1975 in sports

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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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Giro d'Italia won by Fausto Bertoglio of Italy
Tour de France - Bernard Thévenet of France
World Cycling Championship: Hennie Kuiper of Netherlands

Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
Emmitt Peters won with lead dogs: Nugget* & Digger

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.

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

Super Bowl IX: Pittsburgh Steelers won 16-6 over the Minnesota Vikings
Oklahoma Sooners - college football championship.

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)

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

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.

Men's Golf
Grand Slam of golf results:
#May - The Masters - Jack Nicklaus
#June - US Open - Lou Graham
#July - British Open - Tom Watson
#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.

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:
#Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Bolkonski
#Epsom Derby - Grundy
#St. Leger Stakes - Bruni

United States Triple Crown Races:
#Kentucky Derby - Foolish Pleasure
#Preakness Stakes - Master Derby
#Belmont Stakes - Avatar

United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
#Cane Pace - Nero
#Little Brown Jug - Seatrain
#Messenger Stakes - Bret's Champ

United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
#Hambletonian - Bonefish
#Yonkers Trot
#Kentucky Futurity

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

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

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.

First Ski Orienteering World Championships held in Hyvinkää, Finland.

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

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

Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
#Australian Open - John Newcombe
#French Open - Björn Borg
#Wimbledon championships - Arthur Ashe
#US Open - Manuel Orantes

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

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

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

Births

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

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 16 — Casey Barrett, Canadian butterfly swimmer
February 19 — Mohamed Aly, Egyptian boxer
February 19 — Art Binkowski, Polish-born Canadian heavyweight boxer
February 21 — Tuomas Ketola, Finnish tennis player
February 26 — Cindy Werley, American field hockey player

March

March 3 — Robin D'Abreo, Indian-born Canadian field hockey player
March 4 — Myrna Veenstra, Dutch field hockey player
March 6 — Minouche Smit, Dutch freestyle and medley swimmer
March 7 — Clair Fearnley, Australian athlete
March 9 — Roy Makaay, Dutch football player
March 12 — Attila Zubor, Hungarian freestyle swimmer
March 13 — Stefan Aartsen, Dutch butterfly swimmer
March 14 — Dimitri Markov, Belorussian-born Australian athlete
March 16 — Keiko Miura, Japanese field hockey player
March 19 — Jingyi Le, Chinese freestyle 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

April

April 1 — Magdalena Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player
April 1 — Kristine Quance, American breaststroke and medley swimmer
April 5 — Nikki Dryden, Canadian backstroke and freestyle 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

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

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 — Sarah Evanetz, Canadian butterfly swimmer
June 27 — Dennis van der Geest, Dutch judoka
June 28 — Mercedes Margalot, Argentine field hockey defender
June 30 — Ralf Schumacher, German Formula 1-driver

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

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

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 Formule 1-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

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

November

November 1 — Erben Wennemars, Dutch speed skater
November 3 — Marta Domínguez, Spanish athlete
November 4 — Eduard Kokcharov, Russian handball player
November 7 — Mike Mintenko, Canadian freestyle and butterfly swimmer
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
November 28 — Dyana Calub, Australian backstroke swimmer

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

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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