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1966 in sports
See also:
1965 in sports
,
other events of 1966
,
1967 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 Skiing
15 Tennis
16 General sporting events
17 Births
18 Deaths
Auto Racing
Stock car racing
:
Richard Petty
won the
Daytona 500
NASCAR Championship
-
David Pearson[?]
Indianapolis 500
-
Graham Hill
USAC Racing
-
Mario Andretti[?]
won the season championship
Formula One Championship
-
Jack Brabham
of
Australia
24 hours of Le Mans
: the team of
Bruce McLaren[?]
/
Chris Amon[?]
won driving a
Ford GT-40 Mk.II
Rally racing
- the team of
Pauli Toivonen[?]
/
Ensio Mikander[?]
won the
Monte Carlo Rally
driving a
Citroen ID
Drag racing
-
Pete Robinson[?]
won the
NHRA
"
Top Fuel
" World Championship.
Baseball
Roberto Clemente
is the
National League
MVP
.
Frank Robinson
is the
American League
MVP
.
Ted Williams
is inducted into
United States Baseball Hall of Fame
.
World Series
:
Baltimore Orioles
win 4 games to 0 over the
Los Angeles Dodgers
. Series MVP:
Frank Robinson
, Baltimore
Basketball
NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
:
UTEP wins 72-65 over Kentucky
NBA Finals
:
Boston Celtics
won 4 games to 3 over the
Los Angeles Lakers
Boxing
April 25
at
New York City
, World Welterweight Champion
Emile Griffith
won a 15 round unanimous decision over
Dick Tiger[?]
to also become the World Middleweight Champion.
Cycling
Giro d'Italia
won by
Gianni Motta[?]
of
Italy
Tour de France
-
Lucien Aimar[?]
of
France
World Cycling Championship
:
Rudi Altig[?]
of
Germany
Figure Skating
World Figure Skating Championships
:
Men's champion:
Emmerich Dänzer[?]
,
Austria
Women's champion:
Peggy Fleming[?]
,
United States
Pairs champions:
Ludmila Belousowa[?]
&
Oleg Protopopow[?]
,
Soviet Union
Football (
Soccer
)
England
defeats
Germany
to win the
1966 World Cup Final
.
England - FA Cup
:
Everton
won 3-2 over
Sheffield Wednesday
Football (American)
NFL Championship
:
Green Bay Packers
won 34-27 over the
Dallas Cowboys
Canadian Football League
Grey Cup
:
Saskatchewan Roughriders
win 29-14 over the
Ottawa Rough Riders
Vanier Cup
:
St. Francis Xavier X-Men[?]
win 40-14 over the
Waterloo Lutheran Golden Hawks[?]
Golf
Men's Golf
Grand Slam of golf
results:
May
-
The Masters golf tournament
-
Jack Nicklaus
June
-
US Open
-
Bily Casper[?]
July
-
British Open
-
Jack Nicklaus
August
-
PGA Championship
-
Al Geiberger[?]
PGA
tour's leading money winner for the year:
Billy Casper[?]
- $121,945
Women's Golf
US Women's Open
-
Sandra Spuzich[?]
LPGA Championship
-
Gloria Ehret[?]
Kathy Whitworth[?]
: leading money winner on the
LPGA
tour, earning $33,517.
Thoroughbred Horse Racing
Australia
-
Melbourne Cup
-
Galilee[?]
Canada
-
Queen's Plate
-
Titled Hero[?]
France
-
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
-
Bon Mot III[?]
Ireland
-
Irish Derby Stakes
-
Sodium[?]
English Triple Crown Races
:
Two Thousand Guineas Stakes
-
Kashmir[?]
Epsom Derby
-
Charlottown[?]
St. Leger Stakes
-
Sodium[?]
United States Triple Crown Races
:
Kentucky Derby
-
Kauai King[?]
Preakness Stakes
-
Kauai King[?]
Belmont Stakes
-
Amberoid[?]
Harness Racing
Romeo Hanover[?]
wins the
United States Pacing Triple Crown races
:
Cane Pace
-
Romeo Hanover[?]
Little Brown Jug
-
Romeo Hanover[?]
Messenger Stakes
-
Romeo Hanover[?]
United States Trotting Triple Crown races
:
Hambletonian
-
Kerry Way[?]
Yonkers Trot
Kentucky Futurity
Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship
:
Pacers:
Chamfer Star[?]
Trotters:
Yamamoto[?]
Ice Hockey
Art Ross Memorial Trophy
as the
NHL
's leading scorer during the regular season:
Bobby Hull
,
Chicago Blackhawks
Hart Memorial Trophy
: for the
NHL
's Most Valuable Player:
Bobby Hull
,
Chicago Blackhawks
Stanley Cup
:
Montreal Canadiens
won 4-2 over the
Detroit Red Wings
World Hockey Championship
Men's champion:
Soviet Union
defeated
Czechoslovakia
Skiing
ISF World Championships[?]
:
Men's combined champion:
Jean-Claude Killy
,
France
Women's combined champion:
Marielle Goitschel[?]
,
France
Tennis
Grand Slam in tennis
mens results:
Australian Open
-
Roy Emerson[?]
French Open
-
Tony Roche[?]
Wimbledon championships
-
Manuel Santana[?]
US Open
-
Fred Stolle[?]
Grand Slam in tennis
mens results:
Australian Open
-
Margaret Smith
French Open
-
Ann Haydon Jones[?]
Wimbledon championships
-
Billie Jean King
US Open
-
Maria Bueno[?]
Davis Cup
:
Australia
wins 4-1 over
India
in world tennis.
General sporting events
July 17
,
American
runner
Jim Ryun
sets a new world record for the mile at 3:51.3
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
held in
Kingston, Jamaica
.
John Pulman[?]
retained the World Professional Snooker Championship
Births
February 9
-
Ellen van Langen
, Dutch athlete
February 11
-
Anthony Parker[?]
, American football player
February 11 -
Patrick Kuhnen[?]
, West German tennis player
April 18
-
Trine Hattestad
, Norwegian javelin thrower
Jonathan Edwards
, British
triple jumper
Deaths
February 1
-
Nicholas Piantanida[?]
, balloonist. Died after suffering from a pressurization failure during an attempt at an altitude record.
March 11
-
"Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons[?]
,
Horse Racing Hall of Fame[?]
trainer
May 4
-
Bob Elliott[?]
,
Major League Baseball
player (1939-1953)
July 6
-
Sam Jones[?]
,
Major League Baseball
pitcher (1914-1935)
July 24
-
Tony Lema[?]
, U.S. golf champion, died in a
Munster, Indiana
plane crash.
August 1
-
Hank Gowdy[?]
,
MLB
player, manager
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