Events in Sport for Year 1972

Months in Year 1972: January February March April May June July August September October November December

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Jan 2nd - Dallas Cowboys beat SF '49ers 14-3 in NFC Championship game
Jan 2nd - Miami Dolphins beat Balt Colts 21-0 in AFC championship game
Jan 7th - LA Lakers chalk up 33rd consecutive win (NBA record)
Jan 7th - LA Lakers 33 straight win streak snapped, losing to Bucks 120-104
Jan 8th - NCAA announces freshman can play on teams starting in fall
Jan 9th - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
Jan 13th - Former umpire, now housewife Bernice Gera wins her suit against baseball, initiated on March 15, 1971 to be allowed to umpire
Jan 15th - Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Terry Daniels
Jan 16th - Super Bowl VI: Dallas Cowboys-24, Miami-3 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Roger Staubach, Dallas, QB
Jan 19th - Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, & Early Wynn elected to Hall of Fame
Jan 22nd - 22nd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 112-110 at LA
Jan 23rd - 2nd AFC-NFC Pro Bowl, AFC wins 26-13
Jan 23rd - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 26-13
Jan 25th - 25th NHL All-Star Game: East beats West 3-2 at Minnesota
Feb 3rd - 11th Winter Olympic games opens in Sapporo, Japan (1st in Asia)
Feb 5th - Bob Douglas is 1st black elected to Basketball Hall of Fame
Feb 13th - 11th Winter Olympic games close at Sapporo, Japan
Feb 16th - 1st NBA to score 30,000 points (Wilt Chamberlain in 940 games)
Feb 16th - Test Cricket debut of Lawrence Rowe WI v NZ Kingston, 214 & 100
Feb 16th - Wilt Chamberlain hit 30,000 point mark during a game with Phoenix Suns
Feb 20th - 1st time Cleveland Cavaliers beat NY Knicks (111-109)
Feb 25th - Lopsided trade, Cards trade Steve Carlton to Phillies for Rick Wise
Baseball Player Hank Aaron Feb 29th - Hank Aaron becomes 1st baseball player to sign for $200,000 a year
Mar 1st - Wilt Chamberlain is 1st NBA player to score 30,000 points
Mar 6th - Jack Nicklaus, passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner
Mar 9th - Players on White Sox vote 31-0 in favor of a strike, if necessary
Mar 12th - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lady Eve Golf Open
Mar 12th - NHL great Gordie Howe retires after 26 seasons
Mar 14th - NBA's Cincinnati Royals announce they are moving to KC
Mar 18th - AIAW 1st basketball champs, Immaculata beats West Chester State 52-48
Mar 18th - Cornell NCAA hockey team shut out for 1st time in 225 games (Boston U)
Mar 19th - Carol Mann wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
Mar 19th - LA Lakers beat Golden State Warriors, 162-99, by then record 63 pts
Mar 22nd - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar named NBA MVP
Mar 22nd - Nick Mileti purchases Cleve Indians for $9 million
Mar 22nd - Yankees trade Danny Cater to the Red Sox for Sparky Lyle
Mar 25th - 34th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Florida 81-76
Golfer Jack Nicklaus Mar 25th - Bobby Hull becomes the 2nd NHLer to score 600 goals
Mar 25th - UCLA wins its 6th consecutive national basketball title
Mar 26th - Betsy Cullen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic
Mar 26th - LA Lakers broke NBA record by winning 69 of 82 games (69-13)
Mar 28th - Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game
Apr 1st - Major league Baseball Players stages 1st collective strike
Apr 5th - Baseball season is delayed due to a strike
Apr 8th - Alvin Kallicharran scores 100* in his 1st Test Cricket innings v NZ
Apr 9th - 36th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 286
Apr 9th - Glenn Turner (259) & Terry Jarvis make 387 opening cricket stand v WI
Apr 13th - 1st Baseball Players' strike ends after 13 days
Apr 16th - 1st Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jane Blalock
Apr 16th - Chicago Cub Burt Hooton no-hits Phillies, 1-0
Apr 17th - 76th Boston Marathon won by Olavi Suomalainen of Finland in 2:15:39
Apr 17th - Kiteman attempting to throw out 1st ball in Phillie Vet crashes into centerfield seats
Apr 20th - Kallicharran scores his 2nd Test century in his 2nd Test Cricket
Apr 23rd - Betty Burfeind wins LPGA Birmingham Centennital Golf Classic
Apr 28th - Courts awarded Kentucky Derby prize money to 2nd place winner because winner was given drugs before race
Apr 30th - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Alamo Ladies Golf Open
May 6th - 98th Kentucky Derby: Ron Turcotte aboard Riva Ridge wins in 2:01.8
May 7th - 26th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat NY Knicks, 4 games to 1
May 7th - Betty Burfeindt wins Sealy LPGA Golf Classic
May 11th - Giants trade Willie Mays to Mets for pitcher Charlie Williams & cash
May 11th - Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins beat NY Rangers, 4 games to 2
May 12th - Milwaukee Brewers beat Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (completed 5/13)
May 13th - Milwaukee Brewers beat Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (started 5/12)
May 14th - In Willie Mays 1st game as a NY Met his homer beats SF Giants, 5-4
May 16th - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationale
May 17th - Tottenham Hotspur wins 1st UEFA Cup in London
May 20th - 5th ABA Championship: Indiana Pacers beat NY Nets, 4 games to 2
May 20th - 98th Preakness: Eldon Nelson aboard Bee Bee Bee wins in 1:55.6
May 21st - Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational
May 25th - Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Ron Stander
May 26th - Joe Frazier TKOs Ron Stander in 5 for Heavyweight boxing title
May 29th - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
Jun 3rd - Yanks score 8 times in 13th beating White Sox 18-10
Jun 4th - Carol Mann wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
Jun 4th - Record 8 shutouts pitched in 16 major league games (AL=5, NL=3)
Jun 7th - Pirate's Gene Alley bases-loaded walk, beats Padres 1-0 in 18th
Jun 8th - Padres draft Dave Roberts #1, Indians draft Rick Manning #2
Jun 8th - Test Cricket debut of Tony Greig, v Australia at Old Trafford (57/62)
Jun 10th - 104th Belmont: Ron Turcotte aboard Riva Ridge wins in 2:28
Jun 10th - Hank Aaron's grandslammer (14) ties him for NL lead with Gil Hodges & moves him ahead of Willie Mays as #2 HR hitter (649)
Jun 11th - 18th LPGA Championship won by Kathy Ahern
Jun 18th - 72nd US Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 290 at Pebble Beach Calif
Jun 18th - West Germany wins soccer world championship
Jun 18th - US Supreme Court, 5-3, confirms lower court rulings in Curt Flood case, upholding baseball's exemption from antitrust laws
Jun 23rd - Pres Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports
Jun 25th - Bernice Gera becomes 1st female umpire in pro baseball
Jun 26th - Bob Massie takes 16 wickets (8-84 & 8-53) on Test cricket debut v Eng
Jun 30th - Cincinnati Reds are 11 games back in NL, & go on to win pennant
Jul 2nd - 27th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Susie Maxwell Berning
Jul 2nd - Bob Seagren pole vaults world record 5.63m
Jul 7th - 79th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Goolagong (63 63)
Jul 9th - 86th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: S Smith beats I Nastase (46 63 63 46 75)
Jul 9th - Kathy Ahern wins LPGA George Washington Golf Classic
Jul 13th - LA Rams (Irsay) & Baltimore Colts (Rosenbloom) swap owners
Jul 14th - Plate ump & catcher in a game are brothers. Bill Haller is ump & Tom Haller is Tigers catcher, KC Royals win 1-0
Jul 15th - 101st British Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots 278 at Muirfield Gullane
Jul 15th - Sandra Palmer/Jane Blalock wins Angelo's Four-Ball Golf Championship
Jul 21st - Dodgers release & end career of pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm
Jul 23rd - Eddy Merckx (Belgium) wins his 4th consecutive Tour de France
Jul 23rd - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Raleigh Golf Classic
Jul 25th - 43rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stad
Jul 25th - All star MVP: Joe Morgan (Cin Reds)
Jul 27th - NHL star Maurice "Rocket" Richard signs with WHL Quebec Nordiques
Jul 28th - 39th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Dallas 20, All Stars 7 (54,162)
Jul 30th - Jan Ferraris wins LPGA Lady Pepsi Golf Open
Aug 1st - Nate Colbert of SD Padres hits record tying 5 HRs in a double header
Aug 6th - Garry Player wins PGA golf tournament
Aug 6th - Hank Aaron hits 660th & 661st HRs for Braves (record for 1 team)
Aug 6th - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Knoxville Ladies Golf Classic
Aug 12th - Ian & Greg Chappell both scores centuries in same Test Cricket innings
Aug 13th - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Pabst Ladies Golf Classic
Aug 16th - 54th PGA Championship: Gary Player shoots a 281 at Oakland Hills Mich
Aug 17th - Phillies Steve Carlton wins his 15th straight game
Aug 20th - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Southgate Ladies Golf Open
Aug 22nd - International Olympic Committee exspells Rhodesia
Aug 24th - Gordie Howe & Jean Beliveau inducted in Hockey Hall of Fame
Aug 26th - 20th Olympic games open at Munich German FR
Aug 26th - Leo Durocher replaces Harry Walker as manager of Astros
Aug 27th - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open
Aug 29th - SF Giant Jim Barr retires 1st 20 batters he faces added to last 21 he retired 6 days earlier for record 41 in a row
Aug 31st - Lasse Viren runs Olympic/world record 10,000m (27:38.4)
Aug 31st - Olga Korbut, USSR, wins olympic gold medal in gymnastics
Sep 2nd - Chic White Sox Milt Pappas no-hits SD Padres, 1-0
Sep 4th - US swimmer Mark Spitz becomes 1st athlete to win 7 olympic gold medals
Sep 5th - 11 Israeli athletes are slain at Munich Olympics by Black Sept
Sep 5th - Palestinian terrorists kill 11 Israelis at 1972 Munich Olympics
Sep 6th - Summer Olympics resume in Munich Germany after massacre
Sep 9th - 86th US Womens Tennis: Billie Jean M King beats K Melville (63 75)
Sep 10th - 20th Olympic games close at Munich, German FR
Sep 10th - 92nd US Mens Tennis: Ilie Nastase beats Arthur Ashe (36 63 67 64 63)
Sep 10th - Emerson Fittipaldi is youngest to win an auto race World Championship
Sep 10th - Frank Shorter wins 17th Olympic marathon (2:12:19.8)
Sep 10th - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
Sep 10th - US Men's olympic basketball teams 1st lose, 51-50 to USSR (disputed)
Sep 12th - Lord Michael Killanin succeeds Avery Brundage as head of Olympics
Sep 17th - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Quality First Golf Classic
Sep 25th - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Lincoln-Mercury Golf Open
Sep 28th - Canada defeats the USSR in the eigth and final game of the ice hockey Summit Series.
Oct 1st - 3rd NYC Marathon won by Sheldon Karlin in 2:27:52
Oct 1st - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Portland Ladies Golf Classic
Oct 2nd - Mont Expos Bill Stoneman 2nd no-hitter beats NY Mets, 7-0
Oct 3rd - Steve Carlton wins 27th game for Phillies (almost ½ of their 59 wins)
Oct 4th - Ted Williams manages his final game as Rangers lose to Royals, 4-0
Oct 8th - Harold Carmichael begins NFL streak of 127 consecutive game receptions
Oct 10th - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Heritage Village Golf Open
Oct 13th - Commish Bowie Kuhn allows Bert Campaneris to play in World Series
Oct 13th - Argentine Fairchild crashes in Andesgebergte (rugby team eats crash victims to survive)
Oct 14th - Oakland A Gene Tenace is 1st to homer in 1st 2 World Series at bats
Oct 15th - 61st Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Bucharest (3-2)
Oct 15th - Omni in Atlanta opens - Hawks beat NY Knicks 109-101