1967 in sports

Alpine skiing

The first Alpine Skiing World Cup is organised for the three ski events: Downhill, Slalom and Giant Slalom:

Men's overall champion: Jean-Claude Killy, France

Women's overall champion: Nancy Greene, Canada

American football

The first Super Bowl is played on January 15 and NFL champion Green Bay Packers win 35-10 over AFL champion Kansas City Chiefs.

December 31 – Green Bay Packers defeat Dallas Cowboys 21-17 for the 1967 NFL Championship in a now-legendary game at Lambeau Field known as the Ice Bowl

Oakland Raiders defeat the Houston Oilers 40-7 for the 1967 American Football League Championship

The New Orleans Saints are formed.

European Cup

Celtic win the European Cup Final 2-1 against Internazionale in Lisbon, earning the team the nickname of the Lisbon Lions. The team also won the Scottish League Championship and Scottish Cup and the Scottish league Cup, thus becoming the first team to complete a domestic and European quadruple.

England

FA Cup final – Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Chelsea

Athletics

August – Athletics at the 1967 Pan American Games held at Winnipeg

Australian rules football

Victorian Football League

Richmond wins the 71st VFL Premiership (Richmond 16.18 (114) d Geelong 15.15 (105))

Brownlow Medal awarded to Ross Smith (St Kilda)

Bandy

1967 Bandy World Championship is held in Finland and won by  Soviet Union.

Baseball

World Series – St. Louis Cardinals win 4 games to 3 over the Boston Red Sox. The series MVP is pitcher Bob Gibson of St. Louis.

October – The Kansas City Athletics become the Oakland Athletics for the 1968 season.

Basketball

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship –

UCLA wins 79-64 over Dayton. This would be the first of a record seven consecutive titles for the Bruins.

NBA Finals –

Philadelphia 76ers won 4 games to 2 over the San Francisco Warriors

FIBA World Championship

USSR World Champion

The American Basketball Association begins play as a rival league to the NBA.

Boxing

May 9 – Muhammad Ali was stripped of his World Heavyweight Champion titles and was banned from boxing by the various commissions for his refusal to be inducted into the United States Army.

October 27 – death of Robert Carmody (29), American boxer, in the Vietnam War

Canadian football

Grey Cup – Hamilton Tiger-Cats won 24-1 over the Saskatchewan Roughriders

Vanier Cup – Alberta Golden Bears win 10-9 over the McMaster Marauders

Cycling

July 30 – death of Valentín Uriona (26), Spanish road racing cyclist, following a crash during a race

Giro d'Italia won by Felice Gimondi of Italy

Tour de France – Roger Pingeon of France

UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race – Eddy Merckx of Belgium

Field hockey

Pan American Games (Men's Competition) in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Gold Medal: Argentina

Silver Medal: Trinidad & Tobago

Bronze Medal: United States

March 11 – In an international women's field-hockey match at Wembley Stadium, England. England beat Ireland 7-1.

Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships –

Men's champion: Emmerich Dänzer, Austria

Ladies' champion: Peggy Fleming, United States

Pair skating champions: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov, Soviet Union

Ice dancing champions: Diane Towler & Bernard Ford, Great Britain

Golf

Men's professional

Masters Tournament – Gay Brewer

U.S. Open – Jack Nicklaus

British Open – Roberto DeVicenzo

PGA Championship – Don January

PGA Tour money leader – Jack Nicklaus – $188,998

Ryder Cup – United States wins 23½ to 8½ over Britain in team golf.

Men's amateur

British Amateur – Bob Dickson

U.S. Amateur – Bob Dickson

Women's professional

Women's Western Open – Kathy Whitworth

LPGA Championship – Kathy Whitworth

U.S. Women's Open – Catherine Lacoste

Titleholders Championship – not played

LPGA Tour money leader – Kathy Whitworth – $32,937

Harness racing

United States Pacing Triple Crown races –

1. Cane Pace – Meadow Paige
2. Little Brown Jug – Best Of All
3. Messenger Stakes – Romulus Hanover

United States Trotting Triple Crown races –

1. Hambletonian – Speedy Streak
2. Yonkers Trot
3. Kentucky Futurity

Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –

Pacers: Binshaw

Horse racing

Steeplechases

Cheltenham Gold Cup – Woodland Venture

Grand National – Foinavon

Flat races

Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Red Handed

Canada – Queen's Plate won by Jammed Lovely

France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Topyo

Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Ribocco

English Triple Crown Races:

1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Royal Palace
2. Epsom Derby – Royal Palace
3. St. Leger Stakes – Ribocco

United States Triple Crown Races:

1. Kentucky Derby – Proud Clarion
2. Preakness Stakes – Damascus
3. Belmont Stakes – Damascus

Ice hockey

Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Stan Mikita, Chicago Black Hawks

Hart Memorial Trophy – for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Stan Mikita, Chicago Black Hawks

Stanley Cup – Toronto Maple Leafs won 4 games to 2 over the Montreal Canadiens

World Hockey Championship

Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Sweden

NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship – Cornell University Big Red defeat Boston University Terriers 4-1 in Syracuse, New York

The NHL adds six new teams for the 1967–68 season.

Lacrosse

The inaugural World Lacrosse Championship is held in Toronto, Ontario. The United States win, and Australia is the runner-up.

The Vancouver Carlings win the Mann Cup.

The Elora Mohawks win the Castrol Cup.

The Oshawa Green Gaels win the Minto Cup

Motor racing

Stock car racing –

February 26 – Mario Andretti wins the Daytona 500 in the #11 Holman Moody Ford

May 28 – Jim Paschal wins his second World 600 in a Plymouth

NASCAR Championship – Richard Petty (#43, Petty Enterprises Plymouth)

USAC Racing – A.J. Foyt wins the season championship

30–31 May – A.J. Foyt wins the 51st running of the Indianapolis 500 in the Sheraton-Thompson/Ansted Special Coyote–Ford. The race is red-flagged on Lap 18 and restarted 31 May. Foyt is the only driver to win in a car of his own construction.

Formula One Champion – Denny Hulme of New Zealand

24 Hours of Le Mans – Dan Gurney / A.J. Foyt won, driving a Ford GT-40 Mk. IV

Rally racing – Rauno Aaltonen / Henry Liddon won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Mini Cooper S

Drag racing – Bennie Osborn wins Top Fuel World Championship.

Radiosport

Fifth Amateur Radio Direction Finding European Championship held in Cervena, Czechoslovakia.

Rugby league

1967 New Zealand rugby league season

1967 NSWRFL season

1966–67 Northern Rugby Football League season / 1967–68 Northern Rugby Football League season

17 December – first Sunday play in professional rugby league.

Rugby union

73rd Five Nations Championship series is won by France

Snooker

No World Snooker Championship challenge matches. John Pulman remains world champion

Swimming

July 26 – American swimmer Mark Spitz breaks Kevin Berry's nearly three-year-old world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course) at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with a time of 2:06.4.

August 30 – John Ferris captures the world record from fellow-American Mark Spitz in the men's 200m butterfly (long course) by swimming 2:06.0 at a meet in Tokyo, Japan.

October 8 – Mark Spitz regains his world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course) at a meet in West Berlin, West Germany, clocking 2:05.7.

Tennis

Australia

Australian Men's Singles Championship – Roy Emerson (Australia) defeats Arthur Ashe (USA) 6–4, 6–1, 6–4

Australian Women's Singles Championship – Nancy Richey (USA) defeats Lesley Turner Bowrey (Australia) 6–1, 6–4

England

Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – John Newcombe (Australia) defeats Wilhelm Bungert (West Germany) 6–3, 6–1, 6–1

Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Billie Jean King (USA) defeats Ann Haydon-Jones (Great Britain) 6–3, 6–4

France

French Men's Singles Championship –

French Women's Singles Championship –

USA

American Men's Singles Championship –

American Women's Singles Championship –

Davis Cup

1967 Davis Cup –  Australia 4–1  Spain at Milton Courts (grass) Brisbane, Australia

Volleyball

1967 Men's European Volleyball Championship won by the USSR

1967 Women's European Volleyball Championship won by the USSR

Volleyball at the 1967 Pan American Games won by USA (both men's and women's tournaments)

Water sports

January 4 – death of Donald Campbell (45), British land and water speed record holder, who was trying to extend the record on Coniston Water, Cumbria

Yacht racing

The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as Intrepid defeats Australian challenger Dame Pattie, of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, 4 races to 1

Multi-sport events

Fifth Pan American Games held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Fifth Mediterranean Games held in Tunis, Tunisia

Fifth Summer Universiade held in Tokyo, Japan

Awards

Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Carl Yastrzemski, Major League Baseball

Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Billie Jean King, Tennis