• Source: 1976 in sports

      • 1976 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.


      Alpine skiing


      Alpine Skiing World Cup
      Men's overall season champion: Ingemar Stenmark, Sweden
      Women's overall season champion: Rosi Mittermaier, West Germany


      American football


      January 18 – Super Bowl X: the Pittsburgh Steelers (AFC) won 21−17 over the Dallas Cowboys (NFC)
      Location: Miami Orange Bowl
      Attendance: 80,187
      MVP: Lynn Swann, WR (Pittsburgh)
      Lee Roy Selmon is selected as the first overall pick in the NFL draft. (April 8)
      Seattle Seahawks founded.
      Tampa Bay Buccaneers founded.
      Orange Bowl (1975 season):
      The Oklahoma Sooners won 14–6 over the Michigan Wolverines to win the college football national championship
      Tony Dorsett is awarded the Heisman Trophy (November 30).


      Association football


      England – FA Cup – Southampton won 1–0 over Manchester United
      Stevenage F.C. were established
      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.


      Athletics


      July – Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics held at Montreal


      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)


      Baseball



      April 17 – Mike Schmidt of the Philadelphia Phillies hits four consecutive home runs in a game against the Chicago Cubs.
      April 25 – Chicago Cubs outfielder Rick Monday rescues an American flag just as two protesters are about to burn it in the outfield during a game at Dodger Stadium.
      Sparky Lyle of the New York Yankees 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.


      Basketball



      NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship –
      Indiana wins 86–68 over Michigan
      NBA Finals –
      Boston Celtics win 4 games to 2 over the Phoenix Suns
      1976 ABA Playoffs –
      New York Nets defeat Denver Nuggets 4 games to 2
      American Basketball Association merges with the National Basketball Association. Of the seven remaining teams in the ABA, the Virginia Squires fold, Kentucky Colonels and Spirits of St. Louis are bought out, and the remaining four teams (San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets, New York Nets, and Indiana Pacers) join the NBA


      Boxing


      May 22 – death of Oscar Bonavena (34), Argentinian heavyweight, who was shot in Reno, Nevada
      September 28 in Yankee Stadium, 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.


      Canadian football


      Grey Cup – Ottawa Rough Riders won 23–20 over the Saskatchewan Roughriders
      Vanier Cup – Western Ontario Mustangs won 29–13 over the Acadia Axemen


      Cycling


      Giro d'Italia won by Felice Gimondi of Italy
      Tour de France – Lucien Van Impe of Belgium
      UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race – Freddy Maertens of Belgium


      Dogsled racing


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


      Field hockey


      Olympic Games (Men's Competition) in Montreal won by New Zealand
      Women's World Cup in Berlin won by West Germany


      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


      Golf


      Men's professional

      Masters Tournament – Raymond Floyd
      U.S. Open – Jerry Pate
      British Open – Johnny Miller
      PGA Championship – Dave Stockton
      PGA Tour money leader – Jack Nicklaus – $266,439
      Men's amateur

      British Amateur – Dick Siderowf
      U.S. Amateur – Bill Sander
      Women's professional

      LPGA Championship – Betty Burfeindt
      U.S. Women's Open – JoAnne Carner
      LPGA Tour money leader – Judy Rankin – $150,734, she is the first to ever earn more than $100,000 in a season.


      Harness racing


      United States Pacing Triple Crown races –
      Cane Pace – Keystone Ore
      Little Brown Jug – Keystone Ore
      Messenger Stakes – Windshield Wiper
      United States Trotting Triple Crown races –
      Hambletonian – Steve Lobell
      Yonkers Trot – Steve Lobell
      Kentucky Futurity – Quick Pay
      Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
      Pacers: Carclew
      Trotters: Bay Johnny


      Horse racing


      Steeplechases

      Cheltenham Gold Cup – Royal Frolic
      Grand National – Rag Trade
      Flat races

      Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Van der Hum
      Canada – Queen's Plate won by Norcliffe
      France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Ivanjica
      Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Malacate
      English Triple Crown Races:
      2,000 Guineas Stakes – Wollow
      The Derby – Empery
      St. Leger Stakes – Crow
      United States Triple Crown Races:
      Kentucky Derby – Bold Forbes
      Preakness Stakes – Elocutionist
      Belmont Stakes – Bold Forbes


      Ice hockey


      Art Ross 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
      Avco World Trophy – Winnipeg Jets win 4 games to 0 over the Houston Aeros
      NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship – University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Golden Gophers defeat Michigan Technological University Huskies 6–4 in Denver, Colorado


      Motorsport




      Rugby league


      29 June – the World Club Challenge concept is trialled as English champions St. Helens travel to Sydney to play Australian champions Eastern Suburbs. Easts defeat St Helens 25–2 in the one-off match.
      18 August – the 1976 Amco Cup tournament culminates in Balmain's 21–7 win over North Sydney in the final
      18 September – the 1976 NSWRFL season culminates in Manly-Warringah's 13–10 win over Parramatta in the Grand Final


      Rugby union


      82nd Five Nations Championship series is won by Wales who complete the Grand Slam


      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.


      Swimming


      July 18 to July 25 – XXI Olympic Games, held in Montreal
      August 14 – United States's Jonty Skinner sets the first official world record in the 50m freestyle in Philadelphia, clocking 23.86


      Tennis


      Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
      Australian Open – Mark Edmondson
      French Open – Adriano Panatta
      Wimbledon championships – Björn Borg
      U.S. Open – Jimmy Connors
      Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
      Australian Open – Evonne Goolagong Cawley
      French Open – Sue Barker
      Wimbledon championships – Chris Evert
      U.S. Open – Chris Evert
      Davis Cup – Italy wins 4–1 over Chile in world tennis.


      Water polo


      Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal won by Hungary


      General sporting events


      1976 Summer Olympics takes place in Montreal, Quebec, 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


      Awards


      Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Caitlyn Jenner (then Bruce), Track and field
      Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Nadia Comăneci, Gymnastics
      ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year: Nadia Comăneci, Gymnastics


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