1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup
The 1962–63 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Tottenham Hotspur in a crushing final victory over holders Atlético Madrid. It was the first time a European cup went to an English club. The so-called "winner's curse" continued as Spurs failed to retain the cup in 1964.


1962–63 Everton F.C. season
During the 1962–63 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.


1962–63 Everton F.C. season, Final league table
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points


1962–63 FA Cup
The 1962–63 FA Cup was the 82nd staging of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Manchester United won the competition for only the third time, beating Leicester City 3–1 in the final at Wembley.


1962–63 FA Cup
Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. Some matches, however, might be rescheduled for other days if there were clashes with games for other competitions or the weather was inclement. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played.


1962–63 FA Cup, Results, First Round Proper
At this stage clubs from the Football League Third and Fourth Divisions joined those non-league clubs having come through the qualifying rounds. Matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 3 November 1962. Nine were drawn and went to replays.


1962–63 FA Cup, Results, Second Round
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 24 November 1962. Two matches were drawn, with replays taking place later the same week.


1962–63 FA Cup, Results, Third Round
The 44 First and Second Division clubs entered the competition at this stage. The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 5 January 1963, but due to the Big Freeze of 1963, only three games were completed at this date. The bulk of matches were not completable until February and March, with the final non-replay tie being played on the 7 March. There were nine replays in total, of which the earliest possible playing date was 30 January, and the latest the 11 March.


1962–63 FA Cup, Results, Fourth Round
The matches were originally scheduled for Saturday, 26 January 1963, but due to the earlier, ongoing problems with the winter of 1963, most of the third-round games had still not been played and only one tie, the Burnley – Liverpool match, was able to be played on that day. This and three other games went to a replay, with the Portsmouth – Coventry City match requiring a second replay, which was the last match of the round.


1962–63 FA Cup, Results, Fifth Round
The matches were originally scheduled for Saturday, 16 February 1963, but the delays of the matches in the third and fourth rounds prevented the fifth round ties from being played until much later. On 28 January, the FA announced that the draw for the fifth round would be put back a week, and that the league season would be extended until 19 May.


1962–63 FA Cup, Results, Fifth Round
Faced with the problem of wishing all the ties to take place on the same date, the FA decided on 4 February 1963 that the fifth and sixth rounds would each be postponed by a week to 23 February and 16 March respectively The following week, on 12 February, the FA again decided, due to the lack of completion of many games, that the fifth and sixth rounds should be postponed The agreed dates, Saturday 16 March and Saturday 30 March respectively, were the final postponements of these two rounds. There were no replays, but the Nottingham Forest and Leeds United match did not take place until the following Tuesday, while the Coventry City – Sunderland game was played on the 25th.


1962–63 FA Cup, Results, Sixth Round
The four quarter-final ties were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 9 March 1963, but as explained above, were postponed until the 30 March. The Nottingham Forest–Southampton match went to two replays before the tie was settled, in Southampton's favour.


1962–63 FA Cup, Results, Semi finals
The semi-final matches were originally scheduled to be played on Saturday, 30 March 1963. However, due to the problems of completing the earlier rounds due to the particularly inclement weather, on 18 February 1963 the FA Challenge Cup committee announced that the semi finals would be put back by four weeks to 27 April, and that the final would not be played until three weeks after its original date, on 25 May. Leicester City and Manchester United came through the semi final round to meet at Wembley.


1962–63 FA Cup, Results, Final
The 1963 FA Cup Final was a football match played on 25 May 1963 at Wembley. The final was contested by Manchester United and Leicester City. United won 3–1, with goals by Denis Law and David Herd (2). Ken Keyworth scored the Foxes' goal.


1962–63 FA Cup qualifying rounds
The FA Cup 1962–63 is the 82nd season of the world's oldest football knockout competition; The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short. The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down the English football league system meant that the competition started with a number of preliminary and qualifying rounds. The 30 victorious teams from the Fourth Round Qualifying progressed to the First Round Proper.


1962–63 FA Cup qualifying rounds, 1962–63 FA Cup
See 1962-63 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the First Round Proper onwards.


1962–63 FC Barcelona season
The 1962–63 season was the 64th season for FC Barcelona.


1962–63 FC Barcelona season, Results
02 -09-62 . Ramón de Carranza Trophy BARCELONA-ZARAGOZA 1-1 /8-3/ PENALTY


1962–63 FC Barcelona season, Results
02 -01-63 . Inter-Cities Fairs Cup RED STAR BELGRADE-BARCELONA 1-0 PLAY-OFF


1962–63 FC Basel season
The 1962–63 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 69th season in their existence. It was their 17th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football after their promotion in the 1945–46 season. They played their home games either in their old Landhof Stadium or in their new St. Jakob Stadium. Lucien Schmidlin was voted as new club chairman at the AGM to follow Ernst Weber, who had announced his retirement from the position.


1962–63 FC Basel season, Overview, Pre-season
The Czechoslovakian manager Jiří Sobotka was the club manager at this time, he taken the job over from Jenő Vincze a year before. A season earlier many youngsters had joined the team and this pre-season the same occurred again. Rolf Lüdi, Enrico Mazzola and Hansruedi Herr were brought up from reserve team. Abraham Levy and Arnold Hofer joined from local team FC Breitenbach, also Werner Meier joined from local team Nordstern Basel. During the winter break Bruno Gatti joined from Black Stars Basel.


1962–63 FC Basel season, Overview, Pre-season
One of the biggest transfers made during this time was the transfer of the 19 year old Karl Odermatt from Concordia Basel. Odermatt joined in a swop, Hansueli Oberer and Silvan Thüler went to Concordia. Not only these two players left the squad, Paul Speidel moved on to Cantonal Neuchatel and Josef Hügi (Hugi II) was nearly at the end of his football career. "Seppe" Hugi had played 363 competition games for the club and in these had scored 272 goals, he moved on to play for Zürich.


1962–63 FC Basel season, Overview, Pre-season
Basel played a total of 51 games this season. Of these 51, 26 were in the domestic league, six were in the Swiss Cup, three in the Cup of the Alps, six in the International Football Cup (IFC) and ten were friendly matches. Of these friendly games, five were won, three drawn and two ended in a defeat, Basel scored 29 goals and conceded 19.


1962–63 FC Basel season, Overview, International Football Cup
Basel were appointed as one of four Swiss representatives in the International Football Cup (IFC). The 1962–63 IFC took place during the summer break. Basel played in Group B3 together with PSV Eindhoven, HNK Rijeka and Rot-Weiss Oberhausen. Basel ended the group stage in third position, winners of the group were HNK Rijeka who thus advanced to the quarter-finals.


1962–63 FC Basel season, Overview, Domestic league
There were fourteen teams contesting in the 1962–63 Nationalliga A. These were the top 12 teams from the previous season 1961–62 and the two newly promoted teams Chiasso and Sion. The Championship was played in a double round-robin, the champions were to be qualified for 1963–64 European Cup and the bottom placed two teams in the table were to be relegated. Basel finished the championship in sixth position with twenty six points, with ten wins and six draws from 26 matches, scoring 59 goals conceding 51. FC Zürich won the championship. Heinz Blumer was Basel's top scorer this season with 16 goals, Karl Odermatt their second best goal scorer with 14.


1962–63 FC Basel season, Overview, Swiss Cup
In the Swiss Cup Basel started in the 3rd principal round, on 3 November, with a 4–0 home win, in the St. Jakob Stadium against Black Stars. In the 4th round, on 2 December, they played away against Young Boys winning 2–0. In the next round, on 30 December they won 7–1 at home against SC Burgdorf. In the quarter-finals, played on 24 February 1963, Basel were drawn away against Chiasso and Basel achieved a 2–1 victory. The semi-final was played on 24 March in the St. Jakob Stadium. Basel beat Lausanne-Sports 1–0 the winning goal scored by Markus Pfirter. The Wankdorf Stadium hosted the Swiss Cup Final on 15 April and Basel played against favorites Grasshopper Club Zürich. Two goals after half time, one by Heinz Blumer and the second from Otto Ludwig gave Basel a 2–0 victory and their third Cup win in their history.


1962–63 FC Basel season, Overview, Swiss Cup
A unique story for the history books over this Cup season belongs Bruno Gatti. In the third round he was member of the Black Stars team and was knocked out of the competition. During the winter break he was hired by Basel. In the final Gatti played the full 90 minutes and became cup winner. Another note belongs to Peter Füri who played in all the cup games except the Final because he became ill.


1962–63 FC Basel season, Overview, Cup of the Alps
In the Cup of the Alps Basel were drawn into Group 2, together with Juventus, Grasshopper Club and AS Roma. These matches were all played in Basel and in Zürich. Basel played all their matches at home in the St. Jakob Stadium. In their first match, on 16 June 1963, against Juventus, they were defeated 1–5. Their second game was on 19 June against Grasshopper Club and this ended in a draw. The third match was against AS Roma, but they were defeated 1–4. Juventus qualified for final with three victories and AS Roma qualified for third place match with two victories and one defeat.


1962–63 FC Basel season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1962–63 FC Basel season, Results, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Second leg not played and noted without goals as no result. Bayern Munich qualify for second round.


1962–63 FC Dinamo București season
The 1962–63 season was Dinamo București's 14th season in Divizia A. Dinamo kept the title won in the last season. In the European Cup, Dinamo entered the preliminary round, and could not pass by Galatasaray Istanbul.


1962–63 FC Dinamo București season
Because the team was only seventh at the half of the championship, manager Angelo Niculescu was replaced by a tandem consisting of Dumitru Nicolae "Nicuşor" and Traian Ionescu.


1962–63 FC Dinamo București season, Squad
Goalkeepers: Iuliu Uțu (17 / 0); Ilie Datcu (13 / 0). Defenders: Cornel Popa (25 / 0); Ion Nunweiller (18 / 0); Dumitru Ivan (25 / 1); Ilie Constantinescu (8 / 0). Midfielders: Vasile Alexandru (13 / 1); Lică Nunweiller (22 / 1); Constantin Ștefan (25 / 0).


1962–63 FC Dinamo București season, Squad
Forwards: Ion Pîrcălab (21 / 7); Constantin Frățilă (15 / 9); Iosif Varga (22 / 4); Aurel Unguroiu (20 / 3); Gheorghe Ene (19 / 7); Ion Țîrcovnicu (24 / 7); Vasile Anghel (3 / 0); Haralambie Eftimie (5 / 3); Nicolae Niculescu (2 / 0); Constantin David (12 / 1); Nicolae Selymes (8 / 2); Vasile Gergely (1 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)


1962–63 FC Dinamo București season, Transfers
Dinamo's only transfers took place in the winter break. Vasile Gergely of Viitorul București and Nicolae Selymes from Steagul Roşu reinforced a group from which Vasile Anghel had gone to Petrolul Ploieşti and Haralambie Eftimie to Dinamo Bacau.


1962–63 FIBA European Champions Cup
The 1962–63 FIBA European Champions Cup was the sixth season of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by CSKA Moscow, after they beat Real Madrid in a three-legged EuroLeague Finals, after the two first games ended with an aggregate two-legged tie. CSKA won the third and decisive game, by a score of 99–80, and thus won its second European Champions Cup.


1962–63 FIBA European Champions Cup, Competition system
26 teams. European national domestic league champions, plus the then current FIBA European Champions Cup title holders only, playing in a tournament system. The finals were a two-game home-and-away aggregate.


1962–63 FIBA European Champions Cup, Quarterfinals
*A tie-break was played in Madrid on 2 April 1963: Real Madrid – Honvéd 77–65.


1962–63 FIBA European Champions Cup, Finals
Second leg Lenin Palace of Sports;Attendance 20,000, 31 July 1963


1962–63 FIBA European Champions Cup, Finals
*Third leg Lenin Palace of Sports;Attendance 20,000, 1 August 1963, Moscow, Soviet Union


1962–63 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup
The 1962–63 Women's Basketball European Cup was the fifth edition of the competition. It was won by Slavia Sofia, who defeated Slovan Orbis Prague in the final. Previously Slavia had beaten in the semifinals Daugava Riga, who had won the three previous competitions. This was Slavia's second and last European Cup title, and Daugava's only failure in its 1960-75 European Cup run.


1962–63 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup
For the first time the defending champion's national championship was not allowed a second spot, and a second team (eventual champion Slavia Sofia) was given a bye to the quarter-finals. Switzerland took part in the championship for the first time, while Israel, Morocco and Turkey retired and Yugoslavia didn't enter the competition, leaving it in 12 teams. Africa was still represented by Benfica de Lubango, from Portuguese Angola.


1962–63 FK Partizan season
The 1962–63 season was the 17th season in FK Partizan's existence. This article shows player statistics and matches that the club played during the 1962–63 season.


1962–63 FK Partizan season, Players, Squad information
Player (league matches/league goals)Vladica Kovačević (26/14)Milutin Šoškić (26/0) (goalkeeper)Milan Galić (25/16)Fahrudin Jusufi (25/0)Velibor Vasović (24/2)Ljubomir Mihajlović (23/0)Milan Vukelić (18/2)Joakim Vislavski (16/7)Zvezdan Čebinac (16/0)Bora Milutinović (15/1)Velimir Sombolac (14/0)Mustafa Hasanagić (12/4)Anton Rudinski (8/6)Aleksandar Jončić (8/0)Ivan Rajić (6/1)Lazar Radović (5/2)Milorad Milutinović (5/0)Ilija Mitić (5/0)Dragomir Slišković (5/0)Branislav Mihajlović (4/1)Mane Bajić (4/0)Miodrag Petrović (3/1)Vladimir Petrović (3/0)Dragoslav Jovanović (2/0)Milan Damjanović (1/0)Zenun BrovinaDimitrije DavidovićPoljanJankulovskiMilanović


1962–63 Football League
The 1962–63 season was the 64th completed season of the English Football League.


1962–63 Football League, Final league tables
The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at  website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.


1962–63 Football League, Final league tables
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In a case where two or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured the team that had conceded, and therefore also scored, the fewest goals. The goal-average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.


1962–63 Football League, Final league tables
Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the bottom four teams of that division have been required to apply for re-election.


1962–63 Football League Cup
The 1962–63 Football League Cup was the third season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The competition began on 3 September 1962, and ended with the two-legged final on 23 May and 27 May 1963.


1962–63 Football League Cup
The tournament was won by Birmingham City, who beat near-neighbours Aston Villa 3–1 on aggregate. Birmingham won the first leg 3–1 at their home ground St Andrew's, thanks to goals from Jimmy Bloomfield and Ken Leek (2), with Bobby Thomson scoring Villa's goal. The second leg at Villa Park ended in a 0–0 draw and Birmingham won 3–1 on aggregate..


1962–63 Football League Cup
Match dates and results were initially drawn from Soccerbase, and they were later checked against Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71.


1962–63 Football League Cup, Final
The final was played over two legs. The first leg was held at St Andrew's, Birmingham on 23 May 1963 and the second leg was held at Villa Park, Birmingham, on 27 May 1963.


1962–63 Football League First Division
Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1962-63 season.


1962–63 Football League First Division, Overview
Everton won the First Division title for the sixth time in the club's history that season. They made sure of the title on May 11, after a 4-1 win over Fulham at Goodison Park. Leyton Orient were relegated on 4 May after a 3-1 defeat at Sheffield Wednesday. Manchester City joined them on the final weekend of the season, losing 6-1 at West Ham United, which saved Birmingham City, who won 3-2 at home against Leicester City.


1962–63 Four Hills Tournament
At the 11th annual Four Hills Tournament, the strong Norwegian team saw three of its tournament debutants within the Top 5. Toralf Engan dominated the tour with three clear victories and became the second Norwegian to win the tour after Olaf Bjørnstad 10 years earlier.


1962–63 Four Hills Tournament, Participating nations and athletes
With the exception of Wolfgang Schüller, the athletes from the German Democratic Republic did not compete at the two events in Germany for political reasons.


1962–63 Four Hills Tournament, Results, Bischofshofen
After three clear victories, there was little chance for Engan's opponents to catch up to him in the overall ranking.


1962–63 Four Hills Tournament, Results, Bischofshofen
Within ten years, Engan was the fourth athlete to compete in Bischofshofen after having won all three previous events. Like all of his predecessors in that regard, he did not manage to secure a fourth victory.


1962–63 Four Hills Tournament, Results, Bischofshofen
John Balfanz became the first non-European to finish on a podium at a Four Hills event.


1962–63 French Division 1
AS Monaco won Division 1 season 1962/1963 of the French Association Football League with 50 points.


1962–63 French Division 1, Final table
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1963/1964


1962–63 French Division 2, Overview
It was contested by 19 teams, and Saint-Étienne won the championship.


1962–63 French Rugby Union Championship
The 1962-63 French Rugby Union Championship  was contested by 56 teams divided in 7 pools.


1962–63 French Rugby Union Championship
The four first teams of each pool and the better fourclassified fifth were qualified for the "last 32".


1962–63 French Rugby Union Championship
The Mont-de-Marsan won the Championship 1962-63 after beating l'Dax in the final. For the first time from 1934, the final opposes two teams of the same department (The Landes).


1962–63 French Rugby Union Championship, Context
The 1963 Five Nations Championship was won by Ireland, France finished second.


1962–63 French Rugby Union Championship, Context
The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won by Agen that beat Brive par 11 - 0.


1962–63 French Rugby Union Championship, "Last 32"
Le SU Agen, champion sortant and winner du Challenge Yves du Manoir, was eliminateddès The "last 32" phases par Chalon.


1962–63 French Rugby Union Championship, Final
Lestage score the decisive drop at minute 75th : It was the first and only victory of the "permet au Stade montois" and the third final lost by US Dax.


1962–63 Galatasaray S.K. season
The 1962–63 season was Galatasaray's 59th in existence and the 5th consecutive season in the 1. Lig. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club have played in the season.


1962–63 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
The 1962–63 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1962–63 NCAA University Division college basketball season. Tommy O'Keefe coached them in his third season as head coach, but Georgetown's head coaching position paid so little that he could only coach part-time and held a full-time job outside of coaching in order to meet his financial obligations, impairing his ability to recruit players. The team was an independent and played its home games at McDonough Gymnasium on the Georgetown campus in Washington, D.C.. It finished with a record of 13-13 and had no post-season play.


1962–63 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
After a successful 1961-62 season, Georgetown lost a school-record eight seniors to graduation. The departed players had been responsible for 79.9% of the team's scoring. Only two lettermen returned for 1962-63, and the only starter to return was the point guard, junior guard Jim Christy. In order to complete his roster, O'Keefe had to put five walk-ons on the 1962-63 team and rely on six newcomers in all.


1962–63 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Christy and sophomore forward Jim Barry – newly arrived on the varsity team after a year on the freshman team, and destined to become perhaps the greatest player of Georgetown men's basketball's "Classic Era" (1943-1972) – were the main scoring threats on the team. They scored a combined 1,000 points during the 1962-63 season, and their performance allowed the inexperienced team to avoid a disastrous season in a rebuilding year.


1962–63 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Barry made his varsity debut in the first game of the season against St. Joseph's and scored 29 points, which remains the school scoring record for a debut game. Through the first eight games, he averaged 16.5 points per game, the best on the team. Despite his efforts, however, the Hoyas returned home with a record of 2-7 after losing both their games in the Motor City Classic in Detroit, Michigan.


1962–63 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Barry then began to turn in a lengthy list of high-scoring performances, and Georgetown embarked on a six-game winning streak – the longest Georgetown winning streak since the 1952-53 team opened 6-0 – that pushed its record to 8-7. During the streak, Barry averaged 28.9 points per game, and scored 31 points against Loyola and 41 against Navy.


1962–63 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The winning streak ended with Georgetown losing all three games during a tough road trip in which they visited Niagara, Syracuse, and Maryland. Barry averaged 25.7 points per game in the three losses. Coming home with an 8-10 record, the Hoyas began another winning streak, winning five straight to move to 13-10 on the year, with Barry scoring 39 points against Manhattan and 21, 22, 25, and 28 points in the other four wins.


1962–63 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
For his part, Jim Christy appeared in 24 games and scored in double figures in 22 of them. His top games of the year included 26 points against Maryland, 34 against Holy Cross, and 32 against Rhode Island.


1962–63 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The Hoyas closed out the season with three straight losses, but Barry had one more great performance. In the second-to-last game of the year, Georgetown visited La Salle at the Palestra in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 26, 1963. Barry scored 30 points, and Philadelphia-area sportswriters judged it the best performance of the year at the Palestra, exceeding even the accomplishments there of Princeton's Bill Bradley and New York University's Barry Kramer during the season. Jim Barry ended the season scoring 20 or more points in 16 games and 30 or more points in six games, averaging a school-record 22.8 points per game, fourth among all sophomores in the United States.


1962–63 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The team finished with a record of 13-13, the only team that did not have a winning record in O'Keefe's six seasons as head coach. However, it was a creditable record against a tough schedule in a rebuilding year that saw them win 11 of their last 17 games.


1962–63 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The team was not ranked in the Top 20 in the Associated Press Poll or Coaches' Poll at any time.


1962–63 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Roster
From the 1958-59 season through the 1967-68 season, Georgetown players wore even-numbered jerseys for home games and odd-numbered ones for away games; for example, a player would wear No. 10 at home and No. 11 on the road. Players are listed below by the even numbers they wore at home.


1962–63 Greek Football Cup
The 1962–63 Greek Football Cup was the 21st edition of the Greek Football Cup. The competition culminated with the Greek Cup Final, held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens on 18 July 1963. The match was contested by Olympiacos and Pierikos, with Olympiacos winning 3–0.


1962–63 Greek Football Cup, Final
The 21st Greek Cup Final was played at the Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.


1962–63 Hamburger SV season
The 1962–63 Hamburger SV season was the 16th and final season playing in the Oberliga Nord, the first-tier of football in the region, before the formation of the national Bundesliga in 1963. Hamburg also competed in this season's editions of the German football championship and the DFB-Pokal.


1962–63 Hamburger SV season
On 14 August 1963, HSV won the DFB-Pokal for the first time in club history, defeating Borussia Dortmund in the final, at the Niedersachsenstadion in Hanover, by a score of 3–0 courtesy of an Uwe Seeler hat-trick.


1962–63 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season
During the 1962–63 season Hearts competed in the Scottish First Division, the Scottish Cup, the Scottish League Cup.


1962–63 Hellenic Football League
The 1962–63 Hellenic Football League season was the tenth in the history of the Hellenic Football League, a football competition in England.


1962–63 Hellenic Football League, Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 13 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:


1962–63 Hellenic Football League, Division One
The Division One featured 9 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 5 new clubs:


1962–63 Hibernian F.C. season
During the 1962–63 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came sixteenth out of 18 clubs in the Scottish First Division.


1962–63 Hong Kong First Division League
The 1962–63 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 52nd since its establishment.


1962–63 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season
Huddersfield Town's 1962–63 campaign was an impressive season for the Town. They finished 6th in Division 2, just 4 points off Chelsea, who took the second promotion spot to Division 1. They finished their campaign on the same points as Leeds United.


1962–63 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the start of the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1962–63 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
After the success of the previous season, Town under Eddie Boot were hoping to mount yet another promotion push to Division 1. An impressive start to the season saw Town unbeaten in their first 13 league games of the season. This run was ended by a home defeat from Southampton on 27 October. A mixed November and December saw Town lose ground, but an amazingly cold snap during the winter would see the team out of action for 3 months at Leeds Road. During that time, Town played only 3 away league games and an FA Cup game at Manchester United. Town would have to play their last 20 games in 2 and a half months.


1962–63 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
It was a tall order and Town's impressive start to the season slowly evaporated. Too many draws and losses during the period saw Town lose ground with the leading pack of Stoke City, Chelsea and Sunderland. A win over Leeds United in May, gave Town a faint hope of promotion, but 2 defeats to Portsmouth and Cardiff City saw Town finish down in 6th place with 48 points.


1962–63 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the end of the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1962–63 IHL season
The 1962–63 IHL season was the 18th season of the International Hockey League, a North American minor professional league. Six teams participated in the regular season, and the Fort Wayne Komets won the Turner Cup.


1962–63 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The 1962–63 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1962–63 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The independent Vandals were led by third-year head coach Joe Cipriano, and played their home games on campus at the Memorial Gymnasium, in Moscow, Idaho.


1962–63 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
In his only season with the Vandals, forward/center Gus Johnson was a Northwest sensation, and led the team to a 20–6 (.769) record. Under the NCAA rules of the era, junior college transfers that had previously attended a four-year college were not allowed to play in tournaments during their first season at the new (third) school. At the Far West Classic in Portland in late December, Idaho lost two of three games without him. With Johnson on the floor, the team was 19–2 (.905) entering the final weekend, but dropped two in Seattle.


1962–63 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
Led by leading scorer Chuck White and Johnson, the Vandals were at their best in their main rivalries from the old Pacific Coast Conference: 4–0 versus Oregon, 4–1 versus Palouse neighbor Washington State, and 1–1 against Washington. The primary nemesis was Seattle University, led by guard Eddie Miles, who swept all three games, half of UI's losses. Idaho dropped its only game with Oregon State at the Far West without Johnson, but won all three with Gonzaga, for a 9–3 record against its four former PCC foes and a collective 12–6 against the six Northwest rivals. In the last season before the Big Sky Conference, the Vandals were undefeated in ten games against those teams; this included a sweep of Idaho State for the King Spud Trophy and unofficial state title.


1962–63 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
Attendance at the Memorial Gym was consistently over-capacity, with an estimated 3,800 for home games in the cramped facility. A 94–57 rout of WSU on December 20 caused the region to take notice. The teams met nine days  later in Portland without Johnson, and Idaho had to rally from behind to win by a point. Johnson and center Paul Silas of Creighton waged a season-long battle to lead the NCAA in rebounding. Silas claimed this by averaging 20.6 per game, 0.3 more than Johnson. In February, a low-profile article in Sports Illustrated introduced the team to the nation.


1962–63 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
Despite their record, the Vandals were not invited to the post-season. The NCAA tournament included only 25 teams and Oregon State and Seattle U. were selected from the Northwest. The NIT invited just twelve teams, with none from the Mountain or Pacific time zones. If Idaho had been invited, Johnson was ineligible to participate.


1962–63 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team, Aftermath
That spring, 24-year-old Johnson was the tenth overall selection in the 1963 NBA draft and went on to a hall of fame career with the Baltimore Bullets. Cipriano also moved on to coach at Nebraska for seventeen seasons, until his death. Without Johnson (and White), the Vandals fell to 7–19 in 1963–64 and were 4–6 in the new Big Sky Conference, fifth place in the six-team league. They had a dismal 3–14 record through January, and lost every game against their Northwest rivals, a collective 0–10 vs UW, WSU, UO, OSU, Seattle U., and Gonzaga.


1962–63 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team, Aftermath
High scorer White became a hall of fame high school head coach in Anchorage, Alaska; but both Cipriano and Johnson died before age fifty, due to cancer. Team captain Lyle Parks earned a degree in chemical engineering, and sophomore Chuck Kozak graduated from the UI's law school in 1968.


1962–63 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
The 1962–63 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illiniois.


1962–63 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
The 1962-63 season saw the Fighting Illini finish with 20-6 overall, 11-3 in the conference. Senior Dave Downey led the team in scoring, as he had the previous two seasons, and he moved into first on the all-time scoring list. Downey also set the school record for points in a game, which still stands, with 53 in a road loss to Indiana on February 16, 1963. Illinois was a game back of first place in the league standings with only two games remaining when the Assembly Hall opened its doors on March 4, 1963.


1962–63 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
Illinois’ first game at the Hall was an exciting 79-73 victory over Northwestern before 16,137 fans to stay within a game of first-place Ohio State. After Illinois edged Iowa, 73-69, in the last game of the season, the Fighting Illini would need an overtime loss two hours later by the Buckeyes at Indiana to share the title. During the season the Illini would win the Eastern College Athletic Conference Holiday Festival and make the Elite Eight of the 1963 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, losing to eventual champion Loyola (Chicago).


1962–63 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The 1962–63 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Branch McCracken, who was in his 22nd year. The team played its home games in New Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.


1962–63 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 13–11 and a conference record of 9–5, finishing 3rd in the Big Ten Conference. Indiana was not invited to participate in any postseason tournament.


1962–63 Inter Milan season
During the 1962-63 season Football Club Internazionale Milano competed in Serie A and Coppa Italia.


1962–63 Inter Milan season, Summary
Prior to the 1962–63 season, Helenio Herrera was confirmed despite a doping scandal. The main signing was Jair da Costa, summoned-up after the World Cup from the Brazilian team.


1962–63 Inter Milan season, Summary
Inter suffered a very poor start to the season: the side collected just seven points in the first seven games, winning only twice before beating six of eight of the next opponents. In early January they moved into second place, a point behind Juventus. The second half of the season marked a clear comeback, with 21 points earned until late April. With three games left, Inter won away due to Mazzola's goal: the next week Inter lost 3–0 by Roma, but stayed in first placed, due to Juventus' draw in Mantua. Inter ended with 49 points, four over Juventus and six over Milan. It was the first national title under Angelo Moratti's leadership, and the first in 10 years since 1952–53.


1962–63 Inter Milan season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1962–63 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
The fifth Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1962–63 season. There were five representative teams for some major European cities, four of which lost out in the first round. Valencia defeated Dinamo Zagreb over two legs to defend their title.


1962–63 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, First round
1 Barcelona progressed to the Second round after winning a play-off match 3–2.


1962–63 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Second round
1 Petrolul Ploiești progressed to the Quarter finals after winning a play-off match 1–0.


1962–63 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Second round
2 Dinamo Zagreb progressed to the Quarter finals after winning a play-off match 3–2.


1962–63 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Second round
3 Valencia progressed to the Quarter finals after winning a play-off match 1–0.


1962–63 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Second round
4 Red Star Belgrade progressed to the Quarter finals after winning a play-off match 1–0.


1962–63 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Second round, Second leg
Roma's Giulio Corsini was injured in the 85th minute and had to leave the pitch as substitutions were not yet allowed.


1962–63 Intertoto Cup
The 1962–63 Intertoto Cup was won by Slovnaft Bratislava after defeating Calcio Padova in the final. A total of 32 clubs contested the tournament, including the first clubs from France, Italy, Hungary and Yugoslavia to participate in the Intertoto Cup.


1962–63 Intertoto Cup, Group winners
The teams were divided into eight groups of four clubs each, although unlike the previous season there was less strict geographical division. The eight group winners (in bold in the tables below) advanced to the knock-out rounds.


1962–63 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
The 1962–63 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 1962–63 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Glen Anderson, who was in his fourth season with the Cyclones. They played their home games at the Iowa State Armory in Ames, Iowa.


1962–63 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
They finished the season 14–11, 8–6 in Big Eight play to finish tied for third place.


1962–63 Ipswich Town F.C. season
During the 1962–63 English football season, Ipswich Town F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. As defending league champions, they also participated in the European Cup, the club's first foray into European competition.


1962–63 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Summary
Ipswich struggled badly to repeat the form of their title-winning campaign. A 5–1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur at Portman Road in the Charity Shield set the pattern as Ipswich spent most of the season fighting against relegation. They took just one point from their opening three league matches, just as they had done a year previously, but this time there was no upturn in form until a late rally (six wins and four draws from the final 12 matches) enabled them to finish in 17th place, four points clear of the drop zone.


1962–63 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Summary
Ipswich's European Cup campaign began in the preliminary round with a 14–1 aggregate win over Maltese champions Floriana, with Ray Crawford scoring seven goals across the two ties. In the first round, Ipswich faced Italian giants A.C. Milan and were unable to overturn a 3–0 defeat in the San Siro, despite winning the second leg 2–1 at Portman Road. Milan went on to win the trophy, beating Benfica in the final at Wembley.


1962–63 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Summary
On 25 October 1962, Ipswich manager Alf Ramsey agreed to take charge of the England national team, commencing 1 May 1963. His replacement was Newcastle United legend Jackie Milburn, who oversaw the final four matches of the season.


1962–63 Iraq Central FA First Division
The 1962–63 Iraq Central FA First Division was the 15th season of the Iraq Central FA League (the top division of football in Baghdad and its neighbouring cities from 1948 to 1973), and the first since returning to the name of First Division.


1962–63 Iraq Central FA First Division
Seven teams competed in the tournament, which started on 14 November 1962 and ended in June 1963. It was played in a single round-robin format with each team playing each other once. Montakhab Al-Shorta won their first league title, clinching the title with a 1–0 win over Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya.


1962–63 Iraq Central FA First Division, League table
The outcomes of Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab's last two matches are not available.


1962–63 Iraq Central FA First Division, League table
Note: Before the start of the tournament, Amanat Al-Asima withdrew after the resignation of prominent club members and were subsequently relegated.


1962–63 Iraq FA Basra First Division
The 1962–63 Iraq FA Basra First Division (the top division of football in Basra) was organised by the Basra branch of the Iraq Football Association. Basra's teams were split into three divisions for the season. The First Division began on 9 October 1962, and Al-Minaa topped the table ahead of their B team to secure the league title.


1962–63 Irish League
The Irish League in season 1962–63 comprised 12 teams, and Distillery won the championship.


1962–63 Israel State Cup
The 1962–63 Israel State Cup (Hebrew: גביע המדינה, Gvia HaMedina) was the 24th season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition and the ninth after the Israeli Declaration of Independence.


1962–63 Israel State Cup
The competition began on 24 March 1962, before the completion of the previous competition. However, once again, the competition took more than a year to complete, with the final being played on 27 May 1963. Hapoel Haifa and Maccabi Haifa met in the final, at Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Hapoel winning by a single goal to claim their first cup.


1962–63 Israel State Cup, Results, Fourth Round
Matches were held on 19 May 1962. The match between Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Petah Tikva, the match between Shimshon Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv, and the matches which had to be replayed, were postponed for 6 October 1962, in parallel with the fifth round matches.


1962–63 Israel State Cup, Results, Fourth Round
Byes: Hapoel Kfar Ata, Hapoel Ramla, Maccabi Ramat Gan, Maccabi Sha'arayim, Shefa-'Amr Club.


1962–63 Israel State Cup, Results, Fifth Round
Matches were held on 6 October 1962. The match between Beitar Tel Aviv and Maccabi Rehovot was held on 2 February 1963. The match between Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Jaffa was held on 9 February 1963. The match between Hapoel Petah Tikva and Hapoel Ramla and the match between Hapoel Dimona and Beitar Jerusalem were held on 12 February 1963. The replayed match between Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Dimona was held on 19 February 1963.


1962–63 Israel State Cup, Results, Sixth Round
Matches were held on 2 March 1963. Hapoel Nahariya surprised by defeating Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 through a late goal. Maccabi Tel Aviv appealed the result, claiming Hapoel Nahariya fielded an ineligible player. Initially the match was given to Maccabi Tel Aviv, however, after further appeal, and based on the precedent set by Maccabi Haifa in the previous competition, the result was reinstated. Maccabi Tel Aviv appealed once more, but the appeal wasn't heard until September 1963, by which time the competition was over and the appeal was denied.


1962–63 Israel State Cup, Results, Semi-finals
The matches were supposed to be held on 23 April 1963. However, they were postponed because of the death of President Itzhak Ben-Zvi. The matches were set to 7 May 1963 and 11 May 1963, however, the first match, between Hapoel Haifa and Maccabi Sha'arayim was cancelled due to the falling out of Hapoel and Maccabi factions at the IFA over bribery suspicions against Maccabi Petah Tikva during the 1962–63 Liga Leumit season. The two factions reconciled in time for the second match to be played.


1962–63 Isthmian League
The 1962–63 season was the 48th in the history of the Isthmian League, an English football competition.


1962–63 Isthmian League
Wimbledon were champions for the second season in a row, winning their seventh Isthmian League title.


1962–63 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
The 1962–63 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1962–63 college men's basketball season.


1962–63 Kuwaiti Premier League
1962–63 Kuwaiti Premier League was the 2nd season of the First League Division.


1962–63 Kuwaiti Premier League, Overview
In the second season, the number of teams was reduced to six after the Thanwit Kifan (English: Kaifan High School) moved away, and the league was played on a home-and-away system as well. Al Arabi managed to win the second title in a row after scoring eighteen points, three points ahead of its rivals Al-Qadsia, scoring 45 goals and conceding only 6 goals.


1962–63 LFF Lyga
The 1962–63 LFF Lyga was the 42nd season of the LFF Lyga football competition in Lithuania. It was contested by 24 teams, and Statyba Panevezys won the championship.


1962–63 La Liga
The 1962–63 La Liga was the 32nd season since its establishment. The season started on September 16, 1962, and finished on April 21, 1963.


1962–63 La Liga, Relegation play-offs
Español won their series against Mallorca after a tie-break match where Catalans won by 1–0.


1962–63 Lancashire Cup
1962–63 was the fiftieth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.


1962–63 Lancashire Cup
St. Helens won the trophy  by beating Swinton by the score of 7-4


1962–63 Lancashire Cup
The match was played at Central Park, Wigan, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 23,523 and receipts were £4,122


1962–63 Lancashire Cup
This was the third of five consecutive Lancashire Cup final wins for St. Helens, and what is more, the third of the seven  occasions on which the club will win the trophy in the nine-year period. It was also the third of Swinton’s three successive Lancashire Cup final runner-up positions.


1962–63 Lancashire Cup, Background
With again no invitation to a junior club this season, the total number of teams entering the competition remained the same at 14.


1962–63 Lancashire Cup, Background
The same fixture format was retained, and due to the number of clubs this resulted in no bye but one “blank” or “dummy” fixture in the first round, and one bye in the second round


1962–63 Lancashire Cup, Competition and results, Round 1
Involved  7 matches (with no bye but one “blank” fixture) and 14 clubs


1962–63 Lancashire Cup, Competition and results, Final, Teams and Scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points


1962–63 Lancashire Cup, Notes and comments
1 * Central Park was the home ground of Wigan with a final capacity of 18,000, although the record attendance was  47,747 for Wigan v St Helens 27 March 1959


1962–63 League of Ireland, Overview
It was contested by 10 teams, and Dundalk won the championship.


1962–63 League of Ireland, Final classification
Drogheda and Sligo Rovers were elected to the league for next season.


1962–63 Leicester City F.C. season
The 1962–63 season was Leicester City's 58th season in the Football League and their 20th (non-consecutive) season in the first tier of English football. Under the management of Matt Gillies and starring players Gordon Banks, Frank McLintock and Dave Gibson, Leicester sensationally chased the double. After losing 3–1 to Manchester United in the FA Cup Final and gaining just one win from their final nine league games their double challenge collapsed and the Foxes eventually finished in a disappointing fourth position in the league.


1962–63 Leicester City F.C. season, Overview
The horrendous winter of 1962–63 was the coldest winter of the 20th century in England and Wales and saw a plethora of games being called off: there was no First Division match played in England during January 1963 and Leicester did not play a game between Boxing Day 1962 and 9 February 1963.


1962–63 Leicester City F.C. season, Overview
As games began to start being played again after the lengthy hiatus, Leicester, on the icy pitches, began to gain huge momentum and went on a lengthy winning and unbeaten run which saw them top the table with nine (and later five) games to go and reach the 1963 FA Cup Final. However, as injuries took hold and the ice began to melt Leicester's momentum faded and they ended up winning just one of their final nine league games and losing the FA Cup final to Manchester United despite being hot favourites, after a dour performance. Though they were chasing the double during the icy period, as the season came to a close the Foxes ended in a disappointing fourth position and as FA Cup runners-up.


1962–63 Leicester City F.C. season, Overview
Between 10 November 1962 and 8 April 1963, Leicester went on a run of 18 matches unbeaten, earning themselves the nickname "the ice kings" and creating a club record which stood for 46 years, until it was beaten in the 2008–09 season, though Leicester were in a division two tiers lower than that of the 1962-63 side. Their run of seven consecutive league wins between 9 February 1963 and 9 March 1963 was a club record which stood until 8 December 2019 when Brendan Rogers' side won their eight consecutive Premier League game.


1962–63 Leicester City F.C. season, Players
Leicester's creative attack was built around the skillful playmaker Dave Gibson who forged a deadly partnership on the left of Leicester's attack with Mike Stringfellow. Ken Keyworth was the club's centre forward and prolific goalscorer upfront, while Howard Riley provided balance on the right-wing.


1962–63 Leicester City F.C. season, Players
Much of the flexibility in the side came from the athleticism of Frank McLintock and Graham Cross, who regularly changed positions during games which Gillies said "utterly confused [the] opposition" as opposition players would often be asked to mark "our [Leicester's] number eight, so they thought Cross was their man, when McLintock had replaced him" as "players hadn't got beyond thinking about numbers then."


1962–63 Leicester City F.C. season, Players
In defence, Leicester forged a fearsome half-back line of McLintock, Ian King and club captain Colin Appleton with John Sjoberg and Richie Norman as full-backs and legendary goalkeeper Gordon Banks in goal.


1962–63 Leicester City F.C. season, Influence on English football
The Ice Kings were managed by Matt Gillies and his assistant Bert Johnson and were hugely influential in English football for their fluid "switch" and "whirl" systems and playing sequences of short probing passes to unlock defences and establishing the concept of positional flexibility and for their switching of positions, particularly of inside right and right-half Graham Cross and Frank McLintock, upsetting the tradition 1-11 formations in England and confusing opposition players, who were used to thinking in terms of rigid formations in the English game. Johnson had brought back this system from watching the great Hungary and Austria sides of the 1950s and he and Gillies developed their own version of the systems with Leicester.


1962–63 Leicester City F.C. season, Influence on English football
Gillies later said it "confused opposition" as opposition players would often be asked to mark "our [Leicester's] number eight, so they thought Cross was their man, when McLintock had replaced him" as "players hadn't got beyond thinking about numbers then."


1962–63 Leicester City F.C. season, First Division statistics, First Division table
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points


1962–63 Leicester City F.C. season, Club statistics
All data from: Dave Smith and Paul Taylor, Of Fossils and Foxes: The Official Definitive History of Leicester City Football Club (2001) (ISBN 1-899538-21-6)


1962–63 Leicester City F.C. season, Club statistics, Appearances, Starting XI
The following players have been named in the most starting line-ups. This line-up may differ from the list of players with most appearances.


1962–63 Libyan Eastern Championship
The 1962-63 Libyan Eastern Championship was a Libyan football championship that took place to decide who would represent the East at national level for the 1963-64 Libyan Premier League. The league was made up of eight teams, who played each other twice (14 games in total):


1962–63 Liga Alef
The 1962–63 Liga Alef season saw Hapoel Ramat Gan win the title and promotion to Liga Leumit.


1962–63 Liga Alef
The following season, after eight consecutive seasons as a nationwide division, Liga Alef was divided once more into two regional divisions, North and South.


1962–63 Liga Bet
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1962–63 Liga Bet
The 1962–63 Liga Bet season saw Hapoel Acre,  Hapoel Nahliel, YMCA Jerusalem and SK Nes Tziona win their regional divisions and promoted to Liga Alef.


1962–63 Liga Bet
Further twelve teams which have finished between second and fourth were also promoted, with one more promotion spot decided by a promotion play-off, as Liga Alef expanded from one to two regional divisions.


1962–63 Liga Bet, Promotion play-offs
A promotion-play off was played between all the teams which have finished in the 5th place in their respective regional division. the play-off format was of semi-finals and final match, played in neutral venue. the play-offs winner set to be promoted to Liga Alef.


1962–63 Liga Española de Baloncesto
The 1962–63 season was the 7th season of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto. Real Madrid won the title.


1962–63 Liga Gimel
The 1962–63 Liga Gimel season saw 158 clubs competing in 14 regional divisions for promotion to Liga Bet.


1962–63 Liga Gimel
Beitar Safed, Beitar Nahariya, Hapoel Migdal HaEmek, Shefa-'Amr Club, Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel, F.C. Even Yehuda, Maccabi Herzliya, Beitar Ezra, Hapoel Bnei Zion, Hapoel HaTzafon Jerusalem, Beitar Ekron, Maccabi Ashkelon, Hapoel Avraham Be'er Sheva and Hapoel Dorot won their regional divisions and promoted to Liga Bet.


1962–63 Liga Gimel
Second placed clubs, Hapoel Afikim, Beitar Acre, Hapoel Pardesiya, Hapoel Kfar Shalem and Hapoel Shikun HaMizrah were also promoted.


1962–63 Liga Gimel, Central Division
Hapoel Shmuel Ramla were suspended from the league at the beginning of the season.


1962–63 Liga Gimel, Negev B Division
Hapoel Patish\Maslul, Hapoel Ein HaShlosha and Hapoel Yakhini were all folded during the first round.


1962–63 Liga Leumit
The 1962–63 Liga Leumit season saw Hapoel Petah Tikva crowned champions for the fifth successive season, a record which remains unbeaten. Hapoel's Zecharia Ratzabi was the league's top scorer with 12 goals.


1962–63 Liga Leumit
No club was relegated at the end of the season, as the league was expanded to 15 clubs the following season.


1962–63 Liga Leumit, Match fixing allegations and Sarig Committee
During the season, several cases of match fixing were rumored to happen, most notably after a match played on 16 March 1963 between Maccabi Jaffa and Maccabi Petah Tikva (in which Maccabi Petah Tikva won 3–1), prior to which an attempt was made to bribe Jaffa goalkeeper Zion Digmi to let Petah Tikva score.


1962–63 Liga Leumit, Match fixing allegations and Sarig Committee
Following the match, IFA president, Arie Sarig, established a committee, with himself as its chairman, to look into the alleged fixed matches, including poor performances by Maccabi Haifa during the team's matches against Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Petah Tikva, accusations against IFA board member from Hapoel faction, Menachem Heller, that he acted to have the referee for the match between Maccabi Petah Tikva and Hapoel Haifa switched and alleged bribery attempt accusations against Hapoel Haifa player Ziggy Blum in the same match.


1962–63 Liga Leumit, Match fixing allegations and Sarig Committee
The Sarig Committee ruling, given after the end of the season, ruled that the match between Maccabi Jaffa and Maccabi Petah Tikva was fixed and that the match result should be recorded as a 0–0 with no points given. The committee also banned Maccabi Petah Tikva footballer Yeshayahu Alon for life for the attempted bribery and rejected all other complaints filed to it. The ruling deducted two points from Maccabi Petah Tikva, and the club dropped to 12th place and faced relegation. The club turned to the civil Tel Aviv District Court, claiming that not only the committee's ruling is wrong, but that Sarig was acting out of his jurisdiction in establishing the committee.


1962–63 Liga Leumit, Match fixing allegations and Sarig Committee
On 14 July 1963, Judge Yosef-Michael Lamm ruled that the Sarig Committee was established without jurisdiction and that its ruling is void. The ruling re-instated Maccabi Petah Tikva's victory over Maccabi Jaffa and elevated the club back to 10th place, relegating Hapoel Haifa to Liga Alef. Following the ruling, the IFA considered its action, eventually choosing not to relegate any team and to play the next season with 15 clubs. In February 1964, the lifetime ban given to Yeshayahu Alon was lifted.


1962–63 Liverpool F.C. season
Liverpool F.C. made its comeback in the Football League's First Division. Roger Hunt, who had scored 41 goals in the promotion winning league campaign, proved himself in the top flight and scored 24 goals, as Liverpool finished in 8th position of the league, and also reached the semi finals of the FA Cup.


1962–63 Los Angeles Lakers season
The 1962–63 NBA season was the Lakers' 15th season in the NBA and third season in Los Angeles.


1962–63 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team
The 1962–63 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team represented Loyola University Chicago. The head coach was George Ireland. The Ramblers were the 1963 NCAA Tournament Champions, defeating top-ranked and two-time defending champion Cincinnati Bearcats in a 60–58 overtime contest.


1962–63 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team
The team was notable in that it broke the so-called "gentlemen's agreement" among coaches in which no more than two black players would be on the floor at one time (and in some road games, black players would have to rotate so that only one of them was playing at any given moment): the Ramblers would regularly have three or four black starters, paving the way for the 1965–66 Texas Western Miners men's basketball team who would finally put the "agreement" to rest and have an all-black starting five. They played in the Game of Change, in which a Mississippi State team defied segregationists to play against Loyola, breaking the unwritten law that Mississippi teams would not play against black players.


1962–63 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team
On July 11, 2013, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of their championship, surviving members of Loyola's team were honored by President Barack Obama in a ceremony at the Oval Office of the White House. It also was announced that the entire team would be inducted in the College Basketball Hall of Fame in a ceremony scheduled for November 2013.


1962–63 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team, Records
Loyola's first-round Mideast Regional victory over Tennessee Tech, 111–42, continues to be the record margin of victory (69 points) in an NCAA men's basketball tournament game.


1962–63 Luxembourg National Division
The 1962–63 Luxembourg National Division was the 49th season of top level association football in Luxembourg.


1962–63 Luxembourg National Division, Overview
It was performed in 12 teams, and Jeunesse Esch won the championship.


1962–63 MC Alger season
In the 1962–63 season, MC Alger is competing in the Criteria of Honour for the 1st season, as well as the Algerian Cup. They will be competing in National, and the Algerian Cup.


1962–63 MC Alger season, Squad list
Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 November 1976.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1962–63 MC Alger season, Final Groups, Algiers
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points


1962–63 MC Alger season, Squad information, Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.


1962–63 MJHL season
On March 23, 1963, the Brandon Wheat Kings clinched their second straight MJHL title before more than 4,000 hometown fans in Brandon. The Wheat Kings retained the Turnbull Memorial Trophy.


1962–63 MJHL season, League notes
League shorten the 40 game regular season in order to accommodate Memorial Cup playoffs.


1962–63 MJHL season, All-Star game
The Manitoba - Saskatchewan classic was held in Regina on January 21, with SJHL winning 5-2. The SJHL scored the first two goals of the game, held period leads of 2-1 and 4-1. SJHL leading goal scorer Wayne Caufield lead the way with a pair, Joe Watson, Garry Peters, and Granger Evans added singles. MJHL scoring leader Bob Stoyko, and Bobby Brown scored for the MJHL. MJHL Lineup:


1962–63 Maltese Premier League
The 1962–63 Maltese First Division was the 48th season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 9 teams, and Valletta F.C. won the championship.


1962–63 Manchester United F.C. season
The 1962–63 season was Manchester United's 61st season in the Football League, and their 18th consecutive season in the top division of English football. They finished a disappointing 19th in the league, narrowly avoiding relegation, but also finished the season as FA Cup winners with a 3-1 win over Leicester City in the Wembley final. It was a successful first season at the club for record signing Denis Law, who scored 23 goals in the league and 29 in all competitions. The FA Cup win was United's first major trophy for six years and the first trophy they had won since the Munich air disaster.


1962–63 Mansfield Town F.C. season
The 1962–63 season was Mansfield Town's 25th season in the Football League and 3rd in the Fourth Division, they finished in 4th position with 57 points, gaining promotion on goal average.


1962–63 Mersin İdmanyurdu season
Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1962–63. Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team became Turkey Amateur Champions in 1963. Previous to the 1962–63 season the team had shown an increasing performance. The team's main aim was to be included in the national league. This aim was realized in 1963. When the team became the champions of amateurs in Turkey, the Federation decided to form a second level national division. Next year ÇİY was included in the Second League. Due to sponsorship reasons the team's name was Çukurova İdmanyurdu between 1957 and 1966.


1962–63 Mersin İdmanyurdu season, 1962–63 season league participation, Turkey Amateur Football Championship finals
Turkey Amateur Football Championship finals were played in Konya, 19 Mayıs Stadium. Participating teams were İzmir Karagücü, Trabzon İdmangücü, Eskişehir Şekerspor, Çukurova İdmanyurdu. The games started on 22 June 1963, Saturday. Each team played two games with other teams.


1962–63 Mersin İdmanyurdu season, 1962–63 season league participation, Turkey Amateur Football Championship finals
ÇİY finished the first half at first place with one win and 2 draws (2 points for a win). Karagücü was second, İdmangücü was third, and Şekerspor was fourth.


1962–63 Mersin İdmanyurdu season, 1962–63 season league participation, Turkey Amateur Football Championship finals
ÇİY became the champions for the first time. In the next season ÇİY was accepted to Turkish Second Football League founded that year (1963–64). At the end of the season President Karamehmet wanted Fenerbahçe player Basri as a player/manager for next season. Basri had some problems with his club.


1962–63 Mersin İdmanyurdu season, 1962–63 Turkish Cup participation
The Turkish Football Federation decided to change the formation of Federasyon Kupası (Federation Cup) in order to give a team to UEFA's European Cup Winner's Cup (ECW Cup) which was started in 1960–61.


1962–63 Mersin İdmanyurdu season, 1962–63 Turkish Cup participation
The '65 club participated in the first Turkish Cup: 22 teams from National League (Milli Lig) (1), 27 teams from regional leagues (R) and 16 from amateurs (A). ÇİY had participated at the preliminary round among amateur teams. The one-leg system was accepted up to quarterfinals, after which the two-leg elimination rule applied. After round 3, quarterfinals came. Galatasaray had been the champions of the first Turkish Cup. At finals they beat Fenerbahçe 2-1. ÇİY was eliminated at Round 2. Since Galatasaray also won the league title, Fenerbahçe, as the finalists, became eligible for playing ECW Cup games the next year (1963-64).


1962–63 Mersin İdmanyurdu season, 1962–63 squad
Rızıkallah, Nevzat, Ergin, Demir, Ahmet, Oktay, Selahattin, Uğur, Abdi, Alp, Hüseyin.


1962–63 Mersin İdmanyurdu season, 1962–63 squad
Midfield player Selahattin was capped in the Amateur National Team for the 4th Mediterranean Games.


1962–63 Mexican Primera División season
Statistics of Primera División de México in the 1962–63 season.


1962–63 Mexican Primera División season, Overview
The season was contested by 14 teams, and Oro won the championship.


1962–63 Mexican Segunda División season
The 1962–63 Mexican Segunda División was the 13th season of the Mexican Segunda División. The season started on 30 June 1962 and concluded on 20 January 1963. It was won by Zacatepec.


1962–63 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The 1962–63 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1962–63 season. The team played its home games at Fielding H. Yost Field House (renamed Yost Ice Arena in 1973) on the school's campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Under the direction of head coach Dave Strack, the team finished tied for fourth in the Big Ten Conference and failed to get an invitation to either the 1963 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament or the 1963 National Invitation Tournament. Tom Cole served as team captain, while Bill Buntin earned team MVP.


1962–63 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
That season, the team defeated one of the three ranked opponents that it faced (#6 Illinois 84–81 on March 2, 1963, at home). The team was unranked the entire season in the Associated Press Top Ten Poll, and it also ended the season unranked in the final UPI Coaches' Poll.


1962–63 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
During the season, Buntin led the Big Ten conference in rebounding with 15.4 per conference game. As a team, the Wolverines led the Big Ten with a 49.0 rebound per game average.


1962–63 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The team set the current school single-game record of 77 rebounds on February 2, 1963, against the Michigan State Spartans. It also set the single-season record of 1320, but that was broken each of the following two seasons. Buntin set the current school record (since the 1959–60 season) for consecutive point-rebound double doubles with a streak of 14 games. He also surpassed Scott Maentz's 1960 single-season total of 12 double doubles with a total of 23, which stood as a school record until Phil Hubbard posted 24 in 1977.


1962–63 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Team players drafted into the NBA
Two players from this team were selected in the NBA Draft.


1962–63 Midland Football League
The 1962–63 Midland Football League season was the 63rd in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.


1962–63 Midland Football League, Clubs
The league featured 18 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with two new clubs:


1962–63 Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball team
The 1962–63 Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Mississippi State University in the 1962–63 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. Led by head coach Babe McCarthy, the Bulldogs finished with a 22–6 record (12–2 SEC) and received an invitation to the NCAA Tournament in the Mideast region.


1962–63 Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball team
Mississippi State secured the SEC title outright with a win over Ole Miss on March 2. At that time, the SEC did not hold a postseason tournament, so the only conference title went to the regular season champion.


1962–63 Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball team
Having long followed an unwritten rule that teams from Mississippi would never play integrated teams with black players, the Bulldogs had declined all NCAA Tournament invitations prior to 1963. In 1963, however, university president Dean W. Colvard decided to take a risk and accept the tournament invitation. On March 2, 1963, Colvard issued a statement announcing that he would be sending the team to the tournament "unless hindered by competent authority."


1962–63 Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball team
The decision faced challenges from the state college board and segregationists throughout the South, but ultimately the Mississippi State team was able to depart the state to play in Michigan. In what is now called the "Game of Change", the Bulldogs faced a majority-black Loyola-Chicago team in the Mideast regional semifinal. They lost 61–51, but won a consolation game against Bowling Green the following day to finish in 3rd place for the Mideast region.


1962–63 Montenegrin Republic League
The 1962–63 Montenegrin Republic League was 18th season of Montenegrin Republic League. Season started in August 1962 and finished in May 1963.


1962–63 Montenegrin Republic League, Season
Before the start of 18th edition of the League, number of participants was expanded to 10 (on season 1961–62 played nine teams. Except the teams from previous year, a new member of the competition was Ivangrad. Just before the start of season, Čelik withdrawn by their own decision, so their place was given to Iskra. At the end of 18 weeks long competition, Lovćen and Jedinstvo were equalised on the top of the table. But, because of better goal difference, Lovćen won the title and participated in the qualifiers for Yugoslav Second League. Last-placed Arsenal was relegated.


1962–63 Montenegrin Republic League, Season, Qualifiers for Yugoslav Second League
Lovćen played in the qualifiers for 1963–64 Second League - East. They were defeated by champion of Republic League of SR Macedonia - Pobeda, so didn't get promotion to higher level.


1962–63 Montenegrin Republic League, Higher leagues
On season 1962–63, two Montenegrin teams played in higher leagues of SFR Yugoslavia. Budućnost participated in 1962–63 Yugoslav First League, while Sutjeska) played in 1962–63 Yugoslav Second League.


1962–63 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1962–63 Montreal Canadiens season was the 54th season in franchise history. The team placed third in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens were eliminated in semi-finals by the Toronto Maple Leafs 4 games to 1.


1962–63 Moroccan Throne Cup
The 1962–63 season of the Moroccan Throne Cup was the 7th edition of the competition.


1962–63 Moroccan Throne Cup
The teams played one-legged matches. In case of a draw, there was either a penalty shoot-out, or a replay at the opponents' ground.


1962–63 Moroccan Throne Cup
Kawkab Marrakech beat Hassania Agadir 3–2 in the final, played at the Stade d'honneur in Casablanca. Kawkab Marrakech won the title for the first time in their history.


1962–63 Moroccan Throne Cup, Tournament
The final took place between the two winners of the semi-finals, Kawkab Marrakech and Hassania Agadir, on 9 June 1963 at the Stade d'honneur in Casablanca. The match was refereed by Mohamed Bellefkih. KAC Marrakech faced their southern neighbours, Hassania Agadir. It was the first final for Hassania Agadir, and the second for KAC Marrakech. The match featured a notable comeback. Hassania Agadir opened the scoring through Lahcen Chicha ( 10'), followed by a goal from Hama ( 17)'. KAC Marrakech came back with a goal before half-time through Moulay Lahcen Zidane ( 40').


1962–63 Moroccan Throne Cup, Tournament
After a tight second half, the players from Marrakech scored an equaliser through Abdelkrim Zaidani, known as Krimou, at the very end of the match, in stoppage time ( 97'). When extra time was played, the golden goal rule was used. Krimou scored a golden goal ( 119' ), to give KAC Marrakech their first title in the competition.


1962–63 NBA season
The 1962–63 NBA season was the 17th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Boston Celtics winning their 5th straight NBA Championship, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals.


1962–63 NBA season, Season recap, Offseason
In the spring of 1962, Cleveland Pipers owner George Steinbrenner signed Jerry Lucas to a player-management contract worth forty thousand dollars. With the Lucas signing, Steinbrenner had a secret deal with NBA commissioner Maurice Podoloff. The Pipers would merge with the Kansas City Steers and join the NBA. A schedule was printed for the 1963–64 NBA season with the Pipers playing the New York Knicks in the first game. Steinbrenner and partner George McKean fell behind in payments to the NBA and the deal was cancelled.


1962–63 NBA season, Season recap, Preseason
The season began with a shock, as the Philadelphia Warriors had left for San Francisco. The Warriors, whose lineage in basketball dates back to the Philadelphia Sphas of the 1920s, had been a fixture for decades in Philadelphia, one of pro basketball's essential cities. Philadelphia would have no team that season, until the Syracuse Nationals moved there the following season, becoming the Philadelphia 76ers. The Cincinnati Royals were promptly shifted to the NBA's East Division to replace the Warriors, a fact the Royals would soon come to regret.


1962–63 NBA season, Season recap, Preseason
The existence of a rival league, the American Basketball League, also was a big factor this year. Globetrotters' owner Abe Saperstein started the league as an act of revenge when he did not get an NBA franchise in Los Angeles. The Minneapolis Lakers moved to Los Angeles in 1960.


1962–63 NBA season, Season recap, Leading teams
The Eastern division Celtics won a league high 58 of 80 NBA games, leading the league in both rebounds and assists as a team, followed by the Lakers in the West with 53. Three other NBA teams won 40 games or better. The Syracuse Nationals and St. Louis Hawks both won 48 games each. The Cincinnati Royals also had 42 wins.


1962–63 NBA season, Season recap, Leading teams, Celtics
On the courts, the powerful Boston Celtics were building a dynasty. Bill Russell led Red Auerbach's club from the middle with his shot blocking and rebounding, where he ranked a huge second place in the NBA. He was also seventh in the NBA in assists, remarkable for a center. Sam Jones had stepped in for Bill Sharman at shooting guard, after Sharman left to coach the ABL Los Angeles Jets. Jones immediately led the club in scoring just as Sharman had, with his deadly banking jump shots. 34-year-old Bob Cousy quarterbacked his club one more time, but the 1950s superstar had clearly lost a step.


1962–63 NBA season, Season recap, Leading teams, Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers were now in their third year in California. The Lakers were led by super forward Elgin Baylor, whose high-flying drives, surprising strength and all-around game awed many again this season. Baylor's 34 points per game rated him second in the NBA only to Wilt Chamberlain. He was also fifth in rebounds and sixth in assists. No slouch on defense either, Baylor did it all for the Lakers. Third year star Jerry West battled injuries but continued to grow as a player also. He added 27 points per game and six assists for coach Fred Schaus, also his former college coach. The Lakers won 53 games and the NBA's West Division, looking forward to their matchup with Boston.


1962–63 NBA season, Season recap, Leading teams, Nationals
The Syracuse Nationals were the league's top offense, a fact they greatly helped at the foul line. Coach Alex Hannum's club were led by the trio of center Johnny Kerr, promising young forward Lee Shaffer and guard Hal Greer. Long-time star Dolph Schayes gave it one more year as a reserve at age 34. This would also be the final season for the NBA in Syracuse. They would relocate to Philadelphia for the following season as the Philadelphia 76ers.


1962–63 NBA season, Season recap, Leading teams, Hawks
The St. Louis Hawks had five ten-point scorers to support superstar Bob Pettit. The 6'9 230-pounder rated third in NBA scoring with 28.4 points per games and was fifth in rebounds as well. His 685 free throws made led the league. The Hawks also had the NBA's top rated defense.


1962–63 NBA season, Season recap, Leading teams, Royals
The Cincinnati Royals continued to recover from the tragedy of Maurice Stokes with another huge year from third-year superstar Oscar Robertson. The converted 6' 5 210-pound forward was now rated by many as the best non-center to ever play in the NBA, lighting up the Royals backcourt with 28.3 points, nine rebounds and ten assists per game. Robertson tried 1593 shots this year, the third-highest total, and made 52% of them, the fourth-best percentage for accuracy in the NBA. His 614 free throws made were the second-most also, as he averaged 81% from the foul line.


1962–63 NBA season, Season recap, Leading teams, Royals
A balanced starting five and some key reserves supported Robertson, as coach Charlie Wolf's team won over half their games for the second straight year. But the Royals continued to struggle with signees. Draft picks Larry Siegfried and Jerry Lucas signed with the Cleveland Pipers of Abe Saperstein's American Basketball League. Worse, Siegfried would return to the NBA as a key Boston Celtic. The loss of these two would hinder the club's playoff chances.


1962–63 NBA season, Season recap, Wilt Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain's first season in San Francisco had his usual incredible stats, but the club failed to win half their games. Wilt's 44 points per game easily ranked him ahead of Baylor in the scoring column. He was also first in the NBA in rebounds, blocked shots, shooting accuracy, number of shots tried and made from the floor, and free throws tried. As a player, he was still all by himself.


1962–63 NBA season, Season recap, Postseason
Six of the NBA's nine teams made the playoffs, three in each division. The second and third place teams met first, with each division winner meeting the winner in the second round before the NBA Finals.


1962–63 NBA season, Season recap, Postseason, East
Boston got a huge scare from the Cincinnati Royals, who shocked Syracuse with an overtime win in Syracuse to win Game Five and that series. Cincinnati ownership was shocked too. They had booked Cincinnati Gardens for a circus, expecting a Royals loss in that series. The Royals had to play two of their home games against Boston elsewhere while pushing Boston the full seven games. Robertson's huge play was boosted further by all-star Jack Twyman' shooting. But Boston's three 20-point scorers --- Tommy Heinsohn, Russell and Jones --- staved off the Royals charge. It was the beginning of a strong, underrated rivalry. Syracuse was hindered by the absence of Connie Dierking, who also had gone to the ABL, but refused to return to the club when that league folded.


1962–63 NBA season, Season recap, Postseason, West
In the West, St. Louis topped Don Ohl, Bailey Howell, Ray Scott and the Detroit Pistons three games to one to meet the Lakers in the second round. Detroit's rookie Dave DeBusschere had a strong series off the bench as well in the losing effort. The Lakers and Hawks went the full seven games as well, with Baylor and Pettit trading big offensive games and rebounds. The difference were Laker guards West and Dick Barnett, the former ABL star.


1962–63 NBA season, Season recap, Postseason, Finals
The balance and depth of Boston would be too much for Baylor and West in the Finals despite their best efforts. The series went six games, with Boston winning the final one 112-109 in Los Angeles. Boston's Bill Russell, who averaged over 20 points, 20 rebounds, five assists and several blocks per game for his 13 playoff games, was the difference again in the middle for his star-studded team.


1962–63 NBA season, Playoff bracket
* Division winnerBold Series winnerItalic Team with home-court advantage in NBA Finals


1962–63 NBA season, Statistics leaders
Note: Prior to the 1969–70 season, league leaders in points, rebounds, and assists were determined by totals rather than averages.


1962–63 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings
The 1962–63 NCAA men's basketball rankings was made up of two human polls, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll.


1962–63 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings, AP Poll
All AP polls for this season included only ten ranked teams.


1962–63 NCAA University Division men's basketball season
The 1962–63 NCAA University Division men's basketball season began in December 1962, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1963 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament Championship Game on March 23, 1963, at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. The Loyola-Chicago Ramblers won their first NCAA national championship with a 60–58 victory in overtime over the Cincinnati Bearcats.


1962–63 NCAA University Division men's basketball season, Season outlook, Pre-season polls
The Top 10 from the AP Poll and the Top 20 from the UPI Coaches Poll during the pre-season.


1962–63 NCAA University Division men's basketball season, Coaching changes
A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.


1962–63 NCAA men's ice hockey season
The 1962–63 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1962 and concluded with the 1963 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 16, 1963 at the McHugh Forum in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. This was the 16th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 68th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.


1962–63 NCAA men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the season.


1962–63 NCAA men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


1962–63 NCAA men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Leading goaltenders
The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the end of the regular season while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.


1962–63 NCAA men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Leading goaltenders
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average


1962–63 NHL season
The 1962–63 NHL season was the 46th season of the National Hockey League. Six teams each played 70 games. The Toronto Maple Leafs won their second Stanley Cup in a row as they defeated the Detroit Red Wings four games to one.


1962–63 NHL season, Regular season
Some diversionary news hit the sports pages the day of the All-Star Game when it was reported that Toronto had sold Frank Mahovlich to Chicago for $1 million and James D. Norris produced a cheque for the amount. On the advice of Conn Smythe, Leafs general manager and head coach Punch Imlach declined the deal, saying that a million dollars does not score goals, and Mahovlich would remain a Maple Leaf.


1962–63 NHL season, Regular season
A serious incident took place on October 23 between the Montreal Canadiens and Chicago Black Hawks. A vicious stick-swinging duel took place between Gilles Tremblay and Reg Fleming that was said to be the worst since the Bernie Geoffrion-Ron Murphy fight in 1953. Both players received match penalties and $100 fines. Tremblay emerged with a bad cut on his head that required many stitches. Montreal coach Toe Blake had some caustic remarks for Fleming when he was leaving the ice, which almost resulted in another fight. The Canadiens and Black Hawks played to a 4–4 tie. President Clarence Campbell suspended both Tremblay and Fleming for three games.


1962–63 NHL season, Regular season
Glenn Hall's consecutive game streak came to an end on November 8 when he suffered a pinched nerve in his back and he was relieved by Denis DeJordy in the first period of a game in which Hall's Black Hawks tied Boston 3–3. DeJordy played well in the next game as the Black Hawks beat the Canadiens 3–1.


1962–63 NHL season, Regular season
Chicago was improving and moved into a first-place tie with Detroit when they blanked Boston 5–0 on November 29. Stan Mikita scored two goals and Bobby Hull had one. The same night, the Rangers shut out the Red Wings 5–0 as Gump Worsley played a fine game. Worsley was unlucky in his next game, however, as Chicago beat the Rangers 5–1. Worsley badly injured his shoulder and had to be replaced by Marcel Pelletier. Gump went to the hospital where he would have his shoulder in traction for ten days.


1962–63 NHL season, Regular season
Andy Hebenton had the hat trick on December 16 as the Rangers beat Detroit 5–2 at Madison Square Garden. The game was spoiled by a brawl, the chief participants being Dave Balon, Bill Gadsby, Doug Barkley and Terry Sawchuk. All were fined.


1962–63 NHL season, Regular season
Andy Bathgate got both goals when the Rangers tied Montreal 2–2 at the Montreal Forum on January 5. This was the tenth consecutive game in which he had scored. The streak was terminated when Jacques Plante blanked the Rangers 6–0 in New York.


1962–63 NHL season, Regular season
Jean Beliveau scored his 300th NHL goal on January 26 when the Rangers beat the Canadiens 4–2 at the Forum. Goals had not come very fast this year, and he hinted that this might be his last season. The writers did not take him seriously, however. The next night, the Canadiens beat the Black Hawks 3–1 at Chicago Stadium and Beliveau scored a spectacular goal, giving a beautiful exhibition of stick-handling.


1962–63 NHL season, Regular season
Bernie Geoffrion and Don Marshall were back on January 31, but the Canadiens lost 6–3 to Toronto at the Forum. Coach Toe Blake was not pleased with the officiating and was quoted in a French newspaper that referee Eddie Powers handled the game as if he had bet on the outcome. This attracted the attention of NHL president Clarence Campbell, who said the matter would be investigated. Later, Blake was fined $200 by Campbell. Powers considered the fine inadequate and submitted his resignation as a referee. He cited Red Storey when Campbell would not support decisions he made. Powers then sued Blake for libel.


1962–63 NHL season, Regular season
Bobby Hull scored all three goals as Chicago beat Boston 3–1 on February 17. On the same night, Montreal beat Detroit 6–1 and Howie Young established a penalty record when he high-sticked a Canadiens player and then commenced a tantrum, which drew him a minor, a major, a misconduct and a game misconduct totalling 27 minutes. His season total was now 208 minutes in penalties. NHL president Campbell then tacked on a three-game suspension.


1962–63 NHL season, Regular season
Detroit ousted the Rangers from the playoffs on March 3 with a 3–2 win.


1962–63 NHL season, Regular season
Bernie Geoffrion was in trouble for an incident during a game on March 5 in which Montreal beat Detroit 4–3. Referee Vern Buffey had given Jacques Plante a penalty for slashing Howie Young and then a bench penalty when the Canadiens protested. Geoffrion threw his stick at Buffey and his gloves as well. Geoffrion was given a match penalty and President Campbell assessed Geoffrion a five-game suspension.


1962–63 NHL season, Regular season
The career of the Canadiens' Lou Fontinato came to a tragic end on March 9 when he tried to check Vic Hadfield and instead was thrown headlong into the boards by the Ranger player. Fontinato lay motionless on the ice for some time before being carried off the ice on a stretcher and taken to Montreal General Hospital where the diagnosis was a fractured neck, a crushed cervical vertebra. He gradually recovered from his paralyzed condition, but would never play hockey again. Jacques Laperriere replaced Fontinato on the Canadiens defence.


1962–63 NHL season, Regular season
It was quite a race for playoff positions, as five points separated fourth and first. Gordie Howe led the Red Wings and the NHL as he won his sixth and last Art Ross Trophy and Hart Trophy.


1962–63 NHL season, Player statistics, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes


1962–63 NHL season, Player statistics, Leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; Min – Minutes Played; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts


1962–63 NHL season, Debuts
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1962–63 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):


1962–63 NHL season, Last games
The following is a list of players of note who played their last game in the NHL in 1962–63 (listed with their last team):


1962–63 National Football League (Ireland)
The 1962–63 National Football League was the 32nd staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.


1962–63 National Football League (Ireland)
New York again got a bye to the final. Kerry beat them by 8 points.


1962–63 National Hurling League
The 1962–63 National Hurling League was the 32nd season of the NHL, an annual hurling competition for the GAA county teams. Waterford won their second title.


1962–63 National Hurling League, Division 1
Tipperary came into the season as defending champions of the 1961-62 season.


1962–63 National Hurling League, Division 1
On 3 November 1963, Waterford won the title after a 3-10 to 1-10 win over New York in the final replay. It was their first league title.


1962–63 National Hurling League, Division 1
Waterford's Phil Grimes was the Division 1 top scorer with 6-31.


1962–63 Nationalliga A, Overview
There were fourteen teams contesting in the 1962–63 Nationalliga A. These were the top 12 teams from the previous season 1961–62 and the two newly promoted teams Chiasso and Sion. The Championship was played in a double round-robin, the champions were to be qualified for 1963–64 European Cup and the bottom placed two teams in the table were to be relegated. FC Zürich won the championship.


1962–63 Nationalliga A season
The 1962–63 Nationalliga A season was the 25th season of the Nationalliga A, the top level of ice hockey in Switzerland. 10 teams participated in the league, and HC Villars won the championship.


1962–63 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and Ferencvárosi TC won the championship.


1962–63 New York Knicks season
The 1962-63 NBA season was the Knicks' 17th season in the NBA.


1962–63 New York Rangers season
The 1962–63 New York Rangers season was the 37th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). New York finished in fifth place in the NHL with 56 points and did not qualify for the playoffs.


1962–63 New York Rangers season, Playoffs
The Rangers failed to qualify for the 1963 Stanley Cup playoffs.


1962–63 New York Rangers season, Player statistics
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only. ‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.


1962–63 Newport County A.F.C. season
The 1962–63 season was Newport County's first ever season in the Football League Fourth Division since relegation from the Third Division the previous season. It was their 35th competitive season overall in the Football League.


1962–63 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team
The 1962–63 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1962–63 men's college basketball season.


1962–63 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season
The 1962–63 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey team represented the University of North Dakota in college ice hockey. In its 3rd year under head coach Barry Thorndycraft the team compiled a 22–7–3 record and reached the NCAA tournament for the third time. The Fighting Sioux defeated Denver 6–5 to win the championship game at the McHugh Forum in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.


1962–63 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season, Season
North Dakota entered the 1962–63 season after finishing 5th in the WCHA for the previous two seasons. Head coach Barry Thorndycraft was in his fourth season leading the program and could now see his first recruiting class lead the team as seniors. The Fighting Sioux got off to a good start with three home wins against non-conference opponents before opening up the WCHA schedule against Michigan State on the road. After solidly winning the first game 11–4 the Spartans repaid the favor by taking game two 5–6.


1962–63 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season, Season
North Dakota returned home for a series against a Canadian junior team where UND utterly dominated then hit the road again and traveled to Duluth to take on the comparatively weak Bulldogs. Despite the disparity in talent Minnesota–Duluth was able to win their first game of the season, holding the Fighting Sioux to a single goal. North Dakota took the second game to prevent the weekend from becoming a disaster and went in with a decent record of 7–2 but only 1–1 in conference.


1962–63 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season, Season
Their first opponent after the new year was defending national champion Michigan Tech but with the games in Grand Forks UND had the advantage. The Sioux took the first game 4–2 but the Huskies fought back in the second match and battled North Dakota to a 3–3 tie. The three point weekend allowed UND to ahead of Michigan Tech in the standings despite having played two fewer conference games and after sweeping Minnesota in Minneapolis the following weekend North Dakota was within shouting distance of league-leading Denver. After trouncing another junior team in a single home game North Dakota played host to the Pioneers and the North Dakota faithful roared when the home team won both games to take over atop the WCHA standings, leading with a .813 winning percentage in conference.


1962–63 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season, Season
UND played one more home game against the Winnipeg Maroons before heading out on an arduous road trip. Their first stop was in Houghton the following weekend where Michigan Tech was waiting to exact revenge. The Huskies stifled UND in both games, holding the Fighting Sioux to a single goal over the weekend and comfortably took both matches. Three days later North Dakota found themselves at altitude in Colorado where they played four games in five days against Denver and Colorado College. Denver too was able to pay the Fighting Sioux back with two home wins but CC fell in both games to give UND a good chance at earning a home playoff berth in the WCHA tournament.


1962–63 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season, Season
With Denver and MTU playing each other the following week all North Dakota had to do was take care of business at home against Minnesota and Michigan and they would be able to lock up home ice in at least the first round. UND barely won the two contests against Minnesota but the two wins allowed them to leapfrog the Golden Gophers and with Denver splitting its series with the Huskies North Dakota could earn the #1 seed with its only series against the league-worst Wolverines.


1962–63 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season, Season
With nothing left to lose Michigan fought back against the Fighting Sioux and tied the first game 2–2 before barely losing the second match 6–5. The mostly good weekend allowed North Dakota to finish 11–5–2 in league play, giving UND a .667 winning percentage which left them in a tie for first with Denver. North Dakota's first title since forming the WCHA allowed them to earn home ice in their first-round series against Michigan Tech but because Denver had more wins (12) North Dakota was only the second seed.


1962–63 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season, Season
For the second consecutive year the WCHA had altered the playoff format, making the first round a two-game total-goal series instead of a single-elimination match. While goaltender Joe Lech earned the team's only shutout of the season in the first game against the Huskies, UND could only manage 2 goals themselves. The slim margin was built upon swiftly the next night and North Dakota took the series easily with a 6–1 win. Unfortunately, right after the game the team had to travel almost a thousand miles to play Denver the following day. Despite the journey, the Fighting Sioux put up a fight against the Pioneers and sent the game into overtime tied 4–4 but it was Denver who came out on top.


1962–63 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season, Season
Due to finishing as the WCHA runner-up North Dakota was offered the second western seed and accepted the entry into the 1963 NCAA Tournament, their first appearance since winning the title in 1959. Ordinarily, UND would have played the winner of the ECAC Tournament but because an ongoing disagreement between the NCAA and the Ivy League about post-season participation Harvard declined their invitation. Instead, North Dakota was set to face ECAC runner-up Boston College at their home venue. While the partisan crowd hoped that the Eagles would be able to carry the day North Dakota swiftly dispatched BC, winning the game 8–2, and sending them to the championship against Denver.