1965 in sports

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

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 Mäkinen / 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

• 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 Commonwealth of Nations.

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
  • Ladies' champion: Petra Burka, Canada
  • Pair skating champions: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov, Soviet Union
  • Ice dancing champions: Eva Romanová & Pavel Roman, Czechoslovakia

Football (American)

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

Football (Australian rules football)

• Victorian Football League
  • Essendon wins the 69th VFL Premiership (Essendon 14.21 (105) d St Kilda 9.16 (70))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to Ian Stewart (St Kilda) and Noel Teasdale (North Melbourne)

Football (Canadian)

• 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
• Canadian Junior Championship: NDG Maple Leafs win 2-1 over the Edmonton Huskies

Football (Soccer)

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

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 19½ to 12½ 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 (Held at Aqueduct)

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

• NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship - Michigan Technological University Huskies defeat Boston College Eagles 8-2 in Providence, RI

Radiosport

• Fourth Amateur Radio Direction Finding European Championship held in Warsaw, Poland.

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

• First All-Africa Games held in Brazzaville, Congo

• Fourth Pan Arab Games held in Cairo, Egypt

• Fourth Summer Universiade held in Budapest, Hungary

Births

January

• January 3 — Ricardo Prado, Brazilian medley swimmer
• January 5 — Patrik Sjöberg, Swedish high jumper
• January 10 — John Radovonich, New Zealand field hockey player
• January 11 — Roland Scholten, Dutch darts player
• January 15 — Francis Hoenselaar, Dutch darts player
• January 25 — Dominik Hasek, Czech ice hockey player
• January 27 — Marc van Belkum, Dutch water polo player
• January 28 — Tom Ponting, Canadian butterfly swimmer
• January 29 — Peter Lundgren, Swedish tennis coach and player

February

• February 4 — John van Loen, Dutch football (soccer) striker
• February 5 — Tarik Benhabiles, Algerian-French tennis player
• February 7 — Joseph Gikonyo, Kenyan athlete
• February 9 — Igor Malkov, Soviet speedskater
• February 11 — Angie Ridgeway, golfer
• February 14 — Suharyadi Suharyadi, Indonesian tennis player
• February 15 — Gustavo Quinteros, Bolivian football (soccer) coach and player
• February 15 — Jamie Smith, New Zealand field hockey player
• February 19 — Andrew Jameson, English sports commentator and swimmer
• February 19 — Nuramgomed Shanavazov, Soviet boxer
• February 19 — Michael Westphal, German tennis player

March

• March 1 — Stewart Elliott, Canadian jockey
• March 3 — Dragan Stojković, Serbian football (soccer) player
• March 8 — Ferenc Csipes, Hungarian canoer
• March 11 — Eric Jelen, German tennis player
• March 15 — Lester Ellis, england-born Australian boxer
• March 15 — Marcel Gery, Canadian butterfly swimmer
• March 17 — Sven Lodziewski, East German freestyle swimmer
• March 24 — Marian Vajda, Czech tennis player
• March 25 — Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgarian high jumper and president of the Bulgarian olympic committee
• March 25 — Dwight Walton, Canadian basketball player
• March 25 — Mary Wayte, American freestyle swimmer
• March 29 — Voula Patoulidou, Greek athlete

April

• April 1 — Brian Nielsen, Danish boxer
• April 6 — Lieve Slegers, Belgian long-distance runner
• April 7 — Alexander Mronz, German tennis player
• April 8 — Remco Pielstroom, Dutch water polo player
• April 9 — Paolo Canè, Italian tennis player
• April 11 — Chris Pridham, Canadian tennis player
• April 20 — Rolf Sørensen, Danish cyclist
• April 21 — Thomas Helmer, German football (soccer) player

May

• May 2 — Gennadiy Prigoda, Russian freestyle swimmer
• May 5 — Leslie Law, British eventer
• May 8 — Kelcie Banks, US boxer
• May 9 — Steve Yzerman, Canadian ice hockey player
• May 10 — Greg Fasala, Australian freestyle swimmer
• May 13 — Jo Thompson, British field hockey goalkeeper
• May 22 — Clare Taylor, English cricketer
• May 25 — Sue Metcalfe, English cricketer
• May 28 — Catherine Tanvier, French tennis player

June

• June 2 — Jens-Peter Herold, German middle-distance runner
• June 2 — Manuel Silvestre, Spanish water polo player
• June 3 — Hans Kroes, Dutch freestyle and backstroke swimmer
• June 3 — Helen Plimmer, English cricketer
• June 5 — Carlos Eluaiza, Argentine flyweight boxer
• June 11 — Rogelio Marcelo, Cuban boxer
• June 15 — Morten Christensen, Danish tennis player
• June 15 — Lars Hinneburg, East German freestyle swimmer
• June 15 — Bernard Hopkins, US boxer
• June 17 — Dan Jansen, American speedskater
• June 17 — Gianluca Pozzi, Italian tennis player
• June 19 — Gary Vandermeulen, Canadian freestyle swimmer
• June 22 — Lubomir Moravčík, Slovak football (soccer) player
• June 23 — Clarence Knickman, American road bicycle racer

July

• July 7 — Jan Wagenaar, Dutch water polo player
• July 21 — Ibrahim Bilali, Kenyan flyweight boxer
• July 29 — Paresh Patel, New Zealand field hockey player
• July 30 — Leonel Álvarez, Colombian football (soccer) midfielder

August

• August 3 — Jordi Sans, Spanish water polo player
• August 9 — Mark Andrews, Canadian freestyle swimmer
• August 10 — Namjil Bayarsaikhan, Mongolian boxer
• August 10 — Mike E. Smith, American jockey
• August 11 — Sergio Vigil, Argentine field hockey player and coach
• August 12 — Conny van Bentum, Dutch freestyle swimmer
• August 14 — Ian Brown, Australian freestyle swimmer
• August 19 — James Tomkins, Australian rower
• August 22 — Patricia Hy-Boulais, Canadian tennis player

September

• September 11 — Jean-Philippe Fleurian, French tennis player
• September 12 — Silke Hörner, East German swimmer
• September 16 — Karlheinz Riedle, German football (soccer) player
• September 20 — Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, Danish badminton player
• September 25 — Scottie Pippen, American NBA basketball player
• September 27 — Alan Brahmst, German-born field hockey defender from Canada
• September 28 — Peter Sarafinyuk, Ukrainian long-distance runner

October

• October 1 — Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
• October 3 — Annemarie Verstappen, Dutch freestyle swimmer
• October 3 — Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player
• October 4 — Trudy Kilkolly, New Zealand field hockey player
• October 5 — Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
• October 5 — Patrick Roy, Canadian ice hockey player
• October 8 — Matt Biondi, American swimmer
• October 9 — Dionicio Cerón, Mexican long-distance runner
• October 11 — Julianne McNamara, American artistic gymnast
• October 12 — Henry Akinwande, Nigeria-born British heavyweight boxer
• October 14 — Jüri Jaanson, Estonian rower
• October 18 — Petra Müller, East German athlete
• October 20 — Amos Mansdorf, Israeli tennis player
• October 20 — Mikhail Shtalenkov, Russian ice hockey goaltender
• October 21 — Christopher Duplanty, American water polo goalkeeper
• October 22 — Mark Epton, English flyweight boxer
• October 23 — Andreas Zülow, East-German boxer
• October 27 — Atlee Mahorn, Jamaica-born Canadian sprinter

November

• November 7 — Sigrun Wodars, East German middle distance athlete
• November 16 — Mika Aaltonen, Finnish football (soccer) player
• November 17 — Eric Amend, American tennis player
• November 17 — Grant Connell, Canadian tennis player
• November 21 — Jon Kelly, Canadian butterfly swimmer
• November 26 — Peter Konyegwachie, Nigerian boxer
• November 27 — Kathleen Heddle, Canadian rower
• November 29 — Joanne Broadbent, Australian cricketer

December

• December 1 — Jamie Pagendam, Canadian boxer
• December 3 — Katarina Witt, German figure skater
• December 14 — Aljoša Asanović, Croatian football (soccer) player
• December 14 — Craig Biggio, American baseball player
• December 17 — Jasna Šekarić, Serbian sport shooter
• December 18 — Igor Milanovic, Yugoslav waterpolo player
• December 19 — Chito Martinez, Belize-born baseball player
• December 20 — Rich Gannon, American football quarterback
• December 22 — Bryan Shelton, American tennis player
• December 26 — Kathleen Nord, East German butterfly swimmer
• December 30 — Essam Abd El Fatah, Egyptian football (soccer) referee
• December 31 — Ilana Berger, Israeli tennis player

Deaths

• January 11 — Wally Pipp, Major League Baseball player, (1913-1928)
• January 19 — Arnold Luhaäär (59), Estonian weightlifter (b. 1905)
• February 26 — Julius Skutnabb (75), Finnish speed skater (b. 1889)
• 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
• March 29 — Eric Brook, English footballer (b. 1907)
• March 29 — Heinrich Schomburgk, German tennis player (b. 1885)
• March 30 — Jack Hatfield, British swimmer and water polo player (b. 1893)
• September 9 — Louis Baillon, British field hockey player

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