1967 in sports - Definition and Overview

See also: 1966 in sports, other events of 1967, 1968 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • Mario Andretti wins the Daytona 500
  • NASCAR Championship — Richard Petty
• Indianapolis 500 — A.J. Foyt
• USAC Racing — A.J. Foyt won the season championship
• Formula One Champion — Denny Hulme of New Zealand
• 24 hours of Le Mans: Dan Gurney / A.J. Foyt won, driving a Ford GT-40 Mk. IV
• Rally racing — Rauno Aaltonen / Henry Liddon won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Mini Cooper S
• Drag racing — Bennie Osborn won "Top Fuel" at the NHRA World Finals

Baseball

• World Series: St. Louis Cardinals win 4 games to 3 over the Boston Red Sox. The series MVP is pitcher Bob Gibson of St. Louis.

Basketball

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
  • UCLA wins 79-64 over Dayton

• NBA Finals:
  • Philadelphia 76ers won 4 games to 2 over the San Francisco Warriors

Boxing

• May 9 — Muhammed Ali was stripped of his World Heavyweight Champion titles and was banned from boxing by the various commissions for his refusal to be inducted into the United States Army

Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Felice Gimondi of Italy
• Tour de France — Roger Pingeon of France
• World Cycling Championship: Eddy Merckx of Belgium

Field Hockey

• March 11 — In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium,England. England beat Ireland 7-1.

Figure skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Emmerich Dänzer, Austria
  • Women's champion: Peggy Fleming, United States
  • Pairs champions: Ludmila Belousowa & Oleg Protopopow, Soviet Union

Football (American)

• The first Super Bowl is played: The NFL champion Green Bay Packers win 35-10 over the AFL champion Kansas City Chiefs
• On December 31, the Green Bay Packers defeat the Dallas Cowboys 21-17 for the NFL Championship in a now-legendary game at Lambeau Field known as the Ice Bowl.

Football (Australian Rules)

• Victorian Football League
  • Richmond wins the 71st VFL Premiership (Richmond 16.18 (114) d Geelong 15.15 (105))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to Ross Smith (St Kilda)

Football (Canadian)

• Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats won 24-1 over the Saskatchewan Roughriders
• Vanier Cup: Alberta Golden Bears win 10-9 over the McMaster Marauders

Football (Soccer)

• England — FA Cup: Tottenham Hotspur won 2-1 over Chelsea

Golf

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. May — The Masters — Gay Brewer
  2. June — US Open — Jack Nicklaus
  3. July — British Open — Roberto De Vicenzo
  4. August — PGA Championship — Don January

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Jack Nicklaus — $188,998

• Ryder Cup: United States wins 23½ to 8½ over Britain in world team golf.

Women's Golf

• US Women's Open — Catherine Lacoste
• LPGA Championship — Kathy Whitworth
• Kathy Whitworth: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $32,937.

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• Australia — Melbourne Cup — Red Handed
• Canada — Queen's Plate — Jammed Lovely
• France — Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe — Topyo
• Ireland — Irish Derby Stakes — Ribocco

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes — Royal Palace
  2. Epsom Derby — Royal Palace
  3. St. Leger Stakes — Ribocco

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby — Proud Clarion
  2. Preakness Stakes — Damascus
  3. Belmont Stakes — Damascus

Harness Racing

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace — Meadow Paige
  2. Little Brown Jug — Best Of All
  3. Messenger Stakes — Romulus Hanover

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian — Speedy Streak
  2. Yonkers Trot
  3. Kentucky Futurity

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Binshaw

Ice Hockey

• Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Stan Mikita, Chicago Blackhawks

• Hart Memorial Trophy: for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Stan Mikita, Chicago Blackhawks

• Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs won 4 games to 2 over the Montreal Canadiens

• World Hockey Championship
  • Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Sweden

Skiing

• Alpine Skiing
• The first World Cup tour in Alpine skiing is organized for the three ski events, "Downhill," "Slalom," and "Giant Slalom."
  • The men's overall season champion: Jean-Claude Killy, France
  • The women's overall season champion: Nancy Greene, Canada

Snooker

• No World Snooker Championship challenge matches. John Pulman remains world champion

Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open — Roy Emerson
  2. French Open — Roy Emerson
  3. Wimbledon championships — John Newcombe
  4. US Open — John Newcombe

• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open — Nancy Richey
  2. French Open — Francoise Durr
  3. Wimbledon championships — Billie Jean King
  4. US Open — Billie Jean King

• Davis Cup: Australia wins 4-1 over Spain in world tennis.

General sporting events

Births

• January 2 — Helen Morgan, British field hockey goalkeeper
• January 23 — Naim Suleymanoglu, Bulgaria-born Turkish weightlifter
• February 11 — Barbara Byrne, American rower
• February 11 — Chris Reohr, American fencer
• February 11 — John Patterson US baseball player
• May 30 - Rechelle Hawkes, Australian field hockey international
• February 18 — Roberto Baggio, Italian football player
• September 5 — Jane Sixsmith, British field hockey international
• September 19 — Jim Abbott, US one-handed baseball player
• October 21 — Paul Ince, English football player

Deaths

• January 4 — Donald Campbell, land and water speed record holder
• June 29 — Primo Carnera, former Heavyweight boxing champion
• July 21 — Jimmie Foxx, Baseball Hall of Fame
• October 10 — Charlotte Cooper — tennis star, 5-time Wimbledon champion
• November 16 — Native Dancer, thoroughbred horse racing champion