1965 in sports

Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • Fred Lorenzen[?] wins the Daytona 500
  • NASCAR Championship - Ned Jarrett[?]
• Indianapolis 500 - Jimmy Clark
• USAC Racing - Mario Andretti[?]
• Formula One Champion - Jimmy Clark of Great Britain
• 24 hours of Le Mans:
  • the team of Jochen Rindt / Masten Gregory[?] won, driving a Ferrari 275LM
• Rally racing - the team of Timo Makinen[?] / Paul Easter[?] won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Mini Cooper S[?]
• Drag racing:
  • Don Garlits won the NHRA, "Top Fuel" Championship
  • Maynard Rupp[?] won "Top Fuel" at the NHRA World Finals

Baseball

• World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers win 4 games to 3 over the Minnesota Twins. The Series MVP was Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles.

Basketball

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
  • UCLA wins 91-80 over Michigan

• NBA Finals:
  • Boston Celtics win 4 games to 1 over the Los Angeles Lakers

Boxing

• March 30 - Jose Torres won the Light Heavyweight Championship of the World, stopping Willie Pastrano[?] in nine rounds, at New York's Madison Square Garden.

Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Vittorio Adorni[?] of Italy
• Tour de France - Felice Gimondi[?] of Italy
• World Cycling Championship: Tom Simpson[?] of Great Britain

Figure Skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Alain Calmat[?], (France)
  • Women's champion: Petra Burka[?], (Canada)
  • Pairs champions: Ludmila Belousowa[?] & Oleg Protopopow[?], (Soviet Union)

Football (Soccer)

• England - FA Cup: Liverpool won 2 - 1 (aet) over Leeds United

Football (American)

• NFL Championship: Green Bay Packers won 23-12 over the Cleveland Browns

Canadian Football League

• Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats win 22-16 over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• Vanier Cup: Toronto Varsity Blues[?] win 14-7 over the Alberta Golden Bears[?]

Golf

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. May - The Masters - Jack Nicklaus
  2. June - US Open - Gary Player[?]
  3. July - British Open - Peter Thomson[?]
  4. August - PGA Championship - Dave Marr[?]

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Jack Nicklaus - $140,752

• Ryder Cup: United States wins 19 1/2 to 12 1/2 over Britain in world team golf.

Women's Golf

• US Women's Open - Carol Mann[?]
• LPGA Championship - Sandra Haynie[?]
• Kathy Whitworth[?]: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $28,658

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• Australia - Melbourne Cup - Light Fingers[?]
• Canada - Queen's Plate - Whistling Sea[?]
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Sea-Bird II[?]
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Meadow Court[?]

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Niksar[?]
  2. Epsom Derby - Sea-Bird[?]
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Provoke[?]

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Lucky Debonair[?]
  2. Preakness Stakes - Tom Rolfe[?]
  3. Belmont Stakes - Hail to All[?]

Harness Racing

• Bret Hanover wins the United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Bret Hanover
  2. Little Brown Jug - Bret Hanover
  3. Messenger Stakes - Bret Hanover

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Egyptian Candor[?]
  2. Yonkers Trot
  3. Kentucky Futurity

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Jay Ar[?]
  • Trotters: Poupette[?]

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: Bobby Hull, Chicago Blackhawks

• Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens won 4 games to 3 over the Chicago Blackhawks

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

Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Roy Emerson[?]
  2. French Open - Fred Stolle[?]
  3. Wimbledon championships - Roy Emerson[?]
  4. US Open - Manuel Santana[?]

• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open - Margaret Smith
  2. French Open - Lesley Turner[?]
  3. Wimbledon championships - Margaret Smith
  4. US Open - Margaret Smith

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

General sporting events

• John Pulman[?] retained the World Professional Snooker Championship

Births

• February 11 - Angie Ridgeway[?], golfer
• May 9 - Steve Yzerman, ice hockey player
• December 3 - Katarina Witt, figure skater

Deaths

• January 11 - Willy Pipp[?], Major League Baseball player, (1913-1928)
• March 5 - Pepper Martin[?], Major League Baseball player, (1928-1944)
• March 6 - Wally Schang[?], Major League Baseball player, (1913-1931)
• March 17 - Amos Alonzo Stagg[?], baseball, basketball and American football coach and player