1975 in sports

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Years in sports 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978

1975 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing

Alpine Skiing World Cup

Men's overall season champion: Gustav Thöni, Italy

Women's overall season champion: Annemarie Pröll, Austria

American football

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

Rose Bowl (1974 season):

Southern California Trojans win 18-17 over the Ohio State Buckeyes by going for a two-point conversion in the closing seconds of the game. Ohio State attempted a 62-yard field goal that fell just short as time expired.

Birmingham Vulcans win the final season of WFL competition, had best overall record when league ceased after first twelve weeks of regular season.

Association football

Brazil – Internacional wins the Campeonato Brasileiro

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.

Ecuador – Ecuadorian Serie A Champions: Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito

Athletics

August 12 – New Zealand's John Walker set a new world record in Gothenburg, Sweden, becoming the first man to break 3:50 for the mile when he clocked 3:49.4.

October – Athletics at the 1975 Pan American Games held in Mexico City

Australian rules football

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)

South Australian National Football League:

August 23: Glenelg kick the all-time record score for a major Australian Rules competition, kicking 49.23 (317) to Central District's 11.13 (79). It beat the previous record by an amazing 91 points.

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.

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.

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.

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship –

UCLA wins 92-85 over Kentucky in John Wooden's final game as Bruins coach.

NBA Finals –

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

1975 ABA Finals –

Kentucky Colonels defeat Indiana Pacers 4 games to 1

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.

Canadian football

Grey Cup – Edmonton Eskimos won 9-8 over the Montreal Alouettes

Vanier Cup – Ottawa Gee-Gees won 14-9 over the Calgary Dinos

Cricket

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

Cycling

Giro d'Italia won by Fausto Bertoglio of Italy

Tour de France – Bernard Thévenet of France

UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race – Hennie Kuiper of Netherlands

Disc sports

The first disc ultimate games in Canada are played as exhibition games at the Canadian Open Frisbee Championships on Toronto Islands.

Ultimate is played as an exhibition of a new sport at the World Frisbee Championships (WFC) at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

Dogsled racing

Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion –

Emmitt Peters won with lead dogs: Nugget & Digger

Field hockey

Men's World Cup held in Kuala Lumpur and won by India

1975 Pan American Games men's competition held in Mexico City and won by Argentina

Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships –

Men's champion: Sergey Nikolayevich Volkov, Soviet Union

Ladies' champion: Dianne de Leeuw, Netherlands

Pair skating champions: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev, Soviet Union

Ice dancing champions: Irina Moiseyeva & Andrei Minenkov, Soviet Union

Golf

Men's professional

Masters Tournament – Jack Nicklaus

U.S. Open – Lou Graham

British Open – Tom Watson

PGA Championship – Jack Nicklaus

PGA Tour money leader – Jack Nicklaus – $298,149

Ryder Cup – United States wins 21-11 over Britain & Ireland in team golf.

Men's amateur

British Amateur – Vinny Giles

U.S. Amateur – Fred Ridley

Women's professional

LPGA Championship – Kathy Whitworth

U.S. Women's Open – Sandra Palmer

LPGA Tour money leader – Sandra Palmer – $76,374

Harness racing

United States Pacing Triple Crown races –

Cane Pace – Nero
Little Brown Jug – Seatrain
Messenger Stakes – Bret's Champ

United States Trotting Triple Crown races –

Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –

Pacers: Young Quinn

Horse racing

footy 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 widely believed to have been the greatest thoroughbred filly ever was humanely put down.

Steeplechases

Cheltenham Gold Cup – Ten Up

Grand National – L'Escargot

Flat races

Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Think Big

Canada – Queen's Plate won by L'Enjoleur

France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Star Appeal

Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Grundy

English Triple Crown Races:

2,000 Guineas Stakes – Bolkonski
Epsom Derby – Grundy
St. Leger Stakes – Bruni

United States Triple Crown Races:

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

Avco World Trophy – Houston Aeros win 4 games to 0 over the Quebec Nordiques

SM-liiga, the Finnish professional ice hockey league, launched its first season 1975–1976

NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship – Michigan Technological University Huskies defeat University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Golden Gophers 6-1 in St. Louis, Missouri

Lacrosse

The National Lacrosse League of 1974 and 1975 play their 2nd and last season.

The Quebec Caribous defeat the Montreal Québécois 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.

Motor racing

Stock car racing

February 16 – Benny Parsons wins the Daytona 500 in the #72 Chevrolet

May 25 – Richard Petty wins the World 500 in the #43 Plymouth for Petty Enterprises

NASCAR Championship – Richard Petty

USAC Racing

25 May – Bobby Unser wins the 59th running of the Indianapolis 500 in an Eagle–Offenhauser

A.J. Foyt wins the season championship

Formula One

Niki Lauda (Austria) wins World Drivers' Champion, driving a Ferrari 312T.

Ferrari wins the World Constructors' Championship

24 Hours of Le Mans – Jacky Ickx / Derek Bell win, sharing a Mirage GR8

Rally racing – Sandro Munari / Mario Manucci win the Monte Carlo Rally, sharing a Lancia Stratos HF

Drag racing – Top Fuel Dragster won by Don Garlits at the NHRA World Finals

Orienteering

First Ski Orienteering World Championships held in Hyvinkää, Finland.

Rugby league

1975 Amco Cup

1975 European Rugby League Championship

1975 New Zealand rugby league season

1975 NSWRFL season

1975 Pacific Cup

1974–75 Northern Rugby Football League season / 1975–76 Northern Rugby Football League season

1975 Rugby League World Cup

Rugby union

81st Five Nations Championship series is won by Wales

Snooker

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

Swimming

The second FINA World Championships held in Cali, Colombia

Tennis

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.

Eighteen-year-old Martina Navratilova of Czechoslovakia announces her defection to the United States

Volleyball

Asian Men's Volleyball Championship held in Melbourne: won by Japan

Asian Women's Volleyball Championship held in Melbourne: won by Japan

Men and Women's European Volleyball Championship held in Yugoslavia: men's and women's tournaments both won by USSR

Volleyball at the 1975 Pan American Games held in Mexico City: men's and women's tournaments both won by Cuba

Water polo

1975 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship held in Cali, Colombia, and won by USSR.

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

Awards

Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Fred Lynn, Major League Baseball

Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Chris Evert, Tennis

References

1975 in sports Wikipedia

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