1965 in sports

See also: 1964 in sports, other events of 1965, 1966 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Table of contents

1 Auto Racing 2 Baseball 3 Basketball 4 Boxing 5 Cricket 6 Cycling 7 Field Hockey 8 Figure Skating 9 Football (Soccer) 10 Football (American) 11 Canadian Football League 12 Golf 13 Thoroughbred Horse Racing 14 Harness Racing 15 Ice Hockey 16 Snooker 17 Tennis 18 General sporting events 19 Births 20 Deaths

Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • Fred Lorenzen wins the Daytona 500
  • NASCAR Championship - Ned Jarrett
• Indianapolis 500 - Jimmy Clark
• USAC Racing - Mario Andretti
• Formula One Champion - Jimmy Clark of Great Britain
• 24 hours of Le Mans:
  • the team of Jochen Rindt / Masten Gregory won, driving a Ferrari 275LM
• Rally racing - the team of Timo Makinen / Paul Easter won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Mini Cooper S
• Drag racing:
  • Don Garlits won the NHRA, "Top Fuel" Championship
  • Maynard Rupp won "Top Fuel" at the NHRA World Finals

Baseball

• World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers win 4 games to 3 over the Minnesota Twins. The Series MVP was Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles.

Basketball

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
  • UCLA wins 91-80 over Michigan

• NBA Finals:
  • Boston Celtics win 4 games to 1 over the Los Angeles Lakers

Boxing

• March 30 - Jose Torres won the Light Heavyweight Championship of the World, stopping Willie Pastrano in nine rounds, at New York's Madison Square Garden.

Cricket

• Imperial Cricket Conference is renamed to International Cricket Conference and new rules are adopted to permit the election of countries from outside the British Commonwealth.

Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Vittorio Adorni of Italy
• Tour de France - Felice Gimondi of Italy
• World Cycling Championship: Tom Simpson of Great Britain

Field Hockey

• March 13 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium,England. South Africa beat England 2-1.

Figure Skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Alain Calmat, (France)
  • Women's champion: Petra Burka, (Canada)
  • Pairs champions: Ludmila Belousowa & Oleg Protopopow, (Soviet Union)

Football (Soccer)

• England - FA Cup: Liverpool won 2 - 1 (aet) over Leeds United

Football (American)

• American Football League Championship (AFL) Buffalo Bills won 23-0 over the San Diego Chargers
• NFL Championship: Green Bay Packers won 23-12 over the Cleveland Browns

Canadian Football League

• Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats win 22-16 over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• Vanier Cup: Toronto Varsity Blues win 14-7 over the Alberta Golden Bears

Golf

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. May - The Masters - Jack Nicklaus
  2. June - US Open - Gary Player
  3. July - British Open - Peter Thomson
  4. August - PGA Championship - Dave Marr

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Jack Nicklaus - $140,752

• Ryder Cup: United States wins 19 1/2 to 12 1/2 over Britain in world team golf.

Women's Golf

• US Women's Open - Carol Mann
• LPGA Championship - Sandra Haynie
• Kathy Whitworth: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $28,658

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• Australia - Melbourne Cup - Light Fingers
• Canada - Queen's Plate - Whistling Sea
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Sea-Bird II
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Meadow Court

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Niksar
  2. Epsom Derby - Sea-Bird
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Provoke

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Lucky Debonair
  2. Preakness Stakes - Tom Rolfe
  3. Belmont Stakes - Hail to All

Harness Racing

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

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Egyptian Candor
  2. Yonkers Trot
  3. Kentucky Futurity

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Jay Ar
  • Trotters: Poupette

Ice Hockey

• Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Stan Mikita, Chicago Blackhawks

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

• Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens won 4 games to 3 over the Chicago Blackhawks

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

Snooker

• World Snooker Championship challenge matches:
  • John Pulman beats Fred Davis 37-36
  • John Pulman beats Rex Williams 25-22
  • John Pulman beats Fred Van Rensburg 39-12

Tennis

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

• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open - Margaret Smith
  2. French Open - Lesley Turner
  3. Wimbledon championships - Margaret Smith
  4. US Open - Margaret Smith

• Davis Cup: Australia won 4-1 over Spain in world tennis.

General sporting events

Births

• January 25 - Dominik Hasek, ice hockey player
• February 11 - Angie Ridgeway, golfer
• March 1 - Stewart Elliott, jockey
• May 9 - Steve Yzerman, ice hockey player
• May 13 - Jo Thompson,British field hockey goalkeeper
• June 3 - Helen Plimmer,English cricketer
• September 25 - Scottie Pippen, NBA star
• October 5 - Mario Lemieux, ice hockey player
• October 5 - Patrick Roy, ice hockey player
• December 3 - Katarina Witt, figure skater

Deaths

• January 11 - Wally Pipp, Major League Baseball player, (1913-1928)
• March 5 - Pepper Martin, Major League Baseball player, (1928-1944)
• March 6 - Wally Schang, Major League Baseball player, (1913-1931)
• March 17 - Amos Alonzo Stagg, baseball, basketball and American football coach and player