1975 in sports

1975 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

[Alpine skiing]

Alpine Skiing World Cup
* Men's overall season champion: Gustav Thöni, Italy
* Women's overall season champion: Annemarie Pröll, Austria

[American football]

January 12 − Super Bowl IX: the Pittsburgh Steelers won 16−6 over the Minnesota Vikings
* Location: Tulane Stadium
* Attendance: 80,997
* MVP: Franco Harris, FB
Birmingham Vulcans win the final season of WFL competition, had best overall record when league ceased after first twelve weeks of regular season.

[Association football]

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 Kyiv beat Ferencváros 3–0 in Basel, Switzerland.
UEFA Cup – Borussia Mönchengladbach beat FC Twente 5–1 on aggregate, with a leg played at each team's home stadium.
Ecuador – Ecuadorian Serie A Champions: Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito

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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.
October – Athletics at the 1975 Pan American Games held in Mexico City

[Australian rules football]

Victorian Football League
* North Melbourne wins the 79th VFL Premiership d Hawthorn 9.13 )
* Brownlow Medal awarded to Gary Dempsey
South Australian National Football League:
* August 23: Glenelg kick the all-time record score for a major Australian Rules competition, kicking 49.23 to Central District's 11.13. It beat the previous record by an amazing 91 points.

[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 Division I Men's 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.

[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

[Cricket]

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

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Giro d'Italia won by Fausto Bertoglio of Italy
Tour de France – Bernard Thévenet of France
UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race – Hennie Kuiper of Netherlands

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The first disc ultimate games in Canada are played as exhibition games at the Canadian Open Frisbee Championships on Toronto Islands.
Ultimate is played as an exhibition of a new sport at the World Frisbee Championships at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

[Dogsled racing]

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

[Field hockey]

Men's World Cup held in Kuala Lumpur and won by India
1975 Pan American Games men's competition held in Mexico City and won by Argentina

[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

[Golf]

Men's professional

Masters Tournament – Jack Nicklaus
U.S. Open – Lou Graham
Western Open - Hale Irwin
British Open – Tom Watson
PGA Championship – Jack Nicklaus
PGA Tour money leader – Jack Nicklaus – $298,149
Ryder Cup – United States wins 21–11 over Britain & Ireland in team golf.

Men's amateur

British Amateur – Vinny Giles
U.S. Amateur – Fred Ridley

Women's professional

LPGA Championship – Kathy Whitworth
U.S. Women's Open – Sandra Palmer
LPGA Tour money leader – Sandra Palmer – $76,374

[Harness racing]

United States Pacing Triple Crown races –
# Cane Pace – Nero
# Little Brown Jug – Seatrain
# Messenger Stakes – Bret's Champ
United States Trotting Triple Crown races –
# Hambletonian – Bonefish
# Yonkers Trot – Surefire Hanover
# Kentucky Futurity – Noble Rogue
Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
* Pacers: Young Quinn

[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 widely believed to have been the greatest thoroughbred filly ever was humanely put down.

Steeplechases

Cheltenham Gold Cup – Ten Up
Grand National – L'Escargot

Flat races

Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Think Big
Canada – Queen's Plate won by L'Enjoleur
France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Star Appeal
Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Grundy
English Triple Crown Races:
# 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Bolkonski
# The Derby – Grundy
# St. Leger Stakes – Bruni
United States Triple Crown Races:
# Kentucky Derby – Foolish Pleasure
# Preakness Stakes – Master Derby
# Belmont Stakes – Avatar

[Ice hockey]

Art Ross 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
Avco World Trophy – Houston Aeros win 4 games to 0 over the Quebec Nordiques
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, Missouri

[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.