Transcript Sports in 1965 - University of Washington

Sports in 1965
Auto Racing
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NASCAR:
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Daytona 500 Winner-Fred
Lorenzen
Championship-Ned Jarret
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Father to Dale Jarret who
still races today.
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Indianapolis 500
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USAC (Later named Champ
Car)
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Winner- Jimmy Clark
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Championship- Mario
Andretti
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Andretti is the only person
ever to win the Indianapolis
500, the Daytona 500, and
the Formula One World
Championship.
Started racing in 1959
Football
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AFL Champions
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NFL Champions
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Bidding war for Players, between
both league’s
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Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego
Chargers, 23-0
Green Bay Packers beat the
Cleveland Browns 23-12
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Gail Sayers
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Joe Namath
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Drafted by both Kansas City Chiefs
(AFL) and Chicago Bears (NFL) Later
choosing to sign with Chicago.
Drafted by both St. Louis Cardinals
(NFL) and New York Jets (AFL) and
chose to sign with New York.
Was signed to a 427,000 Dollar
contract in 1965. Unheard of at the
time.
Merger did not occur until 1970
1st Superbowl 1968
Baseball
SANDY KOUFAX
"My wife wouldn't know me out there. If she ever came to the
mound and talked to me, she'd divorce me. Hate is an ugly word,
but I hate hitters."
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World Series:
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Sandy Koufax
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Los Angeles Dodgers win 4 games to 3 over the Minnesota
Twins.
first major leaguer to pitch more than three no-hitters
Second in career no-hitters (4)
One of 17 pitchers to throw a perfect game (1965)
Set single season record with 382 strikeouts (now is
second behind Nolan Ryan's 383 in 1973)
Holds single season record for most shutouts by a lefthanded pitcher (11), breaking previous record (9) set by
Babe Ruth in 1916
Led National League in ERA 5 years in a row
Led National League in strikeouts 4 times
Led National League in shutouts 3 times
Led National League in wins 3 times
0.95 ERA in 4 World Series
6 All-Star appearances
NL MVP Award (1963)
NL Cy Young Award 3 times (1963, 1965, 1966)
World Series MVP 2 times (1963, 1965)
Basketball
• NCAA Men's
Basketball
Championship:
• UCLA wins 91-80
• NBA Finals:
• Boston Celtics
win 4 games to 1
over the Los
Angeles Lakers
Hockey
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Stanley Cup: Montreal
Canadiens won 4 games to 3
over the Chicago
Blackhawks
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
World Hockey Championship:
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Men's champion: Soviet
Union defeated
Czechoslovakia
Golf
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Grand Slam of golf results:
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May - The Masters - Jack Nicklaus
June - US Open - Gary Player
July - British Open - Peter
Thomson
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.
Jack Nicklaus
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also known as "The Golden Bear",
was a major force in professional
golf, first on the PGA Tour from
the 1960s to the mid to late
1980s, and then on the Champions
Tour from the late 1980's to the
1990's, and is widely regarded as
the greatest golfer of all time.
Births of later sports
players
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January 25 — Dominik Hasek,
Czech ice hockey player and NHL
March 10 - Rod Woodson,
American football player.
April 21 - Ed Belfour, Canadian
hockey player
May 9 — Steve Yzerman, ice
hockey player- Detroit Redwings
June 17 — Dan Jansen,
American speedskater
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Won Gold in 1994
August 24 - Reggie Miller,
American basketball player
September 25 — Scottie Pippen,
American NBA player
October 5 — Mario Lemieux,
Canadian ice hockey player
October 5 — Patrick Roy, ice
hockey player
December 20 — Rich Gannon,
American football quarterback