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==Athletics

Contents

Awards

Births

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

=Marathon===

★ September 10 — Olympic Marathon, Munich, West Germany

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★ Men's Winner: Frank Shorter (USA) 2:12:19.8

★ December 3 — Fukuoka Marathon, Japan

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★ Men's Winner: Frank Shorter (USA) 2:10:30
==Auto Racing==

★ Stock car racing:

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★ February 20: A.J. Foyt won the Daytona 500

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★ NASCAR Championship - Richard Petty

★ Indianapolis 500 - Mark Donohue

★ USAC Racing - Joe Leonard won the season championship

★ Formula 5000 - Gijs van Lennep of The Netherlands

★ Formula One Championship - Emerson Fittipaldi of Brazil

★ 24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Henri Pescarolo / Graham Hill won, driving a Matra MS670

★ Rally racing - Sandro Munari / Mario Manucci won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Lancia Fulvia 1.6HF

★ Drag racing - Don Moody won "Top Fuel" at the NHRA Supernationals
==Baseball==

★ 1972 in baseball

★ January 19: The BBWAA elects Sandy Koufax (344 votes), Yogi Berra (339), and Early Wynn (301) to the Hall of Fame. Koufax makes it in his first try and, at 36, is the youngest honoree in history. He won three Cy Young awards in a four-year span when the honor was only given to one pitcher for both leagues. Berra played in 14 World Series (ten world champions), he had more hits in Series play than any other player, and he was a three-time MVP for the Yankees. Wynn won 300 career games, and won 20 games five times.
★ September 30: Roberto Clemente got his 3,000th hit against the New York Mets.

★ Sparky Lyle saves 35 games for the New York Yankees, breaking Ron Perranoski's 1970 records for AL pitchers and lefthanders. Lyle also becomes the first left-hander to save 100 career games in the American League.

★ World Series: Oakland Athletics win their 6th World Championship by defeating the Cincinnati Reds, 4 games to 3.

★ December 31 - The Pittsburgh Pirates' legendary right fielder Roberto Clemente dies in a plane crash near Puerto Rico on his way to bring relief supplies to Nicaraguan earthquake victims.
==Basketball==

★ NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship:

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★ UCLA wins 81-76 over Florida St.

★ NBA Finals:

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★ Los Angeles Lakers won 4 games to 1 over the New York Knicks
==Boxing==

★ June 26 - Roberto Duran stopped Ken Buchanan in the thirteenth round to win the WBA Lightweight Championship.
==Cycling==

★ Giro d'Italia won by Eddy Merckx of Belgium

★ Tour de France - Eddy Merckx of Belgium

★ World Cycling Championship: Marino Basso of Italy
==Field Hockey==

★ Olympic Games (Men's Competition) in Munich, West Germany

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★ Gold Medal: West Germany

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★ Silver Medal: Pakistan

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★ Bronze Medal: India
==Figure skating==

★ World Figure Skating Championships:

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★ Men's champion: Ondrej Nepela, Czechoslovakia

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★ Ladies' champion: Beatrix Schuba, Austria

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★ Pair skating champions: Irina Rodnina & Alexei Ulyanov, Soviet Union

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★ Ice dancing champions: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Alexandr Gorshkov, Soviet Union
==Football (American)==

★ January 16-Super Bowl VI: Dallas Cowboys won 24-3 over the Miami Dolphins

★ 1971 NCAA Division I-A national football championship: The Nebraska Cornhuskers win 38-6 over the University of Alabama Crimson Tide to claim back-to-back National Championship titles on January 1, 1972.
==Football (Australian rules football)==

★ Victorian Football League

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★ Carlton wins the 76th VFL Premiership (Carlton 28.9 (177) d Richmond 22.18 (150))

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★ Brownlow Medal awarded to