1960_in_basketball Knowpia

The following are the basketball events of the year 1960 throughout the world.

The following are the basketball events of the year 1960 throughout the world. Tournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club) and amateur and collegiate levels.

Olympics edit

Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics

At the 1960 Summer Olympics, United States men's basketball team would go on to win the gold medal. Team USA was led by Hall of Famers Oscar Robertson and Jerry West.^[1]

NBA edit

NBA awards edit

Most Valuable Player: Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia Warriors
Rookie of the Year: Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia Warriors
NBA All-Star Game MVP award:Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia Warriors

All-NBA First Team:
- Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia Warriors
- Bob Pettit, St. Louis Hawks
- Gene Shue, Detroit Pistons
- Bob Cousy, Boston Celtics
- Elgin Baylor, Minneapolis Lakers

All-NBA Second Team:
- Richie Guerin, New York Knicks
- Bill Russell, Boston Celtics
- Dolph Schayes, Syracuse Nationals
- Bill Sharman, Boston Celtics
- Jack Twyman, Cincinnati Royals

FIBA edit

NAIA edit

1960 NAIA Basketball Tournament

NCAA edit

International competition edit

1960 ABC Championship

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame edit

Class of 1960:^[2]

Births edit

January 12 - Dominique Wilkins, American basketball player
March 8 - Buck Williams, American basketball player
March 13 - Cliff Robinson, American basketball player
June 12 – Joe Kopicki, American basketball player
June 21 – Kevin Harlan, sports announcer
August 6 - Dale Ellis, American basketball player
August 18 - Fat Lever, American basketball player
September 29 - John Paxson, American basketball player

Deaths edit

January 1 — Murray Greason, American college coach (Wake Forest) (born 1901)

References edit

^ "Olympic Games Official Report 1960 Rome-Volume II" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-29. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
^ "Hall of Famers". Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 Oct 2014.