1966 in sports

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Years in sports:	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
Years:	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

[edit] Artistic Gymnastics

World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- Men's all-around champion: Mikhail Voronin, USSR
- Women's all-around champion: Věra Čáslavská, Czechoslovakia
- Men's team competition champion: Japan
- Women's team competition champion: Czechoslovakia

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Track

July 17 – American runner Jim Ryun sets a new world record for the mile at 3:51.3

[edit] Marathon

August 11 — Commonwealth Games Marathon, Kingston, Jamaica
- Men's Winner: Jim Alder (SCO) 2:22:07

September 4 — European Championships Marathon, Budapest, Hungary
- Men's Winner: Jim Hogan (IRL) 2:20:05

November 27 — Fukuoka Marathon, Japan
- Men's Winner: Michael Ryan (NZL) 2:14:05

December 15 — Asian Games Marathon, Bangkok, Thailand
- Men's Winner: Kenji Kimihara (JPN) 2:33:23

[edit] Auto Racing

Stock car racing:
- Richard Petty won the Daytona 500
- NASCAR Championship - David Pearson
Indianapolis 500 - Graham Hill
USAC Racing - Mario Andretti won the season championship
Formula One Championship - Jack Brabham of Australia
24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Bruce McLaren / Chris Amon won driving a Ford GT-40 Mk.II
Rally racing - the team of Pauli Toivonen / Ensio Mikander won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Citroën DS. However, the result was highly controversial, with the top finishers (including the BMC Mini Cooper S and Ford Cortina) disqualified on the dubious basis of their quartz-iodide single filament bulbs, allowing Citröen, who had made the necessary changes to their lighting systems just before the end of the event, to step up and take the winning slot.
Drag racing - Pete Robinson won the NHRA "Top Fuel" World Championship.

[edit] Baseball

January 20: The BBWAA elects Ted Williams to the Hall of Fame. Williams, the last batter to hit .400, receives 282 of a possible 302 votes.

Roberto Clemente is the National League MVP.

Frank Robinson is the American League MVP.

Ted Williams is inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame.

World Series: Baltimore Orioles win 4 games to 0 over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Series MVP: Frank Robinson, Baltimore

[edit] Basketball

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship:
- Texas Western wins 72-65 over Kentucky

NBA Finals|NBA Finals:
- Boston Celtics won 4 games to 3 over the Los Angeles Lakers

[edit] Boxing

April 25 at New York City, World Welterweight Champion Emile Griffith won a 15 round unanimous decision over Dick Tiger to also become the World Middleweight Champion.

[edit] Cycling

Giro d'Italia won by Gianni Motta of Italy
Tour de France - Lucien Aimar of France
Vuelta a España - Francisco Gabica of Spain
World Cycling Championship: Rudi Altig of Germany

[edit] Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships:
- Men's champion: Emmerich Dänzer, Austria
- Ladies' champion: Peggy Fleming, United States
- Pair skating champions: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov, Soviet Union
- Ice dancing champions: Diane Towler & Bernard Ford, Great Britain

[edit] Football (American)

1966 season championships were played in late 1966 and early 1967
AFL Championship: Kansas City Chiefs won 31-7 over the Buffalo Bills
NFL Championship: Green Bay Packers won 34-27 over the Dallas Cowboys
Super Bowl I: Green Bay Packers won 35-10 over the Kansas City Chiefs

[edit] Football (Australian rules football)

Victorian Football League
- St Kilda wins the 70th VFL Premiership (St Kilda 10.14 (74) d Collingwood 10.13 (73))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Ian Stewart (St Kilda)

[edit] Football (Canadian)

Grey Cup: Saskatchewan Roughriders win 29-14 over the Ottawa Rough Riders
Vanier Cup: St. Francis Xavier X-Men win 40-14 over the Waterloo Lutheran Golden Hawks

[edit] Football (Soccer)

For an extensive coverage see 1966 in football (soccer)

World Cup: England defeats Germany to win the 1966 World Cup Final.
England - FA Cup: Everton win 3-2 against Sheffield Wednesday
FIFA decided to give the right to host the Football World Cup 1974, Football World Cup 1978 and 1982 Football World Cup to West Germany, Argentina and Spain

[edit] Golf

Men's Golf

Grand Slam of golf results:
1. May - The Masters golf tournament - Jack Nicklaus
2. June - US Open - Billy Casper
3. July - British Open - Jack Nicklaus
4. August - PGA Championship - Al Geiberger

PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Billy Casper - $121,945

Women's Golf

US Women's Open - Sandra Spuzich
LPGA Championship - Gloria Ehret
Kathy Whitworth: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $33,517.

[edit] Thoroughbred Horse Racing

Australia - Melbourne Cup - Galilee
Canada - Queen's Plate - Titled Hero
France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Bon Mot III
Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Sodium

English Triple Crown Races:
1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Kashmir
2. Epsom Derby - Charlottown
3. St. Leger Stakes - Sodium

United States Triple Crown Races:
1. Kentucky Derby - Kauai King
2. Preakness Stakes - Kauai King
3. Belmont Stakes - Amberoid(Held at Aqueduct)

[edit] Harness Racing

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

United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
1. Hambletonian - Kerry Way
2. Yonkers Trot - Polaris
3. Kentucky Futurity - Governor Armbro

Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
- Pacers: Chamfer Star
- Trotters: Yamamoto

[edit] Ice Hockey

Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Bobby Hull, Chicago Blackhawks

Hart Memorial Trophy: for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Bobby Hull, Chicago Blackhawks

Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens won 4-2 over the Detroit Red Wings

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

NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship - Michigan State University Spartans defeat Clarkson University Golden Knights 6-1 in Minneapolis, MN

[edit] Orienteering

First Orienteering World Championships held 1-2 October in Fiskars, Finland.

[edit] Skiing

ISF World Championships:
- Men's combined champion: Jean-Claude Killy, France
- Women's combined champion: Marielle Goitschel, France

[edit] Snooker

World Snooker Championship challenge match: John Pulman beats Fred Davis 5-2 matches

[edit] Tennis

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

Grand Slam in tennis women's results:

Davis Cup: Australia wins 4-1 over India in world tennis.

[edit] General sporting events

Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand

British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Kingston, Jamaica

Fourth Winter Universiade held in Sestriere, Italy

[edit] Awards

[edit] Births

[edit] January

January 1 — Nikolay Gulyayev, Soviet speedskater
January 2 — Aileen Claxon, British field hockey goalkeeper
January 3 — Andrea Jaeger, American tennis player
January 5 — Rodrigo Gavela, Spanish long-distance athlete
January 6 — Lucketz Swartbooi, Namibian long-distance runner
January 10 — Kennedy McKinney, American boxer
January 17 — Agnes Hijman, Dutch long-distance runner
January 23 — Bernadette Bowyer, Canadian field hockey player

[edit] February

February 1 — Michelle Akers, American football player
February 2 — Andrei Chesnokov, Russian tennis player
February 6 — Armando Barcellos, Brazilian triathlete
February 7 — Kristin Otto, East German swimmer
February 8 — Alex Antonitsch, Austrian tennis player
February 8 — Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian football player
February 9 — Ellen van Langen, Dutch athlete
February 11 — Patrik Kühnen, West German tennis player
February 11 — Anthony Parker, American football player
February 19 — Paul Haarhuis, Dutch tennis player
February 20 — Perica Bukić, Croatian water polo player

[edit] March

March 1 — Susan Auch, Canadian speed skater
March 2 — Judith Wiesner, Austrian tennis player
March 15 — Marvyn King, English darts player
March 20 — Chris Gifford, Canadian field hockey striker
March 21 — Hauke Fuhlbrügge, German middle distance runner
March 21 — Brad Pearce, American tennis player
March 23 — Martin N'Dongo, Cameroonian boxer
March 26 — Benny Nielsen, Danish butterfly swimmer
March 29 — Krassimir Balakov, Bulgarian football player
March 29 — Pamela Rai, Canadian freestyle swimmer
March 30 — Dmitry Volkov, Soviet breaststroke swimmer
March 31 — Tommy Werner, Swedish freestyle swimmer

[edit] April

April 2 — Teddy Sheringham, English football player
April 2 — Vadim Yaroshchuk, Soviet swimmer
April 15 — Andrei Olhovskiy, Russian tennis player
April 16 — Asif Dar, Pakistani-Canadian boxer
April 18 — Trine Hattestad, Norwegian javelin thrower
April 24 — Alessandro Costacurta, Italian football player
April 26 — Andrea Temesvari, Hungarian tennis player
April 28 — Sándor Hódosi, Hungarian canoer

[edit] May

May 4 — Karen Phillips, Australian butterfly swimmer
May 7 — Jes Høgh, Danish football (soccer) player
May 10 — Jonathan Edwards, British triple jumper
May 10 — Anne Elvebakk, Norwegian biathlete
May 11 — Michelle MacPherson, Canadian backstroke and butterfly swimmer
May 12 — Anne Ottenbrite, Canadian breaststroke swimmer
May 17 — Xavier Escudé, Spanish field hockey player
May 17 — Henrik Larsen, Danish football (soccer) player
May 31 — Roshan Mahanama, Sri Lankan cricketer

[edit] June

June 1 — Sven Rothenberger, German-born equestrian from the Netherlands
June 1 — Greg Schiano, American football coach
June 2 — Petra van Staveren, Dutch breaststroke swimmer
June 10 — David Platt, English football player
June 12 — Ignacio Cobos, Spanish field hockey player
June 16 — Jan Železný, Czech athlete
June 19 — Elijah Lagat, Kenyan long-distance runner
June 22 — Howard Grant, Jamaican-Canadian boxer
June 25 — Michael Tauson, Danish tennis player
June 27 — Mercedes Paz, Argentine tennis player
June 29 — John Part, Canadian darts player
June 30 — Ron Dekker, Dutch swimmer
June 30 — Mike Tyson, American boxer

[edit] July

July 1 — Stéphan Caron, French freestyle swimmer
July 1 — Frank De Bleeckere, Belgian football (soccer) referee
July 3 — Daniel Plaza, Spanish race walker
July 5 — Gianfranco Zola, Italian football (soccer) striker
July 7 — Henk Fräser, Dutch football (soccer) defender
July 9 — Marco Antonio González, Spanish water polo player
July 15 — Susan Fraser, Scottish field hockey player
July 21 — Larisa Neiland, Ukrainian-born tennis player from Latvia
July 18 — Kathrin Neimke, German track and field athlete
July 20 — Tracey McFarlane, American breaststroke swimmer
July 25 — Paul Burke, English boxer
July 27 — Tamás Deutsch, Hungarian backstroke swimmer

[edit] August

August 6 — Michael Hilgers, German field hockey forward
August 7 — Zlatko Yankov, Bulgarian football (soccer) player
August 10 — Jerry Nijman, Dutch boxer
August 14 — Freddy Rincón, Colombian football (soccer) player
August 16 — Rosey Edeh, Canadian athlete and tv-personality
August 19 — Sarah Jane Cook, English cricketer
August 22 — Rob Witschge, Dutch football (soccer) player
August 23 — Justin Lemberg, Australian middle-long distance freestyle swimmer
August 23 — Rik Smits, Dutch basketball player
August 24 — Jon Sieben, Australian butterfly swimmer
August 26 — Jacques Brinkman, Dutch field hockey player
August 30 — Willemien Aardenburg, Dutch field hockey player
August 31 — Thierry Champion, French tennis player
August 31 — Luboslav Penev, Bulgarian football (soccer) player

[edit] September

September 5 — Ronald Zoodsma, Dutch volleyball player
September 7 — Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, German speed skater
September 9 — Georg Hackl, German luger
September 9 — Alison Sydor, Canadian cross country mountain cyclist
September 25 — Liz Tchou, US field hockey defender

[edit] October

October 1 — George Weah, Liberian football (soccer) player
October 5 — María Carmen Barea, Spanish field hockey defender
October 5 — Peter Fonseca, Canadian long distance runner
October 10 — Tony Adams, English football (soccer) defender
October 10 — Elana Meyer, South African long distance runner
October 17 — Peter Milkovich, Canadian field hockey midfielder
October 18 — Thierry Lamberton, French ice speed skater
October 18 — Toshihisa Tsuchihashi, Japanese tennis player
October 19 — Meldrick Taylor, American boxer
October 21 — Jonas Svensson, Swedish tennis player
October 22 — Oscar Barrena, Spanish field hockey player
October 23 — Cornelia Sirch, East German backstroke swimmer

[edit] November

November 1 — Ingo Steuer, German figure skater
November 3 — Tracey Fuchs, American field hockey defender
November 9 — Lisa Faust, Canadian field hockey midfielder
November 14 — Petra Roßner, German cyclist
November 21 — Christopher Bowie, Canadian freestyle swimmer
November 22 — Jasmin Krohn, Swedish ice speed skater
November 25 — Lisa Bayliss, British field hockey player
November 26 — Jay Berger, American tennis player
November 30 — David Berkoff, American backstroke swimmer

[edit] December

December 1 — Larry Walker, Canadian baseball player
December 5 — Deb Whitten, Canadian field hockey player
December 15 — Juan Rios, Puerto Rican tennis player
December 20 — George Cramne, Swedish boxer
December 22 — Katrin Zimmermann, East German backstroke swimmer
December 25 — Javier Frana, Argentine tennis player
December 29 — Laurent Boudouani, French boxer
December 31 — Pablo Usoz, Spanish field hockey player and coach

[edit] Deaths

January 4 — Inga Artamonova (29), Russian world speed-skating champion
February 1 — Nicholas Piantanida, balloonist, died after suffering from a pressurization failure during an attempt at an altitude record
March 11 — "Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons, Horse Racing Hall of Fame trainer
May 4 — Bob Elliott (49), American Major League Baseball player (1939-1953)
June 30 — Giuseppe Farina (59), Italian Formula 1 champion race car driver (b. 1906)
July 6 — Sad Sam Jones (73), American Major League Baseball pitcher (1914-1935)
July 24 — Tony Lema (32), U.S. golf champion, died in a Munster, Indiana plane crash
August 1 — Hank Gowdy, Major League Baseball player and manager and World War I and II veteran
September 5 — Dezső Lauber (87), Hungarian all-round sportsman (b. 1879
October 10 — Charlotte Cooper (96), English tennis player (b. 1870)
December 27 — Frankie Genaro (65), American boxer (b. 1901)

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[edit] Artistic Gymnastics

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Track

[edit] Marathon

[edit] Auto Racing

[edit] Baseball

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Boxing

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Figure skating

[edit] Football (American)

[edit] Football (Australian rules football)

[edit] Football (Canadian)

[edit] Football (Soccer)

[edit] Golf

[edit] Thoroughbred Horse Racing

[edit] Harness Racing

[edit] Ice Hockey

[edit] Orienteering

[edit] Skiing

[edit] Snooker

[edit] Tennis

[edit] General sporting events

[edit] Awards

[edit] Births

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