1960s Timeline

Mar. 18, 1964 - Everything came up roses and sunshine for San Francisco’s Warriors tonight as they captured the regular season...

Mar. 14, 1964 - Wilt Chamberlain, 7-1 ace of the San Francisco Warriors, methodically chopped up the Lakers tonight before 11,876 at the...

Dec. 31, 1963 - One of New York City’s more intimate New Year’s Eve parties was held at Madison Square Garden tonight, where the New York...

Dec. 26, 1963 - Larry Costello (right), a 6-1 pipsqueak in a game of giants, caught the San Francisco Warrior defense completely by...

Dec. 22, 1963 - Behind by 24-28 after the first quarter, the San Francisco Warriors outscored the Philadelphia 76ers by a 15-1 margin...

Dec. 13, 1963 - Talk about a thorn in your side! A rookie from West Virginia named Rod Thorn put away 5 points in overtime and gave the...

Dec. 10, 1963 - Baltimore’s Gus Johnson (pictured) broke the basket, but San Francisco won the game at Oakland Auditorium tonight. With...

Dec. 6, 1963 - Wilt Chamberlain picked tonight to register the season’s high score for an individual, but he happened to run into the...

Dec. 3, 1963 - Big Wilt Chamberlain got out of a sick bed to preserve his continuous game performance in the NBA and helped the San...

Nov. 27, 1963 - Wilt Chamberlain set a record for consecutive field goals tonight as the San Francisco Warriors crushed the New York...

Nov. 12, 1963 - With 5,817 on hand at Philadelphia’s Convention Hall to witness the San Francisco Warriors’ official return to the city...

Oct. 23, 1963 - Scrappy Al Attles (pictured) sparked the San Francisco Warriors to a 99-95 victory over the Hawks tonight at Kiel...

Mar. 19, 1963 - Wilt Chamberlain (#13) of the San Francisco Warriors won his fourth straight NBA scoring championship and also set a...

Mar. 15, 1963 - Cliff Hagan (pictured) fell 3 points short of scoring his 10,000th point in NBA competition and the St. Louis Hawks...

Mar. 10, 1963 - The Syracuse Nationals won their eighth straight game tonight and established a new team scoring record by walloping the...

Mar. 8, 1963 - The Warriors lost the game they had to win tonight in an overtime heartbreaker to the Detroit Pistons, 131-123, in Fort...

Feb. 27, 1963 - Playing their best game since they moved to San Francisco, the Warriors thumped the world champion Boston Celtics in the...

Feb. 22, 1963 - The largest crowd ever to see a basketball game in the Los Angeles Sports Arena turned out tonight, and the Lakers left...

Dec. 26, 1962 - The Boston Celtics reverted to their championship form for the major part of tonight’s encounter with the San Francisco...

May 23, 1962 - The Philadelphia Warriors’ franchise in the NBA was sold today for a record $850,000 and was transferred to San Francisco....