1971 in Sport

Events in Sport

Events 1 - 100 of 132

• Jan 1 57th Rose Bowl: #12 Stanford beats #2 Ohio State, 27-17
• Jan 1 37th Sugar Bowl: #4 Tennessee beats #11 Air Force, 34-13

• Jan 1 37th Orange Bowl: #3 Nebraska beats #5 LSU, 17-12
• Jan 2 A barrier collapses at Ibrox Park football ground at end of a soccer match in Glasgow Scotland, killing 66

• Jan 3 1st NFC Championship, Kezar Stadium, SF: Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco 49ers, 17-10
• Jan 5 Globetrotters lose 100-99 to NJ Reds, ending 2,495-game win streak

• Jan 17 Super Bowl V, Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, FL: Baltimore Colts beat Dallas Cowboys, 16-13; MVP: Chuck Howley, Dallas, LB

• Jan 19 NHL Writers' Association renamed Professional Hockey Writers' Association
• Jan 24 21st NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: NFC beats AFC, 27-6; MVPs: Fred Carr, Green Bay Packers, LB; Mel Renfro, Dallas Cowboys, CB
• Jan 28 1971 NFL Draft: Jim Plunkett from University of Stanford first pick by New England Patriots
• Jan 30 UCLA starts 88 basketball game win streak


• Jan 31 Special Veterans Committee adds 6 former players and 1 executive to the Baseball Hall of Fame: Dave Bancroft, Jake Beckley, Chick Hafey, Harry Hooper, Joe Kelley, Rube Marquard and George Weiss
• Jan 31 Dave Bancroft & George Weiss elected to baseball Hall of Fame
• Feb 4 Baseball announces a special hall of fame wing for blacks
• Feb 6 1st time a golf ball is hit on Moon (by Alan Shepard)
• Feb 9 Satchel Paige becomes 1st negro-league player elected to baseball hall of fame
• Feb 10 Bill White becomes 1st African American baseball announcer (NY Yankees)
• Feb 11 Montreal Canadien John Believau scores his 500th NHL goal
• Feb 12 Only Test Cricket for Ken Eastwood, who scored 5 & 0 Aust v England

• Feb 14 13th Daytona 500: Richard Petty wins his 3rd Great American Race; goes on to win the inaugural Winston Cup title
• Feb 17 England regains cricket Ashes with a 2-0 series win

• Feb 23 Boston Bruins begin 13 NHL game win streak

• Mar 6 Test Cricket debut of Sunil Gavaskar, v West Indies at Port-of-Spain

• Mar 8 Milwaukee Bucks win their 20th straight NBA game (team record)
• Mar 13 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Margaret Court wins her 10th Australian singles title; beats fellow Australian Evonne Goolagong 2-6, 7-6, 7-5
• Mar 13 18th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: South Carolina beats North Carolina, 52-51

• Mar 19 Philadelphia 76ers outscore Cincinnati Royals 90-8 in 1 half
• Mar 20 Boston Bruins win 13th straight NHL game
• Mar 21 Gavaskar scores 1st of his 34 Test Cricket tons, 116 at Georgetown
• Mar 25 Boston Patriots become New England Patriots


• Mar 27 33rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Villanova, 68-62; UCLA's 5th consecutive title; Villanova later disqualified, ineligible player Howard Porter
• Mar 27 Wales clinches its 17th Five Nations Rugby Championship, 6th Grand Slam and 12th Triple Crown with a 9-5 win over France at Stade Colombes, Paris
• Apr 3 125th Grand National: John Cook aboard 28/1 chance Specify wins a close finish between the leading 5 in the final furlong
• Apr 7 Dismissal of Curt Flood's suit against baseball is upheld by
• Apr 10 Philadelphia Phillies open their new home, Veterans Stadium with a 4-1 win over the Montreal Expos; 55,352, largest ever crowd to watch a MLB game in Pennsylvania
• Apr 11 35th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Charles Coody wins his only major title by 2 strokes ahead of runners-up Johnny Miller and Jack Nicklaus
• Apr 19 75th Boston Marathon: Álvaro Mejía of Colombia wins in 2:18:45; American Sara Mae Berman 1st woman for 3rd straight year in 3:08:30 (unsanctioned)
• Apr 30 25th NBA Championship: Milwaukee beat Balt Bullets in 4 games
• May 1 97th Kentucky Derby: Gustavo Ávila wins aboard Canonero II (wins Preakness May 15)
• May 9 Elizabeth Bonner runs female world record marathon (3:01:42)
• May 11 Cleveland's pitcher Steve Dunning hits a grand slam off Oakland Athletics pitcher Diego Seguí
• May 15 96th Preakness: Gustavo Avila aboard Canonero II wins in 1:54
• May 18 4th ABA Championship: Utah Stars beat Kentucky Colonels, 4 games to 3
• May 18 Stanley Cup Final, Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL: Frank Mahovlich scores twice as Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4-2 for a 4-3 series victory
• May 21 Chelsea win 11th European Cup Winner's Cup against Real Madrid 2-1 in Athens (replay)
• May 27 23rd Walker Cup: Britain-Ireland, 13-11
• May 29 Indianapolis 500: Al Unser wins in 3:10:11.545 (253.850 km/h)

• Jun 2 European Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London: Ajax beats Panathinaikos, 2-0; Dutch champions begin 3-year period of domination
• Jun 3 Chic Cub Ken Holtzman 2nd no-hitter beats Cincinnati Reds, 1-0

• Jun 4 Oakland A's beat Washington Senators, 5-3, in 21 innings
• Jun 4 Pakistani cricketer Zaheer Abbas scores 274 vs England at Edgbaston in 544 minutes
• Jun 5 103rd Belmont: Walter Blum aboard Pass Catcher wins in 2:30.6
• Jun 5 French Open Women's Tennis: Evonne Goolagong wins her first career Grand Slam singles title; beats fellow Australian Helen Gourlay 6-3, 7-5
• Jun 6 Willie Mays hits record 22nd & last extra inning HR

• Jun 8 White Sox draft Danny Goodwin #1, he refuses to sign

• Jun 16 Groningen soccer team forms in Groningen
• Jun 21 US Open Men's Golf, Merion GC: Lee Trevino wins his 2nd Open by 3 strokes in a Monday 18-hole playoff with Jack Nicklaus
• Jun 21 Indians Ken Harrelson retires from baseball to play pro golf
• Jun 23 Phillies Rick Wise no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 4-0
• Jun 27 US Open Women's Golf, Kahwa GC: JoAnne Carner wins by 7 strokes from Kathy Whitworth
• Jun 28 Phillies' Rick Wise hits 2 HRs and no-hits Reds

• Jul 2 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Evonne Goolagong beats Margaret Court 6-4, 6-1 for the first of 2 Wimbledon singles titles
• Jul 3 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: John Newcombe of Australia beats American Stan Smith 6-3, 5-7, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 for his third and final Wimbledon singles title
• Jul 7 MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn announces that Negro League players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame to be given full membership in the Museum
• Jul 10 100th British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale: Lee Trevino wins the first of his consecutive Open Championships, a stroke ahead of Lu Liang-Huan of Taiwan
• Jul 11 Phillies Deron Johnson 3 HRs caps his 4 in a row
• Jul 13 42nd MLB All Star Game, Tiger Stadium, Detroit, MI: AL beats NL, 6-4; MVP: Frank Robinson, Baltimore Orioles, OF
• Jul 18 58th Tour de France: Eddy Merckx of Belgium wins third straight Tour general classification as well as points and combination categories
• Jul 30 38th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Baltimore 24, All Stars 17 (52,289)
• Jul 31 4-time Eredivisie soccer champions Go Ahead from Dutch city of Deventer add 'Eagles' to famous name
• Aug 1 Richard Petty wins the Dixie 500 in Atlanta, Georgia to become the first NASCAR driver to win $1m in career earnings
• Aug 9 Satchel Paige inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame
• Aug 10 16 baseball researchers form Society for American Baseball Research
• Aug 15 Charles Lismont wins Helsinki marathon (2:13:09.0)
• Aug 15 Despite crashing out on lap 36, Scotsman Jackie Stewart clinches his second Formula 1 World Drivers Championship at the Austrian Grand Prix at Österreichring; French Tyrrell driver François Cevert wins the race
• Aug 26 Orioles' Don Buford struck out 5 times in a game

• Aug 31 Adrienne Beames runs female world record marathon (2:46:30)
• Sep 1 Australian John Newcombe becomes 1st male top-seed to lose in US Open 1st round when beaten by eventual finalist Jan Kodeš 6-2, 6-7, 6-7, 3,-6

• Sep 5 Astros pitcher J R Richard debut, strikes out 15 Giants in a 5-3 win
• Sep 5 NY Mets Don Hahn hits 1st inside the park homer at Phillies Vet
• Sep 9 NHL great Gordie Howe retires

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Birthdays in Sport

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 872

• Jan 1 Bobby Holik, Jihlava Cze, NHL left wing (NJ Devils, Team Czech Rep)
• Jan 1 Bridget Pettis, American Basketball player (WNBA guard for Phoenix Mercury), born in East Chicago, Indiana
• Jan 1 Kevin Lee, NFL wide receiver (NE Patriots)
• Jan 1 Kevin Mitchell, NFL linebacker (SF 49ers)
• Jan 1 Sammie Henson, American wrestler
• Jan 2 Aamer Nazir, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler 1993- )
• Jan 2 Aaron Williams, NBA center (Seattle Supersonics)
• Jan 2 Horace Copeland, NFL wide receiver (Tampa Bay Bucs)
• Jan 2 Lisa Harrison, American basketball player
• Jan 3 Cory Cross, Lloydminster, NHL defenseman (Tampa Bay Lightning)
• Jan 3 Rene van Rijswijk, Dutch soccer player (RKC)
• Jan 4 Carlos Perez, Dominican-American baseball pitcher (Montreal Expos), born in Nigua, Dominican Republic
• Jan 4 Deb Sonnenberg, Canadian softball pitcher (Olympics 1996), born in Edmonton, Alberta
• Jan 4 Garrison Hearst, American NFL running back (Arizona Cardinals, SF 49ers), born in Lincolnton, Georgia
• Jan 4 Orlanda Truitt, American football wide receiver (Oakland Raiders), born in Bessemer, Alabama
• Jan 4 Richard Chee Quee, Australian-Chinese cricketer (NSW opening batsman Fiji/Chin ancestry), born in Camperdown, Australia
• Jan 5 Jason Bates, American baseball infielder (Colorado Rockies), born in Downey, California
• Jan 6 Mike Wells, NFL defensive end (Detroit Lions), born in Arnold, Missouri
• Jan 6 Myron Baker, NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears), born in Haughton, Louisiana
• Jan 8 Billy Joe Hobert, American NFL quarterback (Oakland Raiders), born in Puyallup, Washington
• Jan 8 Darren Langdon, Canadian NHL left wing (NY Rangers), born in Deer Lake, Canada
• Jan 8 Jason Giambi, American baseball infielder (Oakland A's), born in West Covina, California
• Jan 8 Roosevelt Potts, American NFL running back (Indianapolis Colts), born in Rayville, Louisiana
• Jan 8 Pascal Zuberbühler, Swiss footballer, born in Frauenfeld, Switzerland
• Jan 9 Bill Schroeder, American NFL wide receiver (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31), born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
• Jan 9 Elizabeth Punsalan, American ice skater (Olympic 15-94), born in Syracuse, New York
• Jan 9 Scott Thornton, Canadian NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers), born in London, Canada
• Jan 10 Sergi Bruguera, Italian tennis star, born in Barcelona, Spain
• Jan 11 Alexander Delgado, Palmerejo Venezuela, catcher (Boston Red Sox)
• Jan 11 Noah Cantor, CFL defensive tackle (Toronto Argonauts)
• Jan 11 Stephen Smith, high jumper, born in Indianapolis, Indiana
• Jan 12 Andy Fox, American baseball infielder (NY Yankees), born in Sacramento, California
• Jan 12 Oscar Sturgis, American NFL defensive end (Dallas Cowboys), born in Hamlet, North Carolina
• Jan 12 Scott Burrell, American NBA guard/forward (Chicago Bulls, Charlotte Hornets), born in New Haven, Connecticut
• Jan 12 Shane Dronett, American NFL defensive end (Atlanta Falcons, Denver Broncos), born in Orange, Texas (d. 2009)
• Jan 13 Elmer Dessens, Hermosillo Mexico, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
• Jan 14 Antonios Nikopolidis, Greek footballer, born in Arta, Greece
• Jan 15 LeShon Johnson, American football running back (Arizona Cardinals), born in Haskell, Oklahoma
• Jan 16 Junior Bryant, NFL defensive end (SF 49ers)
• Jan 16 Michel Kreek, Dutch soccer player (Ajax)
• Jan 16 Scott Williams, Orange California, field hockey defender (Olympics 1996)
• Jan 16 Sergei Bruguera, Spanish tennis star
• Jan 16 Ulrich van Gobbel, Suriname/Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord)
• Jan 17 Derek Plante, Cloquet, NHL center (Buffalo Sabres)
• Jan 17 Peter Winter, Australian decathlete (Olympics 1996)
• Jan 17 Tyler Houston, American baseball catcher (Atlanta Braves)
• Jan 17 Richard Burns, English rally driver, born in Reading, England (d. 2005)
• Jan 17 Ann Wolfe, female boxer
• Jan 18 Andre Coleman, American NFL wide receiver (San Diego Chargers), born in Charlotte, North Carolina
• Jan 18 Greg Engel, American NFL center (San Diego Chargers), born in Davenport, Iowa
• Jan 18 Christian Fittipaldi, Brazilian racing driver (Formula 3000 1991), born in São Paulo, Brazil
• Jan 18 Pep Guardiola, Spanish football midfielder & manager (Spain 47 caps, manager Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester City), born in Santpedor, Spain
• Jan 19 Jeff Juden, American baseball pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies, SF Giants), born in Salem, Massachusetts
• Jan 19 Maurice Hofman, Dutch soccer player (MVV), born in Maastricht, Netherlands
• Jan 19 Reggie Brooks, American NFL running back (Washington Redskins), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Jan 20 Andrei Skabelka, Belarusian ice hockey player & coach (Belarus, Olympics 1998), born in Minsk, Belarus
• Jan 20 Johnny Mitchell, American football tight end (NY Jets), born in Chicago, Illinois
• Jan 20 Brian Giles, American baseball player, born in El Cajon, California
• Jan 21 Doug Edwards, NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies)
• Jan 21 Doug Weight, Warren MI, NHL center (Edmonton Oilers, Team USA 98)
• Jan 21 Alan McManus, Scottish snooker player
• Jan 22 Bucky Brooks, American football wide receiver & sportswriter (Jacksonville Jaguars), born in Raleigh, North Carolina
• Jan 22 Stan Collymore, English football player, born in Stone, United Kingdom
• Jan 23 Adam Parore, New Zealand cricket wicket-keeper (NZ, 1st Maori Test centurion), born in Auckland, New Zealand
• Jan 23 Julie Foudy, American soccer midfielder (Olympics 1996), born in San Diego, California
• Jan 23 Kevin Mawae, American football center (Seattle Seahawks), born in Savannah, Georgia
• Jan 23 Mark Grimmette, American doubles luger (Olympics 1994), born in Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Jan 24 Cory Bailey, American baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
• Jan 24 Joe Panos, NFL guard/center (Philadelphia Eagles)
• Jan 25 Herman Smith, American football defensive end (Tampa Bay Bucs, London Monarchs), born in Mound Bayou, Mississippi
• Jan 25 Kerry Taylor, American baseball pitcher (San Diego Padres), born in Bemidji, Minnesota
• Jan 25 Kevin Williams, American football wide receiver (Az Cardinals, Dallas Cowboys), born in Dallas, Texas
• Jan 25 Vincent Brisby, American NFL wide receiver (New England Patriots), born in Houston, Texas
• Jan 25 Luca Badoer, Italian racing driver, born in Montebelluna, Italy
• Jan 26 Lee Naylor, Australian 400m runner (Olympics 1996)
• Jan 26 Min Tang, Hunan China, tennis star (1995 Futures-Canberra AUS)
• Jan 27 Mark Noordlander, soccer player (Sparta)
• Jan 27 Patrice Brisebois, NHL defenseman (Montreal Canadiens), born in Montreal, Quebec
• Jan 29 Chris Vargas, CFL quarterback (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
• Jan 29 Jamal Fountaine, NFL defensive end (SF 49ers, Atlanta Falcons)
• Jan 30 Brent Moss, American football running back (Amsterdam Admirals), born in Racine, Wisconsin
• Jan 30 Chris Slade, American football player (New England Patriots), born in Newport News, Virginia
• Jan 30 Kimo Von Oelhoffen, American football defensive tackle (Cin Bengals), born in Kaunakakai, Hawaii
• Jan 30 Milko Pieren, Dutch football player (Sparta), born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
• Jan 30 Quentin Neujahr, American ice hockey player (Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns), born in Seward, Nebraska
• Jan 30 Takeshi Yamanaka, Japanese ice hockey coach and player (Team Japan 1998), born in Hokkaido, Japan
• Jan 30 Trent Klatt, American ice hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers), born in Robbinsdale, Minnesota
• Jan 31 Corey Holliday, American football wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Richmond, Virginia
• Jan 31 Dimitris Markos, Greek footballer, born in Kilkis, Greece
• Feb 1 Ajay Jadeja, Indian cricketer (Indian opening batsman), born in Jamnagar, India
• Feb 1 Tommy Salo, Swedish-Finnish NHL goalie (Team Sweden, NY Islanders), born in Surahammar, Sweden
• Feb 1 Zlatko Zahovič, Slovenian footballer, born in Maribor, Slovenia
• Feb 2 Ken Dilger, NFL tight end (Indianapolis Colts)
• Feb 2 Tony Miller, Mount Pleasant Texas, 400m runner
• Feb 3 Eric Owens, Danville VA, outfielder (Cincinnati Reds)
• Feb 3 Marcus Buckley, NFL linebacker (NY Giants)
• Feb 3 Roman Cechmanek, NHL goaltender (Team Czech Olympic gold 1998)
• Feb 3 Sean Dawkins, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts)
• Feb 4 Maarten Atmodikoro, soccer player (Dordrecht '90, NAC)
• Feb 4 Pete Pierson, NFL tackle (Tampa Bay Bucs)

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Weddings in Sport

Deaths in Sport

• Jan 9 Elmer Flick, baseball player (b. 1876)
• Jan 16 Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (three times winner of Tour de France), dies at 81
• Feb 1 Jim Christy, South African cricketer (Transvaal, Queensland & South Africa), dies at 66
• Feb 15 Dimitrios Loundras, Greek gymnast, dies at 85
• Feb 26 Edward van der Merwe, South African cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests in 30's), dies at 67
• Mar 15 Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (b. 1948)
• Mar 16 Chuck Fleetwood-Smith, Australian cricket wrist-spin bowler (10 Tests), dies from cancer at 62
• Mar 18 George Wood, England cricket wicket-keeper (v South Africa 1924), dies
• Apr 7 Charles F Pahud de Mortanges, (Olympic gold 1928, 32), dies at 74
• Apr 12 Ed Lafitte, American baseball player (b. 1871)
• Apr 13 Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1949)
• Apr 15 Dan Reeves, American NFL team owner (Cleveland, LA Rams), dies at 58
• May 4 Seamus Elliott, Irish road bicycle racer, dies at 36
• May 12 Johnny Taylor, Australian cricketer (20 Tests 1920-26, 997 runs), dies at 75
• May 12 Heinie Manush, American baseball player (b. 1901)
• May 12 Tor Johnson [Tore Johansson], Swedish wrestler and actor (Bride of the Monster), dies at 67
• May 27 Jack Doscher, American baseball pitcher (1st son of a major leaguer to play MLB), dies at 90
• May 31 Dainty Ironmonger, cricketer (74 wkts in 14 Tests after age 46), dies
• Jun 17 C Christopher Morris, cricketer (brilliant batsman for Philadelphia), dies
• Jun 24 John Dunning, cricketer (4 Tests for NZ 1933-37), dies
• Jul 1 Lord Learie Constantine, West Indian cricket all-rounder (UKs first black peer), dies of a heart attack at 69
• Jul 4 Joe Cox, South African cricketer (4 wickets in 3 Tests for South Africa), dies at 85
• Jul 11 Pedro Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (b. 1940)
• Jul 28 Myril Hoag, American baseball player (b. 1908)
• Aug 1 John McDermott, American golfer (US Open 1911-12), dies of mental illness at 79
• Aug 19 Mary Browne, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1912-14), dies at 80
• Aug 27 Jim Turnesa, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1952; Ryder Cup 1953), dies of lung cancer at 58
• Sep 3 Percy Holmes, cricketer (Yorks opener, 7 Tests for Eng 1921-32), dies
• Sep 5 Ed Gordon Jr, American long jumper (Olympic gold 1932), dies at 63
• Sep 5 George Trafton, American NFL center (Chicago Bears), dies at 74
• Sep 14 Bill Copson, cricketer (England pace bowler before & after WW2), dies
• Oct 13 Stafford Smythe, Canadian NHL executive (b. 1921)
• Oct 21 Etienne Gailly, Belgian marathoner (Olympic bronze 1948), dies at 48
• Oct 24 Chuck Hughes, Detroit Lion collapses during game & later, dies
• Nov 3 Etienne Gailly, Belgium marathoner (Olympic bronze 1948), dies in accident at 48
• Nov 5 Sam Jones, American baseball player, dies at 45
• Nov 14 William Bendeck, Bolivian rally driver (b. 1934)
• Nov 19 Bill Stern, American sportscaster (first televised college football game), dies of a heart attack at 64
• Nov 23 Lisle Nagel, Australian cricket opening bowler (1932), dies
• Nov 27 Joe Guyon, American NFL halfback (Canton, Cleveland, Oorang, Rock I, etc), dies at 79
• Dec 14 Dick Tiger, Nigerian professional boxer, dies at 42

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