- Jan 1 46th Rose Bowl: #8 Washington beats #6 Wisconsin, 44-8
- Jan 1 26th Sugar Bowl: #2 Mississippi beats #3 LSU, 21-0
- Jan 1 26th Orange Bowl: #5 Georgia beats #18 Missouri, 14-0
- Jan 5 Continental League, a proposed third major league, gets an assurance of congressional support from NY Senator Kenneth Keating
- Jan 11 Lamar Clark sets pro boxing record of 44 consecutive knockouts
Event of Interest
Jan 12 Syracuse National Dolph Schayes is 1st NBA'er to score 15,000 points
Dolph Schayes
Golf Tournament
Jan 17 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational
Mickey Wright
- Jan 17 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-21
- Jan 22 10th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 125-115 at Philadelphia
- Jan 22 Paul Pender beats Sugar Ray Robinson for middleweight boxing title
- Jan 26 High-school basketball sensation Danny Heater scores 135 points
- Jan 26 Oakland Raiders enter the American Football League
Election of Interest
Jan 26 Pete Rozelle elected NFL commissioner on 23rd ballot
Pete Rozelle
- Jan 28 NFL announces Dallas Cowboys (1960) & Minnesota Vikings (1961) franchises