1965 in sports
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1965 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s |
| Years: | 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 |
[edit] American football
- AFL Championship Buffalo Bills won 23-0 over the San Diego Chargers
- NFL Championship – Green Bay Packers won 23-12 over the Cleveland Browns on January 2, 1966
[edit] Association football
[edit] England
- FA Cup final – Liverpool won 2-1 (aet) versus Leeds United
[edit] Australian rules football
- Victorian Football League
- Essendon wins the 69th VFL Premiership (Essendon 14.21 (105) d St Kilda 9.16 (70))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Ian Stewart (St Kilda) and Noel Teasdale (North Melbourne)
[edit] Basketball
- NCAA Men's Basketball Championship –
- UCLA wins 91-80
- NBA Finals –
- Boston Celtics win 4 games to 1 over the Los Angeles Lakers
[edit] Boxing
- March 30 – José Torres won the Light Heavyweight Championship of the World, stopping Willie Pastrano in nine rounds, at New York's Madison Square Garden.
[edit] Canadian football
- Grey Cup – Hamilton Tiger-Cats win 22-16 over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- Vanier Cup – Toronto Varsity Blues win 14-7 over the Alberta Golden Bears
- Canadian Junior Championship – Notre-Dame-de-Grace Maple Leafs win 2-1 over the Edmonton Huskies
[edit] Cricket
- Imperial Cricket Conference is renamed to International Cricket Conference and new rules are adopted to permit the election of countries from outside the Commonwealth of Nations.
[edit] Cue sports (pool, snooker, carom billiards)
- The World Five-pins Championship is inaugurated in Santa Fé, Argentina – Manuel Gomez (of Argentina) takes the title.
[edit] Cycling
- Giro d'Italia won by Vittorio Adorni of Italy
- Tour de France - Felice Gimondi of Italy
- World Cycling Championship – Tom Simpson of Great Britain
[edit] Field Hockey
- March 13 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium,England. South Africa beat England 2-1.
[edit] Figure skating
- World Figure Skating Championships
- Men's champion: Alain Calmat, France
- Ladies' champion: Petra Burka, Canada
- Pair skating champions: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov, Soviet Union
- Ice dancing champions: Eva Romanová & Pavel Roman, Czechoslovakia
[edit] Golf
Men's professional
- Masters Tournament - Jack Nicklaus shoots a Masters record 271 (17 under par) to win by nine strokes.
- U.S. Open - Gary Player becomes the third golfer in history to win all four professional majors.
- British Open - Peter Thomson
- PGA Championship - Dave Marr
- PGA Tour money leader - Jack Nicklaus - $140,752
- Ryder Cup - United States wins 19½ to 12½ over Britain in team golf.
Men's amateur
Women's professional
- Women's Western Open - Susie Maxwell
- LPGA Championship - Sandra Haynie
- U.S. Women's Open - Carol Mann
- Titleholders Championship - Kathy Whitworth
- LPGA Tour money leader - Kathy Whitworth - $28,658
[edit] Harness racing
- Bret Hanover wins the United States Pacing Triple Crown races –
- United States Trotting Triple Crown races –
- Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
[edit] Horse racing
Steeplechases
Flat races
- Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Light Fingers
- Canada – Queen's Plate won by Whistling Sea
- France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Sea Bird II
- Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Meadow Court
- English Triple Crown Races:
- United States Triple Crown Races:
[edit] Ice hockey
- Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Stan Mikita, Chicago Black Hawks
- Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Bobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks
- Stanley Cup – Montreal Canadiens won 4 games to 3 over the Chicago Black Hawks
- World Hockey Championship –
- Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia
- NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship - Michigan Technological University Huskies defeat Boston College Eagles 8-2 in Providence, Rhode Island
[edit] Motor racing
- Stock car racing –
- Fred Lorenzen wins the Daytona 500 in the #28 Ford for Holman and Moody.
- Fred Lorenzen wins the World 600 in the #28 Ford for Holman and Moody.
- NASCAR Championship - Ned Jarrett in the Bondy Long-owned Ford
- USAC Racing
- 30 May – Jim Clark (Great Britain) wins the 50th running of the Indianapolis 500 in Lotus 38-Cosworth, with a winning margin of one lap. It is the first mid-engined car to win.
- Mario Andretti wins the driving championship
- Formula One – Jim Clark (Great Britain) is two-time World Drivers' Champion, driving a Lotus 25-Climax.
- 24 hours of Le Mans – Jochen Rindt / Masten Gregory win, sharing a Ferrari 275LM
- Rally racing - the team of Timo Mäkinen / Paul Easter won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Mini Cooper S
- Drag racing –
- Don Garlits wins his first NHRA Top Fuel Dragster Championship
- Maynard Rupp wins Top Fuel[clarification needed] at the NHRA World Finals
[edit] Radiosport
- Fourth Amateur Radio Direction Finding European Championship held in Warsaw, Poland.
[edit] Rugby union
- 71st Five Nations Championship series is won by Wales
[edit] Snooker
- World Snooker Championship challenge matches:
- John Pulman beats Fred Davis 37-36
- John Pulman beats Rex Williams 25-22
- John Pulman beats Fred Van Rensburg 39-12
[edit] Swimming
- August 15 – US swimmer Kenis Moore breaks the world record in the women's 200m butterfly (long course) during a meet in Maumee, Ohio, clocking 2:26.3.
- August 21 – Dutch swimming star Ada Kok breaks the world record in the women's 200m butterfly (long course) for the first time, during a meet in Leiden, clocking 2:25.8.
- September 12 – Ada Kok from the Netherlands betters her own world record in the women's 200m butterfly (long course), during a meet in Groningen, clocking 2:25.3.
[edit] Tennis
Australia
- Australian Men's Singles Championship – Roy Emerson (Australia) defeats Fred Stolle (Australia) 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
- Australian Women's Singles Championship – Margaret Smith Court (Australia) defeats Lesley Turner Bowrey (Australia) 6–3, 6–2
England
- Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Roy Emerson (Australia) defeats Fred Stolle (Australia) 6–4, 12–10, 4–6, 6–3
- Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Maria Bueno (Brazil) defeats Margaret Smith Court (Australia) 6–4, 7–9, 6–3
France
USA
Davis Cup
- 1965 Davis Cup –
Australia 4–1 
Spain at White City Stadium (grass) Sydney, Australia
[edit] Multi-sport events
- First All-Africa Games held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
- Fourth Pan Arab Games held in Cairo, Egypt
- Fourth Summer Universiade held in Budapest, Hungary
[edit] Awards
- ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year: Jim Clark, Formula One champion and Indianapolis 500 winner
- Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Sandy Koufax, Major League Baseball
- Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Kathy Whitworth, LPGA golf
[edit] References
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