1975

Recap of the year 1975 in sports.

Contents 1 Athletics 2 Auto Racing 3 Baseball 4 Basketball 5 Boxing 6 Cricket 7 Cycling 8 Dogsled racing 9 Field Hockey 10 Figure Skating 11 Football (American) 12 Football (Australian Rules) 13 Football (Canadian Football League) 14 Football (Soccer) 15 Golf 16 Thoroughbred Horse Racing 17 Harness Racing 18 Ice Hockey 19 Lacrosse 20 Orienteering 21 Skiing 22 Snooker 23 Tennis 24 Water Polo 25 General sporting events 26 Births 26.1 January 26.2 February 26.3 March 26.4 April 26.5 May 26.6 June 26.7 July 26.8 August 26.9 September 26.10 October 26.11 November 26.12 December 27 Deaths

[edit] Athletics

• August 12, In Gothenburg, Sweden, New Zealander, John Walker set a new world record becoming the first man to break 3:50 for the mile when he clocked 3:49.4.

[edit] Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • Benny Parsons won the Daytona 500
  • NASCAR Championship - Richard Petty
• Indianapolis 500 - Bobby Unser
• USAC Racing - A.J. Foyt won the season championship
• Formula One Championship - Niki Lauda of Austria
• 24 hours of Le Mans:
  • the team of Jacky Ickx / Derek Bell won, driving a Mirage GR8
• Rally racing - the team of Sandro Munari / Mario Manucci won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Lancia Stratos HF
• Drag racing - Don Garlits won the NHRA "Top Fuel" championship.

[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.

• 1975 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.

• See also 1975 in baseball.

[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.

• 1975 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament:
  • UCLA wins 92-85 over Kentucky

• NBA Finals:
  • Golden State Warriors win 4 games to 0 over the Washington Bullets

[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] Cricket

• 1975 Cricket World Cup, the first to be held. West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs.

• August 2, the first ascent of Chogolisa I is completed by an Austrian team.

[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 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Gold Medal: India
  • Silver Medal: Pakistan
  • Bronze Medal: West Germany

• Pan American Games (Men's Competition) in Mexico City, Mexico
  • Gold Medal: Argentina
  • Silver Medal: Canada
  • Bronze Medal: Mexico

• March 8 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium,England. England beat Wales 2-0.

[edit] Figure Skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Sergej Wolkow, Soviet Union
  • Women's champion: Dianne de Leeuw, Netherlands
  • Pairs champions: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Saizew, Soviet Union

[edit] Football (American)

• Super Bowl IX: Pittsburgh Steelers won 16-6 over the Minnesota Vikings

[edit] Football (Australian Rules)

• 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] Football (Canadian Football League)

• Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos won 9-8 over the Montreal Alouettes
• Vanier Cup: Ottawa Gee Gees won 14-9 over the Calgary Dinos

[edit] Football (Soccer)

• 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.

[edit] Golf

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. May - The Masters - Jack Nicklaus
  2. June - US Open - Lou Graham
  3. July - British Open - Tom Watson
  4. August - PGA Championship - Jack Nicklaus

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Jack Nicklaus - $298,149

• Ryder Cup: United States wins 21-11 over Britain & Ireland in world team golf

Women's Golf

• US Women's Open - Sandra Palmer
• LPGA Championship - Kathy Whitworth
• Sandra Palmer is the leading money winner on the LPGA tour with earnings of $94,805.

[edit] Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• 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 most believe to be the greatest thoroughbred filly ever, was humanely put down.

• Australia - Melbourne Cup - Think Big
• Canada - Queen's Plate - L'Enjoleur
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Star Appeal
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Grundy

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Bolkonski
  2. Epsom Derby - Grundy
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Bruni

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Foolish Pleasure
  2. Preakness Stakes - Master Derby
  3. Belmont Stakes - Avatar

[edit] Harness Racing

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Nero
  2. Little Brown Jug - Seatrain
  3. Messenger Stakes - Bret's Champ

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Bonefish
  2. Yonkers Trot
  3. Kentucky Futurity

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Young Quinn

[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

[edit] Lacrosse

• The National Lacrosse League of 1974 and 1975 play their 2nd and last season.
• The Quebec Caribous defeat the Montreal Quebecois 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] Orienteering

• First Ski Orienteering World Championships held in Hyvinkää, Finland.

[edit] Skiing

• Alpine Skiing
  • The men's overall season champion: Gustav Thöni, Italy
  • The women's overall season champion: Annemarie Pröll, Austria

[edit] Snooker

• World Snooker Championship: Ray Reardon beats Eddie Charlton 31-30

[edit] Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - John Newcombe
  2. French Open - Björn Borg
  3. Wimbledon championships - Arthur Ashe
  4. US Open - Manuel Orantes

• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open - Evonne Goolagong
  2. French Open - Chris Evert
  3. Wimbledon championships - Billie Jean King
  4. US Open - Chris Evert

• 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] Water Polo

• Men's World Championship in Cali, Colombia
  • Gold Medal: Soviet Union
  • Silver Medal: Hungary
  • Bronze Medal: Italy

[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] Births

[edit] January

• January 1 — Chris Anstey, Australian basketball player
• January 3 — Lisa Misipeka, Samoan athlete
• January 12 — Marina Akobia, Russian water polo player
• January 13 — Tom Becker, Australian baseball player
• January 15 — Mary Pierce, Canadian-born French tennis player
• January 19 — Natalie Harvey, Australian athlete
• January 21 — Willem Korsten, Dutch football player
• January 29 — Hendrik Dreekmann, German tennis player
• January 29 — Elena Urkizu, Spanish field hockey defender
• January 30 — Magnus Backstedt, Swedish cyclist
• January 30 — Giacomo Galanda, Italian basketball player
• January 30 — Botond Storcz, Hungarian canoer
• January 31 — Neville Godwin, South African tennis player

[edit] February

• February 1 — Ekaterini Thanou, Greek athlete
• February 2 — Sergey Filimonov, Kazakh weightlifter
• February 2 — Björn Michel, German field hockey player
• February 2 — Robert van der Zant, Australian medley swimmer
• February 4 — Denis Pimankov, Russian swimmer
• February 5 — Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dutch football (soccer) player
• February 6 — Brett Hawke, Australian swimmer
• February 8 — Clarence Acuña, Chilean football (soccer) player
• February 9 — Kurt-Asle Arvesen, Norwegian cyclist
• February 9 — Viktor Tchistiakov, Russian-born Australian athlete
• February 11 — Pedro Emanuel, Angolan football (soccer) player
• February 11 — Chuck Watanabe, kayaker
• February 15 — Jens Knippschild, German tennis player
• February 19 — Mohamed Aly, Egyptian boxer
• February 26 — Cindy Werley, American field hockey player

[edit] March

• March 3 — Robin D'Abreo, Indian-born Canadian field hockey player
• March 4 — Myrna Veenstra, Dutch field hockey player
• March 7 — Clair Fearnley, Australian athlete
• March 9 — Roy Makaay, Dutch football player
• March 13 — Stefan Aartsen, Dutch swimmer
• March 14 — Dimitri Markov, Belorussian-born Australian athlete
• March 16 — Keiko Miura, Japanese field hockey player
• March 19 — Jingyi Le, Chinese swimmer
• March 21 — Mark Williams, British snooker player
• March 23 — Rita Grande, Italian tennis player
• March 24 — Sarah Jamieson, Australian athlete
• March 24 — Thomas Johansson, Swedish tennis player
• March 26 — Guus Vogels, Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
• March 29 — Jan Bos, Dutch speed skater and cyclist

[edit] April

• April 1 — Magdalena Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player
• April 1 — Kristine Quance, American breaststroke and medley swimmer
• April 8 — Santiago Capurro, Argentine field hockey player
• April 10 — Suzie Muirhead, New Zealand field hockey defender
• April 11 — Suzu Chiba, Japanese freestyle swimmer
• April 14 — Adam Basil, Australian athlete
• April 19 — Bram Lomans, Dutch field hockey player
• April 19 — Rikke Olsen, Danish female badminton player
• April 21 — Danyon Loader, Olympic swimming champion from New Zealand
• April 27 — Kazuyoshi Funaki, Japanese ski jumper
• April 29 — Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Polish sailor

[edit] May

• May 1 — Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroon football player (d. 2003)
• May 2 — David Beckham, English footbal player
• May 2 — Murray Burdan, New Zealand freestyle and butterfly swimmer
• May 4 — Diana Weavers, New Zealand field hockey defender
• May 8 — Dion Russell, Australian athlete
• May 9 — Marieke Wijsman, Dutch speed skater
• May 10 — Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian Indy Car driver
• May 12 — Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby union player
• May 14 — Nicki Sørensen, Danish cyclist
• May 14 — Christopher Wreh, Liberian footballer
• May 16 — Simon Whitfield, Olympic triathlon champion
• May 20 — Mario Almada, Argentine field hockey player
• May 20 — Mariela Antoniska, Argentine field hockey goalkeeper
• May 20 — Paula Harmokivi, Finnish freestyle swimmer
• May 20 — Hwang Jong-Hyun, South Korean field hockey player
• May 26 — Carl Verheijen, Dutch speed skater
• May 28 — Marko Strahija, Croatian backstroke swimmer
• May 29 — Bianca Langham Pritchard, Australian field hockey player
• May 31 — Harold de Man, Dutch alpine skier

[edit] June

• June 16 — Asa Svensson, Swedish tennis player
• June 17 — Magnus Petersson, Swedish archer
• June 19 — Ed Coode, British rower
• June 22 — Andreas Klöden, German cyclist
• June 23 — Jane Jamieson, Australian athlete
• June 23 — Chris Witty, American speed skater and cyclist
• June 25 — Albert Costa, Spanish tennis player
• June 27 — Dennis van der Geest, Dutch judoka
• June 28 — Mercedes Margalot, Argentine field hockey defender
• June 30 — Ralf Schumacher, German Formula 1-driver

[edit] July

• July 2 — Kate Fairweather, Australian archer
• July 2 — Olivier Sanou, Burkinan athlete
• July 5 — Hernán Crespo, Argentine football (soccer) player
• July 5 — Ai Sugiyama, Japanese tennis player
• July 11 — Ruben Baraja, Spanish football (soccer) player
• July 28 — Yoav Meiri, Israeli butterfly swimmer
• July 31 — Andrew Hall, South African cricketer

[edit] August

• August 1 — Bogdan Ţărus, Romanian athlete
• August 12 — Paul Gaudoin, Australian field hockey player
• August 20 — Beatrice Caslaru, Romanian swimmer
• August 22 — Franco Squillari, Argentine tennis player
• August 25 — Hervé Nzelo-Lembi, Congolese football (soccer) player
• August 25 — Petria Thomas, Australian swimmer
• August 27 — Trent Durrington, Australian baseball player
• August 30 — Roberto Carretero, Spanish tennis player

[edit] September

• September 3 — Cristobal Huet, French ice hockey goaltender
• September 4 — Julie Deiters, Dutch field hockey player
• September 6 — Ryoko Tani, Japanese judo competitor
• September 8 — Elena Likhovtseva, Russian tennis player
• September 9 — Dorota Zagórska, Polish figure-skater
• September 14 — Marian Simion, Romanian boxer
• September 15 — Tom Dolan, American swimmer
• September 15 — Jimy Szymanski, Venezuelan tennis player
• September 20 — Juan Pablo Montoya, Colombian Formula 1-driver now NASCAR driver
• September 25 — Claire Taylor, English cricketer
• September 27 — Krzysztof Nowak, Polish football (soccer) player (d. 2005)
• September 28 — Lenny Krayzelburg, Ukrainian-born swimmer
• September 30 — Dennis Gentenaar, Dutch football (soccer) goalkeeper

[edit] October

• October 7 — Nicol Pitro, German badminton player
• October 8 — Tatiana Grigorieva, Australian athlete and model
• October 12 — Marion Jones, American athlete
• October 13 — Noam Behr, Israeli tennis player
• October 15 — Michael Brennan, Australian field hockey midfielder
• October 21 — Ahmed Ismail, Egyptian boxer
• October 24 — Shane Hair, Australian athlete
• October 24 — Rolf Landerl, Austrian football player
• October 30 — Joanne Malar, Canadian swimmer
• October 31 — Jagan Hames, Australian athlete

[edit] November

• November 1 — Erben Wennemars, Dutch speed skater
• November 3 — Marta Domínguez, Spanish athlete
• November 4 — Eduard Kokcharov, Russian handball player
• November 11 — Mike Mahood, Canadian field hockey goalkeeper
• November 12 — Jason Lezak, Jewish-American swimmer
• November 14 — Gerritjan Eggenkamp, Dutch rower
• November 14 — Gabriela Szabo, Romanian track and field athlete
• November 16 — Björn Emmerling, German field hockey player
• November 22 — Ayelen Stepnik, Argentine field hockey player
• November 25 — Tom Wilkens, American swimmer

[edit] December

• December 1 — Sophia Skou, Danish swimmer
• December 3 — Nadine Neumann, Australian breaststroke swimmer
• December 5 — Ronnie O'Sullivan, British snooker player
• December 9 — Ondřej Sosenka, Czech cyclist
• December 18 — Vincent van der Voort, Dutch darts player
• December 23 — Robert Bartko, German track cyclist
• December 26 — Marcelo Ríos, Chilean tennis player
• December 27 — Patrick Paauwe, Dutch football player
• December 30 — Tiger Woods, American golf player

[edit] Deaths

• January 5 – Don Wilson, Major League Baseball pitcher (1966-1974)
• March 21 – Joe Medwick, Major League Baseball player (1932-1948)
• April 4 – Sven Rydell, Swedish football (soccer) player (b. 1905)
• May 22 – Lefty Grove, Major League Baseball pitching great (1925-1941)
• May 27 – Ezzard Charles, Heavyweight Boxing Champion
• June 4 – Wendell Ladner, NBA basketball player, died in a plane crash
• July 7 – Ruffian, undefeated filly race horse who broke a leg during a match race the previous day and had to put down after an usuccessful operation.
• August 17 – Vladimir Kuts, Russian distance runner, Olympic gold medalist
• September 29 – Casey Stengel, NY Yankees manager (1949-60)
• October 4 – May Sutton, US Open & Wimbledon tennis chamnpion
• November 29 – Graham Hill, F1 race car champion, died when the plane he was piloting crashed
• December 1 – Nellie Fox, Major League Baseball player (1947-1965)

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