Year 1967 in Sports History (Part 2)

Events in Sport

• Aug 2 New Orleans Saints play 1st ever pre-season game, lose to LA Rams 16-7 at Anaheim Stadium
• Aug 4 34th NFL Chicago College All-Star Game: Green Bay 27, All-Stars 0 ; 70,934 at Soldier Field

• Aug 5 First exhibition after AFL/NFL merger, Denver Broncos (AFL) surprise Detroit Lions (NFL), 13-7 at University of Denver
• Aug 6 Minnesota Twins pitcher Dean Chance throws a perfect no-hitter vs Boston Red Sox, 2-0 in 5 innings before game is called because of weather
• Aug 6 Future Baseball Hall of Fame 3rd baseman Brooks Robinson (Baltimore Orioles) hits into MLB record 4th career triple play
• Aug 12 New Orleans Saints 1st pre-season victory, beat St Louis 23-14
• Aug 18 Red Sox Tony Conigliaro is beaned by Angels Jack Hamilton

• Aug 21 Kansas City utility Ken Harrelson becomes baseball's first free agent when he is abruptly released by the Athletics; calls team owner Charlie Finley "a menace to baseball"
• Aug 25 Minn Twin Dean Chance 2nd no-hitter of month beats Cleveland, 2-1
• Aug 28 Boston signs 1st free-agent outfielder Ken Harrelson for $75,000 bonus
• Aug 29 Yanks longest day, Red Sox take 1st game 2-1 in 9, Yanks win 2nd game in 20, 4-3 a total of 8 hours & 19 minutes
• Sep 1 Cincinnati Reds reliever Bob Lee walks Dick Groat with bases loaded in 21st inning to give SF Giants a 1-0 win at Crosley Field; 20 scoreless innings ties MLB mark, Pirates v Braves 1918
• Sep 10 Chicago White Sox Joel Horlen no-hits Det Tigers, 6-0
• Sep 10 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: John Newcombe of Australia defeats American Clark Graebner 6–4, 6–4, 8–6 for first of 2 US singles titles

• Sep 16 Anni Pede runs female world record marathon (3:07:26)
• Sep 17 New Orleans Saints 1st NFL game, they lose to LA Rams 27-13
• Sep 18 Intrepid (US) beats Dame Pattie (Aust) in 21st America's Cup
• Sep 22 Phillies release pitcher Dallas Green, their future manager
• Sep 24 NFL St. Loius Cardinals' Jim Bakken kicks 7 field goals at Pittsburgh Steelers, setting NFL record at the time
• Sep 27 Phillies Jim Bunning ties NL record of 5, 1-0 losses in a year
• Sep 29 American boxer Emile Griffith regains his world middleweight crown on points in a brawling re-match with Italian Nino Benvenuti at Shea Stadium, NY; second of famous trilogy of fights

• Oct 4 St Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 2-1 in Game 1 of Baseball World Series at Fenway Park; first Fall Classic since 1948 not to feature Yankees, Giants or Dodgers; Cards win series, 4-3

• Oct 12 St Louis Cards beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 64th World Series as Lou Brock steals a record 7 bases in 1 World Series
• Oct 13 Seattle SuperSonics (now OKC Thunder) lose NBA debut game, 144-116 to the San Francisco Warriors at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
• Oct 13 First American Basketball Association (ABA) game is played with Oakland Oaks beating Anaheim Amigos, 132-129; red, white & blue ball and 3-point field goal introduced
• Oct 18 AL votes to allow Athletics to move from KC to Oakland & expand league to 12 teams in 1971 with KC & Seattle teams
• Oct 19 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of USSR, sets then long jump record at 27' 4 3/4"
• Oct 20 Charlie Finley names Bob Kennedy 1st manager of Oakland A's

• Oct 22 Ian Brayshaw (W Aus v Vic, Perth) takes all 10 cricket wkts

• Oct 22 Denny Hulme becomes first New Zealander to win the F1 World Drivers Championship with 3rd place in the Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez; wins title by 5 points from team leader Jack Brabham


• Oct 23 NJ Americans (later NY/NJ Nets) play 1st ABA game
• Oct 29 Danny Abramowicz begins NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions
• Oct 30 Arthur Allyn says White Sox will play 9 games in Milwaukee in 1968
• Oct 30 Ferdinand Bracke bicycles world record time (48,093 km)
• Oct 31 SF Giants Mike McCormick wins NL Cy Young Award
• Nov 5 New Orleans Saints 1st NFL victory, beat Philadelphia Eagles 31-24
• Nov 15 Boston's Carl Yastrzemski wins AL MVP

• Nov 28 33rd Heisman Trophy Award: Gary Beban, UCLA (QB)

• Dec 1 Pacific Northwest Sports, Inc. is awarded one of the 2 American League baseball expansion franchises; new team named the Seattle Pilots
• Dec 2 CFL Grey Cup, Landsdowne Park, Ottawa: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeat Saskatchewan Roughriders, 24-1; Alan Ford's 87 yard punt, on a quick kick, is the longest in Grey Cup history
• Dec 2 32nd Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 7-3 in Birmingham
• Dec 3 Australian Derek Clayton runs world marathon record 2:09:36.4 at the Fukuoka Marathon in Japan
• Dec 8 NHL California Seals change name to Oakland Seals
• Dec 15 Retired baseball player Joe Garagiola joins "Today" show panel
• Dec 16 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia 76ers scores 68 points vs Chicago
• Dec 26 Ballon d'Or: Ferencváros forward Flórián Albert wins award for best European football player ahead of Manchester United midfielder Bobby Charlton and Celtic winger Jimmy Johnstone
• Dec 28 56th Davis Cup: Australia beats Spain in Brisbane (4-1)
• Dec 31 1st NBA game at Great Western Forum, LA Lakers beat Houston 147-118

• Dec 31 NFL Championship, Lambeau Field, Green Bay: Green Bay Packers beat Dallas Cowboys, 21-17; "The Ice Bowl", -13°F

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Birthdays in Sport

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• Feb 27 Robert Kron, Czech NHL right wing (Hartford Whalers), born in Brno, Czechia
• Feb 28 Antone Davis, NFL tackle (Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles)
• Feb 28 Jeff[rey] Pfaendtner, rower (Olympic bronze 1996), born in Detroit, Michigan
• Feb 28 Colin Cooper, English soccer defender (2 caps; Middlesborough, Nottingham Forest), born in Durham, England
• Mar 1 Aron Winter, Dutch soccer midfielder and coach (84 caps; Ajax, Lazio, Inter), born in Paramaribo, Suriname
• Mar 3 Alexander Volkov, Russian tennis star
• Mar 3 Calvin Williams, NFL wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles)
• Mar 4 Daryll Cullinan, South African cricket batsman (70 Tests; 4,554 runs @ 44.21; 138 ODIs), born in Kimberley, Cape Province
• Mar 4 Juli Furtado, American mountain cyclist (world champ-1991, 92), born in NYC, New York
• Mar 4 Kubilay Türkyılmaz, former Turkish-Swiss footballer
• Mar 5 Nicole Boegman, Australian long jumper (Olympics 1988, 92, 96)
• Mar 6 Bennie Dekker, Dutch football player (NEC/AZ/De Graafschap), born in Ermelo, Netherlands
• Mar 7 Zheng Haixia, Chinese WNBA center (LA Sparks), born in Shangqiu, China
• Mar 8 Brent Fedyk, Yorkton, NHL left wing (Dallas Stars)
• Mar 8 Dale Joseph, CFL defensive back (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
• Mar 8 Joel Johnston, American baseball player
• Mar 9 Curt Schreiner, American biathlete (Olympics 1994), born in Albany, New York
• Mar 9 Eric Flaim, American short track skater (Olympics silver 1988, 94), born in Pembroke, Massachusetts
• Mar 9 Michael Kiselak, American football player, CFL corner (Toronto Argonauts), born in North Tarrytown, New York
• Mar 11 Andrew Zesers, Australian cricketer (1987 World Cup)
• Mar 11 Bill Houlder, Thunder Bay, NHL defenseman (Tampa Bay Lightning)
• Mar 12 Irvin Smith, CFL cornerback (Montreal Alouettes)
• Mar 12 Julio Dely Valdes, Panamanian footballer
• Mar 13 Colleen Rosensteel, American heavyweight judoka (Olympics 1996), born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania
• Mar 13 Satu Huotari, Finnish ice hockey defenseman (Finland, Olympics 1998), born in Oulu, Finland
• Mar 13 Andrés Escobar, Colombian soccer defender (murdered in World Cup aftermath), born in Medellín, Colombia (d. 1994)
• Mar 14 Vijay Yadav, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper between More & Mongia)
• Mar 15 Kirk Scrafford, NFL tackle (SF 49ers)
• Mar 16 Dan Owens, NFL defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions)
• Mar 16 John Mangum, NFL safety (Chicago Bears)
• Mar 17 Chris Luongo, NHL defenseman (NY Islanders), born in Detroit, Michigan
• Mar 17 Melissa Allen, Port OR, WPVA volleyballer (Reebok National-13th-1994)
• Mar 18 Andre Rison, NFL wide receiver (Cleveland Browns, KC Chiefs)
• Mar 18 Derrick Graham, NFL tackle (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers, Seattle Seahawks)
• Mar 18 Stefan Lindqvist, Swedish soccer midfielder (5 caps; IFK Göteborg), born in Halmstad, Sweden (d. 2020)
• Mar 19 Vladimir Konstantinov, Russian ice hockey player
• Mar 20 Mookie Blaylock, NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks)
• Mar 20 Nikolay Bukhalov, Bulgarian canoeist (2 x Olympic gold 1992), born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
• Mar 21 Elaina Oden, Orange CA, volleyball middle blocker (Olympic bronze 1992, 96)
• Mar 21 Troy Westwood, CFL kicker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
• Mar 22 Mario Cipollini, Italian professional road cyclist, born in Luca, Italy
• Mar 24 Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel, Fla, tennis player (Virginia Slims of Ark 1987)
• Mar 24 Richard Gillam, pairs skater (with partner Erin Moorad), born in Atlanta, Georgia
• Mar 25 Debi Thomas, American figure skater (Olympic bronze 1988)
• Mar 26 Mark Carroll, Australian rugby league footballer
• Mar 27 Jaime Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball pitcher (Chicago Cubs), born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico
• Mar 27 Tom Hammonds, American NBA forward (Minn Timberwolves, Denver Nuggets), born in Fort Walton Beach, Florida
• Mar 28 David Lang, American NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys), born in Loma Linda, California
• Mar 28 Ed[ward] Grose, Juneau Alaska, rower (Olympics 1996)
• Mar 28 Shawn Boskie, American baseball pitcher (California Angels), born in Hawthorne, Nevada
• Mar 29 Brian Jordan, outfielder (St Louis Cardinals), born in Baltimore, Maryland
• Mar 29 Jerry Olsavsky, NFL linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Youngstown, Ohio
• Mar 30 Julie Richardson, tennis star (1992 Futures-Canberra), born in Auckland, New Zealand
• Mar 31 Nanci Bowen, American golfer (Nabisco Dinah Shore 1995), born in Tifton, Georgia
• Apr 2 Helen Chamberlain, British television presenter (Soccer AM, 1995-2017), born in Street, Somerset, England
• Apr 3 Pervis Ellison, American basketball player, NBA forward and center (Boston Celtics), born in Savannah, Georgia
• Apr 4 Juliana "Juli" Furtado, American cyclist (Olympics 10th 1996), born in NYC, New York
• Apr 6 Derrick Fenner, NFL running back (Oakland Raiders)
• Apr 7 Steve Wisniewski, NFL guard (Oakland Raiders)
• Apr 8 Kenneth Benjamin, West Indian cricketer, born in St John's, Antigua
• Apr 9 Graeme Lloyd, Australian baseball pitcher (World Series 1996, 98 NY Yankees; Olympic silver 2004), born in Geelong, Australia
• Apr 10 Donald Dufresne, Canadian ice hockey defenseman (Edmonton Oilers), born in Quebec City, Quebec
• Apr 10 Kay Whitmore Jr., Canadian ice hockey goaltender (NY Rangers), born in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
• Apr 11 Lachlan Dreher, Australian field hockey goal keeper (Olympic silver 1992, 96), born in Melbourne, Australia
• Apr 11 Mark Seay, American football wide receiver (San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles), born in Los Angeles, California
• Apr 11 Wendel Suckow, American luger (Olympics 1994), born in Marquette, Michigan
• Apr 12 Bobby Abrams, American football outside linebacker (NE Patriots), born in Detroit, Michigan
• Apr 12 Donna Andrews, American golfer (Nabisco Dinah Shore 1994), born in Lynchburg, Virginia
• Apr 12 Kirk Everist, American water polo driver (Olympics 1996), born in Houston, Texas
• Apr 13 Dana Barros, American NBA guard (Boston Celtics), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• Apr 14 Jeff Finley, Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets)
• Apr 14 Steve Chiasson, Barrie, NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames)
• Apr 14 Nicola Berti, Italian International footballer
• Apr 14 Alain Côté, French Canadian ice hockey player
• Apr 15 Dara Torres, American swimmer, winner of 12 Olympic medals (1984, 1988, 1992, 2000 and 2008), born in Beverly Hills, California
• Apr 15 Lance Zeno, American NFL/WLAF football cornerback (Rams, Scottish Claymores), born in Los Angeles, California
• Apr 17 Aaron Wallace, American NFL defensive end and linebacker (Oakland Raiders), born in Paris, Texas
• Apr 17 Marquis Grissom, American baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star 1993, 94; World Series 1995; Gold Glove Award 1993–96; Montreal Expos, Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians), born in Atlanta, Georgia
• Apr 18 Kenneth Gant, American NFL safety (Super Bowl 1992, 93; Dallas Cowbpys, Tampa Bay Buccaneers), born in Bartow, Florida
• Apr 18 Marcel Valk, Dutch soccer player (RKC, Go Ahead Eagles), born in Hazerswoude-Rijndijk, Netherlands
• Apr 20 Townsend Saunders, American freestyle wrestler (Olympic silver 1992, 96), born in White Sands, New Mexico
• Apr 20 Raymond van Barneveld, Dutch darts player (PDC World C'ship 2007; BDO World C'ship 1998, 99, 2003, 05; Premier League 2014), born in The Hague, Netherlands
• Apr 22 Harvey Williams, NFL running back (Oakland Raiders)
• Apr 22 Mike Buck, NFL quarterback (Arizona Cardinals)
• Apr 23 Rhéal Cormier, Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (St. Louis Cardinals; Philadelphia Phillies; Boston Red Sox), born in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada (d. 2021) [1]
• Apr 24 Dino Radja, Croatian basketball player (Boston Celtics), born in Split, Croatia
• Apr 24 Leslie M. Marx, American fencer (Olympics 1996), born in Fort Belvoir, Virginia
• Apr 24 Pamela Bustin, American field hockey defender (Olympics 1996), born in Somerset, Massachusetts
• Apr 24 Omar Vizquel, Venezuelan shortstop (Seattle Mariners, Indians), born in Caracas
• Apr 25 Angel Martino, American 50m/100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic gold/2 br-92, 96), born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
• Apr 27 Bridgette Gordon, American basketball forward (Sacramento Monarchs, Olympic gold 1988), born in DeLand, Florida
• Apr 27 Jason Whitlock, American sports journalist, born in Indianapolis, Indiana
• Apr 28 Pete Stoyanovich, NFL kicker (Miami Dolphins, KC Chiefs)
• Apr 29 Curtis Joseph, Canadian NHL goalie (Team Canada, Edmonton Oilers), born in Keswick, Ontario
• Apr 29 Elizabeth "Betsy" McCagg, American rower (Olympic 4th 1992, 96), born in Kirkland, Washington
• Apr 29 Mary McCagg, American rower (Olympic 4th 1992, 96), born in Seattle, Washington
• May 1 Yael Arad, Israeli middleweight judoka (first Israeli to win an Olympic medal - silver 1996), born in Tel Aviv, Israel
• May 4 Derek MacCready, CFL defensive tackle (Edmonton Eskimos), born in Montreal, Quebec
• May 4 John Child, Canadian beach volleyballer (Olympic bronze 1996), born in East York, Ontario
• May 5 Brad Baxter, American NFL fullback (NY Jets), born in Dothan, Alabama

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