1974 in sports

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See also: 1973 in sports, other events of 1974, 1975 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

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World Artistic Gymnastics Championships:
Men's all-around champion: Shigeru Kasamatsu, Japan
Women's all-around champion: Ludmilla Tourischeva, USSR
Men's team competition champion: Japan
Women's team competition champion: USSR

Stock car racing:
Richard Petty won the Daytona 500
NASCAR Championship - Richard Petty
*IROC Championship - inaugural year won by Mark Donohue
Indianapolis 500 - Johnny Rutherford
USAC Racing - Bobby Unser
Formula One Championship - Emerson Fittipaldi of Brazil
24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Henri Pescarolo / Gérard Larrousse won, driving a Matra MS670B
Rally racing - In the first rally to cross the Sahara Desert, the Australian team of Ken Tubman, Andre Welenski, and Jim Reddiex won the "World Cup Rally" driving a Citroën.
Drag racing - Don Garlits won "Top Fuel" at the NHRA World Finals

January 16: Former Yankees teammates Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Mantle becomes only the seventh player to make it in his first try. His 536 home runs with the Yankees ranked second only to Babe Ruth and he played in more games (2,401) than any other pinstriper, including Lou Gehrig. Ford was arguably the greatest Yankees pitcher of all time, retiring with more wins (236), more innings (3,171), more strikeouts (1,956), and more shutouts (45) than anyone in club history.

Frank Robinson becomes the first African-American manager in Major League Baseball.

April 8: Hank Aaron hit home run# 715 in the fourth inning off Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Al Downing breaking Babe Ruth's career home run record.

June 4 - The Cleveland Indians hosted "Ten Cent Beer Night", but had to forfeit the game to the Texas Rangers due to drunken and unruly fans.

World Series: Oakland Athletics win 4 games to 1 over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship:
*North Carolina State wins 76-64 over Marquette
**In the semifinals of this tournament, NC State defeated UCLA 80-77 in overtime, ending UCLA's record streak of seven national titles. The last previous tournament not won by the Bruins was the 1966 tournament.

NBA Finals:
Boston Celtics win 4 games to 3 over the Milwaukee Bucks

FIBA World Championship
USSR World Champion

January 19 – Notre Dame defeats UCLA 71-70, ending the Bruins' record 88-game winning streak.

February 9 in Paris, Carlos Monzon retains his world Middleweight title by a knockout in round seven over world Welterweight champion Jose Napoles.

October 30 in Kinshasa, Zaire, Muhammad Ali regained the World Heavyweight title by knocking out George Foreman in the eighth round of what was called The Rumble in the Jungle.

Giro d'Italia won by Eddy Merckx of Belgium
Tour de France - Eddy Merckx of Belgium
World Cycling Championship: Eddy Merckx of Belgium

Men's European Nations Cup in Madrid, Spain
* Gold Medal: Spain
* Silver Medal: West Germany
* Bronze Medal: The Netherlands

Women's World Cup in Mandelieu, France
* Gold Medal: The Netherlands
* Silver Medal: Argentina
* Bronze Medal: West Germany

March 9 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium,England. The Netherlands beat England 2-0.

World Figure Skating Championships:
Men's champion: Jan Hoffmann, Germany
Women's champion: Christine Errath, Germany
*Pairs champions: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Saizew, Soviet Union

Super Bowl VIII: The Miami Dolphins won 24-7 over the Minnesota Vikings
Oklahoma Sooners - college football championship.

Victorian Football League
* Richmond wins the 78th VFL Premiership (Richmond 18.20 (128) d North Melbourne 13.9 (87))
* Brownlow Medal awarded to Keith Greig (North Melbourne)

Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes won 20-7 over the Edmonton Eskimos
Vanier Cup: Western Ontario Mustangs won 19-15 over the Toronto Varsity Blues

June 9 - FIFA gives to Colombia the right to host the Football World Cup 1986, but for economic reasons rejects to organize in late´s 1982.
July 7 - Football World Cup: West Germany won 2-1 over the Netherlands.
May 4 - England - FA Cup: Liverpool won 3-0 over Newcastle United.

Men's Golf
Grand Slam of golf results:
#May - The Masters - Gary Player
#June - US Open - Hale Irwin
#July - British Open - Gary Player
#August - PGA Championship - Lee Trevino

PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Johnny Miller - $353,022
Women's Golf
US Women's Open - Sandra Haynie
LPGA Championship - Sandra Haynie
JoAnne Carner: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $87,094.

Australia - Melbourne Cup - Think Big
Canada - Queen's Plate - Amber Herod
France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Allez France
Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - English Prince

English Triple Crown Races:
#Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Nonoalco
#Epsom Derby - Snow Knight
#St. Leger Stakes - Bustino

United States Triple Crown Races:
#Kentucky Derby - Cannonade
#Preakness Stakes - Little Current
#Belmont Stakes - Little Current

United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
#Cane Pace - Boyden Hanover
#Little Brown Jug - Armbro Omaha
#Messenger Stakes - Armbro Omaha

United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
#Hambletonian - Christopher T.
#Yonkers Trot
#Kentucky Futurity

Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
*Pacers: Hondo Grattan

Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Phil Esposito, Boston Bruins

Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Phil Esposito - Boston Bruins

Stanley Cup - Philadelphia Flyers win 4 games to 2 over the Boston Bruins

World Hockey Championship:
*Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia

The 2nd World Lacrosse Championship is held in Melbourne, Australia. The United States win, and there is a 3-way tie for the runner-up position.
The National Lacrosse League of 1974 and 1975 is formed. It is not related to the modern National Lacrosse League.
The Rochester Griffens defeat the Philadelphia Wings in the six game National Lacrosse League (1974-75) championship, 4 games to 2 games.
The New Westminster Salmonbellies win the Mann Cup.
The Whitby Transporters win the Founders Cup.
The Peterborough PCO's win the Minto Cup.

Alpine Skiing
The men's overall season champion: Piero Gros, Italy
The women's overall season champion: Annemarie Pröll, Austria

World Snooker Championship: Ray Reardon beats Graham Miles 22-12

Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
#Australian Open - Jimmy Connors
#French Open - Björn Borg
#Wimbledon championships - Jimmy Connors
#US Open - Jimmy Connors

Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
#Australian Open - Evonne Goolagong
#French Open - Chris Evert
#Wimbledon championships - Chris Evert
#US Open - Billie Jean King

Davis Cup: South Africa wins over India (Walkover) in world tennis.
Last year in which US Open was played on grass courts

Asian Games held in Teheran, Iran

British Commonwealth Games held in Christchurch, New Zealand

Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
Carl Huntington won with lead dog: Nugget*

International Olympic Committee choose Moscow to host the 1980 Summer Olympics

Births

January

January 3 — Robert-Jan Derksen, Dutch golfer
January 3 — Mike Ireland, Canadian long track speed skater
January 4 — Armin Zöggeler, Italian luger
January 21 — Arthémon Hatungimana, Burundian middle distance runner
January 25 — Utkirbek Haydarov, Uzbek boxer
January 25 — Daniel Sproule, Australian field hockey defender
January 27 — Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Norwegian biathlete
January 30 — Nataliya Burdeyna, archery star

February

February 1 — David Meca, Spanish long distance swimmer
February 3 — Konrad Gałka, Polish butterfly swimmer
February 3 — Daniel Igali, Nigeria-born Canadian freestyle wrestler
February 4 — Mijntje Donners, Dutch field hockey player
February 5 — Nadine Ernsting-Krienke, German field hockey striker
February 7 — Steve Nash, Canadian NBA player
February 9 — Jordi Cruyff, Dutch football player, son of Johan Cruijff
February 12 — Martin Annen, Swiss bobsledder
February 12 — Marianne Illing, waterpolo player
February 18 — Yevgeni Kafelnikov, Russian tennis player
February 18 — Béla Szabados, Hungarian freestyle swimmer
February 26 — Martin Hersman, Dutch speed skater
February 27 — Hiroyasu Shimizu, Japanese speed skater
February 28 — Katie Allen, Australian field hockey player

March

March 2 — Hayley Lewis, Australian swimmer
March 4 — Karol Kucera, Slovak tennis player
March 4 — Ariel Ortega, Argentine football player
March 5 — Jens Jeremies, German football player
March 6 — Benno Kuipers, Dutch swimmer
March 6 — Dmitri Tomashevich, Uzbek tennis player
March 13 — Thomas Enqvist, Swedish tennis player
March 16 — Heath Streak, Zimbabwean cricketer
March 20 — Carsten Ramelow, German football player
March 21 — Kristine Holzer, American speed skater
March 24 — Sergey Klyugin, Russian high jumper
March 26 — Irina Spirlea, Romanian tennis player
March 27 — Gaizka Mendieta, Spanish football player
March 28 — Camilla Martin, Danish badminton player
March 29 — Marc Gené, Formula 1-driver
March 31 — Jani Sievinen, Finnish swimmer

April

April 1 — Paolo Bettini, Italian cyclist
April 1 — Sandra Völker, German swimmer
April 4 — Vassiliy Jirov, Kazakh boxer
April 4- Dave Mirra, extreme sports champion
April 9 — Sule Ladipo, Nigerian tennis player
April 11 — Alex Corretja, Spanish tennis player
April 12 — Dinu Pescariu, Romanian tennis player
April 13 — Chad Carvin, American freestyle swimmer
April 17 — Eric van der Linden, Dutch triathlete
April 19 — Gerald Sibon, Dutch football player
April 24 — Gabby Logan, British television sports presenter
April 28 — Richel Hersisia, Dutch boxer
April 30 — Carlos Manuel Baldomir, Argentine boxer

May

May 9 — Neli Boteva, badminton player
May 21 — Martin Doktor, Czech canoer
May 21 — Margje Teeuwen, Dutch field hockey player
May 26 — Lars Frölander, Swedish swimmer
May 26 — Barbara de Loor, Dutch speed skater
May 26 — Oleg Saitov, Russian boxer
May 28 — Cora Campbell, waterpolo player

June

June 1 — Michael Rasmussen, Danish cyclist
June 7 — Mahesh Bhupathi, Indian tennis player
June 8 — Pål Arne Fagernes, Norwegian athlete (d. 2003)
June 13 — Elli Overton, Canada-born medley swimmer from Australia
June 13 — Jimmy Wallis, English field hockey midfielder
June 19 — Marina Yakusheva, Russian badminton player
June 20 — Attila Czene, Hungarian medley swimmer

July

July 1 — Jefferson Pérez, Ecuadorian track and field athlete
July 1 — Pornchai Thongburan, Thai boxer
July 3 — Kenneth Jonassen, Danish badminton player
July 11 — Michelle Edwards, badminton player
July 4 — Jill Craybas, American tennis player
July 4 — Denis Pankratov, Russian swimmer
July 5 — Jimi Lewis, English field hockey goalkeeper
July 7 — Cyrille Mubiala Kitambala, Congolese football player
July 10 — Andrea Nuyt, Dutch speed skater
July 11 — André Ooijer, Dutch football (soccer) player
July 13 — Jarno Trulli, Italian Formula 1-driver
July 17 — Tonny de Jong, Dutch speed skater
July 17 — Claudio López, Argentine football (soccer) player
July 23 — Maurice Greene, American athlete
July 29 — Robin Korving, Dutch athlete
July 29 — Brenda Starink, Dutch swimmer

August

August 3 — Blaine Wilson, American gymnast
August 6 — Adrian Voinea, Romanian tennis player
August 9 — Dillianne van den Boogaard, Dutch field hockey player
August 11 — Audrey Mestre, Free-diving world record holder (d. 2002)
August 16 — Didier Cuche, Swiss alpine skier
August 16 — Raimkul Malakhbekov, Russian boxer
August 28 — Paola Vukojicic, Argentine field hockey goalkeeper
August 16 — Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungarian backstroke and medley swimmer
August 30 — Péter Horváth, Hungarian butterfly swimmer
August 30 — Florin Popescu, Romanian flatwater canoer
August 31 — Andrei Medvedev, Ukrainian tennis player

September

September 4 — Yeo Woon-Kon, South Korean field hockey player
September 6 — Tim Henman, British tennis player
September 7 — Greg Newton, Canadian basketball player
September 8 — Yaw Preko, Ghanaian football (soccer) striker
September 9 — Miriam Oremans, Dutch tennis player
September 10 — Ben Wallace, NBA player
September 14 — Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan athlete
September 15 — Stephen Holt, Australian field hockey player
September 16 — Lorenzo Manta, Swiss tennis player
September 16 — Ji Seung-Hwan, South Korean field hockey player
September 18 — Sol Campbell, English football (soccer) player
September 23 — Félix Mantilla, Spanish tennis player
September 26 — Gary Hall Jr, American swimmer
September 30 — Tycho van Meer, Dutch field hockey player

October

October 1 — Aleksandr Averbukh, Russian-born Israeli athlete
October 3 — Marianne Timmer, Dutch speed skater
October 6 — Fernando Scherer, Brazilian swimmer
October 10 — Dale Earnhardt, Jr., NASCAR driver
October 17 — Nicole Grether, badminton player
October 17 — Jan Kroslak, Slovak tennis player
October 18 — Paul Palmer, British swimmer
October 19 — Joanne Fenn, British athlete
October 23 — Sander Westerveld, Dutch football (soccer) goalkeeper
October 24 — Gabor Babos, Hungarian football player
October 26 — Aki Parviainen, Finnish javelin thrower
October 31 — Rob Cordemans, Dutch baseball player

November

November 2 — Zsófia Polgár, Hungarian-Israeli chess player
November 4 — Gaston Etlis, Argentine tennis player
November 6 — Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist
November 8 — Penny Heyns, South African swimmer
November 9 — Alessandro Del Piero, Italian football (soccer) player
November 13 — Indrek Zelinski, Estonian football (soccer) player
November 14 — Jenita Hulzebosch-Smit, Dutch speed skater
November 15 — Sergio Conceição, Portuguese football (soccer) player
November 20 — Marina Andrievskaya, badminton player
November 20 — Drew Ginn, Australian rower
November 21 — Karen Rolton, Australian cricketer

December

December 4 — Anke Huber, German tennis player
December 7 — Manuel Martínez, Spanish shot putter
December 7 — Alex Radulescu, Romanian-born tennis player from Germany
December 11 — Maarten Lafeber, Dutch golfer
December 12 — Nolberto Solano, Peruvian football (soccer) player
December 16 — Edgardo Simon, Argentine track and road bicycle racer
December 18 — Bram de Groot, Dutch cyclist
December 21 — Karrie Webb, golf champion
December 24 — Marcelo Salas, Chilean football (soccer) player
December 31 — Mario Aerts, Belgian cyclist

Deaths

February 21 — Tim Horton, NHL ice hockey player, Hockey Hall of Famer, founder of Tim Hortons doughnut shops
March 22 — Peter Revson, American F1 race car driver
April 23 — Cy Williams, Major League Baseball player (1912-1930)
July 17 — Dizzy Dean, Major League Baseball player and broadcaster (1930-1947)
September 19 — Zack Taylor, Major League Baseball player
October 13 — Sam Rice, Major League Baseball player (1915-1934)
November 1 — Joe Bush, Major League Baseball pitcher (1912-1928)
November 4 — Bert Patenaude (65), American soccer player (b. 1909)
December 5 — Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, American tennis player
December 18 — Harry Hooper, Major League Baseball player (1909-1925)

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