1970s Sports Moments

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Year	Hint	Answer
1970	Team that became the first team from the Netherlands to win the European Cup	Feyenoord
	Tennis player that wins a Calendar-year Grand Slam winning all 4 events in singles, also wins her 20th singles Major.	Margaret Court
	The inaugural season-ending ATP tournament is held. Name either the winner or the runner-up	Stan Smith / Rod Laver
1971	Speed Skater sets 2 World Records, the first sub 2-minutes 1500m and the first 15-minutes 10,000m.	Ard Schenk
	The first AFC and NFC Championship games are held. Name either of the champions	Baltimore Colts / Dallas Cowboys
	Boxing fight billed 'Fight of the Century' sees Muhammad Ali dealt his first career loss by which boxer?	Joe Frazier
	First man during the Open Era to win a Grand Slam tournament without dropping a set	Ken Rosewall
1972	LA Lakers winning streak is ended by the Milwaukee Bucks, how many games was the streak?	33
	Wilt Chamberlain becomes the first player in NBA history to reach how many career points	30,000
	Name one of the 2 Gymnasts that won 3 Gold Medals during the 1972 Olympics	Olga Korbut / Sawao Kato
	Lasse Virén wins the 10,000m in a world record to complete double Gold of 5,000m & 10,000m. Which country did he represent?	Finland
	Australina Swimmer who wins 3 Gold Medals in World Record times at the age of 15	Shane Gould
	Olympian who sets a then-record of 7 Gold Medals at a single Olympics	Mark Spitz
	Wolfgang Nordwig becomes the first non-American to win the Pole Vault gold, representing which country?	East Germany
	World Records are set in the Pentathlon and the Decathlon, name either of the world record setting athletes	Mary Peters / Mykola Avilov
	The inaugural season-ending WTA tournament is held. Name either the winner or the runner-up	Chris Evert / Kerry Melville
1973	An international Rugby Championship ends up with how many teams ending up in a tie?	5
1973	European country that beats India to win their first (field) Hockey World Cup	Netherlands

Year	Hint	Answer
1973	Tennis player (from Answer 2) wins her last (and record-setting) singles Grand Slam title. How many singles Grand Slam titles did she win?	24
1973	First NFL running back to rush for 2,000 yards in a single season	O. J. Simpson
1974	Belgian bicycle racer who wins his record-tying 5th Tour de France	Eddy Merckx
	Baseball right fielder who overtakes Babe Ruth's record en route to a new record of 755 Home Runs in the MLB	Hank Aaron
	'The Rumble in the Jungle' sees Muhammad Ali use his rope-a-dope tactic to beat which opponent?	George Foreman
	Footballer that wins back-to-back and 3rd overall Ballon d'Or	Johan Cruyff
1975	Muhammad Ali beats the boxer in Answer 6 in the 'Thrilla in ______'	Manila
1975	First Tennis player to win a 4th season-ending ATP Championship	Ilie Năstase
1976	First Gymnast to get a Perfect 10 in the Olympics	Nadia Comăneci
1976	Dimitrion Yordanidis completes a marathon in 7 hours and 33 minutes, how old was he?	98
1977	Pete Maravich sets a record for points by a guard in a single NBA game, how many points did he score?	68
	First driver to win the Indianapolis (Indy) 500 for a 4th time	A. J. Foyt
	Australian Tennis player who wins her 4th Australian Open title	Evonne Goolagong
1978	Ice Hockey player who had 6 consecutive 100-point seasons (1970-1975) scores his last goal	Bobby Orr
1978	Tennis player who wins 4 consecutive US Open titles	Chris Evert
1979	The Montreal Canadiens wins 4th consecutive Stanley Cup. Name any of the teams they beat in the final from 1976-1979.	Philadelphia Flyers / Boston Bruins / New York Rangers
1979	This 16-year old Tennis player wins the US Open Championship	Tracy Austin

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