Sports in 1965

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Sports in 1965
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Auto Racing

• NASCAR
• Daytona 500 Winner-Fred Lorenzen
• Championship-Ned Jarret
• Father to Dale Jarret who still races today.
• Indianapolis 500
• Winner- Jimmy Clark
• USAC (Later named Champ Car)
• Championship- Mario Andretti
• Andretti is the only person ever to win the
  Indianapolis 500, the Daytona 500, and the
  Formula One World Championship.
• Started racing in 1959

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Football

• AFL Champions
• Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers, 23-0
• NFL Champions
• Green Bay Packers beat the Cleveland Browns 23-12
• Bidding war for Players, between both leagues
• Gail Sayers
• Drafted by both Kansas City Chiefs (AFL) and
  Chicago Bears (NFL) Later choosing to sign with
  Chicago.
• Joe Namath
• 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

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BaseballSANDY 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."

• World Series
• Los Angeles Dodgers win 4 games to 3 over the
  Minnesota Twins.
• Sandy Koufax
• 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
  left-handed 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)

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Basketball

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
• UCLA wins 91-80
• NBA Finals
• Boston Celtics win 4 games to 1 over the Los
  Angeles Lakers

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Hockey

• 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
• Men's champion Soviet Union defeated
  Czechoslovakia

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Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results
• 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
• 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.

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Births of later sports players

• 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
• 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