1964–65 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Finances
A clear-out of players could not be avoided, as twelve were handed free transfers, including: Billy Bingham (retired); Stan Steele (left the country); Ron Smith (Southport); Ron Andrew (retired); Tim Rawlings (Nuneaton Borough); Stan Trafford (retired); and Albert Cheesebrough (joined Mansfield Town for free, although Vale had wanted £5,000 for him).


1964–65 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Cup competitions
In the FA Cup, Vale made 'an inglorious passage' past amateurs Hendon of the Isthmian League with a difficult 2–1 victory. Fourth Division Millwall proved to be too tough an opponent in the Second Round however, as the "Lions" picked a 'decisive' 4–0 win at The Den.


1964–65 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Cup competitions
In the League Cup, once again the club exited at the first hurdle, this time going down 1–0 to Luton Town at home.


1964–65 Primeira Divisão
The 1964–65 Primeira Divisão was the 31st season of top-tier football in Portugal.


1964–65 Primeira Divisão, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and S.L. Benfica won the championship.


1964–65 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team
The 1964–65 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1964–65 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. Butch van Breda Kolff served as head coach and the team captain was Bill Bradley. The team played its home games in the Dillon Gymnasium in Princeton, New Jersey. The team was the champion of the Ivy League, earning an invitation to the 23-team 1965 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.


1964–65 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team
The team posted a 23–6 overall record and a 13–1 conference record. The team won its NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament East region first round contest against the Penn State Nittany Lions by a 60–58 margin at The Palestra on March 8, 1965. Then in the East Regional at Cole Field House in College Park, Maryland, the team defeated NC State 66–48 on March 12 and Providence 109–69 on March 13. Then on March 19 in the national semifinal at the Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon, the team was defeated by the Cazzie Russell-led Michigan Wolverines 93–76 before beating the Wichita State Shockers 118–82 the following night. Bill Bradley earned the NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player award.


1964–65 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team
Bradley, who for third consecutive season led the conference in scoring with a 28.8 points per game average in conference games, was a first team All-Ivy League selection. In addition, Bradley was a repeat consensus first team 1965 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American selection by numerous panels: First team (Associated Press, United Press International, National Association of Basketball Coaches, United States Basketball Writers Association, Sporting News, Converse, NEA, Helms Foundation). Bradley also won a Rhodes Scholarship and was a territorial first round selection in the 1965 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks. Bradley surpassed Arthur Loeb (1921–22 and 1922–23) and Cyril Haas (1915–16 and 1916–17) as the school's only three-time men's basketball All-American selection. Over the course of the season, Bradley won the national statistical championship for free throw percentage (88.6%, 273–308).


1964–65 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team
As a result of his performance against Wichita State in the final four, Bradley holds the following NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament records: single-game points scored in a final four (58), single-game field goals made in a final four (22), single-year two-game points scored in a final four (87), and single-year two-game field goals made in a final four (34). Additionally, Bradley formerly held the final four single-game free throw percentage record of 93.3% (minimum 10 made, 14–15), which was broken on March 23, 1972, and single-year two-game free throw percentage record 95.0% (minimum 12 made, 19–20), which was broken in 1972.


1964–65 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team
The team's performance against Wichita State established the current final four victory margin record (36) and the final four single-team single-half points scored record (65, tied). The team's performance formerly held two other final four records: single-half two-team points scored (108, broken March 25, 1972) and single-year two-game field goals made (78, broken in 1977).


1964–65 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team
Bradley continues to hold the single-game, single-season, and career total and average points Ivy League records. In addition, he holds the Ivy records for single-game, single-season, and career field goals made as well as single-season, and career free throws made. His career points, career average, career field goals achieved in 1965 surpassed Tony Lavelli (1949), Chet Forte (1957) and Ernie Beck (1953), respectively. His single-game points record surpassed Lavelli's 52 set on February 26, 1949. His 1965 career 87.6% free throw percentage, which surpassed Gus Broberg's 1941 mark of 85.8%, stood as the Ivy League record until it was eclipsed by Joe Hieser in 1968.


1964–65 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team, NCAA tournament
The team advanced to the 1965 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Final four.


1964–65 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team, Team players drafted into the NBA
Two players from this team were selected in the NBA Draft.


1964–65 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team, Team players drafted into the NBA
Future Major League Baseball (MLB) executive Larry Lucchino was a reserve on the team.


1964–65 Rangers F.C. season
The 1964–65 season is the 85th season of competitive football by Rangers.


1964–65 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
Rangers played a total of 54 competitive matches during the 1964–65 season.


1964–65 Ranji Trophy
The 1964–65 Ranji Trophy was the 31st season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament that took place in India between September 1965 and April 1965. Bombay won their seventh consecutive title defeating Hyderabad in the final.


1964–65 Ranji Trophy, Knockout Stage, Final
Hyderabad made two changes in their side that beat Uttar Pradesh in the semi-final. All-rounder Iftikharuddin and Sultan Saleem were included in place of R. H. Sabir and Kaleem-ul-Haq.


1964–65 Real Madrid CF season
The 1964–65 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 62nd season in existence and the club's 33rd consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.


1964–65 Real Madrid CF season, Summary
The club clinched its 11th League titlefour points above runners-up Atlético Madrid and five championship in a row a record remained until 1990 when the club won again the same consecutive trophies. Defensive line was crutial for the title allowing only 18 goals against, instead of an attacking style played by the team in last seasons. New Spanish arrivals for the squad were taking form into the club: from UD Las Palmas goalkeeper Antonio Betancort, from Granada CF 19-yrs-old midfielder Pirri (playing his match debut in the campaign against FC Barcelona replacing suspended Puskas), forwards Grosso, Serena (replacing ageing Puskas) and youngstar defender Manuel Sanchis.


1964–65 Real Madrid CF season, Summary
In Copa del Generalísimo the club was eliminated by Atlético Madrid in Eightfinals. Meanwhile, in European Cup the squad was defeated by Portuguese side Benfica included a shameful 1–5 away score in Lisboa.


1964–65 Real Madrid CF season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1964–65 Regionalliga
The 1964–65 Regionalliga  was the second Regionalliga season. The league operated in five regional divisions, Berlin, North, South, Southwest and West. The five league champions and the runners-up from the west, south, southwest and north then entered a promotion play-off to determine the two clubs to move up to the Bundesliga for the next season. Western and southern champions Borussia Mönchengladbach and FC Bayern Munich were promoted. Additionally, the third placed team in Berlin, SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin, was also promoted to replace Hertha BSC, which had their Bundesliga licence revoked.


1964–65 Regionalliga, North
The 1964–65 season saw two new clubs in the league, SC Göttingen 05 and Rasensport Harburg, both promoted from the Amateurliga while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.


1964–65 Regionalliga, Berlin
The 1964–65 season saw one new club in the league, Viktoria 89 Berlin, promoted from the Amateurliga Berlin, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league. After a home-and-away round of 18 games each the league was split into a championship and a relegation round with five clubs each. Because Tennis Borussia Berlin failed in the promotion round and Spandauer SV declined SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin was directly promoted to the Bundesliga to replace Hertha BSC which had its licence revoked.


1964–65 Regionalliga, West
The 1964–65 season saw three new clubs in the league, Eintracht Gelsenkirchen and Homberger SV, promoted from the Verbandsliga, while Preußen Münster had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.


1964–65 Regionalliga, South-West
The 1964–65 season saw two new clubs in the league, Germania Metternich, promoted from the Amateurliga, while 1. FC Saarbrücken had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.


1964–65 Regionalliga, South
The 1964–65 season saw three new clubs in the league, SV Darmstadt 98, promoted from the Amateurliga Hessen, FC Wacker München, promoted from the Amateurliga Bayern, and FC Emmendingen, promoted from the Amateurliga Südbaden, while no club had been relegated from the Bundesliga to the league.


1964–65 Regionalliga, Bundesliga promotion round, Qualifying
The runners-up of the Regionalliga Nord and Regionalliga Süd played a two-leg decider to determine which team qualified for the group stage, which SSV Reutlingen won on aggregate.


1964–65 Rheinlandliga
The 1964–65 Rheinlandliga was the 13th season of the highest amateur class of the Rhineland Football Association under the name of 1. Amateurliga Rheinland. It was a predecessor of today's Rheinlandliga.


1964–65 Rheinlandliga, Results
Rhineland champion was SpVgg Bendorf. SSV Mülheim participated as a Rhineland representative in the German football amateur championship 1965, failed there in the quarter finale against the Westphalia representative SpVgg Erkenschwick.


1964–65 Rheinlandliga, Results
The relegation to the second amateur league was made by SC Oberlahnstein, [VfB Wissen]] and newcomer TuS Mosella Schweich. For the following 1965–66 season, SV Prüm, FV Rübenach and Sportfreunde Herdorf moved up from the 2. Amateur league, as well as from the descendant Germania Metternich from the II. Division.


1964–65 Rochdale A.F.C. season
The 1964–65 season saw Rochdale compete for their 6th consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division.


1964–65 Romanian Hockey League season
The 1964–65 Romanian Hockey League season was the 35th season of the Romanian Hockey League. Six teams participated in the league, and Steaua Bucuresti won the championship.


1964–65 Rugby Union County Championship
The 1964–65 Rugby Union County Championship was the 65th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time.


1964–65 Rugby Union County Championship
Warwickshire continued their recent domination of the event after winning a fourth consecutive competition (and seventh time in eight years). They defeated Durham County in the final.


1964–65 SK Rapid Wien season
The 1964–65 SK Rapid Wien season was the 67th season in club history.


1964–65 SM-sarja season
The 1964–65 SM-sarja season was the 34th season of the SM-sarja, the top level of ice hockey in Finland. 10 teams participated in the league, and Karhut Pori won the championship.


1964–65 SV Werder Bremen season
The 1964–65 SV Werder Bremen season is the 55th season in the football club's history and 2nd consecutive and overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having earned qualification for the inaugural season from the Oberliga in 1963, after finishing second in the Oberliga Nord. Werder Bremen also participated in the season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. The season covers a period from 1 July 1964 to 30 June 1965.


1964–65 SV Werder Bremen season, Players, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1964–65 San Francisco Warriors season
The 1964–65 NBA season was the Warriors' 19th season in the NBA and 3rd in the San Francisco Bay Area.


1964–65 Scottish Cup
The 1964–65 Scottish Cup was the 80th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Celtic who defeated Dunfermline Athletic in the final.


1964–65 Scottish Division One
The 1964–65 Scottish Division One was won by Kilmarnock on goal average, ahead of Hearts. Airdrieonians and Third Lanark finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1965-66 Second Division.


1964–65 Scottish Division One
In one of the closest finishes ever seen in a league competition in Britain, Hearts played Kilmarnock at Tynecastle on the last day of the season, holding a two point lead over the Ayrshire club and a slightly better goal average. Kilmarnock had to beat Hearts by 2–0, or by a greater winning margin, to win the title. Any result better than a 2–0 defeat for Hearts, including other two goal losing margins where Hearts scored six goals or more (e.g. 6-8) would have made Hearts champions.


1964–65 Scottish Division One
Realistically, Kilmarnock needed to win by two clear goals, which was the result they achieved by defeating Hearts 2–0, giving them a goal average of 1.878 as against Hearts' 1.836. If goal difference had been the rule Hearts would have won the title. This was also the first and only time that neither of the Old Firm clubs finished in the top four of the top flight.


1964–65 Scottish Division Two
The 1964–65 Scottish Second Division was won by Stirling Albion who, along with second placed Hamilton Academical, were promoted to the First Division. Brechin City finished bottom.


1964–65 Scottish Inter-District Championship
The 1964–65 Scottish Inter-District Championship was a rugby union competition for Scotland's district teams.


1964–65 Scottish Inter-District Championship
South and Glasgow District shared the competition with 2 wins.


1964–65 Scottish Inter-District Championship, Results, Round 1
South: J. H. Gray (Hawick), C. Elliot (Langholm), R. Welsh (Hawick), P. B. Townsend (Gala), M. Fairbairn (Melrose), J. Turner (Gala),A. J. Hastie (Melrose), N. Suddon (Hawick), F. A. L. Laidlaw (Melrose), P. Robertson (Hawick), W. J. Hunter (Hawick), R. W. Brydon (Hawick),Tommy Elliot (Langholm), J. W. Telfer (Melrose), A. A. Carson (Gala)Glasgow District: J. H. Roxburgh (Jordanhill RFC), R. A. Speedman (Glasgow University), W. A. Burnet (West of Scotland),G. M. Simmers (Glasgow Academicals), A. I. Hardie (Glasgow Academicals), B. M. Simmers (Glasgow Academicals),Dick Allan (Hutcheson's GSFP), J. McLaughlan (Jordanhill RFC), J. M. Kerr (Hutcheson's GSFP), I. V. Douglas (Hillhead HSFP),A. B. Carmichael (West of Scotland), C. S. Bisset (Jordanhill RFC), J. Buchanan (Jordanhill RFC), J. C. Mackenzie (Hillhead HSFP),W. S. Unkles (Glasgow HSFP)


1964–65 Scottish League Cup
The 1964–65 Scottish League Cup was the 19th season of Scotland's second football knockout competition. The competition was won for the successive second season by Rangers, who defeated Celtic in the Final.


1964–65 Segunda División
The 1964–65 Segunda División season was the 34th since its establishment and was played between 13 September 1964 and 18 April 1965.


1964–65 Segunda División, Overview before the season
32 teams joined the league, including two relegated from the 1963–64 La Liga and 4 promoted from the 1963–64 Tercera División.


1964–65 Serie A, Teams
Varese, Cagliari and Foggia had been promoted from Serie B.


1964–65 Serie A (ice hockey) season
The 1964–65 Serie A season was the 31st season of the Serie A, the top level of ice hockey in Italy. Six teams participated in the league, and SG Cortina won the championship.


1964–65 Serie B
The Serie B 1964–65 was the thirty-third tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.


1964–65 Serie B, Teams
Reggiana, Livorno and Trani had been promoted from Serie C, while Modena, SPAL and Bari had been relegated from Serie A.


1964–65 Serie C
The 1964–65 Serie C was the twenty-seventh edition of Serie C, the third highest league in the Italian football league system.


1964–65 Sheffield Shield season
The 1964–65 Sheffield Shield season was the 63rd season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. New South Wales won the championship.


1964–65 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
The 1964–65 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season was an active cyclone season.


1964–65 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Freda
Freda existed from January 5 to January 10. On January 7, Severe Tropical Storm Freda passed between Rodrigues and Mauritius, generating wind gusts of 160 km/h (99 mph) on Rodrigues.


1964–65 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Moderate Tropical Storm Kathleen
Kathleen existed from February 10 to February 20. Kathleen passed southeast of Rodrigues on February 16, generating high waves that reached 3.5 m (11 ft) along the island's southern coast.


1964–65 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Olive
Olive existed from February 24 to March 10. On March 4, Olive passed south of Rodrigues as a tropical depression. It produced high seas and scattered thunderstorms as far west as Réunion.


1964–65 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Moderate Tropical Storm Rose
Rose existed from April 27 to May 6. On May 3, Rose passed west of Réunion, producing wind gusts of 65 km/h (40 mph), along with heavy rainfall reaching 635 mm (25.0 in) at Plaine des Palmistes. The rains caused a landslide along the Rivière des Remparts.


1964–65 Southern Football League
The 1964–65 Southern Football League season was the 62nd in the history of the league, an English football competition.


1964–65 Southern Football League
Weymouth won the championship, whilst Corby Town, Hereford United, Poole Town and Wimbledon were all promoted to the Premier Division. Nine Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful.


1964–65 Southern Football League, Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs, promoted from Division One:


1964–65 Southern Football League, Division One
Division One consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs:


1964–65 Southern Football League, Football League elections
Alongside the four League clubs facing re-election, a total of 14 non-League clubs applied for election, including nine Southern League clubs. All four League clubs were re-elected.


1964–65 Soviet League season
The 1964–65 Soviet Championship League season was the 19th season of the Soviet Championship League, the top level of ice hockey in the Soviet Union. 10 teams participated in the league, and CSKA Moscow won the championship.


1964–65 Spartan League
The 1964–65 Spartan League season was the 47th in the history of Spartan League. The league consisted of 18 teams.


1964–65 Spartan League, League table
The division featured 18 teams, 16 from last season and 2 new teams:


1964–65 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team
The 1964–65 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team represented St. Francis College during the 1964–65 NCAA men's basketball season. The team was coached by Daniel Lynch, who was in his seventeenth year at the helm of the St. Francis Terriers. The team played as an independent and was not affiliated with a conference.


1964–65 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team
Prior to the beginning of the season the Terriers were highly rated. Yet, a concern from coach Lynch was their lack of a home court to practice on. Since 1960, the Terriers have played their home games at the 69th Regiment Armory and the team often practiced while soldiers were conducting drills.


1964–65 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team
The Terriers finished the season at 11–9, and had marquee victories over Seton Hall, Fordham, and CCNY.


1964–65 St. John's Redmen basketball team
The 1964–65 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1964–65 NCAA Division I college basketball season. The team was coached by Joseph Lapchick in his twentieth and final year at the school. St. John's was an independent and played their home games at Alumni Hall in Queens, NY and Madison Square Garden in Manhattan.


1964–65 St. Louis Hawks season
The 1964–65 NBA season was the Hawks' 16th season in the NBA and 10th season in St. Louis.


1964–65 Stoke City F.C. season
The 1964–65 season was Stoke City's 58th season in the Football League and the 34th in the First Division.


1964–65 Stoke City F.C. season
Stoke's main aim for the 1964–65 season was to consolidate themselves in the First Division and despite having not the greatest run of results Stoke finished in a comfortable position of 11th. Stanley Matthews called time on his long and famous career on 6 February 1965 against Fulham at the age of 50 and 5 days.


1964–65 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
Manager Tony Waddington continued to improve the squad prior to the start of 1964–65 season with experienced players. This policy found favour with the fans and although there were those who did not like the club's veteran image, the quality of an attack that included Peter Dobing, Dennis Viollet and Jimmy McIlroy was there for all too see, and local prospects flourished alongside this impressive forward line. One of whom was John Ritchie who was top scorer in 1964–65 with 25 league goals including four against Sheffield Wednesday who would sign Ritchie in 1966.


1964–65 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
On 6 February 1965 Stanley Matthews again entered the record books when at the age of 50 years and five days he turned out for Stoke one last time against Fulham, Stoke won the match 3–1. To say thank you to Matthews, Stoke arranged a match against a team of international star players which was broadcast live to an estimated worldwide audience of 112 million.


1964–65 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
More veterans arrived at Stoke during the season with the arrivals of Maurice Setters, Roy Vernon and Harry Burrows helping Stoke to finish in 11th position, winning and losing 16 matches.


1964–65 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, FA Cup
After an impressive 4–1 win against Blackpool Stoke drew 0–0 with Manchester United before losing 1–0 at a foggy Old Trafford.


1964–65 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League Cup
Stoke, last season's runners-up, had a poor League Cup campaign this season as they needed a replay to beat Shrewsbury Town, then edged past Southend United before losing 3–1 away at Plymouth Argyle in a replay.


1964–65 Sussex County Football League
The 1964–65 Sussex County Football League season was the 40th in the history of Sussex County Football League a football competition in England.


1964–65 Sussex County Football League, Division One
Division One featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division Two:


1964–65 Sussex County Football League, Division Two
Division Two featured twelve clubs which competed in the division last season, along with six new clubs:


1964–65 Swedish Division I season
The 1964–65 Swedish Division I season was the 21st season of Swedish Division I. Vastra Frolunda IF won the league title by finishing first in the final round.


1964–65 Taça de Portugal
The 1964–65 Taça de Portugal was the 25th edition of the Portuguese football knockout tournament, organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The 1964–65 Taça de Portugal began in September 1964. The final was played on 4 July 1965 at the Estádio Nacional.


1964–65 Taça de Portugal
Benfica were the previous holders, having defeated Porto 6–2 in the previous season's final. Defending champions Benfica reached the final but were unable to regain the Taça de Portugal as Vitória de Setúbal defeated the Encarnados 3–1 to claim their first Taça de Portugal.


1964–65 Taça de Portugal, First round
Teams from the Primeira Liga (I) and the Portuguese Second Division (II) entered at this stage. Each side would contest a second round place by playing two matches: one home and one away match. In case the aggregate score after the two games was level, the cup tie would be replayed.


1964–65 Taça de Portugal, Second round
Due to the odd number of teams involved at this stage of the competition, Oriental qualified for the next round due to having no opponent to face at this stage of the competition.


1964–65 Taça de Portugal, Third round
Due to the odd number of teams involved at this stage of the competition, Belenenses qualified for the next round due to having no opponent to face at this stage of the competition. Micaelense, Sports Angola, União da Madeira and União de Bissau were invited to participate in the competition.


1964–65 Tercera División
The 1964–65 Tercera División (3rd level of the Spanish football league system) season was the 29th since its establishment.


1964–65 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team
The 1964–65 Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team represented Texas Tech University in the Southwest Conference during the 1964–65 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The head coach was Gene Gibson, who was in his 4th season with the team. The Red Raiders played their home games in the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum in Lubbock, Texas.


1964–65 Toronto Maple Leafs season
The 1964–65 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 48th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).


1964–65 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Transactions
The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1964–65 season.


1964–65 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Draft picks
Toronto's draft picks at the 1964 NHL Entry Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.


1964–65 Tweede Divisie
The Dutch Tweede Divisie in the 1964–65 season was contested by 31 teams, sixteen of which playing in group A, fifteen in group B. DFC won the championship after beating Cambuur Leeuwarden in a play-off. Two teams would be promoted: the winners of the championship play-off and the winners of the following promotion competition. This way, it turned out that Xerxes (the number three of group B) would be promoted to the Eerste Divisie after SC Cambuur.


1964–65 Tweede Divisie, New entrants and group changes, Group A
(Leeuwarden would play as SC Cambuur from this season onwards)


1964–65 Tweede Divisie, Play-offs
Several play-offs were held to determine the league champions, who would be promoted to the Eerste Divisie, and who would leave the Professional leagues altogether.


1964–65 Tweede Divisie, Play-offs, Championship play-off
SC Cambuur were promoted to the Eerste Divisie, while DFC entered the Promotion Tournament.


1964–65 Tweede Divisie, Play-offs, Promotion tournament
To determine the second team to be promoted. Entering teams:


1964–65 Tweede Divisie, Play-offs, Group B 15th Place play-off
However, LONGA voluntarily relegated themselves to amateur football after the game. Therefore, a replay, as well as a relegation play-off (involving bottom-finishers Zwolsche Boys from Group A), did not have to be played (while HVV 't Gooi moved to Tweede Group A next season).


1964–65 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
The 1964–65 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team won its second NCAA National Championship under head coach John Wooden.


1964–65 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
At Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon, the #2 Bruins successfully defended their national title with a 91–80 win over top-ranked Michigan before 13,204. Gail Goodrich's 42 points and Kenny Washington's 17 points helped UCLA to become the fifth team to win consecutive championships. Wooden liked Goodrich for his "poise, quickness and speed."


1964–65 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
After dropping the season opener at Illinois in early December, the Bruins finished the season with a 28–2 record, winning the last fifteen games and scoring a team record of 400 points in the four tournament games. Brigham Young, San Francisco, and Wichita State were also eliminated by the Bruins. This was Wooden's 17th season at UCLA.


1964–65 USM Alger season
In the 1964–65 season, USM Alger is competing in the Championnat National for the 3rd season, as well as the Algerian Cup. They will be competing in Championnat National, and the Algerian Cup.


1964–65 USM Alger season, Squad list
Players and squad numbers last updated on 1 September 1964.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1964–65 USM Alger season, Squad information, Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.


1964–65 United States network television schedule
The following is the 1964–65 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1964 through August 1965. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1963–64 season.


1964–65 United States network television schedule
This is the first full season in which NBC broadcast more than 50% of its schedule in color, a fact which the network emphasized during its September 19–25 premiere week.


1964–65 United States network television schedule
CBS and ABC, still mostly in black and white, continued rolling out rural sitcoms; in fall 1964 the networks added Gomer Pyle, USMC (CBS) and No Time For Sergeants (ABC) to their respective schedules. According to television historians Castleman and Podrazik (1982), critics objected to CBS's rural sitcom-heavy schedule, particularly the Gomer Pyle character, but the "high ratings earned by the silly gimmicks and simpleton heroes would assure rural sitcoms spots in the network schedules for years."


1964–65 United States network television schedule
Castleman and Podrazik also point out the large number of "escapist" programs which debuted during the fall of 1964: Gilligan's Island (CBS), Bewitched (ABC), My Living Doll (CBS), The Addams Family (ABC) and The Munsters (CBS). Only NBC avoided the escapist trend during the season, with the exception of The Man From U.N.C.L.E..


1964–65 United States network television schedule
All times are Eastern and Pacific. Premieres are highlighted in bold while endings are highlighted in italics.


1964–65 United States network television schedule
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.


1964–65 United States network television schedule, Sunday
Notes: Mister Ed aired on CBS from 6:30 to 7:00 p.m. until January 1965, when World War One took over the time period.


1964–65 United States network television schedule, Sunday
On NBC, some episodes of Branded aired in color. Buckskin, which aired on NBC in July and August 1965, consisted of reruns of the 1958–1959 series.


1964–65 United States network television schedule, By network, NBC
Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.


1964–65 United States network television schedule (daytime)
The 1964–65 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday daytime hours from September 1964 to August 1965.


1964–65 United States network television schedule (daytime)
Talk/Variety shows are highlighted in yellow, Local News & Programs are highlighted in white, Reruns of Prime Time Shows are orange, Game Shows are pink, Soap Operas are chartreuse, News Programs are gold and all others are light blue. Debut Shows are shown in Bold Letters.


1964–65 United States network television schedule (late night)
These are the late night Monday-Friday schedules on all three networks for each calendar season beginning September 1964. All times are Eastern/Pacific.


1964–65 United States network television schedule (late night)
1964 marked the debut of Les Crane's short-lived talk show on ABC, the first time since 1955 that any network other than NBC had offered non-news programming in the late-night time slot. Crane's show ended after less than a season.


1964–65 United States network television schedule (late night)
Talk/Variety shows are highlighted in yellow, Local News & Programs are highlighted in white.


1964–65 Volleyball Women's European Cup
The 1963–64 Volleyball Women's European Cup was the fifth edition of the official competition for European women's volleyball national champions. It was contested by 16 teams, six more than the previous edition, with Israel and Switzerland debuting, so a Round of 16 could be held for the first time. Dynamo Moscow defeated defending champion Levski Sofia in the semifinals and Dynamo Berlin in the final to win its third title.


1964–65 WHL season
The 1964–65 WHL season was the thirteenth season of the Western Hockey League. The Portland Buckaroos were the President's Cup champions as they beat the Victoria Maple Leafs in five games in the final series.


1964–65 WHL season, Playoffs
The Portland Buckaroos win the President's Cup 4 games to 1.


1964–65 WIHL season
1964–65 was the 18th season of the Western International Hockey League.


1964–65 WIHL season, Playoffs, Final (best of 7)
The Nelson Maple Leafs advanced to the 1964-65 Western Canada Allan Cup Playoffs.


1964–65 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
The 1964–65 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1964–65 NCAA college basketball season. Led by second-year head coach Mac Duckworth, the Huskies were members of the Athletic Association of Western Universities (Pacific-8) and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.


1964–65 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
The Huskies were 9–16 overall in the regular season and 5–9 in conference play, sixth in the standings.


1964–65 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
The 1964–65 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1964–65 college basketball season. Led by seventh-year head coach Marv Harshman, the Cougars were members of the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU, Pac-8) and played their home games on campus at Bohler Gymnasium in Pullman, Washington.


1964–65 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
The Cougars were 9–17 overall in the regular season and 6–8 in conference play, fifth in the standings.


1964–65 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team
The 1964–65 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Weber State College during the 1964–65 NCAA University Division basketball season. In the second year of the Big Sky Conference, the Wildcats were led by fifth-year head coach Dick Motta and played their home games on campus at Wildcat Gym in Ogden, Utah. They were 22–3 overall and 8–2 in conference play.


1964–65 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team
Weber State won its first title; the conference did not yet have an automatic berth to the 23-team NCAA Tournament, which came three years later.


1964–65 Welsh Cup
The 1964–65 FAW Welsh Cup is the 78th season of the annual knockout tournament for competitive football teams in Wales.


1964–65 Welsh Cup, Fifth round
Ten winners from the Fourth round and six new clubs.


1964–65 West Ham United F.C. season
West Ham's greatest triumph as they beat TSV Munich 1860 in the Cup Winners Cup Final at Wembley Stadium. Both goals in the 2-0 win were scored by outside right Alan Sealey.


1964–65 West Midlands (Regional) League
The 1964–65 West Midlands (Regional) League season was the 65th in the history of the West Midlands (Regional) League, an English association football competition for semi-professional and amateur teams based in the West Midlands county, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and southern Staffordshire.


1964–65 West Midlands (Regional) League
At the end of the season the second division was introduced. It was made up largely of reserve sides of non-league clubs, the majority of which were in the league’s new ‘Premier Division’.


1964–65 West Midlands (Regional) League, Clubs
The league featured 18 clubs from the previous season, along with one new club:


1964–65 West Midlands (Regional) League, Clubs
Also, Sutton Town changed name to Sutton Coldfield Town and Stratford Town changed name to Stratford Town Amateurs.


1964–65 Western Football League
The 1964–65 season was the 63rd in the history of the Western Football League.


1964–65 Western Football League
The champions for the first time in their history were Welton Rovers.


1964–65 Western Football League, Final table
The league remained at 22 clubs with no clubs leaving or joining the league.


1964–65 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team
The 1964–65 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky State College during the 1964-65 NCAA University Division Basketball season. The Hilltoppers were led by first year coach John Oldham and Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year Clem Haskins. After two losing seasons, WKSC finished second in the OVC and were invited to the 1965 National Invitation Tournament.


1964–65 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team
Haskins scored a school record 55 points against Middle Tennessee on January 30. He was joined on the all-conference team by fellow sophomore Dwight Smith; Haskins and Steve Cunningham were selected to the OVC Tournament team.


1964–65 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team, Cultural Relevance
Haskins and Smith broke the color barrier this season at Western Kentucky, becoming the first African Americans to play Hilltopper basketball. They were recruited two years earlier by the previous, longtime coach Edgar Diddle; NCAA rules at the time prohibited freshman from playing varsity sports, so this was their first year of eligibility.


1964–65 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team
The 1964–65 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team represented Wichita State University in the 1964–65 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. They played their home games at the University of Wichita Field House. They were in their 20th season as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference and 59th season overall. They were led by first-year head coach Gary Thompson. The Shockers finished the season 21–9, 11–3 in Missouri Valley play to finish in first place. They received a bid to the 1965 NCAA Tournament and advanced to the first Final Four in school history.


1964–65 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team
The 1964–65 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1964–65 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. Under the eighth year of head coach Bill Chambers, the team finished the season 12–13 and 6–8 in the Southern Conference.


1964–65 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team
William & Mary played most of its home games on campus at Blow Gymnasium, with one home game played off campus at the Norfolk Municipal Auditorium in Norfolk, Virginia. This was the 60th season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe.


1964–65 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team
The Indians finished in sixth place in the conference and qualified for the 1965 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, held at the Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. William & Mary defeated The Citadel in the first round and VPI in the second round before falling, in double overtime, to fourth-seeded West Virginia in the championship game (67–70).


1964–65 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
The 1964–1965 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was John Erickson, coaching his sixth season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the UW Fieldhouse in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.


1964–65 Women's European Cup (handball)
The 1964–65 Women's Handball European Champions Cup was the fifth edition of the international competition for European women's handball national champion clubs, taking place from late 1964 to 16 April 1965. The number of contestants decreased from thirteen to ten due to the absences of Austria, Poland and Romania, so the qualifying stage was reduced from five ties to just two. Unlike the two previous editions, the final was carried out as a two-legged tie.


1964–65 Women's European Cup (handball)
HG Copenhague became the first team from the Western Bloc to win the competition in the third appearance in a row of the Danish representative in the final, while Budapesti Spartacus was the first Hungarian team to reach it. The absence of Romania meant there was no defending champion this year.


1964–65 Yorkshire Cup
The 1964–65 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-seventh occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.


1964–65 Yorkshire Cup
Wakefield Trinity winning the trophy by beating Leeds by the score of 18-2. The match was played at Fartown, Fartown Ground, Huddersfield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 13,527 and receipts were £2,707.


1964–65 Yorkshire Cup
This was Wakefield Trinity's fifth Yorkshire Cup final appearance in a period of nine years (which included four as cup winners and one as runner-up).


1964–65 Yorkshire Cup, Background
This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants and no "leavers" and so the total of entries remained the same at sixteen.


1964–65 Yorkshire Cup, Background
This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.


1964–65 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and Results, Final, Teams and Scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points


1964–65 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments
1 * The attendance is given as 13,754 by the official Huddersfield 1965 Yearbook but given as 13,527 by RUGBYLEAGUEproject  and by the Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook of 1991-92 and 1990-91


1964–65 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments
2 * Belle Vue is the home ground of Wakefield Trinity with a capacity of approximately 12,500. The record attendance was 37,906 on the 21 March 1936 in the Challenge Cup semi-final between Leeds and Huddersfield


1964–65 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
The Rugby League Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between (mainly professional) rugby league clubs from the county of Yorkshire. The actual area was at times increased to encompass other teams from outside the county such as Newcastle, Mansfield, Coventry, and even London (in the form of Acton & Willesden.


1964–65 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
The Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final taking place in (or just before) December (The only exception to this was when disruption of the fixture list was caused during, and immediately after, the two World Wars)


1964–65 Yorkshire Football League
The 1964–65 Yorkshire Football League was the 39th season in the history of the Yorkshire Football League, a football competition in England.


1964–65 Yorkshire Football League, Division One
Division One featured 12 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with four new clubs, promoted from Division Two:


1964–65 Yorkshire Football League, Division Two
Division Two featured nine clubs which competed in the previous season, along with six new clubs.


1964–65 Yugoslav Cup
The 1964–65 Yugoslav Cup was the 18th season of the top football knockout competition in SFR Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav Cup (Serbo-Croatian: Kup Jugoslavije), also known as the "Marshal Tito Cup" (Kup Maršala Tita), since its establishment in 1946.


1964–65 Yugoslav Cup, Round of 16
In the following tables winning teams are marked in bold; teams from outside top level are marked in italic script.


1964–65 Yugoslav First League
The 1964–65 Yugoslav First League had an odd number of teams because FK Vardar was allowed to compete in the top league despite getting relegated the previous season. The state and FA authorities made this decision due to the major earthquake (6.1 Richter scale) that hit Skopje on 26 July 1963. The thinking was that having a team in top-flight would boost the citizens' morale.


1964–65 Yugoslav First League
After week 8 of fixtures on 13 September 1964, the league went on an almost two-month break in order to accommodate the October 1964 Yugoslav Olympic national team's participation at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics where the team consisting entirely of players from the Yugoslav First League made it out of its round-robin group but lost in the quarterfinals to West Germany. The season resumed on 8 November 1964.


1964–65 Yugoslav First League, Teams
At the end of the previous season only FK Novi Sad was relegated - in spite of finishing last, FK Vardar was allowed to stay in top flight due to the 1963 Skopje earthquake. Since NK Zagreb and Sutjeska Nikšić were promoted from Yugoslav Second League, the league was contested by 15 teams.


1964–65 Yugoslav Ice Hockey League season
The 1964–65 Yugoslav Ice Hockey League season was the 23rd season of the Yugoslav Ice Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Yugoslavia. Eight teams participated in the league, and Jesenice have won the championship.


1964–65 Yugoslav Second League
The 1964–65 Yugoslav Second League season was the 19th season of the Second Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: Druga savezna liga), the second level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. The league was contested in two regional groups (West Division and East Division), with 16 clubs each.


1964–65 Yugoslav Second League, West Division, Teams
A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including thirteen sides from the 1963–64 season and three sides promoted from the third tier leagues played in the 1963–64 season. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 30 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.


1964–65 Yugoslav Second League, West Division, Teams
There were no teams relegated from the 1963–64 Yugoslav First League as the 14th placed Vardar was allowed to remain in the top level. The three clubs promoted to the second level were Kladivar, Rudar Kakanj and RNK Split.


1964–65 Yugoslav Second League, East Division, Teams
A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including twelve sides from the 1963–64 season, one club relegated from the 1963–64 Yugoslav First League and three sides promoted from the third tier leagues played in the 1963–64 season. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 30 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.


1964–65 Yugoslav Second League, East Division, Teams
Novi Sad were relegated from the 1963–64 Yugoslav First League after finishing in the 13th place of the league table. The three clubs promoted to the second level were Bregalnica Štip, Mladost and Voždovački.


1964–65 ice hockey Bundesliga season
The 1964–65 Ice hockey Bundesliga season was the seventh season of the Ice hockey Bundesliga, the top level of ice hockey in Germany. Eight teams participated in the league, and EV Fussen won the championship.


1964–65 in Belgian football
The 1964–65 season was the 62nd season of competitive football in Belgium. RSC Anderlechtois won their 11th Division I title and joined RU Saint-Gilloise as the club with the most championship wins in Belgium. They also won the Belgian Cup final against rivals Standard Liège (3-2 after extra time). RSC Anderlechtois entered the 1964–65 European Champion Clubs' Cup as Belgian title holder and for the first time the Cup holder ARA La Gantoise entered the European Cup Winners' Cup. RFC Liégeois, RU Saint-Gilloise and R Antwerp FC all played the 1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. The Belgium national football team started their 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign by defeating Israel 1-0.


1964–65 in Belgian football, Overview
The Belgium national football team was drawn in the 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification group 1 with Israel and Bulgaria. Belgium won the first game against Israël, with the 3 other games being played during the 1965-66 season. For the first and only time in their history, Belgium started a game with all field players from the same club (RSC Anderlechtois) in the game against the Netherlands on September 30, 1964. Only the goalkeeper Guy Delhasse was from RFC Liégeois, but he was substituted at half time for Anderlecht keeper Jean-Marie Trappeniers. The manager of the national team was at the time Constant Vanden Stock, a former RSC Anderlechtois player and the future chairman of the club.


1964–65 in Belgian football, Overview
At the end of the season, RU Saint-Gilloise and KFC Diest were relegated to Division II and were replaced by R Racing White and RFC Malinois from Division II. The bottom 2 clubs in Division II (KSC Eendracht Aalst and K Boom FC) were relegated to Division III, to be replaced by K Willebroekse SV and RFC Sérésien from Division III. The bottom club of each Division III league (RRC de Gand, RFC Renaisien, Voorwaarts Tienen and R Uccle Sport) were relegated to the Promotion, to be replaced by RU Hutoise FC, K White Star Club Lauwe, KFC Brasschaat and RC de Jette from Promotion.


1964–65 in Belgian football, European competitions
RSC Anderlechtois entered at the Preliminary Round of the 1964–65 European Champion Clubs' Cup and beat Bologna FC of Italy on a coin toss after the play-off game, since both teams were still level (won 1-0 at home, lost 1-2 away, drew 0-0 in the play-off game). In the First Round, they lost to Liverpool FC (lost 0-3 away, 0-1 at home).


1964–65 in Belgian football, European competitions
For the first time, the Cup holder of Belgium entered the 1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup. ARA La Gantoise was eliminated by West Ham United in the First Round (lost 0-1 at home, drew 1-1 away).


1964–65 in Belgian football, European competitions
Three Belgian clubs entered the 1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup:In the First Round, RFC Liégeois beat two times winner Valencia FC of Spain (drew 1-1 away, won 3-1 at home), R Antwerp FC beat Hertha BSC Berlin of Germany (lost 1-2 away, won 2-0 at home), but RU Saint-Gilloise lost to Juventus FC of Italy (lost both legs 0-1). In the Second Round, RFC Liégeois beat DOS Utrecht (won both legs 2-0), but Antwerp lost to Athletic Bilbao of Spain (lost 0-2 away, 0-1 at home). RFC Liégeois was the only Belgian club to play in European competitions after the winter break, but they lost in the Third Round to Atlético de Madrid of Spain (won 1-0 at home, lost 0-2 away).


1964–65 in English football
The 1964–65 season was the 85th season of competitive football in England.


1964–65 in English football, Diary of the season
21 July 1964: John White, 27-year-old Tottenham Hotspur and Scotland forward, is killed on a North London golf course while sheltering under a tree which was struck by lightning.


1964–65 in English football, Diary of the season
22 August 1964: The first edition of BBC TV's Match of the Day is broadcast, featuring highlights of Liverpool v Arsenal at Anfield.


1964–65 in English football, Diary of the season
15 September 1964: Stan Cullis, one of the longest serving managers in the Football League, is sacked after 16 years in charge of Wolverhampton Wanderers. He had won three league titles and two FA Cups with them, but recent form has been dismal for the Black Country side whose attendances have now fallen below 15,000 and relegation appears to a real threat to the club.


1964–65 in English football, Diary of the season
2 November 1964: Wolves, marooned at the foot of the First Division, appoint former Scotland manager Andy Beattie as their caretaker manager.


1964–65 in English football, Diary of the season
6 February 1965: Stanley Matthews plays the final competitive game of his 35-year career for Stoke City against Fulham in the First Division, shortly after his 50th birthday.


1964–65 in English football, Diary of the season
15 March 1965: Chelsea defeat Leicester City 3–2 at Stamford Bridge in the first leg of the Football League Cup final.


1964–65 in English football, Diary of the season
15 April 1965: A goalless draw in the second leg of the Football League Cup final at Filbert Street gives the trophy to Chelsea.


1964–65 in English football, Diary of the season
28 April 1965: Despite losing 2–1 at Aston Villa on the final day of the league season, Manchester United are crowned First Division champions for the sixth time in their history (and the first time since 1957) on goal average ahead of a Leeds United side who have yet to win the top division title.


1964–65 in English football, Diary of the season
1 May 1965: Liverpool win the FA Cup for the first time in their history, defeating Leeds United 2–1 in the final at Wembley Stadium.


1964–65 in English football, Diary of the season
19 May 1965: West Ham United win the European Cup Winners' Cup at Wembley Stadium with a 2–0 win over 1860 Munich of West Germany in the final.


1964–65 in English football, Notable debuts
8 September 1964: Pat Dunne, 21-year-old Irish goalkeeper, makes his debut for Manchester United in 3–3 league draw with Everton at Goodison Park.


1964–65 in English football, Notable debuts
19 December 1964: Ralph Coates, 18-year-old winger, makes his debut for Burnley in a 3–1 home league win over Sheffield United.


1964–65 in English football, Notable retirements
Jimmy Dickinson, 40, Portsmouth centre-half and all-time leading appearance maker for Pompey with a total of 813 games; he also played 48 times for England.


1964–65 in English football, Notable retirements
Arthur Rowley, 39, Shrewsbury Town centre-forward and all-time leading Football League goalscorer with a total of 434 goals; he also played for Fulham, West Bromwich Albion and Leicester City.


1964–65 in English football, Deaths
21 July 1964 – John White, 27, Tottenham Hotspur and Scotland forward, was killed on a North London golf course when the tree he was sheltering under was struck by lightning. His goals helped them win the double in 1961, another FA Cup in 1962 and the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1963.


1964–65 in English football, Honours
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition


1964–65 in English football, Football League, First Division
Manchester United clinched their sixth First Division title, with teenage Northern Irish winger George Best excelling in a front-line already dominated by Bobby Charlton, Denis Law and David Herd. They finished champions ahead of newly promoted Leeds United on goal average, while third placed Chelsea won the League Cup, 1963 champions Everton finished fourth, and Nottingham Forest completed the top five.


1964–65 in English football, Football League, First Division
Birmingham City went down in bottom place, while Wolves were relegated to the Second Division for the first time in the postwar era following the dismissal of long-serving manager Stan Cullis.


1964–65 in English football, Football League, Second Division
Newcastle United returned to the First Division after four years away as Second Division champions, and were joined in the elite by runners-up Northampton Town, who had started the decade in the Fourth Division.


1964–65 in English football, Football League, Second Division
Manchester City endured one of the worst seasons of their history by finishing 11th and extending their top flight exile into its third season.


1964–65 in English football, Football League, Second Division
Swansea Town and Swindon Town fell into the Third Division.


1964–65 in English football, Football League, Third Division
Carlisle United won a second successive promotion and lifted the Third Division championship trophy. They finished a point ahead of runners-up Bristol City, who claimed promotion on goal average ahead of Mansfield Town. Hull City and Brentford missed out on promotion by a slightly wider margin.


1964–65 in English football, Football League, Third Division
Barnsley, Colchester United, Port Vale and Luton Town were relegated to the Fourth Division – completing a six-season fall from the First Division for Luton Town, who had been FA Cup finalists in 1959.


1964–65 in English football, Football League, Fourth Division
Brighton sealed promotion to the Third Division as Fourth Division champions. They were joined by Millwall, York City, and the league's newest members Oxford United.


1964–65 in Scottish football
The 1964–65 season was the 92nd season of competitive football in Scotland and the 68th season of Scottish league football.


1964–65 in Scottish football, Scottish League Division One
In one of the closest finishes ever seen in a league competition in Britain, Hearts faced Kilmarnock on the last day of the season witha two-point lead over the Ayrshire club and a slightly better goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded). Kilmarnock had to beat Hearts by at least 2–0 to win the title. Any worse result for Kilmarnock, including any other two goal winning margin, e.g. 3–1 or 4–2, would have made Hearts champions. Kilmarnock won 2–0, and were champions.


1964–65 in Scottish football, Scottish League Division One
The 1964–65 season is notable for both Celtic and Rangers finishing in mid-table. It was, and remains as of 2021, only the fifth time that neither of them had finished in the top two, and the only time that both of the Old Firm clubs had failed to finish in the top three of the First Division in the same season.


1964–65 in Scottish football, Scottish League Division One
The season was also interesting in that it was the one and only season that East Stirling Clydebank (E.S. Clydebank) competed in the Scottish League, reverting to East Stirlingshire for season 1965/66 with Clydebank entering the league the following year.


1964–65 snooker season
The 1964–65 snooker season was the series of professional snooker tournaments played between July 1964 and June 1965. The following table outlines the results for the season's events.


1964–66 Balkans Cup
The 1964–66 Balkans Cup was an edition of the Balkans Cup, a football competition for representative clubs from the Balkan states. It was contested by 8 teams and Rapid București won the trophy.


1964–67 Nordic Football Championship
The 1964–67 Nordic Football Championship was the ninth tournament staged. Four Nordic countries participated: Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Sweden won the tournament, its seventh Nordic Championship win.


1964–67 Nordic Football Championship, Table
The table is compiled by awarding two points for a victory, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss.


1964–68 World Snooker Championships
Since 1927 the World Snooker Championship had been played as a single-elimination tournament, but between 1964 and 1968, it was defended over seven challenge matches. Following a hiatus after the 1957 World Professional Match-play Championship, the event was revived by Rex Williams on a challenge basis, with the champion being opposed by prominent players. This began in 1964, organised by the Billiards Association and Control Council. The 1957 champion John Pulman contested and won all seven challenge matches against various opponents in the next five years, until the tournament reverted to a knock-out format in 1969.


1964–68 World Snooker Championships
Each match was played over differing lengths and locations, with some being played over a series of matches rather than frames. Three of the matches played at the Burroughes Hall in London, England; two across South Africa; one in St George's Hall, Liverpool and the final match in Bolton. The highest break made over the series was a 142 made by Williams in the 25–22 match loss to Pulman.


1964–68 World Snooker Championships, Background
The World Snooker Championship is a professional tournament and the official world championship of the game of snooker. Founded in the late 19th century by British Army soldiers stationed in India, the sport was popular in the mostly across the British Isles. The championship had traditionally been played as a single-elimination tournament annually since 1927 with a hiatus for World War II between 1940 and 1946. Known as the World Professional Match-play Championship in 1957 the event failed to generate interest from the top professional players, with defending champion Fred Davis failing to enter. The event was won by John Pulman, but with waining interest and the highest ranked players not playing the event was not held after 1957.


1964–68 World Snooker Championships, Background
English player Rex Williams ran a four player tournament in Blackheath in 1964, the first commercially sponsored professional snooker event since 1960. This and taking Billiards Association and Control Council (BA&CC) chairman Harold Phillips out to lunch led to the BA&CC to allow Williams to run a revival of the World Snooker Championship. The championship would be defended on a challenge basis, with defending champion Pulman facing a prominent snooker professional. The winner of the match would then become the new champion. The agreement between the BA&CC and the players in 1964 stated that there should be a minimum sidestake of £50 involved, that matches could be of any duration agreed by both participants, and that the challenger would be responsible for finding a suitable venue.


1964–68 World Snooker Championships, Summary, 1964
The World Snooker Championship was revived in 1964 with a match between 40-year-old John Pulman and 50-year-old Fred Davis. It was a best-of-37 frames match, played over three days from 20 to 22 April at Burroughes Hall in London, England. Davis had won the official championship three times and the World Professional Match-play Championship five times. He had not taken part in the last championship in 1957, which Pulman had won. Pulman took an early 4–2 lead, but Davis was ahead 7–5 at the end of the first day and maintained his two-frame advantage after the second day, leading 13–11.


1964–68 World Snooker Championships, Summary, 1964
Davis made a break of 108 on the afternoon of the final day, but Pulman won four of the six frames in the session to level the match at 15–15. He then won the first three frames of the evening session to lead 18–15 and, although Davis won the next frame, Pulman took the fifth to win the title 19–16.


1964–68 World Snooker Championships, Summary, 1964
Six months after winning the first challenge match, John Pulman was challenged by organiser Rex Williams in another match held at Burroughes Hall. This consisted of a best-of-73 frames match played over six days, from 12 to 17 October 1964. Williams led 8–4 at the end of the first day, but Pulman won 11 of the 12 frames on the second day to go ahead 15–9, extending his lead to 31–17 after four days. Pulman won the match on the fifth day with a 37–23 winning lead, making a break of 109 in frame 57. The remaining 13 dead frames were played on the final day with Pulman finishing 40–33 ahead.


1964–68 World Snooker Championships, Summary, March 1965
Fred Davis challenged John Pulman for the world title in March 1965. The match was again 73 frames long, played over six days from 15 to 21 March at Burroughes Hall in London. The two players were closely matched throughout. Davis led 7–5 after the first day, but Pulman had taken the lead 13–11 by the end of the second day and pulled further ahead on the third, before Davis recovered to level the match at 18–18. Pulman made a break of 100 on the fourth day; they won six frames apiece to level the score once again at 24–24. The pair were still tied after the fifth day at 30–30, with Davis making a break of 105. Pulman eventually won the match 37–36.


1964–68 World Snooker Championships, Summary, South Africa matches
In September 1965, John Pulman and Rex Williams left England to play a series of 51 seven-frame matches in South Africa for the World Championship. The number of matches was later reduced to 49 and in December Pulman took a winning lead of 25–20 to retain the title. Eventually only 47 matches were played, with Pulman winning the series 25–22. In the 24th match of the series, played in November in the South African city of East London, Williams compiled a break of 142, breaking the official tournament record of 136 set by Joe Davis in 1946. Although equalled by Bill Werbeniuk in 1979, this remained the highest break at the World Championship until Doug Mountjoy compiled a 145 in the 1981 tournament.


1964–68 World Snooker Championships, Summary, South Africa matches
After winning this series of matches, Pulman played South African Fred Van Rensburg in December 1965, winning the match 39–12. The winner of the June 1965 South African Professional Championship was supposed to be given the opportunity to challenge for the world title, with that match being sponsored by brandy company Richelieu et Cie. Although Perrie Mans defeated Van Rensburg 13–11 in the final, it was Van Rensberg who was given the opportunity. This decision was unpopular and contributed to a lack of coverage in the South African press of the match. Little is known about the match, except that Pulman led 9–1, 15–5 and 24–6 on his way to victory. In January 1966, Pulman and Williams played a five-day 35-frame match against Van Rensburg and amateur Manuel Francisco, taking a winning 20–8 lead on the fourth day; the match ending 24–11.


1964–68 World Snooker Championships, Summary, April 1966 matches
Davis met John Pulman for a third challenge in April 1966, in a series of matches promoted by the Lancashire Billiard Traders' Association. There were seven best-of-five frame matches with the player who won four matches winning the championship. The matches were all played in the concert room of St George's Hall, Liverpool from 18 to 23 April. Pulman won the first three matches, 3–2, 4–1 and 4–1, with Davis winning the fourth and fifth matches 3–2. On 22 April Pulman achieved victory by winning the sixth match, 4–2. He won the last match the following day to finish with five wins to Davis's two.


1964–68 World Snooker Championships, Summary, March 1968
Australian player Eddie Charlton challenged John Pulman in Bolton for a 73-frame match played from 4 to 9 March 1968. Pulman won the opening frame with a break of 77, but was 2–4 in arrears at the end of the first session. Charlton then extended the lead to 6–2, before Pulman won four consecutive frames to level at 6–6 by the end of the opening day's play. Pulman also won the first three frames on the second day, with Charlton taking the following two.


1964–68 World Snooker Championships, Summary, March 1968
The pair each took two of the next four frames as the score went from Pulman 9–8 ahead to 13–11 ahead at the end of the second day. In the 21st frame, after Pulman had potted the first red, Charlton potted the 14 remaining reds, with seven blacks, six pinks and a green, and then all the colours except the black, for a break of 122.


1964–68 World Snooker Championships, Summary, March 1968
On the third day, Charlton won five of the six frames in the afternoon session to lead 16–14. In the evening session, Pulman drew level at 16–16. Charlton won the 33rd frame, and looked likely to win the 34th as well after making a break of 52, but Pulman eventually won the frame on the black. Pulman then won the last two frame of the day, with the last frame of the day also being decided on the final black, meaning that Pulman retained a 19–17 lead after the third day.


1964–68 World Snooker Championships, Summary, March 1968
Pulman won five of six frames in the afternoon session of the fourth day, and four of six in the evening session, with his good safety play often leading to Charlton leaving him good opportunities, and so extended his lead to 28–20 after the fourth day. With the players both winning six frames on the fifth day, it ended with Pulman leading 34–26, needing three of the remaining 13 frames. Pulman won three of the first five frames on the final afternoon to win the match 37–28. The remaining eight dead frames were played, the final score being 39–34.


1964–68 World Snooker Championships, Summary, March 1968
This was the last challenge match, as the event reverted to a traditional tournament for the 1969 World Snooker Championship, and except for a round-robin stage at the 1971 World Snooker Championship, the event has been played as a single-elimination tournament since. Pulman had been touring snooker clubs as promotional work for the tobacco brand John Player, and the company had sponsored his match against Charlton. The good attendances for the challenge match led to John Player deciding to sponsor the 1969 World Snooker Championship as a knockout tournament.


1965
1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1965th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 965th  year of the 2nd millennium, the 65th  year of the 20th century, and the  6th   year of the 1960s decade.


1965 (album)
1965 is the sixth studio album by American rock band The Afghan Whigs. It was released on October 27, 1998, by Columbia Records.


1965 (album), Writing and recording
The album was written and recorded after Greg Dulli, the band's lead singer and rhythm guitarist, underwent treatment for clinical depression. The Afghan Whigs recorded primarily at Daniel Lanois' Kingsway Studios in New Orleans, with additional recording done at Ocean Way and Larrabee North in Los Angeles, The American Sector in New Orleans, and London Bridge in Seattle. Dulli produced the album and wrote most of its songs. For the cover, a photograph was used showing astronaut Ed White on the first American space walk as part of the Gemini 4 flight.


1965 (album), Music and lyrics
The album incorporates jazz, R&B, and soul music influences in its mainly rock sound. The lyrics feature erotic narratives and paeans to sexuality. Music journalist David Stubbs writes that the album's subject matter "reconciles lust for women with respect for women", abandoning the "ironic self-loathing" of the band's 1993 album Gentlemen (1993) and the "down in the dumps" lyrics of Black Love (1996).


1965 (album), Critical reception
Reviewing for the Los Angeles Times in November 1998, Marc Weingarten regarded songs like "Somethin' Hot" and "Neglekted" as "the ugliest sort of come-ons, full of innuendo and whispered imprecations", but concluded that "Dulli's velvety vocals and the band's sharp, punchy melodies win you over every time." Entertainment Weekly reviewer Matt Diehl called Dulli "one of rock’s finest lyricists: His noir vignettes read like a Jim Thompson novel, their erotic narratives expertly skewering the male psyche." Stubbs, in NME, hailed 1965 as "a triumph against the grain of post-grunge", while Jason Ankeny of AllMusic called it "the gritty soul record just always out of The Afghan Whigs' reach—seamlessly integrating the R&B aspirations which have textured the band's sound since the beginning".


1965 (album), Critical reception
Some reviewers were less receptive. Robert Christgau assigned 1965 a "neither" () grade in Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s (2000), indicating an album that "may impress once or twice with consistent craft or an arresting track or two. Then it won't." In The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), Joe Gross considered the album's upbeat tone and healthier thoughts on sexual relationships to be "a mild letdown from the previous trilogy's relentlessness".


1965 (album), Notes
“Somethin’ Hot” was used in the 2001 film American Pie 2, but did not appear in the soundtrack.


1965 (film)
1965 is a 2015 Singaporean historical thriller film directed by Randy Ang and co-directed by Daniel Yun. The film was released to commemorate Singapore's fifty years of independence and was released in cinemas on 30 July 2015. It stars Qi Yuwu, Deanna Yusoff, Joanne Peh, James Seah, Sezairi Sezali, Mike Kasem, and Lim Kay Tong as Singapore's founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew.


1965 (film), Production
The film was conceptualised in five years. The film shooting started in November 2014, with the biggest percentage shot in Batam, at various locations, and at Infinite Studios’ sound stages there.


1965 (film), Production
Tony Leung Chiu-wai was initially supposed to play the role of Lee Kuan Yew. However, many Singaporeans were against this, as there was the preference of having a Singaporean actor for this role. The role was given to Lim Kay Tong. David Lee of the Singapore Film Society said that Lim "has the gravitas required of the role, and he's English-speaking as well". Lim prepared for the role for several months and visited the National Archives of Singapore at least five times a week to study Lee's audio and film clips.


1965 (film), Music
The two songs written for the film were Sezairi Sezali's "Selamat Pagi" and Gentle Bones' "Sixty Five". The latter was on the top of the iTunes Singapore song chart for four weeks.


1965 (film), Reception
John Lui of The Straits Times gave 1965 a 1.5 out of 5 stars. He said  "it wants to be Important, with a capital I", and "it feels only slightly more relevant to the national birthday than a chicken bun with an SG50 sticker slapped on it."


1965 1. divisjon
The 1965 1. divisjon was the 21st completed season of top division football in Norway.


1965 1. divisjon, Overview
The season was contested by 10 teams, and Vålerengen won their first championship.


1965 1. divisjon, Overview
Vålerenga's 27 points was at the time a record for most points in a season, one more than Lyn achieved in the previous season. Viking and Sandefjord BK were relegated to the 2. divisjon.


1965 12 Hours of Reims
The 12 Hours of Reims (official name: 12 Heures internationales de Reims) were a sports car endurance racing series held in 1965 at the circuit Reims (Gueux).


1965 2. divisjon
The 1965 2. divisjon was a Norwegian second-tier football league season. The league was contested by 16 teams in two groups, with 8 teams in each group. The two group-winners, Lisleby and IL Hødd, won promotion to the 1966 1. divisjon, while the two bottom teams from each group, Østsiden, Ørn, Årstad and Kvik, were relegated to the third tier.


1965 2. divisjon, Team changes from 1964
The 1964 season saw Odd and Steinkjer win promotion to the top-flight. They were replaced by Brann and Raufoss, who were relegated after finishing ninth and tenth respectively in the 1964 1. divisjon.


1965 2. divisjon, Team changes from 1964
Fram and Haugar from Group A, in addition to Strømmen and Greåker from Group B, were relegated to the third tier after the 1964 season. Lisleby, Aurskog, Bryne and Hødd won promotion from the third tier.


1965 2. divisjon, Season summary
Lisleby won Group A three points ahead of Gjøvik-Lyn, and were promoted to the 1. divisjon. Østsiden and Ørn were relegated from Group A.


1965 2. divisjon, Season summary
Brann, who won the 1963 1. divisjon, had ambitions to make the stay at the second-tier at short as possible, and were aiming for promotion despite having lost their big star, Roald "Kniksen" Jensen to Scottish club Hearts. Brann won their first three matches in Group B, and did not lose a single game in the first half of the season, until they lost against Bryne in August.


1965 2. divisjon, Season summary
Rosenborg, who won the 1964 Norwegian Cup and made their debut in European football this season, were one of Brann's challengers for promotion in Group B. When Brann missed a penalty and drew 0–0 against Årstad in the penultimate match, while Rosenborg won 2–1 against Kvik after Tor Kleveland scored the winning goal on a penalty, Verdens Gang reported that Rosenborg had secured promotion even though they were only two points ahead of Brann and Hødd, and had a 12 and 6 goals better goal-difference respectively.


1965 2. divisjon, Season summary
Rosenborg had to travel to Bergen to meet Brann in the last match, while Hødd met Kvik at Lerkendal Stadion, Rosenborg's home ground. When Brann won 2-1 against Rosenborg, Hødd had to win with five goals to win promotion ahead of Rosenborg. Hødd won 8–2 and was promoted to the top-flight for the first time in the club's history.


1965 2. divisjon, Season summary
That Kvik lost to Hødd by such a large margin, especially when Hødd only were leading 3–2 half-way through the second half until it was announced that Brann were in the lead against Rosenborg, was not popular amongst the Rosenborg supporters in Trondheim. They claimed that Kvik lost to Hødd by six goals, only to prevent their rivals Rosenborg being promoted. Kvik finished the season with four points, and was relegated along with Årstad.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 33rd Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 19 and 20 June 1965. It was also the twelfth round of the World Sportscar Championship.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans
After the disappointing results of the previous year's race, Ford returned with an improved version of its GT. There were 11 Fords or Ford-engined cars in the field. To meet that challenge Ferrari had no fewer than 12 of their cars. Porsche dominated the medium-engined category with seven cars and Alpine-Renault likewise dominated the small-engine categories with six entries.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans
Despite a strong start, in the end the Fords’ unreliability let them down again and it was an easy victory for Ferrari for the sixth successive year. After the failure of the works team, the winners were Masten Gregory and Jochen Rindt in the North American Racing Team (NART) car – the first non-works team to win since Ecurie Ecosse in 1957. It was also the first international race victory for Goodyear tyres. Perhaps surprisingly given their domination of the race it would prove to be, to date, the last Ferrari victory at Le Mans.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Regulations
In the year since the last race, plans had got underway to develop a permanent track. Charles Deutsch, erstwhile French car manufacturer, was the design consultant for the project that eventually became the Bugatti Circuit. After the dangerous accident in the previous year's race when a car had crashed into the busy pits, protective barriers were put in front of each pit, although the pit-lane itself was still exposed. Otherwise the only significant change was that the fuel tank on cars with an engine bigger than 5.0 litres was increased to 160 litres (35 gallons). There were slight tweaks to the calculation of the two Indices and the minimum engine size was set at 1000cc.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
The ACO received 89 entries but after the selection process, withdrawals and no-shows there were 51 cars at the start. The proposed entry list comprised:


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
This year there was a renewed interest from the manufacturers and their works teams with 42 works-supported entries amongst the starters.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
After a slow start to the season, Ferrari introduced the new P2 design from Mauro Forghieri at the April test weekend, and the following 1000 km Monza race. A range of V12 engines were fitted: The works team had two 4.0-litre 410 bhp open-top cars for F1 world champion John Surtees and former winner Ludovico Scarfiotti, and sports-car specialists Mike Parkes and Jean Guichet. They also ran a 3.3-litre 350 bhp closed-top coupé for Bandini/Biscaldi. Ferrari's regular customer teams, the British Maranello Concessionaires ran a 4.4-litre variant for Jo Bonnier/David Piper. The North American Racing Team (NART) ran a 365 P2 built around a previous year's P chassis with updated aerodynamics and featured a 4.4 L SOHC V12. It was given to NART regular Pedro Rodriguez with Nino Vaccarella.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Enzo Ferrari was furious when the CSAI, the Italian motor-racing body, would not assist to GT-homologate his 250 LM (the 1964 race-winning car) and vowed to pull his SEFAC Ferrari works team out of the GT Championship. Meanwhile, there were five of the car's successor, the 250 LM, entered by the customer teams. This included NART (Masten Gregory/Jochen Rindt), Maranello Concessionaires (Bianchi/Salmon), Ecurie Francorchamps, Scuderia Filipinetti and Pierre Dumay's private entry. Finally, Ferrari also entered a new Dino prototype, the 166 P, with a 1.6-litre V6 engine.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
After the departure of Eric Broadley and Lola Cars, Ford put its racing organisation under Shelby American, with car production and development handled by Kar Kraft in the US and Ford Advanced Vehicles in the UK (run by John Wyer with a number of ex-Aston Martin staff). After no wins in the 1964 season, the new year had started with a win for Ford at Daytona.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
The new Mk II (also known as the “X-car”) was sent from FAV across to Kar Kraft to get the new engine fitted – the massive 7-litre, 450 bhp, NASCAR racing engine based on a Ford Galaxie block. Ready just in time for Le Mans, two cars would be raced by Phil Hill/Chris Amon and Ken Miles/Bruce McLaren. Meanwhile, FAV was tasked with production of the requisite 50 GT40s for homologation.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
On Shelby's initiative, the GT40s were now fitted with the same 380 bhp 4.7-litre engine as the Cobras  (except for the Filipinetti entry) and the Colotti gearbox that proved unreliable was replaced by the more robust German-made ZF gearbox. Four cars came to Le Mans: FAV used Alan Mann Racing with Innes Ireland / John Whitmore. Shelby American supported the Rob Walker Racing Team (Maglioli/Bondurant) and the Swiss Scuderia Filipinetti (Müller/Bucknum) who were both also entering Ferraris. Ford France ran an open-top spyder variant for Maurice Trintignant/Guy Ligier


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Once again Maserati France's John Simone commissioned the company to develop a new car for racing. The Tipo 65 was built in only 7 weeks, with a mid-mounted 5-litre engine in a ‘birdcage’ frame. Replacing the destroyed Tipo 59, it left no time to test before the race for its drivers Jo Siffert and Jochen Neerpasch The final big-engine entry was the returning Iso Grifo A3C. Originally there were to be three but two cars had been wrecked earlier in the year at Sebring.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Porsche had got their desired 185 bhp flat-six engine fitted for their 904 GTS cars, alongside the flat-eight (225 bhp) with three works cars entered and a spare. Opposing them were two British cars – a privately entered Elva and the return of the Rover turbine, first seen in the 1963 race, now categorised as equivalent to 1992cc. It had a new coupé body and ceramic rotary generators as heat exchangers which halved its fuel consumption. It would be driven by F1 drivers Graham Hill and Jackie Stewart


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Curiously, in the small-engine categories, Alpine was the only French manufacturer present. A new model, the M65 had aerodynamic tailfins and a new 1.3-litre Gordini engine that developed 135 bhp pushing it to 250 kp/h (155 mph). It was given to Mauro Bianchi/Henri Grandsire. The other four works cars were a mix of engines and body styles. Their opposition were a pair of the latest Sebring Sprites from Austin Healey. Fitted with the 1293cc engine in the Mini-Cooper S they could reach 240 kp/h (148 mph)


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
In the GT classes Ferrari were now the underdog after being beaten by the Shelby Cobras the previous year, and the races since. Five of the six Shelbys that had been made were at Le Mans, prepared by Alan Mann Racing: two for Shelby American, and one each for Ford France, Scuderia Filipinetti and AC Cars themselves. For his part, after his fit of pique, Ferrari homologated his new road-car the 275 GTB. The racing version had the 3.3-litre V12 engine extended to 300 bhp and lightened with magnesium castings. After protests from Carroll Shelby were upheld for being significantly lighter than the production car – 1100 kg - ballast had to be added. Cars were being prepared for Ecurie Francorchamps and Scuderia Sant Ambroeus.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
In the smaller GT classes were the 2-litre Porsche 904s with the homologated 4-cylinder engine. Autodelta, Alfa Romeo's racing division, brought the Giulia TZ2 rebodied by Zagato. Its 1.6-litre engine was tuned to 170 bhp it could 245 kp/h (150 mph). Finally there was the newly homologated Triumph Spitfire. The factory brought four cars to the race.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice
Fastest car at the April test-weekend was brand new 330 P2 – John Surtees putting in a lap of 3:35, fully five seconds quicker than the Fords and other Ferraris. However the weekend was overshadowed by the death of Lloyd Casner in the rain on the Saturday. Casner, with his Camoradi team, was a long-time Maserati campaigner. Braking at the end of the Mulsanne straight, his Tipo 151/3 speared off the track and rolled, possibly when braking on the slick white-paint road markings. Casner was thrown from the car and died later from head injuries in hospital.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice
For the first time in the race's history the initial practice session on race week had to be cancelled. A severe storm felled trees and flooded parts of the circuit. The ACO rescheduled an extra session on the Saturday instead. Phil Hill, in the big 7-litre Ford, put in a blistering fastest lap of 3:33, fully 30 seconds faster than the best practice lap from only four years earlier. Surtees was second fastest, two seconds slower, in the rival Ferrari ahead of Bondurant's and Miles’ Fords. Dan Gurney had the quickest GT car – his Shelby Cobra was 12th with a 3:51.3, just ahead of the 3:55.0 of Willy Mairesse in the Belgian Ferrari GTB. In the next days, additional stabilising fins were added to the two GT40Xs.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice
The fastest Porsche was the flat-8 of Gerhard Mitter who put in a 3:59.4 to qualify 18th ahead of the other Cobras and the Maserati. Mauro Bianchi, in the new Alpine, was quickest of the small cars coming in 35th with a 4:20.0. In the end only 51 cars took the start when the small 1-litre Abarth failed to qualify.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start
After a wet week, race-day was sunny and hot with a huge crowd. It was also the first time the American audience had live coverage of the race. Although having set fastest time, Chris Amon took the start and Phil Hill was the TV guest. As it was, when the live-feed failed Hill took over commentating duties.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start
Siffert got his Maserati away first, followed by the three Fords of Amon, Bondurant and McLaren. Last away was Colin Davis whose Porsche prototype refused to start for two minutes. The two New Zealanders, McLaren and Amon, led the first lap with Surtees up to third as the Maserati fell back. On the fourth lap Siffert planted the Maserati into the haybales at Tertre Rouge. When he finally got back to the pits the car was retired with damage to the oil tank and suspension. It was an underwhelming end to Maserati's presence at Le Mans. But his was not the first retirement: the Dino was gone. Baghetti had over-revved the engine terminally damaging it. Teodoro Zeccoli put his Alfa Romeo in the sandtrap at Mulsanne. He excited the spectators by stripping to his underwear in a long, unsuccessful attempt to dig it out.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start
Back at the front, McLaren and then Amon set about building a lead on the Ferraris, setting new lap records. After two hours only the top four cars were now on the lead lap with Miles ahead of the Ferraris of Scarfiotti, Bonnier and Parkes. But going into the third hour it all started going wrong for Ford. Hill had already fallen away with clutch problems costing 40 minutes in the pits and the French Ford had broken its gearbox when Trintignant had missed a gearchange.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start
The Filipinetti and Walker cars went out with blown head gaskets on the same lap, and when the McLaren/Miles car broke its gearbox the Ford challenge was beaten in only three hours. Small consolation was Phil Hill's new lap record of 3:37.5 as he vainly attempted to make up the 10 laps of lost time.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start
This now left the race to Ferrari – the three works cars battled for the lead with the Maranello car of Bonnier/Piper. Fifth was the Gurney/Grant Cobra. Both the leading Porsche, of Mitter/Davis, and Alpine of Bianchi/Grandsire were out within three hours – with clutch and gearbox problems respectively. In the fourth hour, Gregory brought the NART Ferrari into the pits misfiring. However, after changing the distributor, losing 30 minutes, the car was ready again. Gregory found Rindt changed and ready to leave. With nothing to lose they agreed to push flat-out, rejoining in 18th.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Night
As the sun was setting came the only major accident of the race. Dutchman Rob Slotemaker went off at the fast Maison Blanche corner but was unhurt. His Triumph Spitfire was the same car that had careered towards the pits in the previous year's race when Mike Rothschild had been overcome by exhaust fumes.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Night
After seeing off the Fords, the Ferraris also started having problems. First to fall was the Maranello car. An exhaust broke and Bonnier, choking from the fumes, bought the car in from third to retire as night fell. The gearbox of Parkes/Guichet got jammed in fifth gear. During the night, all of the P2s got delayed by cracks in their brake discs, which in turn gave problems in suspension, each losing 30-60 minutes or more in getting the issues fixed.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Night
The Cobras had been running very well – at 2am the two Shelby-entered cars were running 4th and 5th, Johnson ahead of Gurney. But the head-gasket problem in the Fords also affected two of the Cobra engines including Johnson's. The French entry had been afflicted with clutch issues. Coming up to half-time, the Gurney/Grant car's motor mounts began to crack and the strain of the engine vibration eventually broke the crankshaft.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Night
As the leaders were having troubles, the 250 LMs kept running reliably. By halfway, the surprise leader was the French privateer Pierre Dumay chased hard by the NART car of Gregory/Rindt (catching them by at least 5 seconds a lap after the earlier delay) and the Ecurie Francorchamps GTB of “Beurlys”/Mairesse. Parkes and Guichet had charged back to fourth ahead of the Porsches of Klass/Glemser and Linge/Nöcker. There were only 27 cars left running.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Morning
Soon before 8am the Alpine of previous class-winner Roger Delageneste and veteran Jean Vinatier was retired with ignition problems when comfortably leading the class and running 16th overall. This had just followed the loss of the smallest car in the field, the fellow works Alpine M63B that had been leading the Thermal Index, when it was stopped by a broken conrod.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Morning
At 8am, Gosselin had completed 232 laps, with Parkes and Rindt just a lap behind. Mairesse was fourth 3 laps further back with Nöcker in fifth (223 laps), Surtees (221) Vaccarella (220) then Koch, Spoerry and Pon all on 217 laps rounding out the top-10. Against the odds, the privateers held the lead for ten hours until just after midday. A tyre blowout at speed on the Mulsanne Straight did severe damage to the rear bodywork. Dumay got the car back to pits but crucial time was lost with the panelbeating. By the time they rejoined, Rindt and Gregory had a five-lap lead.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Morning
With less than three hours to go the little Austin-Healey Sprite of Rauno Aaltonen and Clive Baker, which was looking good for the two Index prizes after the demise of the Alpines, broke its gearbox. Soon after the weakened transmission of the Parkes/Guichet P2 also finally gave out, with them having fallen to fifth. After their hard charging, the leaders were also nursing a failing transmission. Gregory, in his last stint, was letting the clutch out in corners to coast through them.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
In the end, despite the fragile differential, the NART car cruised to victory. It packed up completely on the slow-down lap back to the paddock. They kept their five-lap lead over the Dumay/Gosselin car. Three laps further back, and first GT, was Mairesse and “Beurlys” in the Ecurie Francorchamps Ferrari GTB.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
Ed Hugus, the reserve driver, declared many years later that he actually drove a whole shift in the winning LM. Just before dawn, Gregory had pitted unexpectedly exhausted and his glasses-vision impaired by the pre-dawn mist. However Rindt was sleeping somewhere and could not be found, so Hugus took over driving duties for a few hours. This was controversial because - according to the regulations- Gregory would not have been allowed to drive again once Hugus replaced him (which he actually did) and the car should have been disqualified.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
However, no one officially recorded it nor was Hugus credited with co-driving duties. Hugus, from discretion or that he could not get through the crowd to the podium, never made public claims on this story, which was revealed only in late 2000s, when after his death one of his fans made public a letter written to him by the pilot giving all the details.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
Fourth was the works Porsche of Herbert Linge and Peter Nöcker. Their trouble-free run also netted them the Index of Performance prize ahead of the winning Ferrari. In fifth was their GT stablemate of Gerd Koch / Toni Fischhaber who in turn won the Index of Thermal Efficiency, despite having to be pushed over the line.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
After losing nearly two hours replacing their clutch in the middle of the night, the NART Ferrari of Rodriguez/Vaccarella was the only P2 to finish, coming in 7th, 28 laps behind the winner. The only Ford-engined car to finish was the Sears/Thompson works Cobra in 8th. After a collision with an Alfa Romeo around midnight while running 5th, they had nursed their battered car with oil-pressure issues to the end over 30 laps behind the GT-winning Ferrari.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
Tenth, and first British car home, was the Rover-BRM turbine. It covered a lesser distance than in 1963 as an early off by Hill had sucked sand into the engine causing constant overheating issues. A notable experiment however the issues with fuel consumption and heat management meant the project was impractical for road application and cancelled. In a race of attrition there were only fourteen finishers and British cars filled the final five places with two class wins. These included rally specialists Simo Lampinen and Jean-Jacques Thuner for Triumph's final appearance.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
It was also the final appearance for MG for 40 years. Paddy Hopkirk and Andrew Hedges once again had a low-maintenance reliable race with a consecutive race finish. It was a race of attrition with only 14 cars finishing. Surprisingly, for the first time ever, not a single French car finished the race.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
So another debacle for Ford, with only one of the eleven Ford-engined cars finishing. A silver lining was, with a class win the next month at Reims, the Cobra-Ford clinched the GT Championship. Later in the year Ferrari indeed sold a portion of his company, not to Ford, but to FIAT.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Official results, Finishers
Results taken from Quentin Spurring's book, officially licensed by the ACO Class Winners are in Bold text.


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Official results, Statistics
Taken from Quentin Spurring's book, officially licensed by the ACO


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, Official results, Challenge Mondial de Vitesse et Endurance Standings
As calculated after Le Mans, Round 8 of 9, with the best 6 results counting (full score in brackets)


1965 ABC Championship
The 1965 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


1965 ABC Championship for Women
The 1965 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Women were held in Seoul, South Korea.


1965 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1965 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in Raleigh, North Carolina, at Reynolds Coliseum from March 4–6, 1965. NC State defeated Duke, 91–85, to win the championship. Larry Worsley of NC State was named tournament MVP.


1965 AFC Youth Championship
The 1965 AFC Youth Championship finals were held in Tokyo, Japan. Israel defeated Burma to clinch the title.


1965 Abertillery by-election
The Abertillery by-election of 1 April 1965 was held after the death of Labour MP Llywelyn Williams.


1965 Abertillery by-election
The seat was very safe, having been won at the 1964 United Kingdom general election by over 20,000 votes


1965 Aden airport attack
The Aden Airport attack was a grenade attack which took place on 17 September 1965 and resulted in the injury of nine people. Great Britain accused the attackers of being "externally controlled", referring to Gamal Abdel Nasser's Republic of Egypt. The attack prompted Great Britain to suspend the constitution of the Aden Protectorate on 25 September, in an attempt to put an end to the violence. High Commissioner of Aden Richard Turnbull thus governed the protectorate alone under the suspension order signed by Queen Elizabeth II.