Online dictionary - 1977 in sports

Contents

1 Auto racing

2 Baseball

3 Basketball

4 Boxing

5 Cricket

6 Cycling

7 Field Hockey

8 Figure skating

9 Football (American)

10 Football (Australian Rules)

11 Football (Canadian Football League)

12 Football (Soccer)

13 Golf

14 Thoroughbred Horse Racing

15 Harness Racing

16 Ice Hockey

17 Skiing

18 Snooker

19 Tennis

20 General sporting events

21 Births

22 Deaths

Auto racing

Stock car racing:
- NASCAR Championship - Cale Yarborough
- Cale Yarborough won the Daytona 500
USAC Racing - Tom Sneva wins the season championship
- Indianapolis 500 - won by A.J. Foyt. Janet Guthrie became first female qualifier
Formula One Champion - Niki Lauda of Austria
24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Jean-Pierre Laussaud / Didier Pironi won, driving a Renault-Alpine 442
Rally racing - the team of Sandro Munari / Silvio Maiga won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Lancia Stratos HF
Drag racing:
- Shirley Muldowney won the NHRA Top Fuel championship.
- Dennis Baca won Top Fuel at the NHRA World Finals

Baseball

January 19: Ernie Banks is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. He won back-to-back MVP awards, but is best remembered for his famous line, "Let's play two".
Sparky Lyle breaks Ron Perranoski 's major league record for left-handers of 179 career saves.
The Major League Baseball expansion Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays make their debuts (both are American League teams).
World Series: The New York Yankees defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers. This is the Series in which Reggie Jackson becomes known as "Mr. October."

Basketball

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship:
- Marquette wins 67-59 over North Carolina

NBA Finals:
- Portland Trail Blazers won 4 games to 2 over the Philadelphia 76ers

Boxing

After 13 years and 82 contests, including 14 title defences, World Middleweight Champion Carlos Monzon retired undefeated.

Cricket

12 March-17 March, Melbourne - Centenary Test played between Australia and England to commemorate 100th anniversary of first Test match. Australia won by 45 runs, exactly the same margin as the first Test match.
World Series Cricket begins playing games in competition to official International Cricket Council sanctioned matches.

Cycling

Giro d'Italia won by Michel Pollentier of Belgium
Tour de France - Bernard Thévenet of France
World Cycling Championship: Francesco Moser of Italy

Field Hockey

March 5 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium,England. New Zealand beat England 1-0.

Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships:
- Men's champion: Vladimir Kovalev , Soviet Union
- Women's champion: Linda Fratianne , United States
- Pairs champions: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev, Soviet Union

Football (American)

Super Bowl XI: Oakland Raiders won 32-14 over the Minnesota Vikings

Football (Australian Rules)

Victorian Football League
- North Melbourne wins the 81st VFL Premiership (North Melbourne 9.22 (76) drew Collingwood Football Club 10.16 (76), replay North Melbourne 21.25 (151) d Collingwood 19.10 (124))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Graeme Teasdale (South Melbourne)

Football (Canadian Football League)

Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes won 41-6 over the Edmonton Eskimos
Vanier Cup: Western Ontario Mustangs win 48-15 over the Acadia Axmen

Football (Soccer)

England - FA Cup: Manchester United won 2-1 over Liverpool
October 1 - Pelé played the final game of his storied career at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. He played the first half for his current club, the New York Cosmos, and the second half for his old Brazilian club Santos.

Golf

Men's Golf

Grand Slam of golf results:
1. May - The Masters - Tom Watson
2. June - US Open - Hubert Green
3. July - British Open - Tom Watson
4. August - PGA Championship - Lanny Wadkins

PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Tom Watson - $310,653

Ryder Cup: United States won 12½ -7½ over Britain & Ireland in world team golf. This was the last Ryder Cup to feature a side exclusively from the British Isles; the U.S. opponents in the next Ryder Cup, held in 1979 at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, would be drawn from all of Europe. The U.S.-Europe format has continued ever since.

Women's Golf