1970 in sports

Table of contents 1 Auto Racing 2 Baseball 3 Basketball 4 Boxing 5 Cycling 6 Figure Skating 7 Football (Soccer) 8 Football (American) 9 Canadian Football League 10 Golf 11 Thoroughbred Horse Racing 12 Harness Racing 13 Ice Hockey 14 Skiing 15 Tennis 16 General sporting events 17 Births 18 Deaths

Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • Pete Hamilton[?] won the Daytona 500
  • NASCAR Championship - Bobby Isaac[?]
• Indianapolis 500 - Al Unser, Sr.[?]
• USAC Racing - Al Unser, Sr.[?] won the season championship
• Formula One Championship - Jochen Rindt of Austria
• 24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Hans Herrmann[?] / Richard Attwood[?] won, driving a Porsche 917
• Rally racing - the team of Bjorn Waldegard[?] / Lars Helmer[?] won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Porsche 911S.
• Drag racing - the NHRA launches the "Supernationals. Rick Ramsey[?] wins "Top Fuel"

Baseball

• Robert Peterson[?]'s book Only the Ball was White[?] is published. The book brought pressure on Major League Baseball to recognize the African-American players from Negro League baseball by equally honoring those qualified in the United States Baseball Hall of Fame.

• World Series: The American League's Baltimore Orioles win their first World Title by defeating the National League's Cincinnati Reds, 4 games to 1.

Basketball

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
  • UCLA wins 80-69 over Jacksonville

• NBA Finals:
  • New York Knicks won 4 games to 3 over the Los Angeles Lakers

Boxing

• February 15 - Carlos Cruz, Featherweight Boxing Champion died in a plane crash

• February 16 - Joe Frazier starts a heavyweight[?] world boxing champion winning streak with the knock out of Jimmy Ellis[?] in five rounds.

Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Eddy Merckx of Belgium
• Tour de France - Eddy Merckx of Belgium
• World Cycling Championship: Jean-Pierre Monsere[?] of Belgium

Figure Skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Tim Wood[?], United States
  • Women's champion: Gabrielle Seyfert[?], Germany
  • Pairs champions: Irina Rodnina[?] & Alexej Ulanow[?], Soviet Union

Football (Soccer)

• Football World Cup held in Mexico: Brazil won 4-1 over Italy
• England - FA Cup: Chelsea won 2-1 over Leeds United

Football (American)

• Super Bowl IV: Kansas City Chiefs won 23-7 over the Minnesota Vikings

Canadian Football League

• Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes win 23-10 over the Calgary Stampeders
• Vanier Cup: Manitoba Bisons[?] win 38-11 over the Ottawa Gee Gees[?]

Golf

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. May - The Masters - Billy Casper[?]
  2. June - US Open - Tony Jacklin[?]
  3. July - British Open - Jack Nicklaus
  4. August - PGA Championship - Dave Stockton[?]

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Lee Trevino[?] - $157,037

Women's Golf

• US Open - Donna Caponi[?]
• LPGA Championship - Shirley Englehorn[?]
• Kathy Whitworth[?]: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $30,235

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• Australia - Melbourne Cup - Baghdad Note[?]
• Canada - Queen's Plate - Almoner[?]
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Sassafrás[?]
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Nijinsky II

• Nijinsky II wins the English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Nijinsky II
  2. Epsom Derby - Nijinsky II
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Nijinsky II

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Dust Commander[?]
  2. Preakness Stakes - Personality[?]
  3. Belmont Stakes - High Echelon[?]

Harness Racing

• Fresh Yankee[?] was named "Horse of the Year" by the U.S. Trotting Association[?] and the U.S. Harness Writers Association[?].

• Most Happy Fella[?] won the United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Most Happy Fella[?]
  2. Little Brown Jug - Most Happy Fella[?]
  3. Messenger Stakes - Most Happy Fella[?]

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Timothy T.[?]
  2. Yonkers Trot - Victory Star[?]
  3. Kentucky Futurity - Timothy T.[?]

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Bold David[?]

Ice Hockey

• Art Ross Memorial Trophy - Bobby Orr becomes the first defenseman in the history of the National Hockey League to lead the league in scoring.

• Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins

• Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins win the Cup for the first time in 29 years, defeating the St. Louis Blues 4 games to 0. Defenseman, Bobby Orr is awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the series MVP (most valuable player).

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

Skiing

• Alpine Skiing
  • The men's overall season champion: Karl Schranz[?], Austria
  • The women's overall season champion: Michele Jacot[?], France

Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis mens results:
  1. Australian Open - Arthur Ashe[?]
  2. French Open - Jan Kodes[?]
  3. Wimbledon championships - John Newcombe[?]
  4. US Open - Ken Rosewall[?]

• Margaret Smith Court wins the Grand Slam in women's tennis|:
  1. Australian Open - Margaret Smith Court
  2. French Open - Margaret Smith Court
  3. Wimbledon championships - Margaret Smith Court
  4. US Open - Margaret Smith Court

• Davis Cup: United States wins 5-0 over Germany F.R. in world tennis.

General sporting events

• British Commonwealth Games held in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
• Ray Reardon[?] won the World Professional Snooker Championship

Births

• February 11 - Alistair Brown[?], English cricket player.
• February 11 - Jason Allyn Scott[?], USA rower.
• April 29 - Andre Agassi, tennis player
• May 12 - Mike Weir, Canadian, professional golfer
• May 16 - Gabriela Sabatini[?], tennis player
• May 24 - Jeff Zgonina[?], football player
• August 13 - Alan Shearer, England and Newcastle soccer player
• September 28 - Isabelle Brasseur[?], figure skating world champion

Deaths

• February 15 - Carlos Cruz, Featherweight Champion boxer
• May 19 - Ray Schalk[?], Major League Baseball player (1912-1929)
• May 31 - Terry Sawchuk[?], ice hockey goalie
• June 2 - Bruce McLaren[?], race car driver
• June 16 - Brian Piccolo[?], American football star
• July 4 - Harold Vanderbilt[?], 3-time America's Cup winner
• September 3 - Vince Lombardi, NFL coach, Superbowl trophy named for him
• September 5 - Jochen Rindt, Austrian F1 racing driver
• September 19 - Greville Stevens[?], English cricketer
• November 5 - Charley Root[?], Major League Baseball pitcher (1923-1941)