1971 in Sport

Events in Sport

Events 1 - 100 of 142

• 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 NFC Championship Game: Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco 49ers 17-10
• Jan 5 Body of US heavyweight Charles "Sonny" Liston (36) found; he had been dead for an estimated 6 days.
• Jan 12 21st NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 108-107 at San Diego
• Jan 17 Super Bowl V: Balt Colts-16, Dallas Cowboys-13 in Miami Super Bowl MVP: Chuck Howley, Dallas, LB
• Jan 19 24th NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 2-1 at Boston
• Jan 19 NHL Writers' Association renamed Professional Hockey Writers' Association
• Jan 24 NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 27-6
• 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 (144.462 MPH)
• Feb 17 England regains cricket Ashes with a 2-0 series win

• Feb 21 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic
• 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 18th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: South Carolina beats North Carolina, 52-51

• Mar 14 59th Women's Australian Open: Margaret Court beats Evonne Goolagong (2-6, 7-6, 7-5)
• 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 21 Jan Ferraris wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
• Mar 25 Boston Patriots become New England Patriots
• Mar 27 33rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Villanova 68-62 UCLA wins their 5th consecutive NCAA basketball title
• Apr 3 125th Grand National: John Cook aboard Specify wins
• Apr 7 Dismissal of Curt Flood's suit against baseball is upheld by
• Apr 10 1st baseball game at Phila's Veterans Stadium, Phils beat Expos 4-1
• Apr 10 US table tennis team arrives in People's Republic of China
• Apr 11 35th Masters Golf Tournament: Charles Coody wins, shooting a 279

• Apr 19 75th Boston Marathon: Alvaro Mejia of Colombia 1st man in 2:18:45 and Sara Mae Berman of United States 1st woman in 3:08:30
• Apr 25 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
• 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 2 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
• May 9 Elizabeth Bonner runs female world record marathon (3:01:42)
• May 9 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA San Antonio Alamo Golf Open
• 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 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 3
• May 21 Chelsea win 11th European Cup Winner's Cup against Real Madrid 2-1 in Athens (replay)
• May 23 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationalionale
• May 27 23rd Walker Cup: Britain-Ireland, 13-11
• May 27 UCLA defeats Florida State 81-76 to win the NCAA basketball championship
• May 29 Indianapolis 500: Al Unser wins in 3:10:11.545 (253.850 km/h)

• Jun 2 15th European Cup: Ajax beats Panathinaikos 2-0 at London
• Jun 3 Chic Cub Ken Holtzman 2nd no-hitter beats Cincinnati Reds, 1-0
• Jun 3 Test Cricket debut of Imran Khan, v Englandl at Edgbaston (5, 0-36, 0-19)
• Jun 4 Oakland A's beat Washington Senators, 5-3, in 21 innings
• Jun 4 Zaheer Abbas scores Cricket 274 at Edgbaston, 544 minutes 38 fours
• Jun 5 103rd Belmont: Walter Blum aboard Pass Catcher wins in 2:30.6
• Jun 6 Willie Mays hits record 22nd & last extra inning HR

• Jun 6 70th Women's French Open: Evonne Goolagong beats Helen Gourlay (6-3, 7-5)
• Jun 8 White Sox draft Danny Goodwin #1, he refuses to sign
• Jun 13 LPGA Championship, Pleasant Valley CC: Kathy Whitworth wins by 4 strokes from Kathy Ahern
• Jun 16 Groningen soccer team forms in Groningen
• Jun 20 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Heritage Golf Open
• Jun 21 US Open Golf, Merion GC: Lee Trevino wins his 2nd Open in a 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 Golf, Royal Birkdale: Lee Trevino wins by 1 stroke from Lu Liang-Huan of Taiwan
• Jul 11 Jane Blalock wins LPGA George Washington Golf Classic
• Jul 11 Phillies Deron Johnson 3 HRs caps his 4 in a row
• Jul 13 42nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-4 at Tiger Stadium, Detroit
• Jul 13 All star MVP: Frank Robinson (Baltimore Orioles)
• Jul 17 Kathy Whitworth/Judy Kimball wins LPGA Four-Ball Golf Championship
• Jul 18 58th Tour de France won by Eddy Merckx of Belgium
• Jul 25 Judy Kimball wins LPGA O'Sullivan Ladies Golf Open
• Jul 30 38th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Baltimore 24, All Stars 17 (52,289)
• Jul 31 Deventer Soccer team Go Ahead Eagles forms
• Aug 1 Richard Petty wins the Dixie 500 in Atlanta, Georgia to become the first NASCAR driver to win $1m in career earnings
• Aug 8 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Pepsi Golf Open
• 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)

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Birthdays in Sport

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 997

• Jan 1 Beno Bryant, WLAF running back (Amsterdam Admirals)
• 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 Brad Parpan, WLAF quarterback (Rhein Fire)
• Jan 2 Horace Copeland, NFL wide receiver (Tampa Bay Bucs)
• Jan 2 Robert O' Neal, WLAF DB (Amsterdam Admirals)
• 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)
• Jan 4 Deb Sonnenberg, softball pitcher (Olympics 1996), born in Edmonton, Alberta
• Jan 4 Errol Brown, CFL defensive back (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
• Jan 4 Garrison Hearst, NFL running back (Arizona Cardinals, SF 49ers)
• Jan 4 Orlanda Truitt, wide receiver (Oakland Raiders)
• Jan 4 Richard Chee Quee, cricketer (NSW opening batsman Fiji/Chin ancestry)
• Jan 5 Eric Smith, NFL/WLAF wide receiver (Chicago Bears, Scotland Claymores)
• Jan 5 Hillary Butler, WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy)
• Jan 5 Jason Bates, Downey CA, infielder (Colorado Rockies)
• Jan 6 Jed DeVries, NFL tackle (Cleveland Browns)
• Jan 6 Mike Wells, NFL defensive end (Detroit Lions)
• Jan 6 Myron Baker, NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears)
• Jan 7 Bobby Hamilton, NFL/WLAF defensive end (Amsterdam Admirals, NY Jets)
• Jan 7 Masato Itai, WLAF wide receiver (Amsterdam Admirals)
• Jan 7 Todd Yeaman, NFL defensive tackle (NY Giants)
• Jan 8 Billy Joe Hobert, NFL quarterback (Oakland Raiders)
• Jan 8 Branislav Janos, hockey forward (Team Slovakia 1998)
• Jan 8 Darren Langdon, Deere Lake, NHL left wing (NY Rangers)
• Jan 8 Jason Giambi, infielder (Oakland A's), born in West Covina, California
• Jan 8 Roosevelt Potts, NFL running back (Indianapolis Colts)
• Jan 8 Stephane Barin, hockey forward (Team France 1998)
• Jan 8 Pascal Zuberbühler, Swiss footballer
• Jan 9 Bill Schroeder, NFL wide receiver (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31)
• Jan 9 Elizabeth Punsalan, American ice skater (Olympic 15-94), born in Syracuse, New York
• Jan 9 Scott Thornton, London, NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers)
• Jan 10 Sergi Bruguera, Italian tennis star
• Jan 11 Alexander Delgado, Palmerejo Venezuela, catcher (Boston Red Sox)
• Jan 11 Karmeeleyah McGill, WLAF linebacker (Scottish Claymores)
• Jan 11 Noah Cantor, CFL defensive tackle (Toronto Argonauts)
• Jan 11 Stephen Smith, high jumper, born in Indianapolis, Indiana
• Jan 12 Andy Fox, infielder (NY Yankees), born in Sacramento, California
• Jan 12 Oscar Sturgis, NFL defensive end (Dallas Cowboys)
• Jan 12 Scott Burrell, NBA guard/forward (Chicago Bulls, Charlotte Hornets)
• Jan 12 Shane Dronett, NFL defensive end (Atlanta Falcons, Denver Broncos)
• Jan 13 Elmer Dessens, Hermosillo Mexico, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
• Jan 14 Antonios Nikopolidis, Greek footballer
• Jan 15 LeShon Johnson, running back (Arizona Cardinals)
• Jan 16 Jukka-Pekka Nummi, WLAF cornerback (Scottish Claymores)
• 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, NFL wide receiver/kick returner (San Diego Chargers)
• Jan 18 Greg Engel, NFL center (San Diego Chargers)
• Jan 18 Christian Fittipaldi, Brazilian race car driver
• Jan 18 Pep Guardiola, Spanish soccer midfielder/manager (Spain 47 caps, manager Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester City), born in Santpedor, Spain
• Jan 19 Jeff Juden, baseball pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies, SF Giants), born in Salem, Massachusetts
• Jan 19 Maurice Hofman, Dutch soccer player (MVV)
• Jan 19 Reggie Brooks, NFL running back (Washington Redskins)
• Jan 20 Andrei Skabelka, NHL forward (Belarus, Olympics 1998)
• Jan 20 Johnny Mitchell, NFL tight end (NY Jets)
• Jan 20 Brian Giles, American baseball player
• 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, wide receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars)
• Jan 22 Stan Collymore, English footballer
• Jan 23 Adam Parore, cricket wicket-keeper (NZ, 1st Maori Test centurion)
• Jan 23 James Logan, WLAF linebacker (Scotland Claymores)
• Jan 23 Julie Foudy, soccer midfielder (Olympics 1996), born in San Diego, California
• Jan 23 Kevin Mawae, NFL center/guard (Seattle Seahawks)
• Jan 23 Mark Grimmette, 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 24 John Reece, WLAF/NFL cornerback (Amsterdam Admirals, Dallas Cowboys)
• Jan 25 Herman Smith, NFL/WLAF defensive end (Tampa Bay Bucs, London Monarchs)
• Jan 25 Jordan Young, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Purdue), born in Thunder Bay, Ontario
• Jan 25 Kerry Taylor, American baseball pitcher (San Diego Padres)
• Jan 25 Kevin Williams, receiver/kick returner (Az Cardinals, Dallas Cowboys)
• Jan 25 Konstantin Matoussevich, Israel, Men's high jump (Olympic 7th-1996)
• Jan 25 Tommie Jones, WLAF cornerback (Amsterdam Admirals)
• Jan 25 Vincent Brisby, NFL wide receiver (New England Patriots)
• Jan 25 Luca Badoer, Italian race car driver
• Jan 26 Jon Heidenreich, WLAF G (Frankfurt Galaxy)
• Jan 26 Lamar Mills, WLAF DE (Amsterdam Admirals)
• 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)

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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 A J Christy, cricket (10 Tests for S Af, 638 runs at 34 33), dies
• Feb 15 Dimitrios Loundras, Greek gymnast (b. 1885)
• 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, cricketer (Vict & Aust), dies
• Mar 18 George Wood, England cricket wicketkeeper (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 football team owner (b. 1912)
• May 12 J M Taylor, cricketer (20 Tests 1920-26, 997 runs), dies
• 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
• 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 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, baseball player (b. 1925)
• 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
• Dec 14 Dick Tiger, Nigerian-born boxer (b. 1929)

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