1965 in Sport

Events 1 - 100 of 121

• Jan 1 51st Rose Bowl: #4 Michigan beats #8 Oregon State, 34-7
• Jan 1 31st Sugar Bowl: #7 LSU beats Syracuse, 13-10
• Jan 1 31st Orange Bowl: #5 Texas beats #1 Alabama, 21-17
• Jan 2 NY Jets sign quarterback Joe Namath
• Jan 10 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 34-14
• Jan 13 15th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 124-123 at St. Louis
• Jan 16 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-14

• Jan 31 Pud Galvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame

• Feb 3 Braves offer Milwaukee $500,000 to terminate their lease a year earlier, the proposal is turned down
• Feb 11 Braves propose to pay 5 cents from each ticket to bring a new team to Milwaukee
• Feb 14 7th Daytona 500: Fred Lorenzen wins (141.539 MPH)
• Feb 17 US-Japan baseball relations suspended over Masanori Murakami dispute
• Feb 19 NFL adds 6th official - the line judge


• Mar 1 Australia suspends champion swimmer Dawn Fraser for 10 years for misconduct
• Mar 5 Ernie Terrell beats Eddie Machen in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
• Mar 6 Bruce Taylor hits 105 for NZ v India in 1st Test Cricket innings
• Mar 6 12th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: NC State beats Duke, 91-85
• Mar 20 27th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Michigan 91-80
• Mar 27 119th Grand National: Mr. "Tommy" Smith aboard Jay Trump wins

• Apr 12 1st NL game at Houston's Astrodome (Phillies beat Astros 2-0)
• Apr 15 NFL changes penalty flag from white to bright gold
• Apr 19 69th Boston Marathon won by Morio Shigematsu of Japan in 2:16:33
• Apr 24 NY Met Casey Stengel wins his 3,000 game as manager
• Apr 25 19th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 1
• May 1 91st Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker wins aboard Lucky Debonair, the third of his 4 Derby victories
• May 1 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks 4-0 in Game 7 to take title 4-3

• May 11 West Indies becomes 1st holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy
• May 15 90th Preakness: Ron Turcotte aboard Tom Rolfe wins in 1:56.2
• May 15 Canadian Football Players Association organizes
• May 19 West Ham United of England win 5th European Cup Winner's Cup against 1860 München of West Germany 2-0 in London

• May 27 10th European Cup: Internazionale beats Benfica 1-0 at Milan
• May 29 Phillies Dick Allen hits 529' HR out of Connie Mack Stadium

• May 29 64th Women's French Championships: Lesley Turner Bowrey beats Margaret Smith (6-3, 6-4)


• May 31 Jim Clark becomes 1st foreigner in 49 years to win Indianapolis 500 - 3:19:05.370 (242.506 km/h)
• Jun 1 Robert Manry begins his 78 day voyage to sail a 13.5-foot yacht "Tinkerbelle" across the Atlantic Ocean
• Jun 5 97th Belmont: John Sellers aboard Hail to All wins in 2:28.6
• Jun 6 Yankees Tom Tresh bangs 3 consecutive HRs beating White Sox 12-0
• Jun 12 Morio Shigematsu runs world record marathon (2:12:00)
• Jun 13 Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Western Golf Open
• Jun 14 Cincinnati Red Jim Maloney no-hits NY Mets but loses in 11, 1-0
• Jun 15 Denny McLain in relief strikesout 1st 7 batters faced & record 14 in 6 2/3 innings, Bill Freehan ties catcher record of 19 putouts

• Jun 22 Freddie Trueman ends his Test cricket career, v NZ at Lord's
• Jun 30 NFL grants Atlanta Falcons a franchise
• Jul 2 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Roy Emerson scores second consecutive title win over fellow Australian Fred Stolle 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
• Jul 2 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Australian Margaret Smith beats Maria Bueno of Brazil 6-4, 7-5, her second of 3 Wimbledon singles titles
• Jul 4 US Open Women's Golf, Atlantic City CC: Carol Mann wins by 2 shots from fellow American Kathy Cornelius
• Jul 9 94th British Golf Open: Peter Thomson shoots a 285 at Royal Birkdale
• Jul 13 36th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 at Metropolitan Stadium, Minnesota
• Jul 13 All star MVP: Juan Marichal (SF Giant)
• Jul 14 52nd Tour de France won by Felice Gimondi of Italy
• Jul 20 NY Yankee pitcher Mel Stottlemyre hits an inside-the-park grand slam
• Jul 23 Dick Stuart homers in a major league-record 23rd different park
• Jul 24 Casey Stengel resigns as manager of NY Mets
• Jul 29 Major league record 26 strikeouts, Phillies (16), Pirates (10)
• Jul 30 Milwaukee manager Bobby Bragan says his pitchers threw 75 to 80 spitballs in a 9-2 loss to the Giants
• Aug 1 Scottish Lotus driver Jim Clark wins the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring to clinch his second World Championship of Drivers title
• Aug 5 South African cricket batsman Graeme Pollock scores a classic 125 to set the Proteas on the way to a 2nd Test win against England at Trent Bridge
• Aug 6 32nd NFL Chicago College All-Star Game: Cleveland 24, All-Stars 16; 68,000 at Soldier Field
• Aug 12 Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, Inc applies for a NL franchise
• Aug 15 PGA Championship, Laurel Valley GC: Dave Marr wins his only major title, beating Billy Casper and Jack Nicklaus by 2 strokes
• Aug 16 AFL awards its 1st expansion franchise (Miami Dolphins)

• Aug 18 Orioles' Brooks Robinson hits into his record tying (George Sisler)
• Aug 19 Cincinnati Red Jim Maloney 2nd no-hitter of year beats Chicago Cubs, 1-0
• Aug 20 Eddie Mathews & Hank Aaron (1954-65) pass Babe Ruth-Lou Gehrig hitting 772 HRs while playing together on the same team
• Aug 22 San Francisco Giants pitcher Juan Marachal hits LA Dodger catcher John Roseboro on the head with his bat causing a 14 minute brawl
• Aug 29 Willie Mays sets NL record for HRs in a month with his 17th of August
• Aug 30 Casey Stengel announces his retirement after 55 years in baseball

• Sep 3 Preparing a move to Anaheim, the Los Angeles Angels change their name to the California Angels
• Sep 9 Sandy Koufax pitches his 4th no-hitter, a perfect game vs Cubs (1-0)
• Sep 10 Phillies 10,000th game to a decision since 1900, Phils beat Cards
• Sep 11 Braves 2nd straight one-hitter against the Mets
• Sep 12 85th U.S. Men's National Championship: Manuel Santana beats Cliff Drysdale (6-2, 7-9, 7-5, 6-1)
• Sep 12 79th U.S. Women's National Championship: Margaret Court beats Billie Jean Moffitt (8-6, 7-5)
• Sep 13 Willie Mays's 500th HR (off Don Nottebart), Giants 11th straight win
• Sep 16 Boston Red Sox Dave Morehead no-hits Cleveland Indians, 2-0
• Sep 18 Mickey Mantle Day at Yankee Stadium: Mantle play his 2,000th game
• Sep 26 LPGA Championship, Stardust CC: Sandra Haynie wins by 1 stroke from Clifford Ann Creed
• Sep 29 Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' 4 3/4"
• Sep 29 Phillies catcher Pat Corrales sets record by reaching base twice on catcher's interference in one game & 6 times in one season
• Oct 3 Cubs lose season finale 6-3 to Pirates; Ernie Banks-Don Kessinger combine to tie MLB record of 3 triple plays in a season

• Oct 3 Dual Melbourne Cup winning Australian jockey Pat Glennon rides French colt Sea Bird to victory in the Prix de l'Arc De Triomphe to claim an impressive double after the thoroughbred's English Derby win
• Oct 8 Once-Hertogenbosch soccer team FC de Bosch forms

• Oct 14 Sandy Koufax hurls his 2nd shutout of World Series beating Twins 2-0
• Oct 15 Dodgers & Sandy Koufax win 7th game of 62nd World Series vs Twins
• Oct 20 19th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 5-2 at Montreal
• Oct 24 16th Formula One WDC: Jim Clark wins by 14 points
• Oct 24 Jim Clark in a Lotus is forced to retire from season-ending Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez with engine trouble; American Richie Ginther is race winner and Clark claims his second World Championship of Drivers

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Birthdays 1 - 100 of 549

• Jan 1 Andrew O Valmon, 400m runner, born in Brooklyn, New York
• Jan 1 Harry Galbreath, NFL guard (Green Bay Packers)
• Jan 1 Mark Dewey, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates)
• Jan 2 Greg Swindell, pitcher (Houston Astros, Cleveland Indians), born in Fort Worth, Texas
• Jan 2 Russ Courtnall, Duncan, NHL right wing (Vancouver Canucks)
• Jan 3 Daniel Stubbs, NFL defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles, Miami Dolphins)
• Jan 3 Mark Dewey, pitcher (SF Giants), born in Grand Rapids Michigan
• Jan 4 Guy Forget, Morocco, tennis star
• Jan 4 John Jackson, NFL offensive tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers)
• Jan 4 Kevin Wickander, American baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds)
• Jan 4 Mitch Booth, Australian tornado sailor (Olympics 1996)
• Jan 5 Rick Tuten, NFL punter (Seattle Seahawks)
• Jan 5 Vinnie Jones, English-born Welsh footballer and actor
• Jan 6 Christine Wachtel, E German running star (world indoor record 800m)
• Jan 6 Jose Dejesus, American baseball pitcher (Kansas City Royals)
• Jan 6 Lindsay Burns, American rower (Olympic silver 1996), born in Big Timber, Montana
• Jan 6 Tim McDonald, NFL player (SF 49ers)
• Jan 7 Mark Rushmere, cricketer (South African opening bat in comeback Test 1992)
• Jan 8 Champaka Ramanayake, cricketer (Sri Lankan opening bowler)
• Jan 8 Eric Wohlberg, Sudbury Ontario, cyclist (Olympics 1996)
• Jan 9 Atsuo Kudo, hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998)
• Jan 9 Carin Garbarra, soccer forward (Olympics 1996), born in East Orange, New Jersey
• Jan 9 Cindy Brooks, East Hampton CT, rower (Olympics 1996)
• Jan 9 Darren Bennett, NFL punter (San Diego Chargers)
• Jan 9 Georg Franz, Straubing GER, hockey forward (Team Germany, Landshut)
• Jan 9 Muggsy Bogues, American NBA guard and the shortest player ever to play in the NBA (Washington Bullets, Charlotte Hornets), born in Baltimore, Maryland
• Jan 9 Vincent Brown, NFL inside linebacker (NE Patriots)
• Jan 10 James Washington, NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys, Wash Redskins)
• Jan 11 Barbara Belding, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-17th-1994), born in San Diego, California
• Jan 11 Steve Vancil, golfer (1989 City of Portland), born in Oregon City, Oregon
• Jan 11 Roland Scholten, Dutch Darts Player
• Jan 12 Henry Thomas, defensive tackle (Detroit Lions, New England Patriots)
• Jan 14 Dave Lowry, Sudbury, NHL left wing (Florida Panthers)
• Jan 15 Michael Clemons, CFL running back (Toronto Argonauts)
• Jan 15 Maurizio Fondriest, Italian cyclist
• Jan 15 Bernard Hopkins, American boxer
• Jan 17 Nikos Nioplias, Greek footballer
• Jan 17 Sylvain Turgeon, Canadian ice hockey player
• Jan 18 Richard Dunwoody, British(?) jockey)
• Jan 19 Ricky Reynolds, NFL cornerback (NE Patriots)
• Jan 20 Brad Brink, American baseball pitcher (SF Giants, Philadelphia Phillies)
• Jan 20 Anton Weissenbacher, Romanian footballer
• Jan 20 Colin Calderwood, Scottish footballer
• Jan 21 Brian Bradley, NHL center (Tampa Bay Lightning), born in Kitchener, Ontario
• Jan 21 Eric Moore, NFL tackle (Cleveland Browns)
• Jan 21 Tania Abitbol, LPGA golfer (1994 US Women's Open-4th), born in Madrid, Spain
• Jan 22 Tim Prukop, WLAF linebacker-secondary coach (Amsterdam Admirals)
• Jan 23 Tim Berrett, Canadian 20k walker (Olympics 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008), born in Royal Tunbridge Wells, England
• Jan 24 Ross MacDonald, star sailor (Olympics 1996), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
• Jan 25 Brian Holman, Winfield Ks, pitcher (Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners)
• Jan 25 Esa Tikkanen, Helsinki FI, NHL left wing (Panthers, Canucks, Olympic bronze 1998)
• Jan 26 Lou Frazier, American baseball outfielder (Montreal Expos)
• Jan 26 Tim McDonald, safety (San Francisco 49ers)
• Jan 26 Natalia Yurchenko, Soviet gymnast
• Jan 27 Igor Matoushkin, NHL defenseman (Belarus, Olympics 1998)
• Jan 27 Mike Newell, English football manager
• Jan 29 Dominik Hasek, Pardubice CZE, NHL goalie (Czech Olympic gold 1998, Buffalo)
• Jan 29 Peter Lundgren, Swedish tennis star
• Jan 29 Tim Johnson, NFL defensive tackle (Washington Redskins)
• Jan 31 Adam Johnson, beach volleyballer (Olympics 1996), born in Portland, Oregon
• Jan 31 Bobby Dollas, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks), born in Montreal, Quebec
• Jan 31 Kim Clarke, team handball back court (Olympics 1988, 92, 96), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Jan 31 René Trost, Dutch soccer player (Roda JC)
• Feb 1 David Callaghan, cricketer (South African all-rounder in one-dayers 1992)
• Feb 2 Harry Swayne, NFL tackle (San Diego Chargers, Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
• Feb 2 Carl Airey, English footballer
• Feb 3 Dorcas Wonsavage, cross country skier (Olympics 1994), born in Madison, Wisconsin
• Feb 4 John van Loen, Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord, San Frecce)
• Feb 5 Ben Lee, Rangoon Burma, US badminton player (Olympic-92)
• Feb 5 James David McGovern, Teaneck NJ, PGA golfer (1993 Shell Houston Open)
• Feb 5 Tarik Benhabiles, Algeria, tennis star
• Feb 5 Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian footballer
• Feb 7 Kristal Parker-Gregory, LPGA golfer (1995 Hawaiian-20th), born in Columbus, Ohio
• Feb 7 Reginald Thal, soccer player (MVV)
• Feb 8 Carmen Savy, Brisbane QLD, golfer (1990 Brisbane & District)
• Feb 8 Jim Thornton, NFL tight end (Houston Oilers)
• Feb 8 Lee Knight, CFL full back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
• Feb 8 Rod Bernstine, NFL running back (Denver Broncos)
• Feb 8 Terry McDaniel, NFL cornerback (Oakland Raiders, LA Raiders)
• Feb 9 David Brandon, American NFL linebacker (San Diego Chargers, Atlanta Falcons), born in Memphis, Tennessee
• Feb 10 Lenny Webster, American catcher (Montreal Expos), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
• Feb 11 Angie Ridgeway, Wabash IN, LPGA golfer (1992 Sara Lee-8th)
• Feb 11 Vicki Wilson, Australian netballer
• Feb 12 Rubén Amaro Jr., US baseball outfielder (Cleveland Indians), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Feb 13 Kenny Harrison, US triple jumper, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Feb 14 Jessie Tuggle, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons)
• Feb 15 Craig Matthews, South African cricket pace bowler (South African Test), born in Cape Town, South Africa
• Feb 17 Jim Bowie, Japanese-American baseball infielder (Oakland Athletics)
• Feb 19 Andrew Jameson, British(?) swimmer
• Feb 19 John Commins, cricketer (South African Test batsman v NZ 1994-95)
• Feb 21 Jayson Meyer, Regina Saskatchewan, hockey defenseman (Team Germany)
• Feb 21 Keith Arthurton, cricketer (Charlestown, Nevis WI lefty batsman)
• Feb 22 Chris Dudley, NBA center (NY Knicks, Portland Trail Blazers)
• Feb 22 Joe Reekie, Victoria, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)

• Feb 23 Helena Suková, Czech tennis player (14 Grand Slam doubles & mixed doubles titles), born in Prague, Czech Republic
• Feb 24 Paul Gruber, NFL tackle (Tampa Bay Bucs)
• Feb 24 Lloyd McGrath, former English footballer
• Feb 26 Donald Narcisse, CFL receiver (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
• Feb 26 Matt Jackson, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Payless), born in Birmingham, Michigan

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• Jan 28 Tich Freeman, cricket (3776 FC wickets leg-spin, 304 in 1928), dies
• Jan 30 Vic Jackson, cricketer (NSW/Leicerstershire off-spinner), dies in car
• Mar 5 Pepper Martin, American baseball player (b. 1904)
• Mar 17 Almos Alonzo Stagg, American football coach (University of Chicago), dies in California at 102
• Apr 8 Jack Durston, cricketer (one Test for England, 4-102 & 1-34), dies
• Apr 10 Lloyd Casner, American race car driver and owner (Casner Motor Racing Division team), dies at 36
• May 8 H T W Hardinge, cricketer (scored 25 & 5 in only Test for England), dies
• May 23 Earl Webb, American baseball player (b. 1897)

• Jul 1 Wally Hammond, England cricket batsman (7,249 Test runs @ 58.45), dies of a heart attack at 62
• Jul 7 Bill Hitch, England cricket fast-bowler (7 Tests 1911-21), dies
• Jul 30 Alan Washbond, American 2-man bobsledder (Olympic gold 1932), dies at 65
• Aug 10 Rayford Robinson, cricketer (Test Aust v England 1937), dies
• Aug 11 Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer (35 Tests for Australia), dies at 67
• Aug 11 Ethel Larcombe, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1912), dies at 86
• Aug 25 Moonlight Graham, American baseball player
• Aug 27 Gerald Bond, South African cricketer (South Africa 1938-39), dies at 56
• Sep 14 Jack Hearne, cricketer (806 runs in 24 Tests for England), dies at 76
• Sep 26 Otto Nothling, Australian rugby union player and cricketer (did next to nothling in Aust), dies at 65
• Oct 17 Barton King, cricketer (America's greatest cricket all-rounder), dies
• Oct 27 French Luitjes, Dutch athlete, dies at 21
• Nov 14 George Bissett, cricketer (25 wickets in 4 Tests for South Africa), dies
• Dec 2 "Vizzy" Maharajkumar of Vizianagram [Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Vijay Ananda Gajapathi Raju], Indian cricketer, cricket administrator and politician, dies at 59
• Dec 9 Branch Rickey, American baseball executive (b. 1884)

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