1960s Timeline

Dec. 19, 1963 - Jim Brown of the Cleveland Browns today was voted the 1963 NFL player of the year by United Press International. Brown,...

Dec. 18, 1963 - Al Davis, a dynamic young man who lifted the Oakland Raiders from the cellar to a pennant-contending role in one year,...

Dec. 18, 1963 - George Halas (pictured with defensive tackle Stan Jones), a stubborn man who taught the youngsters a few new football...

Dec. 18, 1963 - The Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers landed eight men each today on the Western Conference team in the 14th annual...

Dec. 17, 1963 - Alex Karras (pictured in 1960), the suspended tackle of the Detroit Lions, has quit his bar business, hoping this will...

Dec. 17, 1963 - What’s Roger Staubach going to do for an encore in 1964? Navy’s All-America quarterback and Heisman Award winner, who...

Dec. 16, 1963 - An NFL game will be presented on theater television for the first time on Dec. 29 when the New York Giants play the...

Dec. 16, 1963 - Jimmy Brown went past the mile mark for rushing in a season and Frank Ryan pierced the Washington defense with three...

Dec. 16, 1963 - What should have been an easy walk-through for the Oakland Raiders turned out to be a dizzy scramble yesterday at Frank...

Dec. 16, 1963 - Johnny Unitas set an NFL pass-completion record yesterday highlighted by a 14-yard touchdown toss to Tom Matte with 33...

Dec. 15, 1963 - The NFL crown the Green Bay Packers have worn for two years was taken away today when the division races ended and the...

Dec. 15, 1963 - The New York Giants today defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers, the team that had come up to challenge them for the Eastern...

Dec. 15, 1963 - Tom Landry, coach of the Dallas Cowboys, had a warm smile at the end of the cold day at Busch Stadium and of a long...

Dec. 14, 1963 - The end came quietly at 4:36 p.m. today for the grand dame, the Polo Grounds. She was 72. The scoreboard lights atop the...

Dec. 14, 1963 - The Packers kept their championship hopes alive today with long passes that edged the 49ers in San Francisco, 21-17....

Dec. 14, 1963 - Len Dawson passed for 3 touchdowns today and ran 43 yards for another to lead the Chiefs, playing probably their best...

Dec. 13, 1963 - Commissioner Joe Foss of the American Football League says the NFL has refused to meet the AFL in a world championship...

Dec. 12, 1963 - Not only is Y.A. Tittle the most valuable player of the New York Giants, but he is the most valuable player in all of the...

Dec. 12, 1963 - Some fine professional football players will bow out this weekend. The San Francisco 49ers will start Joe Perry (pictured...

Dec. 11, 1963 - George Halas, the 68-year-old pro football pioneer and Hall of Fame member whose Chicago Bears are close to another...