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1976 in sports
See also:
1975 in sports
,
other events of 1976
,
1977 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
:
David Pearson[?]
won the
Daytona 500
NASCAR Championship
-
Cale Yarborough[?]
Indianapolis 500
-
Johnny Rutherford[?]
USAC Racing
-
Gordon Johncock[?]
won the season championship
Formula One Championship
:
James Hunt[?]
of
Great Britain
Niki Lauda
's famous accident occurred during the German Grand Prix at
Nurburgring
.
24 hours of Le Mans
: the team of
Jacky Ickx
/
Gijs van Lennep[?]
won, driving a
Porsche 936
Rally racing
- the team of
Sandro Munari[?]
/
Mario Manucci[?]
won the
Monte Carlo Rally
driving a
Lancia Stratos HF[?]
Drag racing
:
Shirley Muldowney[?]
won "
Top Fuel
" at the
NHRA
World Finals
Baseball
World Series
:
Cincinnati Reds
(aka the "Big Red Machine") sweep the
New York Yankees
4 games to 0
Basketball
NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
:
Indiana wins 86-68 over Michigan
NBA Finals
:
Boston Celtics
win 4 games to 2 over the
Phoenix Suns
Boxing
October 8
in
Sao Paulo
,
Brazil
, former world featherweight champion
Eder Jofre[?]
fought his last fight, outpointing
Mexico
's
Octavio (Famoso) Gomez[?]
in ten rounds.
Cycling
Giro d'Italia
won by
Felice Gimondi[?]
of
Italy
Tour de France
-
Lucien Van Impe[?]
of
Belgium
World Cycling Championship
:
Freddy Maertens[?]
of
Belgium
Figure Skating
World Figure Skating Championships
:
Men's champion:
John Curry[?]
,
Great Britain
Women's champion:
Dorothy Hamill[?]
,
United States
Pairs champions:
Irina Rodnina[?]
&
Alexander Saizew[?]
,
Soviet Union
Football (
Soccer
)
England - FA Cup
:
Southampton
won 1-0 over
Manchester United
Football (American)
Super Bowl X
:
Pittsburgh Steelers
won 21-17 over the
Dallas Cowboys
Canadian Football League
Grey Cup
:
Ottawa Rough Riders
won 23-20 over the
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Vanier Cup
:
Western Ontario Mustangs[?]
won 29-13 over the
Acadia Axmen[?]
Golf
Men's Golf
Grand Slam of golf
results:
May
-
The Masters
-
Ray Floyd[?]
June
-
US Open
-
Jerry Pate[?]
July
-
British Open
-
Johnny Miller[?]
August
-
PGA Championship
-
Dave Stockton[?]
PGA
tour's leading money winner for the year:
Jack Nicklaus
- $266,439
Women's Golf
US Women's Open
-
JoAnne Carner[?]
LPGA Championship
-
Betty Burfeindt[?]
Judy Rankin[?]
is the leading money winner on the
LPGA
tour. With total earnings of $150,734, she is the first to ever earn more than $100,000 in a season.
Thoroughbred Horse Racing
Australia
-
Melbourne Cup
-
Van der Hum[?]
Canada
-
Queen's Plate
-
Norcliffe[?]
France
-
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
-
Ivanjica[?]
Ireland
-
Irish Derby Stakes
-
Malacate[?]
English Triple Crown Races
:
Two Thousand Guineas Stakes
-
Wollow[?]
Epsom Derby
-
Empery[?]
St. Leger Stakes
-
Crow[?]
United States Triple Crown Races
:
Kentucky Derby
-
Bold Forbes[?]
Preakness Stakes
-
Elocutionist[?]
Belmont Stakes
-
Bold Forbes[?]
Harness Racing
United States Pacing Triple Crown races
:
Cane Pace
-
Keystone Ore[?]
Little Brown Jug
-
Keystone Ore[?]
Messenger Stakes
-
Windshield Wiper[?]
United States Trotting Triple Crown races
:
Hambletonian
-
Steve Lobell[?]
Yonkers Trot
-
Steve Lobell[?]
Kentucky Futurity
-
Quick Pay[?]
Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship
:
Pacers:
Carclew[?]
Trotters:
Bay Johnny[?]
Ice Hockey
Art Ross Memorial Trophy
as the
NHL
's leading scorer during the regular season:
Guy Lafleur[?]
,
Montreal Canadiens
Hart Memorial Trophy
for the
NHL
's Most Valuable Player:
Bobby Clarke[?]
-
Philadelphia Flyers
Stanley Cup
:
Montreal Canadiens
win 4 games to 0 over the
Philadelphia Flyers
World Hockey Championship
:
Men's champion:
Czechoslovakia
defeated the
Soviet Union
Skiing
Alpine Skiing
The men's overall season champion:
Ingemar Stenmark[?]
,
Sweden
The women's overall season champion:
Rosi Mittermaier[?]
,
W. Germany
Tennis
Grand Slam in tennis
men's results:
Australian Open
-
Mark Edmondson[?]
French Open
-
Adriano Panatta[?]
Wimbledon championships
-
Bjorn Borg
US Open
-
Jimmy Connors
Grand Slam in tennis
women's results:
Australian Open
-
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
French Open
-
Sue Barker[?]
Wimbledon championships
-
Chris Evert
US Open
-
Chris Evert
Davis Cup
:
Italy
wins 4-1 over
Chile
in world tennis.
General sporting events
Embassy World Snooker Championship[?]
:
Ray Reardon[?]
wins the first ever title, 27-16 over
Alex Higgins[?]
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion
:
Gerald Riley[?]
won with lead dogs:
Puppy
&
Sugar
Births
Deaths
January 18
-
Ad Verhoeven[?]
,
Dutch
soccer player
February 2
-
Harry Elliott[?]
,
English
cricket wicketkeeper
March 6
-
Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom[?]
,
boxer
,
actor
March 11
-
Larry Gardner[?]
,
Major League Baseball
player (1908-1924)
May 30
-
Max Carey[?]
,
Major League Baseball
player (1910-1929)
June 15
-
Jimmy Dykes[?]
,
Major League Baseball
player (1918-1939)
September 25
-
Red Faber[?]
,
Major League Baseball
, pitcher (1914-1933)
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