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1973 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

• 14 January −Super Bowl VII: theMiami Dolphins (AFC) won 14–7 over theWashington Redskins (NFC) to complete the only perfect (unbeaten and untied) season in the history of the NFL
  • Location:Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Attendance: 90,182
  • MVP:Jake Scott, FS (Miami)
• Rose Bowl (1972 season):
  • TheSouthern California Trojans won 42–17 over theOhio State Buckeyes to win college footballnational championship
• O. J. Simpson becomes the first player inNFL history to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a single season.

• Brazil –Palmeiras wins theCampeonato Brasileiro
• England – FA Cup –Sunderland wins 1–0 overLeeds United
• 1 January 1973,Edinburgh,Scotland, Edinburgh Derby betweenHearts andHibernian played at Tynecastle ends in a 7–0 victory for Hibernian.
• Philadelphia Atoms defeatToronto Metros to win theNorth American Soccer Leaguechampionship in their inaugural season.

• Victorian Football League
  • Richmond wins the 77thVFL Premiership defeatingCarlton 16.20 (116) to 12.14 (86)in the Grand Final.
  • Brownlow Medal awarded toKeith Greig (North Melbourne)
• South Australian National Football League:
  • 1 September:South Adelaide kick only 1.4 (10) againstSturt's 14.24 (108) in the rain atUnley Oval, with the Panthers' sole goal being the first score of the match after five minutes. It was the lowest score in the SA(N)FL between 1914 and 2003.^[1]
  • 29 September:Glenelg 21.11 (137) defeatNorth Adelaide 19.16 (130) for their secondSANFL premiership in what is often regarded as the great-ever SANFL Grand Final
• Western Australian National Football League
  • 29 September:Subiaco break the longest premiership drought in WANFL history, beatingWest Perth 10.12 (72) to 6.4 (40) for their firstpremiershipsince 1924.

• 1973 Bandy World Championship is held in the Soviet Union and won by Soviet Union.

• 18 January –Orlando Cepeda signswith the Boston Red Sox, making him the first player signed by a teamspecifically to be adesignated hitter.
• TheAmerican League uses thedesignated hitter rule for the first time.Ron Blomberg is the first player to bat as a DH.
• World Series –Oakland Athletics won 4 games to 3 overthe New York Mets
• Yomiuri Giants of Tokyo, takes only nine consecutive title onJapan Central League(on October 22) andJapan Series on both Japan Professional Baseball League title. (on November 1)^{[citation needed]}

• NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship –
  • UCLA wins 87–66 overMemphis State.Bill Walton of UCLA scored 44 points in the Championship game.
• NBA Finals –
  • New York Knicks won 4 games to 1 overthe Los Angeles Lakers
• ABA Finals –
  • Indiana Pacers defeatKentucky Colonels, 4 games to 3

• 22 January –George Foreman beatsJoe Frazier by a knockout in two rounds to lift the world's Heavyweight championship from Frazier. It isHBO Boxing's first telecast.

• Grey Cup –Ottawa Rough Riders win 22–18 over theEdmonton Eskimos
• Vanier Cup –St. Mary's Huskies win 14–6 over theMcGill Redmen

• Tour de France –Luis Ocaña of Spain
• UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race –Felice Gimondi, of Italy

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion –
  • Dick Wilmarth won with lead dog:Hotfoot

• Men's World Cup inAmstelveen, Netherlands won by the Netherlands

• World Figure Skating Championships –
  • Men's champion:Ondrej Nepela,Czechoslovakia
  • Ladies' champion:Karen Magnussen, Canada
  • Pair skating champions:Irina Rodnina &Alexander Zaitsev, Soviet Union
  • Ice dancing champions:Lyudmila Pakhomova &Alexandr Gorshkov, Soviet Union

Men's professional

• Masters Tournament –Tommy Aaron
• U.S. Open –Johnny Miller – Miller's final round of 63 was a new major championship record which has been equaled several times since, it wasn't until2017 when that record was broken byBranden Grace at The Open Championship when he shot a 62.
• British Open –Tom Weiskopf
• PGA Championship –Jack Nicklaus
• PGA Tour money leader –Jack Nicklaus – $308,362
• Ryder Cup – United States won 19–13 over Great Britain & Ireland in team golf.

Men's amateur

• British Amateur –Dick Siderowf
• U.S. Amateur –Craig Stadler

Women's professional

• LPGA Championship –Mary Mills
• U.S. Women's Open –Susie Berning
• LPGA Tour money leader –Kathy Whitworth – $82,864

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races –
  1. Cane Pace –Smog
  2. Little Brown Jug –Melvin's Woe
  3. Messenger Stakes –Valiant Bret
• United States Trotting Triple Crown races –
  1. Hambletonian –Flirth
  2. Yonkers Trot – Tamerlane
  3. Kentucky Futurity – Arnie Almahurst
• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
  • Pacers:Hondo Grattan
  • Trotters:Precocious

• Secretariat, ridden by jockeyRon Turcotte, becomes the first horse in 25 years to win all threeUnited States Triple Crown Races

Steeplechases

• Cheltenham Gold Cup –The Dikler
• Grand National –Red Rum

Flat races

• Australia –Melbourne Cup –Gala Supreme
• Canada –Queen's Plate –Royal Chocolate
• France –Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe –Rheingold
• Ireland –Irish Derby Stakes –Weavers' Hall
• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes –Mon Fils
  2. The Derby –Morston^[2]
  3. St. Leger Stakes –Peleid
• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby –Secretariat
  2. Preakness Stakes –Secretariat
  3. Belmont Stakes –Secretariat

• Art Ross Trophy as theNHL's leading scorer during the regular season:Phil Esposito,Boston Bruins
• Hart Memorial Trophy for theNHL's Most Valuable Player:Bobby Clarke –Philadelphia Flyers
• Stanley Cup –Montreal Canadiens defeatthe Chicago Blackhawks 4 games to 2
• World Hockey Association
  • AVCO Cup –New England Whalers defeat theWinnipeg Jets 4 games to 1 for first league championship.
• World Hockey Championship –
  • Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Sweden
• NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship –University of Wisconsin–Madison Badgers defeatUniversity of Denver Pioneers 4–2 inBoston

• NCAA Division I Men's Championship –University of Maryland Terrapins defeatedJohns Hopkins University Bluejays 10–9 in 2 overtimes.

• SeventhAmateur Radio Direction Finding European Championship held in Komló, Hungary.
• FirstARRL 10 Meter Contest held in December.

• Captain Morgan Trophy
• 1973 New Zealand rugby league season
• 1973 NSWRFL season
• 1972–73 Northern Rugby Football League season /1973–74 Northern Rugby Football League season

• 79thFive Nations Championship series is a five-way tie with all teams winning two matches each

• World Snooker Championship –Ray Reardon beatsEddie Charlton 38–32

• The firstFINA World Championships held inBelgrade,Yugoslavia

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open –John Newcombe
  2. French Open –Ilie Năstase
  3. Wimbledon –Jan Kodeš
  4. US Open –John Newcombe
• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open –Margaret Court
  2. French Open –Margaret Court
  3. Wimbledon –Billie Jean King
  4. US Open –Margaret Court
• Davis Cup – Australia wins 5–0 over the United States in world tennis.
• Men and women players receive equal prize money at the US Open
• 20 September – In the famed Battle of the sexes atHouston'sAstrodome – Billie Jean King beatBobby Riggs in 3straight sets.

• 1973 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship held in Belgrade and won by Hungary

• SecondAll-Africa Games held inLagos,Nigeria
• SeventhSummer Universiade held in Moscow, Soviet Union

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year –O. J. Simpson,National Football League
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year –Billie Jean King,Tennis

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