1973 in sports

Table of contents

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

Auto Racing

Stock car racing:
- Richard Petty wins the Daytona 500 in which singer Marty Robbins made his first appearance as a driver.
- NASCAR Championship - Benny Parsons
Indianapolis 500 - Gordon Johncock
USAC Racing - Roger McCluskey
Formula One Championship - Jackie Stewart of Great Britain
24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Henri Pescarolo / Gérard Larrousse won, driving a Matra MS670B
Rally racing - Jean-Claude Andruet / Michele Petit ("Biche") won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Alpine-Renault A110. This year's rally was the first ever Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile World Rally Championship event.
Drag racing - Don Garlits won "Top Fuel" at the NHRA Supernationals

January 18: Orlando Cepeda signs with the Boston Red Sox, making him the first player signed by a team specifically to be a designated hitter.
The American League uses the designated hitter rule for the first time. Ron Blomberg is the first player to bat as a DH.
World Series: Oakland Athletics won 4 games to 3 over the New York Mets

January 22 - George Foreman beats Joe Frazier by a knockout in two rounds to lift the world's Heavyweight championship from Frazier. It is HBO Boxing's first telecast.

World Figure Skating Championships:
- Men's champion: Ondrej Nepala, Czechoslovakia
- Women's champion: Karen Magnussen, Canada
- Pairs champions: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Saizew, Soviet Union

O. J. Simpson becomes the first player in NFL history to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a single season.
Super Bowl VII: Miami Dolphins won 14-7 over the Washington Redskins

Grand Slam of golf results:
1. May - The Masters - Tommy Aaron
2. June - US Open - Johnny Miller
3. July - British Open - Tom Weiskopf
4. August - PGA Championship - Jack Nicklaus
PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Jack Nicklaus - $308,362
Ryder Cup: United States won 19-13 over Britain & Ireland in world team golf.

Alpine Skiing
- The men's overall season champion: Gustavo Thoeni, Italy
- The women's overall season champion: Annemarie Pröll, Austria

Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
- Dick Wilmarth won with lead dog: Hotfoot

February 8 - Herbie Taylor, South African cricketer
March 12 - Frankie Frisch, Major League Baseball player (1919-1937)
March 26 - George Sisler, Major League Baseball hall of famer (1915-1930)
July 2 - Swede Savage 26, USAC race car driver
July 8 - Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer
July 29 - Formula One driver, Roger Williamson burns to death at the Dutch Grand Prix
August 7 - Wilbur Cooper, Major League Baseball pitcher (1912-1926)
August 9 - Charlie Daniels, U.S Olympic Gold medal swimmer
October 2 - Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner
December 3 - Count Fleet, thoroughbred racehorse and Triple Crown champion.
December 16 - Syd Barnes, Australian cricketer