1960 in basketball

none 1960 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 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.http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1960/OR1960v2pt2.pdf Olympic Games Official Report 1960 Rome-Volume II 2014-04-16 2012-10-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20121029015322/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1960/OR1960v2pt2.pdf dead NBA 1960 NBA draft 1960 NBA Finals 1960 NBA Playoffs 1960 NBA All-Star Game 1959–60 NBA season 1960–61 NBA season NBA awards 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 FIBA South American Championship for Women 1960 1960–61 FIBA European Champions Cup 1959–60 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup 1960–61 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup NAIA 1960 NAIA Basketball Tournament NCAA 1960 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament 1960 National Invitation Tournament 1960 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament International competition 1960 ABC Championship Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1960:Hall of Famers http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers-index/ Basketball Hall of Fame 12 Oct 2014 25 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130325102924/http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers-index/ dead Ernest Blood Frank Keaney Vic Hanson Ward Lambert Ed Macauley Branch McCracken Charles Murphy John Wooden Births 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 January 1 — Murray Greason, American college coach (Wake Forest) (born 1901) References External links Sports Basketball-Reference.com's 1970 NBA Playoffs page NBA HistoryAugust 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes