Decade

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

A year gets a page when the record holds at least 3 dated items for it.

1960 5 dated items
1967 3 dated items
1969 4 dated items

Dated items

1960

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)
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)
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)
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)
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)

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
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, 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)

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)
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)

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, PDF p. 17

1965

1965: O'Connell's 'Handball Illustrated' appears in 1965 (Ronald Press) Source: Handball (USHA), December 1971, 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, PDF p. 17

1967

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
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)
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

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)
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)

1969

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)
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)
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)
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)

Championships held

What the record does not hold

The record holds nothing for the 1960s under rulebook editions: no edition dated to the decade is listed.