1960s Timeline

June 4, 1963 - Don Fleming of the Cleveland Browns was electrocuted today in Orlando, Fla., when a cable brushed against a power line at...

May 23, 1963 - Defensive ends David (Deacon) Jones (#75 with Frank Gifford) and Larry Stephens and defensive tackle Merlin Olsen (#74),...

May 22, 1963 - Lamar Hunt (third row left), owner of the American Football League champion Dallas Texans, moved his club to Kansas City...

May 22, 1963 - Elmira, N.Y. paid final tribute today to Ernie Davis (pictured with President Kennedy in 1961), the 23-year-old football...

May 20, 1963 - Mention retirement and you get a quick allergic reaction from Frank Gifford. “Haven’t given a thought to anything like...

May 19, 1963 - In October, doctors and Cleveland Brown officials told Ernie Davis (left), who died yesterday at the age of 23, that his...

May 18, 1963 - An aunt of Ernie Davis said today the family was totally unaware the star athlete had been near death. The 23-year-old...

May 18, 1963 - Ernie Davis, the only Negro ever to win the Heisman Memorial Trophy, college football’s highest award, died today after a...

May 15, 1963 - Five Cadillacs bearing his three ex-wives, his fiancée, and the grandfather who reared him escorted Eugene (Big Daddy)...

May 14, 1963 - Weeb Ewbank, coach and general manager of the New York Jets, said yesterday he is greatly pleased over the move of the...

May 11, 1963 - A 25-year-old drinking companion of Gene (Big Daddy) Lipscomb (pictured with a fan in 1961), outstanding defensive tackle...

May 10, 1963 - Gene “Big Daddy” Lipscomb (pictured #76 in 1962), former star in the NFL, died today at the age of 31, apparently after an...

May 7, 1963 - Alex Karras, defensive tackle of the Detroit Lions, said today he has given up wrestling and wants to return to football in...

May 6, 1963 - Bobby Layne (pictured in 1959), the quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers who came out of the University of Texas to set 4...

Apr. 27, 1963 - Dick the Bruiser, his face blood-smeared, won his grudge wrestling match with suspended Detroit Lions football star Alex...

Apr. 25, 1963 - Television and radio rights to the NFL’s 1963 championship game were purchased today for $926,000 by NBC. CBS, the only...

Apr. 23, 1963 - In Detroit today, wrestler Dick the Bruiser (pictured) pleaded innocent to an assault and battery charge following a...

Apr. 18, 1963 - Paul Hornung and Alex Karras can hope for reinstatement in time for the 1964 season if they avoid betting on football...

Apr. 17, 1963 - Coach and general manager Vince Lombardi of the Green Bay Packers said today he is “shocked and hurt” at the news of Paul...

Apr. 17, 1963 - Paul Hornung of the Green Bay Packers, who was on the golf course today when the news of his suspension by the NFL broke,...