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1974 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.




Alpine skiing


Alpine Skiing World Cup
Men's overall season champion: Piero Gros, Italy
Women's overall season champion: Annemarie Pröll, Austria




American football


13 January – Super Bowl VIII: the Miami Dolphins (AFC) won 24–7 over the Minnesota Vikings (NFC)
Location: Rice Stadium
Attendance: 71,882
MVP: Larry Csonka, FB (Miami)
World Bowl I – Birmingham Americans won 22–21 over Florida Blazers (at Birmingham, Alabama)
Sugar Bowl (1973 season):
The game was actually played on 31 December 1973; other major bowl games were played on 1 January 1974
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish won 24–23 over the Alabama Crimson Tide to win AP Poll national championship
1974 NCAA Division I football season:
The Oklahoma Sooners win the AP Poll national championship; do not play in any bowl the following January due to sanctions




Artistic gymnastics


World Artistic Gymnastics Championships –
Men's all-around champion: Shigeru Kasamatsu, Japan
Women's all-around champion: Ludmilla Tourischeva, USSR
Men's team competition champion: Japan
Women's team competition champion: USSR




Association football


Brazil – CR Vasco da Gama wins the Campeonato Brasileiro
FIFA gives to Colombia the right to host the 1986 FIFA World Cup, but Colombian officials decided in late 1982 that they could not afford to host the tournament on the scale FIFA required.
Football World Cup – West Germany won 2–1 over the Netherlands.
England – FA Cup – Liverpool won 3–0 over Newcastle United.
Ecuador – Ecuadorian Serie A Champions: Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito




Athletics


January – 1974 Commonwealth Games held at Christchurch, New Zealand
September – East German athlete Manfred Kuschmann wins the 1974 European Championships in Rome




Australian rules football


Victorian Football League
Richmond wins the 78th VFL Premiership (Richmond 18.20 (128) d North Melbourne 13.9 (87))
Brownlow Medal awarded to Keith Greig (North Melbourne)




Baseball



16 January – Former Yankees teammates Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Mantle becomes only the seventh player to make it in his first try. His 536 home runs with the Yankees ranked second only to Babe Ruth and he played in more games (2,401) than any other pinstriper, including Lou Gehrig. Ford was arguably the greatest Yankees pitcher of all time, retiring with more wins (236), more innings (3,171), more strikeouts (1,956), and more shutouts (45) than anyone in club history.
Frank Robinson becomes the first African-American manager in Major League Baseball.
8 April – Hank Aaron hit home run# 715 in the fourth inning off Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Al Downing breaking Babe Ruth's career home run record.
4 June – The Cleveland Indians hosted "Ten Cent Beer Night", but had to forfeit the game to the Texas Rangers due to drunken and unruly fans.
World Series – Oakland Athletics win 4 games to 1 over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
14 October – Shigeo Nagashima, a well known sports player from Japan, retires from the Yomiuri Giants of Tokyo, after a 17-year baseball player career.




Basketball


NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship –
North Carolina State wins 76–64 over Marquette
In the semifinals of this tournament, North Carolina State defeated UCLA 80–77 in overtime, ending UCLA's record streak of seven national titles. The last previous tournament not won by the Bruins was the 1966 tournament.
NBA Finals –
Boston Celtics win 4 games to 3 over the Milwaukee Bucks
1974 ABA Finals –
New York Nets defeat Utah Stars, 4 games to 1
FIBA World Championship
USSR World Champion
19 January – Notre Dame defeats UCLA 71–70, ending the Bruins' record 88-game winning streak.




Boxing


9 February in Paris – Carlos Monzón retains his world Middleweight title by a knockout in round seven over world Welterweight champion José Nápoles.
17 to 30 August – First World Amateur Boxing Championships held in Havana, Cuba
30 October in Kinshasa, Zaire – Muhammad Ali regained the World Heavyweight title by knocking out George Foreman in the eighth round of what was called The Rumble in the Jungle.




Canadian football


Grey Cup – Montreal Alouettes won 20–7 over the Edmonton Eskimos
Vanier Cup – Western Ontario Mustangs won 19–15 over the Toronto Varsity Blues




Cycling


Giro d'Italia won by Eddy Merckx of Belgium
Tour de France – Eddy Merckx of Belgium
UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race – Eddy Merckx of Belgium




Disc sports


Ken Westerfield and Jim Kenner introduce the first disc freestyle competition and other disc sports to Canada at the Canadian Open Frisbee Championships, in Toronto




Dog sledding


Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion –
Carl Huntington won with lead dog: Nugget




Field hockey


Men's European Nations Cup held in Madrid and won by Spain
Women's World Cup held in Mandelieu, France, and won by the Netherlands




Figure skating


World Figure Skating Championships –
Men's champion: Jan Hoffmann, Germany
Ladies' champion: Christine Errath, Germany
Pair skating champions: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev, Soviet Union
Ice dancing champions: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Alexandr Gorshkov, Soviet Union




Golf


Men's professional

Masters Tournament – Gary Player
U.S. Open – Hale Irwin
British Open – Gary Player
1974 PGA Championship – Lee Trevino
PGA Tour money leader – Johnny Miller – $353,022
Men's amateur

British Amateur – Trevor Homer
U.S. Amateur – Jerry Pate
Women's professional

LPGA Championship – Sandra Haynie
U.S. Women's Open – Sandra Haynie
LPGA Tour money leader – JoAnne Carner – $87,094




Harness racing


United States Pacing Triple Crown races –
Cane Pace – Boyden Hanover
Little Brown Jug – Armbro Omaha
Messenger Stakes – Armbro Omaha
United States Trotting Triple Crown races –
Hambletonian – Christopher T.
Yonkers Trot – Spitfire Hanover
Kentucky Futurity – Way Maker
Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
Pacers: Hondo Grattan




Horse racing


Steeplechases

Cheltenham Gold Cup – Captain Christy
Grand National – Red Rum
Flat races

Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Think Big
Canada – Queen's Plate won by Amber Herod
France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Allez France
Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by English Prince
English Triple Crown Races:
2,000 Guineas Stakes – Nonoalco
The Derby – Snow Knight
St. Leger Stakes – Bustino
United States Triple Crown Races:
Kentucky Derby – Cannonade
Preakness Stakes – Little Current
Belmont Stakes – Little Current




Ice hockey


Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Phil Esposito, Boston Bruins
Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Phil Esposito – Boston Bruins
Stanley Cup – Philadelphia Flyers win 4 games to 2 over the Boston Bruins
World Hockey Championship –
Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia
Avco World Trophy – Houston Aeros win 4 games to 0 over the Chicago Cougars
NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship – University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Golden Gophers defeat Michigan Technological University Huskies 4–2 in Boston, Massachusetts




Lacrosse


The 2nd World Lacrosse Championship is held in Melbourne, Australia. The United States win, and there is a 3-way tie for the runner-up position.
The National Lacrosse League of 1974 and 1975 is formed. It is not related to the modern National Lacrosse League.
The Rochester Griffens defeat the Philadelphia Wings in the six-game National Lacrosse League (1974–75) championship, 4 to 2 games.
The New Westminster Salmonbellies win the Mann Cup.
The Whitby Transporters win the Founders Cup.
The Peterborough PCO's win the Minto Cup.
The Johns Hopkins University Bluejays defeat the University of Maryland Terrapins 17–12 to win the NCAA Division I Men's Championship.




Motorsport






Rugby league


1974 Amco Cup
Captain Morgan Trophy
1974 New Zealand rugby league season
1974 NSWRFL season
1973–74 Northern Rugby Football League season / 1974–75 Northern Rugby Football League season




Rugby union


80th Five Nations Championship series is won by Ireland




Snooker


World Snooker Championship – Ray Reardon beats Graham Miles 22–12




Tennis


Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
Australian Open – Jimmy Connors
French Open – Björn Borg
Wimbledon championships – Jimmy Connors
U.S. Open – Jimmy Connors
Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
Australian Open – Evonne Goolagong
French Open – Chris Evert
Wimbledon championships – Chris Evert
US Open – Billie Jean King
Davis Cup – South Africa wins over India (walkover) in world tennis.
Last year in which US Open was played on grass courts




Volleyball


1974 FIVB Men's World Championship held in Mexico City and won by Poland




Yacht racing


The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as Courageous defeats Australian challenger Southern Cross, of the Royal Perth Yacht Club, 4 races to 0; it is Australian businessman Alan Bond's first Cup challenge




Multi-sport events


1974 Asian Games held in Teheran, Iran
1974 British Commonwealth Games held in Christchurch, New Zealand
Central American and Caribbean Games held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
International Olympic Committee choose Moscow to host the 1980 Summer Olympics




Awards


Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Muhammad Ali, Boxing
Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Chris Evert, Tennis
Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year - Muhammad Ali, Boxing




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