1976

[edit] Auto Racing

Stock car racing:
- February 15 David Pearson won the Daytona 500
- NASCAR Championship - Cale Yarborough
Indianapolis 500 - Johnny Rutherford
USAC Racing - Gordon Johncock won the season championship
Formula One Championship:
- James Hunt of Britain
- Niki Lauda's famous accident occurred during the German Grand Prix at Nurburgring.
24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Jacky Ickx / Gijs van Lennep won, driving a Porsche 936
Rally racing - the team of Sandro Munari / Mario Manucci won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Lancia Stratos HF
Drag racing: Shirley Muldowney won "Top Fuel" at the NHRA World Finals

[edit] Baseball

April 25 - Chicago Cubs outfielder Rick Monday rescues an American flag just as two protestors are about to burn it in the outfield during a game at Dodger Stadium.
Sparky Lyle breaks Hoyt Wilhelm's American League record of 154 career saves.
1976 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.

See also 1976 in baseball

[edit] Basketball

1976 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament:
- Indiana wins 86-68 over Michigan

NBA Finals:
- Boston Celtics win 4 games to 2 over the Phoenix Suns

[edit] Boxing

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.

[edit] Cycling

Giro d'Italia won by Felice Gimondi of Italy
Tour de France - Lucien Van Impe of Belgium
World Cycling Championship: Freddy Maertens of Belgium

[edit] Dogsled racing

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

[edit] Field Hockey

Olympic Games (Men's Competition) in Montréal, Canada
- Gold Medal: New Zealand
- Silver Medal: Australia
- Bronze Medal: Pakistan

Women's World Cup in Berlin, West Germany
- Gold Medal: West Germany
- Silver Medal: Argentina
- Bronze Medal: The Netherlands

March 13 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium,England. England beat Scotland 3-0.

[edit] Figure Skating

World Figure Skating Championships:
- Men's champion: John Curry, Britain
- Women's champion: Dorothy Hamill, United States
- Pairs champions: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Saizew, Soviet Union

[edit] Football (American)

Super Bowl X:January 18 Pittsburgh Steelers won 21-17 over the Dallas Cowboys
Pittsburgh Panthers are voted NCAA Football National Champions.

[edit] Football (Australian Rules)

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)

[edit] Football (Canadian)

Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders won 23-20 over the Saskatchewan Roughriders
Vanier Cup: Western Ontario Mustangs won 29-13 over the Acadia Axmen

[edit] Football (Soccer)

England - FA Cup: Southampton won 1-0 over Manchester United
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.

[edit] Golf

Grand Slam of golf results:
1. May - The Masters - Ray Floyd
2. June - US Open - Jerry Pate
3. July - British Open - Johnny Miller
4. August - PGA Championship - Dave Stockton

PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Jack Nicklaus - $266,439

US Women's Open - JoAnne Carner
LPGA Championship - Betty Burfeindt
Judy Rankin is the leading money winner on the LPGA tour. With total earnings of $150,734, she is the first to ever earn more than $100,000 in a season.

[edit] Thoroughbred Horse Racing

Australia - Melbourne Cup - Van der Hum
Canada - Queen's Plate - Norcliffe
France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Ivanjica
Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Malacate

English Triple Crown Races:

United States Triple Crown Races:

[edit] Harness Racing

United States Pacing Triple Crown races:

United States Trotting Triple Crown races:

Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
- Pacers: Carclew
- Trotters: Bay Johnny

[edit] 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: 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

[edit] Skiing

Alpine Skiing
- The men's overall season champion: Ingemar Stenmark, Sweden
- The women's overall season champion: Rosi Mittermaier, W. Germany

[edit] 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.

[edit] Tennis

Grand Slam in tennis men's results:

Grand Slam in tennis women's results:

Davis Cup: Italy wins 4-1 over Chile in world tennis.

[edit] General sporting events

1976 Summer Olympics takes place in Montreal, 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

[edit] Births

[edit] January

January 1 — Melanie Clewlow, British field hockey player
January 2 — Danilo Di Luca, Italian cyclist
January 4 — Ezequiel Paulón, Argentine field hockey defender
January 6 — Amy Gillett, Australian rower and cyclist (d. 2005)
January 6 — Chun Lee-kyung, South Korean short track speed skater
January 7 — Éric Gagné, Canadian baseball player National League Cy Young Award
January 10 — Remy Bonjasky, Surinam-born K1-fighter from The Netherlands
January 11 — Bindi Kullar, Canadian field hockey player
January 16 — Martina Moravcová, Slovak swimmer
January 16 — Germán Orozco, Argentine field hockey defender
January 18 — Lars Paaske, Danish badminton player
January 20 — Gretha Smit, Dutch speed skater
January 22 — Stefan van Dijk, Dutch cyclist
January 29 — Karsten Kroon, Dutch cyclist

[edit] February

February 2 — Steven Dewick, Australian backstroke swimmer
February 2 — James Hickman, English swimmer
February 3 — Cătălin Hâldan, Romanian football (soccer) player (d. 2000)
February 5 — Sione Jongstra, Dutch triathlete
February 13 — Chantal de Bruijn, Dutch field hockey player
February 15 — Oscar Freire, Spanish cyclist
February 18 — Chanda Rubin, American tennis player
February 26 — Anna Bennett, English field hockey player
February 26 — Attila Vari, Hungarian water polo player
February 27 — Ludovic Capelle, Belgian cyclist

[edit] March

March 4 — Vic Wunderle, American archer
March 5 — Wayne Denne, South African field hockey player
March 5 — Sarunas Jasikevicius, Lithuanian basketball player
March 5 — Sergey Mihaylov, Uzbek boxer
March 6 — Antoine Dénériaz, French alpine skier
March 24 — Peyton Manning, NFL player, league co-MVP in 2003
March 10 — Lieja Tunks, Dutch athlete
March 14 — Sarah Ulmer, New Zealand cyclist
March 17 — Alvaro Recoba, Uruguay football (soccer) player
March 19 — Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov, Kazakh boxer
March 19 — Alessandro Nesta, Italian football (soccer) player
March 20 — Julia Zwehl, German field hockey goalkeeper
March 21 — Han Hyung-Bae, South Korean field hockey player
March 22 — Teun de Nooijer, Dutch field hockey player
March 25 — Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian heavyweight boxer
March 29 — Igor Astarloa, Spanish cyclist
March 29 — Jennifer Capriati, American tennis player

[edit] April

April 1 — Clarence Seedorf, Dutch football (soccer) player
April 3 — Nicolas Escudé, French tennis player
April 5 — Kim Collins, Saint Kitts and Nevis athlete
April 5 — David Staniforth, South African field hockey goalkeeper
April 8 — Tieme Klompe, Dutch football (soccer) player
April 10 — John van Lottum, Dutch tennis player
April 13 — Nami Miyazaki, Japanese field hockey goalkeeper
April 14 — Baeden Choppy, Australian field hockey striker
April 18 — Andrew Ilie, Romanian-born tennis player from Australia
April 20 — Big Ben, world champion show-jumping horse
April 24 — Steve Finnan, Irish football (soccer) player
April 25 — Tim Duncan, basketball player, two-time NBA MVP
April 25 — Rainer Schuettler, German tennis player
April 26 — Wijan Ponlid, Thai boxer
April 23 — Dirk van 't Klooster, Dutch baseball player
April 27 — Olaf Tufte, Norwegian rower
April 27 — Walter Pandiani, Uruguay football (soccer) player

[edit] May

May 1 — Patricia Stokkers, Dutch swimmer
May 3 — Juan Pablo Hourquebie, Argentine field hockey defender
May 6 — Adam Commens, Australian field hockey midfielder
May 6 — Ivan de la Peña, Spanish football (soccer) player
May 8 — Kim Christiansen, Norwegian snowboarder
May 9 — Mitesh Patel, New Zealand field hockey player
May 13 — Hamid Ait Bighrade, Moroccan boxer
May 15 — Tyler Walker, baseball player
May 17 — Daniel Komen, Kenyan runner
May 21 — Graham Dunlop, Scottish field hockey player
May 25 — Stefan Holm, Swedish athlete
May 27 — Bianca Netzler, Australian field hockey player
May 31 — Mashona Washington, American tennis player

[edit] June

June 1 — Niniwa Roberts, New Zealand field hockey striker
June 3 — Jens Kruppa, German swimmer
June 4 — Nenad Zimonjić, Serbian tennis player
June 6 — Hamza Yerlikaya, Turkish Greco-Roman style wrestler
June 8 — Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player
June 8 — Jennifer Rodriguez, Cuban-American speed skater
June 9 — Laurence Godfrey (archer), British archer
June 17 — Carolina Pascual, Spanish rhythmic gymnast
June 21 — Sander van der Weide, Dutch field hockey player
June 23 — Paola Suarez, Argentine tennis player
June 23 — Patrick Vieira, French football (soccer) player
June 23 — Brandon Stokley, NFL Wide Receiver
June 25 — Neil Walker, American swimmer
June 28 — Shinobu Asagoe, Japanese tennis player

[edit] July

July 1 — Patrick Kluivert, Dutch football (soccer) player
July 1 — Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch football (soccer) player
July 4 — Marcelo Romero, Uruguay football (soccer) player
July 5 — Nuno Gomes, Portuguese football (soccer) player
July 5 — Brent Livermore, Australian field hockey midfielder
July 6 — Nikki Hudson, Australian field hockey striker
July 9 — Jochem Uytdehaage, Dutch speed skater
July 16 — Anna Smashnova, Belarusian-born tennis player from Israel
July 22 — Moira Senior, New Zealand field hockey striker
July 23 — Judit Polgár, Hungarian chess player
July 31 — Louise Jöhncke, Swedish swimmer
July 31 — Paulo Wanchope, Costarican football (soccer) player

[edit] August

August 2 — Reyes Estévez, Spanish athlete
August 4 — Paul Goldstein, American tennis player
August 6 — Luke Milligan, English tennis player
August 7 — Timme Hoyng, Dutch field hockey player
August 9 — Rogier Wassen, Dutch tennis player
August 15 — Boudewijn Zenden, Dutch football (soccer) player
August 18 — Thomas Malchow, US swimmer
August 23 — LaTasha Colander, US track and field sprint athlete
August 27 — Carlos Moya, Spanish tennis player
August 27 — Mark Webber, Australian Formula 1-driver
August 29 — Jon Dahl Tomasson, Danish football (soccer) player

[edit] September

September 6 — Francisco Sanchez, Venezolan swimmer
September 7 — Carmel Bakurski, Australian field hockey player
September 8 — Sjeng Schalken, Dutch tennis player
September 10 — Gustavo Kuerten, Brazilian tennis player
September 10 — Reinder Nummerdor, Dutch volleybal player
September 12 — Jolanda Čeplak, Slovenian middle distance athlete
September 14 — Joshua Ilika, Mexican swimmer
September 20 — Michael Ballack, German football (soccer) player
September 22 — Ronaldo, Brazilian football (soccer) player
September 23 — James Nation, New Zealand field hockey player
September 25 — Melissa Collins, Canadian water polo player
September 25 — Denis Sylantiev, Ukrainian swimmer
September 27 — Francesco Totti, Italian football (soccer) player
September 29 — Oscar Sevilla, Spanish cyclist
September 29 — Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian football (soccer) player

[edit] October

October 2 — Angus Shelford, New Zealand boxer
October 8 — Galo Blanco, Spanish tennis player
October 8 — Renate Groenewold, Dutch speed skater
October 10 — Bob Burnquist, Brazilian skateboarder
October 12 — Julie Towers, Australian field hockey player
October 16 — Marcela Acuna, Argentine female boxer
October 14 — Nataša Kejžar, Slovenian swimmer
October 18 — Kjell Carlström, Finnish cyclist
October 19 — Ranjeev Deol, Canadian field hockey player
October 22 — Alexander Abt, Russian figure skater

[edit] November

November 4 — Alexander Popp, British-born tennis player
November 7 — Mark Philippoussis, Australian tennis player
November 8 — Sylvia Karres, Dutch field hockey player
November 13 — Bob de Jong, Dutch speed skater
November 13 — Albina Akhatova, Russian biathlete
November 14 — Jesse Brinkley, American boxer
November 14 — Ramon Delgado, Paraguayan tennis player
November 16 — Martijn Zuijdweg, Dutch swimmer
November 18 — Matt Welsh, Australian swimmer
November 28 — Gordan Kožulj, Croatian swimmer

[edit] December

December 11 — Laszlo Bodrogi, Hungarian cyclist
December 11 — Timmy Simons, Belgian football player
December 14 — Petter Hansson, Swedish football player
December 14 — Peter Gade, Danish badminton player
December 19 — Redouane Bouchtouk, Moroccan boxer
December 19 — Theo Lucius, Dutch football player
December 22 — Stephen Mowlam, Australian field hockey goalkeeper
December 25 — Percy Isenia, Dutch baseball player
December 30 — Hadi Al Somayli, Saudi Arabian athlete

[edit] Deaths

January 5 — Károly Takács (65), Hungarian pistol shooter (b. 1910)
January 18 – Ad Verhoeven, Dutch football (soccer) player
February 2 – Harry Elliott, English cricket wicketkeeper (b. 1891)
March 6 – Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom, American boxer and actor (b. 1903)
March 11 – Larry Gardner, Major League Baseball player (1908-1924)
May 30 – Max Carey, Major League Baseball player (1910-1929)
June 15 – Jimmy Dykes, Major League Baseball player (1918-1939)
September 25 – Red Faber, Major League Baseball, pitcher (1914-1933)
May 22 – Oscar Bonavena, Argentinian heavyweight boxer (b. 1942)

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