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Athletics

For an extensive coverage see 1975 in athletics (track and field)

Marathon

August 30 — Enschede Marathon, Netherlands
- Men's Winner: Ron Hill (ENG) 2:15:59

October 20 — Pan American Games Marathon, Mexico City, Mexico
- Men's Winner: Rigoberto Mendoza (CUB) 2:25:03

December 7 — Fukuoka Marathon, Japan
- Men's Winner: Jerome Drayton (CAN) 2:10:09

World Records

August 12 — New Zealand's John Walker set a new world record in Gothenburg, Sweden, becoming the first man to break 3:50 for the mile when he clocked 3:49.4.

Auto Racing

Stock car racing:
- Benny Parsons won the Daytona 500
- NASCAR Championship - Richard Petty
Indianapolis 500 - Bobby Unser
USAC Racing - A.J. Foyt won the season championship
Formula One Championship - Niki Lauda of Austria
24 hours of Le Mans:
- the team of Jacky Ickx / Derek Bell won, driving a Mirage GR8
Rally racing - the team of Sandro Munari / Mario Manucci won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Lancia Stratos HF
Drag racing - Don Garlits won the NHRA "Top Fuel" championship.

Baseball

January 23: Slugger Ralph Kiner is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

September 16: Pirates second baseman Rennie Stennett ties Wilbert Robinson's ML record, set June 10, 1892, by going 7-for-7 in a 9-inning game. He scored five of his club's runs in a 22–0 massacre of the Cubs, a major-league record for the biggest score in a shutout game in the 20th century.

World Series: Cincinnati Reds win 4 games to 3 over the Boston Red Sox. Often described as one of the most memorable of all World Series.

Basketball

April 9 - Asia's first professional basketball league, the Philippine Basketball Association played its first game at the Araneta Coliseum.

Darryl Dawkins becomes the first NBA player drafted out of high school.

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship:
- UCLA wins 92-85 over Kentucky in John Wooden's final game as Bruins coach.

NBA Finals:
- Golden State Warriors win 4 games to 0 over the Washington Bullets

1975 ABA Finals:
- Kentucky Colonels defeat Indiana Pacers 4 games to 1

Boxing

October 1 in Manila, Philippines Muhammad Ali defeated Joe Frazier to maintain the Heavyweight Championship of the world. Known as the Thrilla In Manila, many regard it as the greatest fight in boxing history.

Cricket

1975 Cricket World Cup, the first to be held. West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs.

Cycling

Giro d'Italia won by Fausto Bertoglio of Italy
Tour de France - Bernard Thévenet of France
World Cycling Championship: Hennie Kuiper of Netherlands

Dogsled racing

Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
- Emmitt Peters won with lead dogs: Nugget & Digger

Field Hockey

Men's World Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Gold Medal: India
- Silver Medal: Pakistan
- Bronze Medal: West Germany

Pan American Games (Men's Competition) in Mexico City, Mexico
- Gold Medal: Argentina
- Silver Medal: Canada
- Bronze Medal: Mexico

March 8 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium,England. England beat Wales 2-0.

Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships:
- Men's champion: Sergey Nikolayevich Volkov, Soviet Union
- Ladies' champion: Dianne de Leeuw, Netherlands
- Pair skating champions: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev, Soviet Union
- Ice dancing champions: Irina Moiseyeva & Andrei Minenkov, Soviet Union

Football (American)

Super Bowl IX: Pittsburgh Steelers won 16-6 over the Minnesota Vikings
Oklahoma Sooners - college football championship.

Football (Australian rules football)

Victorian Football League
- North Melbourne wins the 79th VFL Premiership (North Melbourne 19.8 (122) d Hawthorn 9.13 (67))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Gary Dempsey (Footscray)

Football (Canadian football)

Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos won 9-8 over the Montreal Alouettes
Vanier Cup: Ottawa Gee-Gees won 14-9 over the Calgary Dinos

Football (Soccer)

For an extensive coverage see 1975 in football (soccer)

Brazil - Internacional wins the Campeonato Brasileiro
England - the League Championship: Derby County took the title for the second time in four seasons, finishing two points clear of Liverpool and Ipswich Town.
England - FA Cup: West Ham United beat Fulham 2-0 at Wembley Stadium in front of 100,000 people. Alan Taylor was the scorer of both goals.
England - League Cup: Aston Villa beat Norwich City 1-0 at Wembley Stadium.
European Cup: Bayern Munich defeated Leeds United 2-0 in a controversial final at the Parc des Princes, Paris.
European Cup Winners Cup: Dynamo Kiev beat Ferencvaros 3-0 in Basle, Switzerland.
UEFA Cup: Borussia Mönchengladbach beat FC Twente 5-1 on aggregate, with a leg played at each team's home stadium.

Golf

Men's Golf

Grand Slam of golf results:
1. April 10-13 - The Masters - Jack Nicklaus
2. June 19-23 - US Open - Lou Graham
3. July 9-13 - British Open - Tom Watson
4. August 7-10 - PGA Championship - Jack Nicklaus

PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Jack Nicklaus - $298,149

Ryder Cup: United States wins 21-11 over Britain & Ireland in world team golf

Women's Golf

US Women's Open - Sandra Palmer
LPGA Championship - Kathy Whitworth
Sandra Palmer is the leading money winner on the LPGA tour with earnings of $94,805.

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

July 6 - In what was billed as the "Battle of the sexes," Kentucky Derby winner, Foolish Pleasure went head to head in a match race against the undefeated filly, Ruffian. In the lead, Ruffian broke a leg and after an unsuccessful operation to save her, the horse most believe to be the greatest thoroughbred filly ever, was humanely put down.

Australia - Melbourne Cup - Think Big
Canada - Queen's Plate - L'Enjoleur
France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Star Appeal
Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Grundy

English Triple Crown Races:
1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes - Bolkonski
2. Epsom Derby - Grundy
3. St. Leger Stakes - Bruni

United States Triple Crown Races:
1. May 3 - Kentucky Derby - Foolish Pleasure
2. Preakness Stakes - Master Derby
3. Belmont Stakes - Avatar

Harness Racing

United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
1. Cane Pace - Nero
2. Little Brown Jug - Seatrain
3. Messenger Stakes - Bret's Champ

United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
1. Hambletonian - Bonefish
2. Yonkers Trot
3. Kentucky Futurity

Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
- Pacers: Young Quinn

Ice Hockey

Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins.

Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Bobby Clarke, Philadelphia Flyers

Stanley Cup - Philadelphia Flyers defeat the Buffalo Sabres 4 games to 2

World Hockey Championship:
- Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia

SM-liiga, the Finnish professional ice hockey league, launched its first season 1975-1976
NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship: Michigan Technological University Huskies defeat University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Golden Gophers 6-1 in St. Louis, MO

Lacrosse

The National Lacrosse League of 1974 and 1975 play their 2nd and last season.
The Quebec Caribous defeat the Montreal Québécois 4 games to 2 to win the National Lacrosse League (1974-75) Championship.
The Vancouver Burrards win the Mann Cup.
The Windsor Warlocks win the Founders Cup.
The Peterborough Gray Munros win the Minto Cup.

Orienteering

First Ski Orienteering World Championships held in Hyvinkää, Finland.

Skiing

Alpine Skiing
- The men's overall season champion: Gustav Thöni, Italy
- The women's overall season champion: Annemarie Pröll, Austria

Snooker

World Snooker Championship: Ray Reardon beats Eddie Charlton 31-30

Swimming

The second FINA World Championships held in Cali, Colombia

Tennis

Grand Slam in tennis men's results:

Grand Slam in tennis women's results:

Davis Cup: Sweden wins 3-2 over Czechoslovakia in world tennis.
18 year old Martina Navratilova of Czechoslovakia announces her defection to the United States of America

Volleyball

Asian Championship in Melbourne, Australia
- Men's Tournament
  - Gold Medal: Japan
  - Silver Medal: South Korea
  - Bronze Medal: China
- Women's Tournament
  - Gold Medal: Japan
  - Silver Medal: South Korea
  - Bronze Medal: China

European Championship in Yugoslavia
- Men's Tournament
  - Gold Medal: Soviet Union
  - Silver Medal: Poland
  - Bronze Medal: Yugoslavia
- Women's Tournament
  - Gold Medal: Soviet Union
  - Silver Medal: Hungary
  - Bronze Medal: East Germany

Pan American Games in Mexico City, Mexico
- Men's Tournament
  - Gold Medal: Cuba
  - Silver Medal: Brazil
  - Bronze Medal: Mexico
- Women's Tournament
  - Gold Medal: Cuba
  - Silver Medal: Peru
  - Bronze Medal: Mexico

Water Polo

Men's World Championship in Cali, Colombia
- Gold Medal: Soviet Union
- Silver Medal: Hungary
- Bronze Medal: Italy

General sporting events

Seventh Pan American Games held in Mexico City, Mexico

Seventh Mediterranean Games held in Algiers, Algeria

Eighth Summer Universiade held in Rome, Italy

Eighth Winter Universiade held in Livigno, Italy

Awards

Births

January

January 1 — Chris Anstey, Australian basketball player
January 1 — Skippy Hamahona, New Zealand field hockey player
January 3 — Lisa Misipeka, Samoan athlete
January 4 — Bevan Hari, New Zealand field hockey striker
January 6 — Daniela Krukower, Argentine judoka
January 6 — Ricardo Santos, Brazilian beach volleyball player
January 12 — Marina Akobia, Russian water polo player
January 13 — Tom Becker, Australian baseball player
January 15 — Mary Pierce, Canadian-born French tennis player
January 19 — Natalie Harvey, Australian athlete
January 21 — Willem Korsten, Dutch football player
January 25 — Martin Laciga, Swiss beach volleyball player
January 29 — Hendrik Dreekmann, German tennis player
January 29 — Elena Urkizu, Spanish field hockey defender
January 30 — Magnus Bäckstedt, Swedish cyclist
January 30 — Giacomo Galanda, Italian basketball player
January 30 — Leondino Giombini, Italian volleyball player
January 30 — Botond Storcz, Hungarian canoer
January 31 — Neville Godwin, South African tennis player

February

February 1 — Ekaterini Thanou, Greek athlete
February 2 — Sergey Filimonov, Kazakh weightlifter
February 2 — Björn Michel, German field hockey player
February 2 — Robert van der Zant, Australian medley swimmer
February 4 — Denis Pimankov, Russian swimmer
February 5 — Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dutch football (soccer) player
February 6 — Brett Hawke, Australian swimmer
February 6 — Alexandr Maletin, Russian boxer
February 8 — Clarence Acuña, Chilean football (soccer) player
February 9 — Kurt Asle Arvesen, Norwegian cyclist
February 9 — Viktor Tchistiakov, Russian-born Australian athlete
February 10 — Hiroki Kuroda, Japanese baseball pitcher
February 11 — Pedro Emanuel, Angolan football (soccer) player
February 11 — Chuck Watanabe, kayaker
February 15 — Jens Knippschild, German tennis player
February 16 — Casey Barrett, Canadian butterfly swimmer
February 19 — Mohamed Aly, Egyptian boxer
February 19 — Art Binkowski, Polish-born Canadian heavyweight boxer
February 20 — Maria Liktoras, Polish volleyball player
February 21 — Tuomas Ketola, Finnish tennis player
February 23 — Wilbert Pennings, Dutch high jumper
February 25 — Simone Cercato, Italian swimmer
February 25 — Hercules Kyvelos, Canadian boxer
February 26 — Cindy Werley, American field hockey player

March

March 3 — Robin D'Abreo, Indian-born Canadian field hockey player
March 4 — Myrna Veenstra, Dutch field hockey player
March 6 — Richard Lambourne, American volleyball player
March 6 — Minouche Smit, Dutch freestyle and medley swimmer
March 7 — Clair Fearnley, Australian athlete
March 9 — Roy Makaay, Dutch football player
March 12 — Camila Pedrosa, Brazilian water polo player
March 12 — Attila Zubor, Hungarian freestyle swimmer
March 13 — Stefan Aartsen, Dutch butterfly swimmer
March 14 — Dimitri Markov, Belorussian-born Australian athlete
March 16 — Keiko Miura, Japanese field hockey player
March 19 — Jingyi Le, Chinese freestyle swimmer
March 21 — Mark Williams, British snooker player
March 23 — Rita Grande, Italian tennis player
March 24 — Sarah Jamieson, Australian athlete
March 24 — Thomas Johansson, Swedish tennis player
March 26 — Guus Vogels, Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
March 29 — Jan Bos, Dutch speed skater and cyclist

April

April 1 — Magdalena Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player
April 1 — Kristine Quance, American breaststroke and medley swimmer
April 3 — Koji Uehara, Japanese professional baseball pitcher
April 3 — Yoshinobu Takahashi, Japanese professional baseball player
April 4 — Faustino Reyes, Spanish boxer
April 5 — Nicole Dryden, Canadian backstroke and freestyle swimmer
April 5 — Tonton Semakala, Zaire-born boxer from Sweden
April 10 — Suzie Muirhead, New Zealand field hockey defender
April 11 — Suzu Chiba, Japanese freestyle swimmer
April 13 — Torsten Spanneberg, German swimmer
April 14 — Adam Basil, Australian athlete
April 16 — Flávio Canto, Brazilian judoka
April 19 — Bram Lomans, Dutch field hockey player
April 19 — Rikke Olsen, Danish female badminton player
April 21 — Danyon Loader, New Zealand swimmer
April 27 — Kazuyoshi Funaki, Japanese ski jumper
April 29 — Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Polish sailor
April 29 — Volodymyr Nikolaychuk, Ukrainian backstroke swimmer

May

May 1 — Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroon football player (d. 2003)
May 2 — David Beckham, English footballer
May 2 — Murray Burdan, New Zealand freestyle and butterfly swimmer
May 4 — Diana Weavers, New Zealand field hockey defender
May 7 — Roxana Maracineanu, French backstroke swimmer
May 9 — Marieke Wijsman, Dutch speed skater
May 10 — Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian Indy Car driver
May 12 — Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby union player
May 14 — Nicki Sørensen, Danish cyclist
May 14 — Christopher Wreh, Liberian footballer
May 16 — Simon Whitfield, Olympic triathlon champion
May 17 — Dinesh Nayak, Indian field hockey defender
May 20 — Mario Almada, Argentine field hockey player
May 20 — Mariela Antoniska, Argentine field hockey goalkeeper
May 20 — Paula Harmokivi, Finnish freestyle swimmer
May 20 — Hwang Jong-Hyun, South Korean field hockey player
May 22 — Pablo Chacón, Argentine boxer
May 25 — Fabíola Molina, Brazilian swimmer
May 25 — Carles Sans, Spanish water polo player
May 26 — Alessandro Calcaterra, Italian water polo player
May 26 — Carl Verheijen, Dutch speed skater
May 28 — Marko Strahija, Croatian backstroke swimmer
May 29 — Bianca Langham Pritchard, Australian field hockey player
May 31 — Harold de Man, Dutch alpine skier

June

June 8 — Svetlana Kuzina, Russian water polo player
June 9 — Brian Magee, Northern Irish boxer
June 10 — Pablo Meana, Argentine volleyball player
June 16 — Asa Svensson, Swedish tennis player
June 17 — Magnus Petersson, Swedish archer
June 19 — Ed Coode, British rower
June 19 — Alexandre Massura, Brazilian freestyle swimmer
June 20 — Mehmet Uğur Taner, Turkish-American swimmer
June 22 — Andreas Klöden, German cyclist
June 23 — Jane Jamieson, Australian athlete
June 23 — Chris Witty, American speed skater and cyclist
June 25 — Juan Benavides, Spanish freestyle swimmer
June 25 — Susan Chepkemei, Kenyan long-distance runner
June 25 — Albert Costa, Spanish tennis player
June 27 — Sarah Evanetz, Canadian butterfly swimmer
June 27 — Dennis van der Geest, Dutch judoka
June 27 — Ivette María, Spanish backstroke swimmer
June 28 — Mercedes Margalot, Argentine field hockey defender
June 29 — Laudelino Barros, Brazilian boxer
June 29 — José Luis Moltó, Spanish volleyball player
June 30 — Ralf Schumacher, German Formula 1-driver

July

July 2 — Kate Fairweather, Australian archer
July 2 — Olivier Sanou, Burkinan athlete
July 5 — Hernán Crespo, Argentine football (soccer) player
July 5 — Ai Sugiyama, Japanese tennis player
July 6 — Nestor García, Uruguayan marathon runner
July 11 — Rubén Baraja, Spanish football (soccer) player
July 17 — Troy Amos-Ross, Canadian boxer
July 21 — Victor Hugo Castro, Argentine boxer
July 21 — Claudia Franco, Spanish freestyle swimmer
July 22 — Pedro Monteiro, Brazilian butterfly swimmer
July 27 — Angela Maurer, German long-distance swimmer
July 27 – Alex Rodriguez, American baseball player
July 28 — Yoav Meiri, Israeli butterfly swimmer
July 31 — Andrew Hall, South African cricketer

August

August 1 — Bogdan Ţărus, Romanian athlete
August 11 — Enrique de la Fuente, Spanish volleyball player
August 12 — Paul Gaudoin, Australian field hockey player
August 12 — Taryn Woods, Australian water polo player
August 13 — Paul Briggs, Australian boxer
August 20 — Beatrice Caslaru, Romanian swimmer
August 22 — Franco Squillari, Argentine tennis player
August 25 — Hervé Nzelo-Lembi, Congolese football (soccer) player
August 25 — Petria Thomas, Australian swimmer
August 27 — Trent Durrington, Australian baseball player
August 27 — Caryn Paewai, New Zealand field hockey player
August 30 — Roberto Carretero, Spanish tennis player

September

September 3 — Cristobal Huet, French ice hockey goaltender
September 4 — Julie Deiters, Dutch field hockey player
September 6 — Ryoko Tani, Japanese judo competitor
September 8 — Elena Likhovtseva, Russian tennis player
September 9 — Dorota Zagórska, Polish figure-skater
September 10 — María del Mar Feito, Spanish field hockey forward
September 14 — Marian Simion, Romanian boxer
September 15 — Tom Dolan, American swimmer
September 15 — Jimy Szymanski, Venezuelan tennis player
September 20 — Juan Pablo Montoya, Colombian Formule 1-driver
September 25 — Claire Taylor, English cricketer
September 27 — Krzysztof Nowak, Polish football (soccer) player (d. 2005)
September 28 — Lenny Krayzelburg, Ukrainian-born swimmer
September 30 — Dennis Gentenaar, Dutch football (soccer) goalkeeper

October

October 3 — Ingrid Leijendekker, Dutch water polo player
October 7 — Nicol Pitro, German badminton player
October 8 — Tatiana Grigorieva, Australian athlete and model
October 11 — Luis Ernesto José, Dominican Republic boxer
October 12 — Marion Jones, American athlete
October 13 — Noam Behr, Israeli tennis player
October 14 — Floyd Landis, American cyclist
October 15 — Michael Brennan, Australian field hockey midfielder
October 20 — Nadine Kleinert, German shot putter
October 21 — Ahmed Ismail, Egyptian boxer
October 24 — Shane Hair, Australian athlete
October 24 — Rolf Landerl, Austrian football (soccer) player
October 30 — Joanne Malar, Canadian swimmer
October 31 — Jagan Hames, Australian athlete

November

November 1 — Erben Wennemars, Dutch speed skater
November 3 — Marta Domínguez, Spanish athlete
November 4 — Eduard Kokcharov, Russian handball player
November 7 — Mike Mintenko, Canadian freestyle and butterfly swimmer
November 8 — Francia Jackson, Dominican Republic volleyball player
November 11 — Mike Mahood, Canadian field hockey goalkeeper
November 12 — Jason Lezak, Jewish-American swimmer
November 14 — Gerritjan Eggenkamp, Dutch rower
November 14 — Gabriela Szabo, Romanian track and field athlete
November 15 — Francisco Osorio, Colombian boxer
November 16 — Katia Benth, French sprinting athlete
November 16 — Björn Emmerling, German field hockey player
November 22 — Ayelen Stepnik, Argentine field hockey player
November 25 — Tom Wilkens, American swimmer
November 28 — Dyana Calub, Australian backstroke swimmer

December

December 1 — Sophia Skou, Danish swimmer
December 3 — Nadine Neumann, Australian breaststroke swimmer
December 5 — Ronnie O'Sullivan, British snooker player
December 7 — José Anastácio de Albuquerque, Brazilian boxer
December 9 — Ondřej Sosenka, Czech cyclist
December 14 — Sukhbir Singh Gill, Indian field hockey midfielder
December 17 — Nick Farrell, Canadian boxer
December 18 — Juan José Salvador, Spanish volleyball player
December 18 — Vincent van der Voort, Dutch darts player
December 23 — Robert Bartko, German track cyclist
December 26 — Marcelo Ríos, Chilean tennis player
December 27 — Patrick Paauwe, Dutch football (soccer) player
December 30 — Tiger Woods, American golfer
December 31 — Philip Singoei, Kenyan long-distance runner

Deaths

January 5 – Don Wilson, American Major League Baseball pitcher (1966-1974)
March 21 – Joe Medwick, American Major League Baseball player (1932-1948)
April 4 – Sven Rydell, Swedish football (soccer) player (b. 1905)
May 22 – Lefty Grove, American Major League Baseball pitching great (1925-1941)
May 27 – Ezzard Charles, Heavyweight Boxing Champion
June 4 – Wendell Ladner, American NBA basketball player
June 28 — Serge Reding (33), Belgian weightlifter (b. 1941)
July 7 – Ruffian, undefeated filly race horse who broke a leg during a match race the previous day and had to put down after an usuccessful operation
August 4 — Sam Olij (74), Dutch heavyweight boxer (b. 1900)
August 17 – Vladimir Kuts, Russian distance runner, Olympic gold medalist
September 29 – Casey Stengel, American NY Yankees manager (1949-60)
October 4 – May Sutton, US Open & Wimbledon tennis champion
October 28 – Georges Carpentier (81), French boxer (b. 1894)
November 29 – Graham Hill, F1 race car champion
December 1 – Nellie Fox, American Major League Baseball player (1947-1965)

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