1977 in sports

Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • Cale Yarborough[?] wins the Daytona 500
  • NASCAR Championship - Cale Yarborough[?]
• Indianapolis 500 - A.J. Foyt won the race. Janet Guthrie[?] became the first woman driver to qualify.
• USAC Racing - Tom Sneva[?] wins the season championship
• Formula One Championship - Niki Lauda of Austria
• 24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Jean-Pierre Laussaud[?] / Didier Pironi[?] won, driving a Renault-Alpine 442[?]
• Rally racing - the team of Sandro Munari[?] / Silvio Maiga[?] won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Lancia Stratos HF
• Drag racing:
  • Shirley Muldowney[?] won the NHRA "Top Fuel" championship.
  • Dennis Baca[?] won "Top Fuel" at the NHRA World Finals

Baseball

• World Series: The New York Yankees defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers. This is the Series in which Reggie Jackson becomes known as "Mr. October."

Basketball

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
  • Marquette wins 67-59 over North Carolina

• NBA Finals:
  • Portland Trailblazers won 4 games to 2 over the Philadelphia 76ers

Boxing

• After 13 years and 82 contests, including 14 title defences, World Middleweight Champion Carlos Monzon retired undefeated.

Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Michel Pollentier[?] of Belgium
• Tour de France - Bernard Thévenet[?] of France
• World Cycling Championship: Francesco Moser[?] of Italy

Figure Skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Vladimir Kowalew[?], Soviet Union
  • Women's champion: Linda Fratianne[?], United States
  • Pairs champions: Irina Rodnina[?] & Alexander Saizew[?], Soviet Union

Football (Soccer)

• England - FA Cup: Manchester United won 2-1 over Liverpool

Football (American)

• Super Bowl XI: Oakland Raiders won 32-14 over the Minnesota Vikings

Canadian Football League

• Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes won 41-6 over the Edmonton Eskimos
• Vanier Cup: Western Ontario Mustangs[?] win 48-15 over the Acadia Axmen[?]

Golf

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. May - The Masters - Tom Watson[?]
  2. June - US Open - Hubert Green[?]
  3. July - British Open - Tom Watson[?]
  4. August - PGA Championship - Lanny Wadkins[?]

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Tom Watson[?] - $310,653

• Ryder Cup: United States won 12½ -7½ over Britain & Ireland in world team golf.

Women's Golf

• US Women's Open - Hollis Stacy[?]
• LPGA Championship - Chako Higuchi[?]
• Judy Rankin[?]:leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $122,890.

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• Australia - Melbourne Cup - Gold and Black[?]
• Canada - Queen's Plate - Sound Reason[?]
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Alleged[?]
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - The Minstrel[?]

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Nebbiolo[?]
  2. Epsom Derby - The Minstrel[?]
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Dunfermline[?]

• Seattle Slew[?], ridden by jockey Jean Cruguet[?], wins the United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Seattle Slew[?]
  2. Preakness Stakes - Seattle Slew[?]
  3. Belmont Stakes - Seattle Slew[?]

Harness Racing

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Jade Prince[?]
  2. Little Brown Jug - Governor Skipper[?]
  3. Messenger Stakes - Governor Skipper[?]

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

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Stanley Rio[?]

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: Guy Lafleur[?] - Montreal Canadiens

• Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens defeat the Boston Bruins 4 games to 0.

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

Skiing

• Alpine Skiing
  • The men's overall season champion: Ingemar Stenmark[?], Sweden
  • The women's overall season champion: Lise-Marie Morerod[?], Switzerland

Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis mens results:
  1. Australian Open - January: Roscoe Tanner[?] - December: Vitas Gerulaitis[?]
  2. French Open - Guillermo Vilas[?]
  3. Wimbledon championships - Bjorn Borg
  4. US Open - Guillermo Vilas[?]

• Grand Slam in tennis womens results:
  1. Australian Open: January: Evonne Goolagong - December: Kerry Reid[?]
  2. French Open - Mima Jausovec[?]
  3. Wimbledon championships - Virginia Wade
  4. US Open - Chris Evert

• Davis Cup: Australia won 3-1 over Italy in world tennis.

General sporting events

• Embassy World Snooker Championship[?]:
  • John Spencer[?] won 25-12 over Cliff Thorburn[?]

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
  • Rick Swenson[?] won with lead dogs: Andy & O.B. (Old Buddy)

Births

• February 11 - Jessica Carlson[?], United States archer
• February 11 - Stephanie Richardson[?], Canadian swimmer
• May 23 - Ilia Kulik[?], figure skating champion

Deaths

• March 19 - Jose Carlos Pace[?], Brazilian champion race car driver