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1971 in sports
See also:
1970 in sports
,
other events of 1971
,
1972 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
-
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.
Baseball
World Series
:
Pittsburgh Pirates
won 4 games to 3 over the
Baltimore Orioles
. Game two was the first night game in World Series history.
Basketball
NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
:
UCLA wins 68-62 over Villanova
NBA Finals
:
Milwaukee Bucks
win 4 games to 0 over the
Baltimore Bullets
Boxing
March 8
-
Joe Frazier
defeats
Muhammad Ali
in the first of three epic bouts. Frazier defends the World Heavyweight Championship in a star-studded
Madison Square Garden
.
Cycling
Giro d'Italia
won by
Gosta Pettersson[?]
of
Sweden
Tour de France
-
Eddy Merckx
of
Belgium
World Cycling Championship
:
Eddy Merckx
of
Belgium
Figure Skating
World Figure Skating Championships
:
Men's champion:
Ondrej Nepala[?]
,
Czechoslovakia
Women's champion:
Beatrix Schuba[?]
,
Austria
Pairs champions:
Irina Rodnina[?]
&
Alexej Ulanow[?]
,
Soviet Union
Football (
Soccer
)
Arsenal
is the
FA Premier league
champions
England - FA Cup
:
Arsenal
won 2-1 over
Liverpool
to win
The Double
Football (American)
Super Bowl V
:
Baltimore Colts
won 16-13 over the
Dallas Cowboys
Canadian Football League
Grey Cup
:
Calgary Stampeders
won 14-11 over the
Toronto Argonauts
Vanier Cup
:
Western Ontario Mustangs[?]
won 15-14 over the
Alberta Golden Bears[?]
Golf
Men's Golf
Grand Slam of golf
results:
May
-
The Masters
-
Charles Coody[?]
June
-
US Open
-
Lee Trevino[?]
July
-
British Open
-
Lee Trevino[?]
August
-
PGA Championship
-
Jack Nicklaus
PGA
tour's leading money winner for the year:
Jack Nicklaus
- $244,491
Ryder Cup
:
United States
won 18 1/2 to 13 1/2 over
Britain
in world team golf
Women's Golf
US Women's Open
-
JoAnne Carner[?]
LPGA Championship
-
Kathy Whitworth[?]
Kathy Whitworth[?]
: leading money winner on the
LPGA
tour, earning $41,181
Thoroughbred Horse Racing
Australia
-
Melbourne Cup
-
Silver Knight[?]
Canada
-
Queen's Plate
-
Kennedy Road[?]
France
-
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
-
Mill Reef[?]
Ireland
-
Irish Derby Stakes
-
Irish Ball[?]
English Triple Crown Races
:
Two Thousand Guineas Stakes
-
Brigadier Gerard[?]
Epsom Derby
-
Mill Reef[?]
St. Leger Stakes
-
Athens Wood[?]
United States Triple Crown Races
:
Kentucky Derby
-
Canonero II[?]
Preakness Stakes
-
Canonero II[?]
Belmont Stakes
-
Pass catcher[?]
Harness Racing
United States Pacing Triple Crown races
:
Cane Pace
-
Albatross
Little Brown Jug
-
Nansemond[?]
Messenger Stakes
-
Albatross
United States Trotting Triple Crown races
:
Hambletonian
-
Speedy Crown[?]
Yonkers Trot
Kentucky Futurity
Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship
:
Pacers:
Stella Frost[?]
Trotters:
Geffini[?]
Ice Hockey
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 Blackhawks
World Hockey Championship
Men's champion:
Soviet Union
defeated
Czechoslovakia
Skiing
Alpine Skiing
The men's overall season champion:
Gustavo Thoeni[?]
,
Italy
The women's overall season champion:
Annemarie Pröll[?]
,
Austria
Tennis
Grand Slam in tennis
mens results:
Australian Open
-
Ken Rosewall[?]
French Open
-
Jan Kodes[?]
Wimbledon championships
-
John Newcombe[?]
US Open
-
Stan Smith[?]
Grand Slam in tennis
womens results:
Australian Open
-
Margaret Smith Court
French Open
-
Evonne Goolagong
Wimbledon championships
-
Evonne Goolagong
US Open
-
Billie Jean King
Davis Cup
:
United States
wins 3-2 over
Romania
in world tennis.
General sporting events
John Spencer[?]
won the World Professional Snooker Championship
Births
March 31
-
Pavel Bure[?]
,
ice hockey
player
August 12
-
Pete Sampras
,
tennis player[?]
August 28
-
Janet Evans
,
Olympic
swimming
champion
September 18
-
Lance Armstrong
, cyclist
October 25
-
Pedro Martinez
, baseball player
Deaths
January 6
--
Sonny Liston
(date he was found dead)
March 15
-
Jean-Pierre Monser[?]
, age 22‚
Flemish
cyclist
April 4
-
Carl Mays[?]
,
Major League Baseball
pitcher (1915-1929)
April 13
-
Michel Briere[?]
21, star rookie ice-hockey player,
Pittsburgh Penguins
April 7
-
Charles Pahud de Mortanges[?]
,
Dutch
2 time Olympic
Equestrian[?]
gold medalist
May 12
-
Heinie Manush[?]
,
Major League Baseball
player (1923-1939)
May 15
-
Goose Goslin[?]
,
Major League Baseball
player (1921-1938)
June 17
-
C. Christopher Morris[?]
, American
cricketer
October 24
-
Chuck Hughes[?]
,
Detroit Lions
wide receiver collapsed during a game
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