1977 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 Tennis 16 General sporting events 17 Births 18 Deaths

Auto racing

• Stock car racing:
  • NASCAR Championship - Cale Yarborough
  • Cale Yarborough won the Daytona 500
• USAC Racing - Tom Sneva wins the season championship
  • Indianapolis 500 - won by A.J. Foyt. Janet Guthrie became first female qualifier
• Formula One Champion - Niki Lauda of Austria
• 24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Jean-Pierre Laussaud / Didier Pironi won, driving a Renault-Alpine 442
• Rally racing - the team of Sandro Munari / Silvio Maiga won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Lancia Stratos HF
• Drag racing:
  • Shirley Muldowney won the NHRA Top Fuel championship.
  • Dennis Baca won Top Fuel at the NHRA World Finals

• World Series: The New York Yankees defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers. This is the Series in which Reggie Jackson becomes known as "Mr. October."

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
  • Marquette wins 67-59 over North Carolina

• NBA Finals:
  • Portland Trail Blazers won 4 games to 2 over the Philadelphia 76ers

• After 13 years and 82 contests, including 14 title defences, World Middleweight Champion Carlos Monzon retired undefeated.

• Giro d'Italia won by Michel Pollentier of Belgium
• Tour de France - Bernard Thévenet of France
• World Cycling Championship: Francesco Moser of Italy

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Vladimir Kowalew, Soviet Union
  • Women's champion: Linda Fratianne, United States
  • Pairs champions: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Saizew, Soviet Union

• England - FA Cup: Manchester United won 2-1 over Liverpool

• Super Bowl XI: Oakland Raiders won 32-14 over the Minnesota Vikings

• Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes won 41-6 over the Edmonton Eskimos
• Vanier Cup: Western Ontario Mustangs win 48-15 over the Acadia Axmen

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. May - The Masters - Tom Watson
  2. June - US Open - Hubert Green
  3. July - British Open - Tom Watson
  4. August - PGA Championship - Lanny Wadkins

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Tom Watson - $310,653

• Ryder Cup: United States won 12½ -7½ over Britain & Ireland in world team golf. This was the last Ryder Cup to feature a side exclusively from the British Isles; the U.S. opponents in the next Ryder Cup, held in 1979 at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, would be drawn from all of Europe. The U.S.-Europe format has continued ever since.

• US Women's Open - Hollis Stacy
• LPGA Championship - Chako Higuchi
• Judy Rankin:leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $122,890.

• Australia - Melbourne Cup - Gold and Black
• Canada - Queen's Plate - Sound Reason
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Alleged
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - The Minstrel

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Nebbiolo
  2. Epsom Derby - The Minstrel
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Dunfermline

• Seattle Slew, ridden by jockey Jean Cruguet, wins the United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Seattle Slew
  2. Preakness Stakes - Seattle Slew
  3. Belmont Stakes - Seattle Slew

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Jade Prince
  2. Little Brown Jug - Governor Skipper
  3. Messenger Stakes - Governor Skipper

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Green Speed
  2. Yonkers Trot - Green Speed
  3. Kentucky Futurity - Texas

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Stanley Rio

• Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens

• Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Guy Lafleur - Montreal Canadiens

• Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens defeat the Boston Bruins 4 games to 0.

• World Hockey Championship
  • Men's champion: Czechoslovakia defeated Sweden
  • Junior Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Canada

• Alpine Skiing
  • The men's overall season champion: Ingemar Stenmark, Sweden
  • The women's overall season champion: Lise-Marie Morerod, Switzerland

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - January: Roscoe Tanner - December: Vitas Gerulaitis
  2. French Open - Guillermo Vilas
  3. Wimbledon championships - Bjorn Borg
  4. US Open - Guillermo Vilas

• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open: January: Evonne Goolagong - December: Kerry Reid
  2. French Open - Mima Jausovec
  3. Wimbledon championships - Virginia Wade
  4. US Open - Chris Evert

• Davis Cup: Australia won 3-1 over Italy in world tennis.

• Embassy World Snooker Championship:
  • John Spencer won 25-12 over Cliff Thorburn

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
  • Rick Swenson won with lead dogs: Andy & O.B. (Old Buddy)

• February 11 - Jessica Carlson, United States archer
• February 11 - Stephanie Richardson, Canadian swimmer
• February 13 - Randy Moss, NFL star
• April 24 - Carlos Beltran, American baseball player
• May 23 - Ilia Kulik, Russian figure skating champion
• June 9 - Peja Stojakovic, Serbian NBA star
• June 27 - Raúl, Spanish football star
• July 28 - Emanuel Ginobili, Argentine basketball player
• August 17 - Thierry Henry, French football star
• November 19 - Kerri Strug, gymnast
• November 29 - Younis Khan, Pakistani cricketer
• December 3 - Adam Malysz, Polish ski jumper
• December 7 - Fernando Vargas, boxer
• December 30 - Laila Ali, boxer, daughter of Muhammad Ali

• March 19 - Jose Carlos Pace, Brazilian champion race car driver