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1971 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

[edit] Alpine skiing

Alpine Skiing World Cup
- Men's overall season champion: Gustav Thöni, Italy
- Women's overall season champion: Annemarie Pröll, Austria

[edit] American football

October 24 – death of Chuck Hughes, Detroit Lions wide receiver
Super Bowl V – Baltimore Colts won 16-13 over the Dallas Cowboys
December 25 - The Miami Dolphins defeat the Kansas City Chiefs in a divisional playoff game. The double-overtime contest is the longest game in NFL history, and the Chiefs' last-ever home game at Municipal Stadium.
1970 NCAA Division I-A national football championship – The Nebraska Cornhuskers win 17-12 over the LSU Tigers on January 1, 1971.

[edit] Association football

January 2 - At the end of a Rangers-Celtic match at Ibrox Park in Glasgow, barriers at Stairway 13 give way under a mass of fans, killing 66 and injuring over 200 others.
June 30 – death of Georgi Asparuhov (28), Bulgarian international
Atlético Mineiro wins the first Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Arsenal are the English First Division champions
England - FA Cup – Arsenal won 2-1 over Liverpool to win The Double
European Championship Cup Final: Ajax - Panathinaikos 2-0

[edit] Athletics

August – Athletics at the 1971 Pan American Games held in Cali, Colombia
August – 1971 European Championships in Athletics held at Helsinki

[edit] Australian rules football

Victorian Football League
- Hawthorn wins the 75th VFL Premiership (Hawthorn 12.10 (82) d St Kilda 11.9 (75))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Ian Stewart (Richmond)

[edit] Baseball

World Series – Pittsburgh Pirates won 4 games to 3 over the Baltimore Orioles. Game four was the first night game in World Series history.

[edit] Basketball

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship –
- UCLA wins 68-62 over Villanova
NBA Finals –
- Milwaukee Bucks win 4 games to 0 over the Baltimore Bullets
1971 ABA Finals –
- Utah Stars defeat Kentucky Colonels 4 games to 3; Stars defeat Indiana Pacers in division finals while Colonels defeat Virginia Squires

[edit] Boxing

March 8 - Joe Frazier defeats Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden, in the first of three epic bouts between the two, to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.

[edit] Canadian football

Grey Cup – Calgary Stampeders won 14-11 over the Toronto Argonauts
Vanier Cup – Western Ontario Mustangs won 15-14 over the Alberta Golden Bears

[edit] Cricket

5 January, Melbourne – first-ever one-day international is played after a Test match is abandoned because of rain, Australia beating England by 5 wickets.

[edit] Cycling

Giro d'Italia won by Gosta Pettersson of Sweden
Tour de France - Eddy Merckx of Belgium
World Cycling Championship – Eddy Merckx of Belgium

[edit] Field hockey

Men's World Cup in Barcelona, Spain
- Gold Medal: Pakistan
- Silver Medal: Spain
- Bronze Medal: India
Pan American Games (Men's Competition) in Cali, Colombia
- Gold Medal: Argentina
- Silver Medal: Mexico
- Bronze Medal: Canada

[edit] Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships –
- Men's champion: Ondrej Nepela, Czechoslovakia
- Ladies' champion: Beatrix Schuba, Austria
- Pair skating champions: Irina Rodnina & Alexei Ulyanov, Soviet Union
- Ice dancing champions: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Alexandr Gorshkov, Soviet Union

[edit] Golf

Men's professional

PGA Championship - Jack Nicklaus
Masters Tournament - Charles Coody
U.S. Open - Lee Trevino
British Open - Lee Trevino
PGA Tour money leader - Jack Nicklaus - $244,491
Ryder Cup - United States won 18 1/2 to 13 1/2 over Britain in team golf

Men's amateur

Women's professional

LPGA Championship - Kathy Whitworth
U.S. Women's Open - JoAnne Carner - this win made her the first person ever to win three different USGA individual championship events.
Titleholders Championship - not played
LPGA Tour money leader - Kathy Whitworth - $41,181

[edit] Harness racing

United States Pacing Triple Crown races –
1. Cane Pace - Albatross
2. Little Brown Jug - Nansemond
3. Messenger Stakes - Albatross
United States Trotting Triple Crown races –
1. Hambletonian - Speedy Crown
2. Yonkers Trot - Quick Pride
3. Kentucky Futurity - Savoir
Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
- Pacers: Stella Frost
- Trotters: Geffini

[edit] Horse racing

Steeplechases

Cheltenham Gold Cup – L'Escargot
Grand National – Specify

Flat races

Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Silver Knight
Canada – Queen's Plate won by Kennedy Road
France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Mill Reef
Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Irish Ball
English Triple Crown Races:
1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Brigadier Gerard
2. Epsom Derby – Mill Reef
3. St. Leger Stakes – Athens Wood
United States Triple Crown Races:
1. Kentucky Derby – Canonero II
2. Preakness Stakes – Canonero II
3. Belmont Stakes – Pass Catcher

[edit] Ice hockey

April 13 – death of Michel Briere (21), Canadian player with Pittsburgh Penguins
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: Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins
Stanley Cup – Montreal Canadiens win 4 games to 3 over the Chicago Black Hawks
World Hockey Championship
- Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia
NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship – Boston University Terriers defeat University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Golden Gophers 4-2 in Syracuse, NY

[edit] Lacrosse

Cornell beats Maryland 12-6 to win the first NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship.
The Brantford Warriors win the Mann Cup.
The Richmond Roadrunners win the Minto Cup.
The Victoria McDonalds win the Castrol Cup.

[edit] Motor racing

July 11 – death of Pedro Rodríguez, Mexican F1 driver
Stock car racing –
- Richard Petty won the Daytona 500
- NASCAR Championship - Richard Petty
Indianapolis 500 - Al Unser, Sr
USAC Racing - Joe Leonard
Formula One Championship - Jackie Stewart of Great Britain
24 hours of Le Mans – the team of Helmut Marko / Gijs van Lennep won, driving a Porsche 917
Rally racing - the team of Ove Andersson / David Stone won the Monte Carlo Rally driving an Alpine-Renault A110
Drag racing –
- The NHRA announces the first "Grandnational" in Canada at Sanair International Drag Strip, near Montreal, Quebec.
- Hank Johnson won Top Fuel at the NHRA Supernationals.

[edit] Radiosport

Sixth Amateur Radio Direction Finding European Championship held in Duisburg, Federal Republic of Germany.

[edit] Rugby league

18 September – the 1971 NSWRFL season culminates in a Grand Final victory for South Sydney, defeating St George 16–10

[edit] Rugby union

77th Five Nations Championship series is won by Wales who complete the Grand Slam

[edit] Snooker

World Snooker Championship – John Spencer beats Warren Simpson 37-29

[edit] Swimming

August 27 – US swimmer Mark Spitz recaptures the world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course), clocking 2:03.9 at a meet in Houston, Texas.
August 31 – Four days after Mark Spitz broke the world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course), West Germany's Hans-Joachim Fassnacht betters the time to 2:03.3 at a meet in Landskrona, Sweden.

[edit] Tennis

Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
1. Australian Open - Ken Rosewall
2. French Open - Jan Kodeš
3. Wimbledon championships - John Newcombe
4. US Open - Stan Smith
Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
Davis Cup – United States wins 3-2 over Romania in world tennis.
Sixteen year old Chris Evert makes her US Open debut reaching the semifinals where she is defeated by eventual champion Billie Jean King.
First time in 16 years that Americans won both the men's and women's title at the US Open.

[edit] Volleyball

European Volleyball Championship held in Italy
- 1971 Men's European Volleyball Championship won by the USSR
- 1971 Women's European Volleyball Championship won by the USSR
Volleyball at the 1971 Pan American Games held in Cali, Colombia
- Men's and women's tournaments both won by Cuba

[edit] Multi-sport events

Sixth Pan American Games held in Cali, Colombia
Sixth Mediterranean Games held in Izmir, Turkey

[edit] Awards

ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year: Lee Trevino, Golf
Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Lee Trevino, PGA golf
Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Evonne Goolagong, Tennis

[edit] References

Contents

[edit] Alpine skiing

[edit] American football

[edit] Association football

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Australian rules football

[edit] Baseball

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Boxing

[edit] Canadian football

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Field hockey

[edit] Figure skating

[edit] Golf

[edit] Harness racing

[edit] Horse racing

[edit] Ice hockey

[edit] Lacrosse

[edit] Motor racing

[edit] Radiosport

[edit] Rugby league

[edit] Rugby union

[edit] Snooker

[edit] Swimming

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Multi-sport events

[edit] Awards

[edit] References