Top of the Decade

> Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hits 61 home runs in a single season, 1961.

> Jack Nicklaus, at 22, becomes the youngest golfer ever to win the U.S. Open, 1962.

> Jim Ryun, age 20, sets the world record of 3:51.1 in the mile run, 1967.

>The Green Bay Packers defeat the Dallas Cowboys 21-17 for an unprecedented third straight National Football League title, 1967.

> Bob Beamon breaks the world long-jump record by almost two feet with a leap of 29 ft. 2 1/2 in., 1968.

> The New York Jets beat the Baltimore Colts 16-7 to become the American Football League's first Super Bowl champions, 1969.

> The Boston Celtics, under Player-Coach Bill Russell, win their eleventh National Basketball Association title in 13 years, 1 969.

> Rod Laver becomes the first tennis player in history to achieve two grand slams, 1969.

> The New York Mets rise out of the cellar to defeat the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series, 1969.

> Pele, Brazilian soccer star and the world's highest-paid professional athlete, scores his 1,000th goal, 1969.

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