1974 in sports

Table of contents

1 Auto Racing
2 Baseball
3 Basketball
4 Boxing
5 Cycling
6 Field Hockey
7 Figure Skating
8 Football (Soccer)
9 Football (American)
10 Canadian Football League
11 Golf
12 Thoroughbred Horse Racing
13 Harness Racing
14 Ice Hockey
15 Skiing
16 Snooker
17 Tennis
18 Tennis
19 General sporting events
20 Births
21 Deaths

Auto Racing

Stock car racing:
- Richard Petty won the Daytona 500
- NASCAR Championship - Richard Petty
- IROC Championship - inaugural year won by Mark Donohue
Indianapolis 500 - Johnny Rutherford
USAC Racing - Bobby Unser
Formula One Championship - Emerson Fittipaldi of Brazil
24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Henri Pescarolo / GÃÂ©rard Larrousse won, driving a Matra MS670B
Rally racing - In the first rally to cross the Sahara Desert, the Australian team of Ken Tubman, Andre Welenski, and Jim Reddiex won the "World Cup Rally" driving a Citroen.
Drag racing - Don Garlits won "Top Fuel" at the NHRA World Finals

January 16: Former Yankees teammates Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Mantle becomes only the seventh player to make it in his first try. His 536 home runs with the Yankees ranked second only to Babe Ruth and he played in more games (2,401) than any other pinstriper, including Lou Gehrig. Ford was arguably the greatest Yankees pitcher of all time, retiring with more winss (236), more innings (3,171), more strikeouts (1,956), and more shutouts (45) than anyone in club history.
Frank Robinson becomes the first African-American manager in Major League Baseball.
April 8: Hank Aaron hit home run # 715 in the fourth inning off Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Al Downing breaking Babe Ruth's career home run record.
June 4 - The Cleveland Indians hosted "Ten Cent Beer Night", but had to forfeit the game to the Texas Rangers due to drunken and unruly fans.
World Series: Oakland Athletics win 4 games to 1 over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

February 9 in Paris, Carlos Monzon retains his world Middleweight title by a knockout in round seven over world Welterweight champion Jose Napoles.
October 30 in Kinshasa, Zaire, Muhammad Ali regained the World Heavyweight title by knocking out George Foreman in the eight round of what was called The Rumble in The Jungle.

March 9 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium,England. The Netherlands beat England 2-0.
April 27 - In the first ever women's World Field Hockey Cup Final.Netherlands are the World Champions.

World Figure Skating Championships:
- Men's champion: Jan Hoffmann, Germany
- Women's champion: Christine Errath, Germany
- Pairs champions: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Saizew, Soviet Union

Australia - Melbourne Cup - Think Big
Canada - Queen's Plate - Amber Herod
France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Allez France
Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - English Prince
English Triple Crown Races:
1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Nonoalco
2. Epsom Derby - Snow Knight
3. St. Leger Stakes - Bustino
United States Triple Crown Races:
1. Kentucky Derby - Cannonade
2. Preakness Stakes - Little Current
3. Belmont Stakes - Little Current

Alpine Skiing
- The men's overall season champion: Piero Gros, Italy
- The women's overall season champion: Annemarie PrÃÂ¶ll, Austria

February 21 - Tim Horton, NHL ice hockey player, Hockey Hall of Famer, founder of Tim Hortons doughnut shops
March 22 - Peter Revson, U.S F1 race car driver
April 23 - Cy Williams, Major League Baseball player (1912-1930)
July 17 - Dizzy Dean, MLB baseball player/broadcaster (1930-1947)
September 19 - Zack Taylor, MLB baseball player
October 13 - Sam Rice, Major League Baseball player (1915-1934)
November 1 - Joe Bush, Major League Baseball pitcher (1912-1928)
December 5 - Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, tennis player, U.S. Open champion
December 18 - Harry Hooper, Major League Baseball player (1909-1925)