1970 in sports

Table of contents

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

Auto Racing

Stock car racing:
- Pete Hamilton won the Daytona 500
- NASCAR Championship - Bobby Isaac
Indianapolis 500 - Al Unser, Sr
USAC Racing - Al Unser, Sr won the season championship
Formula One Championship - Jochen Rindt of Austria
24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Hans Herrmann / Richard Attwood won, driving a Porsche 917
Rally racing - the team of Bjorn Waldegard / Lars Helmer won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Porsche 911S.
Drag racing - the NHRA launches the "Supernationals''. Rick Ramsey wins "Top Fuel"

Robert Peterson's book Only the Ball was White is published. The book brought pressure on Major League Baseball to recognize the African-American players from Negro League baseball by equally honoring those qualified in the United States Baseball Hall of Fame.
World Series: The American League's Baltimore Orioles win their first World Title by defeating the National League's Cincinnati Reds, 4 games to 1.

February 15 - Carlos Cruz, Featherweight Boxing Champion died in a plane crash
February 16 - Joe Frazier starts a heavyweight world boxing champion winning streak with the knock out of Jimmy Ellis in five rounds.

World Figure Skating Championships:
- Men's champion: Tim Wood, United States
- Women's champion: Gabrielle Seyfert, Germany
- Pairs champions: Irina Rodnina & Alexej Ulanow, Soviet Union

Grand Slam of golf results:
1. May - The Masters - Billy Casper
2. June - US Open - Tony Jacklin
3. July - British Open - Jack Nicklaus
4. August - PGA Championship - Dave Stockton
PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Lee Trevino - $157,037

Women's Golf

Fresh Yankee was named "Horse of the Year" by the U.S. Trotting Association and the U.S. Harness Writers Association.
Most Happy Fella won the United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
1. Cane Pace - Most Happy Fella
2. Little Brown Jug - Most Happy Fella
3. Messenger Stakes - Most Happy Fella
United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
1. Hambletonian - Timothy T
2. Yonkers Trot - Victory Star
3. Kentucky Futurity - Timothy T
Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
- Pacers: Bold David

Art Ross Memorial Trophy - Bobby Orr becomes the first defenseman in the history of the National Hockey League to lead the league in scoring.
Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins
Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins win the Cup for the first time in 29 years, defeating the St. Louis Blues 4 games to 0. Defenseman, Bobby Orr is awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the series MVP (most valuable player).
World Hockey Championship
- Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Sweden

Alpine Skiing
- The men's overall season champion: Karl Schranz, Austria
- The women's overall season champion: Michele Jacot, France

February 11 - Alistair Brown, English cricket player.
February 11 - Jason Allyn Scott, USA rower.
March 30 - Secretariat, two-time Horse of the Year, 1973 Triple Crown winner (+ 1989)
April 29 - Andre Agassi, tennis player
May 12 - Mike Weir, Canadian, professional golfer
May 16 - Gabriela Sabatini, tennis player
May 24 - Jeff Zgonina, football player
August 13 - Alan Shearer, England and Newcastle soccer player
September 28 - Isabelle Brasseur, figure skating world champion

February 15 - Carlos Cruz, Featherweight Champion boxer
May 19 - Ray Schalk, Major League Baseball player (1912-1929)
May 31 - Terry Sawchuk, ice hockey goalie
June 2 - Bruce McLaren, race car driver
June 16 - Brian Piccolo, American football star
July 4 - Harold Vanderbilt, 3-time America's Cup winner
September 3 - Vince Lombardi, NFL coach, Super Bowl trophy and Rotary Lombardi Award named for him
September 5 - Jochen Rindt, Austrian F1 racing driver
September 19 - Greville Stevens, English cricketer
November 5 - Charley Root, Major League Baseball pitcher (1923-1941)