1965 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

American football

• AFL Championship Buffalo Bills won 23-0 over the San Diego Chargers
• NFL Championship – Green Bay Packers won 23-12 over the Cleveland Browns on January 2, 1966

Association football

England

• FA Cup final – Liverpool won 2-1 (aet) versus Leeds United

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)

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 – Jos Torres won the Light Heavyweight Championship of the World, stopping Willie Pastrano in nine rounds, at New York's Madison Square Garden.

Canadian football

• 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 – Notre-Dame-de-Grace Maple Leafs win 2-1 over the Edmonton Huskies

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.

Cue sports (pool, snooker, carom billiards)

• The World Five-pins Championship is inaugurated in Santa F , Argentina – Manuel Gomez (of Argentina) takes the title.

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 Romanov & Pavel Roman, Czechoslovakia

Golf

Men's professional

• Masters Tournament - Jack Nicklaus shoots a Masters record 271 (17 under par) to win by nine strokes.
• U.S. Open - Gary Player becomes the third golfer in history to win all four professional majors.
• British Open - Peter Thomson
• PGA Championship - Dave Marr
• PGA Tour money leader - Jack Nicklaus - $140,752
• Ryder Cup - United States wins 19 to 12 over Britain in team golf.

Men's amateur

• British Amateur - Michael Bonallack
• U.S. Amateur - Bob Murphy

Women's professional

• Women's Western Open - Susie Maxwell
• LPGA Championship - Sandra Haynie
• U.S. Women's Open - Carol Mann
• Titleholders Championship - Kathy Whitworth
• LPGA Tour money leader - Kathy Whitworth - $28,658

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 - Noble Victory
  3. Kentucky Futurity - Armbro Flight
• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
  • Pacers: Jay Ar
  • Trotters: Poupette

Horse racing

Steeplechases

• Cheltenham Gold Cup – Arkle
• Grand National – Jay Trump

Flat races

• Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Light Fingers
• Canada – Queen's Plate won by Whistling Sea
• France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Sea Bird II
• Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Meadow Court
• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Niksar
  2. Epsom Derby – Sea Bird II
  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

Ice hockey

• Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Stan Mikita, Chicago Black Hawks
• Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Bobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks
• Stanley Cup – Montreal Canadiens won 4 games to 3 over the Chicago Black Hawks
• 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, Rhode Island

Motor racing

• Stock car racing –
  • Fred Lorenzen wins the Daytona 500 in the #28 Ford for Holman and Moody.
  • Fred Lorenzen wins the World 600 in the #28 Ford for Holman and Moody.
  • NASCAR Championship - Ned Jarrett in the Bondy Long-owned Ford
• USAC Racing
  • 30 May – Jim Clark (Great Britain) wins the 50th running of the Indianapolis 500 in Lotus 38-Cosworth, with a winning margin of one lap. It is the first mid-engined car to win.
  • Mario Andretti wins the driving championship
• Formula One – Jim Clark (Great Britain) is two-time World Drivers' Champion, driving a Lotus 25-Climax.
• 24 hours of Le Mans – Jochen Rindt / Masten Gregory win, sharing a Ferrari 275LM
• Rally racing - the team of Timo M kinen / Paul Easter won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Mini Cooper S
• Drag racing –
  • Don Garlits wins his first NHRA Top Fuel Dragster Championship
  • Maynard Rupp wins Top Fuel at the NHRA World Finals

Radiosport

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

Rugby league

• 1965 New Zealand rugby league season
• 1965 NSWRFL season
• 1964 65 Northern Rugby Football League season / 1965 66 Northern Rugby Football League season

Rugby union

• 71st Five Nations Championship series is won by Wales

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

Swimming

• August 15 – US swimmer Kenis Moore breaks the world record in the women's 200m butterfly (long course) during a meet in Maumee, Ohio, clocking 2:26.3.
• August 21 – Dutch swimming star Ada Kok breaks the world record in the women's 200m butterfly (long course) for the first time, during a meet in Leiden, clocking 2:25.8.
• September 12 – Ada Kok from the Netherlands betters her own world record in the women's 200m butterfly (long course), during a meet in Groningen, clocking 2:25.3.

Tennis

Australia

• Australian Men's Singles Championship Roy Emerson (Australia) defeats Fred Stolle (Australia) 6 3, 6 4, 6 2
• Australian Women's Singles Championship Margaret Smith Court (Australia) defeats Lesley Turner Bowrey (Australia) 6 3, 6 2

England

• Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship Roy Emerson (Australia) defeats Fred Stolle (Australia) 6 4, 12 10, 4 6, 6 3
• Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship Maria Bueno (Brazil) defeats Margaret Smith Court (Australia) 6 4, 7 9, 6 3

France

• French Men's Singles Championship
• French Women's Singles Championship

USA

• American Men's Singles Championship
• American Women's Singles Championship

Davis Cup

• 1965 Davis Cup 4 1 at White City Stadium (grass) Sydney, Australia

Multi-sport events

• First All-Africa Games held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
• Fourth Pan Arab Games held in Cairo, Egypt
• Fourth Summer Universiade held in Budapest, Hungary

Awards

• ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year: Jim Clark, Formula One champion and Indianapolis 500 winner
• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Sandy Koufax, Major League Baseball
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Kathy Whitworth, LPGA golf

References

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