1960 Pro Bowl

{{Short description|National Football League all-star game}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox Pro Bowl

|type=pb

|name=1960

|image=

|visitor=Eastern Conference

|home=Western Conference

|visitor_qtr1=7

|home_qtr1=10

|visitor_qtr2=7

|home_qtr2=21

|visitor_qtr3=0

|home_qtr3=0

|visitor_qtr4=7

|home_qtr4=7

|date=January 17, 1960

|stadium=Memorial Coliseum

|city=Los Angeles, California

|visitor_coach=Buck Shaw

|visitor_coach_team=Philadelphia Eagles

|home_coach=Red Hickey

|home_coach_team=San Francisco 49ers

|MVP=Johnny Unitas

|MVPteam=Baltimore Colts

|MVP2=Eugene Lipscomb

|MVP2team=Baltimore Colts

|anthem=

|coin_toss=

|halftime=

|referee=

|attendance=58,876

|network=NBC

|announcers=Bob Kelley, Ray Scott

}}

The 1960 Pro Bowl was the NFL's tenth annual all-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the 1959 season. The game was played on Saturday, January 17, 1960, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California in front of 58,876. The final score was West 38, East 21.{{cite news|title=Unitas fires West to Pro Bowl win, 38–21|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=R9JaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m2wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7109%2C2454190|access-date=January 24, 2012|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=January 18, 1960|agency=AP|page=20}}

The East team was led by the Philadelphia Eagles' Buck Shaw while Red Hickey of the San Francisco 49ers coached the West squad.{{cite news|title=West favored by 3½ in Pro Bowl contest |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RtJaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m2wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1419%2C2293273 |access-date=January 24, 2012|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=January 16, 1960 |agency=AP |page=12}} The Baltimore Colts swept the player of the game awards, with quarterback Johnny Unitas, the NFL MVP for 1959, being voted the outstanding back and defensive lineman Eugene Lipscomb named the outstanding lineman.{{cite web |title=The 1960 Pro Bowl |url=http://www.mmbolding.com/BSR/The_1960_Pro_Bowl.htm |publisher=Bolding Sports Research |access-date=January 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501170958/http://www.mmbolding.com/BSR/The_1960_Pro_Bowl.htm |archive-date=May 1, 2012 |url-status=dead }}

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