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1971 Sports Calendar

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January

Bubba Smith turns to find Duane Thomas in Super Bowl V



Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2

Notre Dame beats #1

Texas in Cotton Bowl,

Stanford beats #2 OSU in

Rose, #3 Nebraska beats

LSU in Orange.

Barrier collapse at Ibrox

Park Glasgow, Scotland

kills 66 at end of soccer

match.

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

NFL championships:

Colts beat Raiders 27-17

in AFC game. Cowboys

beat 49ers 17-10 in NFC.

Philadelphia's Veteran

Stadium dedicated.

Tommy Prothro hired as

head coach of the LA

Rams.

Sonny Liston, champ '62-

64, found dead at 36.

Harlem Globetrotters lose

to NJ Reds ending 2,495

game win streak.

Washington Redskins hire

George Allen as new

head coach and general

manager.

Franklin "Pepper"

Rodgers named head

football coach of UCLA.

Don Fambrough named

head football coach of

Kansas U.

Hula Bowl: North beats

South 42-32, Jim Plunkett

MVP. Mike Limongello

wins PBA US Open in St.

Paul, MN.

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

NASCAR: Ray Elder wins

Motor Trend 500 in

Riverside, CA. PGA: Bob

Lunn wins Los Angeles

Open.

Joe Theismann on the

cover of Sports Illustrated,

Notre Dame Stops

Texas .

NBA All-Star game in San

Diego, CA: West beats

East 108-107.

Frank Mahovlich traded

from Detroit Red Wings to

Montreal Canadiens.

One-day International at

Melbourne Cricket

Grounds: Australia beats

England by 5 wickets.

Ard Schenk skates WR

3000m in 4:12.6 at World

Champ in Davos, Switz.

36 yr old Floyd Paterson

KOs Levi Forte in Miami.

Ard Schenk skates WR

1500m in 1:58.7 at

Davos.

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

Super Bowl V: Baltimore

Colts defeat Dallas

Cowboys 16-13 at

Orange Bowl.

Dick Weber wins PBA

Denver Open. Ivan Koloff

beats Bruno Sammartino

in NYC for WWF

championship.

24th NHL All-Star game

played in Boston: West

beats East 2-1.

Vancouver Canucks lose

their 6th straight home

game.

NCAA basketball: Notre

Dame beats #1 ranked

UCLA 89-82.

NHL: California Golden

Seals beat Toronto Maple

Leafs 5-2.

East beats West in 4th

ABA All-Star game in NC.

Tyler Palmer wins US a

World Cup for Alpine

Skiing in St Moritz.

24 25 26 27 28 29 30

First NFL Pro Bowl since

merger: NFC beats AFC

27-6. Miller Barber wins

PGA Phoenix Open.

Dr. Un Yong Kim elected

President of Korean Tae

Kwon Association.

NHL: Ralph Backstrom

traded from Montreal to

LA for Gord Labossiere

and Ray Fortin.

Milwaukee Bucks Kareem

Abdul-Jabbar scores 53

points in Boston.

NFL draft: 1st pick Jim

Plunkett goes to Patriots,

2nd pick Saints draft

Archie Manning.

Hal Greer playing for the

76ers becomes the 6th

player in NBA to score

20,000 career points.

Johnny Neumann of

Mississippi scores 63 pts

vs LSU.

31

George Archer wins PGA

San Diego Open. John

Misha Petkevich and

Janet Lynn win US Figure

Skating Titles. historybycalendar



February

Richard Petty pit stop at Daytona

1971




1 2 3 4 5 6

Indiana Hoosier's George

McGinnis scores 45

points and grabs 20

rebounds in a win over

Northern Illinois.

Gene Phillips of SMU

goes 19-19 from free

throw line vs Texas A&M.

MLB Commissioner

Bowie Kuhn establishes

Committee on Negro

League Veterans to select

Negro League stars for

Hall of Fame.

UCLA beats Kansas in

the National Women's

Volleyball Tournament.

Harvard d. Yale 115-98.

Bullets score 9 in 2nd qtr

vs Braves in 98-90 win.

Joel Caldwell nets 56 for

Carolina Cougars in a 156-

139 win over Kentucky

Colonels.

Astronaut Alan Shepard

hits a golf ball while on

the Moon.

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Tom Shaw wins PGA

Hawaiian Open.

Artis Gilmore of

Jacksonville University

logs 27th consecutive

double-double.

Committee on Negro

League Veterans

unanimously selects

Satchel Paige for Hall of

Fame.

In a game between VCU

and Old Dominion several

hundred ODU fans with

pre-bought tickets are

denied entry because the

arena is already full.

Montreal Canadien John

Believau scores his 500th

NHL goal.

Geoff Petrie of Portland

Trailblazers scores 43 in

137-125 win over Seattle

Sonics.

VP Spiro Agnew hits two

tee shots into crowd

injuring two. US-USSR

gymnastic meet at

University Park, PA.

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Richard Petty wins

Daytona 500. Arnold

Palmer wins Bob Hope

Desert Classic.

NCAA basketball: Santa

Clara records 92

rebounds vs St. Mary's

CA.

Division II NCAA

basketball: Tennessee St.

beats Oglethorpe

University 7-4.

Michigan State beats

Wayne State in fencing

14-13.

Rookie Jude Drouin of

Minnesota North Stars

records 15-game point

streak.

Cleveland Cavalier Walt

Wesley scores 50 pts vs

Cincinnati Royals.

Bruin Phil Esposito is

quickest to score 50 goals

in one season.

Weightlifting Champion-

ship in Columbus, OH:

Vassily Alexeyev first to

clean and jerk 500lbs.

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

JC Snead wins Tuscon

Open. Ruth Jessen wins

LPGA Sears Women's

World Golf Classic.

On 21st B'day Julius

Erving of UMASS scores

36 pts and grabs 32 rebs

in a 86-71 win over

Syracuse.

Geoff Petrie of Portland

scores 43 in 113-119 loss

to Philadelphia.

West Virginia's Wil

Robinson scores 45 vs

Penn State.

First day of PGA Champ

in Palm Beach Gardens,

FL. Bruins score three

goals in 20 sec in a 8-3

win vs Canucks.

Princeton makes 48 FG

and Brian Taylor scores

31 pts in a 108-64 win vs

Yale.

Bob Knight coaches his

100th win for Army in a 64-

50 win vs Navy.

28

Jack Nicklaus shoots 281

at PGA Championship to

win his second golf grand

slam. NASCAR: AJ Foyt

wins Miller High Life 500

in Ontario, CA. historybycalendar



March

Ali vs. Frazier

1971




1 2 3 4 5 6

39 year old Willie Mays

signs 2yr contract for

$165K per year.

NYC Mayor Lindsay

announces plans for city

to buy and modernize

Yankee Stadium and

lease it back to club.

Jimmy Ellis KO's Tony

Doyle in Miami.

Les Binkley records his

11th career shutout with

the Pittsburgh Penguins.

During soccer match at

Fonte Nova in Salvador,

Brazil a fight breaks out in

grandstands killing 4 and

injuring 1,500.

University of Wisconsin

AD wants to drop crew

team from athletic

program due to the

budget constraints

caused by football's poor

attendance.

Dick Weber wins PBA

Buckeye Open in Toledo.

Stew Johnson scores 62

for Pittsburgh Condors in

143-129 win vs Miami

Floridians.

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

NASCAR: Richard Petty

wins Richmond 500. JC

Snead wins PGA Doral-

Eastern Open.

Joe Frazier beats

Muhammad Ali at MSG to

retain heavyweight boxing

title.

Bucks streak of 20

straight wins ends with

loss to Bulls as Tom

Boerwinkle grabs 33

rebounds.

Phoenix Suns shoot

29.7% vs Atlanta Hawks.

ACC Tournament: NC d.

Clemson, VU d. WF, SC

d. Maryland, Duke d. NC

State.

ACC Tournament: North

Carolina over Virginia,

South Carolina over NC

State.

S Carolina beats N

Carolina 52-51 in ACC

Championship game.

Austin Carr of Notre

Dame scores 52 vs TCU

in 1st rd of NCAA tourn.

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Richard Petty wins

Carolina 500. Arnold

Palmer wins Florida

Citrus Invitational.

Australian Open: Ken

Rosewall beats Arthur

Ashe, Margaret Court

beats Evonne Goolagong.

Heavyweight Henry

Cooper loses a

controversial decision to

Joe Bugner in London,

England.

Jack Lengyel is hired as

Marshall University's new

football coach to rebuild

program after the plane

crash that killed 37

players and 12 coaches.

Frozen Four NCAA

Hockey in Syracuse, NY:

Boston U beats Denver 4-

2, Minnesota beats

Harvard 6-5.

Philadelphia 76ers

outscore Cincinnati

Royals 90-8 in one half.

NCAA Hockey Champ:

Boston U over Minn 4-2.

NHL: Bruins win 13th

straight. 3rd rd NCAA:

Fordham 22-22 FT vs SC.

ND's Austin Carr 47pts vs

Houston.

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Richard Petty wins

Hickory 276 in NC. Gary

Player wins PGA

Jacksonville Open. Jan

Ferraris wins LPGA

Orange Blossom Classic.

NIT quarter finals in

Madison Square Garden:

NC over Providence,

Duke over Tennessee.

NIT quarter finals in MSG:

Georgia Tech over

Michigan, St Bonaventure

over Hawaii.

NBA Eastern Semifinals:

Philadelphia 76ers beat

Baltimore Bullets 126-112

in game one.

NCAA Final Four in

Houston: Villanova d. W

Kentucky, UCLA d. KU.

Boston Patriots become

New England Patriots.

NBA Eastern Semifinals:

Bullets beat 76ers 119-

107, series 1-1.

UCLA beats Villanova 68-

62 for their fifth NCAA

Basketball Championship.

28 29 30 31

David Pearson wins

Southeastern 500 at

Bristol. Gary Player wins

National Airlines Open.

NBA playoffs: Bullets over

76ers.

Steve Jones of Memphis

Sound scores 51 in 107-

109 loss to Kentucky

Colonels.

NBA playoffs: Bullets beat

76ers to take 3-1 series

lead.

Last day of season for

ABA: Pros d. Cougars,

Squires d. Floridians,

Chaparrals d. Pacers,

Rockets d. Nets.historybycalendar



April

Pearl Monroe vs. Oscar Robinson in the 1971 NBA Finals




1 2 3

NBA Eastern Semifinals

76ers beat Bullets 104-

103, series 2-3.

Ruben "Rockabye"

Olivares beats Jesus

"Chuchu" Castillo for

Bantamweight Title.

NBA playoffs: 76ers even

series beating Bullets 98-

94.

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Bullets beat 76ers, head

to NBA Conference

Finals. AJ Foyt wins

NASCAR's Atlanta 500.

In 1st rd of ABA playoffs

Utah Stars take a 3-0

series lead vs Texas.

MLB memorandum:

baseball personnel must

comply with Federal and

State drug laws.

Opening day, first pitch

Willie Mays hits 629 HR in

4-0 win vs Padres. Knicks

112 Bullets 111. World

Table Tennis in Nagoya,

Japan; US team invited to

China.

NHL playoffs: Bruins 3

Canadiens 1, Blackhawks

5 Flyers 2, North Stars 3

Blues 2, Rangers 5 Leafs

4.

Richard Petty wins

Columbia 200 in SC.

NHL playoffs: Canadiens

d. Bruins, Leafs d.

Rangers, Hawks d.

Flyers, Blues d. North

Stars

NBA Conference Finals:

Knicks beat Bullets to

take 2-0 series lead.

First game at Veterans

Stadium: Phillies beat

Expos. Bobby Isaac wins

Greenville, SC 200. NHL:

Canadiens, Leafs, Hawks,

Blues win playoff games.

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Charles Coody wins Golf

Masters Champ. Bullets

beat Knicks in game 3 of

conference finals. NHL

playoff wins: Bruins,

Rangers, Blues. Hawks

win series over Flyers.

US Table Tennis Team

arrives in Beijing as first

Americans in China in 22

years. Colonels d.

Floridians in 1st rd of ABA

playoffs 4 games to 2.

Twins (4) vs Royals (3)

combine for 7 players hit

by pitches. NHL playoff

winners: Bruins, Rangers,

Stars.

NBA Conference Finals:

Bullets beat Knicks,

series 2-2.

Richard Petty wins

Maryville 200 in TN.

NHL: Stars win series

over Blues, Rangers win

series over Leafs,

Canadiens even series

with Bruins.

NBA playoffs: Knicks beat

Bullets, 3-2 series lead.

Australian Rugby: rd 4 of

Giltinan Shield and Wills

Cup; Sea Eagles d. St.

George 13-9, Norths d.

Canterbury 17-10 in

Sydney, Australia.

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Bullets even series with

Knicks. Richard Petty

wins Gwyn Staley 400 in

Wilkesboro. Canadiens

win series over Bruins,

Rangers beat Hawks in

game 1 of semi finals.

75th Boston Marathon

won by Alvaro Mejia of

Columbia in 2:18:45.

Bullets beat Knicks 93-91

to head to NBA Finals.

Black Hawks over

Rangers, series 1-1.

Canadiens over North

Stars in game 1 of semi-

finals.

Milwaukee Bucks beat

Baltimore Bullets 98-88

game one of the NBA

finals. Thayer Potter

heads Pittsburgh group in

buying Penguins.

Rangers over North Stars,

take 2-1 series lead.

North Stars over

Canadiens to tie series 1-

1.

MLB winners: BOS, BAL,

KCR, NYY, OAK, MIL,

NYM, LAD, MON, SFG,

PHI.

Canadiens beat North

Stars 6-3 to take 2-1

series lead. Kentucky

Colonels d. Virginia

Squires 4 games to 2 in

2nd rd of ABA playoffs.

25 26 27 28 29 30

Richard Petty wins

Virginia 500. Bucks 102

Bullets 83 in game 2.

Hawks d. Rangers, Stars

d. Canadiens, both series

2-2.

Rugby Giltinan Shield and

Wills Cup, rd 5: South

Sydney Rabbitohs beat

Parramatta Eels 25-18 in

Sydney, Australia.

Hank Aaron hits 600th

HR. Black Hawks over

Rangers, Canadiens over

North Stars.

Milwaukee takes a 3-0

game lead in the NBA

finals beating Baltimore

107-99. ABA: Utah d.

Indiana 4 games to 3 in

2nd round of playoffs.

Canadiens heading to

Stanley Cup Finals,

Rangers and Black

Hawks series tied at 3-3.

Milwaukee Bucks take

NBA Championship over

Baltimore Bullets in game

four 118-106.



May

Canonero II riden by Gustavo Avila wins Kentuck Derby

1971




1

Canonero II ridden by

Gustavo Avila wins

Kentucky Derby.

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Buddy Baker wins Rebel

500 at Darlington. Black

Hawks d. Rangers in

semis 4 games to 3.

Frank Beard wins PGA

New Orleans Open.

North London Derby:

Arsenal d. Tottenham 1-0

takes First Division Title.

ABA finals: Utah d.

Kentucky 136-117.

Stanley Cup Finals:

Chicago Black Hawks

beat Montreal Canadiens

2-1 in OT.

Game 2 of ABA Finals:

Utah Stars beat Kentucky

Colonels 138-125 to take

2-0 series lead.

Stanley Cup Finals: Black

Hawks over Canadiens 5-

3, series at 2-0. Jack

Nicklaus wins Byron

Nelson Golf Classic in TX.

ABA Finals: Kentucky

Colonels d. Utah Stars

116-110, series 1-2.

ABA Finals: Colonels d.

Stars 129-125 OT, series

2-2. Lacrosse: 18,489

watch Navy d. John

Hopkins 9-6 in

Astrodome.9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Benny Parsons wins

Halifax County 100 in VA.

Stanley Cup: Canadiens

over Hawks 4-2, series at

1-2.

Expanded Pro Football

Hall of Fame becomes a

three building 34,000 sq ft

complex.

Stanley Cup Finals:

Canadiens even series at

2-2 vs Black Hawks

winning 5-2.

ABA Finals: Utah Stars

beat Kentucky Colonels

137-127 to take a 3-2

series lead.

Stanley Cup: Black

Hawks beat Canadiens 2-

0, take a 3-2 series lead.

1B Bob Oliver of KC

Royals records 6 double

plays vs Oakland.

Canonero II wins

Preakness. ABA Finals:

Kentucky d. Utah 105-102

to even series at 3-3.

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Dannie Allison wins

Winston 500, Talladega.

Stanley Cup: Canadiens

d. Hawks 4-3, series tied

at 3-3. PGA: Hubert

Green wins Houston Int.

Ralph Garr of Atlanta hits

2 HRs in extra innings 10

& 12 vs Mets in a 4-3 win.

Canadiens win Stanley

Cup d. Black Hawks 3-2,

win series 4-3. ABA

Finals: Utah beats

Kentucky 4 games to 3.

England and Wales play

to a 0-0 draw at Wembley

Stadium in Home

Championship Game.

Soccer: Ajax Amsterdam

wins Dutch Cup by

defeating Sparta

Rotterdam 2-1.

Richard Petty wins

Asheville 300 in NC.

1st rd NCAA Lacrosse

Tourn: Maryland d. Air

Force 10-1, Navy d.

Virginia 9-6, Cornell d.

Brown 10-8, Army d.

Hofstra 19-3.

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

Bobby Isaac wins

Kingsport 300 in TN.

PGA: Gene Littler wins

Colonial Invitational in TX.

Sweden's Elitserien

League hockey teams

Husqvarna and

Vatterstats merge to form

team HV71.

NHL: Buffalo Sabres

trade Joe Daley to Detroit

Red Wings for Mike

Robitaille and Don Luce.

Curt Blefaery is traded by

the Yankees to the A's for

Rob Gardner.

MLB first place teams at

end of day: ALE; Boston,

ALW; Oakland, NLE; St

Louis, NLW; San

Francisco.

First ABA-NBA All Star

game in Houston Astro-

dome, NBA wins 125-120.

Al Unser Sr. wins Indy

500. Lacrosse semi-

finals: Cornell d. Navy 17-

16, Maryland d. Navy 10-

7.

30 31

Willie Mays hits 638th

HR, NL record of 1,950

runs scored. Bobby

Allison wins World 600,

NC. Lee Trevino wins

PGA Memphis Classic.

Vida Blue on cover of

Sports Illustrated under

headline YEAR OF THE

HOT ONES , [subtitled]

Hottest of all .historybycalendar



June

Casey Viator

1971




1 2 3 4 5

Bob Heise traded by SF

Giants to Brewers for

Floyd Wicker.

European Cup Final: Ajax

beats Panathinaikos 2-0.

Test Cricket debut of

Pakistan Imrans Khan vs

England at Edgbaston (5,

0-36, 0-19).

Cubs Ken Holtzman

pitches no-hitter vs Reds

in a 1-0 win. Zaheer

Abbas scores Cricket 274

at Edgbaston, 544

minutes 38 fours.

Oakland Athletics beat

Washington Senators 5-3

in 21 innings.

First NCAA Lacrosse

Championship: Cornell

beats Maryland 12-6.

Belmont Stakes: Pass

Catcher wins, Canonero II

denied Triple Crown.

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

NASCAR: Bobby Allison

wins Mason-Dixon 500 in

Dover, DE. PGA: Gordon

Dickinson wins PGA

Atlanta Classic.

Two MLB games played:

Cardinals over Braves 7-6

(10) and Pirates over

Cubs 11-6.

MLB draft. Cricket: 5th

day of First Test match,

Pakistan vs England in

Birmingham, England

ends drawn.

Bill Russel of the LA

Dodgers Ks 5 times in a 4-

9 loss to Phillies. Jean

Beliveau retires from

Montreal Canadiens.

Body builder Casey Viator

squats 500lbs for 13 reps

training for Amateur

Athletic Union Mr.

America contest.

Phillies sign 2nd round

draft pick Mike Schmidt.

Casey Viator wins AAU

Mr. America in York, PA.

Phillies Terry Harmon

sets 2B chance record

with 18 in 3-0 win vs

Padres.

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Bobby Allison wins Motor

State 400 in Mich.

Helmut Marko and Gys

Van Lennep win Le Mans

in their Porsche 917

driving last 10hrs with no

brakes.

Oakland leads AL with 39

wins, San Francisco leads

NL with 40 wins.

Bill Briggs becomes first

ski mountaineer to ski

down the 13,770 ft Grand

Teton.

City of Groningen forms

soccer team in

Netherlands. A's 5 solo

HRs account for all their

scoring in 5-1 win over

Senators.

Don Kessinger of Cubs

records 6 hits in a 10

inning 7-6 win vs

Cardinals.

Rob Ellis IF of Michigan

State University goes

straight to the majors

after being drafted by

Milwaukee Brewers.

NCAA Outdoor Track

Championship in Seattle.

Senior Olympics in LA

Coliseum.

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Bobby Allison wins

Winston Golden State

400 in Riverside, CA

Lee Trevino wins US

Open in PA. Indians Ken

Harrelson retires from

baseball to play pro golf.

Bob Robertson of Pirates

has 8 1B assists.

Cricket: 5th day of

Second Test match,

England vs Pakistan in

London, ends drawn.

Phillies Rick Wise pitches

a no-hitter, hits two home

runs against the Reds.

Bobby Allison wins Space

City 300 at Meyer

Speedway in Houston.

Mets pitch Tom Seaver

hits 8th inning HR to win

his own game 2-1 over

the Expos.

In a doubleheader Cleon

Jones of the Mets takes 6

bases on balls.

Petty wins Pickens 200,

SC. NCAAF: Coaches All-

Amer Game, West 33

East 28. IRA Regatta,

Onondaga Lake: Cornell

crew upsets Navy and

Washington.

27 28 29 30

Bobby Mitchell wins PGA

Cleveland Open. 26th US

Women's Open Golf

Championship won by

JoAnne Carner.

Lee Trevino appears on

cover of Sports Illustrated,

Supermex Strikes Again .

Supreme Court reverses

Ali's draft dodging

conviction.

Reds beat Expos 14-0 on

23 hits. Mets Tom

Seaver Ks 13 in 3-0 win

over Phillies.

University of South

Carolina withdraws from

the ACC.

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July

Roberto Clemente All Star Game catch at Tiger Stadium

1971




1 2 3

Mets release 2B Al Weis,

1969 World Series hero.

Wimbledon: Evonne

Goolagong beats

Margaret Smith (6-4, 6-1).

Wimbledon: John

Newcombe beats Stan

Smith (6-3, 5-7, 2-6, 6-4,

6-4)

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

NASCAR: Bobby Isaac

wins Firecracker 400 at

Daytona. Lee Trevino

wins Canadian Open.

Yankees and Red Sox

each collect 16 hits,

Boston's 4 HRs the

difference in a 12-7 win.

Detroit's Norm Cash hits

two 3-run HRs for a 12-7

win over Yankees.

Red Sox manager Ed

Kasko gets ejected for

feigning a faint over a call

at home plate, they beat

the Angels 5-3.

MLB division leaders

BAL, OAK, PIT, SFG all

win.

Vida Blue of Oakland

pitches 20 inning 1-0

shutout vs Angles, teams

combine for 43 Ks, A's

17, Angels 26, Bill Cowan

of Angels 6.

100th British Open: Lee

Trevino wins shooting a

278 at Royal Birkdale.

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Charlie Glotzbach wins

Volunteer 500 at Bristol,

TN. Phillies Deron

Johnson hits three home

runs to cap four in a row.

Dave Eichelberger wins

PGA Milwaukee Open.

Billy Jean King's 79th

singles tournament win, d.

Rosemary Casals 6-3, 6-3

for Rothmans North of

England Tennis

Championship.

MLB's 42nd All Star

Game, Tiger Stadium: AL

d. NL 6-4. Cricket: 5th

day of Third Test,

England vs Pakistan,

England wins by 25 runs.

Richard Petty wins Albany-

Saratoga 250 in NY.

Richard Petty wins Islip

250 in NY.

Bob Robertson becomes

2nd player to hit HR into

70ft high RF upper deck

at Three Rivers Stadium.

1st test match of South

Africa rugby tour of

Australia, S Africa wins 19-

11. Kathy Whitworth and

Judy Kimball win LPGA

Four-Ball Golf

Championship.18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Eddy Merckx of Belgium

wins Tour de France.

Bruce Crampton wins

Western Open in IL.

Richard Petty wins

Northern 300 in NJ.

Lee Trevino on the cover

of Time magazine Golf's

New Superstar . Billy

Jean King wins Austrian

Open vs. Laura Rossouw

6-2, 4-6, 7-5.

MLB standings: ALE;

BAL up 3.5 on BOS,

ALW; OAK up 10 on

KCR, NLE; PIT up 11 on

CHC, NLW; SFG up 7 on

LAD.

Three extra inning games

in MLB: DET d. CAL 6-3

(11), OAK d. CLE 4-3

(12), ATL d. SDP 8-7

(11).

MLB last place teams:

WSA 19.5 GB in ALE,

MIL 19.5 GB in ALW,

MON 24 GB in NLE, SDP

26.5 GB in NLW.

Pat Dobson wins 10th

straight, Orioles beat

California 4-3.

Richard Petty wins

Nashville 420.

25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Arnold Palmer wins

Westchester Classic in

NY. Judy Kimball wins

LPGA O'Sullivan Ladies

Golf Open.

Ali knocks out Jimmy Ellis

in 12.

Hal McRae hits HR, 3

doubles, and a single to

lead the Reds to an 11-3

win over Padres.

Brooks Robinson commits

three errors in 6th inning

vs Oakland A's.

MLB winning pitchers:

CHW Bradley, CAL

Fisher, DET Scherman,

MIL Pattin, PIT Veale,

STL Reuss, SDP Roberts,

ATL Reed.

Chicago College All-Star

Football Game: Baltimore

Colts beat College All-

Stars 24-17 in front of

52,289.

South Africa d. Australia

14-6 in 2nd test match of

S African rugby tour of

Aust. Deventen soccer

team Go Ahead Eagles

forms in Netherlands.



August

Vida Blue

1971




1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Richard Petty wins Dixie

500 at Atlanta Motor

Speedway. Joanne

Carner wins LPGA

Bluegrass Golf

Invitational.

1st Inter-District

Competition in newly

independent Fiji: Nadi

beats Suva 5-4 on penalty

kicks. Nicklaus and

Palmer win Team

Championship in PA.

The yearling Secretariat is

shod on his front feet for

the first time and

transferred to the

Meadow training center

for breaking.

Cardinals Bob Gibson

wins 200th game with a 7-

2 victory over Giants.

Pirates 3B Jose Pagan

has arm fractured by

Expos pitcher

Strohmeyer.

Bobby Allison wins Myers

Brothers 250 at Bowman-

Gray Stadium in Winston-

Salem, NC.

A's Vida Blue becomes

1st 20 game winner of the

season with a 1-0, 3 hit

game vs the White Sox.

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Richard Petty wins West

Virginia 500. Jerry Heard

wins American Golf

Classic in OH. Jane

Blalock wins LPGA Pepsi

Golf Open.

Satchel Paige inducted

into baseball's Hall of

Fame, "I am the proudest

man on the face of the

Earth today."

Society for American

Baseball Research

(SABR) founded.

Harmon Killebrew 500th

HR during 6,671 at-bat,

fewest since Babe.

Minnesota Twins Harmon

Killebrew hits HR 501.

Final day of the 6th Pan

American games in Cali,

Columbia, US leads

medal count with 218,

Cuba 105, Canada 80.

Reds pitcher Don Gullett

and Wayne Granger

combine for a one-hitter

win over Cubs, 8-2.

St. Louis Cardinals Bob

Gibson no-hits Pittsburgh

Pirates.

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Bobby Allison wins

Yankee 400 at Michigan

International Speedway.

Sandra Haynie wins

LPGA Len Immke Buick

Golf Open.

16 baseball researchers

named to form Society for

American Baseball

Research.

Pirates 2B Bill Mazeroski

records 2000th career hit

in a 5-6 loss to Astros.

PGA: Dave Stockton wins

Massachusetts Classic.

Marshall University

football program's first

day of practice since

plane crash with

freshman making up half

the team roster.

Cubs Ferguson Jenkins

wins 20th, beating Astros

3-2, pulling the Cubs 4

1/2 games behind Pirates.

Mickey Lolich gets 20th

win as Tigers beat

Brewers 7-2. Reds Jim

Merritt gets 1st win of

year after 11 straight

losses.

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Bobby Allison wins

Talladega 500. Tom

Weiskopf wins

Philadelphia Golf Classic.

Pam Barnett wins LPGA

Southgate Gold Open.

Vida Blue on the cover of

Time Magazine with

headline New Zip for the

Old Game .

Ernie Banks hits 512th

and final HR off Red's Jim

McGlothin in 5-4 win at

Wrigley Field.

Mark Spitz breaks WR in

the 100m Butterfly with a

time of 55.0 sec in

Houston, TX.

NY Giants football team

announces it is leaving

Bronx for New Jersey in

1975. Orioles Don Buford

strikes out 5 times in 8-7

win vs White Sox.

Richard Petty wins

Sandlapper 200 at

Columbia Speedway, SC.

Mark Spitz WR 200m

butterfly in 2:03.9 at

Houston, TX meet.

Tiny Lund wins Buddy

Shumar 276 in Hickory,

NC. Phillie pitcher Rick

Wise hits Grand Slam vs

SF. US-Cuba volleyball

match in Havana, Cuba.

29 30 31

PGA: DeWitt Weaver

wins Liggett & Myers

Open Match Play

Championship in NC.

Billy Jean King wins US

Open d. Rosemary

Casals 6-4, 7-6. MNF

preseason: NY Jets vs

KC Chiefs at Arrowhead

Stadium.

Four days after Spitz WR

West German Hans-

Joachim Fassnacht WR

200m butterfly in 2:03.3 at

Landskrona, Sweden.

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September

Nixon at the White House, September 17, 1971

1971




1 2 3 4

Pittsburgh Pirates start

first all-minority line-up.

Astro Cesar Cedeno hits

200ft inside-park grand

slam after Dodger 2B and

RF collide head on. Red

Sox P Sonny Siebert

2HRs vs Orioles.

Owner Phil Wrigley takes

out newspaper ad

criticizing Cubs players

who want to dump

manager Leo Durocher.

In LA Reds SS Woody

Woodward almost killed in

9th by a 10 lb sack of

flour dropped from an

airplane that explodes 15

ft away from him.

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Astro pitcher JR Richard

debut, Ks 15 Giants in 5-3

win, 11 Giants Kd in 2nd

game of the double-

header. Tigers 6 pitch-

hitters in 7th inning in 5-6

loss to Yankees.

Bobby Allison wins

Southern 500 in

Darlington, SC. George

Archer wins PGA Hartford

Open in CT.

Royals Amos Otis collects

4 hits and 5 stolen bases

in a 4-3 win over Brewers.

Cecil Cooper makes MLB

debut for the Boston Red

Sox.

NHL 's Gordie Howe

retires.

Alabama's Bear Bryant

wins 200th victory.

Golden Richards of BYU

records 219 yds on 5 punt

returns vs. North Texas.

At Wrigley Field Juan

Pizarro beats Cardinals 7-

0 with help from a Paul

Popovich Grand Slam.

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

US Open: Billie Jean King

d. Rosemary Casals (6-4,

7-6), Stan Smith d. Jan

Kodes (3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6).

PGA: Johnny Miller wins

Southern Open, GA.

Frank Robinson of the

Orioles hits his 500th HR.

World Hockey Association

is formed.

Washington Senators

beat Cleveland Indians 8-

6 in 20 innings, there

were 30 bases on balls,

Wash 19, Clev 11.

In a double header Cubs

(21) vs Mets (20)

combine for 41 strike

outs.

Cubs Juan Pizarro

pitches shutout and hits

HR to win his own game

1-0.

Each player in White Sox

lineup hits one HR in a 9-

4 win over Angels.

Enzio Hernandez of

Padres in a 2-1 win over

Giants bunts 12th career

RBI, his 12 RBIs in 549 at

bats is fewest in history

by player with at least 500

at bats.

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Dodgers Al Downing and

Don Sutton pitch shutouts

during 12-0, 4-0 double-

header over Braves, LA

now 1 1/2 games behind

Giants.

MNF: Minnesota Vikings

beat Detroit Lions 16-13.

AL approves Washington

Senators move to

Arlington, TX.

Rochester (International

League) beats Denver

(American Association) 9-

6 to win Junior World

Series 4 games to 3.

NBA vs ABA exhibition

game, Floridians d.

Baltimore 96-88 in Miami.

Houston Astros beat San

Diego Padres 2-1 in 21

innings.

U La.-Lafayette's first

game at Cajun Field vs.

Santa Clara ends in a 21-

0 win.

26 27 28 29 30

Bobby Isaac wins Old

Dominion 500 at

Martinsville, VA. Labron

Harris Jr wins Robinson

Open, IL. Pam Higgins

wins Lincoln-Mercury Golf

Open.

MNF: Saint Louis

Cardinals beat New York

Jets 17-10.

Orioles get 108 wins for

season with double-

header wins at Boston 10-

2, 5-4. Orioles 3rd team

to win 100 games in 3

straight seasons.

Ron Hunt of Expos hit by

a Milt Pappas pitch vs

Cubs, this was Hunts 50th

of the season, an MLB

record.

Last Washington

Senators home game: NY

Yankees win on a forfeit,

Yankees trailing 4-2 in 9th

with 2 outs, fans rush the

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October

Texas Stadium

1971




1 2


game: Detroit d. Virginia

128-123 in Richmond.

NL Championship Series:

San Francisco Giants

beat Pittsburgh Pirates 5-

4.

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

AL Champ Series: Orioles

beat A's 5-3. NLCS:

Pirates beat Giants 9-4.

Oilers and Saints play to

13-13 tie.

ALCS: Orioles defeat A's

5-1. MNF: Oakland

Raiders beat Cleveland

Browns 34-20.

ALCS: Orioles defeat A's

5-3, win series 3-0.

NLCS: Pirates beat

Giants 2-1, series at 2-1.

NLCS: Pirates beat

Giants 9-5, win series 3-1.

Angels fire manager Lefty

Phillips.


game: Milwaukee d.

Kentucky 99-93 in

Louisville.

Game 1 of World Series:

Orioles beat Pirates 5-3.

Chip Hough of Air Force

returns 3 punts for 179

yds vs. SMU.

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Bobby Allison wins

National 500 at Lowes

Motor Speedway, NC.

Colts d. Bills 43-0, 401

yds to 49.

Orioles beat Pirates 11-3,

take a 2-0 World Series

lead. Davis Cup in

Charlotte, US d. Romania

3-2. Cowboys beat Giants

20-13.

World Series game three:

Pirates beat Orioles 5-1 at

Three Rivers Stadium,

series at 2-1.

First World Series night

game: Pirates beat

Orioles 4-3 at Three

Rivers Stadium to tie

series at 2-2.

World Series game five:


Three Rivers to lead

series 3-2.

First game played in

newly built Texas

Stadium: Texas Southern

beats Bishp College 34-

21.

World Series: Orioles

beat Pirates 3-2, series 3-

3. Div II Coe Kohawks

gain 719 yds rushing on

73 carries vs. Beloit.

17 18 19 20 21 22 23


Memorial Stadium to win

World Series. Richard

Petty wins Delaware 500

in Dover.

MNF: Kansas City Chiefs

beat Pittsburgh Steelers

38-16.

One NHL game:

Vancouver Canucks d. St.

Louis Blues 3-1.

Ground is broken for the

construction of 16,530

seat Market Square

Arena in Indianapolis.

Ind Pacers d. Utah Stars

125-122, Floridians d.

Memphis Pros 117-113,

Virg Squires d. Dallas

Chaparrals 103-99. .

Tm Reynolds of San

Diego St. gains 290 yds

receiving vs. Utah St.

Chargers beat Bills 20-3.

NCAA record for rushing

yds in a game, 956 on

111 carries, Oklahoma

711, Kansas St 245.

24 25 26 27 28 29 30

First NFL game in Texas

Stadium: Cowboys beat

Patriots 44-21. Richard

Petty wins American 500

in Rockingham, NC.

MNF: Minnesota Vikings

beat Baltimore Colts 10-3.

A's Vida Blue wins AL Cy

Young Award by a 98-85

margin over Tigers

Mickey Lolich.

NHL: Vancouver vs

Toronto ends in a 0-0

draw.

Inaugural Bassmaster

Classic held at Lake

Mead, NV.

Men's NCAA soccer:

Harvard wins 17th

consecutive conference

game.

Michigan St.'s Eric Allen

rushes for 350 yds vs.

Purdue.

31

Cincinnati Bengals record

-52 passing yds vs

Houston Oilers. Lee

Trevino wins Sahara

Invitational in NV. historybycalendar



November

Jerry Tagge hands off to Jeff Kinney who gets block from Maury Damkroger to scores with 1:38 left in "Game of the Century" at Norman, OK

1971




1 2 3 4 5 6

MNF: Detroit Lions at

Green Bay Packers play

to a 14-14 tie.

Japanese-American

exhibition baseball:

Orioles Pat Dobson

pitches no-hitter, 1st in

exhibition play, vs Yomiuri

Giants win 2-0.

UEFA Cup quarterfinal:

Scottish Rangers beat

Sporting Lisbon based on

new away-goals rule after

initialy losing in a shoot-

out.

Lakers captain Elgin

Baylor abruptly retires just

9 games into the season

after a 13 year career.

Cleveland Cavaliers shoot

a FG % of .269 in a loss

to the Phoenix Suns.

141 rushing plays run

between Colgate (82) vs

Bucknell (59) result in 440

yds rushing.

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Bobby Allison wins

Georgia 500 at Macon's

Middle Georgia Raceway.

Redskins tie Eagles 7-7,

Raiders tie Saints 21-21.

MNF: Baltimore Colts

beat LA Rams 24-17.

Construction of the

Kukkiwon, World

Taekwondo

Headquarters, begins in

Seoul, Korea.

Joe Torre wins MVP

Award over Willie Stargell

318 pts to 222.

Earl "The Pearl" Monroe

plays his first game for

the last place Knicks.

St. Louis University d.

Ohio State 3-2 in the first

game of the Central

Collegiate Hockey

Association.

Jim Benien of Oklahoma

St kicks 10 punts for 536

yds vs Colorado. Bob

Kauffman scores 44 in a

Buffalo Braves 106-127

loss to Bucks.

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Richard Petty wins

Capital City 500 at

Richmond. 11 FG

attempts Washington (5

for 6) vs Bears (3 for 5),

Bears win16-15.

MNF: San Diego

Chargers beat St Louis

Cardinals 20-17.

With a record of 6-9 the

Baltimore Bullets are in

first place of their

Division.

Ali defeats Buster Mathis

at the Houston

Astrodome.

Department of Interior

enacts Airborne Hunting

Act.

Sportscaster Bill Stern

dies at the age of 64.

Golden Gloves fielding

teams: among the new-

comers are OF Amos Otis

for AL and Bobby Bonds

in NL.

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Tiny Lund wins Wilkes

400 at North Wilkesboro,

NC. NY Rangers score

NHL record 8 goals in one

period. Raiders beat

Chargers 34-33.

MNF: Atlanta Falcons

beat Green Bay Packers

28-21.

Pirates manager Danny

Murtaugh announces

retirement for health

reasons, Bill Vardon is

named replacement.

Earl Williams of Braves

wins NL Rookie of Year

Award.

#1 vs 2: Nebraska 35

Oklahoma 31, ABC est

55M, many consider it

best game ever played.

Lions 32 Chiefs 21,

Cowboys 28 Rams 21.

Metropolitan Bowl:

Westchest CC beats St.

John's 14-12.

Knute Rockne Bowl:

Bridgeport beats

Hampden-Sydney 17-12.

28 29 30

CFL Grey Cup: Calgary

Stampeders beat Toronto

Argonauts 14-11 in

Vancouver's Empire

Stadium. Hale Irwin wins

Sea Pines Classic in SC.

First pro golf

championship at Walt

Disney World. MNF:

Miami Dolphins beat

Chicago Bears 34-3.

Twins trade SS Leo

Cardenas to Angles for

pitcher Dave LaRoche.

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December

Cover of 1971-72 Buffalo Sabres Yearbook, #15 Gerry Meehan and Terry Crisp of the Blues

1971




1 2 3 4

Cubs release Ernie Banks

and sign him as a coach.

Indian Hoisers first game

in Assembly Hall, beats

Ball State 84-77.

Iowa State's first game in

James H. Hilton

Coliseum, beat Arizona

71-54.

BYU's first game in

Mariott Center, largest

college basketball arena

at 22,700, beat Kansas St

78-72.

Dallas Cowboys beat the

NY Jets 52-10. San

Diego St runs 99 plays,

North Texas 97 to

combine for record 196

plays, 814 yds gained.

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Travis Williams of LA

Rams returns a kickoff

return 105 yds for a TD vs

Saints. Eagles beat Lions

23-20. Packers tie

Cardinals 16-16.

MNF: Kansas City Chiefs

beat San Francisco 49ers

26-17. Jack Nicklaus

wins Walt Disney World

Open.

Memphis up 5 over #2

Marquette with under a

minute left; lane violation,

missed FT, and

desperation shot on final

play wins it for Marq.

Providence's Marvin

Barnes scores 13 points,

34 rebounds, and 12

blocked shots in a 76-58

win over Buffalo State.

Divison III NCAA

basketball: Mississippi

College beats Dallas

Bible 168-50.

Milwaukee's Kareem

Abdul-Jabbar scores 55

points vs Boston Celtics.

Colts 14, Dolphins 3.

Vikings 29, Lions 10.

Lakers 21st straight win

breaks record. NCAAF

Black All-Star Game: East

19, West 10.

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Richard Petty wins Texas

500 at College Station,

3rd NASCAR Winston

Cup Champ by 364

points. NFL record 13

fumbles: Browns (7) 21 vs

Saints (6) 17.

MNF: Washington

Redskins beat LA Rams

38-24. Dick Weber wins

PBA Hawaiian

Invitational.

Two NHL games; Toronto

d. St Loius 4-2, Detroit d.

Vancouver 4-3.

NY Rangers outshoot

Flyers 51-15 in a 6-2 win.

BobFoster beats Brian

Kelly Burden for World

Light-heavyweight

Championship in

Oklahoma City.

NCAA Hockey: 12 single

game school records fall

as the University of

Minnesota Duluth

Bulldogs crush Minnesota

15-3.

Dallas Cowboys beat St

Louis Cardinals 31-12.

Sun Bowl: LSU over Iowa

St. 23-15. Pasadena

Bowl: Memphis over San

Jose St. 28-9.

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Ken Houst of Houston

Oilers returns two

interceptions for TDs vs

Chargers in 49-33 win. 8

FG made in Chiefs (5) 22-

9 win vs Bills (3).

Liberty Bowl; Tennessee

over Arkansas 14-13,

Ark's Louis Campbell 3

interceptions. Aztec

Bowl; Navy Freshman 47

Mexican All-Stars 9.

NCAA Hockey: Bowling

Green beats Boston

College 5-3 in the

Cleveland Hockey

Festival.

LA Lakers beat Baltimore

Bullets for 27th

consecutive win, a record

for longest winning streak

in professional sports.

Cleveland Cavaliers

Butch Beard scores 30

pts, 8 rebs, 11 assists and

John Johnson 24 pts, 9

rebs, 12 assists in 115-

110 win at Atlanta.

Buffalo Bills announce

that former 2 time

championship coach Lou

Saban will be coming

back to coach the Bills.

NFL playoffs; Dolphins

beat Chiefs 27-24 in

longest NFL game at

82:40 in 2nd OT,

Cowboys beat Vikings 20-

12.

26 27 28 29 30 31

NFL playoffs; SF 49ers

beat Washington

Redskins 24-20,

Baltimore Colts beat

Cleveland Browns 20-3.

Fiesta Bowl: Arizona St vs

Florida St 45-38, 167

plays 86 to 81, ASU

Steve Holden 3 punt ret

for 106 yds, FSU Rhett

Dawson 3 TD rec.

Tangerine Bowl: Toledo

beats Richmond 28-3.

Blue-Gray Classic: Gray

beats Blue 9-0.

#1 UCLA routs Texas 115-

65 in the opening round

of the Bruin Classic.

Peach Bowl: Mississippi

beats Georgia Tech 41-

18, Miss scores 38 pts in

1st 1/2, 28 in 2nd 1/4.

NHL franchise NY

Islanders purchased.

Gator Bowl: Georgia

beats N Carolina 7-3.

Bluebonnet Bowl:

Colorado over Houston

29-17, CU's Charles

Davis 202 yds 37 runs.



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