==
Artistic Gymnastics==
★
World Artistic Gymnastics Championships:
★
★ Men's all-around champion:
Eizo Kenmotsu,
Japan
★
★ Women's all-around champion:
Ludmilla Tourischeva,
USSR
★
★ Men's team competition champion:
Japan
★
★ Women's team competition champion:
USSR
==
Athletics
=
Marathon===
★
July 23 —
Commonwealth Games Marathon,
Edinburgh, Scotland
★
★ Men's Winner:
Ron Hill (ENG) 2:09:29
★
December 6 —
Fukuoka Marathon,
Japan
★
★ Men's Winner:
Akio Usami (JPN) 2:10:38
★
December 15 —
Asian Games Marathon,
Bangkok, Thailand
★
★ Men's Winner:
Kenji Kimihara (JPN) 2:21:03
==
Auto Racing==
★
Stock car racing:
★
★
Pete Hamilton won the
Daytona 500
★
★
NASCAR Championship -
Bobby Isaac
★
Indianapolis 500 -
Al Unser, Sr.
★
USAC Racing -
Al Unser, Sr. won the season championship
★
Formula One Championship -
Jochen Rindt of
Austria )becomes Formula One's only posthumous world champion
★
24 hours of Le Mans: the team of
Hans Herrmann /
Richard Attwood won, driving a
Porsche 917
★
Rally racing - the team of
Bjorn Waldegard /
Lars Helmer won the
Monte Carlo Rally driving a
Porsche 911S.
★
Drag racing - the
NHRA launches the "Supernationals".
Rick Ramsey wins "
Top Fuel"
==
Baseball==
★
January 16:
Gold Glove outfielder Curt Flood files a civil lawsuit challenging baseball's reserve clause, a suit that will have historic implications. Flood refused to report to the
Phillies after he was traded by the
Cardinals, contending the baseball rule violates federal antitrust laws.
★
January 17:
The Sporting News names
Willie Mays as Player of the Decade for the
1960s.
★
January 20:
Lou Boudreau is elected to the
Hall of Fame, receiving 232 of a possible 300 votes from the BBWAA.
★
April 7: The
Milwaukee Brewers play their first ever game as the Brewers at
Milwaukee County Stadium, after the team had relocated from
Seattle.
★
June 12:
Dock Ellis of the
Pittsburgh Pirates throws a
no-hitter against the
San Diego Padres. It is later revealed that he did so while under the influence of LSD.
★
Robert W. Peterson's book ''
Only the Ball was White'' is published. The book brings pressure on
Major League Baseball to recognize the
African-American players from
Negro league baseball by honoring its stars in the
Baseball Hall of Fame.
★
World Series: The
American League's
Baltimore Orioles win their second World Title by defeating the
National League's
Cincinnati Reds, 4 games to 1.
==
Basketball==
★
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship:
★
★ UCLA wins 80-69 over Jacksonville
★
NBA Finals:
★
★
New York Knicks won 4 games to 3 over the
Los Angeles Lakers
★
FIBA World Championship:
★
★
Yugoslavia World Champion
==
Boxing==
★
February 15 -
Carlos Cruz, Featherweight Boxing Champion died in a plane crash
★
February 16 -
Joe Frazier starts a
heavyweight world
boxing champion winning streak with the knock out of
Jimmy Ellis in five rounds.
==
Cricket==
★
International Cricket Council votes to suspend
South Africa from international cricket indefinitely because of its government's
apartheid policy.
==
Cycling==
★
Giro d'Italia won by
Eddy Merckx of
Belgium
★
Tour de France -
Eddy Merckx of
Belgium
★
World Cycling Championship:
Jean-Pierre Monseré of
Belgium
==
Field Hockey==
★
Men's European Nations Cup in
Bruxelles,
Belgium
★
★ Gold Medal: West Germany
★
★ Silver Medal: The Netherlands
★
★ Bronze Medal: Spain
==
Figure skating==
★
World Figure Skating Championships:
★
★ Men's champion:
Tim Wood,
United States
★
★ Ladies' champion:
Gabrielle Seyfert,
Germany
★
★ Pair skating champions:
Irina Rodnina &
Alexei Ulanov,
Soviet Union
★
★ Ice dancing champions:
Lyudmila Pakhomova &
Alexandr Gorshkov,
Soviet Union
==
Football (
American)==
★
Super Bowl IV:
Kansas City Chiefs won 23-7 over the
Minnesota Vikings
★
Nebraska Cornhuskers win the
college football national championship.
★
November 14:
A plane carrying most of the
Marshall University team crashes just short of landing near
Huntington, West Virginia, killing all 75 aboard, including 37 players.
==
Football (
Australian rules football)==
★
Victorian Football League
★
★
Carlton wins the 74th VFL Premiership (Carlton 17.9 (111) d
Collingwood 14.17 (101))
★
★
Brownlow Medal awarded to
Peter Bedford (
South Melbourne)
==
Football (
Canadian)==
★
Grey Cup:
Montreal Alouettes win 23-10 over the
Calgary Stampeders
★
Vanier Cup:
Manitoba Bisons win 38-11 over the
Ottawa Gee Gees
==
Football (
Soccer)==
::''For an extensive coverage see
1970 in football (soccer)''
★
World Cup held in
Mexico:
Brazil won final 4-1 over
Italy
★
European Cup:
Feyenoord becomes the first
Dutch team to win the trophy, beating
Celtic 2-1.
==
Golf==
Men's Golf
★
Grand Slam of golf results:
★ #May -
The Masters -
Billy Casper
★ #June -
US Open -
Tony Jacklin
★ #July -
British Open -
Jack Nicklaus
★ #August -
PGA Championship -
Dave Stockton
★
PGA tour's leading money winner for the year:
Lee Trevino - $157,037
Women's Golf
★
US Open -
Donna Caponi
★
LPGA Championship -
Shirley Englehorn
★
Kathy Whitworth: leading money winner on the
LPGA tour, earning $30,235
==
Thoroughbred Horse Racing==
★
Australia -
Melbourne Cup -
Baghdad Note
★
Canada -
Queen's Plate -
Almoner
★
France -
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe -
Sassafrás
★
Ireland -
Irish Derby Stakes -
Nijinsky II
★
Nijinsky II wins the
English Triple Crown Races:
★ #
Two Thousand Guineas Stakes -
Nijinsky II
★ #
Epsom Derby -
Nijinsky II
★ #
St. Leger Stakes -
Nijinsky II
★
United States Triple Crown Races:
★ #
Kentucky Derby -
Dust Commander
★ #
Preakness Stakes -
Personality
★ #
Belmont Stakes -
High Echelon
==
Harness Racing==
★
Fresh Yankee was named "Horse of the Year" by the
U.S. Trotting Association and the
U.S. Harness Writers Association.
★
Most Happy Fella won the
United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
★ #
Cane Pace -
Most Happy Fella
★ #
Little Brown Jug -
Most Happy Fella
★ #
Messenger Stakes -
Most Happy Fella
★
United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
★ #
Hambletonian -
Timothy T.
★ #
Yonkers Trot -
Victory Star
★ #
Kentucky Futurity -
Timothy T.
★
Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
★
★ Pacers:
Bold David
==
Ice Hockey==
★
Art Ross Memorial Trophy -
Bobby Orr becomes the first defenseman in the history of the
National Hockey League to lead the league in scoring.
★
Hart Memorial Trophy for the
NHL's Most Valuable Player:
Bobby Orr,
Boston Bruins
★
Stanley Cup:
Boston Bruins win the Cup for the first time in 29 years, defeating the
St. Louis Blues 4 games to 0. Defenseman,
Bobby Orr is awarded the
Conn Smythe Trophy as the series MVP (most valuable player).
★
World Hockey Championship
★
★ Men's champion:
Soviet Union defeated
Sweden
★
NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship:
Cornell University Big Red defeat
Clarkson University Golden Knights 6-4 in
Lake Placid, NY; only NCAA hockey team to complete season undefeated and untied (31-0)
==
Lacrosse==
★
STX is founded by Richard B.C. Tucker Sr.
★ The New Westminster Salmonbellies win the
Mann Cup.
★ The Whitby Transporters win the
Castrol Cup.
★ The Lakeshore Maple Leafs win the
Minto Cup.
==
Skiing==
★
Alpine Skiing
★
★ The men's overall season champion:
Karl Schranz,
Austria
★
★ The women's overall season champion:
Michèle Jacot,
France
==
Snooker==
★
World Snooker Championship:
Ray Reardon beats
John Pulman 37-33
==
Speed skating==
★ First
ISU Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Men and Ladies held in
West Allis, U.S.A.
==
Swimming==
Records
★
August 22 — US swimmer
Mark Spitz breaks his own, nearly three-year old
world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course) with a time of '2:05.4'. At the same meet and on the same day in
Los Angeles, California he loses it to compatriot
Gary Hall Sr., who swims '2:05.0'.
==
Tennis==
★
Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
★ #
Australian Open -
Arthur Ashe
★ #
French Open -
Jan Kodeš
★ #
Wimbledon championships -
John Newcombe
★ #
US Open -
Ken Rosewall
★
Margaret Smith Court wins the
Grand Slam in women's tennis:
★ #
Australian Open -
Margaret Smith Court
★ #
French Open -
Margaret Smith Court
★ #
Wimbledon championships -
Margaret Smith Court
★ #
US Open -
Margaret Smith Court
★
Davis Cup:
United States wins 5-0 over
Germany F.R. in world tennis.
==
Volleyball ==
★
Men's World Championship in
Sofia,
Bulgaria
★
★ Gold Medal: East Germany
★
★ Silver Medal: Bulgaria
★
★ Bronze Medal: Japan
==
Yacht racing==
★ The
New York Yacht Club retains the
America's Cup as ''
Intrepid'' defeats Australian challenger ''Gretel II'', of the
Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, 4 races to 1 (''Gretel II'' won the second race but was disqualified)
==
General sporting events==
★ Sixth
Asian Games held in
Bangkok, Thailand
★
British Commonwealth Games held in
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
★ Sixth
Summer Universiade held in
Turin, Italy
★ Sixth
Winter Universiade held in
Rovaniemi,
Finland
Awards
★
Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year:
George Blanda,
National Football League
★
Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year:
Chi Cheng,
Track and field
Births
January
★
January 2 —
Andreas Wecker, German gymnast
★
January 5 —
Chris Wilkinson, British tennis player
★
January 5 —
Yury Kovtun, Russian football (soccer) defender
★
January 9 —
Jan Quast, German boxer
★
January 10 —
Marek Bajor, Polish football (soccer) player
★
January 12 —
Brett Leaver, New Zealand field hockey player
★
January 13 —
Daphne Touw, Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
★
January 15 —
Dan Landry, American volleyball player
★
January 19 —
Zeeshan Ali, Indian tennis player
★
January 19 —
Tim Foster, British rower and coach
★
January 19 —
Donald Haddow, Canadian freestyle swimmer
★
January 25 —
Brigita Bukovec, Slovenian hurdler
★
January 25 —
Rafael Lozano, Spanish boxer
★
January 25 —
Cheikh Touré, Senegalese-born French athlete
★
January 29 —
Jörg Hoffmann, German freestyle swimmer
★
January 29 —
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Indian sport shooter
February
★
February 6 —
Jeff Rouse, American swimmer
★
February 11 —
Alistair Brown, English cricket player
★
February 11 —
Jason Allyn Scott, US rower
★
February 11 —
Bernardo Segura, Mexican race walker
★
February 12 —
Lee Bodimeade, Australian field hockey player and coach
★
February 12 —
Mojca Cater, Canadian butterfly swimmer
★
February 14 —
Guillaume Raoux, French tennis player
★
February 14 —
Agapito Sanchez, Dominican Republic boxer (d.
2005)
★
February 15 —
Mark Warnecke, German breaststroke swimmer
★
February 22 —
Manuela Stellmach, East German freestyle swimmer
★
February 23 —
Turbo Tumo, Ethiopian long-distance runner
★
February 23 —
Marc Wauters, Belgian cyclist
★
February 24 —
Cameron Grant, Canadian breaststroke swimmer
★
February 26 —
Ben Maruquin, American field hockey sweeper
★
February 28 —
Jacqueline Goormachtigh, Dutch discus thrower
March
★
March 1 —
Jaime Amat, Spanish field hockey player
★
March 3 —
Simon Biwott, Kenyan long-distance runner
★
March 5 —
Li Gwang-Sik, North Korean boxer
★
March 6 —
Stefano Battistelli, Italian backstroke and medley swimmer
★
March 8 —
Caren Jungjohann, German field hockey player
★
March 13 —
Lula Barbosa, Brazilian beach volleyball player
★
March 14 —
Julie McDonald, Australian swimmer
★
March 15 —
Diego Nargiso, Italian tennis player
★
March 15 —
Derek Parra, Mexican-American speed skater
★
March 16 —
Kelli James, US field hockey striker
★
March 16 —
Rafael Pascual, Spanish volleyball player
★
March 18 —
Ian Bird, Canadian field hockey player
★
March 20 —
Wietske de Ruiter, Dutch field hockey striker
★
March 24 —
Judith Draxler, Austrian freestyle swimmer
★
March 25 —
Magnus Larsson, Swedish tennis player
★
March 28 —
José Loiola, Brazilian beach volleyball player
★
March 30 —
Secretariat, two-time Horse of the Year,
1973 Triple Crown winner (d.
1989)
★
March 31 —
Stuart Carruthers, Australian field hockey player
April
★
April 4 —
Laszlo Markovits, Hungarian tennis player
★
April 4 —
Jason Stoltenberg, Australian tennis player and coach
★
April 4 —
Simone Thomaschinski, German field hockey defender
★
April 5 —
Boris Alterman, Israeli chess player
★
April 5 —
Willemijn Duyster, Dutch field hockey defender
★
April 6 —
Xiaomin Huang, Chinese breaststroke swimmer
★
April 7 —
Jordi Arnau, Spanish field hockey player
★
April 7 —
Piet Norval, South African tennis player
★
April 9 —
Nicole Colaco, Kenya-born field hockey player from Canada
★
April 10 —
Leonard Doroftei, Romanian boxer
★
April 10 —
Doug Flach, American tennis player
★
April 10 —
Diederik Simon, Dutch rower
★
April 11 —
KC Boutiette, American speed skater
★
April 13 —
Rintje Ritsma, Dutch speed skater
★
April 15 —
Miguel Ángel Oca, Spanish water polo player
★
April 16 —
Mukesh Kumar, Indian field hockey midfielder
★
April 18 —
Heike Friedrich, East German freestyle swimmer
★
April 18 —
Ramón Jufresa, Spanish field hockey goalkeeper
★
April 19 —
Kelly Holmes, English athlete
★
April 20 —
Adriano Moraes, Brazilian rodeo performer
★
April 21 —
Vadim Alexeev, Kazakhstan-born swimmer from Israel
★
April 29 —
Andre Agassi, American tennis player
May
★
May 2 —
Dan Kutler, US-born butterfly swimmer from Israel
★
May 11 —
Rubén Michavila, Spanish water polo player
★
May 12 —
Mike Weir, Canadian golfer
★
May 14 —
Benson Masya, Kenyan long-distance runner (d.
2003)
★
May 16 —
Gabriela Sabatini, Argentinian tennis player
★
May 16 —
Franck Schott, French swimmer
★
May 17 —
Renzo Furlan, Italian tennis player
★
May 21 —
Jason Lee, English field hockey player and coach
★
May 22 —
Marco Rudolph, German boxer
★
May 24 —
Cristiano Caratti, Italian tennis player
★
May 24 —
Jeff Zgonina, US American football player
★
May 25 —
Danni Roche, Australian field hockey player
★
May 27 —
Michael Blackburn, Australian sailor
★
May 31 —
Claus Thomsen, Danish football (soccer) player
June
★
June 2 —
Patricia Noall, Canadian freestyle swimmer
★
June 5 —
Eran Groumi, Israeli swimmer
★
June 10 —
Miklos Molnar, Danish football (soccer) player
★
June 11 —
Arkhom Chenglai, Thai boxer
★
June 12 —
David Defiagbon, Nigerian boxer
★
June 13 —
Mikael Ljungberg, Swedish wrestler (d.
2004)
★
June 15 —
Pepijn Aardewijn, Dutch rower
★
June 16 —
Jaime Oncins, Brazilian tennis player
★
June 20 —
Russell Garcia, British field hockey player
★
June 20 —
Maia Lewis, New Zealand cricketer
★
June 25 —
Erki Nool, Estonian decathlete
★
June 26 —
Paul Bitok, Kenyan long-distance runner
★
June 26 —
Marina Lobatch, Soviet rhythmic gymnast
★
June 26 —
Pawel Nastula, Polish judoka and heavyweight fighter
★
June 26 —
Mark Pinger, German freestyle swimmer
★
June 27 —
John Eales, Australian rugby union footballer
★
June 27 —
Lars Jonsson, Swedish tennis player
★
June 29 —
Franziska Hentschel, German field hockey forward
July
★
July 1 —
Laura Walker, American swimmer
★
July 3 —
Yona Kosashvili, Georgian-Israeli chess player
★
July 5 —
Valentí Massana, Spanish race walker
★
July 8 —
Lisa Powell, Australian field hockey forward
★
July 11 —
Frederik Fetterlein, Danish tennis player
★
July 13 —
Sandon Stolle, Australian tennis player
★
July 14 —
Natalia Mishkutenok, Russian pairs figure skater
★
July 24 —
Phil Sykes, US field hockey defender
★
July 27 —
Stephan Veen, Dutch field hockey player
August
★
August 1 —
Mark Petchey, British tennis player
★
August 3 —
Elena Carrión, Spanish field hockey goalkeeper
★
August 6 —
Michael Strange, Canadian boxer
★
August 7 —
Eric Namesnik, American swimmer (d.
2006)
★
August 8 —
Johann Mühlegg, German-born Spanish cross-country skier
★
August 12 —
Roland Brunner, Austrian ice speed skater
★
August 13 —
Alan Shearer, England and Newcastle soccer player
★
August 14 —
Sláva Doseděl, Czech tennis player
★
August 15 —
Chris Byrd, American boxer
★
August 17 —
István Kovács, Hungarian boxer
★
August 21 —
Paolo Vidoz, Italian boxer
September
★
September 1 —
Barbara Paulus, Austrian tennis player
★
September 5 —
Lee Lai Shan, Hong Kong windsurfer
★
September 7 —
Keltie Duggan, Canadian breaststroke swimmer
★
September 10 —
Belinda Clarke, Australian cricketer
★
September 14 —
Mayra Huerta, Mexican beach volleyball player
★
September 15 —
Juan-Carlos Bianchi, Venezuelan tennis player
★
September 22 —
Marc-Kevin Goellner, Brazil-born German tennis player
★
September 24 —
Silvia Poll, Costa Rican freestyle swimmer
★
September 28 —
Isabelle Brasseur, Canadian figure skating world champion
★
September 28 —
Kimiko Date, Japanese tennis player
★
September 29 —
Nicolas Pereira, Venezuelan tennis player
October
★
October 1 —
Gaston Taument, Dutch football (soccer) player
★
October 3 —
Justine Sowry, Australian field hockey goalkeeper
★
October 8 —
Heather Jones, Canadian field hockey player
★
October 10—
Mohammed Mourhit, Morocco-born Belgian long-distance runner
★
October 10 —
Matthew Pinsent, British rower
★
October 17 —
Anil Kumble, Indian cricketer
★
October 19 —
Fabián Roncero, Spanish long-distance runner
★
October 22 —
Winston Bogarde, Dutch football (soccer) player
★
October 26 —
Tom Vano, US field hockey goalkeeper
★
October 28 —
Anthony Bonsante, American boxer
November
★
November 4 —
Lauri Aus, Estonian cyclist (d.
2003)
★
November 6 —
Joyce Chepchumba, Kenyan long distance athlete
★
November 6 —
Remigio Molina, Argentine boxer
★
November 7 —
Kris Fillat, American field hockey player
★
November 7 —
Mohammad Shafqat, Pakistani field hockey player
★
November 8 —
Pablo Moreira, Argentinian field hockey goalkeeper
★
November 9 —
Nelson Diebel, American swimmer
★
November 9 —
Guido Görtzen, Dutch volleyball player
★
November 9 —
Bill Guerin, US NHL hockey player
★
November 10 —
Sue Reid, Canadian field hockey player
★
November 12 —
Tonya Harding, US figure skater
★
November 15 —
Uschi Disl, German biathlete
★
November 15 —
Jeffrey Adams, Canadian wheelchair athlete
★
November 18 —
Albert Cristina, Dutch volleyball player
★
November 19 —
Eleanor Race, American field hockey player
★
November 20 —
Tracey Robb, Scottish field hockey goalkeeper
★
November 24 —
Paul Laciga, Swiss beach volleyball player
★
November 25 —
Elisabeth Maragall, Spanish field hockey player
★
November 27 —
Thirumal Valavan, Indian field hockey midfielder
★
November 30 —
Yayuk Basuki, Indonesian tennis player
December
★
December 3 —
Christian Karembeu, French football player
★
December 14 —
Vladimir Grbic, Serbian volleyball player
★
December 16 —
Thompson García, Ecuadorian boxer
★
December 17 —
Pavel Padrnos, Czech cyclist
★
December 18 —
Emanuele Idini, Italian freestyle swimmer
★
December 19 —
Jonathan Cleveland, Canadian breaststroke swimmer
★
December 19 —
Ian Wilson, British freestyle swimmer
★
December 21 —
Tomislav Karlo, Croatian backstroke swimmer
★
December 26 —
Misha Latuhihin, Dutch volleyball player
★
December 28 —
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, Dutch tennis player
Deaths
★
January 17 —
Lindley Murray, American tennis player (b.
1892)
★
February 6 —
Abe Attell, World Champion and Hall of Fame boxer
★
February 15 —
Carlos Cruz, Featherweight Champion boxer
★
May 19 —
Ray Schalk, Major League Baseball player (1912-1929)
★
May 31 —
Terry Sawchuk, Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender
★
June 2 —
Bruce McLaren, race car driver
★
June 12 —
Percy Rees, British field hockey player (b.
1883)
★
June 16 —
Brian Piccolo, American football star
★
July 4 —
Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, 3-time
America's Cup winner
★
September 3 —
Vince Lombardi, National Football League coach,
Super Bowl trophy and Rotary Lombardi Award named for him
★
September 5 —
Jochen Rindt, Austrian Formula One racing driver
★
September 19 —
Greville Stevens, English cricketer
★
November 5 —
Charley Root, Major League Baseball pitcher (1923-1941)
★
November 27 —
Helene Madison, American swimmer (b.
1913)
★
December 26 —
Lillian Board (22), British athlete (b.
1948)
★
December 30 —
Sonny Liston, American boxer (b.
1932)
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