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1968 in sports
See also:
1967 in sports
,
other events of 1968
,
1969 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
:
Cale Yarborough[?]
won the
Daytona 500
NASCAR Championship
-
David Pearson[?]
Indianapolis 500
-
Bobby Unser[?]
USAC Racing
-
Bobby Unser[?]
won the season championship
Formula One Champion
:
Graham Hill
of
Great Britain
24 hours of Le Mans
: the team of
Pedro Rodriguez[?]
/
Lucien Bianchi[?]
won driving a
Ford GT-40
Rally racing
-
Vic Elford[?]
/
David Stone[?]
won the
Monte Carlo Rally
driving a
Porsche 911T
Drag racing
-
Don Garlits
won the
NHRA
, "
Top Fuel
" Championship
Baseball
Denny McLain
of the
Detroit Tigers
becomes the first pitcher in
Major League Baseball
to win 30 or more games since
Jim Bagby[?]
of the
Cleveland Indians
in
1920
. Since McLain, no pitcher has accomplished that feat.
World Series
:
Detroit Tigers
won 4 games to 3 over the
St. Louis Cardinals
. The Series MVP was
Mickey Lolich[?]
, Detroit
Basketball
NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
:
UCLA wins 78-55 over North Carolina
NBA Finals
:
Boston Celtics
won 4 games to 2 over the
Los Angeles Lakers
Boxing
May 24
-
Bob Foster
knocked out
Dick Tiger[?]
in the fourth round to win the World Light Heavyweight Championship.
Cycling
Giro d'Italia
won by
Eddy Merckx
of
Belgium
Tour de France
-
Jan Janssen[?]
of the
Netherlands
World Cycling Championship
:
Vittorio Adorni[?]
of
Italy
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 - FA Cup
:
Tottenham Hotspur
won 2-1 over
Chelsea
Football (American)
Super Bowl II
:
Green Bay Packers
won 33-14 over the
Oakland Raiders
Canadian Football League
Grey Cup
:
Ottawa Rough Riders
won 24-21 over the
Calgary Stampeders
Vanier Cup
:
Queen's Golden Gaels[?]
won 42-14 over the
Waterloo Lutheran Golden Hawks[?]
Golf
Men's Golf
Grand Slam of golf
results:
May
-
The Masters
-
Bob Goalby[?]
June
-
US Open
-
Lee Trevino[?]
July
-
British Open
-
Gary Player[?]
August
-
PGA Championship
-
Julius Boros[?]
PGA
tour's leading money winner for the year:
Billy Casper[?]
- $205,169
Women's Golf
US Women's Open
-
Susie Berning[?]
LPGA Championship
:
Sandra Post[?]
Kathy Whitworth[?]
: leading money winner on the
LPGA
tour, earning $48,379
Thoroughbred Horse Racing
Australia
-
Melbourne Cup
-
Royal Parma[?]
Canada
-
Queen's Plate
-
Merger[?]
France
-
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
-
Vaguely Noble[?]
Ireland
-
Irish Derby Stakes
-
Ribero[?]
English Triple Crown Races
:
Two Thousand Guineas Stakes
-
Sir Ivor[?]
Epsom Derby
-
Sir Ivor[?]
St. Leger Stakes
-
Ribero[?]
United States Triple Crown Races
:
Kentucky Derby
-
Forward Pass[?]
Preakness Stakes
-
Forward Pass[?]
Belmont Stakes
-
Stage Door Johnny[?]
Harness Racing
Rum Customer[?]
won the
United States Pacing Triple Crown races
:
Cane Pace
-
Rum Customer[?]
Little Brown Jug
-
Rum Customer[?]
Messenger Stakes
-
Rum Customer[?]
Nevele Pride[?]
won the
United States Trotting Triple Crown races
:
Hambletonian
-
Nevele Pride[?]
Yonkers Trot
-
Nevele Pride[?]
Kentucky Futurity
-
Nevele Pride[?]
Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship
:
Pacers:
First Lee[?]
Trotters:
Stylish Major[?]
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
:
Montreal Canadiens
win 4 games to 0 over the
St. Louis Blues
World Hockey Championship
Men's champion:
Soviet Union
defeated
Czechoslovakia
Skiing
Alpine Skiing
The men's overall season champion:
Jean-Claude Killy
,
France
The women's overall season champion:
Nancy Greene[?]
,
Canada
Tennis
Grand Slam in tennis
mens results:
Australian Open
-
Bill Bowrey[?]
French Open
-
Ken Rosewall[?]
Wimbledon championships
-
Rod Laver
US Open
-
Arthur Ashe[?]
Grand Slam in tennis
womens results:
Australian Open
-
Billie Jean King
French Open
-
Nancy Richey[?]
Wimbledon championships
-
Billie Jean King
US Open
-
Virginia Wade
Davis Cup
of world tennis:
United States
defeated
Australia
4-1
General sporting events
John Pulman[?]
retained the World Professional Snooker Championship
February 6
-
1968 Winter Olympic Games
open in
Grenoble
,
France
February 11
-
Peggy Fleming[?]
wins
Olympics
figure skating
gold medal,
Grenoble, France[?]
.
February 11
-
Madison Square Garden
III closes,
Madison Square Garden
IV opens in
New York
.
February 17
- In
Springfield, Massachusetts
the
Naismith
Memorial
Basketball Hall of Fame
opens.
Summer Olympic Games
Mexico City
,
Mexico
Births
January 1
-
Davor Suker[?]
,
Croatian
soccer star
January 24
-
Mary Lou Retton
, gymnast
February 27
-
Matt Stairs
,
Major League Baseball
player
May 9
-
Marie-José Perec
,
French
athlete
November 12
-
Sammy Sosa
,
Major League Baseball
player
Deaths
April 7
-
Jimmy Clark
,
Formula One
racing driver
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