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10-21-2013, 08:38 PM | #1 |
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Tiger Fan's multi-sport dynasty 2013 edition: The 1970's
It has been quite some time since I frequented these boards regularly, too long in fact. I ran a number of different dynasty reports, some of the fictional but the ones that enjoyed the largest following and gave me the greatest enjoyment were my historical replays. Those that were around in the very early days of OOTP, both on this board and even before, might remember a few of them. My multi-sport dynasty's where my personal favourite and the era from 1940-60 was usually the time frame I focused on.
Here is an example of one of them I miss writing about them so I think it is about time I started a new one. I just recently purchased Franchise Hockey Manager and began a test dynasty with it starting in 1947. At the same time I had already been playing a TBCB heavyweight boxing universe that I started in 1920 and had a PFS football simulation that was presently in the early 1960's. I figure I want to start on the day to day reporting of my leagues in September of 1971 but I will do quick annual recaps of each year as I progress thru the late 1950's and 60's. Like the other multi-sport dynasty's I have created in the past I will act as commissioner and oversee the activity in all four of these sports. The games I will use and a brief bio on how each sport will be structured are listed here: BASEBALL - Of course OOTP will be the engine to run this sport. I started a historical league in 1901 and let the game run it's course. Rookies were assigned to their original teams, free agency is turned off and all other settings were left on default. BOXING - TBCB is used to run my career. If I learned one thing in previous multi-sport replays it is to try and keep things as simple as possible in each sport so for this reason their are no minor leagues in baseball and the boxing world will only revolve around the Heavyweight Division. I started my boxing game in 1920 exclusively using real heavyweight fighters that debut in the year of their real life first professional fight. I also included a number of fictional 'tomato can' fighters that were used solely for the purpose of padding the records of my real fighters. FOOTBALL - I would love to include college football but in an aim for simplicity I am only playing out the NFL. The game of choice is PFS (Professional Football Simulator) as it allows me to import real rookies every year. I started this sim in 1940 with the 12 team configuration used by the NFL in the 1950's. Because of limited draft classes in the early years there are some fictional players sprinkled across the league but fortunately as we close in on 1950 most of those have retired. I am conducting an amateur draft each year in this game so the teams will look quite different in comparison to real life. HOCKEY - Hockey is and always has been far and away my favourite sport. Franchise Hockey Manager is my game of choice for this sport. As I mentioned I started a test dynasty with FHM and posted results in that game's message board. I will move that information over to this thread.
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10-21-2013, 08:42 PM | #2 |
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Hockey History 1947-58
I am presently in the 1958-59 season with both boxing and the hockey game so I will continue from there with those sports and even though baseball and football are already in 1971 and waiting for the others to catch up I will document MLB and NFL activities from each season as they work forward with the hockey and boxing.
FIRST OFF SOME HISTORY ON EACH SPORT HOCKEY : The full history prior to 1958-59 in the NHL can be found in this thread: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...st-league.html Here is a quick list of Stanley Cup and major award winners from my sim: Code:
LEAGUE HISTORY STANLEY CUP WINNERS PLAYOFF MVP SERIES RESULT 47-48 Montreal Vic Lynn Mon Mon 4 Boston 1 48-49 Montreal Ken Mosdell Mon Mon 4 Chicago 3 49-50 Montreal Maurice Richard Mon Mon 4 Toronto 3 50-51 Toronto Jim Henry Tor Tor 4 Detroit 1 51-52 Montreal Maurice Richard Mon Mon 4 Toronto 3 52-53 Detroit Gordie Howe Det Det 4 Montreal 1 53-54 Montreal Maurice Richard Mon Mon 4 Boston 1 54-55 Boston Terry Sawchuk Bos Bos 4 Montreal 3 55-56 Detroit Glenn Hall Chi Det 4 Chicago 1 56-57 Detroit Gordie Howe Det Det 4 New York 3 57-58 Detroit Gordie Howe Det Det 4 Toronto 2 HART TROPHY ART ROSS TROPHY NORRIS TROPHY VEZINA TROPHY 47-48 Maurice Richard Mon Elmer Lach Mon Pat Egan Bos Bill Durnan Mon 48-49 Max Bentley Chi Max Bentley Chi Jim Thomson Tor Jim Henry Tor 49-50 Maurice Richard Mon Gordie Howe Det Ken Reardon Mon Bill Durnan Mon 50-51 Gordie Howe Det Max Bentley Chi Tim Horton Mon Al Rollins Mon 51-52 Gordie Howe Det Gordie Howe Det Butch Bouchard Mon Jim Henry Tor 52-53 Gordie Howe Det Gordie Howe Det Lee Fogolin Mon Harry Lumley Det 53-54 Gordie Howe Det Gordie Howe Det Lee Fogolin Mon T Sawchuk/D Stevenson Bos 54-55 Gordie Howe Det Gordie Howe Det Tom Johnson Det Harry Lumley Det 55-56 Jacques Plante NY Bernie Geoffrion Mon Bob Armstrong Det Jacques Plante NY 56-57 Andy Bathgate Bos Andy Bathgate Bos Tim Horton Det Jacques Plante NY 57-58 Gordie Howe Det Gordie Howe Det Bob Armstrong Det Harry Lumley Det ALL STAR TEAM GOALIE DEFENSE DEFENSE FORWARD FORWARD FORWARD 56-57 Jacques Plante NY Tim Horton Det Red Kelly NY Gordie Howe Det Andy Bathgate Bos Bernie Geoffrion Mon 57-58 Harry Lumley Det Tim Horton Det Bob Armstrong Det Gordie Howe Det Ted Lindsay Det Andy Hebenton NY
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10-21-2013, 08:45 PM | #3 |
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Boxing History 1920-58
The heavyweight universe began in 1920 and after fighters had amassed a sufficient number of bouts an elimination tournament was held among the top contenders to determine a World Champion. Jack Dempsey would become the first champion by knocking out Harry Wills in the 12th round of their scheduled 15 round title fight in the fall of 1923.
Dempsey reign as champion would be shortlived as he lost to Gene Tunney early in 1924. However, Dempsey would win a rematch with Tunney 3 months later and would proceed to hold the championship belt for 16 title defenses before losing to Young Stribling in 1928. In 1930 Dempsey would regain the title for a third time with a win in the rematch with Stribling but he would lose it for good later in the year when he lost to Max Schmeling. Dempsey would finish with a 47-3-2 career record with his only 3 losses coming in title fights. Schmeling, who ended Dempsey's career, would be the only man to hold the title on 4 different occassions. In all, the German made 21 title defenses and retired with more professional victories (83) then any other fighter in history. His career record was 83-10-0 with 57 knockouts. As much as Schmeling dominated the 1930's, Joe Louis was even more dominant in the 1940's. If not for a loss to Jersey Joe Walcott in 1942, Louis would have held the title for 10 years straight. After losing to Schmeling in a dramatic 1937 bout Louis would claim the title by knocking out John Henry Lewis (who had beat an aging Schmelling 3 months after the Louis-Schmeling battle). Louis would make 17 title defenses, the last one resulting in the loss to Walcott. The two would meet again 4 months later and Louis would win that bout and then defend his title 18 more times until being beaten by Jimmy Bivins in 1947. A year later Louis was back as he knocked out Ezzard Charles to regain the title and he would make six more title defenses before retiring. Louis is the only fighter to retire as champion. He left the game with an impressive 71-4-2 record including 60 knockouts. The retirement of Louis set off a decade with no dominant fighter. Rocky Marciano was expected to be the heir apparent to Dempsey, Schmeling and Louis but he has struggled and has been upset numerous times in title bouts he was expected win. Sonny Liston, Floyd Patterson and Swede Ingemar Johanssen are young fighters with promise and each has held the title briefly but so far none have shown the ability to completely dominate the division. Code:
CAREER WINS LEADERBOARD 1- Max Schmeling 83-10-0 2- Young Stribling 73-6-2 3- Bruce Woodcock 71-21-3 4- Joe Louis 71-4-2 5- Jack Gross 69-14-0 6- Tony Shucco 67-14-1 6- Steve Hamas 67-10-3 6- Jersey Joe Walcott 67-8-1 9- Tiger Jack Fox 65-13-1 10-Archie Moore 64-14-3 10-Tommy Farr 64-9-3 YEARS FIGHTER # of DEFENCES AS TITLE HOLDER 1923-24 Jack Dempsey 2 1924 Gene Tunney 1 1924-28 Jack Dempsey 16 1928-29 Young Stribling 3 1929-30 Jack Dempsey 1 1930-32 Max Schmeling 9 1932-33 Obie Walker 2 1933 Max Schmeling 1 1933 Tiger Jack Fox 1 1933-34 Jersey Joe Walcott 2 1934 Obie Walker 2 1934-35 Max Schmeling 4 1935 Tony Galento 1 1935-36 Jersey Joe Walcott 1 1936-37 Max Schmeling 7 1937-38 John Henry Lewis 2 1938-42 Joe Louis 17 1942 Jersey Joe Walcott 1 1942-47 Joe Louis 18 1947 Jimmy Bivins 1 1947-48 Ezzard Charles 2 1948-50 Joe Louis 6 *Retired as champion 1950 Jimmy Bivins 1 1950-51 Rocky Marciano 4 1951-52 Harold Johnson 2 1952-54 Rocky Marciano 7 1954 Jack Gardner 1 1954 Heinz Neuhaus 1 1955 Floyd Patterson 1 1955 Hein Ten-Hoff 1 1955 Ingemar Johansson 1 1956-57 Rocky Marciano 4 1957 Sonny Liston 1 1957 Cleveland Williams 1 1957 Floyd Patterson 1 1957-58 Bert Whitehurst 2 1958 Rocky Marciano 2
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10-22-2013, 12:23 PM | #4 |
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Baseball history 1901-58
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL HISTORY
Here is the history of this sim from 1901 up to the end of 1957 where we stand now. Code:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL CHAMPIONS AL Pennant NL Pennant WORLD SERIES 1901 Baltimore Orioles Philadelphia Phillies Baltimore Orioles 1902 Baltimore Orioles Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia Phillies 1903 New York Highlanders Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh Pirates 1904 Boston Americans Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh Pirates 1905 Philadelphia Athletics Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati Reds 1906 New York Higlanders New York Giants NY Highlanders 1907 Cleveland Naps Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati Reds 1908 Philadelphia Athletics Pittsburgh Pirates Philadelphia A's 1909 Philadelphia Athletics Cincinnati Reds Philadelphia A's 1910 Philadelphia Athletics New York Giants Philadelphia A's 1911 Philadelphia Athletics Chicago Cubs Philadelphia A's 1912 Philadelphia Athletics New York Giants Philadelphia A's 1913 New York Yankees Brooklyn Superbas New York Yankees 1914 Philadelphia Athletics New York Giants Philadelphia A's 1915 Chicago White Sox Pittsburgh Pirates Chicago White Sox 1916 Chicago White Sox Pittsburgh Pirates Chicago White Sox 1917 Chicago White Sox St Louis Cardinals St Louis Cardinals 1918 Detroit Tigers New York Giants Detroit Tigers 1919 Boston Red Sox New York Giants NY Giants 1920 Detroit Tigers New York Giants NY Giants 1921 Boston Red Sox New York Giants Boston Red Sox 1922 Cleveland Indians New York Giants Cleveland Indians 1923 Boston Red Sox New York Giants Boston Red Sox 1924 Boston Red Sox Chicago Cubs Boston Red Sox 1925 Washington Senators Pittsburgh Pirates Washington Senators 1926 Philadelphia Athletics Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh Pirates 1927 New York Yankees New York Giants NY Yankees 1928 Cleveland Indians New York Giants Cleveland Indians 1929 New York Yankees New York Giants NY Yankees 1930 New York Yankees Pittsburgh Pirates NY Yankees 1931 Cleveland Indians New York Giants Cleveland Indians 1932 Philadelphia Athletics New York Giants New York Giants 1933 New York Yankees New York Giants NY Yankees 1934 New York Yankees New York Giants New York Giants 1935 New York Yankees New York Giants NY Yankees 1936 New York Yankees St Louis Cardinals NY Yankees 1937 New York Yankees New York Giants NY Yankees 1938 New York Yankees Chicago Cubs NY Yankees 1939 New York Yankees St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals 1940 Boston Red Sox St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals 1941 Cleveland Indians Brooklyn Dodgers Cleveland Indians 1942 Boston Red Sox St. Louis Cardinals Boston Red Sox 1943 Detroit Tigers St. Louis Cardinals Detroit Tigers 1944 Boston Red Sox St. Louis Cardinals St Louis Cardinals 1945 Boston Red Sox St. Louis Cardinals St Louis Cardinals 1946 New York Yankees Chicago Cubs New York Yankees 1947 Boston Red Sox Cincinnati Reds Boston Red Sox 1948 Cleveland Indians Brooklyn Dodgers Brooklyn Dodgers 1949 Cleveland Indians St Louis Cardinals St Louis Cardinals 1950 Cleveland Indians St Louis Cardinals Cleveland Indians 1951 Cleveland Indians Boston Braves Cleveland Indians 1952 Cleveland Indians Boston Braves Boston Braves 1953 Cleveland Indians Brooklyn Dodgers Brooklyn Dodgers 1954 New York Yankees St Louis Cardinals NY Yankees 1955 New York Yankees Brooklyn Dodgers Brooklyn Dodgers 1956 Boston Red Sox Brooklyn Dodgers Brooklyn Dodgers 1957 New York Yankees Philadelphia Phillies NY Yankees The Yankees of the twenties and thirites did not have Babe Ruth as he stayed with Boston his entire career but the Lou Gehrig led Bronx Bombers still emerged as the dominant team of the 1930's. The Yankees won 10 pennants and 8 World Series titles in a 13 year stretch. The late 1930's and early forties belonged to the St Louis Cardinals but by the end of the 1940's the Cleveland Indians became the team to beat. The Tribe won six straight pennants from 1948-53. Code:
PENNANTS AND WORLD SERIES TITLES BY TEAM AMERICAN LEAGUE # PENNANTS # WORLD SERIES Last World Series title NY Yankees 19 13 1957 Cleveland 11 6 1951 Boston 11 5 1947 Kansas City(Pha) 9 6 1914 Detroit 3 2 1943 Chicago 3 2 1916 Washington 1 1 1925 Baltimore (SLB) 0 0 -- NATIONAL LEAGUE New York 19 6 1934 St Louis 11 7 1949 Pittsburgh 8 3 1926 Brooklyn 6 4 1956 Cincinnati 4 2 1907 Philadelphia 3 1 1902 Chicago 4 0 -- Milwaukee (BSN) 2 1 1952
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10-22-2013, 01:47 PM | #5 |
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Just wanted to say that this is a great concept, and I'll definitely be following along. I've never played or seen PFS so this will be extra interesting! Thank you for posting!
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10-22-2013, 02:00 PM | #6 |
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Good luck Tiger Fan. This brings back memories of your HOB dynasty that held me over until I was able to purchase my first OOTP back in the day. I really think that the FHM board could use a dynasty section for the same reason. They've had a lot of challenges, but a dynasty can show what someone can actually do with the game rather than just what they can't do.
Looking forward to this! EDIT: With PFS draft classes, make sure to do a quick reality check with positions. Jim Brown, for instance, comes in as a FB and will be limited in use without being moved.
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Thanks. I will do that.
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10-22-2013, 09:51 PM | #8 |
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BASEBALL HISTORY 1901-57 Individual Leaders
Here is a quick look at some of the key stat category leaders.
HOMERUNS Babe Ruth spent his career almost exclusively with the Red Sox, the lone exception being his final season as a 40 year old where he played 27 games and hit one homer for the 1935 New York Giants. He holds the career home run record of 615 and the single season mark of 54 set in 1923. Ted Kluszewski of Cincinnati made a real run at the single season mark in 1956 but the then 31 year old fell one shy of the Babe's total and ended with 53 homers, breaking Ralph Kiner's 1948 National League mark by 2. Here are the players to hit 50 or more homers in a single season: Code:
Babe Ruth 54 1923 Ted Kluszewski 53 1956 Babe Ruth 52 1922 Ralph Kiner 51 1948 Lou Gehrig 51 1931 Ralph Kiner 50 1950 Hank Greenberg 50 1939 Code:
Babe Ruth 615 Lou Gehrig 590 Mel Ott 526 Jimmie Foxx 496 Ted Williams 452 Johnny Mize 443 Hank Greenberg 440 Stan Musial* 420 Ralph Kiner* 390 *still active There are 11 members of the illustrious 3000 career hit club including one player who is still active. Code:
Eddie Collins 3595 Cap Anson 3418 Ty Cobb 3264 Tris Speaker 3201 Stan Musial* 3199 Frankie Frisch 3114 Lou Gehrig 3059 Luke Appling 3050 Ed Delahanty 3048 Joe Jackson 3032 Gabby Hartnett 3010 Only 6 players have managed to hit .400 or better since 1901 and no one has been able to do it twice in his career. Code:
Ted Williams Boston 1942 .437 Tris Speaker Boston 1921 .430 George Sisler StL(A) 1921 .419 Joe Jackson Phil(A) 1912 .414 Jack Fournier Clev 1924 .401 Babe Ruth Boston 1920 .400 The following players have won the Triple Crown Code:
1909 Ty Cobb Detroit 1909 Larry Doyle NY Giants 1920 Babe Ruth Boston 1931 Lou Gehrig NY Yankees 1935 Mel Ott NY Giants 1942 Ted Williams Boston 1953 Willie Mays NY Giants 1956 Ted Kluszewski Cincinnati A number of pitchers have thrown a no-hitter and a few including Bob Friend, Eddie Plank and Joe Benz have thrown two in their career but Rube Waddell of the Pittsburgh Pirates is the only pitcher to throw 3 no-hitters. Included in that was a perfect game. An interesting side note is all 3 of Waddell's no-hitters came against the New York Giants...one in 1904 and a pair in 1906. Other than Waddell's masterpiece there have been 3 perfect games. Waddell was the first to do it in 1906. Joe Wood tossed one for the Red Sox against the White Sox in 1911. Garland Braxton of the Braves threw a perfect game vs Cincinnati in 1927 and most recently Brooklyn's Johnny Podres had a perfect game vs the Cubs in 1956. 300 CAREER WINS Cy Young is one of 11 pitchers to earn 300 career victories but three quarters of his 405 wins came before the sim started in 1901. Here is a list of pitchers to record 300 or more career wins with at least one of them coming in 1901 or later. Code:
Cy Young 405 Walter Johnson 365 Kid Nichols 361 Red Ruffing 325 Chief Bender 310 Eddie Plank 301 Early Wynn 293 He is 38 years old but was 15-21 for Washington last season Bob Feller 268 Now 39, Feller won just 1 game coming out of the pen for the Indians last year. Howie Pollet 261 He is 36 but has won only 5 games the past 2 seasons combined. Warren Spahn 242 Braves 36 year old went 15-10 last season and may have a shot at 300.
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Nfl history 1940-57
NFL HISTORY
My NFL replay started in 1940 with real players being assigned to the proper teams for the first year but all subsequent years would have a first year player draft. There are a few fictional players sprinkled through the league as the game (PFS- Pro Football Simulator by Barcode Games) fills out the draft pool with fake players if there is a shortage of real rookies. Here are the league champions from 1940-57. Code:
LIST OF NFL CHAMPIONS YEAR WINNER SCORE LOSER 1957 Chicago Bears 27-19 Philadelphia Eagles 1956 Pittsburgh Steelers 17-10 Green Bay Packers 1955 Chicago Bears 26-10 Pittsburgh Steelers 1954 Washington Redskins 34-7 Green Bay Packers 1953 St Louis Cardinals 22-13 San Francisco 49ers 1952 Cleveland Browns 24-6 Los Angeles Rams 1951 Green Bay Packers 21-13 New York Giants 1950 Green Bay Packers 19-17 Pittsburgh Steelers 1949 Philadelphia Eagles 27-14 Detroit Lions 1948 Baltimore Colts 38-27 New York Giants 1947 Cleveland Browns 27-16 Baltimore Colts 1946 St Louis Cardinals 51-17 Detroit Lions 1945 Green Bay Packers 42-24 St Louis Cardinals 1944 St Louis Cardinals 26-13 San Francisco 49ers 1943 St Louis Cardinals 35-30 Green Bay Packers 1942 Philadelphia Eagles 31-7 Detroit Lions 1941 St Louis Cardinals 23-7 Detroit Lions 1940 Detroit Lions 24-19 St Louis Cardinals Code:
HISTORICAL STANDINGS (1940-57) EAST DIVISION W L T Postseason Champ Playoff record St Louis 128 87 1 8 5 12-3 Philadelphia 123 90 3 8 2 5-6 Cleveland 111 105 0 6 2 4-4 New York 102 113 1 6 0 2-6 Pittsburgh 99 117 0 5 1 4-4 Washington 87 128 1 3 1 2-2 WEST DIVISION W L T Postseason Champ Playoff record Green Bay 124 92 0 10 3 9-7 Detroit 122 94 0 8 1 6-7 Chicago 109 107 0 7 2 4-5 San Francisco 102 114 0 6 0 2-6 Baltimore 101 115 0 3 1 3-2 Los Angeles 85 131 0 2 0 1-2 Code:
NFL MVP's 1957 Lenny Moore RB Philadelphia 1373 yards rushing 1956 Bobby Layne QB Pittsburgh 231/347 23 touchdown passes 1955 Bill Wells RB Los Angeles 1004 yards rushing 1954 Hugh McElhenny RB Washington 1127 yards rushing 1953 George Taliaferro RB Chicago 950 yards rushing 1952 Bob McRoberts RB Los Angeles 1208 yards rushing 1951 Bobby Layne QB Pittsburgh 267/415 22 TD passes 1950 Bobby Layne QB Pittsburgh 173/270 26 TD passes 1949 Max Kielbasa RB Philadelphia 1255 yards rushing 1948 Bob McRoberts RB Los Angeles 1338 yards rushing 1947 Lloyd Cheatham RB Washington 1456 yards rushing 1946 Max Kielbasa RB Philadlephia 1794 yards rushing 1945 Lou Brock RB Green Bay 1671 yards rushing 1944 Lou Brock RB Green Bay 1835 yards rushing 1943 Lou Brock RB Green Bay 1823 yards rushing 1942 Lou Brock RB Green Bay 1503 yards rushing 1941 Lou Brock RB Green Bay 1752 yards rushing 1940 Parker Hall RB St Louis 1430 yards rushing Green Bay Packers running back Lou Brock became the first big star of the NFL after he won 5 straight most valuable player awards between 1941 and 1945. The former Purdue back was also named playoff MVP in 1945 when he led the Packers to their first NFL championship. He would play only 6 years in the league and made the Pro Bowl all six times. He retired following the 1945 championship season at the age of 30 with 10,146 career rushing yards and 96 career touchdowns. Both totals place him second on the career leaderboard behind Cece Hare, who played 11 seasons with the Detroit Lions from 1940-1950. He also holds the NFL single season mark with 1830 yards rushing in 1944. In real life Brock played 6 seasons with the Packers and finished with 804 career yards rushing. He also spent time at quarterback and as a kick returner. He is a member of the Packers Hall of Fame.
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1958 YEAR IN REVIEW
BOXING Some normalcy returned to the boxing world in 1958, a year after a crazy 1957 that saw Floyd Patterson lose the title by disqualification and no champion able to successfully defend the belt. Bert Whitehurst (32-9-1) was the lucky enough to find himself the World Champion after Patterson was disqualified in their 1957 bout. A Baltimore native, Whitehurst is a decent fighter, but certainly not World Champion material. However, he managed to retain his title in the rematch with Patterson thanks to a 10th round TKO in January 1958. Rocky Marciano was next up for Whitehurst and The Brockton Blockbuster destroyed his opponent with an 8th round knockout in a May bout held in Whitehurst's hometown of Baltimore. Marciano next accepted an offer to travel to Sweden where he knocked out that country's champion, Ingemar Johansson, in the 6th round. In November, Marciano made another successful defense to run his career record to 57-4-0 with a 9th round TKO of challenger Zora Folley in Boston. OTHER FIGHTERS OF NOTE: SONNY LISTON had a busy year as he won 6 straight fights, all by knockout, to improve to 34-2-0 with 31 knockouts. Liston appears to be in line for another shot at the title in 1959. The 26 year old briefly held the belt in 1957 by winning a decision over then-champion Marciano before falling to Cleveland Williams in his first defense. 26 year old California native EDDIE MACHEN improved to 25-1 and looks to perhaps be in line for a title shot in the next year or two. FLOYD PATTERSON, who fights out of Brooklyn, had an up and down year. Following the disqualification in his first title defense and then the subsequent loss to Whitehurst, the 23 year old rebounded with 4 convincing knockout wins to improve his career record to 37-4-0. 21 year old Canadian George Chuvalo (18-2-0) looks like a fighter to watch in the future. His first real test was passed with flying colours after Chuvalo scored an 8th round TKO over veteran pugilist Rex Layne (45-13-3) in November. Code:
RANKINGS AT THE END OF 1958 CHP Rocky Marciano 57-4-0(53) 1 Sonny Liston 34-2-0(31) 2 Eddie Machen 25-1-0(14) 3 Willie Pastano 38-10-2(12) 4 Ingemar Johansson 35-6-0(31) 5 Joe Lindsay 55-7-3(28) 6 Cleveland Williams 33-6-1(31) 7 Floyd Patterson 37-4-0(26) 8 Jack Gardner 55-12-1(47) 1958 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL RECAP With a month to go in the regular season the Detroit Tigers had a 4 game lead on Baltimore and 5.5 on the New York Yankees atop the American League. The Tigers seemed destined for their first pennant since 1943, at least until the collapsed down the stretch dropping 9 of their last 11 including 3 straight in Cleveland to the lowly Indians to finish the season. Meanwhile the New York Yankees won 9 of their last 10 and claimed the pennant by 2 games over the Tigers. It would be the Yankees 4th league title in the past 5 seasons. In the National League the Dodgers first season in Los Angeles proved very successful as they cruised to their third pennant in the past four years. Code:
1958 STANDINGS AMERICAN W L NATIONAL W L NY Yankees 90 64 Los Angeles 91 63 Detroit 88 66 Chicago 83 71 Baltimore 85 69 Milwaukee 78 76 Washington 82 72 San Francisco 77 77 Boston 77 77 Philadelphia 74 80 Kansas City 71 83 St Louis 72 82 Cleveland 71 83 Cincinnati 72 82 Chicago 52 102 Pittsburgh 69 85 BATTING LEADERS AVG AVG Goodman Bos .341 Aaron Mil .342 Kaline Det .313 Groat Pit .326 Kuenn Det .303 Mathews Mil .322 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS Mantle NYY 40 Banks ChN 37 Cash ChA 33 Mathews Mil 36 Killebew Wsh 32 Aaron Mil 35 RBI's RBI's Mantle NYY 105 Mathews Mil 108 Cash ChA 101 Aaron Mil 106 Kaline Det 99 Anderson Phi 98 EARNED RUN AVERAGE ERA O'Dell Bal 2.26 Jackson StL 2.75 Monbouquette Bos 2.48 Owens Phi 2.97 Ford NYY 2.53 Lary ChN 3.00 WINS WINS Ford NYY 25-10 Jackson StL 23-8 O'Dell Bal 23-12 Brewer LA 22-10 Foytak Det 21-17 McCormick SF 21-12 STRIKE OUTS K's Pascual Wash 250 Haddix Pit 219 Jones Cle 247 Drysdale LA 206 Bunning Det 243 Antonelli Mil 204 AWARDS Mickey Mantle New York MVP Eddie Mathews Milwaukee Whitey Ford New York Cy Young Award Larry Jackson St Louis Norm Cash Chicago Rookie of the Year Vada Pinson Cincinnati LOS ANGELES DODGERS VS NEW YORK YANKEES The Dodgers and the Yankees have met twice before in the World Series with the Yankees prevailing in 1913 and the Dodgers claiming victory in 1955. It was not a subway series this time as the Dodgers gave their new hometown fans plenty to cheer about in the franchise's first season on the west coast. GAME 1: Shortstop Woodie Held, a former Yankee, came back to haunt his old team by hitting a 2-run homer in the 5th inning to give the hometown Dodgers game 1 by a 4-2 score. Tom Brewr outduelled Yankees ace Whitey Ford for the win. GAME 2: Gil Hodges, who came up in the Dodgers system but was traded to the Yankees before ever playing a game in Dodger blue, hit two homers and drove in 6 runs as New York hammered Johnny Podres and the Dodgers 9-0 to even the series. Mickey Mantle also homered for New York. Duke Maas, who was 18-9 on the season, pitched 8 shutout innings for the win. GAME 3: Ford and Brewer hook up again and this time the Yankees get to the Dodger ace for 5 runs in the second on the way to a 7-3 victory. Billy Martin and Tony Kubek homered for New York. GAME 4: Johnny Podres tossed a 5-hit shutout as Los Angeles whipped New York 9-0. The Dodgers had 21 hits including 4 homers in the game. GAME 5: Don Drysdale pitches 8 solid innings for the victory as the Dodgers will return to the west coast with a 3 games to 2 series lead following an 8-3 victory in game five. Drysdale, Charlie Neal and Walt Moryn all homered in an 8 run second inning for LA. GAME 6: 36 year old catcher Roy Campanella's only plate appearance of the series was a huge one. The veteran hit a 3-run pinch-hit homer in the bottom of the 11th inning to give Los Angeles a 5-2 victory and the Dodgers 5th World Series title in franchise history. 1958 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE RECAP For the third time in 5 years the Green Bay Packers had the best record in the West Division. The Packers relied on the stingiest defense in the league led by pro bowl defensive backs Tom Brookshier and Johnny Williams along with linemen Bill McPeak and Al DeRogatis. The offensive relvolved around running back L.G. Dupree (1092 yards rushing) and QB John Brodie who had the league's best passing rating. San Francisco, with quarterback Len Dawson and RB Hugh McElhenny, edged out Detroit and Chicago for a berth in the division playoff game. The Lions had a great offense with Norm Van Brocklin passing for a league best 3211 yards and second year back Jim Brown rushing for 805 yards. Chicago was led by linebacker Ray Nitschke who was named the defensive rookie of the year and the defensive player of the year. In the East Division the Washington Redskins finished first in a tight race, 1 game ahead of both Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The Eagles got the playoff berth based on their 18-17 victory over the Steelers in Week 5. Code:
FINAL STANDINGS EAST DIVISION W L T WEST DIVISION W L T Washington 9 3 0 Green Bay 10 2 0 Philadelphia 8 4 0 San Francisco 7 5 0 Pittsburgh 8 4 0 Detroit 6 6 0 St Louis 5 7 0 Chicago 6 6 0 New York 5 7 0 Los Angeles 4 8 0 Cleveland 2 10 0 Baltimore 2 10 0 LEAGUE MVP : Billy Wells RB Los Angeles Playoff MVP: Hugh McElhenny RB Washington OFF PLAYER OF YEAR: Billy Wells RB Los Angeles DEF PLAYER OF YEAR: Ray Nitschke LB Chicago OFF ROOKIE OF YEAR: Don Bishop RB St Louis DEF ROOKIE OF YEAR: Ray Nitschke LB Chicago EAST: WASHINGTON 34 PHILADELPHIA 21 - Redskins quarterback Johnny Unitas threw for 241 yards and 2 touchdowns to lead Washington past the Eagles 34-21. Philadelphia actually had more totals yards gained but 2 key plays made the difference in the contest. The first came just before halftime with the game tied at 14. On a first and 10 at the Washington 32 yard line Redskins defensive lineman Alex Karras sacked Philadelphia QB Frank Ryan for a 9 yard loss. That play derailed an Eagle drive and forced Philadelphia kicker Alan Jackson to attempt a much longer field goal, which he missed. The Redskins would get a field goal of their own on the final possession of the first half to take a 17-14 lead, which they would never relenquish. The other key defensive play for the Redskins came midway through in the third quarter Washington LB Bob Peviani picked off a Frank Ryan pass at the Philadelphia 10 yard line and waltzed into the end zone to make the scoe 27-14 Washington at the time. WEST: GREEN BAY 16 SAN FRANCISCO 3 - John Brodie hit Leon Hart with an 11 yard pass early in the first quarter for the only major of the game. Dick Deschaine would go 3 for 3 on field goal attempts for the Packers while Sam Baker's 36 yard field goal accounted for all of San Francisco's offense in the game. 49ers QB Len Dawson had a rough day, completing just 22 of 48 passes and getting picked off twice. NFL CHAMPIONSHIP: WASHINGTON 14 GREEN BAY 10 : The Redskins scored 2 first half touchdowns and held off a Green Bay comeback attempt for a 14-10 victory. Hugh McElhenny was the MVP as the Washington back scored the first touchdown on a 3 yard run. He ended up with 101 yards rushing and caught 5 passes for 52 yards. Washington sacked Packers quarterback John Brodie 5 times including twice by Doug Atkins, who was named the defensive player of the game. Washington quarterback Johnny Unitas was forced out of the game late in the third quarter after being sacked by Al DeRogatis. Zeke Bratkowski came on in relief and completed 4 out of 6 passes in the final quarter. The score was 14-0 after 45 minutes of play before Green Bay showed some life with a 93 yard drive that ended with a 2 yard plunge by Tank Younger for a touchdown. The Packers threatened again midway thru the 4th quarter but Henry Jordan sacked John Brodie on 3rd down at the Washington 20. Instead of going for it on 3rd and 15 the Packers elected to kick a field goal to cut the deficeit to 14-10 with 4:59 to play. Green Bay got the ball back with 2 minutes to go but another Brodie sack, this one by Walt Yowarsky killed the drive. Brodie did have a chance with a hail mary pass to Don Maynard in the end zone as time expired but it fell incomplete. For Washington it was the second NFL championship for the franchise. They won their first one in 1954, also by beating Green Bay in the title game. 1958-59 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE SEASON RECAP Led by stellar goaltending from Glenn Hall (26-9-11, 2.06) the Chicago Blackhawks finished atop the regular season standings for the first time since the sim began. Despite missing the last 10 games of the season with an injury Hall became just the second goaltender to win the Hart Trophy as the league's MVP. Chicago had plenty of offense led by Eddie Litzenberger's breakout season (37-26-63) that earned him the Art Ross Trophy as scoring leader. Andy Bathgate(17-27-54), Alex Delvecchio (22-27-49), Bronco Horvath (24-19-43) and defenseman Bill Gadsby (6-35-41) added to the Hawks offensive depth. Detroit dropped to second place as Gordie Howe (23-35-58) had an off year, at least by his standards. Montreal returned to the playoffs after a three year absence while Toronto and Boston both missed the postseason. Code:
FINAL STANDINGS GP W L T PTS Chicago 70 35 20 15 85 Detroit 70 28 26 16 72 New York 70 28 27 15 71 Montreal 70 28 28 14 70 Toronto 70 22 30 18 62 Boston 70 24 34 12 60 SCORING LEADERS G A PTS Ed Litzenberger Chi 37 26 63 Dickie Moore Mon 26 37 63 Gordie Howe Det 23 35 58 Henri Richard NY 19 37 56 Andy Bathgate Chi 17 37 54 Bernie Geoffrion Mon 31 19 50 Danny Lewicki Tor 16 34 50 Norm Ullman Tor 29 20 49 Alex Delvecchio Chi 22 27 49 Vic Stasiuk NY 28 18 46 Jean Beliveau Tor 20 24 44 AWARDS VEZINA (top Goalie) Glenn Hall Chicago NORRIS (best defenseman) Dollard St Laurent Chicago ART ROSS (scoring leader) Ed Litzenberger Chicago HART (MVP) Glenn Hall Chicago CALDER (Rookie of the Year) FIRST ALL STAR TEAM G Glenn Hall Chicago D Dollard St Laurent Chicago D Tom Johnson Detroit F Ed Litzenberger Chicago F Dickie Moore Montreal F Henri Richard New York POSTSEASON Glenn Hall's injured wrist forced him to miss the first 2 games of the semi-finals and it proved costly for the Chicago Blackhawks hopes at a Stanley Cup title for the first time since 1938. With backup Hank Bassen in net Montreal won the first two games at the Chicago Stadium 5-3 and 6-2. Hall returned for Game 3 but could not stop the Canadiens who completed the sweep with 2-1 and 3-1 victories on home ice. Dickie Moore led all playoff scorers in the first round with 3 goals and 8 points for the Canadiens. Detroit's offense proved too much for the Rangers as the Wings also won in four straight. Don McKenney had 5 goals in the series while George Armstrong and Gordie Howe each had four. STANLEY CUP FINALS Detroit was looking for it's 4th straight Cup title while the Canadiens lead the sim with 5 Cup wins although their most recent was back in 1953-54. Detroit and Montreal met in the finals once before with Gordie Howe leading the Wings to a 5 game victory in 1952-53. GAME 1: Fleming Mackell scored late in the first overtime to give Detroit a 3-2 win on home ice in the series opener. Red Sullivan scored at 1:02 of the opening period to give Detroit a quick lead and Don McKenney increased it to 2-0 with a goal early in the second stanza. Phil Goyette and Johnny Bucyk scored late in the second period to allow Montreal to tie the game. GAME 2: Camille Henry and Dickie Moore each had a goal and an assist to carry the Canadiens to a 3-1 victory evening the series. Dick Cherry (Don's brother) also scored for Montreal while Red Sullivan had the Detroit goal. GAME 3: Maurice Richard is not the player he once was - limited to 16 goals and 30 points this season- but he came up big when it mattered most for the Canadiens as the 37 year old scored in overtime to give Montreal a 2-1 victory and a series lead by the same margin. It was Richard's 82 career playoff goal in 127 games. Johnny Bucyk scored to tie it for Montreal midway through the third period after Red Sullivan scored another early goal to put Detroit ahead in the opening minute of the game. Gump Worsley made 35 saves in the Montreal net. GAME 4: Detroit hammered Montreal 5-1 on goals by 5 different Red Wings including Don McKenney, Red Sullivan, Earl Balfour, Fleming Mackell and George Armstrong. Claude Provost had the lone Montreal marker. GAME 5: Another strong performance by the Wings, who took a 3 games to two series lead with a 4-1 victory. Ted Lindsay, Phil Maloney, Fleming Mackell and Don McKenney scored the Detroit goals with Camille Henry replying for the Habs. Harry Lumley was solid in the Detroit goal. GAME 6: Bernie Geoffrion scored a goal and had 2 assists as Montreal forced a 7th game with a 4-1 victory on Forum ice. Maurice Richard, Johnny Bucyk and Camille Henry also scored for the Canadiens while defenseman Bob Armstrong had the only Detroit goal. GAME 7: Goride Howe's third period goal, his first of the finals, proved to be the game winner as Detroit claimed it's fourth straight Cup with a 2-1 victory. After a scoreless first period Billy McNeill put Detroit up 1-0 midway through the second. Howe scored an unassisted goal 10 minutes into the third period to make the score 2-0. Montreal finally got one past Harry Lumley when Billy Harris scored at the 15:02 mark but that was as close as the Canadiens would get. It was tough to pick a playoff MVP as Detroit's attack was very balanced but the nod goes to Don McKenney who led all playoff scorers with 8 goals and tied Montreal's Dick Moore for the points lead with 11. Red Sullivan, who scored in each of the first four games of the series and ended up with 6 goals in 11 playoff games, also received consideration. OFFSEASON NOTES Two notable retirements this off-season as Max Bentley and Bill Mosienko both called it a career. Bentley, who won 2 scoring titles in the sim and was named league MVP in 1948-49 finished his career with 365 goals and 777 points in 938 regular season games with Chicago and Boston. Mosienko, also played for Chicago and Boston, ended up with 385 goals and 725 points in 950 regular season games. Both rank in the top 5 for career points and goals: Code:
CAREER POINTS LEADERS NAME Games PTS Gordie Howe 856 892 Maurice Richard 985 874 Doug Bentley 1008 784 Max Bentley 938 777 Bill Mosienko 950 725 CAREER GOALS LEADERS NAME Games Goals Maurice Richard 985 541 Gordie Howe 856 444 Bill Mosienko 950 385 Max Bentley 938 365 Doug Bentley 1008 323
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1959 YEAR IN REVIEW
BOXING Sonny Liston finally appears to be reaching his potential after he became heavyweight champion for the second time in his career with a 10th round TKO of Rocky Marciano in April. The 28 year old Liston followed that up with 3 title defenses in 1959, none of which went the distance. In May he defeated Willie Pastrano with a 10th round TKO, then came a 9th round TKO win over promising fighter Eddie Machen. In late November, Liston scheduled a fairly easy opponent in veteran Rex Layne (50-13-3) and proceeded to knockout Layne in the 11th round of their bout in St Louis. OTHER FIGHTERS OF NOTE: Floyd Patterson will get a shot at the title in January of 1960. Patterson has won 10 straight bouts since losing the World Title to Bert Whitehurst two years ago. The Liston-Patterson tilt is the most eagerly anticipated bout of 1960. 21 year old Ernie Terrell is now 19-0 as a professional and he, along with 23 year old Canadian George Chuvalo (24-2), are a pair of fighters to keep an eye on. However, the next great boxer may be one who has not yet made his professional debut. Mohammad Ali is set to embark on his pro career in early 1960 after announcing he will turn pro at age 19. Note, for the sake of simplicity he will be known as Ali throughout his career. Code:
RANKINGS AT THE END OF 1959 RECORD AGE CHP Sonny Liston 44-2-0(40) 28 1 Rocky Marciano 61-5-0(57) 37 2 Ernie Terrell 20-0-0(5) 21 3 Floyd Patterson 43-4-0(31) 25 4 Willie Pastrano 42-11-2(13) 25 5 Zora Folley 36-7-1(23) 28 6 Eddie Machen 28-4-0(16) 28 7 Ingemar Johansson 35-6-0(31) 28 8 Cleveland Williams 33-6-1(31) 27 9 Joe Lindsay 60-8-3(32) 32 1959 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL RECAP Code:
1959 STANDINGS AMERICAN W L NATIONAL W L Cleveland 88 66 St Louis 96 58 Washington 84 70 Los Angeles 82 72 Baltimore 82 72 Pittsburgh 81 73 Boston 80 74 Milwaukee 77 77 Chicago 78 76 San Francisco 76 78 New York 76 78 Philadelphia 74 80 Detroit 75 79 Chicago 69 85 Kansas City 53 101 Cincinnati 61 93 BATTING LEADERS AVG AVG N Cash ChA .338 H Aaron Mil .337 R Sievers Wash .306 S Hemus StL .328 B Skowron Bal .301 J Temple SF .324 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS Colavito Cle 45 E Banks ChN 42 Cash ChA 41 Throneberry Cin 38 Killebew Wsh 40 E Mathews Mil 37 RBI's RBI's Colavito Cle 122 E Banks ChN 122 Cash ChA 116 D Stuart Pit 115 Killebrew Wash 103 E Mathews Mil 109 EARNED RUN AVERAGE ERA C Pascual Wash 1.92 L Jackson StL 2.72 H Brown ChA 2.60 J Nuxhall Mil 3.09 M Pappas Bal 2.64 F Lary ChN 3.21 WINS WINS B Latman ChA 23-12 B Purkey StL 27-7 F Sullivan Cle 23-15 B Friend Pit 21-10 C Pascual Wash 22-12 J Podres LA 21-10 STRIKE OUTS K's Pascual Wash 305 J Podres LA 276 Bunning Det 270 M McCormick SF 224 S Jones Cle 243 J Owens Phi 223 AWARDS Norm Cash Chicago MVP Hank Aaron Milwaukee Camilo Pascual Washington Cy Young Award Bob Purkey St Louis Jack Kralick Washington Rookie of the Year Dick Stuart Pittsburgh 1959 marked the 12th World Series appearance for both the Cleveland Indians and the St Louis Cardinals. Only the New York Yankees, with 20, and the New York-San Francisco Giants, with 19, have appeared in more World Series. The Cardinals have won the World Series seven times with the most recent title being a win over Cleveland 10 years ago. The Indians have six World Championships with 1951 being their most recent. This is Cleveland's first pennant since their run of 6 straight from 1948 to 1953. The Indians and Redbirds have met twice in the World Series prior to this year with St Louis prevailing in 1949 and the Indians a year later. The Indians are led by outfielder Rocky Colavito (.297,45,122), who led the American League in homers and rbi's. Roger Maris (.280,16,52) missed 2 months with an injury but is healthy for the postseason. Other Indians to keep an eye on are outfielder Minnie Minosa (.269,13,54) along with infielders Vic Power (.257,17,69) and Al Rosen (.244,19,74). Frank Sullivan (23-15, 3.77), Don Mossi (20-11, 3.32) and Sam Jones (18-13, 2.90) give Cleveland 3 solid starting pitchers. 30 year old Bob Purkey (27-7, 3.64) had a career year on the hill for the Cardinals and is a key reason why St Louis had the best pitching staff in the National League. Larry Jackson (17-16, 2.72) and Jack Sanford (17-12, 3.78) round out the rotation for the Series. Offensively, the big bat belongs to 3B Ken Boyer (.306,26,89) but 38 year old Stan Musial (.260,16,68) can still deliver in key situations. Second sacker Solly Hemus (.328,2,50) finished second to Hank Aaron in the National League batting race. Outfielders Wally Woon (.264,17,71) and Jerry Lynch (.301,18,87) will also be counted on heavily. GAME 1: Cleveland got 5 runs off of St Louis starter Larry Jackson in the second inning and hung on for a 5-4 victory. Gordy Coleman's 2 run double was the key hit for the Tribe, who got 7 strong innings out of winning pitcher Sam Jones. GAME 2: It was the Rocky Colavito show as Cleveland won 7-2. Colavito drove in 6 runs by going 4 for 4 with a double and a homerun. Don Mossi scattered 7 hits over 8 innings for the win and had some relieft help from Herb Score in the 9th. Cy Young winner Bob Purkey took the loss as the Cardinals dropped both games at home and are in a big hole as the Series moves to Cleveland. GAME 3: Perhaps the turning point in the series as the St Louis Cardinals score three times in the top of the ninth to tie the game and win it 6-4 with a pair in the top of the tenth. Cleveland seemed to be cruising to a third straight victory after Al Rosen homered twice in the first 4 innings and Tribe hurler Sam Jones settled into a nice routine after allowing the Cardinals a run in the top of the first. Cleveland led 4-1 heading in to the ninth when Bill Henry came on in relief of Jones. Henry retired Bill Virdon to start the inning but then allowed back to back singles from Wally Moon and Jerry Lynch. That brought the tying run to the plate in the form of Jim Baxes, a 30 year old rookie who was acquired from the Dodgers in mid-season. Baxes delivered a 3-run homer that tied the game. Henry got out of the inning with no further trouble but after getting the first out in the ninth he loaded the bases and was replaced by Clem Labine. The first hitter Labine faced, Norm Larker, ripped a 2-run double to put the Cardinals ahead 6-4. Lindy McDaniel pitched a perfect 9th and 10th innings for the Cards to get the win in relief of Larry Jackson. GAME 4: Al Rosen hit his third homerun of the series to give Cleveland an early lead but again the Cardinals rallied to win 3-2. Eddie Kasko was the hero for St Louis with 3 hits including a solo homerun and an rbi single. Bob Purkey went the distance for the win while Don Mossi took the loss. GAME 5: The Cardinals completed a sweep of the 3 games in Cleveland with an adventurous 6-5 victory. St Louis entered the bottom of the 9th with a 6-2 lead but Cleveland scored 3 times and stranded the tying run on third base when Cardinals reliever Stu Miller finally got the last out of the game. GAME 6: Back home and riding a 3-game winning streak nothing could stop the Cardinals. Pitcher Larry Jackson tossed a complete game shutout as St Louis completed the comeback with a 3-0 victory. Jerry Lynch's 2 run double in the 7th inning put the game away for the Cards. 1959 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE RECAP The East Division was a two team race all season as the league's best offense (St Louis) battled the best defense (Washington) right down to the final game. In the end the two clubs tied for top spot and would meet in the Eastern Final. San Francisco finished atop the West, a game ahead of Detroit, but the big story was at the bottom of the division where Green Bay ended up after winning 10 games the year before. Injury was the main reason as the Packers defense had 8 starters miss at least one game. RECORDS - Pittsburgh LB Chuck Howley set the single season record for tackles with 150. The previous record was 139 set by Washington's Chuck Bednarik in 1951. Code:
FINAL STANDINGS EAST DIVISION W L T WEST DIVISION W L T St Louis 9 3 0 San Francisco 9 3 0 Washington 9 3 0 Detroit 8 4 0 Pittsburgh 6 6 0 Baltimore 6 6 0 Philadelphia 6 6 0 Los Angeles 6 6 0 Cleveland 6 6 0 Chicago 4 8 0 New York 2 10 0 Green Bay 1 11 0 LEAGUE MVP : Billy Wells RB Los Angeles Playoff MVP: Jim Brown RB Detroit OFF PLAYER OF YEAR: Billy Wells RB Los Angeles DEF PLAYER OF YEAR: Alex Karras DT Washington OFF ROOKIE OF YEAR: Buddy Dial WR San Francisco DEF ROOKIE OF YEAR: Eddie Meador CB Baltimore EAST: ST LOUIS 32 WASHINGTON 17 - After a tight first half that saw the score 12-10 in favour of the hometown Cardinals, St Louis exploded for 20 points in the third quarter to claim a 32-17 victory. Jim Ninowski completed 20 out of 30 passes including a pair of touchdown strikes to receiver Gern Nagler to lead the Cardinals offense. Johnny Lattner ran for the final St Louis major and led both teams with 68 yards rushing, 5 more than Hugh McElhenny amassed for the Redskins. Johnny Unitas threw for 245 yards for the Redskins but he was intercepted twice and sacked in the endzone for a Cardinals safety. WEST: DETROIT 28 SAN FRANCISCO 21 - Jim Brown ran for 79 yards and the game winning touchdown midway through the fourth quarter to help the Lions past the 49ers 28-21. Brown also caught 4 passes from Lions QB Norm Van Brocklin for 76 yards. NFL CHAMPIONSHIP: The championship game would be a rematch of the 1940 and 1946 title games. The Lions took the first meeting between the two in 1940 and that was the last time Detroit won the NFL title until this year. DETROIT 17 ST LOUIS 14 - Statistically St Louis dominated the game, having more total yardage (422-333) and zero turnovers compared to 2 by the Detroit Lions but Detroit won because they got the key plays when they needed. Detroit worked the clock trying to keep the ball out of Cardinals QB Babe Parilli's hands and employing a bend but don't break defense that tightened up in the red zone. One key stat that did favour the Lions was going 8 for 12 on third down attempts compared to 5 for 11 for the Cards. Parilla attempted 44 passes and threw for 326 yards with his favourite targets being wideouts Raymond Berry (7 catches for 101 yards) and Gerd Nagler (6 for 108). St Louis running back Don Bishop also had a strong game, gaining 96 yards on the ground and scoring St Louis' only touchdown. However, Detroit's Norm Van Brocklin held his own, going 19-for-25 for 193 yards. Van Brocklin tossed two short touchdown passes to Gerald Carnahan (6 yards) in the first quarter and Richard Byrd (2 yards) just before half-time. Eight of Van Brocklin passes were quick screens to RB Jim Brown, who gained 58 yards receiving while also running 17 times for 82 yards. Brown was named the playoff MVP for his work. Linebacker Sam Huff led the Lions defense with 7 tackles including a sack. 1959-60 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE SEASON RECAP Gordie Howe regained his scoring touch and dominated the league offensively, finishing with 43 goals and 78 points. However, his Detroit Red Wings would not have a chance to win their 5th straight Stanley Cup. It took a Montreal win on the final day of the regular season but the Red Wings missed the playoffs and finished 5th ahead of only the Boston Bruins. The New York Rangers finished first as goaltender Jacques Plante (38-24-8, 2.13) played all 70 games and won his third Vezina Trophy in 5 years. The line of Henri Richard (18-44-62) between Jerry Toppazzini (22-26-48) and rookie Bobby Hull (30-23-53) helped New York lead the league in goals scored. Vic Stasiuk (23-19-42), Dick Duff (18-16-34) and defenseman Red Kelly (8-23-31) also played key roles. Richard joined his brother Maurice as the only brother combination to win the Hart Trophy as league MVP. Maurice Richard won the award twice - in 1947-48 and again in 1949-50. Speaking of Maurice, he scored 23 goals and added 7 assists this season. He is the NHL's alltime goal scoring leader with 564 goals. Code:
FINAL STANDINGS GP W L T PTS New York 70 38 24 8 84 Chicago 70 35 27 8 78 Toronto 70 31 26 13 75 Montreal 70 29 32 9 67 Detroit 70 29 33 8 66 Boston 70 19 39 12 50 SCORING LEADERS G A PTS Gordie Howe Det 43 35 78 Bronco Horvath Chi 27 35 62 Henri Richard NY 18 44 62 Andy Bathgate Chi 24 37 61 Norm Ullman Tor 20 40 60 Bernie Geoffrion Mon 43 15 58 Ed Litzenberger Chi 38 17 55 Frank Mahovlich Tor 28 27 55 Bobby Hull NY 30 23 53 Dickie Moore Mon 20 33 53 Johnny Bucyk Mon 21 28 49 AWARDS VEZINA (top Goalie) Jacques Plante New York NORRIS (best defenseman) Carl Brewer New York ART ROSS (scoring leader) Gordie Howe Detroit HART (MVP) Henri Richard New York CALDER (Rookie of the Year) FIRST ALL STAR TEAM G Jacques Plante New York D Bill Gadsby Chicago D Carl Brewer New York F Gordie Howe Detroit F Bernie Geoffrion Montreal F Henri Richard New York Both opening round series were settled in 5 games with the Rangers and Leafs claiming victory. Johnny Bower was brilliant in net for Toronto, allowing just 7 Chicago goals in 5 games while the Leafs got plenty of offense from Jean Beliveau, who had 6 goals and 4 assists in the series. New York's third liners came up big against Montreal as Jean Guy Gendron and Brian Cullen tied for the team lead with 6 points. Defensemen Pierre Pilote and Red Kelly also played a key role offensively as each tallied 5 points. STANLEY CUP FINALS Toronto and New York have never met in the Stanley Cup finals since the sim started in 1947. The Rangers have not won the Cup since 1940, making their only finals appearance in the sim 2 years ago when they lost to Detroit. Toronto last won it all in 1951. The Leafs have made 3 other Stanley Cup finals appearances in the sim but lost on each of those occassions. GAME 1: Jacques Plante made 28 saves as the Rangers won the opener 2-0. First period goals from Dick Duff and Henri Richard proved the difference. GAME 2: The Leafs rallied from a 3-0 first period deficeit to claim a 4-3 victory. Norm Ullman scored twice in the second period for the Leafs and Leo Labine had a pair in the third including the game winner with 1:12 remaining in regulation. GAME 3: Ullman scored 2 more goals while Donnie Marshall and Ron Stewart added singles in 4-1 Toronto victory. Jerry Toppazzini, who also had a pair in game 2, scored the only Ranger goal. GAME 4: Third period goals from Frank Mahovlich and Harry Howell lifted the Leafs to a 3-2 come from behind victory and a 3 game to one series lead. GAME 5: First period goals from Jean Beliveau and Frank Mahovlich were more than enough to give the Leafs the Stanley Cup. Donnie Marshall scored in the second period and Jean Guy Talbot added an insurance goal in the third as Toronto won 4-1 and took the series by the same count. Murray Balfour's second period goal was the only one of the Rangers 28 shots to elude Toronto goalie Johnny Bower. With 6 goals and 8 assists in the playoffs, Norm Ullman was named the Playoff MVP. He finished tied with Leaf teammate Jean Beliveau for the postseason scoring lead. OFFSEASON NOTES Key retirements include alltime NHL goal scoring leader Maurice Richard, who ends his career with 564 goals, and his Montreal teammate Kenny Mosdell. Richard played in 1037 games and totalled 904 points. He added another 84 goals and 126 points in 136 playoff games while winning 5 Stanley Cups. While he never won an Art Ross Trophy as league scoring leader, he was the winner of the Hart Trophy as league MVP twice and named playoff MVP on 3 occassions. Mosdell had 222 goals andd 527 points in 838 career games - all with Montreal. He was named playoff MVP in 1949 and was a part of 5 Stanley Cups with the Canadiens. In 99 playoff games he had 44 goals and 87 points. Another notable retirement was goaltender Jim Henry. Sugar Jim had the distinction of suiting up at one time or another for all six NHL teams and played a total of 504 career games. His goals against average was 2.75 and he had a lifetime record of 207-219-75. He won the Vezina Trophy twice with Toronto- in 1948-49 and again in 1951-52. He was 28-19 with a 2.53 gaa in 53 playoff appearances. He won 3 Stanley Cups: 2 with Detroit as a back-up and one with Toronto in 1951 when he was named playoff MVP. Next up is 1960 as a new league forms in football while Ali makes he pro debut in boxing.
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1960
1960 YEAR IN REVIEW
1960 IN BOXING The most anticipated debut of 1960 was Mohammad Ali's entrance into the ranks of professional boxing. The 18 year old fought 8 times, with none of the bouts more than 10 rounds in length and easily won on all 8 occassions. Sonny Liston and Floyd Patterson hooked up in a thrilling 15 rounder at New York's Madison Square Garden on January 31st, 1960. At stake was Liston's World Boxing Title and when the dust settled we had a new champion as Patterson scored an unanimous decision. Patterson's reign as champion was short lived, as just like the two previous occassions he held the belt, he lost in his first title defense. This time it was to Swedish pugilist Ingemar Johansson, who knocked out Patterson in the 15th round to regain the title he held briefly in 1955. Johansson would make a title defense in Cardiff, Wales against British Commonwealth contender Joe Erskine. It was a relatively easy night for Johansson who knocked out the Welshman in the 8th round. Johansson rounded out the year with an impressive 7th round TKO over Rocky Marciano in Gothenburg, Sweden in November. Code:
RANKINGS AT THE END OF 1960 RECORD AGE CHP Ingemar Johansson 38-6-0(34) 29 1 Sonny Liston 49-3-0(45) 29 2 Ernie Terrell 25-0-0(8) 22 3 Rocky Marciano 65-6-0(61) 38 4 Floyd Patterson 46-5-0(33) 26 5 Zora Folley 41-7-1(25) 29 6 Eddie Machen 32-4-1(18) 29 8 Cleveland Williams 33-6-1(31) 28 8 Robert Cleroux 24-1-0(22) 23 9 George Chuvalo 29-2-0(24) 24 1960 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL RECAP After finishing dead last in the National League a year ago and 7th or 8th in 7 of the past 10 seasons the Cincinnati Reds finally had their day in the sun as they claimed their first Pennant since 1947. The National League was a tight battle all season with 6 teams remaining in contention until the final month of the season. The Reds had plenty of power led by league MVP Frank Robinson (.334,37,113), Vada Pinson (.308,26,90) and Tony Gonzalez (.266,17,74) in the outfield. First baseman Marv Throneberry (.275,41,102) led the league in homeruns. Cy Young Award winner Jim O'Toole (15-12, 2.86), Jim Maloney (13-8, 3.67) and Jay Hook (13-12, 4.95) were the key members of the pitching staff. In the American League the New York Yankees rebounded from a poor 1959 season to win their 5th pennant in the past seven years. The Yankees season suffered a real blow when Mickey Mantle (.281,28,78) broke his ankle in late August but catcher Yogi Berra (.291,20,73), infielders Tony Kubek (.278,12,59) and Gil McDougald (.270,9,49), along with outfielders Norm Siebern (.293,18,79) and Walt Moryn (.285,12,49) picked up the slack in September. Ralph Terry (17-7, 2.73) and Bill Stafford (14-12, 3.39) carried the team for much of the summer after pitching ace Whitey Ford (9-6, 3.93) missed much of the season for the second year in a row. It will be interesting to see what kind of effect the broken ankle has on Mantle. In real life at the end of 1960 he had 320 career homeruns. In the sim he is slightly ahead of that pace with 333 which times him for 17th all-time with Roy Campanella at this point. Willie Mays is 6 ahead of Mantle with 339. Stan Musial leads active players with 461 but Musial is now 39 and hit just 6 roundtrippers this past season. Code:
1960 STANDINGS AMERICAN W L NATIONAL W L New York 95 59 Cincinnati 85 69 Chicago 91 63 St Louis 82 72 Washington 90 64 San Francisco 82 72 Cleveland 73 81 Pittsburgh 79 75 Baltimore 72 82 Los Angeles 77 77 Detroit 71 83 Chicago 77 77 Boston 70 84 Milwaukee 74 80 Kansas City 54 100 Philadelphia 60 94 LEADERS AVG AVG N Cash ChA .357 H Aaron Mil .335 A Kaline Det .344 F Robinson Cin .334 P Runnels Wash .312 L Maye Mil .331 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS Killebrew Wash 41 Throneberry Cin 41 N Cash ChA 38 F Robinson Cin 37 B Allison Wash 29 W McCovey SF 35 RBI's RBI's N Cash ChA 125 F Robinson Cin 113 Killebrew Wash 110 E Banks ChN 103 J Adcock Bos 97 W McCovey SF 102 EARNED RUN AVERAGE ERA C Pascual Wash 1.85 J O'Toole Cin 2.86 J Kralick Wash 2.58 M McCormick SF 2.92 S Jones Cle 2.60 F Lary ChN 3.05 WINS WINS C Pascual Wash 23-6 L Jackson StL 18-11 S Jones Cle 22-9 B Buhl Mil 16-15 H Brown ChA 19-7 D Drysdale LA 16-15 STRIKE OUTS K's Pascual Wash 223 D Drysdale LA 237 S Jones Cle 196 M McCormick SF 194 P Ramos Wash 185 E Broglio StL 193 AWARDS Norm Cash Chicago MVP Frank Robinson Cincinnati Camilo Pascual Washington Cy Young Award Jim O'Toole Cincinnati Floyd Robinson Chicago Rookie of the Year Ron Santo Chicago This will be the first meeting between the Reds and Yankees. Cincinnati has only made 4 appearances prior to this season in the World Series and only one since 1909. The Reds lost to the Boston Red Sox in the 1947 Series. Their two World Series titles came in 1905 and 1907. The Yankees, on the other hand, have won more pennants (21 including this year) and more World Championships (14) than any other team. Both clubs will be without their best player for the World Series as the Yankees Mantle is out with a broken ankle while Reds outfielder and NL MVP Frank Robinson sprained his ankle on the final weekend of the season. GAME 1: The Yankees took the series opener 3-2 thanks to a walk off single in the bottom of the 10th from little used infielder Fritz Brickell. Don Gross was credited with the victory in relief of Ralph Terry. GAME 2: Ed Bailey and Marv Throneberry homered to pace Cincinnati to a 7-1 victory as Whitey Ford failed to survive the third inning on the hill for the Yankees. Jay O'Toole scattered 4 hits over 7 shutout innings for the win. GAME 3: More longball from Cincinnati as Frank Malzone and normally light-hitting infielder Roy McMillan went deep in a 6-3 Reds win. GAME 4: New York evened the series with a 6-3 victory. Yogi Berra had 3 hits including a homerun for the Yankees as Ralph Terry earned the victory with his second strong game of the Series. GAME 5: Jim O'Toole won his second game of the series in a 4-3 Cincinnati victory that put the Reds up 3 games to two. Outfielder Wally Postès 3-run homer off of Yankee starter Whitey Ford was the big blow of the game. GAME 6: Marv Throneberry, a former Yankee, delivered with a sacrifice fly in the 8th to give the Reds the World Series with a 2-1 victory in Game 6. Jay Hook pitched 7 innings of 4 hit ball for his second win of the series while reliever Leo Kiely notched his third save. 1960 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE RECAP Big changes in football for the 1960 season as the National Football League added 2 expansion teams based in Dallas and Minnesota. That was the small change however, as the big news was the formation of a second professional league called the American Football League. We deviate slightly from history here as both Dallas and Minnesota are added at the same time in my sim instead of 1 year apart. I am also going to allow the Super Bowl to begin in 1960 as the champions from the AFL and NFL will meet in a title game. Since it is a common rookie draft for both leagues I felt I needed to handcuff the AFL teams somewhat by seeding all of the NFL teams ahead of the AFL squads for the first 6 years of the league draft. Speaking of the draft I thought it would be a good idea to add some notes on the draft so that anyone following will have an idea where some of the real-life hall of famers and other notables end up. 1960 DRAFT TOP 3 PICKS 1- Green Bay Jim Otto C 2- NY Giants Ron Mix T 3- Chicago Billy Cannon RB OTHER PICKS OF NOTE Los Angeles Rams selected CB Willie Wood 6th overall Buffalo made safety Johnny Robinson the first AFL player drafted when they selected him 15th San Diego took DB Larry Wilson with the 16th pick Green Bay took DE Jim Marshall with the first pick of round 2 Chicago took QB Don Meredith with the third pick of round 2 Code:
FINAL STANDINGS NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W L T WEST DIVISION W L T St Louis 12 2 0 San Francisco 12 2 0 Philadelphia 9 5 0 Baltimore 11 3 0 NY Giants 8 6 0 Chicago 8 6 0 Pittsburgh 7 7 0 Detroit 6 8 0 Washington 6 8 0 Los Angeles 6 8 0 Cleveland 4 10 0 Minnesota 4 10 0 Dallas 2 12 0 Green Bay 3 11 0 AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W L T WEST DIVISION W L T New England 9 5 0 Kansas City 12 2 0 NY Jets 9 5 0 Denver 6 8 0 Houston 6 8 0 San Diego 6 8 0 Buffalo 6 8 0 Oakland 2 12 0 LEAGUE MVP : Billy Wells RB Los Angeles (3rd year in a row) Playoff MVP: Don Bishop RB St Louis OFF PLAYER OF YEAR: Billy Wells RB Los Angeles DEF PLAYER OF YEAR: Alex Karras DT Washington OFF ROOKIE OF YEAR: Walt Livingston RB New England DEF ROOKIE OF YEAR: Roger Brown DT Minnesota NFL In the first round games the first place clubs prevailed with San Francisco beating Philadelphia 17-10 while St Louis topped Baltimore 20-13. St Louis claimed the NFL title with a 27-10 victory thanks to RB Don Bishop's 124 yards on the ground and QB Babe Parilli's 2 touchdown passes. AFL The Kansas City Chiefs and New England Patriots would meet in the first AFL title game. The Chiefs, who had the league's best record in the regular season, topped San Diego 26-19 in the West Divison championship game while the Patriots downed the Jets 30-17 in the East. In the championship game Kansas City build a 24-7 lead and withstood a 4th quarter rally by New England, hanging on for a 24-17 victory. Quarterback Bobby Thomason threw for 229 yards and 3 touchdowns to lead the Chiefs to the win. SUPER BOWL I Kansas City fared much better than expected but still lost to St Louis by a 35-30 score. Chiefs QB Bobby Thomason had an incredible game, completing 32 of 49 pass attempts for 347 yards and 3 touchdowns. While the Chiefs tried to air the ball out every chance they got, the Cardinals played a much more conservative game relying on the rushing of Don Bishop, who gained 97 yards and scored a touchdown. Babe Parilli did throw the ball on occassion, particularly to recevier Gerd Nagler, who had 4 catches but 3 of them were for touchdowns. 1960-61 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE SEASON RECAP A tight race at the top and for the final playoff spot meant the semi-final matchups were not set until the final day of the season. On the final day the Rangers beat the Leafs 1-0 in Toronto to clinch first place while Detroit and Montreal played to a 3-3 tie which allowed the Canadiens to edge the Red Wings out of the final playoff spot. The New York Rangers led the league in goals for while allowing the fewest against. Jacques Plante (30-20-16, 2.07) was the main reason for the latter, while the offense came primarily from Bobby Hull (38-25-63), Vic Stasiuk (22-36-58) and Henri Richard (18-35-53). The 22 year old, playing in just his second NHL season, tied Detroit's Gordie Howe for the goal scoring lead and was named the winner of the Hart Trophy as the leagues MVP. Code:
FINAL STANDINGS GP W L T PTS New York 70 33 20 17 83 Toronto 70 32 21 17 81 Chicago 70 31 27 12 74 Montreal 70 27 33 10 64 Detroit 70 25 31 14 64 Boston 70 21 37 12 54 SCORING LEADERS G A PTS Gordie Howe Det 38 36 74 Andy Bathgate Chi 29 38 67 Bobby Hull NY 38 25 63 Bronco Horvath Chi 26 32 58 Vic Stasiuk NY 22 36 58 Jean Beliveau Tor 25 30 55 Bernie Geoffrion Mon 33 20 53 Henri Richard NY 18 35 53 Johnny Bucyk Mon 19 28 47 Dean Prentice Chi 19 28 47 Guyle Fielder Bos 15 32 47 AWARDS VEZINA (top Goalie) Jacques Plante New York NORRIS (best defenseman) Tim Horton Detroit ART ROSS (scoring leader) Gordie Howe Detroit HART (MVP) Bobby Hull New York CALDER (Rookie of the Year) FIRST ALL STAR TEAM G Jacques Plante New York D Doug Harvey Toronto D Red Kelly New York F Gordie Howe Detroit F Andy Bathgate Chicago F Bobby Hull New York In a repeat of last seasons Stanley Cup Final it would be Toronto and New York playing for the Cup. The Leafs knocked off Chicago in 6 games while the Rangers outlasted Montreal in a series that went the full seven games. STANLEY CUP FINALS GAME 1: The Rangers took the series opener on home ice as Bobby Hull scored all 3 New York goals in a 3-1 victory. Defenseman Bobby Baun scored the lone Toronto goal. GAME 2: Toronto evens the series with a 6-3 victory. Murray Balfour had 2 goals and Donnie Marshall picked up 3 assists to pace the Leafs attack. Doug Harvey, Dick Duff, Jean Beliveau and Leo Labine rounded out the Toronto scoring. Henri Richard, Jerry Toppazzini and Nick Mickoski replied for New York. GAME 3: Jacques Plante turned aside all 33 shots he faced to backstop the Rangers to a 2-0 victory. Henri Richard and Vic Stasiuk scored 32 seconds apart midway through the first period to account for all of the offense. Bobby Hull assisted on both Rangers goals. GAME 4: Bob Nevin scored 7 minutes into overtime to give the Leafs a 3-2 victory and knot the series at two wins apiece. The Rangers entered the third period up 2-0 on goals from Larry Popein and Ralph Backstrom but Toronto scored twice in the third period including Murray Balfour's tying marker with just 4 seconds left in regulation. Dick Duff had the other Leaf goal. GAME 5: Bobby Baun scored twice including the game winner with 4:32 remaining in regulation to give the Leafs a 2-1 victory and a 3 games to two lead in the series. Bobby Hull scored the Rangers goal. GAME 6: Bobby Hull had a pair of goals as New York forced a game seven with a 3-2 victory over Toronto at Maple Leaf Gardens. Barry Cullen had the other Rangers goal while Donnie Marshall and Jean Beliveau replied for Toronto. GAME 7: The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup for the second year in a row with a 2-1 victory. Donnie Marshall scored in the first period and Norm Ullman got the eventual game winner midway thru the second stanza. Henri Richard cut the lead to one late in the second period but that was as close as the Rangers would get. With a 2.21 goals against average and a .921 save percentage Toronto goalie Johnny Bower was named the playoff MVP edging out Rangers forward Bobby Hull, who led all scorers with 9 goals and 15 points in the postseason. OFFSEASON NOTES Detroit will be looking for a new goaltender as Harry Lumley announced his retirement. Lumley helped the Red Wings to 5 Stanley Cups while winning the Vezina Trophy 3 times in the process. He broke into the NHL in 1943-44 playing 1 game for the New York Rangers but the remainder of his 1043 NHL contests were spent in a Detroit uniform. He was 494-375-167 over his 18 year career with a 2.55 goals against average. He retires as the all-time leader in career wins, losses and shutouts. Lumley played all 70 games for the Red Wings each of the past two seasons. Detroit dealt winer Tod Sloan to Chicago for goalie Hank Bassen. Bassen is expected to battle Ed Chadwick for playing time in the Detroit net. Between them they have 39 games of NHL experience.
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1961
1961 YEAR IN REVIEW
1961 IN BOXING Ingemar Johansson's second reign as World Heavyweight champion lasted longer than his first back in 1956, but just barely. Johansson successfully defended the title twice in 1960 but his first bout of 1961 resulted in a 14th round TKO loss to Sonny Liston. Liston is also no stranger to the belt, as he has held the title briefly on two different occassions. Now 30 years old Liston showed great maturity in making 3 successful title defenses in 1961. In May he had little trouble scoring a second round TKO over Canadian champion Robert Cleroux. He followed that up by winning a pair of fights that went the distance, outpointing Ernie Terrell in a split decision victory in September and then scoring a unamimous decision over aging Rocky Marciano in November. The loss was the 6th of his career for the 39 year old Marciano and one would expect it was the final opportunity for him to win the title he has previously held on 4 different occassions. Code:
RANKINGS AT THE END OF 1961 RECORD AGE CHP Sonny Liston 53-3-0(47) 30 1 Ernie Terrell 29-1-0(11) 23 2 Rocky Marciano 69-7-0(65) 39 3 Ingemar Johansson 42-7-0(38) 30 4 Zora Folley 44-7-2(27) 30 5 Eddie Machen 37-4-1(23) 30 6 Robert Cleroux 27-2-0(24) 24 7 Karl Mildenberger 21-2-1(8) 25 8 Floyd Patterson 50-6-0(36) 27 9 Harry Cooper 41-5-1(31) 28 1961 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL RECAP As in real life, the 1961 season saw an attack on Babe Ruth's historic single season homerun mark. In this reality it was not Roger Maris who made the biggest charge, although the Cleveland slugger did finish with 49 homers and won the American League triple crown. Instead the charge was waged by a National Leaguer and Milwaukee's Hank Aaron did not have the luxury of 8 more games since expansion would not come to the senior circuit until next year. As it was Aaron finished 1 homer shy of Babe Ruth's historic mark of 54 round trippers set in 1923. Like Maris in the American League, Aaron claimed the triple crown for leading the National Leaguers in batting average, homers and rbi's. Together they were the 9th and 10th players to win the triple crown and the second time it had happened in the same season in both leagues. Code:
PREVIOUS TRIPLE CROWN WINNERS 1909 Ty Cobb 1909 Larry Doyle 1920 Babe Ruth 1931 Lou Gehrig 1935 Mel Ott 1942 Ted Williams 1953 Willie Mays 1956 Ted Kluszewski 1961 Roger Maris 1961 Hank Aaron SINGLE SEASON HOME RUN LEADERS Babe Ruth 54 1923 Hank Aaron 53 1961 Ted Kluszewski 53 1956 Babe Ruth 52 1922 Ralph Kiner 51 1948 Lou Gehrig 51 1931 Hank Greenberg 50 1939 Ralph Kiner 50 1950 Babe Ruth 49 1921 Willie Mays 49 1955 Roger Maris 49 1961 Code:
1961 STANDINGS AMERICAN W L NATIONAL W L New York 105 57 Los Angeles 97 57 Chicago 97 65 Milwaukee 92 62 Baltimore 95 67 San Francisco 87 67 Detroit 87 75 Cincinnati 82 72 Cleveland 83 79 St Louis 75 79 Minnesota 77 85 Pittsburgh 70 84 Boston 77 85 Chicago 63 91 LA Angels 67 95 Philadelphia 50 104 Kansas City 62 100 Washington 60 102 LEADERS AVG AVG R Maris Cle .331 H Aaron Mil .339 F Robinson ChA .329 D Groat Pit .324 T Francona Bal .320 B Williams ChN .321 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS R Maris Cle 49 H Aaron Mil 53 M Mantle NYY 40 J Gentile LA 48 J Blanchard NYY 39 W McCovey SF 40 RBI's RBI's R Maris Cle 129 H Aaron Mil 140 J Blanchard NYY 123 J Gentile LA 105 J Callison ChA 109 R Colavito Mil 100 EARNED RUN AVERAGE ERA J Bunning Det 2.03 S Koufax LA 2.05 B O'Dell Bal 2.28 J Marichal SF 2.35 J Horlen ChA 2.33 A McBean Pit 2.48 WINS WINS J Horlen ChA 26-8 J Jay Mil 22-14 B O'Dell Bal 24-5 J Marichal SF 22-15 J Bunning Det 23-8 M McCormick SF 21-15 STRIKE OUTS K's Pascual Min 280 S Koufax LA 335 J Bunning Det 247 J Maloney Cin 278 C Estrada Bal 224 J Pizarro Mil 274 AWARDS Roger Maris Cleveland MVP Hank Aaron Milwaukee Jim Bunning Detroit Cy Young Award Sandy Koufax Los Angeles Joe Horlen Chicago Rookie of the Year Stan Williams Los Angeles It would be a rematch of the 1958 World Series between the Yankees and Dodgers. Both teams had the top pitching staff in their respective leagues. The Yankees had four outstanding starters in Ralph Terry (22-9, 2.65), Whitey Ford (21-14, 2.90), Bill Stafford (18-10, 2.85) and Bennie Daniels (18-10, 3.50). The Dodgers countered with rookie Stan Williams (21-9, 2.71), Johnny Podres (17-12, 2.83) and Don Drysdale (9-5, 2.99). Los Angeles was expected to be without their best pitcher for the series as Sandy Koufax (20-9, 2.05) recently suffered a reoccurrence of the elbow problems that cost him the entire 1960 season. The Yankees had injury concerns of their own entering the series as third baseman Don Hoak (.264,4,9) and reserve outfielder Walt Moryn (.247,6,26) were expected to miss the series while catcher Yogi Berra (.263,20,55) was day to day with the flu. Of course those injuries paled in comparison to the Dodgers losing Koufax. The offensive leaders for the Yankees were Mickey Mantle (.287,40,97), Johnny Blanchard (.310,39,123) and Tony Kubek (.288,10,66). Mantle seemed fully recovered from a broken ankle that cost him the final month of the 1960 season. The Dodgers relied on 1B Jim Gentile (.320,48,105), along with infielders Tommy Davis (.311,17,80) and Maury Wills (.273,3,66). GAME 1: Whitey Ford went the distance in a 5-4 Yankee victory to open the series. Tony Kubek homered, doubled and drove in 4 runs to pace the New York attack. Tommy Davis hit a 3-run shot off of Ford with 2 out in the ninth to make things tense but that was as close as the Dodgers got. GAME 2: The Dodgers evened the series with a 5-4 victory. Don Drysdale pitched 8 strong innings with Ron Perranoski pitching a scoreless ninth. Dodgers outfielder Willie Davis hit a 3-run homer of New York starter and losing pitcher Ralph Terry in the fourth inning. Johnny Blanchard and Mickey Mantle each homered for the Yankees. GAME 3: Another 5-4 score this time it took 11 innings for the Dodgers to pull out a victory and take a 2-1 series lead. Bob Aspromonte's pinch-hit single plated Tommy Davis with the winning run. Tommy Davis had 4 hits in the game and Willie Davis added 3 more for the Dodgers. Duke Snider hit a pinch-hit homerun in the bottom of the 7th to tie the game for Los Angeles. GAME 4: Johnny Podres tossed a complete game 4-hitter to lead Los Angeles to a 5-1 victory and a commanding 3 games to one series lead. Tommy Davis had 3 more hits in the game and is hitting .421 in the series. GAME 5: The Dodgers win the series in dramatic fashion as Willie Davis delivers a walk-off two rbi single with 2 out in the bottom of the ninth to give Los Angeles a 3-2 victory in game five. The Yankees carried a 2-1 lead into the ninth inning thanks to a 2 run triple from Norm Siebern in the 6th. Don Drysdale went the distance for his second win of the series, allowing 6 hits while fanning 11 Yankee hitters. The victory was the 6th World Championship in the Dodgers history and their second in four years since moving west from Brooklyn. Both of those were over the Yankees. 1961 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE RECAP The San Francisco 49ers won their third straight NFL West Division title but faced a series challenge from a steadily improving Chicago Bears squad. The Bears had plenty of offense led by second year quarterback Don Meredith, who passed for a league high 3281 yards, and young running back Billy Cannon, who gained 1155 yards on the ground. Fourth year linebacker Ray Nitschke is the heart of the Bears defense. In the East Divison the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles led the way with identical 11-3 records. The Giants relied on their strong defense while Philadelphia's strategy revolved around giving the ball to running back Lenny Moore, who gained a league best 1329 yards rushing to capture his second NFL MVP award. Led by quarterback Zeke Bratkowski the New York Jets led the AFL in points scored and tied with Houston for top spot in the East. Rookie QB Norm Snead helped Denver to first place in the West Divison. 1961 DRAFT TOP 3 PICKS 1- Dallas Jim Tyrer Tackle 2- Green Bay Jimmy Johnson Safety 3- Minnesota Myron Pottios LB OTHER PICKS OF NOTE 7 - Detroit took QB Fran Tarkenton 8 - Pittsburgh took QB Billy Kilmer 13- San Francisco selected DE Deacon Jones 21- New England selected CB Herb Adderley Rd 2 pick 9 Chicago took DT Bob Lily Code:
1961 FINAL STANDINGS NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W L T WEST DIVISION W L T NY Giants 11 3 0 San Francisco 11 3 0 Philadelphia 11 3 0 Chicago 10 4 0 Washington 8 6 0 Detroit 8 6 0 St Louis 7 7 0 Los Angeles 8 6 0 Pittsburgh 4 10 0 Green Bay 8 6 0 Cleveland 4 10 0 Minnesota 4 10 0 Dallas 2 12 0 Baltimore 2 12 0 AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W L T WEST DIVISION W L T NY Jets 9 5 0 Denver 9 5 0 Houston 9 5 0 Kansas City 7 7 0 Buffalo 7 7 0 San Diego 6 8 0 New England 6 8 0 Oakland 3 11 0 LEAGUE MVP : Lenny Moore RB Philadelphia Playoff MVP: Dick Kercher RB San Francisco OFF PLAYER OF YEAR: Lenny Moore RB Philadelphia DEF PLAYER OF YEAR: Robert Rhea DT Denver OFF ROOKIE OF YEAR: Tom Matte RB NY Giants DEF ROOKIE OF YEAR: Robert Rhea DT Denver NFL The first round of the NFL playoffs featured the most lob-sided game in postseason history as the San Francisco 49ers destroyed Philadelphia 69-3. The Eagles lost both quarterbacks to injury in the game and were forced to use punter Edwin Cartwright at the position for the second half. Between the 3 Eagles QB's a total of 6 interceptions were thrown as Philadelphia turned the ball over 9 times in the game. Billy Cannon ran for 104 yards and scored two touchdowns as the Bears beat the Giants 21-16 in the other playoff matchup. San Francisco won the NFL title game for the first time in franchise history with a 29-13 victory over Chicago. The 49ers were led by linebacker Joe Schmidt, who had 14 tackles including a sack and a safety. Offensively, running back Dick Kercher gained 59 yards rushing and caught 5 passes for 105 yards and 1 touchdown. AFL There were two very tight games in the AFL divisional finals. The New York Jets got a 37 yard field goal from Darrell Doss with 21 seconds remaining in the game to beat Houston 16-15. Jets RB Wayne Crow led all runners with 95 yards rushing. Meanwhile, in Denver the Kansas City Chiefs rallied with 2 fourth quarter touchdowns to beat the Broncos 20-19. John Mackay scored the winning touchdown and had 5 catches for 111 yards on the day. Quarterback Brian Hall, who has been in the NFL since 1950 but only started 5 games prior to this season, threw for 267 yards for the Chiefs. Hall threw for 317 yards and 3 touchdowns in the AFL title game but it was not enough as his Kansas City Chiefs fell 38-24 to the New York Jets. Running backs Bernie Casey and Wayne Crow combined for 190 yards rushing and two touchdowns to lead the Jets SUPER BOWL II : SAN FRANCISCO 41 NY JETS 7 Len Dawson completed 21 of 34 passes for 210 yards and 3 touchdowns to lead the San Francisco 49ers to 41-7 victory over the AFL's New York Jets. Jets QB Zeke Bratkowski was intercepted 4 times including twice by Yale Lary. The 49ers safety returned one of those interceptions 57 yards for a touchdown. 1961-62 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE SEASON RECAP The two time defending Stanley Cup champion Toronto Maple Leafs finished with the league's best regular season mark despite scoring less goals then every other team in the league except last place Boston. The Leafs did it with great goaltending from Vezina Trophy winner Johnny Bower (23-18-12, 2.15) and his backup Don Simmons (12-3-2, 1.90). The defense was very strong and featured Doug Harvey (8-26-34), Bobby Baun (0-22-22) and Harry Howell (3-16-19). Injuries will make it very difficult for the Leafs to win the Cup for a third straight year as defensemen Harvey and Howell, along with centre Jean Beliveau who was limited to 13 games because of a fractured hip, are all expected to miss the postseason. Detroit's Gordie Howe once again led the league in points and tied with New York's Bobby Hull for the goal scoring lead with 41. Howe's 39th of the seaon tied him with Maurice Richard for the all-time goal scoring lead with 564. He would break the record with 2 goals against Chicago's Glenn Hall on March 19 to finish the season with 566 career goals. Code:
FINAL STANDINGS GP W L T PTS Toronto 70 35 21 14 84 Detroit 70 32 24 14 78 Montreal 70 31 27 12 74 New York 70 26 23 21 73 Chicago 70 25 36 9 59 Boston 70 22 40 8 52 SCORING LEADERS G A PTS Gordie Howe Det 41 37 78 Bobby Hull NY 41 30 71 Johnny Bucyk Mon 25 44 69 Alex Delvecchio Mon 31 36 67 Henri Richard NY 17 48 65 Bernie Geoffrion Mon 31 31 62 Andy Bathgate Chi 17 34 51 Ted Lindsay Det 17 34 51 Bob Nevin Tor 27 23 50 AWARDS VEZINA (top Goalie) Johnny Bower Toronto NORRIS (best defenseman) Doug Harvey Toronto ART ROSS (scoring leader) Gordie Howe Detroit HART (MVP) Gordie Howe Detroit CALDER (Rookie of the Year) FIRST ALL STAR TEAM G Jacques Plante New York D Doug Harvey Toronto D Doug Mohns Montreal F Gordie Howe Detroit F Alex Delvecchio Montreal F Bobby Hull New York Bobby Hull scored 6 goals in the series as the New York Rangers knocked off the injury riddled Toronto Maple Leafs in 6 games to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals. The Montreal Canadiens will be their opponents after the Habs eliminated Detroit in 5 games. Bernie Geoffrion paced Montreal with 5 goals and 3 assists in the series while goaltender Gump Worsley allowed just 8 Detroit goals in the series. Montreal and New York have never met in the finals. It will be the Rangers third straight Stanley Cup finals appearance and 4th since the simulation began in 1947 but New York has yet to win the Cup. STANLEY CUP FINALS GAME 1: The Canadiens took the series opener 3-1 at the Montreal Forum. After Montreal's Andy Hebenton and New York's Dollard St Laurent traded first period goals the Canadiens put the game away with a pair of second period markers from Camille Henry and Bernie Geoffrion. GAME 2: Bernie Geoffrion scored twice and Alex Delvecchio had a goal and an assist to lead Montreal to a 4-1 victory. Defenseman Doug Mohns also scored for Montreal while Ralph Backstrom had the lone Ranger marker. GAME 3: Home ice helps the Rangers as New York claims a 2-1 victory. Henri Richard and Ralph Backstrom score for the winners while Johnny Bucyk gets the Montreal goal. Jacques Plante made 42 saves in the New York net. GAME 4: Montreal takes command of the series with a 3-1 victory. Dollard St Laurent gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead in the opening minute of the game but Bernie Geoffrion tied the score midway thru the opening period. It stayed 1-1 and looked like overtime was imminent until Dickie Moore gave Montreal the lead with 2:10 remaining in regulation. Moore would add an insurance marker with 8 seconds remaining in the game. GAME 5: Henri Richard had a goal and 2 assists as the Rangers stayed alive with a 3-1 victory. Duke Edmundson and Jerry Toppazzini also scored for New York while Dickie Moore had the Montreal goal. GAME 6: The Rangers force game seven with a 5-1 victory on home ice Henri Richard had another big night with two goals while Bobby Hull added a goal and two helpers to pace the Rangers. GAME 7: For the first time in the simulation the New York Rangers are Stanley Cup champions. New York completed a comeback from a 3-1 series deficit with a thrilling 4-3 victory in game seven on Montreal ice. Dickie Moore scored twice to give the Canadiens an early 2-0 lead but Jerry Toppazzini cut the lead in half before the first period ended. Henri Richard and Brian Cullen each scored early in the second to put New York ahead 3-2 but Bernie Geoffrion tied the game later in the period. The only goal of the third period came off the stick of Henri Richard with 7 minutes remaining in regulation. It would be the Cup winner and earn Richard the playoff MVP award. Richard had 6 goals and 9 assists in the posteason, second only to Montreal's Geoffrion who had 17 points. For Montreal it marked the third straight trip to the finals that ended in a game seven loss. Here is the complete list of Cup Winners: Code:
LEAGUE HISTORY STANLEY CUP WINNERS PLAYOFF MVP SERIES RESULT 47-48 Montreal Vic Lynn Mon Mon 4 Boston 1 48-49 Montreal Ken Mosdell Mon Mon 4 Chicago 3 49-50 Montreal Maurice Richard Mon Mon 4 Toronto 3 50-51 Toronto Jim Henry Tor Tor 4 Detroit 1 51-52 Montreal Maurice Richard Mon Mon 4 Toronto 3 52-53 Detroit Gordie Howe Det Det 4 Montreal 1 53-54 Montreal Maurice Richard Mon Mon 4 Boston 1 54-55 Boston Terry Sawchuk Bos Bos 4 Montreal 3 55-56 Detroit Glenn Hall Chi Det 4 Chicago 1 56-57 Detroit Gordie Howe Det Det 4 New York 3 57-58 Detroit Gordie Howe Det Det 4 Toronto 2 58-59 Detroit Don McKenney Det Det 4 Montreal 3 59-60 Toronto Norm Ullman Tor Tor 4 New York 1 60-61 Toronto Johnny Bower Tor Tor 4 New York 3 61-62 New York Henri Richard NY NY 4 Montreal 3 OFFSEASON NOTES The Red Wings decided Hank Bassen was not the answer in net so they made a couple of moves to pick up goaltender Don Simmons from Toronto. The 30 year old Simmons had an impressive 1.90 goals against average in 17 games with the Leafs last season. Bassen played 66 games for Detroit and was 30-22-13 with a 2.46 GAA in his first season as the replacement for longtime Red Wing goaltender Harry Lumley. The Red Wings moved Bassen to Chicago in exchange for 24 year old forward Murray Oliver. Oliver had 2 assists in 10 games with the Blackhawks last year. One other notable move saw Montreal deal away 18 year old prospect Yvon Cournoyer to the Rangers for goaltender Bruce Gamble.
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1962 YEAR IN REVIEW
1962 IN BOXING Ernie Terrell scored a 12th round TKO of Sonny Liston to claim the World Heavyweight Title at their bout in Chicago in September. In his one previous title shot Terrell lost a majority decision to Liston in September of last year. The loss ended a run of 6 straight successful title defenses for the 31 year old Liston. Liston won by unanimous decision over Pat McMurtry in January of this year, knocked out Cleveland Williams in the second round of a bout in early May and knocked out Joe Erskine in the first round of their July tilt. In other boxing news Rocky Marciano retired at the age of 39 with a career record of 72-7-0 with 68 wins coming by knockout. The 4 time World Champion retires number 3 on the all-time professional wins list, one back of Young Stribling and 11 less than Max Schmeling. Marciano ended his career in style, knocking out Dave Bailey in the first round of their July fight in Philadelphia. 21 year old Muhammad Ali ran his record to 18-0-1 and will likely be in line for a title shot either late next year or early 1964. Ali's only blemish was a technical draw with Fred Lewis in November. The fight was stopped early because Lewis suffered a cut from accidental head contact with Ali. Code:
RANKINGS AT THE END OF 1962 RECORD AGE CHP Ernie Terrell 32-1-0(13) 24 1 Sonny Liston 56-4-0(49) 31 2 Floyd Patterson 54-6-0(39) 28 3 Robert Cleroux 29-3-0(25) 25 4 Harry Cooper 43-6-1(33) 29 5 Ingemar Johansson 45-8-0(41) 31 6 Karl Mildenberger 22-4-1(9) 26 7 Zora Folley 45-9-2(28) 31 8 Eddie Machen 38-6-1(24) 31 9 Amos Lincoln 38-13-1(30) 27 1962 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL RECAP The Los Angeles Dodgers completely dominated the National League, winning 111 games and finishing first in nearly every statistical category. The second place Pittsburgh Pirates had 99 victories and still finished 11 games out of first. Despite the fact the ace Sandy Koufax (0-3, 4.05) missed almost the entire season with elbow problems that have plagued him his entire career, the Dodgers still had 3 pitchers win 20 games. Stan Williams (25-7, 1.96), Johnny Podres (24-8, 2.78) and Don Drysdale (23-6, 2.44) were practically unstoppable. There was plenty of offense from the likes of Jim Gentile (.284,36,91), Frank Howard (.248,20,71), Tommy Davis (.313,12,80), Willie Davis (.295,19,65) and Maury Wills (.273,2,55). The Cleveland Indians claimed their second American League pennant in 4 years. Cleveland relied on it's offense which was led by Roger Maris (.309,48,120) and Gordy Coleman (,326,40,123). This looked like it might be the year Maris broke Babe Ruth's single season homerun mark of 54 but Maris missed the final 3 weeks of the season after undergoing an emergency appendectomy. He is expected to return for the World Series. Another veteran slugger enjoyed a bit of a resurgence in a new home. The St Louis Cardinals had no room for Stan Musial in their lineup so the 41 year old moved to Chicago and enjoyed a solid season with the White Sox, hitting 13 homers and driving in 61 runs in 126 games. Musial now has 490 career home runs and is reportedly undecided about returning next season to take a shot at reaching the 500 plateau. THIS AND THAT Willie Mays of San Francisco and the Yankees Mickey Mantle each hit their 400th career home runs in 1962 while Milwaukee's Hank Aaron and Ernie Banks of the Cubs each reached the 300 mark. The 31 year old Mays also got his 2000 career hit this season. There were 4 no-hitters tossed in 1957 but none over the next four years. That streak came to an end this season when Turk Farrell of Cleveland no-hit the Boston Red Sox on opening day. Ken McBride of the White Sox also tossed a no-hitter as he blanked the Yankees 4-0 in September. Code:
1962 STANDINGS AMERICAN W L NATIONAL W L Cleveland 102 60 Los Angeles 111 51 Minnesota 99 63 Pittsburgh 99 63 Boston 82 80 Milwaukee 93 69 Chicago 80 82 San Francisco 90 72 New York 79 83 Cincinnati 85 77 Baltimore 78 84 Philadelphia 75 87 Los Angeles 76 86 Chicago 71 91 Detroit 75 87 St Louis 70 92 Washington 71 91 New York 60 102 Kansas City 68 94 Houston 56 106 LEADERS AVG AVG C Yastremski Bos .349 H Aaron Mil .331 G Coleman Cle .326 F Robinson Cin .326 R Rollins Min .318 T Davis LA .313 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS R Maris Cle 48 O Cepeda SF 43 H Killebrew Min 45 H Aaron Mil 42 G Coleman Cle 40 J Gentile LA 36 RBI's RBI's G Coleman Cle 123 H Aaron Mil 118 R Maris Cle 120 O Cepeda SF 109 D Stuart Bos 112 F Robinson Cin 106 EARNED RUN AVERAGE ERA G Peters ChA 1.64 B Friend Pit 1.84 S Barber Bal 2.35 S Williams LA 1.96 T Bowsfield Bos 2.41 B Veale Pit 2.28 WINS WINS T Farrell Cle 25-6 S Williams LA 25-7 J Kralick Min 24-8 J Podres LA 24-8 D Chance LAA 20-12 D Drysdale LA 23-6 STRIKE OUTS K's K Johnson KC 259 D Drysdale LA 304 Pascual Min 259 J Pizarro Mil 303 T Farrell Cle 244 B Gibson StL 267 AWARDS Roger Maris Cleveland MVP Hank Aaron Milwaukee Turk Farrell Cleveland Cy Young Award Stan Williams Los Angeles Max Alvis Cleveland Rookie of the Year Willie Stargell Pittsburgh The Cleveland Indians are making their 13th postseason appearance and have won the World Series six times, most recently in 1951. The defending champion Dodgers are back for the 9th time and have won the Series on 6 occasions. It will be the 4th time the Dodgers and Indians have met in the World Series. The Dodgers won in 1948 and 1953 while the Indians triumphed in 1941. GAME 1: Don Drysdale had control problems early but he settled down and tossed a two-hitter as Los Angeles took the series opener at home by a 4-3 score. It looked like Drysdale might not survive the first after he walked lead off man Walt Bond and #3 hitter Gordy Coleman. With Roger Maris still recovering from an appendectomy, rookie third baseman Max Alvis batted clean-up for the Tribe and delivered a 2-run triple. Alvis would hit a solo homer in the third inning to make it 3-0 Indians but that was all Drysdale would allow. He set down the last 15 Indians hitters in order and fanned 11 on the day. Ron Fairly's bases loaded double off of losing pitcher Turk Farrell tied the game in the 6th and Jim Gentile hit a solo homerun in the seventh to end the scoring. GAME 2: Don Demeter homered in the bottom of the 8th inning to give the Dodgers a 6-5 victory and make a winner out of Johnny Podres. Maury Wills and Frank Howard also homered for Los Angeles. GAME 3: Karl Spooner, an ex-Dodger, got the best of his old mates by pitching a 5 hit complete game as the Indians won 2-1 at home. All of the offense came from the long ball as Dodgers pitcher Stan Williams homered in the 6th inning after Gordy Coleman hit a solo shot in the 4th off of Williams to give Cleveland the lead. Max Alvis' second home run of the series came in the bottom of the 6th and was the deciding run. GAME 4: Another great game from Don Drysdale, who pitched 8 innings of 3 hit ball and earned a 2-1 victory to move the Dodgers within one victory of their second straight World title. Ron Fairly's two run homer in the first was the only blemish on Cleveland starter Turk Farrell's record but stood up as the winner. Catcher Dick Brown cut the deficit to 1 with a solo shot in the 5th but that was as close as Cleveland would get. GAME 5: The Indians chased Dodgers starter Johnny Podres with 6 runs in the second inning and coasted to an 8-3 victory. Every Cleveland starter including pitcher Don Mossi got at least one hit and 8 different Tribe players drove in a run. GAME 6: The Dodgers win their second straight World Series with a 5-3 victory at home. Don Demeter homered while Maury Wills had two hits and 3 rbi's to lead Los Angeles. 1962 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE RECAP 1962 DRAFT TOP 3 PICKS 1- Dallas Cornell Green Safety 2- Baltimore Nick Buoniconti LB 3- Minnesota Roman Gabriel QB OTHER PICKS OF NOTE 5- Pittsburgh Lance Alworth WR 6- St Louis Merlin Olsen DT 11- Philadelphia John Hadl QB Code:
1962 FINAL STANDINGS NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W L T WEST DIVISION W L T St Louis 10 4 0 Detroit 11 3 0 Philadelphia 9 5 0 Baltimore 9 4 1 Pittsburgh 8 6 0 Chicago 9 5 0 Washington 7 7 0 San Francisco 8 6 0 Dallas 5 9 0 Los Angeles 6 8 0 Cleveland 4 10 0 Green Bay 4 9 1 NY Giants 4 10 0 Minnesota 3 11 0 AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W L T WEST DIVISION W L T Houston 10 4 0 Kansas City 9 5 0 New England 9 5 0 San Diego 6 8 0 NY Jets 8 6 0 Oakland 6 8 0 Buffalo 5 9 0 Denver 3 11 0 LEAGUE MVP : Billy Cannon RB Chicago Playoff MVP: Bart Starr QB Baltimore OFF PLAYER OF YEAR: Bart Starr QB Baltimore DEF PLAYER OF YEAR: Chuck Howley LB Pittsburgh OFF ROOKIE OF YEAR: Roman Gabriel QB Minnesota DEF ROOKIE OF YEAR: Mike Lucci LB New England NFL In the semi-finals Jim Brown ran for 69 yards and scored a pair of second half touchdowns to lead Detroit past Chicago 20-13. Bart Starr threw for 228 yards and a touchdown as Baltimore topped St Louis 23-17. Rookie Nick Buoniconti had 11 tackles for the Colts while St Louis running back Don Bishop ran for 101 yards. The Colts beat the Lions 31-17 in the NFL Championship game. Bart Starr threw 3 touchdown passes and passed for 207 yards for the winners. Second year quarterback Fran Tarkenton tossed a pair of td passes for the Lions but was also picked off twice in the game. The Baltimore defense limited Lions running back Jim Brown to 44 yards rushing. AFL New England beat Kansas City 28-13 in one of the AFL semi-final games. The Patriots got an 87 yard punt return for a touchdown from Herb Adderley and a 46 yard interception return for a score by Joe Driskill. In the other matchup the New Jork Jets got 194 yards rushing and 3 touchdowns from backs Bernie Casey and Hugh McElhenny to key a 40-17 win over Houston. The Jets won their second straight AFL title game by beating New England 34-20. Bob Waters completed 23 of 30 passes for 247 yards and 3 touchdowns to lead the Jets. Receiver Bo Farrington was his favourite target making 8 catches for 114 yards and 1 touchdown. SUPER BOWL III : BALTIMORE 31 NY JETS 13 The NFL's dominance over the younger league continued to show in the Super Bowl game. Terry Barr ran for 96 yards while fullback Paul Rowe scored a pair of touchdowns to pace Baltimore to a 31-17 victory. 1962-63 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE SEASON RECAP The Toronto Maple Leafs suffered a number of key injuries and those that were healthy had off years. Both factors contributed to the Leafs slide from first place a year ago to 5th place and missing the playoffs this time around. Montreal emerged as the class of the league this season with 3 strong lines that were all equally capable of scoring. Wayne Hillman, who won the Norris Trophy, and his brother Larry were joined on a strong defense by Carl Brewer, Doug Mohns and youngster JC Tremblay. Gump Worsley had another strong season in net. Code:
FINAL STANDINGS GP W L T PTS Montreal 70 43 19 8 94 New York 70 31 28 11 73 Detroit 70 28 29 13 69 Chicago 70 25 26 19 69 Toronto 70 21 32 17 59 Boston 70 23 37 10 56 SCORING LEADERS G A PTS Gordie Howe Det 34 26 60 Johnny Bucyk Mon 23 35 58 Bobby Hull NY 31 25 56 Don McKenney Det 30 26 56 Alex Delvecchio Mon 23 32 55 Bernie Geoffrion Mon 31 22 53 Stan Mikita Chi 27 26 53 Andy Bathgate Chi 18 34 52 Norm Ullman Tor 24 26 50 Henri Richard NY 17 33 50 George Armstrong Det 29 20 49 Bill Hay Mon 17 32 49 Jean Beliveau Tor 21 24 45 AWARDS VEZINA (top Goalie) Gump Worsley Montreal NORRIS (best defenseman) Wayne Hillman Montreal ART ROSS (scoring leader) Gordie Howe Detroit HART (MVP) Johnny Bucyk Montreal CALDER (Rookie of the Year) FIRST ALL STAR TEAM G Gump Worsley Montreal D Leo Boivin New York D Wayne Hillman Montreal F Gordie Howe Detroit F Johnny Bucyk Montreal F Bobby Hull New York Gump Worsley and the Montreal defense allowed just 5 goals against as the Canadiens swept Chicago in their semi-final series. Alex Delvecchio scored a goal in each of the 4 games to lead the Habs. The other semi-final went the full seven games with Detroit eventually knocking off the defending Cup champion New York Rangers. Don Simmons got his second shutout of the series as the Wings won game seven 2-0 on New York ice. The win proved costly to Detroit however, as defenseman Tim Horton was lost for the duration of the playoffs with a back injury. STANLEY CUP FINALS GAME 1: Detroit took the series opener 5-2 as George Armstrong scored three times for the Red Wings. Gordie Howe and Val Fonteyne added the other Detroit goals while Andy Hebenton tallied twice for Montreal. GAME 2: The Wings take command of the series with a second victory on the road. Don McKenney scored twice and Ted Lindsay had 3 assists to pace Detroit to a 3-1 victory. Gordie Howe had the other Detroit goal while Bill Hay had the only Montreal marker. GAME 3: Bernie Geoffrion's third period goal gave the Habs a 4-3 victory and new life in the series. The Red Wings had built a 3-1 first period lead on goals by Howe, McKenney and Fontayne with Claude Provost getting the Montreal goal. Alex Delvecchio scored twice in the second with Geoffrion and Johnny Bucyk assisting on both goals to tie the game. GAME 4: A second straight 4-3 victory for Montreal. This time it was the Canadiens who took a 3-1 first period lead on goals by Geoffrion, Bill Hay and Andy Hebenton. Detroit battled back to tie the game but Bill McCreary got the game winner early in the third period. GAME 5: Bernie Geoffrion's third goal of the game, 11 minutes into overtime lifted Montreal to a 5-4 victory. The Canadiens have won three straight and can wrap up the series in Detroit. GAME 6: Montreal wins the Cup with a convincing 5-1 victory. Johnny Bucyk had 2 goals and 2 assists while Alex Delvecchio had a goal and 3 helpers to lead Montreal. Bernie Geoffrion and Bill Hay also scored for the Canadiens who win the Stanley Cup for the 6th time since the sim began. With 8 goals and 13 points in 10 playoff games, Montreal's Alex Delvecchio is named the playoff MVP. OFFSEASON NOTES Retirements include defenseman Dollard St Laurent, who won the Norris Trophy as the league's best defenseman in 1958-59. St Laurent played for 5 teams and won Stanley Cups with Montreal, Boston and New York. He retires with 32 goals and 216 points in 746 career games.
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1963 YEAR IN REVIEW
1963 IN BOXING 1963 was a year that saw some big changes in the boxing world and featured some huge upsets. The biggest news was that little known Pete Rademacher briefly held the World Heavyweight Title. In January, Rademacher knocked out Ernie Terrell in the ninth round to claim the belt. He followed that up 3 months later with a result that was even more shocking as Rademacher scored a 7th round TKO win ove Floyd Patterson in what would be Patterson's final bout. In real life Rademacher won an Olympic Gold medal in 1956 and his first professional fight was a title shot against Floyd Patterson in his home state of Washington. He is the only fighter to ever get a title shot as his first pro fight. In July, the bubble burst for Rademacher as European champion Ingemar Johansson scored an unanimous decision to claim the belt for the third time in his career. It was Johansson who handed up and coming superstar Muhammad Ali his first loss. The 21 year old Ali's camp accepted an offer to challenge Johansson for the title in Sweden and Ali lost by decision. In hindsight it was probably a year too early for Ali to face that type of competition. Johannson lost the belt in a December bout in Baltimore when Ernie Terrell, who held the title at the beginning of the year, regained it with a 13th round TKO victory over the Swede. Prior to the September loss in Sweden, Ali scored a pair of impressive victories. He scored a unanimous decison over veteran Zora Folley(45-9-2) in March and knocked out former top 10 rated Eddie Machen (39-6-1) in June. The other big news in 1963 was the retirement of both Sonny Liston and Floyd Patterson. After losing the World Title to Terrell in the fall of 1962, Liston made one last appearance and exited in style with a 4th round knockout of Canadian champion Robert Cleroux. The former heavyweight champion retires with a career record of 57-4-0 with 50 wins by knockout. Floyd Patterson's exit was far less graceful. After being badly beaten and losing by a 7th round TKO in a title shot against Pete Rademacher in April, Patterson announced he would not return to the ring saying he had lost his passion for the sport. Still just 29 years old there is a slight chance he may return to the ring in the future. He has a career record of 54-7-0(39) and held the world title very briefly on 3 different occassions. Code:
RANKINGS AT THE END OF 1963 RECORD AGE CHP Ernie Terrell 34-3-0(15) 25 1 Robert Cleroux 32-4-0(27) 26 2 Karl Mildenberger 27-4-1(11) 27 3 Ingemar Johansson 49-9-0(44) 32 4 Pete Rademacher 24-10-1(20) 35 5 Amos Lincoln 41-13-1(32) 28 6 Muhammad Ali 20-1-1(14) 22 7 Harry Cooper 45-8-1(35) 30 8 George Chuvalo 37-6-0(30) 27 9 Gregorio Peralta 23-5-3(5) 29 1963 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL RECAP After going 35 years without a pennant in Washington, it took the franchise just 3 seasons in Minesota to win an American League title. After finishing second a year ago the Twins won a franchise record 101 games and ended up 5 games ahead of the second place Detroit Tigers. The National League saw 3 teams finish with over 100 victories led by the San Francisco Giants who won 109 games. THIS AND THAT Stan Musial got his 2000th career RBI while playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers in July and then after a late July trade to the Yankees Musial hit his 500th career homerun. A week later his New York teammate Yogi Berra hit is 400th career homerun. Eddie Mathews of Milwaukee also reached the 400 homer plateau this season. American League MVP Pete Ward of Baltimore had a 22 game hitting streak. While it was the longest of the season it was well short of Billy Herman's major league record of 44 games, set with the Cubs in 1936. Sandy Koufax of the Dodgers tied Rube Waddell's 1904 record by fanning 18 batters in an August game against the New York Mets. Earlier in the season both Jim Maloney of Cincinnati and St Louis' Bob Gibson each had 17 strikeouts in a game - both against Philadelphia. Code:
1963 STANDINGS AMERICAN W L NATIONAL W L Minnesota 101 61 San Francsico 109 53 Detroit 96 66 Milwaukee 101 61 NY Yankees 88 74 Los Angeles 100 62 Kansas City 86 76 St Louis 84 78 Cleveland 80 82 Cincinnati 81 81 Chicago 80 82 Pittsburgh 74 88 LA Angels 76 86 Houston 71 91 Baltimore 76 86 Philadelphia 67 95 Boston 74 88 Chicago 66 96 Washington 53 109 NY Mets 57 105 BATTING LEADERS AVG AVG B White KC .321 P Runnels Mil .322 J Pepitone NYY .317 P Rose Cin .320 B Skinner Det .310 T Davis LA .315 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS J Pepitone NYY 35 W McCovey SF 42 D Mincher Min 34 H Aaron Mil 40 P Ward Bal 34 O Cepeda SF 36 RBI's RBI's A Kaline Det 105 H Aaron Mil 114 P Ward Bal 103 B Williams ChN 95 J Pepitone NYY 102 F Robinson Cin 95 PITCHING LEADERS EARNED RUN AVERAGE ERA G Peters ChA 2.01 S Koufax LA 1.79 S McDowall Cle 2.20 D Drysdale LA 2.06 T Farrell Cle 2.32 J Marichal SF 2.26 WINS WINS D Cardwell Det 24-9 J Maloney Cin 26-10 C Pascual Min 24-10 D Drysdale LA 25-12 J Kaat Min 22-13 J Marichal SF 24-14 STRIKE OUTS K's S McDowall Cle 282 J Maloney Cin 374 Pascual Min 268 S Koufax LA 368 J Bunning Det 243 D Drysdale LA 297 AWARDS Pete Ward Baltimore MVP Hank Aaron Milwaukee Camilo Pascual Minnesota Cy Young Award Don Drysdale Los Angeles Don Buford Chicago Rookie of the Year Pete Rose Cincinnati 1963 would be just the second time the Minnesota Twins franchise has appeared in the World Series. Thier only other visit came in 1925 when they were still based in Washington. The Senators knocked off Pittsburgh to claim the franchise's first World Title. The Giants have also had a lengthy postseason drought as their last pennant came in 1937 and they won the most recent of their 4 World Championships 29 years ago back in 1934. San Francisco appears to be on the verge of building a real powerhouse as the young stars that carried the team to the pennant included three 25 year olds in Willie McCovey (.288,42,83), Orlando Cepeda (.264,36,89) and Juan Marichal (24-14, 2.26). Add 21 year old Jim Ray Hart (.317,19,55), 26 year old Brooks Robinson (.245,9,25) and 24 year old pitchers Gaylord Perry (12-4, 1.65) and Bobby Bolin (16-7, 3.07) and the future looks very bright. Veteran Willie Mays (.211,26,74) had an off year but at 32 still has plenty left to give. Minnesota relies on pitching and power. The rotation is led by Camilo Pascual (24-10, 2.35), Jim Kaat (22-13, 2.64) and Jack Kralick (19-16, 3.55). The big bats belong to Don Mincher (.270,34,87), Bob Allison (.320,28,71) and Harmon Killebrew (.218,26,76) GAME 1: The Twins got to Juan Marichal for 5 runs in the fourth inning and that was more than enough offense for Minnesota ace Camilo Pascual, who allowed just 8 Giants hits in a 5-2 victory. Zolio Versalles hit a 2-run homer for Minnesota in their big inning while catcher Joe Garagiolo delivered a bases loaded triple. GAME 2: Light hitting shortstop Johnny Temple was the hero for San Francisco as he hit a walk-off home run with 2 out in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Giants a 4-3 victory. Temple, who hit just 2 roundtrippers all season, had 3 hits in the game to pace the Giants. GAME 3: Tony Oliva and Bernie Allen homered for Minnesota in a 3-2 Twins victory. Jim Kaat outduelled Bobby Bolin for the win. GAME 4: San Francisco evened the series with a 4-1 victory as Marichal held the Twins to just 4 hits. Orlando Cepeda hit a solo homerun while Jim Ray Hart delivered to sacrifice flys to pace the Giants offense. GAME 5: Minnesota wins a slugfest 10-5 as Don Mincher hit a grandslam to lead the Twins. Shortstop Zolio Versalles had 4 hits including a homerun and scored 4 times while Willie Mays and Willie McCovey each homered for San Francisco. GAME 6: Back home in San Francisco and facing elimination the Giants respond with an 8-2 victory. Brooks Robinson had 4 hits in the game for San Francisco while catcher Tom Haller had 3 hits and drove in 3 runs. Zolio Versalles hit his third homerun of the series for the Twins. GAME 7: Jim Ray Hart and Orlando Cepeda hit back to back homeruns in the bottom of the 7th inning to break a 6-6 tie and propel the Giants to the World Series title with an 8-6 win. Ron Herbal got his second win of the series in relief of Juan Marichal. 1963 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE RECAP 1963 DRAFT TOP 3 PICKS 1- Minnesota FS Willie Brown 2- Cleveland LB Lee Roy Jordan 3- NY Giants QB Daryle Lamonica OTHER PICKS OF NOTE 13- Detroit DT Buck Buchanan 18- San Diego LB Bobby Bell 2-11 Chicago TE John Mackay Code:
1963 FINAL STANDINGS NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W L T WEST DIVISION W L T St Louis 10 4 0 Baltimore 10 4 0 Washington 9 5 0 Green Bay 9 5 0 Philadelphia 8 6 0 Los Angeles 8 6 0 NY Giants 7 7 0 Detroit 8 6 0 Dallas 6 8 0 San Francisco 5 9 0 Pittsburgh 6 8 0 Chicago 4 10 0 Cleveland 5 9 0 Minnesota 3 11 0 AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W L T WEST DIVISION W L T Buffalo 9 5 0 Oakland 9 5 0 Houston 7 7 0 Denver 8 6 0 NY Jets 6 8 0 San Diego 7 7 0 New England 4 10 0 Kansas City 6 8 0 LEAGUE MVP : Don Bishop RB St Louis Playoff MVP: Don Bishop RB St Louis OFF PLAYER OF YEAR: Don Bishop RB St Louis DEF PLAYER OF YEAR: Alex Karras DT Washington OFF ROOKIE OF YEAR: Bill Nelson QB Dallas DEF ROOKIE OF YEAR: Buck Buchanan DT Detroit NFL Don Bishop ran for 89 yards and the winning touchdown with 4 minutes remaining to give St Louis a 19-16 victory over the Washington Redskins. In the other semi-final game Bart Starr passed for 198 yards and a touchdown to pace the Baltimore Colts to a 16-6 victory over Green Bay. Bishop was the story of the NFL title game as well, as the St Louis back gained 102 yards rushing plus he caught 3 passes for 31 yards and scored a pair of touchdowns as the Cardinals beat Baltimore 27-17. Colts linebacker Bill Jobko had a huge day with 9 tackles, 2 sacks, an interception he returned for a touchdown and he scored a safety as well. AFL Buffalo beat San Diego 27-16 in the first semi-final game as Bills running back Dale Evans gained 89 yards and scored a pair of touchdowns. In Oakland, Denver quarterback Norm Snead threw a pair of touchdown passes as the Broncos beat the Raiders 28-13. Buffalo quarterback Rudy Bukich had a big day to lead the Bills to the AFC title with a 24-6 victory over Denver. Bukich passed for 205 yards and 3 touchdowns in the win. Bills cornerback Troy Winkler intercepted 3 Norm Snead passes. In all Snead was picked off 5 times. SUPER BOWL IV : St Louis 38 BUFFALO 14 The NFL continued it's dominance of the Super Bowl with a big win for St Louis. Don Bishop again had a huge day, scoring 3 touchdowns while running for 86 yards. The Bills lost quarterback Rudy Bukich to an injury on the first series of the game and never got untracked. Both Buffalo touchdowns came on kick returns including Gino Cappelletti's 98 yard run back of the game's opening kick. 1963-64 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE SEASON RECAP Led by stellar goaltending from Gump Worsley and a balanced attack that led the league in scoring the Montreal Canadiens finished first for the second straight season. Johnny Bucyk was named league MVP for the second year in a row while Worsley won the Vezina as the top goaltender. A late season injury to Alex Delvecchio is a concern going in to the playoffs. After missing the postseason last year the Toronto Maple Leafs rebounded with a strong season. The Leafs were ravaged by injuries a year ago but remained relatively healthy this season with the lone exception being the loss of rearguard Doug Harvey for the season after an injury in February. Code:
FINAL STANDINGS GP W L T PTS Montreal 70 37 16 17 91 Toronto 70 38 20 12 88 Chicago 70 28 28 14 70 Detroit 70 27 33 10 64 New York 70 23 29 18 64 Boston 70 16 43 11 43 SCORING LEADERS G A PTS Johnny Bucyk Mon 32 39 71 Norm Ullman Tor 34 31 65 Frank Mahovlich Tor 34 27 61 Andy Bathgate Chi 24 36 60 Jean Beliveau Tor 27 32 59 Stan Mikita Chi 30 24 54 Alex Delvecchio Mon 17 35 52 Henri Richard NY 17 33 50 Bobby Hull NY 29 19 48 Don McKenney Det 18 30 48 Bernie Geoffrion Mon 23 23 46 Gordie Howe Det 25 20 45 Bill Hay Mon 18 27 45 AWARDS VEZINA (top Goalie) Gump Worsley Montreal NORRIS (best defenseman) Bobby Baun Toronto ART ROSS (scoring leader) Johnny Bucyk Montreal HART (MVP) Johnny Bucyk Montreal CALDER (Rookie of the Year) FIRST ALL STAR TEAM G Gump Worsley Montreal D Bobby Baun Toronto D Doug Mohns Montreal F Norm Ullman Toronto F Johnny Bucyk Montreal F Stan Mikita Chicago Montreal's Gump Worsley and Chicago's Glenn Hall were outstanding in the semi-finals and the main reason their respective clubs will be playing for the Stanley Cup. The Canadiens beat Detroit in 5 games while Chicago upset Toronto in six. STANLEY CUP FINALS Chicago makes its third trip to the Cup finals since the sim started and the Hawks are still looking for their first victory. Montreal, on the other hand, has won the Cup 6 times including last season when they beat Detroit. GAME 1: After missing the final 10 games of the regular season plus the first round of the playoffs Alex Delvecchio returned for Game One of the Finals. Delvecchio had a big game getting a pair of assists including one on Johnny Bucyk's overtime winner to give Montreal a 3-2 victory on Forum ice. Bernie Geoffrion and Dickie Moore also scored for Montreal. Floyd Smith and Ken Wharram had the Chicago goals. GAME 2: Bernie Geoffrion had 2 goals and an assist while Johnny Bucyk had 3 helpers as Montreal pounded Chicago 6-1. Glenn Hall was hurt early in the game and the Hawks were forced to replace him in net with youngster Gerry Cheevers. Hall is expected to miss the remainder of the series. GAME 3: This time it was 4-1 Montreal as Alex Delvecchio led the Habs with a pair of goals. Gump Worsley made 28 saves in the Montreal net. GAME 4: Cheevers has a better game for Chicago, making 23 saves as the Blackhawks stay alive with a 4-1 victory. Stan Mikita scored twice for the winners. GAME 5: Mikita and Floyd Smith score third period goals to help Chicago to a 4-2 victory. Andy Hebenton had scored twice in the first period for the Canadiens. GAME 6: Chicago gets it's third straight win as Cheevers backstops the Hawks to a 6-2 victory. Six different Chicago players score with defenseman Ed Van Impe and winger Eddie Shack leading the way with a goal and an assist each. GAME 7: The Blackhawks complete an amazing comeback with their fourth straight victory, winning 5-1 on Montreal ice. Ralph Backstrom had a goal and two assists while Gilles Tremblay scored twice for Chicago. Cheevers made 21 saves as Chicago dominated the game, firing 40 shots at Montreal goalie Gump Worsley. With 7 goals and 13 points Chicago forward Stan Mikita is named the playoff MVP. It is the Blackhawks first Stanley Cup championship since the sim began. Here are the Cup Standings for my sim MONTREAL 6 DETROIT 5 TORONTO 3 BOSTON 1 CHICAGO 1 NEW YORK 1 OFFSEASON NOTES Detroit made news by shipping veteran defenseman Tim Horton to Toronto in exchange for winger Ron Murphy. The 34 year old Horton has played 873 career games with Montreal, Boston and Detroit. He has won the Norris Trophy as the league's best defenseman 3 times and played a key role on the Wings four straight Stanley Cups from 1956-59. Horton also played sparingly in the playoffs with Montreal when they won the Cup in 1949. The 31 year old Murphy has played 424 NHL games, all with Toronto. He had a career high 18 goals in 1956-57 but last season appeared in just 4 games for the big league club. He won back to back Cups with the Leafs in 1960 and 1961. The Leafs also added defenseman Dale Rolfe from Boston in exchange for defenseman Gary Bergman. Veteran Boston defenseman Fern Flaman has retired after 1017 career NHL games. Flaman had 51 goals and 405 points in his career which started in 1946. He played his entire career in Boston and had 7 assists in the 1955 playoffs when the Bruins won their only Stanley Cup. Flaman presently ranks 6th all-time in games played. Code:
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1964 YEAR IN REVIEW
1964 IN BOXING In July of 1964 Muhammad Ali became the heavyweight champion of the world. Ali scored an unanimous decision over Ernie Terrell to claim the belt. He followed that up with a 13th round TKO of Zora Folley as his first title defense in October. Terrell, who won the title by beating Ingemar Johansson in December of 1963, made one successful title defense by knocking out Eddie Machen in April before his loss to Ali. At this stage it appears the title could be held by Ali for several years as there appears to be very few challengers capable of beating him. Canadian champion George Chuvalo has been very impressive of late as knockout wins over Robert Cleroux, Cleveland Williams and Pete Rademacher in 1964 attest, but he seems to be a step below Ali. Perhaps the biggest challenge may come from a young fighter out of Philadelphia who has just turned pro and is said to have great potential. His name is Joe Frazier. Code:
RANKINGS AT THE END OF 1964 RECORD AGE CHP Muhammad Ali 24-1-1(16) 23 1 Karl Mildenberger 31-4-1(13) 28 2 Ernie Terrell 36-4-0(16) 26 3 George Chuvalo 40-6-0(33) 28 4 Ingemar Johansson 51-10-0(46) 33 5 Robert Cleroux 34-5-0(28) 27 6 Jimmy Ellis 20-2-0(10) 25 7 Pete Rademacher 25-12-1(21) 36 8 Gregorio Peralta 25-5-4(5) 30 9 Zora Folley 48-12-3(30) 33 1964 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL RECAP 1964 was the year of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitching staff and in particular the incredible season of Sandy Koufax. The Dodgers staff was amzing posting a team earned run average of 2.01, well over a run better than the league average. Don Drysdale (25-8, 1.89), Stan Williams (17-7, 2.37), and in an injury shortened season Johnny Podres (10-2, 1.62) all posted excellent numbers. Even replacement starter Joe Moeller (11-7, 3.11) had a very good year but what Koufax did was nothing short of incredible. In 40 starts the 28 year old went 32-3 with a 1.04 earned run average. He had 21 complete games and threw a modern day record 13 shutouts, including one stretch of 4 shutouts in a row with back to back one hitters. Like real life Koufax's sim career thus far has been a source of frustration as he has lost most of 4 seasons to injury. Here are his year by year stats. Code:
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO 1955 Brooklyn - ML 19 14 1 3 3 2 4.88 27.2 22 15 15 7 15 35 0 0 1956 Brooklyn - ML 20 3 0 0 0 0 2.08 8.2 7 3 2 1 3 7 0 0 1959 Los Angeles - ML 23 18 18 8 7 0 4.27 124.1 96 69 59 17 60 137 1 1 1960 Los Angeles - ML 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 1961 Los Angeles - ML 25 33 33 20 9 0 2.05 276 153 70 63 24 109 335 20 6 1962 Los Angeles - ML 26 4 4 0 3 0 4.05 20 19 12 9 2 5 23 1 0 1963 Los Angeles - ML 27 36 36 22 8 0 1.79 286 204 68 57 12 66 368 21 6 1964 Los Angeles - ML 28 40 40 32 3 0 1.04 327.1 201 43 38 7 58 388 21 13 --- --- -- -- - ---- ------ --- --- --- -- --- ---- -- -- Total ML 149 133 85 33 2 2.04 1074.2 702 280 243 70 321 1296 64 26 All Star in 1961, 1963 and 1964 Cy Young winner in 1961 and 1964 Koufax's 13 shutouts were second only to the 16 recorded by George Bradley in 1876. The previous modern day record was 10 accomplished by Jack Powell in 1903......Rookie pitcher Billy McCool of Cincinnati set a record with 31 saves on the season breaking the mark of 29 set by Jim Brosnan of San Francisco a year ago....Donn Clendenon of the Pittsburgh Pirates struck out a record 194 times this season. Stan Musial retired prior to the season as the major league's all-time leader in career hits (3829) games played (3219), at bats (11,845) and doubles (658). Musial ends his career with 504 homeruns, 111 shy of Babe Ruth's record 615. With 463 career round trippers including 33 this season, San Francisco's Willie Mays is the new active homerun leader. Mays is 33 years old and leads fellow 33 year old Mickey Mantle by 29. After going without a no-hitter last year there were 2 tossed in 1964. In June, young Detroit hurler Denny McLain no-hit the White Sox while in July Cleveland's Sam McDowell had 11 strikeouts as he no-hit the Orioles. Code:
1964 STANDINGS AMERICAN W L NATIONAL W L Minnesota 100 62 Los Angeles 115 47 Cleveland 95 67 San Francisco 95 67 California 88 74 Cincinnati 95 67 Kansas City 85 77 Milwaukee 87 75 Baltimore 84 78 Pittsburgh 85 77 Detroit 82 80 Houston 72 90 New York 81 81 Chicago 72 90 Chicago 80 82 Philadelphia 66 96 Boston 61 101 New York 62 100 Washington 54 108 St Louis 61 101 BATTING LEADERS AVG AVG T Oliva Min .357 B Williams ChN .346 J Pepitone NY .307 L Brock ChN .323 M Jimenez KC .304 L Maye Hou .3211 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS B Powell Bal 43 W McCovey SF 46 R Maris Cle 35 B Williams ChN 38 D Mincher Min 35 W Mays SF 33 RBI's RBI's D Mincher Min 114 B Williams ChN 130 B Powell Bal 109 W McCovey SF 118 T Oliva Min 108 R Carty Mil 96 PITCHING LEADERS EARNED RUN AVERAGE ERA B Bruce Cal 1.71 S Koufax LA 1.04 J Horlen ChA 2.21 D Drysdale LA 1.89 B Shaw Wash 2.26 J O'Toole Cin 1.93 WINS WINS B Bruce Cal 21-13 S Koufax LA 32-3 T Farrell Cle 21-12 J Marichal SF 25-10 J Jay Min 21-7 D Drysdale LA 25-8 C Pascual Min 21-13 STRIKE OUTS K's A Downing NY 296 S Koufax LA 388 S McDowall Cle 295 J Maloney Cin 358 L Tiant Cle 271 D Drysdale LA 287 AWARDS Tony Oliva Minnesota MVP Billy Williams Chicago Bob Bruce California Cy Young Award Sandy Koufax Los Angeles Louis Tiant Cleveland Rookie of the Year Billy McCool Cincinnati While the Dodgers dominated the National League, the Minnesota Twins faced a real challenge from the Cleveland Indians before pulling away from the Tribe in early September to claim their second straight American League pennant. The Twins had plenty of offense from MVP Tony Oliva (.357,35,108), first baseman Don Mincher (.284,35,114), second baseman Harmon Killebrew (.223,31,80) and outfielders Bob Allison (.217,25,75) and Jimmie Hall (.225,19,69). Despite all that power the Dodgers were still heavily favoured in the World Series. GAME 1: The opener was what was expected of the series as the Dodgers Don Drysdale got the start and tossed a complete game 4-hitter. However, one of those hits was a solo homerun from Don Mincher and that was all Camilo Pascual (21-13, 2.92) would need as he outduelled Drysdale 1-0. GAME 2: Koufax was on the mound for the hometown Dodgers against Jack Kralick (15-18, 3.00). After Don Mincher worked Koufax for a second inning walk, Harmon Killebrew delivered a 2-run homer. That would be the only hit Koufax would allow until he was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the 7th. However, Los Angeles could manage only 1 run of their own. The Twins scored 2 more in the top of the ninth to put the game away and claim a 4-1 victory. GAME 3: The third game was a slugfest as the Twins hit 4 homeruns and won 14-6. Killebrew, Joe Garagiola, Rich Rollins and Jimmie Hall all hit longballs for the Twins. Hall's was a grand slam. Killebrew drove in 5 runs while Tony Oliva had 4 hits and scored 4 times. GAME 4: The Twins completed the sweep for their first World Series title since 1925 when they were still based in Washington. The final score was 4-0 but losing pitcher Don Drysdale deserved a much better fate. Drysdale allowed just 3 hits in the 8 innings he pitched but one of those was a 3 run blast off the bat of Jimmie Hall. Camilo Pascual pitched 8 innings of shutout ball for his second win of the series. 1964 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE RECAP 1964 DRAFT TOP 3 PICKS 1- Minnesota Paul Warfield WR 2- Chicago Paul Krause SS 3- Cleveland Mel Renfro CB OTHER PICKS OF NOTE 5- Dallas Leroy Kelly RB 9- Detroit Carl Eller DE Code:
1964 FINAL STANDINGS NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W L T WEST DIVISION W L T Pittsburgh 10 4 0 Green Bay 10 4 0 Washington 9 5 0 Detroit 10 4 0 Cleveland 8 6 0 Minnesota 8 6 0 NY Giants 6 8 0 Baltimore 8 6 0 St Louis 6 8 0 Los Angeles 7 7 0 Dallas 6 8 0 San Francisco 5 9 0 Philadelphia 4 10 0 Chicago 1 13 0 AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W L T WEST DIVISION W L T NY Jets 10 4 0 Kansas City 10 4 0 New England 8 6 0 Denver 7 7 0 Buffalo 7 7 0 San Diego 6 8 0 Houston 6 7 1 Oakland 1 12 1 LEAGUE MVP : Johnny Unitas QB Washington Playoff MVP: Bernie Casey RB NY Jets OFF PLAYER OF YEAR: Johnny Unitas QB Washington DEF PLAYER OF YEAR: Dave Robinson LB Buffalo OFF ROOKIE OF YEAR: Paul Warfield WR Minnesota DEF ROOKIE OF YEAR: Carl Eller DE Detroit NFL Despite missing running back Jim Brown Detroit had little trouble with Pittsburgh in their NFL semi-final game. Lions quarterback Fran Tarkenton picked up the slack in Brown's absence by throwing 3 touchdown passes to lead the Detroit offense. The Lions defense was all over Steelers QB Billy Kilmer, getting 5 sacks including 2 from Buck Buchanan. Kilmer completed just 9 of 29 pass attempts in the game. Don Maynard's touchdown catch with 4 minutes to play lifted Green Bay to a 21-19 victory over Washington in the other semi-final. The Redskins carried the play much of the game thanks to Johnny Unitas passing for 339 yards. Unfortunately for Redskins fans, Unitas also was picked off 3 times and 2 of the interceptions led to Green Bay scores. The Lions scored 10 fourth quarter points to grind out a hard fought 17-6 victory over the Packers in the NFL title game. Tarkenton passed for 157 yards and one touchdown. Defensively, linemen Buck Buchanan and Carl Eller each had 2 sacks for Detroit. Unfortunately for the Lions they lost leading receiver Harlon Hill and QB Fran Tarkenton to injury late in the game. AFL In Kansas City, Chiefs QB Galen Hall passed for 2 touchdowns and 153 yards as the hometown team beat Denver 27-3 in one semi-final game. The New York Jets beat New England 10-6 to win the other semi-final. Bernie Casey ran for 89 yards and had 7 catches for 26 yards to lead the New York offense. Casey also scored the game's only touchdown on a 6 yard run early in the fourth quarter. Wayne Crow scored on a pair of one yard touchdown plunges in the AFL title game to lead the Jets past the Chiefs 21-14. SUPER BOWL V : NEW YORK JETS 24 DETROIT 3 The Lions were badly banged up entering the game as their number one quarterback Fran Tarkenton (3326 yards passing 18 TDs), top rusher Jim Brown (167 carries 809 yards) and leading receiver Harlon Hill (65 catches for 679 yards) would all miss the game. The Jets took full advantage, holding the Lions to 211 yards total offense and forcing backup Detroit QB Willie Rabb to throw 2 interceptions while backup running back Buddy Allen was limited to 41 yards rushing and coughed up a fumble on his own 4 yard line early in the fourth quarter that allowed the Jets to increase their lead at the time to 17-3. The Jets became the first AFL team to win the Super Bowl. Running back Bernie Casey gained 74 yards and scored 2 touchdowns while quarterback Bob Waters completed 19 of 26 passes for 198 yards. 1964-65 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE SEASON RECAP The Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings dominated the season but in two completely different styles. The Wings relied on a high flying offense that led the NHL in goals scored while the Leafs had the best blueline corps and stingiest goaltending in the league. The Leafs also made major news off the ice by trading 27 year old forward Murray Oliver, who was among the league's leading scorers, to Chicago just before the deadline. Toronto also parted with young forward prospect Pete Stemkowski but in return the Leafs received a potential future superstar in 23 year old minor leaguer Phil Esposito as well as a good young defenseman in 24 year old Ed Van Impe. Code:
FINAL STANDINGS GP W L T PTS Detroit 70 37 22 11 85 Toronto 70 34 19 17 85 Chicago 70 30 26 14 74 New York 70 26 30 14 66 Montreal 70 26 33 11 63 Boston 70 16 39 15 47 SCORING LEADERS G A PTS Gordie Howe Det 42 42 84 Don McKenney Det 32 41 73 Rod Gilbert NY 29 30 59 Henri Richard NY 9 49 58 Johnny Bucyk Mon 26 30 56 Bobby Hull NY 37 18 55 Frank Mahovlich Tor 35 16 51 Murray Oliver Tor-Chi 12 38 50 Bernie Geoffrion Mon 31 18 49 Tommy Williams Bos 16 32 48 George Armstrong Det 31 14 45 Alex Delvecchio Mon 13 31 44 Bill Hicke Bos 21 20 41 AWARDS VEZINA (top Goalie) Johnny Bower Toronto NORRIS (best defenseman) Harry Howell Toronto ART ROSS (scoring leader) Gordie Howe Detroit HART (MVP) Frank Mahovlich Toronto CALDER (Rookie of the Year) FIRST ALL STAR TEAM G Johnny Bower Toronto D Bobby Baun Toronto D Harry Howell Toronto F Gordie Howe Detroit F Don McKenney Detroit F Frank Mahovlich Toronto Detroit had an easy time in it's semi-final series with New York as the Red Wings won 4 straight games. However, the Wings lost league scoring leader Gordie Howe for the finals after he was injured in game three. In the other semi-final the Leafs did advance but it took Toronto the full seven games in order to do so. STANLEY CUP FINALS GAME 1: Detroit took the series opener at home by a 2-1 score. Bruce McGregor scored in the first period and defenseman Tom Johnson made it 2-0 Wings early in the second. Donnie Marshall had an unassisted goal late in the third period to spoil Red Wings goaltender Gerry Cheevers' shutout bid. GAME 2: Frank Mahovlich scored twice and Johnny Bower turned aside all 35 shots he faced as the Leafs evened the series with a 3-0 victory in game two. Norm Ullman had the other Toronto goal. GAME 3: Another shutout for Bower although this time he only faced 17 Detroit shots. Cheevers was outstanding in the Detroit net making 31 saves but Murray Balfour put a shot past him midway thru the third period to account for all of the scoring in a 1-0 Toronto victory. GAME 4: The Leafs take a 3-1 series lead thanks to Jean Ratelle's overtime goal in a 4-3 victory. Detroit scored twice in the third period to tie the game after the Leafs took the lead with 3 goals in the second period. GAME 5: Gordie Howe returned from injury and did score a goal for the Red Wings but it was not enough as Toronto won the Stanley Cup with a 2-1 victory. After two scoreless periods Norm Ullman gave the Leafs the 1-0 lead early in the third period but Howe tied it for Detroit at 8:42. 14 seconds later the Leafs regained the lead for good on a goal by defenseman Doug Harvey. The Cup win is the 4th for Toronto since the sim started, trailing only Montreal (6) and Detroit (5) for total Cups won. With a 1.94 goals against average in the playoffs and 2 shutouts in the finals Toronto goaltender Johnny Bower is named playoff most valuable player. OFFSEASON NOTES Retirees this season include Detroit's Ted Lindsay and Tom Johnson. Lindsay played 58 games this past season but scored just 1 goal and added 19 assists. In 1345 career games, all with Detroit, he had 275 goals and 916 career points. He retires as the all-time leader in games played and second only to Gordie Howe in career points. Lindsay also won 5 Stanley Cups with the Red Wings. Johnson played 1068 games with Montreal, Chicago and Detroit, earning 390 points. He won the Norris Trophy as the league's best defenseman in 1955 and was on 6 Stanley Cup winning teams. Toronto and Chicago made a large trade in the offseason as the Leafs sent veteran defenseman Tim Horton to the Blackhawks in exchange for 37 year old defenseman Bill Gadsby and youngsters Dennis Hull and Claude Larose.
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Thanks for bringing this back. Really love the concept, and you and your wonderful stories are missed. Please stick around and let us know how this world grows and plays!!
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1965 Year in Review
1965 YEAR IN REVIEW
1965 IN BOXING World heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali made 4 title defense in 1965. In January he faced Canadian champion George Chuvalo and the two battled to a 15 round draw setting the stage for a rematch in May. Ali would score an unanimous decision over Chuvalo in the rematch. He followed that up with a first round TKO of Roy Harris in September and then scored an unanimous decision over Floyd Patterson in December. Patterson came out of a two year self-imposed retirement in 1965 with the goal of facing Ali for the World title. That nearly never came to pass as in his first comeback fight Patterson suffered a first round TKO loss to Fred Lewis. However, 5 months later he was back in the ring and knocked out Pete Rademacher in preparation for his shot at Ali. The win over Rademacher was particularly sweet for Patterson as Rademacher was the fighter who ended his career 2 years early by knocking out Patterson in a title fight. Code:
RANKINGS AT THE END OF 1965 RECORD AGE CHP Muhammad Ali 27-1-2(17) 24 1 Robert Cleroux 37-5-1(30) 28 2 George Chuvalo 41-8-1(34) 29 3 Billy Daniels 23-7-1(19) 29 4 Ernie Terrell 38-5-0(16) 27 5 Ingemar Johansson 52-11-1(46) 34 6 Karl Mildenberger 33-5-1(14) 29 7 Roy Harris 40-13-1(16) 33 8 Gregorio Peralta 28-6-4(6) 31 9 Eddie Machen 42-9-2(27) 34 OTHERS OF NOTE Jimmy Ellis 21-4-0(11) 26 Floyd Patterson 55-9-0(40) 31 Bob Foster 21-4-2(15) 28 Leotis Martin 16-3-2(11) 27 Oscar Bonavena 13-0-0(9) 24 Joe Frazier 8-0-0(7) 22 Jerry Quarry 8-0-0(6) 21 1965 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL RECAP LEAGUE NOTES Joe Pepitone won the American League triple crown. 10 others have accomplished that feat, most recently Hank Aaron and Roger Maris won their respective league's triple crown in 1961. Pittsburgh's Willie Stargell had a 25 game hitting streak, the longest such streak in 4 years. Bob Veale of the Pirates and Minnesota's Camilo Pascual each tossed a no-hitter. This was the second year in a row with 2 no-hitters. Veale's was the first National League no-hitter since another Pirate, Bob Friend, accomplished the feat in 1957. Willie Mays got his 500th career homerun on September 12. It was his 38th of the season and came off of Jim Buzhardt of the Cubs. The 34 year old Mays finished the season with 507 homers, moving past Stan Musial (504) for 4th all time. He should pass Mel Ott's mark of 526 next season leaving just Babe Ruth (615) and Lou Gehrig (590) ahead of him. Mays was named National League MVP after hitting 44 homeruns, driving in 93 and batting .292 on the season. 3 players, Mickey Mantle of the Yankees, Detroit's Al Kaline and Milwaukee's Eddie Mathews joined the 2000 hit club this season. Code:
1965 STANDINGS AMERICAN W L NATIONAL W L New York 94 68 San Francscio 107 55 Detroit 93 69 Los Angeles 92 70 Chicago 88 74 St Louis 89 73 Minnesota 86 76 Philadelphia 86 76 Baltimore 84 78 Cincinnati 86 76 Cleveland 79 83 Milwaukee 80 82 Kansas City 75 87 Chicago 79 83 California 74 88 Pittsburgh 74 88 Washington 70 92 Houston 66 96 Boston 67 95 New York 51 111 BATTING LEADERS AVG AVG J Pepitone NY .337 L Brock ChN .329 K Berry ChA .315 M Alou StL .320 T Oliva Min .313 C Rojas Cin .314 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS J Pepitone NY 47 W Mays SF 44 B Powell Bal 44 W McCovey SF 43 N Cash ChA 40 W Stargell Pit 32 RBI's RBI's J Pepitone NY 142 W McCovey SF 115 D Mincher Min 119 R Santo ChN 113 T Conigliaro Bos 116 R Colavito StL 110 PITCHING LEADERS EARNED RUN AVERAGE ERA J Horlen ChA 2.14 S Koufax LA 1.71 J Bunning Det 2.44 J Marichal SF 1.92 T Farrell Cle 2.46 J Moeller LA 2.10 WINS WINS J Bunning Det 25-9 J Marichal SF 26-11 J Horlen ChA 24-9 S Koufax LA 24-10 T Farrell Cle 22-9 M Lopez Phi 24-8 STRIKE OUTS K's S McDowall Cle 359 S Koufax LA 375 J Bunning Det 290 J Maloney Cin 344 A Downing NY 277 B Veale Pit 261 AWARDS Joe Pepitone New York MVP Willie Mays San Francisco Jim Bunning Detroit Cy Young Award Sandy Koufax Los Angeles Roy White New York Rookie of the Year Steve Carlton St Louis The Yankees and Giants meet in the World Series for the first time since 1935, which was the last of 3 straight World Series involving the two clubs. San Francisco has won 5 World Championship including, most recently, two years ago when they beat Minnesota. The Yankees have won the World Championship a record 14 times but most recently was 8 years ago. It is their longest drought without a World Series title since the period from 1914 to 1926. GAME 1: The Giants took the opener at home 6-5 as Willie McCovey homered twice. Orlando Cepeda also went deep for San Francisco. Juan Marichal went the distance allowing just 7 hits but those hits included a grand slam from New York catcher Jesse Gonder. GAME 2: Joe Pepitone scored on a passed ball in the top of the 11th as the Yankees evened the series with a 2-1 victory. While starting pitchers Whitey Ford of New York and the Giants Gaylord Perry did not factor in the decision both had outstanding games. GAME 3: Joe Gibbs and Tony Gonzalez hit back to back homers in the bottom of the 6th inning off Giants starter Mike McCormick. That proved to be the difference in a 4-3 Yankee victory. GAME 4: Juan Marichal and Mel Stottlemyre hooked up in a pitchers duel. Each team scratched out a run in the first inning but that was it as there were very few base runners until the 8th inning when Bobby Murcer worked Marichal for a walk. With 2 out Deron Johnson hit a 2-run homer to put the Yankees up 3-1. The game ended 3-1 to match the Yankees series lead. GAME 5: Jesse Gonder had 3 hits including a home run and drove in 4 runs as the Yankees clinched the World Series with a 7-3 victory. Joe Pepitone also homered for New York. Whitey Ford scattered 7 hits over 8 2/3 innings for the victory. 1965 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE RECAP 1965 DRAFT TOP 3 PICKS 1- Chicago Dick Butkus LB 2- Philadelphia Ralph Neely T 3- San Francisco Chris Hanburger LB OTHER PICKS OF NOTE 5- St Louis Craig Morton QB 8- Baltimore Fred Biletnikoff WR 9- Cleveland Joe Namath QB rd2-7 Los Angeles Jack Snow WR rd 3-3 San Francisco Gale Sayers RB Code:
1965 FINAL STANDINGS NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W L T WEST DIVISION W L T Philadelphia 8 6 0 Detroit 10 4 0 Washington 8 6 0 Minnesota 8 6 0 NY Giants 8 6 0 Baltimore 8 6 0 Cleveland 7 7 0 Chicago 7 7 0 St Louis 7 7 0 Green Bay 7 7 0 Dallas 6 8 0 Los Angeles 6 8 0 Pittsburgh 4 10 0 San Francisco 4 10 0 AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W L T WEST DIVISION W L T NY Jets 11 3 0 Denver 9 5 0 Buffalo 9 5 0 Kansas City 6 8 0 New England 8 6 0 San Diego 5 9 0 Houston 5 9 0 Oakland 3 11 0 LEAGUE MVP : Timmy Brown RB Green Bay Playoff MVP: Roger Brown DT Minnesota OFF PLAYER OF YEAR: Daryle Lamonica QB New York Giants DEF PLAYER OF YEAR: Roger Brown DT Minnesota OFF ROOKIE OF YEAR: Jack Snow WR Los Angeles DEF ROOKIE OF YEAR: Chris Hanburger LB San Francisco NFL The Minnesota Vikings, a 1960 expansion team, won the first playoff game in franchise history by beating Philadelphia 38-21. Vikings QB Roman Gabriel passed for 293 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Vikings defensive lineman Roger Brown had 5 sacks in the game. In the other semi-final Jim Brown ran for 56 yards and a touchdown, plus he caught 8 Fran Tarkenton passes for 74 yards and another score. However, it was not enough as Brown's Detroit Lions fell 24-14 to the New York Giants. Daryl Lamonica passed for 213 yards to lead the New York attack while linebacker Dave Wilcox had 7 tackles including 2 sacks for the Giants. In the NFL title game Roman Gabriel passed for 288 yards and two scores as the Vikings beat the Giants 30-17. WR Jerry Robinson was Gabriel's favourite target as he made 7 catches for 118 yards but both touchdown passes went to Paul Warfield. AFL The defending Super Bowl champion New York Jets had little trouble beating New England 45-24 as Patriots QB Dick Shiner was intercepted 5 times including two that were returned for New York touchdowns. Bernie Casey ran for 96 yards to lead the Jets offense. Mark Hinkle threw for 244 yards and a pair of touchdowns to help the Buffalo Bills past Denver 21-17. In the AFL title game the Bills got a 28 yard field goal from Jose Prince as time expired to beat the Jets 20-17. Bills running back Dale Evans led all rushers with 86 yards and a touchdown. SUPER BOWL VI : MINNESOTA VIKINGS 15 BUFFALO BILLS 0 A couple of teams that regularly come up short in real life super bowls get a chance in the 1965 title game. The Vikings led 2-0 at halftime thanks to a safety as Verlon Biggs tackled Bills QB Mark Hinkle in the end zone. The only touchdown came on a 2 yard toss from Roman Gabriel to Jerry Robinson in the third quarter. A pair of Lee Baxter field goals rounded out the scoring for the Vikings. 1965-66 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE SEASON RECAP The Detroit Red Wings dropped from first place a year ago to the basement of the NHL as a team-wide scoring slump hit the Red Wings. The Detroit collapse allowed Boston to escape the NHL cellar for the first time in 8 years. At the other end it was the Toronto Maple Leafs, relying on Vezina winner Johnny Bower and the best team defense in the league, that finished first. The New York Rangers were second thanks to the best line in the league which featured Henri Richard between Rod Gilbert and Bobby Hull. That combo finished 1-2-3 in league scoring. Code:
FINAL STANDINGS GP W L T PTS Toronto 70 40 16 14 94 New York 70 31 25 14 76 Montreal 70 30 31 9 69 Chicago 70 27 33 10 64 Boston 70 26 30 8 60 Detroit 70 24 37 9 57 SCORING LEADERS G A PTS Rod Gilbert NY 24 44 68 Henri Richard NY 23 45 68 Bobby Hull NY 44 15 59 Jean Ratelle Tor 28 31 59 Gordie Howe Det 27 32 59 Stan Mikita Chi 27 30 57 Frank Mahovlich Tor 27 29 56 Bob Nevin Tor 20 31 51 Bobby Rosseau Mon 29 20 49 Bill Hay Mon 12 34 46 AWARDS VEZINA (top Goalie) Johnny Bower Toronto NORRIS (best defenseman) Pierre Pilote New York ART ROSS (scoring leader) Rod Gilbert New York HART (MVP) Henri Richard New York CALDER (Rookie of the Year) FIRST ALL STAR TEAM G Johnny Bower Toronto D Pierre Pilote New York D Jacques Laperriere Montreal F Rod Gilbert New York F Henri Richard New York F Bobby Hull New York Despite finishing with the best record in the NHL and 30 points ahead of Chicago in the regular season the Toronto Maple Leafs were upset by the Blackhawks in 6 games in their semi-final series. Glenn Hall was outstanding for the Hawks, allowing just 9 Toronto goals in the series. Second place New York suffered the same fate as Toronto with the Rangers falling in 5 games to Montreal. Again, hot goaltending was the story of the series as Gump Worsley allowed just 8 New York goals in the 5 games while Montreal beat Ranger goalie Jacques Plante 15 times. The trio of Richard, Gilbert and Hull combined for 6 goals in the series but the Rangers had no secondary scoring. STANLEY CUP FINALS The finals will be the second Stanley Cup meeting of Montreal and Chicago with the Habs prevailing in the first series back in 1948-49. Chicago won it's first Stanley Cup of the sim 2 years ago while the Canadiens lead all teams with 6 Cup victories, the most recent of which was in 1962-63. Montreal would be missing forwards Alex Delvecchio (18-23-41) and Johnny Bucyk (3-5-8 in 13 games) along with defenseman Larry Hillman (1-13-14) who are all sidelined with injuries. Bucyk has been out since November with a fractured knee. GAME 1: Glenn Hall stopped all 27 shots he faced to lead the Blackhawks to a 3-0 victory on the road in the series opener. Dean Prentice got the Hawks on the board with a goal late in the second period. Floyd Smith and Vic Hadfield scored in the third to seal the win. GAME 2: Murray Oliver had a goal and two assists to lead Chicago to a 6-3 win. Vic Hadfield, Dean Prentice, Doug Harvey, Stan Mikita and Kenny Wharram also scored for Chicago. Bernie Geoffrion, Claude Provost and John Ferguson scored for the Canadiens, who find themselves in a big hole trailing the series 2 games to none and heading to the Windy City for the next two contests. GAME 3: Bill Hay's second goal of the game, shorthanded, proved the difference as he lifted Montreal to a 4-3 win. Dickie Moore also scored twice for the Canadiens while Dean Prentice, Vic Hadfield and Stan Mikita had the Chicago goals. GAME 4: Andy Bathgate scored twice as Chicago beat Montreal 6-2 to go up 3 games to one in the series. Earl Ingarfield, Ralph Backstrom, Dean Prentice and Leo Boivin also scored for the Blackhawks. Dickie Moore and Bernie Geoffrion replied for Montreal. GAME 5: The Blackhawks score 3 times in the final 3:46 of regulation time to win the Stanley Cup with a 3-1 victory over Montreal. Dean Prentice, Murray Oliver and Ralph Backstrom got the goals. Bobby Rosseau was the only Montreal shooter to beat Glenn Hall when he gave the Habs a 1-0 lead early in the third period. Chicago has won the Cup in two of the last three seasons. With six goals and 9 assists Murray Oliver was named the inaugural winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy which is being presented to the player judged to be the most valuable in the playoffs. OFFSEASON NOTES Notable retirements include defenseman Bill Gadsby who spent this past season with Toronto after playing the first 17 years of his career in Chicago with the Blackhawks. Gadsby played 1221 games and finished with 114 goals and 565 points. He was a member of the Blackhawks Cup winning team in 1963-64. Forward Vic Stasiuk also retired after 982 NHL games with Chicago, Montreal and New York. He had 231 goals and 488 points, winning one Stanley Cup with the Rangers in 1962.
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Great thread! Glad to see you revive the concept. Truth be told I've tried to replicate it a few times with console sports games, but I don't have the patience to stick with it, much less to write about 8,000,000,000 things at once! I think you've stripped it down nicely this time though, I can't wait to see what plays out.
Hopefully, the Chiefs will break through. Of course the Jets had to be the first AFL winners, and the Chiefs had to lose Super Bowl I. We need Ulish! |
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Ulish Groce. Now there is a name from the past
He ranks right up there with Cliff Markle as one of the greatest stars of my previous dynastys. Because of game limitations I had to start the super bowls early but yes it was fitting the Jets were the first AFL super bowl winners. They got lucky as Detroit was really beaten up for that game. As for your Chiefs, Galen Hall has emerged as their quarterback and while posting numbers no where near Ulish, he has done a serviceable job. Keeping it simple is the key. I do not have the spare time I did 10 years ago but I still love to watch these multi-sports dynastys unfold and document what I can. Thanks for reading.
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