-AWF Warszawa in a two-leg final on April 27 and June 8, 1961, to become the first champion of the competition.


1960–61 WHL season
The 1960–61 WHL season was the ninth season of the Western Hockey League. The Portland Buckaroos were the Lester Patrick Cup champions as they beat the Seattle Totems four games to two in the final series.


1960–61 WHL season
Lester Patrick died on June 1, 1960, and in honour of him the WHL voted to remain the championship trophy from the President's Cup to the Lester Patrick Cup.


1960–61 WHL season
The Portland Buckaroos joined the league, and the eight teams played in one division.


1960–61 WHL season
Lou Jankowski of Calgary set a league record with 57 goals, and was named most valuable player. Art Jones of Portland won the scoring title with 100 points, one more than Jankowski.


1960–61 WHL season, Playoffs, Playoff bracket
The final, between Portland and Seattle, was the first in league history to feature two American teams. The Portland Buckaroos defeated the Seattle Totems 4 games to 2 to win the Lester Patrick Cup.


1960–61 WHL season, Bibliography
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1960–61 WIHL season
1960–61 was the 15th season of the Western International Hockey League.


1960–61 WIHL season
During the 1960–61 season, the WIHL played interlocking with the Okanagan Senior League. In January, during the middle of season, the Trail Smoke Eaters traveled to Europe for the 1961 World Ice Hockey Championships. The East Kootenay Rams, from Cranbrook, British Columbia were formed to replace them.


1960–61 WIHL season, Playoffs, Semi final (2 games total goals)
East Kootenay Rams beat Rossland Warriors 7 goals to 4 to win right to play the Nelson Maple Leafs.


1960–61 WIHL season, Playoffs, Final (Best of 5)
The Nelson Maple Leafs beat East Kootenay Rams 3 wins to 2. The Nelson Maple Leafs advanced to the 1969-61 British Columbia Senior Playoffs.


1960–61 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team
The 1960–61 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team represented Wake Forest University.


1960–61 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team, Team players drafted into the NBA
No one from the Demon Deacons was selected in the 1961 NBA Draft.


1960–61 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
The 1960–61 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1960–61 NCAA college basketball season. Led by second-year head coach John Grayson, the Huskies were members of the Athletic Association of Western Universities (Big Five) and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.


1960–61 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
The Huskies were 13–13 overall in the regular season and 6–6 in conference play, third in the standings.


1960–61 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
The 1960–61 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1960–61 college basketball season. Led by third-year head coach Marv Harshman, the Cougars were an independent and played their home games on campus at Bohler Gymnasium in Pullman, Washington.


1960–61 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
The Cougars were 10–16 overall in the regular season, and dropped both games to rival Washington.


1960–61 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
Washington State was 5–10 against the former Northern Division of the Pacific Coast Conference: Washington (0–2), Oregon (2–3), Oregon State (1–3), and Palouse neighbor Idaho (2–2).


1960–61 Welsh Cup
The 1960–61 FAW Welsh Cup is the 74th season of the annual knockout tournament for competitive football teams in Wales. The final was played at Ninian Park in Cardiff, in front of an attendance of 5,938.


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


1960–61 West Ham United F.C. season, Season summary
In the 1960–61 season, Ted Fenton left West Ham in March which was never fully explained by the club. Under strain and on sick-leave and with West Ham's league position suffering he left the club under circumstances which both he and the club decided would remain confidential. He was succeeded as manager in April 1961 by Ron Greenwood, who guided the Hammers to a 16th-place finish at the end of the campaign.


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


1960–61 Western Football League
The 1960–61 season was the 59th in the history of the Western Football League.


1960–61 Western Football League
The champions for the second time in their history were Salisbury. This season was the first to feature a single division since 1945–46, with many clubs having left the league at the end of the 1959–60 season.


1960–61 Western Football League, Final table
The new single division consisted of 21 clubs after Division Two was scrapped. Bridgwater Town Reserves, Chippenham United, Clandown, Dorchester Town Reserves, Frome Town, Gloucester City Reserves, Paulton Rovers, Peasedown Miners Welfare, Radstock Town, Stonehouse, Street, Taunton Town Reserves and Wells City all left the league. One new club joined:


1960–61 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team
The 1960–61 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky State College during the 1960-61 NCAA University Division Basketball season. The Hilltoppers were led by future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Edgar Diddle and finished in a three-way tie for the Ohio Valley Conference championship. No conference tournament was held, so a playoff was scheduled to determine which team would go to the NCAA tournament. Western Kentucky lost in the playoff to Morehead State. Bobby Rascoe, Charlie Osborne, and Harry Todd were named to the All-Conference Team.


1960–61 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team
The 1960–61 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1960–61 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. Under the fourth year of head coach Bill Chambers, the team finished the season 14–10 and 9–6 in the Southern Conference.


1960–61 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team
William & Mary played its home games at Blow Gymnasium with one home game played at the Norfolk Municipal Auditorium in Norfolk, Virginia. This was the 56th season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe.


1960–61 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team
The Indians finished in 4th place in the conference and qualified for the 1961 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, held at the Richmond Arena. William & Mary defeated fifth-seed Furman in the quarterfinals and top-seeded, and #8 in the country, West Virginia in the semifinals before falling to seventh-seed George Washington in the championship game.


1960–61 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
The 1960–1961 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was John Erickson, coaching his second season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the UW Fieldhouse in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.


1960–61 Yorkshire Cup
1960–61 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-third occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held.


1960–61 Yorkshire Cup
Wakefield Trinity won the trophy by beating Huddersfield by the score of 16-10 in the final played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance for this match was 17,456 and receipts were £2,937.This was Wakefield Trinity's first of two consecutive triumphs and the club's third appearance out of five in a period of nine years (which included four as cup winners and one as runner-up).


1960–61 Yorkshire Cup, Background
This season, there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants and no "leavers". Therefore, the total of entries remained the same at sixteen. This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.


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


1960–61 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments
1 * Keighley opted to play the  match at Odsal in the  hope of a possibly larger attendance and gate receipts


1960–61 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments
2 * This was Huddersfield's 20th appearance, Wakefield's 14th - in a Yorkshire Cup final


1960–61 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments
3 * The  attendance is given as 17,629 by the official Huddersfield 1961 Yearbook but given as 17,629 by "100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973" and 17,456 by RUGBYLEAGUEproject  and by the  Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92 and 1990-91


1960–61 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments
4 * The  receipts are quoted as £2,936 by "100 Years of Rugby. The History of Wakefield Trinity 1873-1973" but £2,937 in the  Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92 and 1990-91


1960–61 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments
5 * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was  40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.


1960–61 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
The Rugby League Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between (mainly professional) rugby league clubs from  the  county of Yorkshire. The actual area was at times increased to encompass other teams from  outside the  county such as Newcastle, Mansfield, Coventry, and even London (in the form of Acton & Willesden.


1960–61 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
The Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final taking place in (or just before) December (The only exception to this was when disruption of the fixture list was caused during, and immediately after, the two World Wars)


1960–61 Yugoslav Cup
The 1960–61 Yugoslav Cup was the 14th season of the top football knockout competition in SFR Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav Cup (Serbo-Croatian: Kup Jugoslavije), also known as the "Marshal Tito Cup" (Kup Maršala Tita), since its establishment in 1947.


1960–61 Yugoslav Cup, Calendar
The Yugoslav Cup was a tournament for which clubs from all tiers of the football pyramid were eligible to enter. In addition, amateur teams put together by individual Yugoslav People's Army garrisons and various factories and industrial plants were also encouraged to enter, which meant that each cup edition could have several thousands of teams in its preliminary stages. These teams would play through a number of qualifying rounds before reaching the first round proper, in which they would be paired with top-flight teams.


1960–61 Yugoslav Cup, Calendar
The cup final was played on 28 May, traditionally scheduled to coincide with Youth Day celebrated on 25 May, a national holiday in Yugoslavia which also doubled as the official commemoration of Josip Broz Tito's birthday.


1960–61 Yugoslav Cup, First round
In the following tables winning teams are marked in bold; teams from outside top level are marked in italic script.


1960–61 Yugoslav First League
The 1960–61 Yugoslav First League season was won by FK Partizan, which was the club's third title and its first in twelve years. The season was also a coming-out party of sorts for the club's talented new generation of young players known as "Partizan's babies" that would dominate Yugoslav football for the next few years and would even go on to make it to the 1966 European Cup final.


1960–61 Yugoslav First League
The season began later than usual in order to accommodate the Yugoslav Olympic national team's late August and early September 1960 participation at the 1960 Rome Olympics where they won the gold medal with a roster consisting entirely of players from the Yugoslav First League.


1960–61 Yugoslav First League, Teams
At the end of the previous season Budućnost and Sloboda were relegated. They were replaced by Vardar and RNK Split.


1960–61 Yugoslav Ice Hockey League season
The 1960–61 Yugoslav Ice Hockey League season was the 19th season of the Yugoslav Ice Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Yugoslavia. Six teams participated in the league, and Jesenice have won the championship.


1960–61 Yugoslav Second League
The 1960–61 Yugoslav Second League season was the 15th season of the Second Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: Druga savezna liga), the second level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. The league was contested in two regional groups (West Division and East Division), with 12 clubs each.


1960–61 Yugoslav Second League, West Division, Teams
A total of twelve teams contested the league, including nine sides from the 1959–60 season, one club relegated from the 1959–60 Yugoslav First League and two sides promoted from the third tier leagues played in the 1959–60 season. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 22 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.


1960–61 Yugoslav Second League, West Division, Teams
Sloboda were relegated from the 1959–60 Yugoslav First League after finishing in the 12th place of the league table. The two clubs promoted to the second level were Čelik and Karlovac.


1960–61 Yugoslav Second League, East Division, Teams
A total of twelve teams contested the league, including nine sides from the 1959–60 season, one club relegated from the 1959–60 Yugoslav First League and two sides promoted from the third tier leagues played in the 1959–60 season. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 22 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.


1960–61 Yugoslav Second League, East Division, Teams
Budućnost were relegated from the 1959–60 Yugoslav First League after finishing in the 11th place of the league table. The two clubs promoted to the second level were Bačka and Rudar.


1960–61 ice hockey Bundesliga season
The 1960–61 Ice hockey Bundesliga season was the third season of the Ice hockey Bundesliga, the top level of ice hockey in Germany. Eight teams participated in the league, and EV Fussen won the championship.


1960–61 in Belgian football
The 1960–61 season was the 58th season of competitive football in Belgium. Standard Liège won their second Division I title. K Lierse SK entered the 1960–61 European Champion Clubs' Cup as Belgian title holder and RU Saint-Gilloise entered the 1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. The European Cup Winners' Cup was first played this season but no Belgian club participated since the Belgian Cup had not been played since 1955–56. The Belgium national football team started their qualifying campaign for the 1962 FIFA World Cup by 3 losses and were thus already eliminated at the end of the season with yet one match to be played.


1960–61 in Belgian football, Overview
The Belgium national football team was drawn in Group 1 for the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification with Sweden and Switzerland. Legendary midfielder Paul Van Himst played his first game with the national team in Sweden for the first game in the qualification, which Belgium lost 2-0. After 2 more losses to Switzerland, Belgium was already eliminated from the World Cup, with one more game to be played during the 1961–62 season.


1960–61 in Belgian football, Overview
At the end of the season, RCS Verviétois and VV Patro Eisden were relegated to Division II and were replaced in Division I by KFC Diest and RCS Brugeois from Division II. The bottom 2 clubs in Division II (RRC de Bruxelles and K Lyra) were relegated to Division III while both Division III winners (ASV Oostende KM and KFC Herentals) qualified for Division II. The bottom 2 clubs of each Division III league (US Centre, KFC Izegem, R Stade Waremmien FC and K Hasseltse VV) were relegated to the Promotion, to be replaced by Kontich FC, R Albert Elisabeth Club Mons, K Tongerse SV Cercle and KSV Sottegem from Promotion.


1960–61 in Belgian football, European competitions
K Lierse SK lost in the preliminary round of the 1960–61 European Champion Clubs' Cup to FC Barcelona of Spain (loss 2-0 away and 0-3 at home). RU Saint-Gilloise lost in the first round of the 1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup to AS Roma (draw 0-0 at home and defeat 1-4 away).


1960–61 in English football
The 1960–61 season was the 81st season of competitive football in England. This season was a particularly historic one for domestic football in England, as Tottenham Hotspur became the first club in the twentieth century to "do the Double" by winning both the League and the FA Cup competitions in the same season.


1960–61 in English football, Overview
Tottenham Hotspur sealed the Football League First Division title with a 2–1 home win over Sheffield Wednesday on 17 April 1961. Preston North End, who had been the first team to achieve the League and FA Cup "double", was relegated in last place – and to date have not returned to the top flight of English football since. 1960–61 still remains the last time Tottenham Hotspur won the League Championship.


1960–61 in English football, Overview
Portsmouth F.C. became the first former English League champion to be relegated to the Third Division, ten years after winning their second title.


1960–61 in English football, Overview
Peterborough United set a football league record by scoring the most league goals in one season (134).


1960–61 in English football, FA Cup
Tottenham Hotspur beat Leicester City 2–0 to win the 1961 FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium to become the first team in the 20th Century to win the double.


1960–61 in English football, League Cup
The 1960–61 was the inaugural staging of the Football League Cup, The tournament was won by Aston Villa, who beat Rotherham United 3–2 on aggregate after extra time. Although Aston Villa are credited as the League Cup Winners in 1960–61, both legs of the Final were held over until after the commencement of the 1961–62 season due to fixture congestion. Villa finally lifted the trophy on 5 September 1961.


1960–61 in English football, Transfers
In June 1961, Denis Law left Manchester City for Italian side Torino in a £100,000 deal – a record fee involving a British player.


1960–61 in English football, Honours
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition


1960–61 in English football, Football League, First Division
Tottenham Hotspur made history by becoming the first team this century to win the double, which in recent seasons had narrowly eluded the likes of Manchester United and Wolves.


1960–61 in English football, Football League, First Division
Sheffield Wednesday finished runners-up, but an eight-point finishing divide between themselves and the champions meant that they never really looked like claiming the league title which had last been theirs in 1930. Wolves, Everton and defending champions Burnley completed the top five, while FA Cup runners-up Leicester City enjoyed a strong sixth-place finish and Manchester United finished seventh for the second season running.


1960–61 in English football, Football League, First Division
Aston Villa's failure to mount a title challenge was compensated for by victory in the first-ever edition of the Football League Cup.


1960–61 in English football, Football League, First Division
Preston North End performed dismally in their first season without retired winger Tom Finney, and went down in bottom place, joined in relegation by Newcastle United.


1960–61 in English football, Football League, Second Division
Alf Ramsey's impressive Ipswich side reached the First Division for the first time in their history by winning the Second Division title – an impressive showing for a club who had been in non-league football 25 years earlier. They were joined in promotion by a more illustrious club in the shape of Sheffield United, who have been no strangers to the elite of English football. Liverpool just missed out on First Division football once again, while Norwich City achieved their best final position yet by finishing fourth.


1960–61 in English football, Football League, Second Division
Lincoln City went down in bottom place and were joined in the Third Division by Portsmouth, league champions just over a decade earlier.


1960–61 in English football, Football League, Third Division
Bury won promotion to the Second Division as champions of the Third Division and were joined in the higher division by runners-up Walsall.


1960–61 in English football, Football League, Third Division
Chesterfield, Colchester United and Tranmere Rovers, who had all spent most or all of their history in nothing higher than the league's third tier, went down to the Fourth Division, but were relegated along with a Bradford City side who had played in the First Division for a number of seasons until 1922 and were FA Cup winners in 1911.


1960–61 in English football, Football League, Fourth Division
Peterborough United enjoyed a blistering debut in the Football League, finding the net 134 times (with 52 goals coming from centre-forward Terry Bly) and clinching the Fourth Division title. They were joined in promotion by Crystal Palace, Northampton Town and Bradford Park Avenue.


1960–61 in Israeli football
The 1960–61 season was the 13th season of competitive football in Israel and the 35th season under the Israeli Football Association, established in 1928, during the British Mandate.


1960–61 in Israeli football, Domestic leagues, Promotion and relegation
The following promotions and relegations took place at the end of the season:


1960–61 in Israeli football, Domestic leagues, Promotion and relegation
1. Hapoel Kiryat Shalom merged with Hapoel HaDarom Tel Aviv and remained, as part of the merged club, in Liga Bet.


1960–61 in Israeli football, Domestic cups, Israel State Cup
The 1958–59 Israel State Cup started during the previous season, but was carried over the summer break and finished with the final on 19 November 1959, in which Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Hapoel Petah Tikva 4–3.


1960–61 in Israeli football, Domestic cups, Israel State Cup
On 30 January 1960, the next season's competition began, and once again carried over to the next season.


1960–61 in Scottish football
The 1960–61 season was the 88th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 64th season of the Scottish Football League.


1960–63 Nordic Football Championship
The 1960–63 Nordic Football Championship was the eighth tournament staged. Four Nordic countries participated: Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Sweden won the tournament, its sixth Nordic Championship win.


1960–63 Nordic Football Championship, Table
'Two points for a victory, one point for a draw, no points for a loss.


1960−61 Nigerian regional elections
Regional elections were held in Nigeria in 1960 and 1961. The elections were held in Western Region in July 1960, in Northern Region in May 1961 and in Eastern Region in November 1961.


1961
1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1961st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 961st  year of the 2nd millennium, the 61st  year of the 20th century, and the  2nd   year of the 1960s decade.


1961
As MAD Magazine pointed out on its cover for the March 1961 issue, this was the first "upside-up" year — i.e., one in which the numerals that form the year look the same as when the numerals are rotated upside down, a strobogrammatic number — since 1881. The next such year will be 6009.


1961 (Heroes)
"1961" is the twenty-third episode of the third season of the NBC superhero drama series Heroes and fifty-seventh episode overall. The episode aired on April 13, 2009.


1961 (Heroes), Plot
Angela Petrelli has gathered the family--- sons Nathan and Peter, granddaughter Claire Bennet, and Claire's adoptive father Noah--- at the abandoned settlement of Coyote Sands, and prepares to explain what had happened there.


1961 (Heroes), Plot
It is revealed that back in 1961, the site had been a relocation center, sponsored by the government, to study people with abilities. Angela and her sister, Alice Shaw, were two of many individuals that were sent there. The young Angela soon meets the younger Bob Bishop, Daniel Linderman, and Charles Deveaux, who is revealed to have telepathic abilities. Alice, who is revealed to have the ability to control the weather, remains suspicious of the project's intentions, headed by Chandra Suresh, with Dr. Zimmerman also working there.


1961 (Heroes), Plot
Angela insists they are here to be treated, but Charles and the others convince Angela they have essentially become prisoners. The four soon hatch a plan to escape from the compound, though the boys convince Angela that Alice must remain behind, as it would slow them down. Angela lies to Alice, saying she has had a dream that in order for Alice to be safe, she must remain there. That night, Chandra Suresh calls Alice in for treatment, but she refuses and ends up causing a storm with raging winds and deadly lightning.


1961 (Heroes), Plot
The ensuing chaos escalates in a riot, resulting in the deaths of most of those in the camp. Later, Angela meets with the three boys at Coyote Sands Cafe (where she had shared a dance with Charles earlier), explaining she has dreamt of their future and that they must form a company, and do terrible things ("It's a necessary evil"), to keep people like them safe from others.


1961 (Heroes), Plot
In the present, Angela begins to think that Alice may still be alive after a vicious sandstorm quickly whips up in the area. The group also finds Mohinder Suresh there, investigating what his father had been doing there. At first, Peter thinks what they are doing is wrong (i.e., digging up the graves) and flies off. Nathan tracks him down, and the two reconcile their differences to come back and help. However, they return to find only Claire, who explains that Angela has disappeared after venturing into the storm.


1961 (Heroes), Plot
Peter and Mohinder search one side of the settlement for her, while Noah, Nathan, and Claire search the other. Claire discovers the cover for the "Alice In Wonderland" book that Alice had with her at the time and laments that everything she's been through has maybe caused her to grow up too fast and become an agent (which she never saw herself doing with her life), as Noah and Nathan try to lift her spirits; Mohinder laments that his generation is doomed to repeat their parents' mistakes, as Peter tries to help him absolve his guilt.


1961 (Heroes), Plot
In reality, Angela was knocked out during the storm, and awakens in an old bunker nearby. She finds her sister Alice there, now old like herself, who had been living there ever since Angela had left. Angela apologizes for what she had to go through, and then reveals how she had lied to her by telling her she would be safe by staying there. Enraged, Alice begins whipping up another storm, though Peter and Mohinder come to save Angela. Angela tries to convince Alice to come back with them, to her new family, but Alice refuses and mysteriously disappears outside.


1961 (Heroes), Plot
The group then decide to leave, though Mohinder declines Peter's offer to go with them, saying he still hasn't found it in him to forgive himself. Later at the Coyote Sands Cafe, Angela looks on at the group, implying she intends to start another company with them. Nathan gives Angela the "Alice In Wonderland" book, reunited with its cover, and helps Angela overcome her guilt over losing Alice again, and they walk back to the table together. Peter states the importance of forgiveness and the strength of family, and Claire asks about their next move. Nathan tells Claire that he will own up to his mistakes and speak with the President in Washington. Claire draws the group's attention to what appears to be Nathan himself giving a press conference on TV; Noah recognizes him as Sylar.


1961 (Heroes), Critical reception
Josh Modell of The A.V. Club rated this episode a D-.


1961 (Heroes), Critical reception
Robert Canning of IGN gave the episode 8.3 out of 10.


1961 (album)
1961 is an album by Canadian electronic musician Aaron Funk under the moniker of Last Step. It is in an electronic music style similar to the Aphex Twin Analord series but exhibiting the odd meters typical of Funk. The album is released by Planet Mu both as a CD and as 3x12"


1961 12 Hours of Sebring
The Sebring 12-Hour Florida International Grand Prix of Endurance for the Alitalia Group took place on 25 March 1961, on the Sebring International Raceway, (Florida, United States). It was the opening round of the F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship. This was also the second round of the F.I.A. GT Cup.


1961 12 Hours of Sebring, Report, Entry
A massive total of 74 racing cars were registered for this event, of which 67 arrived for practice. Only these, 65 qualified for, and started the race.


1961 12 Hours of Sebring, Report, Qualifying
As was the normal for Sebring and because they was no qualifying sessions to set the grid, the starting positions were decided according to engine size with the 4.6 litre Chevrolet Corvette C1 of Don Yenko and Ben Moore being given first place.


1961 12 Hours of Sebring, Report, Race
Most of the 40,000 spectators expected Phil Hill to win the race in his Ferrari 250 TRI/61, provided the car lasted the distance.


1961 12 Hours of Sebring, Report, Race
Stirling Moss had a bad start due to his Maserati Tipo 61 having problems starting as the battery was flat. It took the Englishman over six minutes to coax the car into life. However, after driving flat out for two hours, he handed the car over to Graham Hill. During the third hour, the car was withdrawn as it exhaust system fell apart.


1961 12 Hours of Sebring, Report, Race
After 12 hours of racing, the race was won the Sefac Automobile Ferrari of Phil Hill and Olivier Gendebien, two laps clear of their teammates. Giancarlo Baghetti, Willy Mairesse, Richie Ginther and Wolfgang von Trips. The winning cars, completed 210 laps, covering 1,081.6 miles after 12 hours of racing, averaging a speed of 89.861 mph. The podium was complete by another Ferrari of Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver) and his brother Ricardo who were a further lap behind.


1961 12 Hours of Sebring, Standings after the race
Championship points were awarded for the first six places in each race in the order of 8-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only awarded points for their highest finishing car with no points awarded for positions filled by additional cars. Only the best 3 results out of the 5 races could be retained by each manufacturer. Points earned but not counted towards the championship totals are listed within brackets in the above table.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 1961 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 29th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 10 and 11 June 1961. It was also the 4th round of the 1961 World Sportscar Championship. Ferrari and Maserati were the main title contenders, with Porsche an outside chance for the Championship.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans
Ferrari's competition soon wilted in the race – the Maseratis were fast but fragile. The Aston Martins, though reliable, couldn't match the Italian cars’ pace. In the end it was a race between the two works team cars and the NART entry, And when the Rodriguez brothers’ engine blew with just two hours to go, it was a clear 1–2 victory for the Ferrari works team. A privateer Ferrari GT was third with an American-run Maserati fighting it way back up to fourth, a full 22 laps behind the winner.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Regulations
The second year of the new FIA regulations did not see significant changes. The controversial windscreen rules regarding minimum height and width were also updated with a maximum slope, which closed the loophole that Maserati had cleverly worked around in the previous year.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Regulations
For its part, race-organisers, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) increased the maximum continuous driving stint up from 52 to 60 laps, given the faster speeds the cars were running at. However, the total driving time remained at 14 hours per driver. The time to complete the final lap time-limit was shortened from 30 to 20 minutes to reduce the incidences of slow or stationary cars out on the circuit trying to run down the clock to finish.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Regulations
Scrutineering was moved from the Place des Jacobins in Le Mans city to the circuit. Finally, this year the ACO trialled a new IBM race-timing computer system (which had a few teething problems) and opened the first French automobile museum.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
With the dropping interest in the World Championship, from both manufacturers and fans, there were only 65 entries in total for the race. With two entries rejected, there were 55 starters and 8 reserves. It could be said that the modern Le Mans started in 1961 with the presence of significant mid- and rear-engined cars.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Official ‘works’ entries numbered 26, although Maserati and Aston Martin both gave support to their customer teams. Biggest team presence was the 5-strong Deutsch & Bonnet team, with 4-car entries from the Scuderia Ferrari, Porsche, Abarth and NART teams.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Once again Ferrari dominated the entry list with 11 cars spreads across both the Sport and GT divisions. The racing division of the company was now entitled Societa Esercizio Fabbriche Automobili e Corse (SEFAC) and it arrived with four cars. Two were the latest iteration of the proven Testarossa race-winner, for their best endurance-racing partnership: Phil Hill / Olivier Gendebien as well as Willy Mairesse with Ferrari-debutante Mike Parkes. There was also the new, very fast, mid-engined Ferrari 246 SP which had already impressed in the season to be driven Ferrari's lead F1 drivers Wolfgang von Trips / Richie Ginther.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
The 2.4-litre V6 engine developed 270 bhp. The final works entry was a prototype of the new GT car being built for the upcoming 1962 rules changes. It still had the 3-litre V12 engine used in the Testarossa and was driven by Giancarlo Baghetti and Fernand Tavano (who had won the GT-division in the 1960 race as a Ferrari privateer). The North American Racing Team (NART) was also entered, with the TR61 car that had won the Sebring race. It would be driven by the very fast, young, Rodriguez brothers, Pedro and Ricardo


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Maserati arrived with a new model, the Tipo 63, with a mid-mounted, 3-litre variant of the famous 250F V12 Grand Prix engine. It was said to be capable of 300 kp/h (185 mph) on the Mulsanne Straight. Two were entered by Briggs Cunningham, who had raced it at Sebring and a third for the Scuderia Serenissima, who had run it in the Targa Florio. Camoradi did not send its cars this year. Cunningham himself was entered with Bill Kimberley in a longtail 2-litre T60.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Representing Great Britain was Aston Martin and Cooper. Jaguar was a notable absentee for the first time since 1950. The Border Reivers, the only team to break up the Ferrari monopoly at the previous year's results, returned with their DBR1/300. This year Jim Clark was paired with two-time winner Ron Flockhart. His former team, Ecurie Ecosse, ran the new Cooper T57. Running with the 2.6-litre FPF Climax engine it was underpowered on the straights, but excellent handling kept it competitive.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Porsche arrived with three of their new RS61 cars, each with a different Flat-four engine. The 2-litre variant now developed 185 bhp with a top speed of 155 mph (250 kp/h). It was driven by Masten Gregory and Bob Holbert. The two coupés were driven by the Porsche F1 team drivers Hans Herrmann / Edgar Barth and Jo Bonnier/Dan Gurney.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Completing the 2-litre field, Triumph once again entered three cars in the Sports division, as its TR4 had not been homologated for GT racing as yet.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
The smaller-engined classes were well supported once again, with Abarth, Austin Healey and OSCA taking on the dominant Deutsch et Bonnet cars. As well as the standard, reliable HBR-4 cars, DB also introduced its new mid-engined HBR-5 spyder for Vidilles/Moynet.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Six Abarth entries included four works cars. The little 701cc Fiat engine developed a mere 64 bhp. A special 850cc-variant (developing 73 bhp and doing 120 mph on the Mulsanne straight) was in the reserves to be driven by New Zealanders Denis Hulme/Angus Hyslop. OSCA arrived with one of their successful 750 Sport cars as a works entry and an up-engined 988cc entered by NART for the Index prizes.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Once again the GT division was dominated by Ferrari with seven privateer entries. Stirling Moss was back, with Graham Hill, this time in a Ferrari co-entered by Rob Walker and NART. This year, their main competition would come from the Aston Martin DB4s of John Ogier's new Essex Racing Team (who also ran a DBR1/300 in the Sports division) and French privateer Jean Kerguen. Re -styled by Zagato, they were the biggest cars in the field with their 3.7-litre engines.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Otherwise, the mid-range GT classes were rather limited. A pair of French AC Aces were the only entries in the 2-litre class, Lotus had the 1.3-litre category to itself with five Elites entered including two works cars. There was competition in the 1.6-litre class though, with Porsche up against Sunbeam returning to Le Mans after over 30 years away


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Curiously, Chris Lawrence's Morgan 4+4 entry was rejected by the ACO because it looked, essentially, too old-fashioned and not meeting the ‘spirit of the race’.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice
Over the April test weekend, the Ferrari 246 SP was fastest, three seconds ahead of Hill in the Testarossa and fully nine seconds from the Maserati Tipo 63s. The Ferrari 250 GT was fully 20 seconds faster than its Aston Martin competition. However, Jo Schlesser crashed one of the GTs, breaking his arm and leg, keeping him out of the race.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice
In official practice, Ginther in the 246 SP was again fastest. Mike Parkes, who had never driven a Testarossa before, was immediately on the pace with 4th fastest time.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start
The day of the race started with light showers, but by the time 4pm came around the overcast conditions had dried out the circuit. Moss, as always, was quick but by dint of starting further up the grid, Jim Clark's Aston Martin was first car under the Dunlop bridge. Two of the last to get away were Mike Parkes’ Ferrari and Augie Pabst's Maserati. But at the end of the first lap, Ginther in the 246 SP led Hill's Testarossa, Hansgen's Maserati then Pedro Rodriguez in the NART Ferrari, Clark, Moss & Salvadori.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start
Within five laps, Rodriguez had got to the front and together with Ginther and Hill they built a gap from the chasing pack, swapping places often. The first pitstops and driver-changes came after 90 minutes of racing. The 246SP was able to run up to 15 minutes longer before refuelling, therefore building up a bit of a lead.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start
The showers returned around 6pm, wet enough to make the track very slippery. Walt Hansgen went off at speed at Tertre Rouge, while running fourth. The impact broke his arm and cracked some vertebrae. Bill Halford, running 7th in the Ecosse Cooper soon after taking the wheel, went off at the Dunlop Curve, hitting the embankment at nearly 200 km/h (120mph). The car rolled, throwing Halford out but he luckily escaped with just scratches and bruises. Then Bill McKay crashed the Ecosse Sprite at Maison Blanche also breaking his arm.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start
Stirling Moss & Graham Hill had been putting in incredible lap-times with their Ferrari GT, easily leading the GT division, but also ahead of the Aston Martin and Maserati prototypes. Moss even recorded the 7th fastest racing lap ever on the circuit. By 7pm they were running fifth overall.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start
At 8pm, after four hours and two pitstops, the race order was the Ferraris of von Trips, P.Rodriguez, P.Hill and Parkes. Salvadori was 5th, the last car on the lead lap. Then came the Ferrari GTs of Moss, Tavano and Noblet with Clark in 9th. The UDT Lotus was leading the Index of Performance, with von Trips in second .


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Night
The rain continued into the early evening. Then about 10.30pm Ginther had to pit to have its lights fixed that cost them 10 minutes and several laps. This left Hill/Gendebien ahead of the rival Rodriguez brothers then their teammates Parkes/Mairesse. What prevented the race becoming a dull, repetitive procession was the inter-team rivalry between NART and the works team. Close racing in a damp night meant the lead changed repeatedly through the night. At 1am, after 9 hours, the two leading cars had done 123 laps, Parkes-Mairesse 3 laps back, then Ginther/von Trips, Moss/Hill and Salvadori/Maggs all on 118 laps. Seventh was the Pabst/Thompson Maserati two laps further back.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Night
However, at 1.30am the Walker Ferrari was nobbled by a dislodged fan blade slicing a radiator hose, ending its fine run. The Ferrari GT prototype had been running very well, staying in the top ten, stalking the Walker 250 GT, however in the early hours of Sunday it was retired with engine issues. Not long before that Clark's Aston Martin had blown its engine on the Mulsanne straight while he was running 5th. The Essex Aston Martin of Salvadori/Maggs moved up to fifth place.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Night
At 4am, the Rodriguez brothers led from the three works Ferraris, then the Aston Martin and the recovering Maserati. Noblet's Ferrari GT was 7th, ahead of Tavano's GT prototype, the leading Porsche (Bonnier/Gurney) and Trintignant's GT. The privateer DB of Masson/Armagnac was leading the Index of Performance from the Contrillier/Foitek Abarth.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Morning
By dawn the track was drying again. But at 7.30am, the NART car came into the pits with a bad misfire, and it took half an hour to fix. Von Trips and Ginther had driven hard after their delay and managed to get back up to second place, four laps behind Hill/Gendebien. But then at 8am, another bad miscalculation by the Ferrari team ran von Trips out of fuel in consecutive Le Mans. The Essex Aston Martin had been lapping consistently, moving up to 4th when the Ferrari retired. However it was retired mid-morning with a split, leaking, oil tank.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Morning
Another hard pursuit, this time by the NART Ferrari trying to make up their lost half hour, kept the spectators interested. By midday they had overtaken Mairesse and was in second. But the strain finally told on the engine and at 2pm, with just 2 hours to go, the Rodriguez’ Ferrari crawled into the pits with terminal engine issues. Bonnier and Gurney had been running a strong 5th but became the first Porsche retirement when its engine broke after 12.30pm. The French Aston Martin GT had been running well, 3rd in class behind the Ferraris and 9th overall. But with an hour to go, at its last pitstop, a mechanic left a spanner in the engine and it short-circuited the battery.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
From there on, the team Ferraris held station with the race finishing under soft rain. Hill and Gendebien, the 1958 winners, won again finishing three laps (37.86 km (23.53 mi)) ahead of their teammates Parkes/Mairesse. Third place, and thirteen laps further back, was the privateer Ferrari GT of Noblet/Guichet ahead of the Pabst/Thompson Maserati. Porsche had a better race this year, with the all-American Gregory/Holbert works car finishing an excellent 5th, after consistently running in the top-10 from Saturday night. The Herrmann/Barth car came in 7th, while the Porsche GT of Linge/Pon was 10th, easily winning its class.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
Briggs Cunningham had an uncomplicated race in the 2-litre Maserati, never missing a beat as it finished 8th. In fact, it was the car that spent the shortest time in the pits during the race. Triumph again staged a formation finish, however this year its three cars were classified, the best one finishing 9th. In the competitive 850cc class, it was the two ‘Kiwis’ in the Abarth 850 that beat the chasing DBs home by a clear six laps. The Foitek/Condrillier Abarth had the great misfortune to break an oil-pipe on the penultimate lap preventing the Italian marque claiming a 1-2 class finish.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
This 5th win for Ferrari put it on equal footing with Bentley and Jaguar for most victories. The win contributed to a significant year for Ferrari. Bandini and Scarfiotti won the final round at the new race at Pescara securing the World Championship. Baghetti went on a purple streak winning his first three F1 races and becoming the only driver to win an F1 World Championship race in his first opportunity, at Reims. Ferrari won the F1 Constructor's Championship and Phil Hill and Wolfgang von Trips were the two contenders for the Driver's title that was sadly decided when von Trips was killed at Monza.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
This was also the last Le Mans for Stirling Moss who had a career-ending crash at Goodwood early in the next year. In his ten appearances he never won, but his speed and competitiveness was always a highlight for the spectators.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
The Index of Performance again went to a DB, but not the works team. Instead it was the small Equipe Chardonnet which won the prize. The special Sunbeam coupé won the Index of Thermal Efficiiency, and the company promptly produced a short run of the “Harrington Le Mans” model to capitalise on its success.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
This was the last year of the Sportscar World Championship (in its current form) as the FIA had decreed that going forward, the Championship would be based around GT cars.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Official results, Finishers
Results taken from Quentin Spurring's book, officially licensed by the ACOClass Winners are in Bold text.


1961 24 Hours of Le Mans, Official results, Statistics
Taken from Quentin Spurring's book, officially licensed by the ACO


1961 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1961 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in Raleigh, North Carolina, at Reynolds Coliseum from March 2–4, 1961. Wake Forest defeated Duke, 96–81, to win the championship. Len Chappell of Wake Forest was named tournament MVP.


1961 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
North Carolina did not participate because the program was on NCAA probation. As a result, top seed Wake Forest received a first-round bye. The only other times an ACC team opted out of the tournament were Maryland in 1991, Syracuse in 2015, and Louisville in 2016 for similar reasons.


1961 AFC Youth Championship
The 1961 AFC Youth Championship was held in Bangkok, Thailand. Burma and Indonesia drew in the final and shared the title.