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1965 in sports
See also:
1964 in sports
,
other events of 1965
,
1966 in sports
and the
list of 'years in sports'
.
Table of contents
1 Auto Racing
2 Baseball
3 Basketball
4 Boxing
5 Cycling
6 Figure Skating
7 Football (Soccer)
8 Football (American)
9 Canadian Football League
10 Golf
11 Thoroughbred Horse Racing
12 Harness Racing
13 Ice Hockey
14 Tennis
15 General sporting events
16 Births
17 Deaths
Auto Racing
Stock car racing
:
Fred Lorenzen[?]
wins the
Daytona 500
NASCAR Championship
-
Ned Jarrett[?]
Indianapolis 500
-
Jimmy Clark
USAC Racing
-
Mario Andretti[?]
Formula One Champion
-
Jimmy Clark
of
Great Britain
24 hours of Le Mans
:
the team of
Jochen Rindt
/
Masten Gregory[?]
won, driving a
Ferrari 275LM
Rally racing
- the team of
Timo Makinen[?]
/
Paul Easter[?]
won the
Monte Carlo Rally
driving a
Mini Cooper S[?]
Drag racing
:
Don Garlits
won the
NHRA
, "
Top Fuel
" Championship
Maynard Rupp[?]
won "Top Fuel" at the
NHRA
World Finals
Baseball
World Series
:
Los Angeles Dodgers
win 4 games to 3 over the
Minnesota Twins
. The Series MVP was
Sandy Koufax
, Los Angeles.
Basketball
NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
:
UCLA wins 91-80 over Michigan
NBA Finals
:
Boston Celtics
win 4 games to 1 over the
Los Angeles Lakers
Boxing
March 30
-
Jose Torres
won the Light Heavyweight Championship of the World, stopping
Willie Pastrano[?]
in nine rounds, at
New York
's
Madison Square Garden
.
Cycling
Giro d'Italia
won by
Vittorio Adorni[?]
of
Italy
Tour de France
-
Felice Gimondi[?]
of
Italy
World Cycling Championship
:
Tom Simpson[?]
of
Great Britain
Figure Skating
World Figure Skating Championships
:
Men's champion:
Alain Calmat[?]
, (
France
)
Women's champion:
Petra Burka[?]
, (
Canada
)
Pairs champions:
Ludmila Belousowa[?]
&
Oleg Protopopow[?]
, (
Soviet Union
)
Football (
Soccer
)
England - FA Cup
:
Liverpool
won 2 - 1 (aet) over
Leeds United
Football (American)
NFL Championship
:
Green Bay Packers
won 23-12 over the
Cleveland Browns
Canadian Football League
Grey Cup
:
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
win 22-16 over the
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Vanier Cup
:
Toronto Varsity Blues[?]
win 14-7 over the
Alberta Golden Bears[?]
Golf
Men's Golf
Grand Slam of golf
results:
May
-
The Masters
-
Jack Nicklaus
June
-
US Open
-
Gary Player[?]
July
-
British Open
-
Peter Thomson[?]
August
-
PGA Championship
-
Dave Marr[?]
PGA
tour's leading money winner for the year:
Jack Nicklaus
- $140,752
Ryder Cup
:
United States
wins 19 1/2 to 12 1/2 over
Britain
in world team golf.
Women's Golf
US Women's Open
-
Carol Mann[?]
LPGA Championship
-
Sandra Haynie[?]
Kathy Whitworth[?]
: leading money winner on the
LPGA
tour, earning $28,658
Thoroughbred Horse Racing
Australia
-
Melbourne Cup
-
Light Fingers[?]
Canada
-
Queen's Plate
-
Whistling Sea[?]
France
-
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
-
Sea-Bird II[?]
Ireland
-
Irish Derby Stakes
-
Meadow Court[?]
English Triple Crown Races
:
Two Thousand Guineas Stakes
-
Niksar[?]
Epsom Derby
-
Sea-Bird[?]
St. Leger Stakes
-
Provoke[?]
United States Triple Crown Races
:
Kentucky Derby
-
Lucky Debonair[?]
Preakness Stakes
-
Tom Rolfe[?]
Belmont Stakes
-
Hail to All[?]
Harness Racing
Bret Hanover
wins the
United States Pacing Triple Crown races
:
Cane Pace
-
Bret Hanover
Little Brown Jug
-
Bret Hanover
Messenger Stakes
-
Bret Hanover
United States Trotting Triple Crown races
:
Hambletonian
-
Egyptian Candor[?]
Yonkers Trot
Kentucky Futurity
Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship
:
Pacers:
Jay Ar[?]
Trotters:
Poupette[?]
Ice Hockey
Art Ross Memorial Trophy
as the
NHL
's leading scorer during the regular season:
Stan Mikita[?]
,
Chicago Blackhawks
Hart Memorial Trophy
for the
NHL
's Most Valuable Player:
Bobby Hull
,
Chicago Blackhawks
Stanley Cup
:
Montreal Canadiens
won 4 games to 3 over the
Chicago Blackhawks
World Hockey Championship
:
Men's champion:
Soviet Union
defeated
Czechoslovakia
Tennis
Grand Slam in tennis
men's results:
Australian Open
-
Roy Emerson[?]
French Open
-
Fred Stolle[?]
Wimbledon championships
-
Roy Emerson[?]
US Open
-
Manuel Santana[?]
Grand Slam in tennis
women's results:
Australian Open
-
Margaret Smith
French Open
-
Lesley Turner[?]
Wimbledon championships
-
Margaret Smith
US Open
-
Margaret Smith
Davis Cup
:
Australia
won 4-1 over
Spain
in world tennis.
General sporting events
John Pulman[?]
retained the World Professional Snooker Championship
Births
February 11
-
Angie Ridgeway[?]
, golfer
May 9
-
Steve Yzerman
, ice hockey player
December 3
-
Katarina Witt
, figure skater
Deaths
January 11
-
Willy Pipp[?]
,
Major League Baseball
player, (1913-1928)
March 5
-
Pepper Martin[?]
,
Major League Baseball
player, (1928-1944)
March 6
-
Wally Schang[?]
,
Major League Baseball
player, (1913-1931)
March 17
-
Amos Alonzo Stagg[?]
,
baseball
,
basketball
and
American football
coach and player
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