* 1961 – Sam Champion, American weatherman

* Górnik Zabrze-men football team ( Polish Champion 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 ; Polish Cup winner 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 ; Polish Supercup winner 1988 )

* Jesse Whittenton, NFL player for the Los Angeles Rams and Green Bay Packers, was a member of the 1961 and 1962 NFL Champion Packers.

Archie Moore ( born Archibald Lee Wright ; December 13, 1916 – December 9, 1998 ), was an American professional boxer and the Light Heavyweight World Champion ( 1952 – 1959 and 1961 ), who had one of the longest professional careers in the history of the sport.

Johnson had reigned as the NBA ( WBA ) Champion since February 7, 1961.

* Maia Chiburdanidze ( b. 1961 )-the seventh Women's World Chess Champion

He was an American Football League All-Star in 1961, and he earned an AFL Championship ring with the New York Jets in 1968 and had the only sack of the game ; as well as a World Championship with the Jets after the 1968 season, when he was team co-captain in the Jets ' destruction of the NFL Champion Baltimore Colts.

* Pat Screen ( Class of 1961 ), State Champion quarterback 1960, LSU Quarterback, Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish ( 1981 – 1988 )

Maia Chiburdanidze (; born January 17, 1961 ) is a Georgian chess grandmaster, and the seventh ( and then youngest ) Women's World Chess Champion.

Chacón batted. 265 as a reserve second baseman with the NL Champion Cincinnati Reds of 1961.

* John Walton ( darts player ) ( born 1961 ), former BDO World Darts Champion and BDO World Masters Champion

Some of this was captured by Phil Hill, the 1961 World Champion, who drove modified camera cars in some sessions during the 1966 Monaco and Belgian Grands Prix.

Martin was the 1960 Chicago and Intercity Golden Gloves 160 lb champion and the 1961 160 lb Intercity Golden Gloves Champion ( alternate ).

The result pushed Moss into third place in the championship points race, becoming the only driver outside of Ferrari's trio of von Trips, Hill and Richie Ginther still in contention to become the 1961 World Champion with two races remaining.

By the time of the Watkins Glen event, the 1961 season had already marked an important US milestone in Formula One with Californian Phil Hill being crowned the first American World Champion.

In 1961 Mazzinghi seized the Crown of Military World Champion, welter division, in the United States.

Six times South African Formula One Champion in the 1960s, he had originally shone in the European Formula Junior firmament back in 1961 – 62 at the wheel of a Cooper-Austin from Ken Tyrrell's team.

Moss was British Formula Junior Champion in 1961.

On Dec 1961, for the 1962 NFL Draft, Mr. Buck Buchanan was selected 238th overall in the 17th Round by the World Champion Green Bay Packers!

* Ned Jarrett, driver ( 1961, 1965 Cup Series Champion ) and broadcaster ;

Christopher Ashford-Smith ( born February 17, 1961 ) is an American professional wrestler better known under the ring names Chris Champion or Yoshi Kwan.

Kiniski joined the American Wrestling Association ( AWA ) in 1960 and defeated AWA World Champion Verne Gagne to win the title on July 11, 1961, also capturing the AWA World Tag Team title twice with Hard Boiled Haggerty.

Rex Rossi was a World Champion Trick Rider in 1950 & 1961, World Champion Trick Roper 1971 & Hall of Fame Movie Stunt Man, a career that spanned 60 years.

* 1961 ( 1 ) Tournament of Champions

Tullus Hostilius was played by Robert Keith in the 1961 film Duel of Champions, which centered around the Horatii.

Delgado was frequently cast as a villain, appearing in many noted British action-adventure TV series by ITC, including The Champions ( 1969 ), Danger Man ( 1961 ), The Saint ( 1962, 1966 ), and Randall and Hopkirk ( Deceased ) ( 1969 ).

* Duel of Champions ( 1961 ) a. k. a. Horatio and Curiazi, Alan Ladd

* Duel of Champions ( 1961 ) a. k. a. Horatio and Curiazi, Alan Ladd

In 1961, Peñarol played a new version of the Champions Cup, but retained its continental title against Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras ; 1 – 0 at home, with a goal by Alberto Spencer, and 1 – 1 in São Paulo.

His father Harlan sang baritone with the 1961 International Quartet Champions The Suntones.

It was started in 1961, as a family sailing club and has been the starting point for many successful British dinghy racing competitors including British, European and World Champions.

* 1959, 1961, 1962, and 1963 National Champions

* 1961 Lancashire and Cheshire Champions and Walkden cup winners Saville Whittle Shield winners

In 1961 during an emergency posting to Kenya the Kenyan Champions Nakuru heard the Dukes were there and challenged them to a match.

* Serie A: Champions ( 1958, 1960, 1961 )

* 1961 – 62 – Athenian League Champions

In the 1961 European Champions Cup competition, Hamburg were knocked out by FC Barcelona in the semi-finals.

* 1934, 1938, 1961, 2010 Stanley Cup Champions

On June 30, 1961, Pat O ' Connor lost the title to Rogers in front of 38, 622 fans at Comiskey Park, a North American professional wrestling attendance record that lasted until the David Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions in 1984.

Internationally, Benfica was the first and only Portuguese club to win a Latin Cup and 2 European Champions ' Cups consecutively: the 1960 – 61 and the 1961 – 62 European Cups.

Benfica was the first team to break Real Madrid's dominance in the early European Champions ' Cup by winning two European Cups in a row against FC Barcelona ( 1961 ) and Real Madrid ( 1962 ).

In fact, the 1960s were the best period of Benfica history, in which the club won an astonishing eight Portuguese championships ( 1960, ' 61, ' 63, ' 64, ' 65, ' 67, ' 68, and ' 69 ), three Portuguese Cups ( 1961, ' 64, and ' 69 ), and two European Champions Cup ( 1961 and ' 62 ).

* Cross country ( Boys ): State Champions ( 1961 – 62 )

The 1961 film Duel of Champions is an adaptation of the story of the Horatii.

** Champions ( 3 ): 1956 – 57, 1961 – 62, 1977 – 78

* Champions: 1923 – 24 ( regional title ), 1925 – 26 ( regional title ), 1948 – 49, 1949 – 50, 1952 – 53, 1960 – 61 1961 – 62 1962 – 63, 1968 – 69, 1969 – 70, 1975 – 76, 1977 – 78 1978 – 79, 1979 – 80 1980 – 81, 1983 – 84, 1984 – 85 1985 – 86, 1990 – 91, 1991 – 92, 1992 – 93, 2002 – 03, 2005 – 06