1976 in sports

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Contents 1 Athletics 1.1 Marathon 2 Auto Racing 3 Baseball 4 Basketball 5 Boxing 6 Cycling 7 Dogsled racing 8 Field Hockey 9 Figure skating 10 Football (American) 11 Football (Australian rules football) 12 Football (Canadian) 13 Football (Soccer) 14 Golf 15 Thoroughbred Horse Racing 16 Harness Racing 17 Ice Hockey 18 Skiing 19 Snooker 20 Swimming 20.1 Events 20.2 Records 21 Tennis 22 General sporting events 23 Awards 24 Births 24.1 January 24.2 February 24.3 March 24.4 April 24.5 May 24.6 June 24.7 July 24.8 August 24.9 September 24.10 October 24.11 November 24.12 December 25 Deaths

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Marathon

• July 31 — Olympic Marathon, Montreal, Canada
  • Men's Winner: Waldemar Cierpinski (GDR) 2:09:55

• December 5 — Fukuoka Marathon, Japan
  • Men's Winner: Jerome Drayton (CAN) 2:12:35

[edit] Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • February 15David Pearson won the Daytona 500 in a memorable last-lap duel with Richard Petty
  • NASCAR Championship - Cale Yarborough
• Indianapolis 500 - Johnny Rutherford
• USAC Racing - Gordon Johncock won the season championship
• Formula One Championship:
  • James Hunt of Britain
  • Niki Lauda's famous accident occurred during the German Grand Prix at Nürburgring.
• 24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Jacky Ickx / Gijs van Lennep won, driving a Porsche 936
• Rally racing - the team of Sandro Munari / Mario Manucci won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Lancia Stratos HF
• Drag racing: Shirley Muldowney won "Top Fuel" at the NHRA World Finals
• Touring car racing: Bob Morris and John Fitzpatrick won the Bathurst 1000, driving a Holden Torana

[edit] Baseball

• April 25 - Chicago Cubs outfielder Rick Monday rescues an American flag just as two protestors are about to burn it in the outfield during a game at Dodger Stadium.
• Sparky Lyle breaks Hoyt Wilhelm's American League record of 154 career saves.
• World Series: The Cincinnati Reds (aka the "Big Red Machine") sweep the New York Yankees, 4 games to 0, to win their second straight championship.

[edit] Basketball

• NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship:
  • Indiana wins 86-68 over Michigan

• NBA Finals:
  • Boston Celtics win 4 games to 2 over the Phoenix Suns

• October 26-Outdoor Basketball Association debuts

[edit] Boxing

• September 28 in Yankee Staium, Bronx, New York Muhammad Ali won a controversial 15-round decision over Ken Norton to keep his World Heavyweight title.
• October 8 in São Paulo, Brazil, former world featherweight champion Eder Jofre fought his last fight, outpointing Mexico's Octavio (Famoso) Gomez in ten rounds.

[edit] Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Felice Gimondi of Italy
• Tour de France - Lucien Van Impe of Belgium
• World Cycling Championship: Freddy Maertens of Belgium

[edit] Dogsled racing

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
  • Gerald Riley won with lead dogs: Puppy & Sugar

[edit] Field Hockey

• Olympic Games (Men's Competition) in Montreal, Canada
  • Gold Medal: New Zealand
  • Silver Medal: Australia
  • Bronze Medal: Pakistan

• Women's World Cup in Berlin, West Germany
  • Gold Medal: West Germany
  • Silver Medal: Argentina
  • Bronze Medal: The Netherlands

• March 13 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium,England. England beat Scotland 3-0.

[edit] Figure skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: John Curry, Britain
  • Ladies' champion: Dorothy Hamill, United States
  • Pair skating champions: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev, Soviet Union
  • Ice dancing champions: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Alexandr Gorshkov, Soviet Union

[edit] Football (American)

• Super Bowl X:January 18 Pittsburgh Steelers won 21-17 over the Dallas Cowboys
• Pittsburgh Panthers are voted NCAA Football National Champions.

[edit] Football (Australian rules football)

• Victorian Football League
  • Hawthorn wins the 80th VFL Premiership (Hawthorn 13.22 (100) d North Melbourne 10.10 (70))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to Graham Moss (Essendon)

[edit] Football (Canadian)

• Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders won 23-20 over the Saskatchewan Roughriders
• Vanier Cup: Western Ontario Mustangs won 29-13 over the Acadia Axmen

[edit] Football (Soccer)

For an extensive coverage see 1976 in football (soccer)

• England - FA Cup: Southampton won 1-0 over Manchester United
• Italy - Torino win Serie A for the first time since the Superga air disaster wiped out the team 27 years before.
• 1976 European Championship - Czechoslovakia beat West Germany 5-3 on penalties to win , after the game had ended 2-2 after extra time.

[edit] Golf

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. April - The Masters - Ray Floyd
  2. June - US Open - Jerry Pate
  3. July - British Open - Johnny Miller
  4. August - PGA Championship - Dave Stockton

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Jack Nicklaus - $266,439

Women's Golf

• US Women's Open - JoAnne Carner
• LPGA Championship - Betty Burfeindt
• Judy Rankin is the leading money winner on the LPGA tour. With total earnings of $150,734, she is the first to ever earn more than $100,000 in a season.

[edit] Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• Australia - Melbourne Cup - Van der Hum
• Canada - Queen's Plate - Norcliffe
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Ivanjica
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Malacate

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Wollow
  2. Epsom Derby - Empery
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Crow

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Bold Forbes
  2. Preakness Stakes - Elocutionist
  3. Belmont Stakes - Bold Forbes

[edit] Harness Racing

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Keystone Ore
  2. Little Brown Jug - Keystone Ore
  3. Messenger Stakes - Windshield Wiper

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Steve Lobell
  2. Yonkers Trot - Steve Lobell
  3. Kentucky Futurity - Quick Pay

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Carclew
  • Trotters: Bay Johnny

[edit] Ice Hockey

• Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens

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

• Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens win 4 games to 0 over the Philadelphia Flyers

• World Hockey Championship:
  • Men's champion: Czechoslovakia defeated the Soviet Union
• NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Golden Gophers defeat Michigan Technological University Huskies 6-4 in Denver, CO

[edit] Skiing

• Alpine Skiing
  • The men's overall season champion: Ingemar Stenmark, Sweden
  • The women's overall season champion: Rosi Mittermaier, W. Germany

[edit] Snooker

• World Snooker Championship: Ray Reardon beats Alex Higgins 27-16
• World rankings are introduced. Ray Reardon becomes the first world number one, for 1976/77.

[edit] Swimming

[edit] Events

• XXI Olympic Games, held in Montreal, Canada (July 18 – July 25)

[edit] Records

• August 14 — USA's Jonty Skinner sets the first official world record in the 50m freestyle at a swimming meet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, clocking 23.86.

[edit] Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Mark Edmondson
  2. French Open - Adriano Panatta
  3. Wimbledon championships - Björn Borg
  4. US Open - Jimmy Connors

• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open - Evonne Goolagong Cawley
  2. French Open - Sue Barker
  3. Wimbledon championships - Chris Evert
  4. US Open - Chris Evert

• Davis Cup: Italy wins 4-1 over Chile in world tennis.

[edit] General sporting events

• 1976 Summer Olympics takes place in Montreal, Canada
  • USSR wins the most medals (125), and the most gold medals (49).

• 1976 Winter Olympics takes place in Innsbruck, Austria
  • USSR wins the most medals (27), and the most gold medals (13).

• Fifth Pan Arab Games held in Damascus, Syria

[edit] Awards

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Bruce Jenner, Track and field
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Nadia Comaneci, Gymnastics
• ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year: Nadia Comaneci, Gymnastics

[edit] Births

[edit] January

• January 1 — Mel Clewlow, British field hockey player
• January 2 — Danilo di Luca, Italian cyclist
• January 4 — Ezequiel Paulón, Argentine field hockey defender
• January 6 — Amy Gillett, Australian rower and cyclist (d. 2005)
• January 6 — Chun Lee-kyung, South Korean short track speed skater
• January 6 — Jeremy Linn, American swimmer
• January 7 — Éric Gagné, Canadian baseball player
• January 7 — Vic Darchinyan, Armenian-born Australian boxer
• January 10 — Remy Bonjasky, Surinam-born K1-fighter from The Netherlands
• January 11 — Bindi Kullar, Canadian field hockey player
• January 12 — Krešimir Čač, Croatian butterfly swimmer
• January 16 — Martina Moravcová, Slovak swimmer
• January 16 — Germán Orozco, Argentine field hockey defender
• January 18 — Lars Paaske, Danish badminton player
• January 20 — Mónica Rueda, Spanish field hockey defender
• January 20 — Gretha Smit, Dutch speed skater
• January 22 — Stefan van Dijk, Dutch cyclist
• January 23 — Phillip Boudreault, Canadian boxer
• January 29 — Karsten Kroon, Dutch cyclist

[edit] February

• February 2 — Steven Dewick, Australian backstroke swimmer
• February 2 — James Hickman, English swimmer
• February 3 — Cătălin Hâldan, Romanian football (soccer) player (d. 2000)
• February 5 — Sione Jongstra, Dutch triathlete
• February 5 — Attila Savolt, Hungarian tennis player
• February 6 — Nelson Mora, Venezuelan swimmer
• February 8 — Sissy van Alebeek, Dutch female cyclist
• February 13 — Chantal de Bruijn, Dutch field hockey player
• February 15 — Óscar Freire, Spanish cyclist
• February 16 — Xavier Ribas, Spanish field hockey defender
• February 18 — Chanda Rubin, American tennis player
• February 26 — Anna Bennett, English field hockey player
• February 26 — Attila Vari, Hungarian water polo player
• February 27 — Ludovic Capelle, Belgian cyclist
• February 28 — Adam Pine, Australian freestyle and butterfly swimmer

[edit] March

• March 4 — Hiram Bocachica, Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player
• March 4 — Thierry Renaer, Belgian field hockey defender
• March 4 — Vic Wunderle, American archer
• March 5 — Wayne Denne, South African field hockey player
• March 5 — Sarunas Jasikevicius, Lithuanian basketball player
• March 5 — Sergey Mihaylov, Uzbek boxer
• March 6 — Antoine Dénériaz, French alpine skier
• March 7 — Agnaldo Nunes, Brazilian boxer
• March 9 — Anier García, Cuban athlete
• March 10 — Vanessa Atkinson, England-born Dutch squash player
• March 10 — Lieja Tunks, Dutch athlete
• March 14 — Brendon Dedekind, South African swimmer
• March 14 — Sarah Ulmer, New Zealand cyclist
• March 17 — Álvaro Recoba, Uruguay football (soccer) player
• March 19 — Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov, Kazakh boxer
• March 19 — Franziska Gude, German field hockey midfielder
• March 19 — Alessandro Nesta, Italian football (soccer) player
• March 20 — Julia Zwehl, German field hockey goalkeeper
• March 21 — Han Hyung-Bae, South Korean field hockey player
• March 22 — Teun de Nooijer, Dutch field hockey player
• March 24 — Peyton Manning, NFL player, league co-MVP in 2003
• March 24 — Aaron Brooks, NFL player
• March 25 — Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian heavyweight boxer
• March 29 — Igor Astarloa, Spanish cyclist
• March 29 — Jennifer Capriati, American tennis player
• March 31 — Graeme Smith, Scottish freestyle swimmer

[edit] April

• April 1 — Clarence Seedorf, Dutch football (soccer) player
• April 3 — Nicolas Escudé, French tennis player
• April 5 — Aleksei Budõlin, Estonian judoka
• April 5 — Kim Collins, Saint Kitts and Nevis athlete
• April 5 — David Staniforth, South African field hockey goalkeeper
• April 8 — Tieme Klompe, Dutch football (soccer) player
• April 10 — John van Lottum, Dutch tennis player
• April 13 — Nami Miyazaki, Japanese field hockey goalkeeper
• April 14 — Baeden Choppy, Australian field hockey striker
• April 18 — Andrew Ilie, Romanian-born tennis player from Australia
• April 20 — Big Ben, world champion show-jumping horse
• April 24 — Steve Finnan, Irish football (soccer) player
• April 25 — Tim Duncan, basketball player, two-time NBA MVP
• April 25 — Rainer Schuettler, German tennis player
• April 26 — Wijan Ponlid, Thai boxer
• April 26 — Peter Short, Canadian field hockey player
• April 23 — Dirk van 't Klooster, Dutch baseball player
• April 27 — Olaf Tufte, Norwegian rower
• April 27 — Walter Pandiani, Uruguay football (soccer) player
• April 28 — Sylwia Nowak, Polish figure skater

[edit] May

• May 1 — Patricia Stokkers, Dutch swimmer
• May 3 — Juan Pablo Hourquebie, Argentine field hockey defender
• May 6 — Adam Commens, Australian field hockey midfielder
• May 6 — Ivan de la Peña, Spanish football (soccer) player
• May 8 — Kim Christiansen, Norwegian snowboarder
• May 9 — Mitesh Patel, New Zealand field hockey player
• May 10 — Romain Barnier, French freestyle swimmer
• May 13 — Hamid Ait Bighrade, Moroccan boxer
• May 13 — Bobbi Jo Steadward, Canadian field hockey defender
• May 15 — Tyler Walker, American baseball player
• May 17 — Daniel Komen, Kenyan runner
• May 17 — Kirsten Vlieghuis, Dutch freestyle swimmer
• May 20 — Naoko Imoto, Japanese freestyle swimmer
• May 21 — Graham Dunlop, Scottish field hockey player
• May 25 — Stefan Holm, Swedish athlete
• May 27 — Bianca Netzler, Australian field hockey player
• May 29 — Sergei Liakhovich, Belarussian boxer
• May 31 — Mashona Washington, American tennis player

[edit] June

• June 1 — Niniwa Roberts, New Zealand field hockey striker
• June 1 — Lars Conrad, German freestyle swimmer
• June 3 — Jens Kruppa, German swimmer
• June 4 — Nenad Zimonjić, Serbian tennis player
• June 6 — Hamza Yerlikaya, Turkish Greco-Roman style wrestler
• June 8 — Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player
• June 8 — Jennifer Rodriguez, Cuban-American speed skater
• June 8 — Josep Sánchez, Spanish field hockey player
• June 9 — Laurence Godfrey, British archer
• June 13 — Mark Versfeld, Canadian backstroke swimmer
• June 17 — Carolina Pascual, Spanish rhythmic gymnast
• June 21 — Sander van der Weide, Dutch field hockey player
• June 23 — Edwin Kempes, Dutch tennis player
• June 23 — Paola Suarez, Argentine tennis player
• June 23 — Patrick Vieira, French football (soccer) player
• June 25 — Michelle Bowyer, Canadian field hockey foward
• June 25 — Neil Walker, American swimmer
• June 27 — Alvydas Duonėla, Lithuanian flatwater canoer
• June 28 — Shinobu Asagoe, Japanese tennis player
• June 28 — Fuad Aslanov, Azerbaijani boxer

[edit] July

• July 1 — Patrick Kluivert, Dutch football (soccer) player
• July 1 — Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch football (soccer) player
• July 2 — Derya Büyükunçu, Turkish backstroke and butterfly swimmer
• July 4 — Marcelo Romero, Uruguay football (soccer) player
• July 5 — Nuno Gomes, Portuguese football (soccer) player
• July 5 — Brent Livermore, Australian field hockey midfielder
• July 6 — Nikki Hudson, Australian field hockey striker
• July 9 — Jochem Uytdehaage, Dutch speed skater
• July 16 — Anna Smashnova, Belarusian-born tennis player from Israel
• July 17 — Dimitar Stilianov, Bulgarian boxer
• July 22 — Moira Senior, New Zealand field hockey striker
• July 23 — Judit Polgár, Hungarian chess player
• July 25 — Carlos Barreto, Venezuelan boxer (d. 1999)
• July 31 — Louise Jöhncke, Swedish swimmer
• July 31 — Paulo Wanchope, Costarican football (soccer) player

[edit] August

• August 2 — Reyes Estévez, Spanish athlete
• August 4 — Paul Goldstein, American tennis player
• August 6 — Luke Milligan, English tennis player
• August 7 — Neisser Bent, Cuban backstroke swimmer
• August 7 — Timme Hoyng, Dutch field hockey player
• August 9 — Rogier Wassen, Dutch tennis player
• August 12 — Baljit Singh Saini, Indian field hockey player
• August 15 — Boudewijn Zenden, Dutch football (soccer) player
• August 18 — Thomas Malchow, US swimmer
• August 23 — LaTasha Colander, US track and field sprint athlete
• August 26 — Sébastien Vieilledent, French rower
• August 27 — Carlos Moya, Spanish tennis player
• August 27 — Mark Webber, Australian Formula 1-driver
• August 29 — Jon Dahl Tomasson, Danish football (soccer) player
• August 29 — Chris Renaud, Canadian backstroke swimmer
• August 30 — Aoibhinn Grimes, Canadian field hockey forward

[edit] September

• September 1 — Ivano Brugnetti, Italian race walker
• September 6 — Francisco Sánchez, Venezuelan swimmer
• September 7 — Carmel Bakurski, Australian field hockey player
• September 8 — Sjeng Schalken, Dutch tennis player
• September 10 — Gustavo Kuerten, Brazilian tennis player
• September 10 — Reinder Nummerdor, Dutch volleybal player
• September 12 — Jolanda Čeplak, Slovenian middle distance athlete
• September 14 — Joshua Ilika, Mexican swimmer
• September 20 — Michael Ballack, German football (soccer) player
• September 22 — Ronaldo, Brazilian football (soccer) player
• September 23 — James Nation, New Zealand field hockey player
• September 25 — Melissa Collins, Canadian water polo player
• September 27 — Francesco Totti, Italian football (soccer) player
• September 29 — Oscar Sevilla, Spanish cyclist
• September 29 — Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian football (soccer) player

[edit] October

• October 2 — Angus Shelford, New Zealand boxer
• October 3 — Tommy Kafri, Hungary-born track and field athlete from Israel
• October 3 — Denys Sylant'yev, Ukrainian swimmer
• October 4 — Danilo Ikodinović, Serbian water polo player
• October 6 — Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov, Russian boxer
• October 8 — Galo Blanco, Spanish tennis player
• October 8 — Renate Groenewold, Dutch speed skater
• October 10 — Bob Burnquist, Brazilian skateboarder
• October 12 — Julie Towers, Australian field hockey player
• October 16 — Marcela Acuña, Argentine female boxer
• October 14 — Nataša Kejžar, Slovenian swimmer
• October 18 — Kjell Carlström, Finnish cyclist
• October 19 — Chris DeBow, American field hockey defender
• October 19 — Ranjeev Deol, Canadian field hockey player
• October 22 — Alexander Abt, Russian figure skater
• October 23 — Julie Howard, Canadian swimmer

[edit] November

• November 4 — Alexander Popp, British-born tennis player
• November 7 — Mark Philippoussis, Australian tennis player
• November 7 — Zahir Raheem, American boxer
• November 8 — Sylvia Karres, Dutch field hockey player
• November 13 — Bob de Jong, Dutch speed skater
• November 13 — Albina Akhatova, Russian biathlete
• November 14 — Jesse Brinkley, American boxer
• November 14 — Ramon Delgado, Paraguayan tennis player
• November 15 — Jessica Amey, Canadian butterfly swimmer
• November 16 — Martijn Zuijdweg, Dutch swimmer
• November 18 — Matt Welsh, Australian swimmer
• November 22 — Kate Barber, American field hockey player
• November 26 — Kelson Santos, Brazilian boxer
• November 28 — Gordan Kožulj, Croatian swimmer
• November 29 — Lindsay Benko, American swimmer

[edit] December

• December 6 — Eduardo Aguilar, Spanish field hockey midfielder
• December 11 — László Bodrogi, Hungarian cyclist
• December 11 — Timmy Simons, Belgian football player
• December 14 — Petter Hansson, Swedish football player
• December 14 — Peter Gade, Danish badminton player
• December 19 — Redouane Bouchtouk, Moroccan boxer
• December 19 — Theo Lucius, Dutch football player
• December 20 — Jordi Casas, Spanish field hockey player
• December 22 — Stephen Mowlam, Australian field hockey goalkeeper
• December 23 — Joanna Hayes, American athlete
• December 24 — Marion Rodewald, German field hockey defender
• December 25 — Percy Isenia, Dutch baseball player
• December 29 — Timothy Cherigat, Kenyan long-distance runner
• December 30 — Hadi Al Somayli, Saudi Arabian athlete
• December 30 — Rhoshii Wells, American boxer

[edit] Deaths

• January 5 — Károly Takács (65), Hungarian pistol shooter (b. 1910)
• January 18 – Ad Verhoeven, Dutch football (soccer) player
• February 2 – Harry Elliott, English cricket wicketkeeper (b. 1891)
• March 6 – Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom, American boxer and actor (b. 1903)
• March 11 – Larry Gardner, Major League Baseball player (1908-1924)
• May 22 – Oscar Bonavena, Argentinian heavyweight boxer (b. 1942)
• May 30 – Max Carey, Major League Baseball player (1910-1929)
• June 15 – Jimmy Dykes, Major League Baseball player (1918-1939)
• June 22 — Tibor Csík (48), Hungarian boxer (b. 1927)
• July 5 — Kevin O'Halloran (39), Australian freestyle swimmer (b. 1937)
• September 25 – Red Faber, Major League Baseball, pitcher (1914-1933)