1973 in sport

Chronology of the sport

1972 in sport - 1973 in sport - 1974 in sport

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Automobile

Jackie Stewart gains the Championnat of the world of Formula 1 at the wheel of a Tyrrell - Ford.

Baseball

the Oakland Athletics gain the World Series vis-a-vis the New York Mets.
Final of the championship of France: Paris CPU beats Nice CPU

Basketball

NBA : The New York Knicks are champions NBA by beating in finales the Los Angeles Lakers 4 handles with 1.
Berck champion of France. MVP Pierre Galle

Football

FC Nantes gains the Championnat of France of football

American football

January 14th: Super Bowl VII: Miami Dolphins 14, Washington Redskins 7. Article details: Season NFL 1972

Formula 1

July 29th: GP of the Netherlands: the British pilot Roger Williamson dies asphyxiated, prisoner of the debris of his March-Ford in flames, following an exit ramp with the 8th turn. The efforts made by David Purley to save it remained vain.
October 6th: The pilot French François Cevert, finds death during the tests of the Grand Prix of the United States, on the circuit of Watkins Glen.

Hockey

the Canadian of Montreal gain the Coupe Stanley.
Cut Magnus: Chamonix champion of France.
Swiss La Chaux-de-Fonds champion of .
the Soviet Union gains the championship of the world.

Rugby with XIII

Toulouse champion of France.

Rugby with XV

Equality of the five teams of the Tournament of the 5 nations (4 points each one).
the Stadoceste Tarbais is champion of France.
the May 29th, Creation of the Rugby Ovillois Club with Coals in the Yvelines.

Alpine skiing

World cup

the Italian Gustav Thoeni gains the general classification of the World cup.
the Austrian Annemarie Moser-Pröll gains the general classification of the female World cup.

Births

January 8th: Henning Solberg, racing driver (rally) Norwegian
January 19th: Yevgeny Sadovyi, Russian swimmer
February 2nd :

Svetlana Boginskaia, gymnaste Belorusse
Hongqi Yu, Football euse Chinese

February 4th: Oscar of Hoya, American boxer
February 16th: Cathy Freeman, Australian athlete
February 18th: Claude Makélélé, Football French or
February 28th: Eric Lindros, Canadian hockeyor
March 2nd: max Van Heeswijk, racing cyclist Dutch
March 5th: Larbi Benboudaoud, French judoka
March 6th: Michael Finley, player of American basketball evolving/moving in NBA
March 25th: Michaela Dorfmeister, alpine skier Austrian
March 30th: Jan Koller, Czech Football or .
April 7th: Carole Montillet, alpine skier French
April 10th: Roberto Carlos, Brazilian footballer
April 18th: Haile Gebrselassie, athlete Ethiopia the N, considered as one of best the long-distance runners of all times.
April 19th: Patrice Estanguet, French kayaker
May 13rd: Franck Dumoulin, gunner French with gun 10 and 50 meters, Olympic champion with the gun with 10 meters with the Plays of Sydney in 2000
May 19th: Hugues Obry, French fencer
May 24th: Karim Alami, Moroccan tennis player.
May 25th: Marco Meoni, player Italy N of Volley ball.
May 31st: Kate Howey, British Judo kate , world champion in the category of the average weights in 1997
June 14th: Sami Kapanen, player Finnish of Hockey evolving/moving in LNH
June 18th: Alexandra Meissnitzer, alpine skier Austrian
June 24th: Jere Lehtinen, player Finnish of Hockey evolving/moving in LNH, world champion in 1995 and victorious of the Cut Stanley in 1999
July 4th: Jan Magnussen, racing driver Danish
July 12th: Christian Vieri, Italian footballer
July 20th: Peter Forsberg, Swedish hockeyor.
July 23rd: Nomar Garciaparra, player of American baseball of Mexican origin .
July 24th :

Johan Micoud, Football French or.
Iheanyi Uwaezuoke, player Nigeria N of American football, having evolved/moved in NFL

July 30th: Andrea Gaudenzi, player Italy N of Tennis.
August 3rd: Kurt Grote, swimmer states-unien, specialist in the brews.
August 8th: Laurent Sciarra, French basketball player
August 29th: Olivier Jacque, pilot French motor bike.
August 31st: Scott Niedermayer, Canadian player of professional hockey evolving/moving in NHL.
September 6th :

Carlo Cudicini, Football or Italy N, evolving/moving at the station of Goalkeeper
Alessandro Section, player of Rugby to XV Italy N evolving/moving at the half station of of fray.

September 13rd: Christine Arron, French athlete
October 11th: Steven Presley, Football international or Scottish
October 18th: John Baldwin, American artistic skater
October 19th: Hicham Arazi, Moroccan tennis player
October 22nd :

Ichirō Suzuki, player of Japanese baseball.
John Blewett III, racing driver American of NASCAR. († August 16th 2007).

October 23rd: Gaël Touya, Fencing ur French, Olympic champion by team with the saber with the Olympic Games of 2004 with Athens
October 24th: Levi Leipheimer, American racing cyclist
October 29th: Robert Worse, player of Football French, world champion in 1998 and champion of Europe in 2000
1 {{er}} November: Xiaoshuang Li, gymnaste Chinese, Olympic champion of the floor exercises with the Plays of Barcelona in 1992
November 13rd :

David Auradou, player of Rugby to XV French, member of the team of France finalist of the World cup of rubgy in 1999 vis-a-vis the Australia
Budge Pountney, Scottish player of Rugby to XV, which played with the team of Scotland, at the station of third line, of 1998 with 2002.

November 17th: Paula Radcliffe, British athlete
November 25th :

Steven De Jongh, racing cyclist Dutch.
Arnaud Demeester, pilot motor bike French.
Luca Martin, player of Rugby to XV Italy N.

November 29th :

Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer
Olivier Coqueux, player French of Hockey

December 2nd: Monica Saddles, Yugoslav tennis player, naturalized American in 1995.
December 7th: Fabien Pelous, French player of Rugby to XV
December 15th: Surya Bonaly, French artistic skater
December 20th: Antti Kasvio, swimmer Finnish, specialist in the tests of 200 and 400 m freestyle.
December 23rd: Official reception Leon Garcia, Spanish tennis player
December 30th: Ato Boldon, athlete of Trindad and Tobago

Principal deaths

May 20th: Renzo Pasolini, 34 years, pilot motor bike Italy N, vice-champion of the world 1972. (° July 18th 1938).
June 3rd: Jean Batmale, 77 years, Football or French. (° September 10th 1895).
October 2nd: Paavo Nurmi, 76 years, athlete Finnish. (° June 13rd 1897).
October 6th: François Cevert, 29 years, racing driver French of Formula 1. (° February 25th 1944).
October 25th: Abebe Bikila, 51 years, athlete Ethiopia N, Olympic champion of the marathon to the Plays of Rome in 1960 and of Tokyo in 1964. (° August 7th 1932).
December 4th: Lauri Lehtinen, 65 years, athlete Finnish. (° August 10th 1908).

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