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Miami Dolphins beat Baltimore Colts 21-0 in AFC championship
game
NBA Champions: Los Angeles Lakers vs. New York Knicks, 4-1
NCAA Football Champs: USC, 12-0-0
Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins vs. New York Rangers, 4-2
Super Bowl VI: Dallas Cowboys-24, Miami-3 in New Orleans
Superbowl MVP: Roger Staubach, Dallas, QB
Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, and Early Wynn elected to Hall of
Fame
Lefty Gomez, Ross Youngs and William Harridge selected for Hall
of Fame
11th Winter Olympic games in Sapporo, Japan (1st in Asia)
Bob Douglas is 1st black elected to Basketball Hall of Fame
Josh Gibson and Buck Leonard selected to Hall of Fame
Wilt Chamberlain hit 30,000 point mark during a game with Phoenix
Suns
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar named NBA MVP
Evil Knievel breaks 93 bones after successfully clearing 35
cars
Hank Aaron becomes 1st baseball player to sign for $200,000
a year
Jack Nicklaus passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money
winner
72nd U.S. Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 290 at Pebble Beach
California
NHL great Gordie Howe retires after 26 seasons
NBA's Cincinnati Royals announce they are moving to KC
Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game
1st Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jane Blalock
1st Boston Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik of New York
in 3:10:26
76th Boston Marathon won by Olavi Suomalainen of Finland in
2:15:39
Courts awarded Kentucky Derby prize money to 2nd place winner
because winner was given drugs before race
98th Kentucky Derby: Ron Turcotte aboard Riva Ridge wins in
2:01.8
5th ABA Championship: Indiana Pacers beat New York Nets, 4 games
to 2
Heavyweight Joe Frazier TKOs Ron Stander in 5 for heavyweight
boxing title
Hank Aaron's grandslammer (14) ties him for NL lead with Gil
Hodges and moves him ahead of Willie Mays as #2 HR hitter (649)
18th LPGA Championship won by Kathy Ahern
U.S. Supreme Court, 5-3, confirms lower court rulings in Curt
Flood case, upholding baseball's exemption from antitrust laws
Bernice Gera becomes 1st female umpire in pro baseball
World Series: Oakland A's vs. Cincinnati Reds, 4-3
Cincinnati Reds are 11 games back in NL, and go on to win pennant
27th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Susie Maxwell
Berning
79th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Goolagong
(63 63)
Dick Allen is 7th to hit 2 inside-the-park homers in a game
Nate Colbert of San Diego Padres hits record tying 5 home runs
in a double header
Detroit shortstop Ed Brinkman errors ends record streak of 72
games and 331 total chances without a miscue
Hank Aaron hits 660th and 661st home runs for Braves, record
for 1 team
Hall of Fame inducts Berra, Sandy Koufax, Lefty Gomez and Early
Wynn
Chicago's Dick Allen is 4th (Jimmie Foxx, Hank Greenberg, and
Alex Johnson) to homer into Comiskey Park's center field bleachers,
20th Olympic games held in Munich, Germany
Olga Korbut, U.S.S.R., wins olympic gold medal in gymnastics
Bobby Fischer (U.S.) defeats Boris Spassky (U.S.S.R.) for world
chess title
U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz becomes 1st athlete to win 7 olympic
gold medals
11 Israeli athletes are slain at Munich Olympics by terrorists
86th U.S. Womens Tennis: Billie Jean M King beats K Melville
(63 75)
1st black NL umpire (Art Williams-Los Angeles vs San Diego)
N.Y. Jet Joe Namath passes for 6 touchdowns vs Balt Colt (44-34)
Roberto Clemente, is 11th to get 3,000 hits
1st games of World Hockey Association
38th Heisman Trophy Award: Johnny Rodgers, Nebraska (FL) 1,310
Points
Miami Dolphins beat Pittsburgh Steelers 21-7 in AFC championship
game
Washington Redskins beat Dallas Cowboys 26-3 in NFC championship
game
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