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1975 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

• Alpine Skiing World Cup
  • Men's overall season champion:Gustav Thöni, Italy
  • Women's overall season champion:Annemarie Pröll, Austria

• January 12 −Super Bowl IX: thePittsburgh Steelers (AFC) won 16−6 over theMinnesota Vikings (NFC)
  • Location:Tulane Stadium
  • Attendance: 80,997
  • MVP:Franco Harris, FB (Pittsburgh)
• Birmingham Vulcans win the final season ofWFL competition, had best overall record when league ceased after first twelve weeks of regular season.

• Brazil –Internacional wins theCampeonato Brasileiro
• England – the League Championship –Derby County took the title for the second time in four seasons, finishing two points clear ofLiverpool andIpswich Town.
• England – FA Cup –West Ham United beatFulham 2–0 atWembley Stadium in front of 100,000 people.Alan Taylor was the scorer of both goals.
• England – League Cup –Aston Villa beatNorwich City 1–0 at Wembley Stadium.
• European Cup –Bayern Munich defeatedLeeds United 2–0 in a controversial final at theParc des Princes, Paris.
• European Cup Winners' Cup –Dynamo Kyiv beatFerencváros 3–0 inBasel, Switzerland.
• UEFA Cup –Borussia Mönchengladbach beatFC Twente 5–1 on aggregate, with a leg played at each team's home stadium.
• Ecuador –Ecuadorian Serie A Champions:Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito

• August 12 – New Zealand'sJohn Walker set a new world record inGothenburg, Sweden, becoming the first man to break 3:50 for the mile when he clocked 3:49.4.
• October –Athletics at the 1975 Pan American Games held in Mexico City

• Victorian Football League
  • North Melbourne wins the 79thVFL Premiership (North Melbourne 19.8 (122) dHawthorn 9.13 (67))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded toGary Dempsey (Footscray)
• South Australian National Football League:
  • August 23:Glenelg kick the all-time record score for a major Australian Rules competition, kicking 49.23 (317) toCentral District's 11.13 (79). It beat the previous record by an amazing 91 points.

• January 23 – SluggerRalph Kiner is inducted into theBaseball Hall of Fame.
• September 16 –Piratessecond basemanRennie Stennett tiesWilbert Robinson's ML record, set June 10,1892, by going 7-for-7 in a 9-inning game. He scored five of his club's runs in a 22–0 massacre of theCubs, a major-league record for the biggest score in ashutout game in the 20th century.
• World Series –Cincinnati Reds win 4 games to 3 over theBoston Red Sox. Often described as one of the most memorable of all World Series.

• April 9 – Asia's first professional basketball league, thePhilippine Basketball Association played its first game at theAraneta Coliseum.
• Darryl Dawkins becomes the first NBA player drafted out of high school.
• NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship –
  • UCLA wins 92–85 overKentucky inJohn Wooden's final game as Bruins coach.
• NBA Finals –
  • Golden State Warriors win 4 games to 0 over theWashington Bullets
• 1975 ABA Finals –
  • Kentucky Colonels defeatIndiana Pacers 4 games to 1

• October 1 inManila,PhilippinesMuhammad Ali defeatedJoe Frazier to maintain the Heavyweight Championship of the world. Known as theThrilla In Manila, many regard it as the greatest fight in boxing history.

• Grey Cup –Edmonton Eskimos won 9–8 over theMontreal Alouettes
• Vanier Cup –Ottawa Gee-Gees won 14–9 over theCalgary Dinos

• 1975 Cricket World Cup, the first to be held.West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs.

• Giro d'Italia won byFausto Bertoglio of Italy
• Tour de France –Bernard Thévenet of France
• UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race –Hennie Kuiper of Netherlands

• The firstdisc ultimate games in Canada are played as exhibition games at theCanadian Open Frisbee Championships onToronto Islands.
• Ultimate is played as an exhibition of a new sport at the WorldFrisbee Championships (WFC) at theRose Bowl inPasadena, California.

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion –
  • Emmitt Peters won with lead dogs:Nugget &Digger

• Men's World Cup held in Kuala Lumpur and won by India
• 1975 Pan American Gamesmen's competition held in Mexico City and won by Argentina

• World Figure Skating Championships –
  • Men's champion:Sergey Nikolayevich Volkov, Soviet Union
  • Ladies' champion:Dianne de Leeuw, Netherlands
  • Pair skating champions:Irina Rodnina &Alexander Zaitsev, Soviet Union
  • Ice dancing champions:Irina Moiseyeva &Andrei Minenkov, Soviet Union

Men's professional

• Masters Tournament –Jack Nicklaus
• U.S. Open –Lou Graham
• British Open –Tom Watson
• PGA Championship –Jack Nicklaus
• PGA Tour money leader –Jack Nicklaus – $298,149
• Ryder Cup – United States wins 21–11 over Britain & Ireland in team golf.

Men's amateur

• British Amateur –Vinny Giles
• U.S. Amateur –Fred Ridley

Women's professional

• LPGA Championship –Kathy Whitworth
• U.S. Women's Open –Sandra Palmer
• LPGA Tour money leader –Sandra Palmer – $76,374

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races –
  1. Cane Pace –Nero
  2. Little Brown Jug –Seatrain
  3. Messenger Stakes –Bret's Champ
• United States Trotting Triple Crown races –
  1. Hambletonian –Bonefish
  2. Yonkers Trot – Surefire Hanover
  3. Kentucky Futurity – Noble Rogue
• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
  • Pacers:Young Quinn

• July 6 – In what was billed as the "Battle of the Sexes",Kentucky Derby winner,Foolish Pleasure went head to head in a match race against the undefeated filly,Ruffian. In the lead, Ruffian broke a leg and, after an unsuccessful operation to save her, the horse widely believed to have been the greatest thoroughbred filly ever washumanely put down.

Steeplechases

• Cheltenham Gold Cup –Ten Up
• Grand National –L'Escargot

Flat races

• Australia –Melbourne Cup won byThink Big
• Canada –Queen's Plate won byL'Enjoleur
• France –Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won byStar Appeal
• Ireland –Irish Derby Stakes won byGrundy
• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes –Bolkonski
  2. The Derby –Grundy^[1]
  3. St. Leger Stakes –Bruni
• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby –Foolish Pleasure
  2. Preakness Stakes –Master Derby
  3. Belmont Stakes –Avatar

• Art Ross Trophy as theNHL's leading scorer during the regular season:Bobby Orr,Boston Bruins.
• Hart Memorial Trophy for theNHL's Most Valuable Player:Bobby Clarke,Philadelphia Flyers
• Stanley Cup –Philadelphia Flyers defeat theBuffalo Sabres 4 games to 2
• World Hockey Championship –
  • Men's champion: Soviet Union defeatedCzechoslovakia
• Avco World Trophy –Houston Aeros win 4 games to 0 over theQuebec Nordiques
• SM-liiga, the Finnish professional ice hockey league, launched its first season 1975–1976
• NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship –Michigan Technological University Huskies defeatUniversity of Minnesota-Twin Cities Golden Gophers 6–1 inSt. Louis, Missouri

• TheNational Lacrosse League of 1974 and 1975 play their 2nd and last season.
• The Quebec Caribous defeat the Montreal Québécois 4 games to 2 to win theNational Lacrosse League (1974–75) Championship.
• The Vancouver Burrards win theMann Cup.
• The Windsor Warlocks win theFounders Cup.
• The Peterborough Gray Munros win theMinto Cup.

• FirstSki Orienteering World Championships held in Hyvinkää, Finland.

• 1975 Amco Cup
• 1975 European Rugby League Championship
• 1975 New Zealand rugby league season
• 1975 NSWRFL season
• 1975 Pacific Cup
• 1974–75 Northern Rugby Football League season /1975–76 Northern Rugby Football League season
• 1975 Rugby League World Cup

• 81stFive Nations Championship series is won byWales

• World Snooker Championship –Ray Reardon beatsEddie Charlton 31–30

• The secondFINA World Championships held inCali,Colombia

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open –John Newcombe
  2. French Open –Björn Borg
  3. Wimbledon championships –Arthur Ashe
  4. U.S. Open –Manuel Orantes
• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open –Evonne Goolagong
  2. French Open –Chris Evert
  3. Wimbledon championships –Billie Jean King
  4. U.S. Open –Chris Evert
• Davis Cup – Sweden wins 3–2 overCzechoslovakia in world tennis.
• Eighteen-year-oldMartina Navratilova ofCzechoslovakia announces her defection to the United States

• Asian Men's Volleyball Championship held in Melbourne: won by Japan
• Asian Women's Volleyball Championship held in Melbourne: won by Japan
• Men andWomen's European Volleyball Championship held in Yugoslavia: men's and women's tournaments both won by USSR
• Volleyball at the 1975 Pan American Games held in Mexico City: men's and women's tournaments both won by Cuba

• 1975 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship held inCali, Colombia, and won by USSR.

• SeventhPan American Games held inMexico City,Mexico^[2]
• SeventhMediterranean Games held inAlgiers, Algeria
• EighthSummer Universiade held in Rome, Italy
• EighthWinter Universiade held inLivigno, Italy

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year –Fred Lynn,Major League Baseball
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year –Chris Evert,Tennis

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