1960s Timeline

Dec. 17, 1962 - At Yankee Stadium yesterday before a sellout crowd of 62,694, the Giants ran their winning streak to 9 games as they...

Dec. 16, 1962 - The Green Bay Packers had no worries as they went to work against the Rams in Los Angeles this afternoon. Word arrived...

Dec. 12, 1962 - Allie Sherman (pictured left with Kyle Rote), coach of the New York Giants, was voted Coach of the Year in the NFL for...

Dec. 11, 1962 - The Green Bay Packers are heavily represented on the A.P. All-Star team of the NFL. The roster was released today. The...

Dec. 3, 1962 - Four times yesterday Don Chandler (pictured) swung his right leg and four times the ball sailed through the uprights — a...

Nov. 2, 1962 - Willie Mays (pictured today at Mount Zion Hospital), center fielder of the San Francisco Giants, was declared in superior...

Oct. 3, 1962 - A screaming mob of 50,000 broke through police lines at San Francisco International Airport tonight while waiting to...

Oct. 3, 1962 - One of the most dramatic and nerve-racking pennant races in years came to an astounding end today when the San Francisco...

Oct. 2, 1962 - After a batting drill today, during which Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, and other Bombers demonstrated they hadn’t lost...

Oct. 1, 1962 - The San Francisco Giants, who only 24 hours earlier had come whirling out of nowhere to toss the National League pennant...

Sept. 30, 1962 - The Dodgers have been in all four of the National League’s playoffs. This forthcoming meeting will be their second with...

Sept. 30, 1962 - Unable to halt one of the most amazing crackups by a front-runner in major league history, the Dodgers today plunged the...

Sept. 30, 1962 - Wonderful Willie Mays smashed his 47th home run of the season today to propel the San Francisco Giants into a...

Sept. 29, 1962 - The Houston Colts beat the San Francisco Giants, 4-2, in the second half of a doubleheader tonight, assuring the...

Sept. 27, 1962 - With a chance to clinch a tie for the National League pennant, the Dodgers frittered away leads of 3-0 and 4-2 tonight,...

Sept. 27, 1962 - Gene Oliver’s 3-run homer capped an early St. Louis Cardinal outburst today that stood up for a 7-4 victory over San...

Sept. 26, 1962 - The Los Angeles Dodgers, faced with the prospect of having their league lead cut to one game if they lost, today...

Sept. 20, 1962 - The New York Giants will be without the services of Roosevelt Brown (pictured with Tom Landry in 1959), their 260-pound...

Sept. 19, 1962 - A 3-run homer by Willie Mays led the Giants to their first victory in 7 games, a 7-4 decision over the Cardinals in St....

Sept. 17, 1962 - The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, 2-1, today on Warren Spahn’s 5-hit pitching. The defeat left the...