# The 1960s In: [Learn](https://handball.theperfectship.com/learn.md) > [History](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history.md) > [Years and decades](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years.md) > The 1960s 22 dated items, 0 rulebook editions and 60 championship result rows are in the record for the 1960s. ## Years with their own page - [1960](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1960.md) (5 dated items) - [1967](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1967.md) (3 dated items) - [1969](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1969.md) (4 dated items) ## Dated items ### [1960](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1960.md) - **1960-1968**: The committee chairs are named, from seller photographs of printed lists (rank 3; dates as printed): Charles J. O'Connell for the Unified Handball Rules Committee of 1960 and, in the 1968 booklet, the A.A.U. National Handball Committee Source: [eBay listing 206605328625: seller photographs of the unified handball playing rules (Y.M.C.A., 1960) (seen 30 October 2026)](https://www.ebay.com/itm/206605328625) - **1960-1962**: The A.A.U.'s Official Rules Handball of 1960 and 1962 print 'Unified Four-Wall Rules' adopted by the A.A.U., the Y.M.C.A., the USHA and the Jewish Welfare Board, prepared by a Unified Handball Rules Committee chaired from the New York A.C. Source: [HathiTrust Digital Library, catalog record 102896696 (seen 28 October 2026)](https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102896696) - **1960-1968**: Rules by committee: a Unified Handball Rules Committee of the USHA, the Y.M.C.A., the A.A.U. and the J.W.B. (printed in the A.A.U. books of 1960 and 1962), then a 1968 unified booklet issued by three of the four without the USHA (H-125, Source: [eBay listing 206605328625: seller photographs of the unified handball playing rules (Y.M.C.A., 1960) (seen 30 October 2026)](https://www.ebay.com/itm/206605328625) - **1960-1968**: The committee chairs are named, from seller photographs of printed lists (rank 3; dates as printed): Charles J. O'Connell for the Unified Handball Rules Committee of 1960, Robert Quinn for the A.A.U. National Handball Committee 1966-1968, Source: [eBay listing 206605328625: seller photographs of the unified handball playing rules (Y.M.C.A., 1960) (seen 30 October 2026)](https://www.ebay.com/itm/206605328625) - **1960**: A Unified Handball Rules Committee of the USHA, Y.M.C.A. and A.A.U. (with the Jewish Welfare Board) agrees to serve 'for the year of 1960', with O'Connell as its chairman Source: [eBay listing 206605328625: seller photographs of the unified handball playing rules (Y.M.C.A., 1960) (seen 30 October 2026)](https://www.ebay.com/itm/206605328625) ### 1961 - **1961**: USHA 'Official U.S. Handball Association Membership Directory and Guide' begins 1961-62 (LC sf92092866; physical-only). Source: [Library of Congress catalog record sf92092866, Official U.S. Handball Association Membership Directory and Guide](https://lccn.loc.gov/sf92092866) - **1961**: At the 1961 USHA nationals and convention in Denver the Association is locked in a 'bitter dialogue' with the A.A.U. for handball supremacy and names a lawyer as its national commissioner Source: [Handball (USHA), February 1972](https://archive.teamusa.com/-/media/usa_racquetball/documents/magazine/archived-issues/handball-magazine/1972/1972_hb_febd6c5.pdf?la=en&hash=7EF67610C721BF2136F4EA75E3651D1254E36FE0), PDF p. 91 ### 1962 - **1962**: The A.A.U.'s Official Rules: Handball (copyright 1962) still prints the unified four-wall rules adopted by the A.A.U., Y.M.C.A., USHA and J.W.B., beside one-wall, three-wall, hard-ball and glass-court sections Source: [eBay listing 178429923015: seller photographs of an A.A.U. handball rules booklet (1962) (seen 30 October 2026)](https://www.ebay.com/itm/178429923015) ### 1963 - **1963**: 'Official rules', a 1963 item in a UK union catalog under 'Irish Handball Association', publisher the GAA (Official rules (1963); that it is the Council's handball rulebook is H-130): the first Irish rule text after 1903 this record can Source: [Open Library, editions of work OL10794547W (seen 30 October 2026)](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL10794547W) - **1963-2009**: Ireland's institutional line between the 1903 text and GAA Handball: an 'Official rules' of 1963 under the Irish Handball Association heading (Official rules (1963), H-130), 'Handball Playing Rules' of 1997 (Handball Playing Rules (1997)) Source: [Wexford GAA Handball, "Playing Rules" PDF (uploaded August 2016) (seen 28 October 2026)](https://wexfordgaahandball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Playing-Rules.pdf) ### 1964 - **1964**: The first world handball championship is held in 1964 at the New York Athletic Club, with O'Connell as chairman, and, by a 1972 reader's letter, the world championships then recur every three years, the 1970 edition in Ireland Source: [Handball (USHA), December 1971](https://archive.teamusa.com/-/media/usa_racquetball/documents/magazine/archived-issues/handball-magazine/1971/1971_hb_dec24fa.pdf?la=en&hash=ACEEF2D04DD71FFF1E5D5CB043508DFA62593534), PDF p. 17 ### 1965 - **1965**: O'Connell's 'Handball Illustrated' appears in 1965 (Ronald Press) Source: [Handball (USHA), December 1971](https://archive.teamusa.com/-/media/usa_racquetball/documents/magazine/archived-issues/handball-magazine/1971/1971_hb_dec24fa.pdf?la=en&hash=ACEEF2D04DD71FFF1E5D5CB043508DFA62593534), PDF p. 17 ### 1966 - **1 October 1966**: The New York Athletic Club dedicates a new gallery court on 1 October 1966 in recognition of O'Connell's half-century of work for handball Source: [Handball (USHA), December 1971](https://archive.teamusa.com/-/media/usa_racquetball/documents/magazine/archived-issues/handball-magazine/1971/1971_hb_dec24fa.pdf?la=en&hash=ACEEF2D04DD71FFF1E5D5CB043508DFA62593534), PDF p. 17 ### [1967](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1967.md) - **1967-1972**: The only magazine issues reachable online: Ace June 1968 to Handball Oct 1972 (13 scanned issues at archive.teamusa.com, plus Texas A&M holdings). Source: [Handball (USHA), June 1968](https://archive.teamusa.com/-/media/usa_racquetball/documents/magazine/archived-issues/handball-magazine/1968/hb-june6839ee.pdf?la=en&hash=571BF0909D81C7F013A50FB9C4DB8D593F826C09) - **1967-1968**: A June 1967 newspaper list offers, among booklets available, a separate A.A.U. one-wall booklet from Champion Glove (Official AAU One Wall Handball Rules); the January 1968 'Handball Official Unified Playing Rules' is issued by the A.A.U., Source: [eBay listing 800810243429: seller photographs of "Handball Official Unified Playing Rules" (A.A.U., J.W.B., Y.M.C.A., 1968) (seen 30 October 2026)](https://www.ebay.com/itm/800810243429) - **4 June 1967**: A Long Beach newspaper of 4 June 1967 lists 'Official Unified Handball Rules' and 'Official AAU One Wall Handball Rules' booklets as available from Champion Glove of Des Moines Source: [Independent Press-Telegram, 4 June 1967](https://archive.org/details/independent-press-telegram-1967-06-04) ### 1968 - **19 January 1968**: 'Handball Official Unified Playing Rules' for four-wall, three-wall and one-wall courts, issued by the A.A.U., the J.W.B. and the Y.M.C.A.; its introduction says the USHA took part in the discussions but declined to co-publish (H-129, Source: [eBay listing 800810243429: seller photographs of "Handball Official Unified Playing Rules" (A.A.U., J.W.B., Y.M.C.A., 1968) (seen 30 October 2026)](https://www.ebay.com/itm/800810243429) - **19 January 1968**: A.A.U., Jewish Welfare Board and Y.M.C.A. issue a 1968 revision of the unified rules without the USHA, which 'decided not to participate in publishing' it; its four-wall court is 20 x 40 x 20 ft Source: [eBay listing 800810243429: seller photographs of "Handball Official Unified Playing Rules" (A.A.U., J.W.B., Y.M.C.A., 1968) (seen 30 October 2026)](https://www.ebay.com/itm/800810243429) ### [1969](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1969.md) - **1969**: First American-style 4-wall (40x20) court built in Ireland (GAA Handball Ireland, "History" (seen 28 October 2026)). Source: [GAA Handball Ireland, "History" (seen 28 October 2026)](https://www.gaahandball.ie/about/gaa-handball/history) - **1969**: First American-style 4-wall (40x20) court built in Ireland (GAA Handball Ireland, "History" (seen 28 October 2026)); All-Ireland 4-wall championship from 1975 (All-Ireland 4-Wall Championships). Source: [GAA Handball Ireland, "History" (seen 28 October 2026)](https://www.gaahandball.ie/about/gaa-handball/history) - **1969-1975**: The American court comes to Ireland: the first 40x20 court is built in 1969 and an All-Ireland 4-wall senior championship runs from 1975 (secondary: GAA Handball's page; the rolls). Source: [GAA Handball Ireland, "History" (seen 28 October 2026)](https://www.gaahandball.ie/about/gaa-handball/history) - **1969-1971**: The first American-style 40 x 20 ft four-wall court in Ireland is dated 1969 by GAA Handball, but a USHA report of autumn 1971 still calls the first 20 x 40 court a new event (conflicting) GAA Handball's history page dates the first 40 x 20 court in Ireland to 1969, but a USHA magazine of October 1971 reports the Dublin 20 x 40 court as newly built, so the date is given as 1969 to 1971. Source: [GAA Handball Ireland, "History" (seen 28 October 2026)](https://www.gaahandball.ie/about/gaa-handball/history) ## Championships held - [All-Ireland 60x30 Softball Championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/gaa-all-ireland-60x30-softball.md) - [All-Ireland Hardball Championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/gaa-all-ireland-hardball.md) - [USHA national four-wall handball championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/usha-national-four-wall-championships.md) - [USHA national one-wall handball championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/usha-national-one-wall-championships.md) - [USHA national three-wall handball championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/usha-national-three-wall-championships.md) ## What the record does not hold - The record holds nothing for the 1960s under rulebook editions: no edition dated to the decade is listed. ## Neighboring decades - Previous: [The 1950s](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1950s.md) - Next: [The 1970s](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1970s.md) - [All years and decades](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years.md) ## Corrections Found a mistake, or a source we missed? Email perfectshipllc@gmail.com with the subject "History correction: The 1960s (/history/years/1960s/)". Please name the page and, if you can, the source.