1967 in sports

1967 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing

• The first Alpine Skiing World Cup is organised for the three ski events: Downhill, Slalom and Giant Slalom:
  • Men's overall champion: Jean-Claude Killy, France
  • Women's overall champion: Nancy Greene, Canada

American football

• The first Super Bowl is played on January 15 and NFL champion Green Bay Packers win 35-10 over AFL champion Kansas City Chiefs.
• December 31 – Green Bay Packers defeat Dallas Cowboys 21-17 for the 1967 NFL Championship in a now-legendary game at Lambeau Field known as the Ice Bowl
• Oakland Raiders defeat the Houston Oilers 40-7 for the 1967 American Football League Championship
• The New Orleans Saints are formed.

Association football

Athletics

• August – Athletics at the 1967 Pan American Games held at Winnipeg

Australian rules football

• 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)

Bandy

• 1967 Bandy World Championship is held in Finland and won by  Soviet Union.

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.
• October – The Kansas City Athletics become the Oakland Athletics for the 1968 season.

Basketball

• NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament –
  • UCLA wins 79–64 over Dayton. This would be the first of a record seven consecutive titles for the Bruins.
• NBA Finals –
  • Philadelphia 76ers won 4 games to 2 over the San Francisco Warriors.
• FIBA World Championship
  • Champions: USSR
• The American Basketball Association begins play as a rival league to the NBA.

Boxing

• May 9 – Muhammad 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.
• October 27 – death of Robert Carmody (29), American boxer, in the Vietnam War

Canadian football

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

Cycling

• July 30 – death of Valentín Uriona (26), Spanish road racing cyclist, following a crash during a race
• Giro d'Italia won by Felice Gimondi of Italy
• Tour de France – Roger Pingeon of France
• UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race – Eddy Merckx of Belgium

Field hockey

• Pan American Games (Men's Competition) in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  • Gold Medal: Argentina
  • Silver Medal: Trinidad & Tobago
  • Bronze Medal: United States
• 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
  • Ladies' champion: Peggy Fleming, United States
  • Pair skating champions: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov, Soviet Union
  • Ice dancing champions: Diane Towler & Bernard Ford, Great Britain

Golf

Men's professional

• Masters Tournament – Gay Brewer
• U.S. Open – Jack Nicklaus
• British Open – Roberto DeVicenzo
• PGA Championship – Don January
• PGA Tour money leader – Jack Nicklaus – $188,998
• Ryder Cup – United States wins 23½ to 8½ over Britain in team golf.

Men's amateur

• British Amateur – Bob Dickson
• U.S. Amateur – Bob Dickson

Women's professional

• Women's Western Open – Kathy Whitworth
• LPGA Championship – Kathy Whitworth
• U.S. Women's Open – Catherine Lacoste
• Titleholders Championship – not played
• LPGA Tour money leader – Kathy Whitworth – $32,937

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

Horse racing

Steeplechases

• Cheltenham Gold Cup – Woodland Venture
• Grand National – Foinavon

Flat races

• Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Red Handed
• Canada – Queen's Plate won by Jammed Lovely
• France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Topyo
• Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Ribocco
• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Royal Palace
  2. The 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

Ice hockey

• Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Stan Mikita, Chicago Black Hawks
• Hart Memorial Trophy – for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Stan Mikita, Chicago Black Hawks
• Stanley Cup – Toronto Maple Leafs won 4 games to 2 over the Montreal Canadiens
• World Hockey Championship
  • Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Sweden
• NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship – Cornell University Big Red defeat Boston University Terriers 4-1 in Syracuse, New York
• The NHL adds six new teams for the 1967–68 season.

Lacrosse

• The inaugural World Lacrosse Championship is held in Toronto, Ontario. The United States win, and Australia is the runner-up.
• The Vancouver Carlings win the Mann Cup.
• The Elora Mohawks win the Castrol Cup.
• The Oshawa Green Gaels win the Minto Cup

Motorsport

Radiosport

• Fifth Amateur Radio Direction Finding European Championship held in Cervena, Czechoslovakia.

Rugby league

• 1967 New Zealand rugby league season
• 1967 NSWRFL season
• 1966–67 Northern Rugby Football League season / 1967–68 Northern Rugby Football League season
• 17 December – first Sunday play in professional rugby league.^[1]

Rugby union

• 73rd Five Nations Championship series is won by France

Snooker

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

Swimming

• July 26 – American swimmer Mark Spitz breaks Kevin Berry's nearly three-year-old world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course) at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with a time of 2:06.4.
• August 30 – John Ferris captures the world record from fellow-American Mark Spitz in the men's 200m butterfly (long course) by swimming 2:06.0 at a meet in Tokyo, Japan.
• October 8 – Mark Spitz regains his world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course) at a meet in West Berlin, West Germany, clocking 2:05.7.

Tennis

Australia

• Australian Men's Singles Championship – Roy Emerson (Australia) defeats Arthur Ashe (USA) 6–4, 6–1, 6–4
• Australian Women's Singles Championship – Nancy Richey (USA) defeats Lesley Turner Bowrey (Australia) 6–1, 6–4

England

• Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – John Newcombe (Australia) defeats Wilhelm Bungert (West Germany) 6–3, 6–1, 6–1
• Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Billie Jean King (USA) defeats Ann Haydon-Jones (Great Britain) 6–3, 6–4

France

• French Men's Singles Championship –
• French Women's Singles Championship –

USA

• American Men's Singles Championship –
• American Women's Singles Championship –

Davis Cup

• 1967 Davis Cup –  Australia 4–1  Spain at Milton Courts (grass) Brisbane, Australia

Volleyball

• 1967 Men's European Volleyball Championship won by the USSR
• 1967 Women's European Volleyball Championship won by the USSR
• Volleyball at the 1967 Pan American Games won by USA (both men's and women's tournaments)

Water sports

• January 4 – death of Donald Campbell (45), British land and water speed record holder, who was trying to extend the record on Coniston Water, Cumbria

Yacht racing

• The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as Intrepid defeats Australian challenger Dame Pattie, of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, 4 races to 1

Multi-sport events

• Fifth Pan American Games held in Winnipeg, Canada
• Fifth Mediterranean Games held in Tunis, Tunisia
• Fifth Summer Universiade held in Tokyo, Japan

Awards

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Carl Yastrzemski, Major League Baseball
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Billie Jean King, Tennis

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