1970

Recap of the year 1970 in sports.

Contents 1 Artistic Gymnastics 2 Auto Racing 3 Baseball 4 Basketball 5 Boxing 6 Cricket 7 Cycling 8 Field Hockey 9 Figure Skating 10 Football (American) 11 Football (Australian Rules) 12 Football (Canadian) 13 Football (Soccer) 14 Golf 15 Thoroughbred Horse Racing 16 Harness Racing 17 Ice Hockey 18 Lacrosse 19 Skiing 20 Snooker 21 Speed skating 22 Tennis 23 General sporting events 24 Births 24.1 January 24.2 February 24.3 March 24.4 April 24.5 May 24.6 June 24.7 July 24.8 August 24.9 September 24.10 October 24.11 November 24.12 December 25 Deaths

[edit] 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

[edit] 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
• 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"

[edit] 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.
• 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.
• 1970 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.
• See also 1970 in baseball

[edit] Basketball

• 1970 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament:
  • 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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Cricket

• International Cricket Council votes to suspend South Africa from international cricket indefinitely because of its government's apartheid policy.

[edit] 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

[edit] Field Hockey

• Men's European Nations Cup in Bruxelles, Belgium
  • Gold Medal: West Germany
  • Silver Medal: The Netherlands
  • Bronze Medal: Spain

[edit] Figure Skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Tim Wood, United States
  • Women's champion: Gabrielle Seyfert, Germany
  • Pairs champions: Irina Rodnina & Alexej Ulanow, Soviet Union

[edit] Football (American)

• Super Bowl IV: Kansas City Chiefs won 23-7 over the Minnesota Vikings
• Texas Longhorns win the college football national championship.

[edit] Football (Australian Rules)

• 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)

[edit] 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

[edit] Football (Soccer)

• World Cup held in Mexico: Brazil won final 4-1 over Italy
• European Cup: Feyenoord become the first Dutch team to win the trophy, beating Celtic 2-1.
• England - FA Cup: Chelsea won 2-1 over Leeds United

[edit] Golf

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. May - The Masters - Billy Casper
  2. June - US Open - Tony Jacklin
  3. July - British Open - Jack Nicklaus
  4. 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

[edit] 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:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Nijinsky II
  2. Epsom Derby - Nijinsky II
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Nijinsky II

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Dust Commander
  2. Preakness Stakes - Personality
  3. Belmont Stakes - High Echelon

[edit] 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:
  1. Cane Pace - Most Happy Fella
  2. Little Brown Jug - Most Happy Fella
  3. Messenger Stakes - Most Happy Fella

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Timothy T.
  2. Yonkers Trot - Victory Star
  3. Kentucky Futurity - Timothy T.

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Bold David

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Skiing

• Alpine Skiing
  • The men's overall season champion: Karl Schranz, Austria
  • The women's overall season champion: Michèle Jacot, France

[edit] Snooker

• World Snooker Championship: Ray Reardon beats John Pulman 37-33

[edit] Speed skating

• First ISU Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Men and Ladies held in West Allis, U.S.A.

[edit] Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Arthur Ashe
  2. French Open - Jan Kodeš
  3. Wimbledon championships - John Newcombe
  4. US Open - Ken Rosewall

• Margaret Smith Court wins the Grand Slam in women's tennis:
  1. Australian Open - Margaret Smith Court
  2. French Open - Margaret Smith Court
  3. Wimbledon championships - Margaret Smith Court
  4. US Open - Margaret Smith Court

• Davis Cup: United States wins 5-0 over Germany F.R. in world tennis.

[edit] 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

[edit] Births

[edit] January

• January 2 — Andreas Wecker, German gymnast
• January 5 — Chris Wilkinson, British tennis player
• January 5 — Yury Kovtun, Russian football (soccer) defender
• January 10— Marek Bajor, Polish football (soccer) 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 — Cheikh Touré, Senegalese-born French athlete
• January 29 — Jörg Hoffmann, German freestyle swimmer
• January 29 — Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Indian sport shooter

[edit] 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 14 — Guillaume Raoux, French tennis player
• February 15 — Mark Warnecke, German breaststroke swimmer
• February 23 — Marc Wauters, Belgian cyclist
• February 24 — Cameron Grant, Canadian breaststroke swimmer
• February 26 — Ben Maruquin, American field hockey sweeper

[edit] March

• March 1 — Jaime Amat, Spanish field hockey player
• March 6 — Stefano Battistelli, Italian backstroke and medley swimmer
• March 14 — Julie McDonald, Australian swimmer
• March 15 — Diego Nargiso, Italian tennis player
• March 15 — Derek Parra, Mexican-American speed skater
• March 18 — Ian Bird, Canadian field hockey player
• March 25 — Magnus Larsson, Swedish tennis player
• March 30 — Secretariat, two-time Horse of the Year, 1973 Triple Crown winner (d. 1989)
• March 31 — Stuart Carruthers, Australian field hockey player

[edit] April

• April 4 — Laszlo Markovits, Hungarian tennis player
• April 4 — Jason Stoltenberg, Australian tennis player and coach
• April 5 — Boris Alterman, Israeli chess player
• 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 11 — KC Boutiette, American speed skater
• April 13 — Rintje Ritsma, Dutch speed skater
• April 18 — Ramón Jufresa, Spanish field hockey goalkeeper
• April 19 — Kelly Holmes, UK athlete
• April 21 — Vadim Alexeev, Kazakhstan-born swimmer from Israel
• April 29 — Andre Agassi, American tennis player

[edit] May

• May 2 — Dan Kutler, US-born butterfly swimmer from Israel
• May 12 — Mike Weir, Canadian golfer
• May 16 — Gabriela Sabatini, Argentinian tennis player
• May 17 — Renzo Furlan, Italian tennis player
• May 24 — Cristiano Caratti, Italian tennis player
• May 24 — Jeff Zgonina, US American football player
• May 27 — Michael Blackburn, Australian sailor
• May 31 — Claus Thomsen, Danish football (soccer) player

[edit] 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 13 — Mikael Ljungberg, Swedish wrestler (d. 2004)
• 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 — 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

[edit] July

• July 3 — Yona Kosashvili, Georgian-Israeli chess player
• July 5 — Valentí Massana, Spanish race walker
• July 11 — Frederik Fetterlein, Danish tennis player
• July 13 — Sandon Stolle, Australian tennis player
• July 14 — Natalia Mishkutenok, Russian pairs figure skater
• July 27 — Stephan Veen, Dutch field hockey player

[edit] August

• August 1 — Mark Petchey, British tennis player
• August 3 — Elena Carrión, Spanish field hockey goalkeeper
• August 7 — Eric Namesnik, American swimmer (d. 2006)
• August 8 — Johann Mühlegg, German-born Spanish cross-country skier
• August 13 — Alan Shearer, England and Newcastle soccer player
• August 14 — Sláva Doseděl, Czech tennis player

[edit] September

• September 1 — Barbara Paulus, Austrian tennis player
• September 7 — Keltie Duggan, Canadian breaststroke swimmer
• September 10 — Belinda Clarke, Australian cricketer
• September 15 — Juan-Carlos Bianchi, Venezuelan tennis player
• September 22 — Marc-Kevin Goellner, Brazil-born German tennis player
• September 28 — Isabelle Brasseur, figure skating world champion
• September 28 — Kimiko Date, Japanese tennis player
• September 29 — Nicolas Pereira, Venezuelan tennis player

[edit] October

• October 3 — Justine Sowry, Australian field hockey goalkeeper
• October 10— Mohammed Mourhit, Morocco-born Belgian long-distance runner
• October 10 — Matthew Pinsent, British rower
• October 17 — Anil Kumble, Indian cricketer
• October 22 — Winston Bogarde, Dutch professional footballer
• October 26 — Tom Vano, US field hockey goalkeeper
• October 28 — Anthony Bonsante, American boxer

[edit] November

• 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 — Bill Guerin, US NHL hockey player
• November 12 — Tonya Harding, US figure skater
• November 15 — Uschi Disl, German biathlete
• November 15 — Jeffrey Adams, Canadian wheelchair athlete
• November 19 — Eleanor Race, American field hockey player
• November 20 — Tracey Robb, Scottish field hockey goalkeeper
• November 25 — Elisabeth Maragall, Spanish field hockey player
• November 30 — Yayuk Basuki, Indonesian tennis player

[edit] December

• December 3 — Christian Karembeu, French football player
• December 14 — Vladimir Grbic, Serbian volleyball player
• December 17 — Pavel Padrnos, Czech cyclist
• December 19 — Jonathan Cleveland, Canadian breaststroke swimmer
• December 21 — Tomislav Karlo, Croatian backstroke swimmer
• December 28 — Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, Dutch tennis player

[edit] 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, ice hockey goalie
• June 2 — Bruce McLaren, race car driver
• June 12 — Percy Rees, British field hockey player (b. 1883)
• June 16 — Brian Piccolo, American football star
• May 31 — Terry Sawchuk, Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender
• July 4 — Harold 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 30 — Sonny Liston, American boxer (1932-1970)

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