1972 in sports

1972 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing

American football

Association football

Athletics

Australian rules football

Baseball

Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax

Basketball

Boxing

Canadian football

Cycling

Disc sports

  • Disc sports are introduced to Canada at the Canadian Open Frisbee Championships in Toronto

Field hockey

Figure skating

Golf

Men's professional

Men's amateur

Women's professional

  • LPGA Championship – Kathy Ahern
  • U.S. Women's Open – Susie Berning
  • Titleholders Championship – Sandra Palmer
  • LPGA Tour money leader – Kathy Whitworth – $65,063

Harness racing

  • 21 September – Strike Out became the first Canadian owned harness racing horse to ever win the Little Brown Jug.
  • United States Pacing Triple Crown races –
    1. Cane Pace – Hilarious Way
    2. Little Brown Jug – Strike Out
    3. Messenger Stakes – Silent Majority
  • Super Bowl wins the United States Trotting Triple Crown races –
    1. Hambletonian – Super Bowl
    2. Yonkers Trot – Super Bowl
    3. Kentucky Futurity – Super Bowl
  • Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
    • Pacers: Welcome Advice

Horse racing

Steeplechases

Flat races

Ice hockey

Lacrosse

  • The Long Branch P.C.O.'s win the first Founders Cup.
  • The New Westminster Salmonbellies win the Mann Cup.
  • The Peterborough PCO's win the Minto Cup.

Rugby league

  • 1972 NSWRFL season
  • 1972 New Zealand rugby league season
  • 1971–72 Northern Rugby Football League season / 1972–73 Northern Rugby Football League season
  • 1972 Rugby League World Cup

Rugby union

Snooker

Swimming

Tennis

General sporting events

Awards

References

  1. "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  2. Stewart, Chuck (17 May 1972). "Jets' Coach Relaxing After Triumphant Year". Spokane Chronicle. p. 12.
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