1961–62 AHL season, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


1961–62 Aberdeen F.C. season
The 1961–62 season was Aberdeen's 49th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 51st season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish League Division One, Scottish League Cup, and the Scottish Cup


1961–62 Allsvenskan (men's handball)
The 1961–62 Allsvenskan was the 28th season of the top division of Swedish handball. 10 teams competed in the league. IK Heim won the league and claimed their fifth Swedish title. Örebro SK and Skövde AIK were relegated.


1961–62 Alpha Ethniki
The 1961–62 Alpha Ethniki was the 26th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 9 September 1961 and ended on 1 July 1962 with the play-off matches. Panathinaikos won their third consecutive and sixth Greek title.


1961–62 Alpha Ethniki
The point system was: Win: 3 points - Draw: 2 points - Loss: 1 point.


1961–62 American Soccer League
In the 1961–62 American Soccer League II, Ukrainian Nationals won the championship. After the season, Galicia-Honduras withdrew.


1961–62 American Soccer League, League standings
Errors in table: 61 total wins does not match 74 total losses!


1961–62 Arsenal F.C. season
During the 1961–62 English football season, Arsenal F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.


1961–62 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, NIT
League rules prevented ACC teams from playing in the NIT, 1954–1966


1961–62 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team
The 1961–62 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team represented Auburn University in the 1961–62 college basketball season. The team's head coach was Joel Eaves, who was in his thirteenth season at Auburn. The team played their home games at Auburn Sports Arena in Auburn, Alabama. They finished the season 18–6, 11–3 in SEC play.


1961–62 Austrian Hockey League season
The 1961–62 Austrian Hockey League season was the 32nd season of the Austrian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Austria. Seven teams participated in the league, and Wiener EV won the championship.


1961–62 Austrian Hockey League season, Regular season
(* One game not held, ** Four games not held.)


1961–62 Austrian football championship, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and FK Austria Wien won the championship.


1961–62 Belgian First Division, Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and R.S.C. Anderlecht won the championship.


1961–62 Belgian Hockey League season
The 1961–62 Belgian Hockey League season was the 42nd season of the Belgian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Belgium. Four teams participated in the league, and Brussels IHSC won the championship.


1961–62 Birmingham City F.C. season
The 1961–62 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 59th in the Football League and their 35th in the First Division. They finished in 17th position in the 22-team division. They entered the 1961–62 FA Cup in the third round proper and lost in that round to Tottenham Hotspur after a replay, and entered the League Cup at the first round, again losing their opening match after a replay, this time against Swindon Town. Birmingham lost in the final of the 1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in October 1961, and only a few weeks later, were eliminated from the 1961–62 competition in the second round by Espanyol. This was Birmingham's last appearance in major European competition for nearly 50 years.


1961–62 Birmingham City F.C. season
Twenty-five players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were eleven different goalscorers. Forward Mike Hellawell played in all 50 first-team matches over the season (half back Malcolm Beard missed only one), and Ken Leek and Jimmy Harris finished as joint leading goalscorers with 20 goals in all competitions; Leek was top scorer in league competition with 18 goals.


1961–62 Birmingham City F.C. season, 1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
The final of the 1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup took place in late September and mid-October 1961, when the first round of the 1961–62 competition was already under way. In the semi-final, Birmingham had beaten Inter Milan home and away; no other English club beat them in a competitive match in the San Siro until Arsenal did so in the Champions League more than 40 years later. Birmingham played in the final for the second consecutive season, having lost to Barcelona in 1960.


1961–62 Birmingham City F.C. season, 1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
In the first leg, missed chances and poor defending allowed Roma to take a two-goal lead at St Andrew's, but second-half goals from Mike Hellawell and Bryan Orritt, whose late equaliser came after Jimmy Harris's shot rebounded from the crossbar, took Birmingham into the second leg on level terms. In front of a large crowd in the Stadio Olimpico, Roma won 2–0 to take the trophy 4–2 on aggregate.


1961–62 Birmingham City F.C. season, 1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
As finalists in the previous season's competition, Birmingham were awarded a bye to the second round, in which they were drawn against Espanyol. They lost heavily in the first leg, in Barcelona, where Antonio Camps scored a hat-trick. They won the ill-tempered return leg 1–0 with a goal from Bertie Auld, but four players, including Birmingham's Jimmy Harris and Auld himself, were sent off.


1961–62 Blackpool F.C. season
The 1961–62 season was Blackpool F.C. 's 54th season (53rd consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the top tier of English football, finishing thirteenth.


1961–62 Blackpool F.C. season
Blackpool also made it to the semi-finals of the League Cup. They were eliminated by Norwich City 4–3 on aggregate. Norwich won 4–1 at Carrow Road; Blackpool won 2–0 at Bloomfield Road.


1961–62 Blackpool F.C. season
Ray Charnley was the club's top scorer for the fourth consecutive season, with 36 goals (30 in the league and six in the League Cup).


1961–62 Boston Bruins season
The 1961–62 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 38th season in the NHL. Earning 38 of a possible 140 points in the standings, the team's 0.271 points percentage was the worst in their history excluding their inaugural season in 1924-25, in which they captured 12 out of a possible 60 points (0.200). The team also endured a 20-game winless streak (16 losses and 4 ties) which included the entire month of February.


1961–62 Boston Celtics season
The 1961–62 NBA season was the Celtics' 16th season in the NBA. The Celtics defeated the Los Angeles Lakers to claim their fifth NBA Championship. They set new records with the most games won and the first NBA team to post 60 wins. Three years later, the Celtics would break this record with 62 wins in 1964–65 season.


1961–62 Boston Celtics season, Offseason, NBA Draft
The 1961 NBA Draft took place on March 27, 1961.


1961–62 Botola
The 1961–62 Botola is the 6th season of the Moroccan Premier League. FAR Rabat are the holders of the title.


1961–62 Bradford City A.F.C. season
The 1961–62 Bradford City A.F.C. season was the 49th in the club's history.


1961–62 Bradford City A.F.C. season
The club finished 5th in Division Four, reached the 3rd round of the FA Cup, and the 1st round of the League Cup.


1961–62 Bradford City A.F.C. season
During this season the club suffered a club record defeat against Colchester United, a league match away on 30 December 1961.


1961–62 Brentford F.C. season
During the 1961–62 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League Third Division. Financial cutbacks and a reduction in size of the playing squad led to Brentford's relegation to the Fourth Division for the first time in the club's history.


1961–62 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary, Off-season
After a number of seasons in which Brentford challenged and failed to win promotion from the Third Division with a wafer-thin squad, low attendances and a debt of over £50,000 meant that the 1961 off-season would be a period of turmoil.


1961–62 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary, Off-season
A threat of a players' strike in support of the removal of the maximum wage during the second half of the previous season was averted and it was revealed that the club had turned down £12,000 and £9,000 bids respectively for prolific strike partners Jim Towers and George Francis during the 1959–60 season – a period when the club was still confident of promotion from the Third Division. With those expectations dampened by mediocre performances in the 1960–61 season, up-and-coming outside left John Docherty was sold for £17,000 during the final months of the campaign. Towers and particularly Francis performed poorly by their standards during the 1960–61 season and consequently bids of a similar amount to that of the previous year failed to materialise.


1961–62 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary, Off-season
Future Nottingham Central MP Jack Dunnett joined the board in July 1961 and took over as chairman from Frank Davis three months later. For the first time since relegation to the Third Division South in 1953, Brentford conducted an end-of-season clearout in a bid to reduce the squad size and wage bill. Ken Horne, Billy Goundry, George Bristow, Dennis Heath and Eric Parsons, who had each made over 100 appearances for the club, were released, as were five other bit-part players.


1961–62 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary, Off-season
Most galling for the Brentford supporters was the sale of forwards Jim Towers and George Francis (who had accounted for 299 goals between them since 1954) to divisional and local rivals Queens Park Rangers for a combined £8,000 fee. £6,000 Cardiff City forward Brian Edgley was signed as a replacement and Ray Reeves and Jimmy Belcher were brought in to strengthen the back lines.


1961–62 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary, Off-season
The signings took the squad size to just 16 players, six of whom held a part-time status (Cakebread, Dargie, Gelson, Gitsham, Reeves and Ryecraft) and of those, two (Gelson and Ryecraft) were juniors who had yet to make their senior debuts. In addition, assistant trainer Jack Holliday (the club's record goalscorer) was sacked and trainer Fred Monk resigned in April 1962.


1961–62 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary, Season
Brentford had a dreadful start to the 1961–62 season, losing 8 of the first 9 matches in all competitions. The signing of £6,000 former England international forward Johnny Brooks in early September 1961 helped boost the team's morale enough for them to register their first point of the season on 9 September 1961, courtesy of a goalless draw with Southend United at Griffin Park. After another loss and the Bees' first two victories of the season, three successive defeats led manager Malky MacDonald to re-sign forward George Francis from Queens Park Rangers on 6 October.


1961–62 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary, Season
Francis' return helped inspire a victory over Swindon Town 24 hours later, courtesy of a Johnny Rainford goal. The FA Cup provided a welcome distraction from the league, in which Brentford were firmly rooted in the relegation zone. The Bees advanced to the third round of the FA Cup, taking high-flying Second Division club Leyton Orient to a replay before being knocked out. After the defeat, the board again reached for the chequebook and signed outside forward Micky Block from Chelsea for a £5,000 fee.


1961–62 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary, Season
Poor form in the opening months of 1962 failed to avert the relegation threat and a bid to buy back Jim Towers from Queens Park Rangers failed, but a run of three wins and one draw in late March and early April lifted Brentford to 21st, the club's highest position of the season so far. Of the following four matches, a victory, a draw and two defeats left the Bees' in 23rd place, with their destiny out of their own hands. Victory for 21st-place Barnsley over 20th-place Torquay United on 2 May ended the Bees' hopes of survival. Brentford's 9-year stay in the Third Division officially ended the following day after a 2–0 defeat to Hull City at Boothferry Park. The relegation completed a drop from the First Division in 1947 to the Fourth Division in 1962, a 15-year fall from grace.


1961–62 British Home Championship
The 1961–62 British Home Championship was a football competition played in the season preceding the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile, for which only England had qualified from the home nations. Although they were expected to do well in the World Cup, England suffered a poor home championship and were eventually dispatched from the World Cup by the eventual winner Brazil in the quarter finals.


1961–62 British Home Championship
The Home Championship began very well for Scotland, who in their first match scored a 6–1 defeat of Ireland in Belfast. England could not match this pace in their encounter with Wales who held them to a draw and became a contender for the title in the process. In the second game the Scots beat the Welsh 2–0 but England again failed to impress, again drawing 1–1 with the poor Irish.


1961–62 British Home Championship
In the final matches, Wales beat Ireland comprehensively with Mel Charles taking all four goals and achieving second position, whilst England played Scotland knowing that only a win would get them the title. In the event, the impressive Scots ran out 2–0 winners, taking the championship and achieving a rare whitewash of the other three teams.


1961–62 British Ice Hockey season
The 1961–62 British Ice Hockey season had no organised league structure for the second consecutive year.


1961–62 Bulgarian Cup
The 1961–62 Bulgarian Cup was the 22nd season of the Bulgarian Cup (in this period the tournament was named Cup of the Soviet Army). Botev Plovdiv won the competition, beating Dunav Ruse 3–0 in the final at the Vasil Levski National Stadium.


1961–62 Bulgarian Hockey League season
The 1961–62 Bulgarian Hockey League season was the 10th season of the Bulgarian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Bulgaria. Eight teams participated in the league, and Cerveno Zname Sofia won the championship.


1961–62 Calcio Padova season
During the 1961–62 Italian football season, Calcio Padova competed in the Serie A.


1961–62 Cardiff City F.C. season
The 1961–62 season was Cardiff City F.C. 's 35th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the first tier of English football, finishing twenty-first, suffering relegation to Division Two. The 1961–62 season remained the last time Cardiff City appeared in the top tier of the English league system until promotion to Premier League after the 2012–13 season.


1961–62 Cardiff City F.C. season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1961–62 Carlisle United F.C. season
For the 1961–62 season, Carlisle United F.C. competed in Football League Division Four.


1961–62 Celtic F.C. season
During the 1961–62 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in Scottish Division One.


1961–62 Challenge Cup
The 1961–62 Challenge Cup was the 61st staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.


1961–62 Challenge Cup, Final
Wakefield Trinity beat Huddersfield 12-6 in the Challenge Cup Final played at Wembley Stadium before a crowd of 81,263. This was Wakefield Trinity’s third Challenge Cup Final win in four Final appearances. Neil Fox, their centre, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance. This has been the only time in a Rugby League Challenge Cup Final that a place kick has not been converted. Fox dropped three goals for Wakefield Trinity, then worth two points each.


1961–62 Chester F.C. season
The 1961–62 season was the 24th season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.


1961–62 Chester F.C. season
Also, it was the fourth season spent in the Fourth Division after its creation. Alongside competing in the Football League the club also participated in the FA Cup, Football League Cup and the Welsh Cup.


1961–62 Chicago Black Hawks season
The 1961–62 Chicago Black Hawks season was the Hawks' 36th season in the NHL, and the club was coming off of a third-place finish in 1960–61, as they finished with a 29–24–17 record, earning 75 points, which was a franchise record, and the first time since 1946 that the Hawks had an over .500 record.


1961–62 Chicago Black Hawks season
During the off-season, the Black Hawks traded away team captain Ed Litzenberger to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for Gerry Melnyk and Brian Smith. Chicago also had some problems signing some of their players, as Stan Mikita, Reg Fleming, and Dollard St. Laurent all refused to sign their contracts, however, they all eventually came to terms. With Litzenberger traded away, the team named defenseman Pierre Pilote as the new captain.


1961–62 Chicago Black Hawks season
The defending champions started off the season slow, earning only one win in their first eleven games, as they had a record of 1–5–5, however, the team rebounded, and put together a 16–12–8 record in the next 36 games to get to the .500 level.


1961–62 Chicago Black Hawks season
The Black Hawks then got hot, as they then won six games in a row, followed shortly by a four-game winning streak, as the team managed to finish the season with a 31–26–13 record, tying a club record with 75 points, and setting a team record for wins in a season at 31, which was two more than the previous high of 29 set the previous season.


1961–62 Chicago Black Hawks season
Offensively, Chicago was led by Bobby Hull, who set a team record with 50 goals and 84 points. He became the third player in NHL history, Maurice Richard and Bernie Geoffrion were the others, to score 50 goals in a season. Hull's 84 points tied him with Andy Bathgate of the New York Rangers for the league lead, however, since Hull scored more goals, he was awarded the Art Ross Trophy.


1961–62 Chicago Black Hawks season
Stan Mikita emerged as an offensive force, breaking out with a team high 52 assists and 77 points, while Bill Hay also recorded 52 assists en route to a 63-point season. Pierre Pilote led the Hawks blueline, scoring 7 goals and 42 points, while tying Mikita and Eric Nesterenko for the most penalty minutes on the team, with 97.


1961–62 Chicago Black Hawks season
In goal, Glenn Hall once again played in all 70 games, setting a team record for wins with 31, and posting a 2.63 GAA, along with 9 shutouts.


1961–62 Chicago Black Hawks season
Chicago would face the Montreal Canadiens in the best of seven NHL semi-final for the fourth consecutive season. The Canadiens were once again heavily favored to defeat the Hawks, as they had an NHL best 98 points, which was 23 more than Chicago.


1961–62 Chicago Black Hawks season
Montreal opened the series off by winning the opening two games at the Montreal Forum by scores of 2–1 and 4–3 to take an early 2–0 series lead, however, as the series shifted over to Chicago Stadium, the Black Hawks took advantage, winning the next two games by scores of 4–1 and 5–3 to even up the series. The fifth game was back in Montreal, however, Chicago stayed hot, and narrowly defeated the Canadiens 4–3 to return home with a 3–2 series lead. The Hawks again took advantage of their home ice, shutting out the Canadiens 2–0, and eliminating Montreal for the second straight season, and earning a spot in the finals.


1961–62 Chicago Black Hawks season
Chicago would face the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1962 Stanley Cup Finals. The Leafs had a strong regular season, earning 85 points, and had defeated the fourth place New York Rangers to clinch a spot in the finals. The series opened at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, and much like their previous series against the Canadiens, the Black Hawks quickly found themselves down 2–0, as Toronto won the first two games by scores of 4–1 and 3–2.


1961–62 Chicago Black Hawks season
The next two games were held in Chicago, and the Black Hawks continued their home ice winning streak, taking the two games by scores of 3–0 and 4–1 to pull even. The clubs were back in Toronto for the fifth game, and it was the Maple Leafs easily beating Chicago 8–4 to take a 3–2 series lead. Toronto ended Chicago's five game home winning streak in the sixth game, holding off Chicago for a 2–1 win, and ending the Hawks chance of a second straight championship.


1961–62 Chicago Packers season
The 1961–62 NBA season was the Packers' 1st season in the NBA. It would also be their only season for the franchise under that name. They would be renamed the Chicago Zephyrs for the 1962–1963 season.


1961–62 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team
The 1961–62 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati won the Missouri Valley Conference regular season title and defended its national championship with a 71–59 defeat of top-ranked Ohio State before 18,469 at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. The head coach was Ed Jucker.


1961–62 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team, Awards and honors, National honors
Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year: Paul Hogue


1961–62 Cincinnati Royals season
The 1961/62 season was the Royals 14th season in the NBA and its fifth in Cincinnati. Oscar Robertson had a career season as he averaged a triple double on the season. All 5 starters on the Royals averaged double digits points per games as the team ended a 4-year playoff drought. The Royals had a record of 43–37 and the improving team finished in 2nd place. Despite that, the NBA team had real local competition for fans in The Queen City due to remarkably successful college teams there. The starting five of the team had improved, with Bob Boozer improving to join solid holdovers Oscar Robertson, Jack Twyman, Wayne Embry, Bucky Bockhorn. In the playoffs, the Royals dealt with injuries and would be defeated by the Detroit Pistons in 4 games.


1961–62 Colchester United F.C. season
The 1961–62 season was Colchester United's 20th season in their history and their first-ever season in the fourth tier of English football, the Fourth Division. Alongside competing in the Fourth Division, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the League Cup.


1961–62 Colchester United F.C. season
Colchester bounced back to the Third Division at the first time of asking, earning their first promotion in the club's history by finishing as runners–up. By the end of the campaign, Colchester trailed Millwall by just one point, winning 23 games and scoring 104 league goals with Bobby Hunt the division's top scorer. The club experienced their record victory during the season when they beat Bradford City 9–1 on 30 December.


1961–62 Colchester United F.C. season
In the cup competitions, first-round exits were experienced in both FA and League cups. Colchester were beaten at home to Crewe Alexandra in September in the League Cup, while it took Peterborough United three attempts to overcome Colchester in the FA Cup first round following a second replay.


1961–62 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
At the end of a very disappointing 1960–61 season, manager Benny Fenton cut his playing squad by ten players, with players including Neil Langman, Chic Milligan and Tommy Williams all released. The club was over £3,300 in debt, and so a fresh start required for the new season with a new, slimline squad. Just 17 players would be used in the new campaign, with eight of those playing over 40 of the 44 league games possible.


1961–62 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
The season started well for Colchester, unbeaten in their first nine league games and scoring 31 goals in the first eight home games to top the Fourth Division table.


1961–62 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
During Colchester's heaviest defeat of the season, a 5–0 reverse at York City, the 20-month old son of full back Tommy Millar drowned in a garden pond accident while Millar was playing in the game. This tragedy would also spell the end of Millar's Colchester career when he left to return to Scotland in early 1962. This coincided with a poor run of form and the club slipped to third in the table.


1961–62 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
On the back of a 4–1 Boxing Day defeat to Bradford City, Colchester set their record club victory in the return fixture at Layer Road on 30 December. Both Bobby Hunt and strike–partner Martyn King scored four goals each, with Bobby Hill scoring the other as Colchester ran out 9–1 winners. A 4–0 victory at Accrington Stanley saw United regain the top spot from Wrexham, but just a few weeks later, Accrington folded and Colchester's 3–2 and 4–0 wins were expunged.


1961–62 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
Defeats to Millwall and Wrexham cost Colchester the championship. Millwall took the title by one point as United finished runners-up with eleven away defeats proving costly. Of the record 104 goals scored in the league during the season, 78 came at home, while Martyn King broke his seasonal record by scoring 31 league goals only to be surpassed by Bobby Hunt with 38, a new club record. Hunt scored three hat-tricks on his way to his tally of 38 with two of those four goal hauls.


1961–62 Colchester United F.C. season, Squad statistics, Player debuts
Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.


1961–62 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team
The 1961–62 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1961–62 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 16–8 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Yankee Conference, where they ended the season with a 7–3 record. The Huskies played their home games at Hugh S. Greer Field House in Storrs, Connecticut, and were led by sixteenth-year head coach Hugh Greer.


1961–62 Copa del Generalísimo
The 1961–62 Copa del Generalísimo was the 60th staging of the Spanish Cup. The competition began on 12 November 1961 and ended on 8 July 1962 with the final.


1961–62 Coppa Italia
The 1961–62 Coppa Italia was the 15th Coppa Italia, the major Italian domestic cup. The competition was won by Napoli, who defeated SPAL in a one-legged final played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.


1961–62 Coupe de France
The Coupe de France's results of the 1961–62 season. AS Saint-Étienne won the final played on May 13, 1962, beating FC Nancy.


1961–62 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team
The 1961–62 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team represented Creighton University during the 1961–62 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bluejays, led by third year head coach John J. 'Red' McManus, played their home games at the Omaha Civic Auditorium. They finished the season 21-5. The Creighton Bluejays earned a bid into the 1962 NCAA Tournament where they defeated Memphis State in the Midwest Region Quarterfinals round before falling in the Midwest Region Semifinals to the #2 ranked, and eventual 1962 National Champion, Cincinnati Bearcats. The Bluejays defeated Texas Tech in the Midwest Region Third Place game.


1961–62 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team
Before the season started, Red appeared before the Quarterback Club in Omaha and with his first words stated that Creighton was going to a post season tournament. A majority of the people felt that McManus had a fatal case of over-optimism. The previous year's 8-17 record was far from good. McManus worked tirelessly to turn Creighton into a basketball power. He utilized sharp recruiting and tough coaching to put the Bluejays back on the road to fame. The hard work paid off. Sophomore Paul Silas would blossom into a force in the middle, leading the nation in rebounding for the 1961–62 and 1962-63 seasons.


1961–62 Cuban National Series
The inaugural season of the Cuban National Series was won by Occidentales, composed largely of players from Pinar del Río.


1961–62 Cuban National Series
In 1961, the post-revolutionary government outlawed professional sports, including the Cuban League, a small professional baseball league. The Cuban national baseball system was formed, with the Cuban National Series as its main competition.


1961–62 Cupa României
The 1961–62 Cupa României was the 24th edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition.


1961–62 Cupa României
The title was won by Steaua București against Rapid București.


1961–62 Cupa României, Format
In the first round proper, two pots were made, first pot with Divizia A teams and other teams till 16 and the second pot with the rest of teams qualified in this phase. Each tie is played as a single leg.


1961–62 Cupa României, Format
First round proper matches are played on the ground of the lowest ranked team, then from the second round proper the matches are played on a neutral location.


1961–62 Cupa României, Format
If a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the game goes in extra time, and if the scored is still tight after 120 minutes, then a replay will be played. In case the game is still tight after the replay, then the team from lower division will qualify for the next round.


1961–62 Cupa României, Format
From the first edition, the teams from Divizia A entered in competition in sixteen finals, rule which remained till today.


1961–62 Cypriot Cup
The 1961–62 Cypriot Cup was the 20th edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 23 clubs entered the competition. It began with the first round and concluded on 17 June 1962 with the final which was held at GSP Stadium. Anorthosis won their 3rd Cypriot Cup trophy after beating Olympiakos 5–2 in the final.


1961–62 Cypriot Cup, Format
In the 1961–62 Cypriot Cup, participated the teams of the Cypriot First Division and the teams of the Cypriot Second Division.


1961–62 Cypriot Cup, Format
The competition consisted of five knock-out rounds. In all rounds each tie was played as a single leg and was held at the home ground of the one of the two teams, according to the draw results. Each tie winner was qualifying to the next round. If a match was drawn, extra time was following. If extra time was drawn, there was a replay match.


1961–62 Cypriot First Division
Statistics of the Cypriot First Division for the 1961–62 season.


1961–62 Cypriot First Division, Overview
It was contested by 13 teams, and Anorthosis Famagusta FC won the championship.


1961–62 Cypriot Second Division
The 1961–62 Cypriot Second Division was the 8th season of the Cypriot second-level football league. Panellinios Limassol won their 1st title.


1961–62 Cypriot Second Division, Format
Ten teams participated in the 1961–62 Cypriot Second Division. The league was split to three geographical groups, depending from Districts of Cyprus each participated team came from. All teams of a group played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season crowned group champions. The winners of each group were playing against each other in the final phase of the competition and the winner were the champions of the Second Division.


1961–62 Czechoslovak Extraliga season
The 1961–62 Czechoslovak Extraliga season was the 19th season of the Czechoslovak Extraliga, the top level of ice hockey in Czechoslovakia. 12 teams participated in the league, and Ruda Hvezda Brno won the championship.


1961–62 Czechoslovak First League, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and Dukla Prague won the championship. Adolf Scherer was the league's top scorer with 24 goals.


1961–62 Czechoslovak First League, League standings
Spartak ZJŠ Brno qualified for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup from a lower division.


1961–62 DDR-Oberliga
The 1961–62 DDR-Oberliga was the 13th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany. It was the first season played in the traditional autumn-spring format again after the Oberliga had played for six seasons from 1955 to 1960 in the calendar year format instead, modelled on the system used in the Soviet Union. The league was played as a triple round with a home-and-away round and an additional round of games at neutral venues to allow for an earlier start.


1961–62 DDR-Oberliga
The league was contested by fourteen teams. National People's Army club ASK Vorwärts Berlin won the championship, the club's second consecutive one and third overall, eventually winning six national East German championships overall. On the strength of the 1961–62 title Vorwärts qualified for the 1962–63 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Dukla Prague in the preliminary round. Eleventh-placed club SC Chemie Halle qualified for the 1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winner and was knocked out by OFK Beograd in the preliminary round as well.


1961–62 DDR-Oberliga
Arthur Bialas of SC Empor Rostock was the league's top scorer with 23 goals.


1961–62 DDR-Oberliga
The 1961–62 season saw the third-most games played in an Oberliga season, 273. Only 1950–51 and 1951–52 had there been more, 306 and 342, when the league consisted of 18 and 19 clubs. The season also saw the lowest-ever average attendance with 8,088 per match.


1961–62 DDR-Oberliga, Table
The 1961–62 season saw two newly promoted clubs, SC Turbine Erfurt and BSG Lokomotive Stendal.


1961–62 DDR-Oberliga (ice hockey) season
The 1961–62 DDR-Oberliga season was the 14th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the top level of ice hockey in East Germany. Eight teams participated in the league, and SG Dynamo Weißwasser won the championship.


1961–62 DFB-Pokal
The 1961–62 DFB-Pokal was the 19th season of the annual German football cup competition. It began on 28 July 1962 and ended on 29 August 1962. 16 teams competed in the tournament of four rounds. In the final 1. FC Nürnberg defeated Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–1 after extra time.


1961–62 Danish 1. division season
The 1961–62 Danish 1. division season was the fifth season of ice hockey in Denmark. Four teams participated in the league, and KSF Copenhagen won the championship.


1961–62 Detroit Pistons season
The 1961-62 NBA season was the Pistons' 14th season in the NBA and fifth season in the city of Detroit.


1961–62 Detroit Red Wings season
The 1961–62 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 36th season.


1961–62 Detroit Red Wings season, Player statistics, Regular season
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average;  SO = Shutouts;


1961–62 Divizia A
The 1961–62 Divizia A was the forty-fourth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.


1961–62 Divizia A, Champion squad
Goalkeepers: Ilie Datcu (20 / 0); Iuliu Uțu (8 / 0). Defenders: Cornel Popa (24 / 0); Ion Nunweiller (26 / 3); Dumitru Ivan (26 / 0); Nicolae Panait (1 / 0). Midfielders:  Ilie Constantinescu (11 / 0); Vasile Alexandru (15 / 3); Lică Nunweiller (18 / 0); Constantin Ștefan (16 / 0); Mircea Stoenescu (1 / 0).


1961–62 Divizia A, Champion squad
Forwards: Ion Pîrcălab (24 / 7); Constantin Frățilă (19 / 5); Gheorghe Ene (20 / 19); Ion Țîrcovnicu (20 / 5); Iosif Varga (15 / 4); Haralambie Eftimie (16 / 11); Constantin David (20 / 4); Tănase Dumitrescu (1 / 0); Aurel Unguroiu (5 / 0); Vasile Anghel (5 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)


1961–62 Divizia B
The 1961–62 Divizia B was the 22nd season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.


1961–62 Divizia B
The format has been maintained to three series, each of them having 14 teams. At the end of the season the winners of the series promote to Divizia A and the last two places from each series relegate to Regional Championship.


1961–62 Divizia B, Team changes, Excluded teams
Dinamo Săsar disbanded at the end of the previous season.


1961–62 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
The 1961–62 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel Institute of Technology during the 1961–62 men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 10th year head coach Samuel Cozen, played their home games at Sayre High School and were members of the College–Southern division of the Middle Atlantic Conferences (MAC).


1961–62 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
The 1961–62 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University in the 1961–62 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Vic Bubas and the team finished the season with an overall record of 20–5.


1961–62 Duleep Trophy
The 1961–62 Duleep Trophy was the first season of the Duleep Trophy, a first-class cricket tournament contested by five zonal teams of India: Central Zone, East Zone, North Zone, South Zone and West Zone.


1961–62 Duleep Trophy
West Zone won the title, defeating South Zone in the final.


1961–62 Dumbarton F.C. season
The 1961–62 season was the 78th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. In addition Dumbarton competed in the Stirlingshire Cup.


1961–62 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish Second Division
Following six seasons of top half finishes in the league, season 1961–62 was to prove disastrous, with Dumbarton slumping to finish in 17th place with 28 points, 26 behind champions Clyde.


1961–62 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish League Cup
The League Cup sectional ties produced only one win from six games, resulting in no further interest in the competition.


1961–62 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish Cup
Dumbarton embarrassingly lost out in the second round of the Cup to Highland League opponents Ross County, having received a first round bye.


1961–62 Dumbarton F.C. season, Stirlingshire Cup
Dumbarton lost out to East Stirling in the semi final of the county cup.


1961–62 Dumbarton F.C. season, Player statistics, International Caps
John Neeson earned his first and second caps playing for Scotland Amateurs against Wales on 3 March and England on 16 March respectively.


1961–62 Dumbarton F.C. season, Player statistics, Transfers
Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following:


1961–62 Dumbarton F.C. season, Reserve team
Dumbarton played a team in the Combined Reserve League, but results were poor – finishing 7th and last in the first series with 1 win and 1 draw from 12 matches – and 5th in the second series with 3 wins and 3 draws from 12. In the Scottish Second XI Cup, Dumbarton lost in the first round to Celtic.


1961–62 Dundee F.C. season
The 1961–62 season was the 60th season of competitive football played by Dundee. Dundee finished in first place in Division One, winning their first (and to date only) Scottish League Championship. A 20-game unbeaten streak (17 of those being wins, 10 consecutive) served as the backbone for the Dark Blues most successful season ever. Dundee wrapped up the title in the final game of the season at Muirton Park, home of local rivals St Johnstone. In a triumphant day for those in dark blue, Alan Gilzean scored twice and Andy Penman got one of his own to ensure a comfortable 0–3 victory, simultaneously relegating St Johnstone and confirming Dundee as champions.


1961–62 Dundee F.C. season, Match results
Dundee played a total of 41 competitive matches during the 1961–62 season.


1961–62 Dundee F.C. season, Squad and statistics, First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1961–62 Dundee United F.C. season
The 1961–62 season was the 54th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1961 to 30 June 1962. United finished in tenth place in the First Division.


1961–62 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results
Dundee United played a total of 41 competitive matches during the 1961–62 season.


1961–62 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results, Legend
All results are written with Dundee United's score first. Own goals in italics


1961–62 EPHL season
The 1961–62 Eastern Professional Hockey League season was the third season of the Eastern Professional Hockey League, a North American minor professional league. Six teams participated in the regular season, and the Hull-Ottawa Canadians were the league champions.


1961–62 Eerste Divisie
The Dutch Eerste Divisie for the 1961/1962 season was contested by 36 teams. It was the last time the Eerste Divisie was divided into two groups, as next season there would only be one division of sixteen teams: this meant that many teams were relegated to the Tweede Divisie. Heracles won the championship after a play-off against Fortuna Vlaardingen and were promoted to the Eredivisie.


1961–62 Egyptian Premier League
The 1961–62 Egyptian Premier League, was the 12th season of the Egyptian Premier League, the top Egyptian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. The season started on 6 October 1961 and concluded on 22 April 1962. Al Ahly managed to win the league for the eleventh time in the club's history.


1961–62 Egyptian Premier League, League Table
(C)= Champions, (R)= Relegated, Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; ± = Goal difference; Pts = Points.


1961–62 Eintracht Frankfurt season
The 1961–62 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 62nd season in the club's football history. In Oberliga Süd the club played in the Oberliga Süd, then one of many top tiers of German football. It was the club's 17th season in the Oberliga Süd. Eintracht finished the league as runners-up. In the German Championship Qualifiers the Eagles finished as 2nd.


1961–62 Eredivisie
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1961–62 season was contested by 18 teams. Feijenoord won the championship.


1961–62 European Cup
The 1961–62 European Cup was the seventh season of the European Cup. The competition was won by Benfica for the second time in a row, beating Real Madrid 5–3 in the final at the Olympisch Stadion in Amsterdam.


1961–62 European Cup
Malta entered its champion for the first time this season.


1961–62 European Cup, Preliminary round
The draw for the preliminary round took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Tuesday, 4 July 1961. As title holders, Benfica received a bye, and the remaining 28 teams were grouped geographically into two pots. The first team drawn in each pot also received a bye, while the remaining clubs would play the first round in September.


1961–62 European Cup, Preliminary round
The calendar was decided by the involved teams, with all matches to be played by 30 September.


1961–62 European Cup, Preliminary round
1 The second leg was scratched and Vorwärts Berlin were advanced to the first round as Linfield were unable to arrange an alternate venue after UK immigration officials refused to issue the Vorwärts team visas to enter the country.


1961–62 European Cup, First round, Second leg
The Rangers-Vorwärts tie was scheduled to be played at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow, but was moved to the Malmö Stadion in Malmö, Sweden after the East German club were again refused visas to enter the UK. The original match in Malmö was abandoned due to heavy fog with Rangers leading 1–0, and the match was replayed the following morning.


1961–62 European Cup, Quarter-finals
1 Real Madrid beat Juventus 3–1 in a play-off to qualify for the semi-finals.


1961–62 European Cup, Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1961–62 European Cup (including preliminary round) are as follows:


1961–62 European Cup (handball)
The 1961–62 European Cup was the fourth edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament.


1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup
The 1961–62 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup club football tournament was won by Atlético Madrid of Spain in a replayed final against holders Fiorentina. It was the first season of the tournament to be directly organised by UEFA.


1961–62 Everton F.C. season
During the 1961–62 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.


1961–62 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


1961–62 FA Cup
The 1961–62 FA Cup was the 81st staging of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Tottenham Hotspur won the competition for the fourth time, beating Burnley 3–1 in the final at Wembley. In doing so, they became the first team to retain the FA Cup since Newcastle United's victory in 1952, and the fourth team ever to do so.


1961–62 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. 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.


1961–62 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 (except Walthamstow Avenue and West Auckland Town , who given byes to this round). Matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 4 November 1961, although three games were not played until the midweek fixture. Nine were drawn and went to replays, with one fixture requiring a second replay.


1961–62 FA Cup, Results, Second round
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 25 November 1961. Four matches were drawn, with replays taking place later the same week.


1961–62 FA Cup, Results, Third round
The 44 First and Second Division clubs entered the competition at this stage. The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 6 January 1962, with seven matches postponed until later dates. Ten matches were drawn and went to replays, with two of these requiring a second replay.


1961–62 FA Cup, Results, Fourth round
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 27 January 1962, with three Lancashire-based games postponed until the midweek fixtures. Five matches were drawn and went to replays, which were all played in the following midweek match.


1961–62 FA Cup, Results, Fifth Round
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 17 February 1962. Two matches went to replays in the following mid-week fixtures, with the Liverpool–Preston North End game requiring a second replay (at Old Trafford) before the tie was settled.


1961–62 FA Cup, Results, Sixth Round
The four quarter-final ties were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 10 March 1962. Two matches went to replays on the 14th before being settled.


1961–62 FA Cup, Results, Semi-finals
The semi-final matches were played on Saturday, 31 March 1962 with a replay being required between Burnley and Fulham on Monday, 9 April 1962. Tottenham and Burnley came through the semi final round to meet at Wembley.


1961–62 FA Cup, Results, Final
The 1962 FA Cup Final took place on 5 May 1962 at Wembley Stadium and was won by Tottenham Hotspur over Burnley, by a 3–1 scoreline. Due to the lack of passion and excitement, replaced by patience and cautious play, the final was dubbed "The Chessboard Final". Tottenham took to the field as holders, having won the League and FA Cup Double in 1961.


1961–62 FA Cup qualifying rounds
The FA Cup 1961–62 is the 81st 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.


1961–62 FA Cup qualifying rounds, 4th qualifying round
The teams that given byes to this round are Gateshead, Crook Town, Bishop Auckland, Wycombe Wanderers, Yeovil Town, Hereford United, South Shields, Worcester City, Oxford United, King's Lynn, Guildford City, Chelmsford City, Rhyl, Blyth Spartans, Margate, Bath City, Wisbech Town, Salisbury, Ashford Town (Kent), Kettering Town, Scarborough, Weymouth, Bridgwater Town and Hastings United


1961–62 FA Cup qualifying rounds, 1961–62 FA Cup
See 1961-62 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the First Round Proper onwards.


1961–62 FAI Cup
The FAI Cup 1961–62 was the 41st edition of Ireland's premier cup competition, The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. The tournament began on 18 February 1962 and concluded on 28 April with the final held at Dalymount Park, Dublin. An official attendance of 32,000 people watched Shamrock Rovers win their 14th FAI Cup title by defeating local rivals and League Champions Shelbourne 4-1.


1961–62 FAI Cup, Notes
A.   Attendances were calculated using gate receipts which limited their accuracy as a large proportion of people, particularly children, attended football matches in Ireland throughout the 20th century for free by a number of means.


1961–62 FC Basel season
The 1961–62 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 68th season in their existence. It was their 16th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football following their promotion from the Nationalliga B the season 1945–46. They played their home games in the Landhof, in the Wettstein Quarter in Kleinbasel. Ernst Weber was the club's chairman for the third consecutive season.


1961–62 FC Basel season, Overview, Pre-season
The former Czechoslovak footballer Jiří Sobotka was appointed as Basel's new team manager. Sobotka had been manager for La Chaux-de-Fonds from 1946 to 1959 and during this time had won the championship twice and the cup competition five times. He was manager for Feyenoord from 1959 to 1961 and had won the Dutch League with them in the season before he was hired by Basel. A number of older players left the squad. But quite a few new youngster were brought in to cover these empty places and Sobotka was well known for his work with the younger players.


1961–62 FC Basel season, Overview, Pre-season
In fact all the new youngsters that joined the club lived within just a few minutes bus or tram ride from the Landhof stadium: Heinz Blumer lived in Reinach and advanced up from the junior team, local man Peter Füri joined the club from La Chaux-de-Fonds,  Markus Pfirter joined from Concordia Basel, Otto Ludwig returned from Old Boys, Roland Denicola lived in Allschwil, René Burri in Birsfelden, Wilfried Fritz in Kandern and Hans-Ruedi Günthardt lived in Basel.


1961–62 FC Basel season, Overview, Pre-season
Basel played a total of 44 games this season. Of these 44 matches 26 were in the domestic league, four were in the Swiss Cup, six were in the newly formed International Football Cup and eight were friendly matches. Of these eight friendly games four were played at home and four away from home. Four games ended in a victory, three were drawn and one ended in a defeat. The friendly match against 1. FC Köln at the end of the season was one of the highlights of these test games, it ended in a 4–4 draw.


1961–62 FC Basel season, Overview, Pre-season
This was the farewell game for Josef Hügi who was moving on to play for Zürich the following season. René Burri, Roberto Frigerio twice and Hügi himself scored the goals for Basel. Karl-Heinz Thielen, Christian Müller, Breuer and Helmut Benthaus scored the goals for Köln. 14,000 spectators paid their entrance tickets to see the game, much needed money because the club was suffering under a bad financial situation at that time. An interesting point to note was the contact that was made between the club's chairmann, Ernst Weber, and the scorer of the final goal of the match, Benthaus. This contact would come in handy a few years later.


1961–62 FC Basel season, Overview, International Football Cup
Basel were appointed as one of four Swiss representatives in the newly founded IFC. The  1961–62 International Football Cup took place during the summer break. Basel played in Group B4 together with Sparta Rotterdam, IF Elfsborg and SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin but finished the group in the bottom position.


1961–62 FC Basel season, Overview, Domestic league
Fourteen teams contested the 1960–61 Nationalliga A, these were the top 12 teams from the previous season and the two newly promoted teams Lugano and Schaffhausen. The Championship was played in a double round-robin, the champions were to be qualified for 1962–63 European Cup and the last two teams in the table were to be relegated. The team played a mediocre season, but not much more was expected from the young team, manager Jiří Sobotka was forming the team for the future seasons.


1961–62 FC Basel season, Overview, Domestic league
Basel finished the season in the mid-field region of the league table in 7th position with 28 points, 12 points behind Servette who won the championship for the second time in a row. Basel won ten games, drew eight and were defeated eight times. Youngster Markus Pfirter was the team's top league goal scorer with nine goals and oldie Josef Hügi scored eight times that season.


1961–62 FC Basel season, Overview, Swiss Cup
Basel entered the Swiss Cup in the third principal round. They were drawn at home against third tier club SR Delémont. Despite being 0–2 in arrear early in the game, they came back to win 3–2. In the fourth round they faced fourth tier local club FC Breite, with ex-FCB player Hans Hügi (who had retired from active football) in another home game. Older brother Hügi (I) defended against younger brother Hügi (II), but younger brother won the duel and scored two of the goals as Basel won 3–0 to continue to the next round. In the fifth round Basel won due to an own goal against Zürich, but in the quarter-final they were defeated by Bellinzona, who continued to the final, but here they were defeated by cup winners Lausanne-Sport after extra time.


1961–62 FC Basel season, Players
The following is the list of the Basel first team squad during the 1961–62 season. The list includes players that were in the squad on the day that the Nationalliga A season started on 20 August 1961 but subsequently left the club after that date.


1961–62 FC Basel season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1961–62 FC Dinamo București season
The 1961–62 season was Dinamo București's 13th season in Divizia A. Dinamo won their second championship, ending the season with 36 points, three more than the second ranked, Petrolul Ploieşti. Gheorghe Ene is again ranked in the top three leading scorers, with 19 goals.


1961–62 FC Dinamo București season
The success came in spite of the manager changes: Traian Ionescu managed the team in the first part of the championship, Constantin Teaşcă replaced him in the beginning of the second part and Dumitru Nicolae "Nicuşor" ended the season.


1961–62 FC Dinamo București season, Squad
Goalkeepers: Ilie Datcu (20 / 0); Iuliu Uțu (8 / 0). Defenders: Cornel Popa (24 / 0); Ion Nunweiller (26 / 3); Dumitru Ivan (26 / 0); Nicolae Panait (1 / 0). Midfielders:  Ilie Constantinescu (11 / 0); Vasile Alexandru (15 / 3); Lică Nunweiller (18 / 0); Constantin Ștefan (16 / 0); Mircea Stoenescu (1 / 0).


1961–62 FC Dinamo București season, Squad
Forwards: Ion Pîrcălab (24 / 7); Constantin Frățilă (19 / 5); Gheorghe Ene (20 / 19); Ion Țîrcovnicu (20 / 5); Iosif Varga (15 / 4); Haralambie Eftimie (16 / 11); Constantin David (20 / 4); Tănase Dumitrescu (1 / 0); Aurel Unguroiu (5 / 0); Vasile Anghel (5 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)


1961–62 FC Dinamo București season, Transfers
The main transfers made by Dinamo were Ion Pîrcălab (from UTA), Aurel Unguroiu (from CSMS Iaşi). Debuts: Ilie Datcu, Constantin Ştefan. Gheorghe Cosma (to Progresul), Mircea Sasu and Selymesi (both to UTA) left Dinamo.


1961–62 FC Steaua București season
The 1961–62 season was FC Steaua București's 14th season since its founding in 1947.


1961–62 FC Steaua București season
For this season, the club's name changed once again, after 11 years under the name CCA, it changed to CSA Steaua București (Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua – Army Sports Club Steaua), shorted as Steaua București. This name marks the club's history, under which it makes great performances though becoming one of the Europe's grands.


1961–62 FIBA European Champions Cup
The 1961–62 FIBA European Champions Cup season was the fifth season of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by Dinamo Tbilisi, after they beat Real Madrid, in the first ever single game EuroLeague Final, by a result of 90–83, in Geneva, Switzerland. For the first time, only one finals game was played, on a neutral court, due to the unstable political situation at the time.


1961–62 FIBA European Champions Cup, Competition system
European national domestic league champions, plus the then current FIBA European Champions Cup title holders only, playing in a tournament system. The Final was a single game, played on a neutral court.


1961–62 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup
The 1961–62 Women's Basketball European Cup was the fourth edition of the competition. Daugava Riga won its third trophy in a row, beating SKA Leningrad in the final. It was the first time the final was played by two teams from the same championship; Daugava and SKA were respectively the champion and runner-up of the 1961 Soviet Championship. This was unparalleled throughout the European Cup era.


1961–62 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup
Austria, Hungary, Israel and Turkey took part in the competition for the first time. In addition Yugoslavia returned after a one-year absence. For the first time two African teams played the competition, as in addition to Morocco's Sportif Casablancais Portugal was represented by Benfica de Lubango from Portuguese Angola. Due to the increase in the number of contestants, the defending champion entered the competition in the quarter-finals instead of the semi-finals.


1961–62 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup
As the competition reached 16 teams the two qualifying rounds from the previous season were merged into a Round of 16. However, since Daugava Riga received a bye 15 teams were left to play seven ties, so a triangular was arranged between Benfica de Lubango, Medina La Coruña and Sportif Casablancais in La Coruña.


1961–62 FK Partizan season
The 1961–62 season was the 16th season in FK Partizan's existence. This article shows player statistics and matches that the club played during the 1961–62 season.


1961–62 FK Partizan season, Players, Squad information
player (league matches/league goals)Velibor Vasović (22/2)Milutin Šoškić (22/0) (goalkeeper)Milan Galić (21/7)Fahrudin Jusufi (21/0)Vladica Kovačević (19/15)Milan Vukelić (17/6)Joakim Vislavski (17/3)Velimir Sombolac (17/0)Lazar Radović (16/2)Branislav Mihajlović (16/0)Zvezdan Čebinac (14/3)Milorad Milutinović (12/0)Radivoj Ognjanović (9/1)Dragoslav Jovanović (8/0)Ljubomir Mihajlović (6/0)Dragomir Slišković (4/1)Ivan Rajić (3/1)Miodrag Petrović (3/0)Vladimir Petrović (3/0)Bruno Belin (2/0)Mustafa Hasanagić (1/0)


1961–62 Football League
The 1961–62 season was the 63rd completed season of The Football League.


1961–62 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.


1961–62 Football League, Final league tables
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.


1961–62 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.


1961–62 Football League Cup
The 1961–62 Football League Cup was the second season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The competition began on 11 September 1961, and ended with the two-legged final on 26 April and 1 May 1962.


1961–62 Football League Cup
The tournament was won by Norwich City, who beat Rochdale 4–0 on aggregate over two legs. Norwich won the first leg 3–0 away at Spotland, thanks to goals from Derrick Lythgoe (2) and Punton. In the second leg at Carrow Road, Jimmy Hill  scored to give Norwich a 1–0 win on the night and a 4–0 aggregate victory.


1961–62 Football League Cup
Match dates and results were initially drawn from Soccerbase, and they were later checked against Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71.


1961–62 Football League Cup, Final
The final was played over two legs. The first leg was held at Spotland, Rochdale on 26 April 1962, and the second leg was held at Carrow Road, Norwich, on 1 May 1962.


1961–62 Football League Cup, Final
Rochdale: Burgin — Milburn, Winton, Bodell, Aspden, James Thompson, Wragg, Hepton, Bimpson, Cairns, Whitaker.


1961–62 Football League Cup, Final
Norwich City: Kennon — McCrohan, Ashman, Burton, Barry Butler, Mullett, Mannion, Lythgoe, Scott, James Hill, Punton.


1961–62 Football League Cup, Final
Rochdale: Burgin — Milburn, Winton, Bodell, Aspden, James Thompson, Whyke, Joe Richardson, Bimpson, Cairns, Whitaker.


1961–62 Football League Cup, Final
Norwich City  won the League Cup final 4–0 on aggregate.


1961–62 Football League First Division
Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1961-62 season.


1961–62 Football League First Division, Overview
Ipswich Town won the First Division title for the first time in the club's history that season.


1961–62 Four Hills Tournament
Eino Kirjonen became the third Finnish tournament winner at the tenth annual Four Hills Tournament. Against tradition, Innsbruck was the second single event, switching with Garmisch-Partenkirchen, which was held third.


1961–62 Four Hills Tournament, Participating nations and athletes
The teams from Czechoslovakia and East Germany did not participate in Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen for political reasons.


1961–62 Four Hills Tournament, Results, Bischofshofen
In the overall lead ever since his dominating victory at the tournament's first event in Oberstdorf, Eino Kirjonen was 19.8 points in the lead before the final. In Bischofshofen, Kirjonen finished 12th. None of his closest pursuers, however, achieved a top result either (Silvennoinen 14th, Lindquist 24th, Schamov 10th). This allowed Bischofshofen victor Willi Egger to jump up from 9th to 2nd place in the overall ranking.


1961–62 French Division 1
Stade de Reims won Division 1 season 1961/1962 of the French Association Football League with 48 points.


1961–62 French Division 1, Final table
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1962/1963


1961–62 French Division 2, Overview
It was contested by 19 teams, and Grenoble won the championship.


1961–62 French Rugby Union Championship
The 1961-62 French Rugby Union Championship was contested by 56 teams divided in 7 pools.


1961–62 French Rugby Union Championship
The four first teams of each pool and the better fourclassified fifth were qualified for the "last 32".


1961–62 French Rugby Union Championship
Le Agen won the Championship 1961-62 after beating the Béziers in the final.


1961–62 French Rugby Union Championship, Context
The Challenge Yves du Manoir was won by Mont-de-Marsan that beat Pau par 14 - 9.


1961–62 French Rugby Union Championship, Semifinals
The two finalistes de 1960-61 were qualified for the semifinals, Béziers won the match for number of tries scored.


1961–62 Galatasaray S.K. season
The 1961–62 season was Galatasaray's 58th in existence and the 4th 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.


1961–62 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
The 1961–62 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1961–62 NCAA University Division college basketball season. Tommy O'Keefe coached them in his second 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.. The team finished with a record of 14-9 and had no post-season play.


1961–62 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Sophomore guard Jim Christy joined the team as point guard this season. Early in the season he scored 25 points against VMI in the Richmond Invitational Tournament and was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. He scored on a layup with five seconds left in overtime to defeat Seton Hall, and he had big games against George Washington and Rhode Island and in an upset of highly regarded Niagara.


1961–62 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Senior center Bob Sharpenter scored 25 points against Fairfield, had a combined 44 points and 32 rebounds during the two games of the Richmond Invitational, and had 17 points and 13 rebounds against Seton Hall. On February 7, 1962, he had one of the top performances in Georgetown history in the game against St. Joseph's, shooting 16-for-28 from the field to score a Georgetown-record 40 points and grabbing 17 rebounds.


1961–62 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Before the season ended, he went on to score 32 points and pull down 11 rebounds in the upset of Niagara, have a 27-point, 22-rebound performance against New York University, and score 30 points and get 18 rebounds against Rhode Island. He led the Hoyas in scoring and rebounding for the season and was named the team's Most Valuable Player.


1961–62 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
A good outside shooter, senior guard Jim Carrino shot 48% from the field for the season, the highest average on the team. He scored a career-high 30 points against Maryland, 22 in the upset of Niagara, and 25 in the season finale against Saint Peter's.


1961–62 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Senior forward and team captain Paul "Tag" Tagliabue missed the December 15, 1961, game against Manhattan at Madison Square Garden in New York City to participate as a finalist in the Rhodes Scholarship competition. He averaged 11.3 points per game, with highs of 18 points against George Washington and 13 rebounds against St. Joseph's. He ended his collegiate career as one of Georgetown's great rebounders, second in history in both number of rebounds and average rebounds per game.


1961–62 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The team played a then-record five overtime games during the season, winning four of them. It finished the season with a record of 14-9, the greatest number of wins by a Georgetown men's basketball team since the 1951-52 season, but not enough to earn it an invitation to a post-season tournament. It was not ranked in the Top 20 in the Associated Press Poll or Coaches' Poll at any time.


1961–62 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
A school-record eight seniors graduated from the team after the end of this season, including every starter except Jim Christy. The departing players had been responsible for 79.9% of the team's scoring. The next season would be a rebuilding year.


1961–62 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.


1961–62 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Roster
Senior forward and team captain Paul Tagliabue later became Commissioner of the National Football League.


1961–62 Greek Football Cup
The 1961–62 Greek Football Cup was the 20th edition the Greek Football Cup.


1961–62 Greek Football Cup, Tournament details
The competition began normally, but however was not completed: although the Final (between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos) was held, it was abandoned in extra time, and it was determined no Cup would be awarded that year.


1961–62 Greek Football Cup, Tournament details
In the Round of 32, the teams that had qualified to Round of 16 of previous season qualified without matches. By Alpha Ethniki teams of that year, 6 teams were entered in qualifying matches. They were PAOK, Ethnikos Piraeus, Egaleo, Niki Volos, Panelefsiniakos and Fostiras. The last two did not qualify for the Round of 32, after they were eliminated by Ethnikos and Egaleo respectively.


1961–62 Greek Football Cup, Tournament details
In the Round of 32, the teams of Central and Southern Greece were drawn against each other, as were the teams of Northern Greece, with the exception of the tie between Atromitos and Olympiakos Kozani. From the Round of 16 and afterwards, there was a draw between teams that had qualified. In two cases the winners were determined by draw, after both matches ended in a draw after extra time. Olympiacos won by 9–0 against a subpar OFI Crete team.


1961–62 Greek Football Cup, Tournament details
Finalists that year were the eternal enemies, Olympiacos and Panathinaikos. The match was played at the AEK Stadium. It was an eventful and very hard match that was marked by three red cards in a first half, which in fact lasted 66 minutes because of continuous interruptions due to crowd behaviour. The intermission lasted 30 minutes, and spectators became suspicious that both teams had arranged for a draw in order to make more money from the replay (there being no penalty shootouts at the time), hurled objects on to the pitch.


1961–62 Greek Football Cup, Tournament details
The second half went more smoothly despite the reactions of disgruntled spectators unhappy with proceedings. The scores remained tied and the match went to extra time. However, with the 21 minutes of delays at the beginning of the match, darkness set in (there were no floodlights in the stadium), so the Swiss referee abandoned the game.


1961–62 Greek Football Cup, Tournament details
The HFF, fearful of reactions, declined to arrange a replay, so while there was a Cup Final, there was no Cup winner. In the European Cup Winners' Cup of next season Olympiacos were entered, while Panathinaikos were the champions of that year, and therefore entered the European Cup competition.


1961–62 Greek Football Cup, Final
The 20th Greek Cup Final was played at the AEK Stadium. The game was abandoned at 97th minute due to darkness. The stadium hadn't lights that period. The HFF didn't rescheduled the final in fear of fan incidents.


1961–62 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season
During the 1961–62 season Hearts competed in the Scottish First Division, the Scottish Cup, the Scottish League Cup and the East of Scotland Shield.


1961–62 Hellenic Football League
The 1961–62 Hellenic Football League season was the ninth in the history of the Hellenic Football League, a football competition in England.


1961–62 Hellenic Football League, Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs:


1961–62 Hellenic Football League, Division One
The Division One featured 9 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 3 new clubs:


1961–62 Hibernian F.C. season
During the 1961–62 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came eighth out of 18 clubs in the Scottish First Division.


1961–62 Hong Kong First Division League
The 1961–62 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 51st since its establishment.


1961–62 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season
Huddersfield Town's 1961–62 campaign was a thoroughly impressive season for the Town, following the previous season's near miss with relegation to Division 3. In Eddie Boot's first full season in charge, Town finished in 7th place in Division 2 with 44 points, 10 off 2nd placed Leyton Orient and a further 8 behind league champions Liverpool.


1961–62 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.


1961–62 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
After just missing out on relegation to Division 3, Eddie Boot took his first full season in charge to try to raise Town up to the top half of the Division 2. Town made a promising start with 4 wins from their first 6 games, including a 5–1 win against Plymouth Argyle and a 4–3 win at Luton Town. Derek Stokes had a great start to the season with 8 goals from the first 9 league games including a hat-trick in the 4–2 win against Walsall. An indifferent spell in October and November saw Town lose ground, but a player exchange in February would see Town surge up the table.


1961–62 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
Jim Kerray moved to Newcastle United with experienced striker Len White returning to his native Yorkshire. His 8 goals in 16 matches propelled Town to the upper reaches of the Division 2. They would finish the season in 7th place with 44 points.


1961–62 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.


1961–62 IHL season
The 1961–62 IHL season was the 17th season of the International Hockey League, a North American minor professional league. Seven teams participated in the regular season, and the Muskegon Zephyrs won the Turner Cup.


1961–62 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The 1961–62 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1961–62 NCAA University Division  basketball season. The independent Vandals were led by second-year head coach Joe Cipriano and played their home games on campus at the Memorial Gymnasium in Moscow, Idaho.


1961–62 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
In the four years between the demise of the Pacific Coast Conference (1959) and the founding of the Big Sky Conference (1963), Idaho was an independent; this season the Vandals had a 13–13 (.500) record.


1961–62 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
During this season, Vandal great Gus Johnson was a sophomore at Boise Junior College and averaged thirty points and twenty rebounds a game for the Broncos; he transferred to Idaho in 1962 and played the following season.


1961–62 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
For the intrastate series with Idaho State, this year marked the introduction of the "King Spud Trophy," an oversized metallic potato with a face and a crown. The first season was an exact split, with the home team winning by two points. Years later in 1979, the Vandals regained it with a home win after enduring seven consecutive losses to ISU; Bengal head coach Lynn Archibald thought it should go to the losing team: "It's the ugliest thing I've ever seen. The only good thing that happened last week was losing it."


1961–62 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
The 1961–62 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.


1961–62 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
The 1961-62 Fighting Illini basketball team bounced back from a miserable season the year prior. Head coach Harry Combes non-conference season was nearly perfect with an 8-1 record. The only blemish for the University of Illinois was a home loss to Cornell. The most unusual thing about this season was the fact that the Illini played three neutral court games in Chicago. This would also be the final full season that the Fighting Illini would play their home games at Huff Hall.


1961–62 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
The 1961-62 team utilized several returning lettermen including the leading scorer and team "MVP" Dave Downey. It also saw the return of team captain Jerry Colangelo, juniors Bill Burwell, Bill Small, Bob Starnes as well as senior Doug Mills. The Illini also added sophomore John Love to their lineup. The Illini finished the season with a conference record of 7 wins and 7 losses, finishing in a 4th place tie in the Big Ten. They would finish with an overall record of 15 wins and 8 losses. The starting lineup included Bill Burwell at the center position, Bill Small and Jerry Colangelo at guard and Dave Downey and Bob Starnes at the forward slots.


1961–62 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The 1961–62 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Branch McCracken, who was in his 21st year. The team played its home games in New Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.


1961–62 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 13–11 and a conference record of 7–7, finishing 4th in the Big Ten Conference. Indiana was not invited to participate in any postseason tournament.


1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
The fourth Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1961–62 season. There were five representative teams for some major European cities, three of which lost out in the first round. The final was the first European final to be contested between two clubs from the same country, namely Spain. Valencia beat Barcelona 7–3 over two legs, and also reached the next two finals in the competition.


1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, First round
1Internazionale progressed to the Second round after winning a play-off match 5–3.


1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Second round
1 MTK progressed to the quarter-finals after winning a play-off match 2–0.


1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Quarter-finals, Second leg
Internazionale goalkeeper Lorenzo Buffon complained of an injury at halftime and was replaced by Ottavio Bugatti, substitutions were not officially allowed at the time. Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.


1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Quarter-finals, Second leg
Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate. Barcelona advance to the Semi-Final


1961–62 International Football Cup
The 1961–62 Intertoto Cup was the first Intertoto Cup, a football tournament for European clubs that would otherwise not have a European competition to compete in. The inaugural tournament was won by Ajax, who defeated Feyenoord in the final. The competition was contested by 32 clubs, almost exclusively from central Europe – Austria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Sweden entered four clubs each; Poland entered two; and West Germany entered six clubs. Eventually the final became a clash between Dutch rivals Ajax and Feyenoord.


1961–62 International Football Cup, Group stage
The teams were divided into eight groups of four clubs each. The groups were themselves divided geographically as 'A' for eastern countries (Austria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and Poland) and 'B' for western countries (the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland). Teams from West Germany were placed in both sections. The eight group winners (in bold in the tables below) advanced to the knock-out rounds, with the four 'A' winners being drawn against the four 'B' winners.


1961–62 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team
The 1961–62 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa in intercollegiate basketball during the 1961–62 season. The team was led by head coach Sharm Scheuerman and played their home games at the Iowa Field House. The Hawkeyes finished the season 13–11 and were 7–7 in Big Ten conference games.


1961–62 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
The 1961–62 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 1961–62 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Glen Anderson, who was in his third season with the Cyclones. They played their home games at the Iowa State Armory in Ames, Iowa.


1961–62 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
They finished the season 13–12, 8–6 in Big Eight play to finish in third place.


1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season
The 1961–62 season was the 73rd season of competitive football played by Ipswich Town. The club had been promoted the previous season as champions of the Second Division. They made a steady start to the league season, and were in twelfth place by the end of August, but slowly rose to compete with Burnley for the title. Going undefeated in February and March, the club were top of the league at the start of April. Burnley's poor form that month allowed Ipswich to take advantage and win the title with Burnley still left to play their final league fixture.


1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season
It was the first time a club had won the championship at the first time of asking with the exception of Preston North End who had won the inaugural title in the 1888–89 season. Ray Crawford was the club's top scorer and equalled Derek Kevan of West Bromwich Albion as the league's top scorer with 33.


1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season
The club exited the FA Cup in the fourth round in a replay against lower league opposition in Norwich City, having played two replays against Luton Town the previous round. Similarly, Ipswich were sent out of the Football League Cup in the fourth round after losing heavily to Blackburn Rovers. As league champions, Ipswich qualified for European football for the first time in the club's history and participated in the 1962–63 European Cup where they lost to A.C. Milan in the first round. The Ipswich manager Alf Ramsey left after the following season to become England national football team manager.


1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Background
Ipswich went into the 1961–62 Football League, their 73rd competitive season, having been promoted from the Football League Second Division as champions, one point ahead of Sheffield United. It was Ipswich's first season in the top tier of English football in the club's history. Ray Crawford was the league's top scorer with 39 goals as Ipswich ended the season with 100 goals scored.


1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Summary, League, August to October
Ipswich's first ever match in the top flight was against Bolton Wanderers at Burnden Park on 19 August 1961. The match ended goalless and Eric Todd wrote in The Guardian that although Ipswich looked like Second Division champions "only on occasions", they were denied a late chance to win of which "Bolton could not have complained." Three days later, Ipswich made their first visit to Turf Moor where they lost 4–3 to Burnley after equalising three times, including two goals from Ted Phillips.


1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Summary, League, August to October
Despite the defeat, Ramsey said it was the best performance he had seen from Ipswich since he had been connected with the club. In their first game of the season at Portman Road, two late goals by Peter Dobing secured a 4–2 victory for Manchester City on 26 August 1961. Journalist Clement Freud, writing in The Observer, noted that for half an hour of the match "Ipswich found their First Division feet." Ipswich then faced Burnley at home, winning 6–2 including a brace from Crawford, to record their first victory of the season, and ended the month in twelfth place in the league table.


1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Summary, League, August to October
September started with a trip to the Hawthorns where Ipswich faced West Bromwich Albion. Two goals from Doug Moran, one either side of a Crawford strike, saw the visitors secure a 3–1 victory. Three days later, and in front of 24,928 spectators, the highest attendance at Portman Road that season, Ipswich won 2–1 against Blackburn Rovers. A fourth consecutive victory followed as Ipswich beat Birmingham City 4–1 which included another brace from Phillips, one of which was a 25 yards (23 m) strike.


1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Summary, League, August to October
After a mid-week League Cup victory over Manchester City, Ipswich faced Everton at Goodison Park: goalkeeper Wilf Hall stood in for injured Roy Bailey to make his debut in a First Division match. In blustery conditions, Derek Temple scored a hat-trick as Ipswich were beaten convincingly 5–2 with consolation goals from Phillips and Moran. Two days later, Ipswich travelled to Ewood Park and secured a late point with a 2–2 draw thanks to a 75th minute goal from Phillips, his second of the match. The ball rebounded off his face after being punched clear by Blackburn's goalkeeper Brian Reeves.


1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Summary, League, August to October
A 4–2 defeat by Fulham meant Ipswich had gone without a win in three games, but the final fixture of September saw them defeat Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough 4–1, with goals from Phillips (2), Crawford and Jimmy Leadbetter. Ipswich ended the month in sixth place in the league table, seven points behind leaders Burnley.


1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Summary, League, August to October
Ipswich's next league opposition was West Ham United who they faced on 7 October 1961 in front of 28,059 spectators, their largest ever league attendance at Portman Road. The home team won 4–2 with a second-half brace each from Phillips and Crawford. Tony Pawson, writing in the Daily Herald, praised Ipswich who "dominated [the] match by clever football". A 2–1 defeat at Sheffield United the week later was followed by a 3–2 victory at home over Tottenham Hotspur, a result described by John Arlott in The Observer as "the highest of the peaks of Ipswich Town's achievement".


1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Summary, League, August to October
Cliff Jones scored twice for the League and FA Cup champions, but a second-half brace from Crawford ensured a win for Ipswich in front of yet another record Portman Road crowd. A week later, a trip to Bloomfield Road saw Ipswich end the month in fourth place in the league after a 1–1 draw, with a performance deemed "half-hearted" by the East Anglian Daily Times.


1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Summary, League, November to January
Nottingham Forest were the next visitors to Portman Road on 4 November, and despite them having considerably more chances to score, a solitary effort from Phillips midway through the first half was sufficient for Ipswich to take both points. The following week saw Ipswich travel to Molineux where they faced Wolverhampton Wanderers. The visitors were down to ten men after just six minutes as Roy Stephenson was forced to withdraw following a thigh injury. Two late goals from Wolves, from Terry Wharton and Alan Hinton, resulted in a 2–0 defeat for Ipswich.


1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Summary, League, November to January
Matt Busby's Manchester United were Ipswich's opponents at Portman Road on 18 November, with the home side winning 4–1 with goals from Phillips (2), Crawford and Elsworthy, and United's late consolation goal coming from Sammy McMillan. Both Busby and Ramsey acclaimed Phillips, the former suggesting that he had the "hardest and most accurate shot in the game at present" while the latter agreed: "Ted is the best shot of my time." The final game of November saw Ipswich visit Ninian Park where they faced Cardiff City.


1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Summary, League, November to January
With a performance described in the East Anglian Daily Times as "deadly", "efficient" and "polished and planned", the home team won 3–0 with goals from Moran and Phillips (2). They finished the month in second place in the league, three points behind Burnley who had a game in hand, and a point ahead of West Ham United and Everton.


1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Summary, League, November to January
December started with the visit of Chelsea to Portman Road. Pawson in The Observer noted that Ipswich "held off Chelsea's determined challenge, and then casually crushed them" 5–2 with a hat-trick from Crawford supplemented by goals from Moran and Stephenson. A week later, Dennis Shaw of the Daily Herald described Ipswich as "the biggest disappointment of the season" as they lost 3–0 at Aston Villa, offering just two scoring attempts in the game.


1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Summary, League, November to January
After losing to Blackburn in the League Cup midweek, Ipswich went into their next home league game against Bolton Wanderers after two consecutive defeats, a situation they had not been in since late August. Bolton took the lead through Doug Holden but two goals from Crawford in the last seven minutes secured a 2–1 victory for Ipswich who The Observer's Arlott described as making a "mockery of footballing justice — if it exists." Two days before Christmas, Ipswich travelled to Maine Road to face Manchester City on a frozen pitch.


1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Summary, League, November to January
Although they had not won in eight games, City were 2–0 ahead by half time. Neil Young scored City's third and with Ipswich being denied a goal with numerous saves from Bert Trautmann, the match ended 3–0, inflicting Ipswich's third defeat in their last four games. The Boxing Day fixture saw Leicester City visit Portman Road for the first competitive fixture in the clubs' histories. Leadbetter missed his first match in 156 games with a knee injury. Crawford scored past Gordon Banks midway through the second half to secure the points for Ipswich. The return fixture, scheduled for 30 December at Filbert Street, was called off on the morning of the match due to a frozen pitch. Ipswich finished the year in fourth place, three points behind leaders Burnley who had two games in hand.


1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Summary, League, November to January
Due to fixture congestion in the FA Cup, Ipswich played just two league matches during January 1962. The first took place on 13 January and saw West Bromwich Albion, whose team included England international and future Ipswich Town manager Bobby Robson, visit Portman Road. Goals from Stephenson, Moran and the fit-again Leadbetter secured a 3–0 win for the home side. The following week, Ipswich travelled to Birmingham where they faced Birmingham City at St Andrew's. The visitors were 2–0 down by half-time after a brace from Ken Leek. An own goal from Baxter put Birmingham three ahead; Crawford scored a consolation goal to end the match 3–1. The month ended with Ipswich once again in fourth position in the First Division, four points adrift of Burnley who still had two games in hand.


1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Summary, League, February to April
Knocked out of both the League and FA Cup by the end of January, Ipswich were left to fulfil their league fixtures which started with them hosting Everton on 3 February 1962. Stephenson dominated the inexperienced Colin Green and won corners from which Ipswich scored through a Phillips shot and a Moran header. Although Roy Vernon had scored for Everton, Ipswich's  third goal came after Green fouled Stephenson, whose resulting free kick was converted by Elsworthy. Crawford made it 4–1 from a fine angle before Brian Harris scored a consolation, ending the match 4–2.


1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Summary, League, February to April
The following week, Ipswich were at Craven Cottage where they faced Fulham. Alan Mullery put the home side ahead after 13 minutes as they dominated the early stages, but injuries to Graham Leggat and Johnny Haynes weakened the team allowing Ipswich to take advantage. Stephenson equalised and Crawford scored the winner with twelve minutes to go, with Ipswich taking the points with a 2–1 victory. After a two-week break, Ipswich faced West Ham United at the Boleyn Ground on 24 February.


1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Summary, League, February to April
Described by Pawson in The Observer as a "curiously relaxed and gentle game", John Dick put the home side ahead before Leadbetter equalised with a rebound from a Crawford header which struck the West Ham crossbar. Bailey spilled Joe Kirkup's strike into his own net to give West Ham the lead once again before a penalty from Phillips secured a 2–2 draw. The month ended with Ipswich in third place in the First Division, four points behind Burnley who had a single game in hand.


1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Summary, League, February to April
March started with back-to-back games at Portman Road against opposition from Sheffield, the first of which was against Sheffield United who came into the match unbeaten in their last sixteen. Two goals in each half for Ipswich, including a brace for Crawford ensured a 4–0 win with the East Anglian Daily Times suggesting that United had lost their undefeated run "without a fight". Six days later, Ipswich faced Sheffield Wednesday, and were behind in seven minutes to a Colin Dobson goal.


1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Summary, League, February to April
Crawford equalised and with two minutes remaining passed to Stephenson who scored to secure Ipswich's eleventh consecutive home league victory. On 14 March, Ipswich took on Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane in front of a crowd of more than 50,000, and won 3–1 to become the first side to beat Tottenham home and away for three seasons. Crawford put Ipswich ahead but Jimmy Greaves soon equalised for Tottenham.


1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Summary, League, February to April
Phillips made it 2–1 just before half-time and Crawford made it 3–1 for the win which Frank Taylor writing in the Daily Herald described as "the finest match [he had] seen all season." Three days later Ipswich hosted Blackpool at Portman Road. Crawford beat five defenders before passing to Moran who scored to make it 1–0 to the home side. Although it took until the 89th minute for Blackpool to equalise, and take a point from the match, Ipswich chairman John Cobbold admitted that the visitors were "unlucky not to take two points."


1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Summary, League, February to April
The following weekend saw Ipswich travel to the City Ground where they faced a Nottingham Forest side who had not lost a point to any of the top six sides during the season. In a game of many missed chances, Ipswich's lead through Moran was equalised just before half-time by Len Julians and the match ended 1–1. Four days later, Leicester City hosted Ipswich at a "slippery" Filbert Street. Crawford put the visitors ahead after just eight minutes and Stephenson doubled the lead early in the second half.


1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Summary, League, February to April
The 2–0 victory saw Ipswich equal on points with Burnley at the top of the league albeit having played three more games. Ipswich's final game of March was at home against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Crawford opened the scoring from the penalty spot midway through the first half but Ron Flowers equalised five minutes later. Ipswich were 2–1 ahead when Crawford scored his second of the game, lobbing Malcolm Finlayson in the Wolverhampton goal. The visitors missed a number of chances before half time but were level soon after the break when Peter Broadbent scored. Wolves squandered further chances to score and with two minutes remaining, Moran scored Ipswich's third to claim a 3–2 victory. Ipswich had gone through February and March undefeated in the league and were top of the division, two points ahead of Burnley who had four games in hand.


1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Summary, League, February to April
Ipswich began April with a trip to Old Trafford where they faced Manchester United. A hat-trick from Albert Quixall and goals from Nobby Stiles and Maurice Setters saw United win 5–0. Bob Ferrier, writing in The Observer, suggested that United had overwhelmed Ipswich "so completely and so unexpectedly that it was well-nigh incredible." The following week, Ipswich hosted Cardiff City and secured a 1–0 win with an early goal from Moran. Two games in two days followed, over the Easter bank holiday, with Ipswich drawing the first 2–2 with Arsenal on Good Friday.


1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Summary, League, February to April
In front of a record Portman Road crowd of 30,649, the visitors took a 2–0 lead through Johnny MacLeod and George Eastham. Phillips pulled one back from the penalty spot and Leadbetter equalised with five minutes remaining to secure the draw. The following day saw Ipswich travel to Stamford Bridge to take on Chelsea. First-half goals from Peter Brabrook and Barry Bridges were cancelled out in the second half by Crawford and a Phillips penalty, for Ipswich's second 2–2 draw in two days which consigned Chelsea to relegation. Championship rivals Burnley were still involved in the FA Cup and had won just one of their seven league fixtures in April by the end of Easter Saturday to lay second in the league, a point behind Ipswich but with a game in hand.


1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Summary, League, February to April
Ipswich's penultimate league fixture was against Arsenal at Highbury for which both Elsworthy and Moran required pain-killing injections to play. Despite early chances for the home side, Ipswich took the lead through Phillips in the 13th minute which Crawford doubled four minutes later. Eastham saw a goal disallowed before half time and Crawford scored his second and made it 3–0 to Ipswich. Burnley drew with Blackpool to leave Ipswich top of the league, two points clear but having played one more game than Burnley. The final game of Ipswich's season was at home against Aston Villa.


1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Summary, League, February to April
After a goalless first half, Elsworthy's header struck the bar before Crawford scored from the rebound. He doubled the lead to secure a 2–0 win for Ipswich, and after news of Burnley's home draw with Chelsea, it was confirmed that Ipswich were league champions. The team were the first to win the First Division at their first attempt since the inaugural champions and The Invincibles of Preston North End in the 1888–89 season.