1975 in sports
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1975 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s |
| Years: | 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 |
[edit] Alpine skiing
- Alpine Skiing World Cup
- Men's overall season champion: Gustav Thöni, Italy
- Women's overall season champion: Annemarie Pröll, Austria
[edit] American football
- Super Bowl IX – Pittsburgh Steelers won 16-6 over the Minnesota Vikings
- Oklahoma Sooners - college football championship.
[edit] Association football
- Brazil - Internacional wins the Campeonato Brasileiro
- England - the League Championship – Derby County took the title for the second time in four seasons, finishing two points clear of Liverpool and Ipswich Town.
- England - FA Cup – West Ham United beat Fulham 2-0 at Wembley Stadium in front of 100,000 people. Alan Taylor was the scorer of both goals.
- England - League Cup – Aston Villa beat Norwich City 1-0 at Wembley Stadium.
- European Cup – Bayern Munich defeated Leeds United 2-0 in a controversial final at the Parc des Princes, Paris.
- European Cup Winners Cup – Dynamo Kiev beat Ferencvaros 3-0 in Basle, Switzerland.
- UEFA Cup – Borussia Mönchengladbach beat FC Twente 5-1 on aggregate, with a leg played at each team's home stadium.
- Ecuador - Ecuadorian Serie A Champions: Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito
[edit] Athletics
- August 12 – New Zealand's John Walker set a new world record in Gothenburg, Sweden, becoming the first man to break 3:50 for the mile when he clocked 3:49.4.
- October – Athletics at the 1975 Pan American Games held in Mexico City
[edit] Australian rules football
- Victorian Football League
- North Melbourne wins the 79th VFL Premiership (North Melbourne 19.8 (122) d Hawthorn 9.13 (67))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Gary Dempsey (Footscray)
[edit] Baseball
- January 23 – Slugger Ralph Kiner is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
- September 16 – Pirates second baseman Rennie Stennett ties Wilbert Robinson's ML record, set June 10, 1892, by going 7-for-7 in a 9-inning game. He scored five of his club's runs in a 22–0 massacre of the Cubs, a major-league record for the biggest score in a shutout game in the 20th century.
- World Series – Cincinnati Reds win 4 games to 3 over the Boston Red Sox. Often described as one of the most memorable of all World Series.
[edit] Basketball
- April 9 - Asia's first professional basketball league, the Philippine Basketball Association played its first game at the Araneta Coliseum.
- Darryl Dawkins becomes the first NBA player drafted out of high school.
- NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship –
- UCLA wins 92-85 over Kentucky in John Wooden's final game as Bruins coach.
- NBA Finals –
- Golden State Warriors win 4 games to 0 over the Washington Bullets
- 1975 ABA Finals –
- Kentucky Colonels defeat Indiana Pacers 4 games to 1
[edit] Boxing
- October 1 in Manila, Philippines Muhammad Ali defeated Joe Frazier to maintain the Heavyweight Championship of the world. Known as the Thrilla In Manila, many regard it as the greatest fight in boxing history.
[edit] Canadian football
- Grey Cup – Edmonton Eskimos won 9-8 over the Montreal Alouettes
- Vanier Cup – Ottawa Gee-Gees won 14-9 over the Calgary Dinos
[edit] Cricket
- 1975 Cricket World Cup, the first to be held. West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs.
[edit] Cycling
- Giro d'Italia won by Fausto Bertoglio of Italy
- Tour de France - Bernard Thévenet of France
- World Cycling Championship – Hennie Kuiper of Netherlands
[edit] Dogsled racing
- Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion –
- Emmitt Peters won with lead dogs: Nugget & Digger
[edit] Field hockey
- Men's World Cup held in Kuala Lumpur and won by India
- 1975 Pan American Games men's competition held in Mexico City and won by Argentina
[edit] Figure skating
- World Figure Skating Championships –
- Men's champion: Sergey Nikolayevich Volkov, Soviet Union
- Ladies' champion: Dianne de Leeuw, Netherlands
- Pair skating champions: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev, Soviet Union
- Ice dancing champions: Irina Moiseyeva & Andrei Minenkov, Soviet Union
[edit] Golf
Men's professional
- Masters Tournament - Jack Nicklaus
- U.S. Open - Lou Graham
- British Open - Tom Watson
- PGA Championship - Jack Nicklaus
- PGA Tour money leader - Jack Nicklaus - $298,149
- Ryder Cup - United States wins 21-11 over Britain & Ireland in team golf.
Men's amateur
Women's professional
- LPGA Championship - Kathy Whitworth
- U.S. Women's Open - Sandra Palmer
- LPGA Tour money leader - Sandra Palmer - $76,374
[edit] Harness racing
- United States Pacing Triple Crown races –
- United States Trotting Triple Crown races –
- Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
- Pacers: Young Quinn
[edit] Horse racing
- footy July 6 – In what was billed as the "Battle of the Sexes," Kentucky Derby winner, Foolish Pleasure went head to head in a match race against the undefeated filly, Ruffian. In the lead, Ruffian broke a leg and, after an unsuccessful operation to save her, the horse widely believed to have been the greatest thoroughbred filly ever was humanely put down.
Steeplechases
Flat races
- Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Think Big
- Canada – Queen's Plate won by L'Enjoleur
- France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Star Appeal
- Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Grundy
- 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: Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins.
- Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Bobby Clarke, Philadelphia Flyers
- Stanley Cup - Philadelphia Flyers defeat the Buffalo Sabres 4 games to 2
- World Hockey Championship –
- Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia
- SM-liiga, the Finnish professional ice hockey league, launched its first season 1975-1976
- NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship – Michigan Technological University Huskies defeat University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Golden Gophers 6-1 in St. Louis, MO
[edit] Lacrosse
- The National Lacrosse League of 1974 and 1975 play their 2nd and last season.
- The Quebec Caribous defeat the Montreal Québécois 4 games to 2 to win the National Lacrosse League (1974-75) Championship.
- The Vancouver Burrards win the Mann Cup.
- The Windsor Warlocks win the Founders Cup.
- The Peterborough Gray Munros win the Minto Cup.
[edit] Motor racing
- Stock car racing
- February 16 – Benny Parsons wins the Daytona 500 in the #72 Chevrolet
- May 25 – Richard Petty wins the World 500 in the #43 Plymouth for Petty Enterprises
- NASCAR Championship - Richard Petty
- USAC Racing
- 25 May – Bobby Unser wins the 59th running of the Indianapolis 500 in an Eagle-Offenhauser
- A.J. Foyt wins the season championship
- Formula One
- Niki Lauda (Austria) wins World Drivers' Champion, driving a Ferrari 312T.
- Ferrari wins the World Constructors' Championship
- 24 hours of Le Mans – Jacky Ickx / Derek Bell win, sharing a Mirage GR8
- Rally racing - Sandro Munari / Mario Manucci win the Monte Carlo Rally, sharing a Lancia Stratos HF
- Drag racing – Top Fuel Dragster won by Don Garlits at the NHRA World Finals[clarification needed]
[edit] Orienteering
- First Ski Orienteering World Championships held in Hyvinkää, Finland.
[edit] Rugby union
- 81st Five Nations Championship series is won by Wales
[edit] Snooker
- World Snooker Championship – Ray Reardon beats Eddie Charlton 31-30
[edit] Swimming
- The second FINA World Championships held in Cali, Colombia
[edit] Tennis
- Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
- Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
- Davis Cup – Sweden wins 3-2 over Czechoslovakia in world tennis.
- 18 year old Martina Navratilova of Czechoslovakia announces her defection to the United States of America
[edit] Volleyball
- Asia Volleyball Championship held in Melbourne: men's and women's tournaments both won by Japan
- European Volleyball Championship held in Yugoslavia: men's and women's tournaments both won by USSR
- Volleyball at the 1975 Pan American Games held in Mexico City: men's and women's tournaments both won by Cuba
[edit] Water polo
- 1975 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship held in Cali, Colombia, and won by USSR.
[edit] General sporting events
- Seventh Pan American Games held in Mexico City, Mexico
- Seventh Mediterranean Games held in Algiers, Algeria
- Eighth Summer Universiade held in Rome, Italy
- Eighth Winter Universiade held in Livigno, Italy
[edit] Awards
- Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Fred Lynn, Major League Baseball
- Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Chris Evert, Tennis
[edit] References
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