1967 St. Louis Cardinals season
The 1967 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 86th season in St. Louis, Missouri, its 76th season in the National League, and its first full season at Busch Memorial Stadium. Gussie Busch hired former outfielder Stan Musial as general manager before the season. Featuring four future Hall of Famers in Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, Steve Carlton and Orlando Cepeda, "El Birdos" went 101–60 during the season and won the NL pennant by 10½ games over the San Francisco Giants. They went on to win the 1967 World Series in seven games over the Boston Red Sox.


1967 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season
First baseman Orlando Cepeda won the MVP Award this year, batting .325, with 25 home runs and 111 RBIs. He was the first unanimous selection (all 20 first-place votes for 280 points) for the award in the history of the National League. Catcher Tim McCarver was second in the MVP voting for 136 points. Pitcher Bob Gibson and outfielder Curt Flood won Gold Gloves this year.


1967 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season
Flood, whose record streak of 568 consecutive chances in the field without an error ended June 4 when he dropped a fly ball, returned to regular play in late July. His 227-game string had begun September 3, 1965. Once back in the lineup, he batted .373 the rest of the season, finishing fourth in the league at .335.


1967 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1967 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1967 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1967 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1967 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1967 St. Louis Cardinals season, 1967 World Series
St. Louis defeated the Boston Red Sox in the World Series, bursting "The Impossible Dream" bubble of the latter team, which had won their first pennant in 21 years on the last day of the season. Bob Gibson won Games 1, 4 and 7 in the Series and was named Series MVP for a second time. Nelson Briles won Game 3. Gibson came back from a broken leg during the season to accomplish his incredible World Series performance. KMOX radio awarded Lou Brock a car for his superb play (12–29 .414 with a record-tying 7 stolen bases) in the Series.


1967 St. Louis Cardinals season, 1967 World Series
Despite winning a World Series in his first season as general manager, Musial stepped down, citing that he did not think the occupation was right for him, making it his  only season as GM. He worked in other capacities in the Cardinals front office until 1980. Busch rehired Bing Devine after Musial's resignation.


1967 St. Louis tornado outbreak
An extremely rare winter outbreak of 30 tornadoes broke out across the Midwest on January 24, 1967 with 13 of them in Iowa, nine in Missouri, seven in Illinois, and one in Wisconsin. The lone F3 tornado in Wisconsin was also the northernmost January tornado ever recorded in the United States at the time. This would later happen again on January 7, 2008, when several tornadoes hit Southeastern Wisconsin. This outbreak is also possibly the farthest north a tornado outbreak has occurred in the winter.


1967 St. Louis tornado outbreak
The tornadoes broke ahead of a deep storm system with several temperature records were broken in the Midwest on this day. One of the most notable tornadoes struck St. Louis County, Missouri at F4 intensity, killing three and injuring 216.


1967 St. Louis tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Unconfirmed tornadoes
Along with the 30 confirmed tornadoes listed, tornado researcher Thomas P. Grazulis listed two additional F2 tornadoes that may have touched down. The first occurred west of Muscatine, Iowa, where a house was unroofed and ripped apart. The other occurred in Illinois City, Illinois damaging homes on the south side of town before ripping the roof of a farmhouse east of town. However, neither tornado was confirmed.


1967 Stanford Indians baseball team
The 1967 Stanford Indians baseball team represented Stanford University in the 1967 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Indians played their home games at Sunken Diamond. The team was coached by Dutch Fehring in his 12th year at Stanford.


1967 Stanford Indians baseball team
The Indians won the District VIII Playoff to advanced to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Arizona State.


1967 Stanford Indians football team
The 1967 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. The Indians were coached by John Ralston in his fifth season.


1967 Stanley Cup Finals
The 1967 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1966–67 season, and the culmination of the 1967 Stanley Cup playoffs. A best-of-seven series, it was contested between the Montreal Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Maple Leafs won the series four games to two. In doing so, they won their thirteenth Stanley Cup championship. To date, this is Toronto's last appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals, and they have the longest-active championship drought in the NHL at 54 (not including 2004–05 lockout) seasons. The 1967 Stanley Cup Finals was also the last Stanley Cup Finals in the Original Six Era. This was also the last all-Canadian Finals series until 1986.


1967 Stanley Cup Finals
The Maple Leafs did not win another post-season game against the Canadiens until 2021 when the two franchises met in the first round and Toronto won Game 2.


1967 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals
This was the last Stanley Cup before the 1967 expansion which meant there were only two rounds and three series in total were played in the playoffs. Montreal defeated New York to advance to the finals and Toronto defeated Chicago.


1967 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
The average age of the Leafs' players was 31, the oldest lineup to win the Cup. Johnny Bower was 42 and Allan Stanley was 41. Dave Keon won the Conn Smythe Trophy.


1967 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
Montreal won the opener 6–2 Toronto. For the second game, Terry Sawchuk was replaced with Bower and provided the Leafs with a shutout win, 3–0. Bower was in net for game three and won 3–2 on Bob Pulford's overtime goal. This game has been described as "one of the most exciting games ever played".


1967 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
Bower was injured before game four and Sawchuk had to replace him. Al Smith was called up from the minors to serve as back-up for the fourth and fifth games. The Canadiens defeated the Leafs 6–2 again, this time in Toronto to even the series. Sawchuk would play well in the next two games, backstopping the Leafs to the Cup.


1967 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
In the sixth game Bower returned to the line-up as back up. Jim Pappin scored his seventh goal of the playoffs and Sawchuk stopped 41 shots helping Toronto win the Cup. Pappin had four goals and four assists in the final series. Captain George Armstrong scored the 3-1 empty-net insurance goal to put game six out of reach.


1967 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving
The 1967 Stanley Cup was presented to Maple Leafs captain George Armstrong by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Maple Leafs 3–1 win over the Canadiens in game six.


1967 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving
The following Maple Leafs players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup


1967 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving, Won all 4 Stanley Cups in 6 Years with Toronto 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967
George Armstrong, Bob Baun, Johnny Bower, Larry Hillman, Tim Horton, Red Kelly, Dave Keon, Frank Mahovlich, Bob Pulford, Eddie Shack, Allan Stanley (11 players), Stafford Smythe, Harold Ballard, John Bassett, Punch Imlach, King Clancy, Bob Haggert, Tom Nayler (7 non-players), Bob Davidson, Karl Elieff (were part of all 4 cups, but were not included on the cup each season.)


1967 Stanley Cup playoffs
The 1967 Stanley Cup playoffs of the National Hockey League (NHL) was the conclusion of the 1966-67 NHL season, and the final playoffs before the expansion from six to twelve teams. The Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the defending champion Montreal Canadiens in six games to win the Stanley Cup. The Leafs squad was the oldest ever to win a Cup final; the average age of the team was well more than 30, and four players were more than 40. Toronto has not won the Cup or been to the Finals since.


1967 Stanley Cup playoffs, Format
In the semi-finals, the Chicago Black Hawks who finished in first place played the third-place Toronto Maple Leafs. The second-place Montreal Canadiens played the fourth-place New York Rangers. The winner of the semi-finals series would play for the championship and Stanley Cup.


1967 Stanley Cup playoffs, Series, Semifinals, (1) Chicago Black Hawks vs. (3) Toronto Maple Leafs
The Chicago Black Hawks was the best regular season team with 94 points. The Toronto Maple Leafs earned the third seed with 75 points. This was the sixth playoff series between these two teams, with Toronto winning three of their five previous series. Their most recent series had come in the 1962 Stanley Cup Finals, which Toronto won in six games. Chicago earned eighteen of twenty-eight points in this year's regular season series.


1967 Stanley Cup playoffs, Series, Semifinals, (1) Chicago Black Hawks vs. (3) Toronto Maple Leafs
Despite Chicago's impressive regular season marks, it was the third seed Toronto Maple Leafs who beat the Black Hawks in the first round of the playoffs.


1967 Stanley Cup playoffs, Series, Semifinals, (2) Montreal Canadiens vs. (4) New York Rangers
Montreal earned the second seed with 77 points. New York earned the fourth seed with 72 points. This was the eighth playoff series between these two teams, with New York winning four of their seven previous series. Their most recent series had come in the 1957 semifinals, where Montreal defeated New York in five games. Montreal earned sixteen out of twenty-eight points in this year's regular season series.


1967 Stanley Cup playoffs, Series, Finals
The Montreal Canadiens were the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions. In the 1966 Stanley Cup Finals, Montreal defeated Detroit in six games. This was their twenty-fourth Stanley Cup Final overall, having won the championship fourteen times previously. This was the Toronto Maple Leafs' twenty-first and most recent Stanley Cup Final, having won twelve championships previously. This was the thirteenth playoff series between these two teams, and they split their twelve previous series. Their most recent series came in the 1966 semifinals, where Montreal won in a four-game sweep. These teams split their fourteen-game regular season series.


1967 Stanley Cup playoffs, Series, Finals
After splitting the first four games, the Maple Leafs won games five and six to win the series.


1967 Star World Championships
The 1967 Star World Championships were held in Skovshoved, Copenhagen, Denmark in 1967.


1967 Star World Championships, Results
Legend: DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; WDR – Withdrew;


1967 Sugar Bowl
The 1967 Sugar Bowl was the 33rd edition of the college football bowl game, played at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Monday, January 2 . Part of the 1966–67 bowl game season, it matched the undefeated and third-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the #6 Nebraska Cornhuskers of the Big Eight Conference. Favored by nine points, Alabama won 34–7.


1967 Sugar Bowl
New Year's Day was on a Sunday in 1967, so the game was played the following day.


1967 Sugar Bowl, Teams, Alabama
Alabama finished the regular season as SEC champions with a record of 10–0. Although undefeated and playing as two-time defending national champions, Alabama did not win the national title in 1966. Instead voters rewarded Notre Dame after coach Ara Parseghian, with his team tied 10–10 with Michigan State with 1:10 to go, chose to play for the tie rather than attempt to win the game. The Fighting Irish and Spartans both finished 9–0–1, did not play in a bowl game, and were ranked first and second in the polls, while Alabama was third; both major polls released their final editions in early December, prior to the bowl games.


1967 Sugar Bowl, Teams, Alabama
This was the Tide's fifth Sugar Bowl, and their twentieth bowl appearance.


1967 Sugar Bowl, Teams, Nebraska
Nebraska finished the regular season as Big Eight champions with a record of 9–1. The only loss of the season came in their final game against Oklahoma by a score of 10–9. In a rematch of the previous season's Orange Bowl, it was the first time for Nebraska in the Sugar Bowl, and their seventh bowl appearance.


1967 Sugar Bowl, Game summary
The Sugar Bowl was the first game of a major bowl tripleheader (Rose, Orange) on NBC, and kicked off at 1 pm CST. There was no competition with the Cotton Bowl for television viewers this year, as that game was played two days earlier, on New Year's Eve.


1967 Sugar Bowl, Game summary
Alabama scored on its first three offensive possessions to take a 17–0 lead. Leslie Kelley and quarterback Ken Stabler scored touchdowns on runs of one and 14 yards, with Steve Davis adding a 30-yard field goal late in the quarter. A six-yard Wayne Trimble touchdown run in the second quarter gave the Crimson Tide a 24–0 lead at the half.


1967 Sugar Bowl, Game summary
Alabama extended their lead to 27–0 after a 40-yard field goal by Davis. Nebraska scored their first points early in the fourth quarter, as Dick Davis made a 15-yard touchdown reception from Bob Churchich to cut the lead to 27–7. Alabama closed the game with a 45-yard Ray Perkins touchdown reception from Stabler to bring the final score to 34–7. Stabler was selected as the game's Most Valuable Player for completing 12 of 18 passes for 218 yards and two total touchdowns.


1967 Sugar Bowl, Aftermath
It was Alabama's last win in a bowl for nine years, until the Sugar Bowl in December 1975. Nebraska did not make a bowl in the next two seasons, but returned the favor five years later in the 1972 Orange Bowl, with a decisive 38–6 win over the #2 Tide to repeat as national champions.


1967 Summer Universiade
The 1967 Summer Universiade, also known as the V Summer Universiade, took place in Tokyo, Japan.


1967 Summer Universiade
Eastern Bloc countries including Soviet Union, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland, Cuba, Czechoslovakia and North Korea boycotted the Games due to the naming disputes about North Korea.


1967 Sun Bowl
The 1967 Sun Bowl featured the UTEP Miners and the Ole Miss Rebels.


1967 Sun Bowl, Background
Ole Miss had qualified for a bowl game every season since the 1957 season, and this was their 11th consecutive bowl season. They tied for 6th in the Southeastern Conference. The Miners were playing their first season after being renamed from Texas Western College to UTEP. This was their eighth bowl game, the previous seven also being in the Sun Bowl.


1967 Sun Bowl, Game summary
UTEP's Billy Stevens was named MVP for the second time, having been named MVP in 1965. Bruce Newell gave the Rebels their only score of the day on a touchdown run set up by Mac McClure's interception return. Trailing 7–0 in the fourth, Stevens went to work, leading the Miners on a 76-yard drive culminating with a touchdown pass to David Kerns to tie the game. A forced fumble by Fred Carr recovered by Dennis Bishop set up the Miners in the position to win the game, and Larry McHenry scored four plays later with 7:52 left. But Ole Miss could not make a successful drive as UTEP held on to win their second Sun Bowl in three years. Stevens went 13 of 26 for 155 yards, outyarding the entire Ole Miss team, who only had 109 yards of offense.


1967 Sun Bowl, Aftermath
This is to date the last bowl game the Miners have won, and they have lost their past six bowl games. They would join the Western Athletic Conference the year after this game. They have not reached the Sun Bowl since this game as well. Ole Miss would continue their bowl streak until 1971. Coincidentally, they also have not reached the Sun Bowl since this game.


1967 Surfers Paradise Four Hour
The 1967 Surfers Paradise Four Hour was an endurance race for “Production Touring Cars”, held at the Surfers Paradise International Raceway in Queensland, Australia on 9 April 1967. The race, which was organised by the Queensland Racing Drivers Club, was the first Surfers Paradise Four Hour, superseding the Lowood Four Hour race  which had been run in 1964, 1965 and 1966.


1967 Surfers Paradise Four Hour
Outright victory was awarded to the Alfa Romeo Giulia Super entered by Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd and driven by Kevin Bartlett and Doug Chivas.


1967 Surinamese general election
General elections were held in Suriname in March 1967. The result was a victory for the National Party of Suriname, which won 17 of the 39 seats.


1967 Svenska Cupen
Svenska Cupen 1967 was the thirteenth season of the main Swedish football Cup. The competition was concluded on 1 November 1967 with the Final, held at Idrottsparken, Norrköping. Malmö FF won 2-0 against IFK Norrköping before an attendance of 11,707 spectators.


1967 Svenska Cupen, Quarter-finals
The 4 matches in this round were played between 31 August and 20 September 1967.


1967 Svenska Cupen, Semi-finals
The semi-finals in this round were played on 28 September 1967.


1967 Svenska Cupen, Final
The final was played on 1 November 1967 at Idrottsparken.


1967 Svenska Cupen Final
The 1967 Svenska Cupen final took place on 1 November 1967 at Idrottsparken in Norrköping. It was the first final since 1953 and the second consecutive final between Allsvenskan sides Malmö FF and IFK Norrköping. IFK Norrköping played their fifth final in total and Malmö FF played their seventh final in total. Malmö FF won their third consecutive final and their sixth title with a 2–0 victory.


1967 Swazi general election
General elections were held in Swaziland on 19 and 20 April 1967. The result was a second successive victory for the royalist Imbokodvo National Movement, which won 79.4% of the vote and all 24 seats.


1967 Swazi general election, Electoral system
Unlike the previous election in which there were two voter rolls for black and white voters, the election was held with a single voter roll, with each voter having three votes.


1967 Swedish football Division 2
Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 for the 1967 season.


1967 Swedish football Division 3
Statistics of Swedish football Division 3 for the 1967 season.


1967 Swiss federal election
Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 29 October 1967. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the National Council, winning 50 of the 200 seats.


1967 Swiss federal election, Results, Council of the States
In several cantons the members of the Council of the States were chosen by the cantonal parliaments.


1967 Swiss real estate referendum
A referendum on real estate was held in Switzerland on 2 July 1967. Voters were asked whether they approved of a popular initiative against real estate speculation. The proposal was rejected by a majority of voters and cantons.


1967 Swiss real estate referendum, Background
The referendum was a popular initiative, which required a double majority; a majority of the popular vote and majority of the cantons. The decision of each canton was based on the vote in that canton. Full cantons counted as one vote, whilst half cantons counted as half.


1967 Syracuse Grand Prix
The 16th Syracuse Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 21 May 1967 at Syracuse Circuit, Sicily. The race was run over 56 laps of the circuit, and finished in an extremely unusual dead heat between British driver Mike Parkes and his team-mate Ludovico Scarfiotti in their Ferrari 312s.


1967 Syracuse Grand Prix
The event attracted a very small entry, and this was the last Syracuse Grand Prix to be held as a Formula One event.


1967 Syracuse Orangemen football team
The 1967 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. The Orangemen were led by 19th-year head coach Ben Schwartzwalder and played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York. The team finished with an 8–2 record and were ranked 12th in final Coaches Poll (the AP Poll ranked only 10 teams at the time), but failed to receive an invitation to a bowl.


1967 Syracuse Orangemen football team, Regular season
In 1967, Tom Coughlin set the school's single-season pass receiving record. Larry Csonka was in his senior season and was named an All-American. He broke many of the school's rushing records, including some previously held by Ernie Davis, Jim Nance, Floyd Little, and Jim Brown.


1967 Syracuse Orangemen football team, Regular season
In his three seasons at Syracuse, Csonka rushed for a school record 2,934 yards, rushed for 100 yards in 14 different games, and averaged 4.9 yards per carry. From 1965 to 1967, he ranked 19th, 9th and 5th in the nation in rushing. He was the Most Valuable Player in the East–West Shrine Game, the Hula Bowl, and the College All-Star Game.


1967 São Paulo FC season
The 1967 football season was São Paulo's 38th season since club's existence.


1967 TANFL season
The 1967 Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL) premiership season was an Australian Rules football competition staged in Hobart, Tasmania over nineteen (19) roster rounds and four (4) finals series matches between 1 April and 16 September 1967.


1967 TANFL season, Participating Clubs, State Preliminary Final
Note: North Hobart (TANFL guernseys) and East Launceston (NTFA guernseys) wore alternate strips due to a guernsey clash.


1967 TANFL season, Participating Clubs, State Grand Final
(Saturday, 30 September 1967) – (See:1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final)


1967 TANFL season, Participating Clubs, State Grand Final
Note: This match was abandoned and officially declared as "No Result" due to a ground invasion by spectators.


1967 TANFL season, 1967 TANFL Ladder, Round 10
Note: This was the highest roster match attendance in both TANFL and Tasmanian football history.


1967 TANFL season, 1967 TANFL Ladder, Grand Final
Source: All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury and Saturday Evening Mercury (SEM) publications.


1967 TCU Horned Frogs football team
The 1967 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 4–6 overall and 4–3 in the Southwest Conference. The team was coached by Fred Taylor in his first year as head coach. The Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas.


1967 Tampa Spartans football team
The 1967 Tampa Spartans football team represented the University of Tampa in the 1967 NCAA College Division football season. It was the Spartans' 31st season. The team was led by head coach Sam Bailey, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Phillips Field for their first two home games and then at Tampa Stadium for their final five home games in Tampa, Florida. They finished with a record of two wins and seven losses (2–7). The 1967 season is noted for the dedication of Tampa Stadium in the Spartans' 38–0 loss against Tennessee.


1967 Tampa riots
The 1967 Tampa riots was one of 159 race riots during the Long, hot summer of 1967 that occurred in Tampa, Florida. The riots were started after a 19-year-old black man named Martin Chambers who was a suspect in robbing a camera supply warehouse on 421 East Ellasme Street was shot and later killed by a white officer of the Tampa Police Department, Patrolman James Calvert. The riots would begin on the night of June 11 and ending on June 15 happening in what was then in the neighborhood of Central Park.


1967 Tampa riots, Background, June 11
On the day that Chambers was shot, the weather in the city was described as being 94 degrees Fahrenheit and humid. A hydroplane race was occurring that day and the Tampa Police Department's anti-riot unit, the Selective Enforcement Unit was busy covering the event during the afternoon. Tampa Police Department (TPD) Chief James P. Mullins would be absent that day.


1967 Tampa riots, Background, Central Park neighborhood
Central Park, previously known as "The Scrub" was Tampa's first African-American neighborhood located between downtown Tampa and Ybor City. The neighborhood would grow along with the rest of the city with the arrival of Henry Plant's railroad in 1883 and the cigar industry two years later. Starting in the 1890s and lasting until the 1950s, it would be the most significant black neighborhood in the city and Central Avenue was called the "Harlem of the South".


1967 Tampa riots, Background, Urban renewal
Tampa during the 1950s and 1960s would see sizable amounts of urban development in it. With the passing of the 1949 Federal Housing Act and further amendments, it would allow for cities to pursue urban renewal projects. A 1952 Florida Supreme Court case ruled that cities could not use eminent domain and then sell the land to private companies to redevelop. With the case, cities in Florida couldn't participate in the act but the legislature did pass laws allowing Tampa and Tallahassee to do urban renewal.


1967 Tampa riots, Background, Urban renewal
Urban renewal in the Central Avenue neighborhood was also seen as a way to increase tax revenue too. Renewal projects would often lead to dislocating residents and not enough low-income housing existed. Even before displacement, public housing was often filled up and private housing did not have the same quality or prices of public housing. As part of a slum-clearance project, two public housing projects would be built in parts of its area during 1954: Robles Park Village and Central Park Village. The Urban Renewal Agency (URA) would be created by Mayor Nick Nuccio during May 1958.


1967 Tampa riots, Background, Urban renewal
Ybor City would see the practices of blockbusting and redlining in it. African-American residents in Tampa would often have difficulty getting loans from insurance and mortgage companies. Many black resident's views would not be factored in during urban renewal projects. The Urban Renewal Agency (URA) in Tampa's municipal government had no black members on its board.


1967 Tampa riots, Background, Urban renewal
For the construction of Interstate 4 (finished in 1963) 2,544 homes are estimated to be razed and a sizable amount of neighborhood would be demolished for it. During the freeway construction that was done in Tampa the URA would estimate that several hundred black families would be displaced with freeway construction between 1962 and 1963 along with roughly 400 others being relocated by code enforcement related reasons.


1967 Tampa riots, Background, Civil Rights Movement
During the Civil Rights Movement in Tampa, there would be little violence in the city. Starting on February 1960 there would be a series of sit-ins at several stores in the downtown area and it would lead to 18 stores in Downtown Tampa being integrated in September. During the sit-ins the only time the police would intervene was when they had to remove two whites from a Walgreens who were being abusive to protesters. Martin Luther King Jr. would visit Tampa on November 19, 1961 giving a speech at Fort Homer Hesterly Armory to a crowd of 4,200 people. A bomb threat would happen which lead to King and the attendees having to be evacuated. This threat would later turn out to be a hoax but did lead to the speech being delayed for 30 minutes.


1967 Tampa riots, Background, Civil Rights Movement
By 1967, Tampa was described as having little visible legal segregation in it. The city would practice the "Tampa Technique" which involved doing desegregation in a manner that was slow and nonconfrontation. However there was significant racial segregation that was seen economically. Many black residents in the city were denied jobs and didn't have access to civil service tests. Black residents were also dissatisfied with the rate low-cost housing was being built, poor quality of policing, a shortage of recreational facilities and being exploited by white business owners in black neighborhoods.


1967 Tampa riots, Initial incident, Chase
Three burglars: Martin Chambers, John Dawson and Calvin Moore would break into Tampa's Photo Supply Warehouse located at 421 East Ellasme Street at 5:30 PM. They would steal photographic and film equipment worth over $100. Martin Chambers is known to have had a criminal record in the past.


1967 Tampa riots, Initial incident, Chase
At approximately, 6:18 P.M. Tampa Police Department (TPD) Patrolman R.L. Cloud and G.L. Hackney who were both on patrol in their police cars on Nebraska Avenue would observe the three black male suspects who they believed were suspects in robbing the camera supply warehouse. They saw them near an alley that connected to Nebraska Avenue located between Zack and Twiggs Street. Once spotted on Nebraska Avenue, they would broadcast over the police radio that they were the likely suspects in the burglary and gave descriptions of them. They would follow them until the suspects noticed the officers. All 3 suspects would flee from the police once being spotted. 15-year-old Calvin Monroe would try to escape but would end up being arrested.


1967 Tampa riots, Initial incident, Chase
19-year-old Martin Chambers was one of the three suspects that attempted to flee and he was unarmed. He would run through the surrounding neighborhood while trying to escape from the police. Chambers would loose the two police officers that did chase him. When Cloud and Hackney sent a message over the radio asking for assistance, J.L. Calvert a white police officer who was alone in his police cruiser at the time of the broadcast would join in and chase Chambers.


1967 Tampa riots, Initial incident, Chase
When black residents of the Central Park Village housing project became aware of the chase, they would start to participate and some even tried to help officers in locating Chambers. R.C. Oates who was one of seventeen black police officers in the Tampa Police Department; which had a total of 511 officers. Oates would call for Chambers to surrender but he ignored him. Calvert would yell at Chambers to stop but he would ignore him. Chambers would be chased by Calvert until he reached the rear side of a home in an unknown location. The rear side was described as facing a southerly direction while the front would face the north. The chase went into an alley which was 25 feet long and 2 feet wide being bounded by a chain-link fence and the home itself with Chambers entering from the southeast.


1967 Tampa riots, Initial incident, Shooting and immediate events following it
Calvert would fire his .38 revolver at his back once and the bullet would pass completely through his body near the intersection of Cass Street and Nebraska Avenue. He would fire the gun at him while he was still in the alley and said he was a few feet away from exiting it and Calvert claimed that if he had left it, he would have lost him. Witnesses would say that Chambers had stopped and that he was attempting to surrender.


1967 Tampa riots, Initial incident, Shooting and immediate events following it
However, when the witnesses were brought to the crime scene they said they were at the westerly side of the house and the police deemed that at this viewpoint it would be impossible to view what happened in those moments. Calvert would also claim he was attempting to shoot directly above his back but that he had missed. At the time of the shooting, Patrolman Calvert was described as "not having any special qualifications in marksmanship...".


1967 Tampa riots, Initial incident, Shooting and immediate events following it
A crowd had gathered around where Chambers had been shot and were angered about what happened to him. An ambulance was sent for Chambers but it would end up getting lost along the way so Oates would put Chambers into his car and drive him to the hospital. Shortly after putting him in his car, Chambers would die. At close to when Chambers was put into the car, a rainstorm occurred and the crowd dispersed. The rainstorm itself is said to have lasted two hours but it is unknown when it ended.


1967 Tampa riots, Events, June 11
At 7:30 PM a report would be received by the TPD saying that 500 people were gathering in an unspecified location. A police car was sent there but did not find anyone. In the Central Park Village housing complex as soon as the rain stopped, hundreds of people would leave the apartments. They would discuss the shooting and discuss incidents of prejudice they had faced. At some point Officer Oates would go to the area into an attempt to persuade the crowd into dispersing by making an announcement than an investigation would be made into Chambers shooting. He would appear to make progress in calming down the crowd.


1967 Tampa riots, Events, June 11
Oates's progress was stopped when a woman would come running down a street screaming about her brother who was killed by the police. It is said that this caused the immediate crowd to become galvanized. The crowd would start stoning in general with police cars in the area being hit by rocks. The police would try to replicate what they had done in a similar incident in the past by withdrawing all police units which resulted in the crowd dispersing. However this time it would not work and result in the opposite effect.


1967 Tampa riots, Events, June 11
In commercial areas nearby containing bars and nightclubs the patrons would join in on the initial crowd. A group of rioters would move down Central Avenue with the first stores being hit and the first fire would be set too. During the early period of the riots, there would be a lack of intelligence for the police and they were slow to react. By after 11 P.M. a request for deputies from Hillsborough County Sheriff Malcolm Beard would be made. The recall order which was made earlier that day was rescinded by 11:30 PM.


1967 Tampa riots, Events, June 11
Officers would start to arrive in the area between 11:00 PM and 11:50 PM. By 11:50 PM their would be enough law enforcement officers that they would create an "assault line" to move into the area where they thought the civil disorder was happening at. While assembling at Cass Street, they would encounter sniper fire. As a result, Sherriff's Department deputies and police officers were placed on the roof of the Pyramid Hotel to give cover. The group of officers and deputies would move north along Central Avenue going from Cass Street to Harrison Street.


1967 Tampa riots, Events, June 11
By the time the police started there march to try and penetrate the area, there would be falling power lines the area with electrical sparks flying in the air near the line of officer's marching on the street. The police would announce using a sound car that anyone caught with weapons would be shot. After the announcement the firing would cease. They would cross an alley on Harrison Street from the northwest corner of Harrison Street and Central Avenue. After a building collapsed, flames would be shot out from it blocking Central Avenue. Those who were firing at the police likely obtained their weapons after looting a gun store. Police using dogs would move in to seek them out.


1967 Tampa riots, Events, June 12
At 12:45 AM, law enforcement forces would begin to attempt creating a perimeter around the area where civil unrest had been encountered at so far. The Sheriff's Department would be responsible for all entrances to the area from the eastern side of Orange Street going from Scott to Cass Street. While doing these maneuvers a deputy from the Sheriff's Department, Sgt. Donald Clark Williams who was leading a squad would die of a heart attack and had a previous medical history relating to it.


1967 Tampa riots, Events, June 12
Williams was 52 years old and had been with the Sheriff's Departments for 6 years at the time of his death. While the TPD would be responsible for all entrances on Central Avenue spanning from Scott to Harrison Street. Later the perimeter would end up being extended and prohibit traffic going in and out of the area. The new perimeter would be bounded by Cass Street towards the south, Nebraska Avenue in the east, Henderson Avenue in the north and Orange Street in the west.


1967 Tampa riots, Events, June 12
By 1 A.M. Firefighters would start to extinguish the fires that had been set to 3 buildings and had spread to several nearby buildings by this point. For the following 12 hours it would be tense in the area. At 2 A.M. the Beard would call Governor Claude Kirk who was in West Palm Beach at the time. Most fires would be extinguished by 4 AM. Kirk would fly into the city having a two hour long conference with Mayor Nick Nuccio and other city officials and would leave by dawn.


1967 Tampa riots, Events, June 12
During the early daytime hours, Tampa's Sanitation Department would send 50 workers to clean up the area that was destroyed. The process took 3 hours in total but it is unclear when it started. Deputy fire chief Charles Wells would say that over 100 firefighters responded that night and none were injured. At 7 AM all officers and deputies were placed on a 12 hour day with no days off. Sheriff deputies that were doing the perimeter control would be relieved by the TPD officers at 9:34 AM.


1967 Tampa riots, Events, June 12
Between 10 A.M. and noon the TPD would contact all stores selling guns and ammunition requesting them to stop selling items to customers with all being cooperative. Pawn shops were also contacted as well asking they do the same thing. All ammunition wholesalers were given protection by the police on a 24 hour basis.


1967 Tampa riots, Events, June 12
By that afternoon, the officers of both policing forces would be tired and none would be available in reserves. With many of the officers being tired, Beard would request for a National Guard unit to be available at 1 P.M. At close to the same time gunfire was heard in the area of Central Park Village and a news helicopter flying over the area would be shot at.


1967 Tampa riots, Events, June 12
The units he had requested would be received between 3:30 P.M. and 4.30 P.M. Governor Kirk would talk with local residents at a school in the Central Park Village area during the late afternoon. During the meeting at the school the atmosphere was described as being tense and speakers regardless of race would be booed and hissed at. Nothing came out of the meeting but Kirk thought it let the residents to take off steam.


1967 Tampa riots, Events, June 12
During the evening, National Guard troops would start to replace the local policing forces in maintaining the perimeter around Central Park. Two groups of 70 local law enforcement officers each would do patrols that night. The first group would do a patrol heading North on Central Avenue until reaching Scott Street where they would head on Scott and head towards Nebraska Avenue before going back to the command post that was located at the intersection of Cass Street and Central Avenue. While the second group would start it's patrol going west on India Street until reach Nebraska Avenue.


1967 Tampa riots, Events, June 12
Once on Nebraska Avenue they would head to Governor Street. On Governor Street officers head south to Harrison Street and turned westwards on it until reaching Central Avenue and returning to the same command post as the first group. 40 law enforcement officers would be sent to Main Street in West Tampa between Albany and Armenia Avenues. Antipoverty workers would go from door to door urging that people stay off the streets during that night as well.


1967 Tampa riots, Events, June 12
At 11 PM the St. Petersburg Police Department and Treasure Island along with the Polk County Sheriff's Office would offer assistance to help the police forces with the riots.


1967 Tampa riots, Events, June 12
It is unclear what the precise number of National Guards troops there were in the city. A 1967 congressional report about the usage of military troops during civil unrest that mentioned the riots said that 475 troops were deployed. A report done by the State Adjunct General for 1967 & 1968 would say that 472 troops in total were deployed which included 83 officers. While a publication from the US Army Office of Military History from 1971 says that approximately 500 were deployed and stated that the precise number of troops that were activated wasn't recorded.


1967 Tampa riots, Events, June 13
During the early morning hours, the city would be described as being rather quiet overall. Law enforcement forces would receive several reports they deemed to be false during the early morning hours. The Florida State Beverage Department would offer officers to assist in Tampa at 1:10 AM. The only significant piece of information that the police received and deemed to be true was when they encountered a non-white male using a CB radio to communicate with others at 1:15 AM. However the police were not sure as to whether it was directly relating to the riots.


1967 Tampa riots, Events, June 13
At 10:55 AM the police would believe a "Possible racial outbreak" had happened at Lopez Feed Co. located 2300 East 7th Avenue that was sparked by an African-American male burglary suspect being shot in the wrist by the owner, Manuel Lopez. It is unknown what entailed in this "Possible racial outbreak" that Jack de La Llana had described in his testimony to US Congress. Manuel Fenandez, a member of the city council would ask the police at 12:55 PM to standby at A. A. Gonzales Clinic between 10:30 and 11:05 PM.


1967 Tampa riots, Events, June 13
Fernandez's reason for this was because nurses needed to change shifts and he also said that they were molested and stoned the previous night. A group of about 20 blacks would be reported at the Mayor's Office at 4:30 PM demanding that they be able to see the mayor. They were told that the mayor was at the Meachum School and could be seen there. The group would not leave and did not want to talk with anyone else.


1967 Tampa riots, Events, June 13
Police forces did not attempt to remove them as they though the mayor should see them Mayor Nuccio would leave the Meachum School at 5:02 PM and go back to his office to speak with the group that had gathered there before he left for the College Hill School. Nuccio would arrive there at 5:53 PM and speak with black groups there in a meeting. Blacks wanted the police to be "removed from area" and wanted to do policing of it instead. The mayor and sheriff would agree to this.


1967 Tampa riots, Events, June 13
During that day, the perimeter around Central Park Village would be maintained at all times of the day by police officers. Throughout the day, the police would receive many false reports with activities reported to them being dramatized. Tampa Mayor, Nick Nuccio would meet with local residents that day. Residents would suggest that Coash Jim Williams in Tallahassee would be most effective in calming down the rioters. A complaint often presented to him was that residents disliked the National Guard's presence in the city, particularly in predominantly black sections of it.


1967 Tampa riots, Events, June 14-conclussion
During June 14 at 12:18 AM a car would be stopped by the TPD on Madison Street with 12 non-white males in it. 2 Molotov cocktails would be found and all 12 would be arrested. One minute later two white males carrying shotguns was reported to the police at Beach Street and Howard Avenue in West Tampa. The TPD would go to the scene and hold them in custody. The TPD's 2nd Radio frequency would go offline at about 4 AM but would be repaired and go back online by 8 AM. The Less Gun and Archery Shop located on Fairbanks and Nebraska Avenue that had 50,000 ammunition rounds and 250 guns asked the TPD they needed someplace to store them. It was accepted and the equipment was placed in the Police Department's property room.


1967 Tampa riots, Events, June 14-conclussion
A meeting would be held that afternoon in the "Citizens building". People in attendance would be: Chief Mullins, Sheriff Beard, Mayor Nuccio, NAACP members and other local law enforcement officers. Blacks who were attending the meeting would request that Patrolman Calvert be fired by the municipal government. The mayor and the police chief however did not accept this which was meant with general hostility by those in attendance at the meeting. The reason why the mayor and police chief did not want to fire Patrolman Calvert is unknown. Also during the afternoon, the Sheriff would announce that he had the authorization by Governor Kirk to create a curfew during the night hours, arresting anyone who was found on the streets at night.


1967 Tampa riots, Events, June 14-conclussion
At 10:03 PM "Armed persons reported" on Central Avenue at the Club Sudan. At the same time, another report was received by the police that there was a large crowd at Central Avenue and Constant street. A disturbance would happen in a fight between two black females in a bar. One person was cut and needed an ambulance which was sent. A strike force was organized that was composed of Sheriff's Department deputies and TPD officers in response. They would be sent to the Central Avenue and wait 150 feet away from the crowd to observe them and intervene if necessary. They would return to the Sheriff's office at 10:15 PM and wait there for orders.


1967 Tampa riots, Events, June 14-conclussion
A conference was held at the Sheriff's Office at 10 AM and at this time the National Guard would be demobilized and put on alert. A command Room that had been established in the Sheriff's Office would be closed at 11:50 AM. For the rest of the week officers would work for 12 hour long shifts.


1967 Tampa riots, Events, June 14-conclussion
All troops would be withdrawn from the city excluding liaison personnel leaving on June 18. The Police Department and Sheriff's Department would go back to normal operations on June 19.


1967 Tampa riots, Response
Apart from purely responding from the violence caused by the unrest, law enforcement forces would provide security to certain locations and people. Jack De La Llana would go into detail about the security that was provided during his testimony to US Congress. Auxiliary forces were deployed to provide perimeter security for the Tampa Police Department and Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office headquarters. Governor Claude Kirk was assigned a deputy when he was in the Tampa area. Two officers were assigned to guard Paul Antinori's house while one officer would accompany Mayor Nick Nuccio.


1967 Tampa riots, Aftermath
The riots would end up lasting several days and it's ending would be credited with Governor Claude R. Kirk Jr. ordered in a variety of reinforcements to assist on June 14th. By the end of the rioting, over 100+ people would be arrested and $2 million in damage was be dealt.


1967 Tampa riots, Aftermath
Martin Chambers funeral would be held on June 24 at 3:30 PM. It would be monitored by the Sheriff's Department that flew a plane over the funeral site and areas they deemed to be critical. No disturbances in the city would happen during his funeral despite the mobilization of police forces. On June 23, Beard would hold a conference at the Sheriff's Office where officials from both the Tampa Police Department and the Hillsborough County's Sheriff Department in preparation for Chambers funeral. TPD would deploy 4 squads having 35 officers in total while the Sheriff's Department would put 25 deputies on standby.


1967 Tampa riots, Results/legacy
Statistics about Tampa would be included in the Kerner Commission. A two day long investigation would be done by the Hillsborough County District Attorney office declaring that the shooting of Chambers was justified. The state attorney for Hillsborough County, Paul Antinori would say that his office would investigate it. Antinori reached a similar conclusion saying that the use of deadly force was justified. He said the shooting was justified because he was a known felon trying to escape being arrested.


1967 Tampa riots, Results/legacy
Black youths who said they were witnesses towards the shooting in hearings held by Antinori would say Chambers stopped, put his hands up and turn towards Patrolman Calvert when he was shot him. Martin's mother, Janie Bell Chambers would continue to try and seek justice for him until her death in 1996. She would often have protests at her son's grave along with vigils there. Janie would try and get the city to investigate her son's dead in 1990 which led to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement finding that the shooting was justifiable.


1967 Tampa riots, Results/legacy
In 2007, Martin Chambers's two siblings: Jeffery Collins-King Chambers and Sabrina King along with Marzuq Al-Hakim who was advocating for the them would before the Tampa City Council to ask if they could send Martin's case to the US Department of Justice. 40 years later Tampa's municipal government would not admit it did anything wrong involving him. Also during 2007, an advisory committee for the mayor would move decide to rename a room in the Kid Mason Recreation Center that was located on Orange Street in honor of him.


1967 Tampa riots, Results/legacy
On July 12, local business owners would create a program to give jobs to many of the city's African-American residents as a way to counteract the racial tensions in the city by reducing unemployment. Sergeant J.S. de la Llana of the TPD's Criminal Intelligence Unit would testify to the US Senate on August 4 about the riots.


1967 Tampa riots, Results/legacy
The county sheriff department and municipal police force would attempt to improve community relationships. Despite this, the relationships between black residents and the police would not improve which led to a two-day long open hearing would be held by the Florida State Advisory Committee to the US Commission on Civil Rights in May 1971 to investigate whether relationships between Tampa's black community and local law enforcement were worsening and how to improve them.


1967 Tampa riots, Results/legacy, 1972 report
A report would be produced by the Florida Advisory Committee in December 1972 concluding that black residents in the city did have strained relations with the police. Law enforcement would try to increase the amount of black law enforcement officers but had little success because of: poor relations with them, low pay, lack of promotions, a minority recruitment program not existing and biased evaluation/testing procedures that were done. At the end of the report, there would be several recommendations made falling into three general categories.


1967 Tampa riots, Results/legacy, 1972 report
For the mayor and city council it would endorse: passing a city ordinance endorsing non-discrimination and affirmative action in the city government, give more power to the Tampa Commission on Community Relations, creating the position of ombudsman to be held by someone who was liked by the community.


1967 Tampa riots, Results/legacy, 1972 report
While for the police and sheriff's department it would propose: both agencies expand  minority recruitment programs, review qualifications of officers, fire those who were discriminatory towards nonwhites, applying affirmative action, appointing minority group members to high level policy positions, letting the police meet with citizens to discuss issues, making disciplinary actions done to law enforcement officers public information, publicizing their existing police complaint system and making an external way to handle complaints by the police, making steps to determine that actions are not prejudiced, strictly enforcing rules against using racial slurs along with making those rules well-known, publicize regulations related to weapons and also let the general public know the police go through human relations training. For other groups it would recommend several things: that the Florida Civil Service's role in the employment of law enforcement officers from minority groups be considered, improving the judicial system for minorities and it's functioning for them and  that local leaders should prioritize trying to make the city more tolerant.


1967 Tampa riots, Results/legacy, Continued urban renewal
Sometime during 1972, the URA would be dissolved. The riots along with other urban renewal orientated projects would contribute towards the neighborhood's downfall. The final business on Central Avenue would be closed down in 1974 and the building it was in would be demolished that year. Perry Harvey Sr. Park would be developed in 1979 at the request of local youths. It was named after Perry Harvey Sr. a long time president of International Longshoremen's Association local chapter 1402 and an advocate for civil rights. Central Park Village would be demolished to make way for another urban renewal project named the Encore which opened on December 18, 2012 and contains a mix of residential and commercial spaces.


1967 Tangerine Bowl
The 1967 Tangerine Bowl was an NCAA College Division game following the 1967 season, between West Chester and Tennessee–Martin. The most valuable players were defensive end Gordon Lambert and quarterback Errol Hook, both of Tennessee–Martin.


1967 Tangerine Bowl, Background
The game was one of four regional finals in the College Division, the predecessor of Division II; the other three postseason games were the Pecan Bowl (also played on December 16), along with the Grantland Rice and Camellia bowls (both played on December 9).


1967 Tangerine Bowl, Notable participants
Tennessee–Martin's Lambert, and West Chester quarterback Jim Haynie, were selected in the 1968 NFL/AFL Draft. Tennessee–Martin defensive end Julian Nunamaker was selected in the 1969 NFL/AFL Draft. Multiple members of the Tennessee–Martin team — including Lambert, Hook, Nunamaker, quarterback Allan Cox, kicker Lee Mayo, left tackle Gary Doble, and head coach Bob Carroll — are inductees of the university's hall of fame. West Chester quarterback Jim Haynie, offensive end Don Wilkinson, running back Paul Dunkleberger, and head coach Bob Mitten are inductees of their university's hall of fame.


1967 Targa Florio
The 51° Targa Florio took place on 14 May 1967, on the Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie, Sicily (Italy).


1967 Targa Florio, Race
For the race, Scuderia Ferrari was unexpectedly deprived of Lorenzo Bandini, who died just four days earlier following a dramatic accident during the 1967 Monaco Grand Prix. Despite the loss, the race promised to be very competitive. Ferrari entrusted its 330 P4 to the duo Vaccarella/Scarfiotti and also deployed a smaller Dino 206 S. Porsche responded with its stable of 6 and 8-cylinders 910. Alfa Romeo deployed the relatively new 2.0 V8 Tipo 33. Ford and Lola supplied their GT40 and T70 respectively to privateers. A notable entrant was the Chaparral 2F of Hill/Sharp with its eye-catching high wing.


1967 Targa Florio, Race
The 330 P4 started well, and soon took the lead. On the other hand, the heavy and bulky Chaparral soon proved to be unsuitable for tracks as twisty as Targa Florio, being easily overtaken by the nimbler 330 P4 and finally retiring due to a tire puncture. However, the lead of the 330 P4 was short-lived: while driving through Collesano during the second lap, Vaccarella made a driving error and smashed the two right wheels against a sidewalk.


1967 Targa Florio, Race
With the favorites out of the race, the lead was taken by the Scuderia Filipinetti Ferrari 412 P of Müller/Guichet which in turn retired soon after. With the best Ferraris out and the Tipo 33s never being a match for Porsche, the factory-backed 910s took a 1-2-3 finish thanks to their smooth and continuous pace.


1967 Tasman Series
The 1967 Tasman Series was a motor racing competition open to racing cars complying with the Tasman Formula. Officially known as the Tasman Championship for Drivers, it was organised by the Motorsport Association, New Zealand Inc. and the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport and was contested over six races in New Zealand and Australia between 7 January and 6 March 1967.


1967 Tasman Series
The series, which was the fourth annual Tasman Series, was won by Jim Clark driving a Lotus 33.


1967 Tasman Series, Races
The series was contested over six races with two additional races at Levin and Teretonga not counting for points.


1967 Tasman Series, Points system
Points were awarded at each race as shown in the following table:


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final
The 1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final (colloquially known as the Goalpost Final) was an Australian rules football match played between the Wynyard Cats and the North Hobart Robins on Saturday 30 September 1967 at West Park Oval, Burnie, to decide the winner of the 1967 Tasmanian State Premiership.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final
One of the most controversial games in Australian rules football history, the match was declared no result and the premiership was withheld after fans invaded the field and eventually took down the goal posts, preventing North Hobart full-forward David Collins from taking a kick after the siren which would likely have won or tied the game for the Robins.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, Tasmanian State Premiership
The Tasmanian State Premiership was a competition played most years from 1909 until 1978 between the individual premiers of Tasmania's two or three major football leagues: the Hobart-based Tasmanian Football League (TFL/TANFL); the Launceston-based Northern Tasmanian Football Association (NTFA); and (after 1950) the North West Football Union (NWFU), based on the north-western coast of the state. From 1950, one of the three leagues would qualify directly for and host the Premiership Final, while the premiers from the other two leagues would play-off in a Preliminary Final for the right to contest the Premiership.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, Lead-up
It was the NWFU's year to host the final, so the coastal premiers, the Wynyard Cats, qualified directly. After the disappointment of being eliminated in the 1966 coastal preliminary final after finishing the regular season as the Minor Premiers, Wynyard dominated the 1967 season. The Cats finished with a 17–1 record, with their only loss coming against Ulverstone by eight points, and they finished six wins ahead of the other three finalists: Burnie, Ulverstone and Cooee. They beat Burnie by 58 points in the second semi-final, and then won the Grand Final against Cooee by 36 points. It was Wynyard's second ever NWFU premiership, and the first time since 1957 that the flag had been won by any team other than the two Burnie-based sides (Burnie and Cooee).


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, Lead-up
North Hobart, then known as the Robins, had finished last in the TANFL in 1966 with a record of 2-16. They had recruited John Devine from the Geelong Football Club in the VFL to serve as playing coach, but the team initially continued to languish as Devine served a suspension carried over from his final VFL match. The Robins sat last with a record of 1-6-1 after eight weeks, but then turned their form around, winning nine of their remaining eleven games to finish fourth on the TANFL ladder.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, Lead-up
In the finals, they improved this record to twelve wins from fourteen games with a 5-point win over New Norfolk in the first semi-final, a 9-point win over Clarence in the southern preliminary final, and a 15-point win over Minor Premiers Glenorchy in the TANFL Grand Final. It was North Hobart's 21st TANFL premiership, and the first time a club had come from fourth on the ladder to win the flag. In the State Preliminary Final at North Hobart Oval, the Robins hosted first-time NFTA Premiers, East Launceston (who had also come from last place in 1966 to win their flag), and were comfortable winners by 51 points.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, Lead-up
Wynyard had never previously contested the State Premiership, while it was North Hobart's eighteenth appearance in the State Premiership Final, with the club attempting to win its twelfth title, and first since 1962.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, Lead-up
The match was umpired by Jack Pilgrim from the NTFA, the neutral league. Pilgrim had umpired the TANFL preliminary and grand finals.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, Lead-up
The match was played at West Park Oval in Burnie, 16 km east of Wynyard.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, The Game, First quarter
North Hobart won the toss kicked to the eastern end of the ground. With the aid of a westerly wind, North Hobart was the dominant team in general play. The Robins managed eleven scoring shots to Wynyard's two, but led by only 19 points at quarter time, 3.8 (26) to 1.1 (7). Some credit for North Hobart's inaccuracy in front of goal is given to strong defensive work by Wynyard's Phillip Dell and David Cox. John Devine was instrumental as ruck-rover around the ground. Late in the quarter, the Cats finally managed a goal against the wind, courtesy of a downfield free kick to West.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, The Game, Second quarter
Kicking with the aid of the wind, Wynyard dominated the second quarter. They had scored a goal within the first minute of play, and had overcome their quarter-time deficit after only seven minutes. Wynyard's Leon Clarke started to control the ruck contests after a relatively even battle with his North Hobart opponents in the first quarter, while the forward-line combination of West and captain-coach John Coughlan was dominant. North Hobart, goalless for almost the entire quarter into the wind, managed two late goals, including one by Devine after the half time siren, to bring the margin back to 20 points,. Overall, Wynyard kicked 8.6 (54) to North Hobart's 2.3 (15) in the quarter, to lead 9.7 (61) – 5.11 (41) at half time.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, The Game, Third quarter
Kicking with the wind in the third quarter, North Hobart took full advantage. After an early goal to Wynyard, the Robins dominated and regained the lead after fifteen minutes. Devine continued to find himself in open space around the ground, and was very damaging, scoring two goals himself and assisting on three more for the quarter. Dell and Cox were again good in defence for Wynyard – although the Cats twice conceded bouncing goals after leaving the goal square unguarded. North Hobart scored 6.6 (42) to Wynyard's 1.2 (8) in the third quarter, and led by 14 points at three-quarter time: 11.17 (83) to 10.9 (69).


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, The Game, Third quarter
Through the third quarter and into the final quarter, the game began to be marred by some violent clashes off the ball by both sides. Wynyard rover Kevin King in particular was forced to endure substantial scragging, and the media reported that more than six players were king-hit behind play.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, The Game, Fourth quarter
The strong wind, which to this stage had seen 17.20 (122) of a total 21.26 (152) kicked to the eastern end of the ground, had waned, and proved less of an advantage to Wynyard in the final quarter.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, The Game, Fourth quarter
Two early goals in two minutes saw Wynyard close the margin to less than a goal. Devine scored his fifth goal, spectacularly stealing the ball away from Dell as he juggled a mark at full back. Wynyard continued to attack, and after two consecutive behinds, West scored his sixth goal in the 20th minute to tie the game at 90–90. No further goals were scored: Atkins managed a behind to put the Cats ahead, the Robins rushed a behind to tie the game again, and Templar scored a behind in the 29th minute to put the Cats ahead 92–91. In the final minute of the game, Templar conceded a holding-the-man free kick to Devine 30 yards from goal; Devine's kick into the wind fell short, setting up the controversial finish.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, The Finish, Collins' mark and the final siren
As Devine's kick fell short, a mark was taken in front of a pack by North Hobart full forward David "Dickie" Collins near the tip of the goal square, between 10–20 yards from goal on a slight angle; and, the final siren sounded. The order of these two events is a point of contention, but according to umpire Pilgrim – whose decision, by the rules of the game, is final in such cases – Collins did take his mark before the final siren, permitting him to take a kick after the siren to win the game.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, The Finish, Collins' mark and the final siren
Collins was reported in the media to have said that he believed he had taken the mark before he heard the siren, while Wynyard captain-coach John Coughlan said that he had heard the siren and seen Pilgrim raise his arms to signal the end of the game before the mark was taken, and he therefore believed the game was now over and that Wynyard had won the premiership by a point.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, The Finish, Collins' mark and the final siren
A Wynyard player knocked the ball from Collins' hands shortly after the mark was taken, and Pilgrim awarded a 15-yard penalty to Collins. It is unclear whether this incident happened before or after Pilgrim heard and acknowledged the siren.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, The Finish, Pitch invasion
As Wynyard players argued with Pilgrim about whether or not the mark was legitimate, Wynyard fans streamed onto the ground and occupied the western end, surrounding Collins and other players. It is estimated that more than 3,000 of the game's 8,289 attendees were involved in the invasion. North Hobart captain-coach John Devine specifically instructed Collins not to take his kick until a space had been cleared around him.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, The Finish, Pitch invasion
Umpires, players, team officials, trainers and police did their best to clear a pathway for Collins to take his kick, and after several minutes, they did succeed temporarily; however, Pilgrim did not allow Collins to take his kick at this time because he was not on the correct line with the goal. The crowd again converged on Collins before he could correct his line, and the opportunity was lost.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, The Finish, Pitch invasion
By this stage, the pitch invasion was riotous, with many punches thrown, and umpires, players, team officials, and police were now tasked with restoring order, particularly after Collins' teammate Barry Styles was knocked to the ground and trampled; he was left unconscious with broken fingers and had to be carried from the field on a stretcher.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, The Finish, Pitch invasion
It was at this stage of the pitch invasion that Wynyard fans pulled down the goal posts at the western end of the ground, the famous scene from which this game earned its nickname, "the Goalpost Final". Pilgrim abandoned the game and left the ground under police protection after he saw that the goalposts had been taken down, making Collins' kick impossible. The last remaining players left the arena shortly afterwards, and Collins, who still had the ball tucked under his guernsey, was the last player to leave the arena, about ten minutes after Pilgrim and under police protection.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, The Finish, Pitch invasion
With all players and officials off the ground, still nobody knew for sure who had won the game. Pilgrim and Collins would later be driven from the ground in police cars for their protection.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, Aftermath, Game declared no-decision
Half an hour after players had left the arena, match manager Jack Leary made the following announcement to the thousands of fans still awaiting an outcome, on behalf of the members of the T.F.L. Standing Committee who were present on the day:


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, Aftermath, Game declared no-decision
The umpire states that he had awarded the mark to North Hobart, and that the mark was taken before he heard the siren, and had the crowd not rushed onto the ground, the North Hobart player would have taken his kick. Consequently, the match is a no-decision one.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, Aftermath, Game declared no-decision
At this stage, only the match had been declared no-decision. The Standing Committee had not yet determined what steps, if any, would be taken to decide the premiership.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, Aftermath, Premiership declared no-decision
The TFL Standing Committee met on the night of Monday 2 October to make a ruling on the premiership.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, Aftermath, Premiership declared no-decision
Play it again? I'll play it on the beach, on a cow paddock, anywhere – we can beat these blokes.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, Aftermath, Premiership declared no-decision
A full replay of the state final at a neutral venue (namely York Park in Launceston) was a potential solution, and each club was approached for its opinion. Wynyard was in favour of a replay match; on 2 October, they were quoted as being satisfied with a game at a neutral venue, but with a different umpire, suggesting a high calibre umpire be brought from Victoria to officiate; the following day, Wynyard instead said it would be happy for Pilgrim to umpire any replay, but that the game should again be played in Burnie. North Hobart, on the other hand, was opposed to playing a replay, stating that the club had fulfilled its obligations to the league for the season, and that to replay the game would vindicate the riotous behaviour of the north-western crowd.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, Aftermath, Premiership declared no-decision
Another option available to the committee was to have allowed Collins to take his potential game-winning kick at a later date. Although the modern laws of the game allow a match to be abandoned after a delay of thirty minutes, this provision was not included in the laws of 1967. Collins himself said that he was surprised that he was not allowed to return to take his kick the following day.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, Aftermath, Premiership declared no-decision
The committee could also have chosen to overturn Pilgrim's decision to pay the mark to Collins, and then awarded the game to Wynyard at the score 13.14 (92) to 12.19 (91), if it was sufficiently convinced that Pilgrim had erred in his judgement that the mark was taken before the siren.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, Aftermath, Premiership declared no-decision
Such a decision would not have been without high-level precedent – most notably, the result of the 1907 WAFL Premiership was overturned after a successful protest that a free kick was paid after the half-time siren rather than before it – but such protests were rare beyond the early years of the 20th century.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, Aftermath, Premiership declared no-decision
As far as I am concerned, we morally won the game. Wynyard tried to bluff us out of it.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, Aftermath, Premiership declared no-decision
After its meeting, the Standing Committee agreed to uphold the declaration of no-decision for the game, upheld umpire Pilgrim's assessment that Collins' mark was taken before the final siren, and recommended that the match should not be replayed and that the state premiership should not be awarded. Wynyard was critical of the decision, stating that the committee's ruling was weak, and that a replay should have been recommended. Wynyard also suggested that North Hobart's opposition to replaying the game should have been interpreted as forfeiture.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, Aftermath, Premiership declared no-decision
At a meeting on the night of 3 October, the TANFL officially agreed with the Standing Committee's recommendation. This ended any possibility for a replay, and officially left the 1967 State Premiership unawarded.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, Aftermath, Premiership declared no-decision
In some sporting codes, spectator interference (as was held in this case for removal of the goalposts) is legal grounds for officials to charge Wynyard with spectator interference and a forfeit, awarding the match to North Hobart.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, Aftermath, General aftermath
Police superintendent Mackey, who had been watching the game off-duty but became involved in the peace-keeping efforts, stated that the crowd's behaviour was "disgraceful".


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, Aftermath, General aftermath
Wynyard was critical of umpire Pilgrim's performance, blaming his failure to control the on-field violence, which grew throughout the second half, as a contributing factor to the pitch invasion and the rioting. The NFTA was complimentary of Pilgrim's performance in a difficult situation, and criticised the coastal supporters for their conduct. North Hobart blamed the Wynyard players, rather than the crowd, for inciting the pitch invasion indirectly through their remonstration with Pilgrim after Collins' mark.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, Aftermath, General aftermath
The goalposts themselves were left on the ground in front of the grandstand after the pitch invasion. A group of North Hobart fans returned during the night and tried to take one of the posts home to Hobart with them, but police retrieved it before their train left Burnie.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, Aftermath, General aftermath
David Collins returned home to find that friends had erected a set of goal posts, decorated in Robins' colours, in his front yard. Collins left West Park Oval with the match ball under his guernsey, and is reported to have still have the ball in his possession.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, Precedent and legacy
A semi-final between Footscray and North Melbourne in the 1920 Victorian Football Association season ended in near identical circumstances, with Considine prevented from taking a 30-yard kick after the final bell which could have won the game for North Melbourne. That match was also declared no result, and a replay was held the following week.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, Precedent and legacy
The game was one of the moments depicted in The Game That Made Australia, a painting by Jamie Cooper which was commissioned for the sport's 150-year anniversary celebrations in 2008. It shows two fans from each club watching on from a suburban style scoreboard bearing the unofficial final score, while two Wynyard fans sneak in front of them carrying a goalpost. Unusually for the painting, the depiction is an idealised representation of the event, rather than being painted directly from an image of the moment.


1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, Precedent and legacy
The crowd in the act of rioting and removing the goalpost is also a background feature in Cooper's Tasmania's Team of the Century painting. The match has been inducted as a Great Match in the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame.


1967 Tasmanian fires
The 1967 Tasmanian fires were an Australian natural disaster which occurred on 7 February 1967, an event which came to be known as the Black Tuesday bushfires. They were the most deadly bushfires that Tasmania has ever experienced, leaving 62 people dead, 900 injured and over seven thousand homeless.


1967 Tasmanian fires, Extent of the fires
110 separate fire fronts burnt through some 2,640 square kilometres (652,000 acres) of land in southern Tasmania within the space of five hours. Fires raged from near Hamilton and Bothwell to the D'Entrecasteaux Channel as well as Snug. There was extensive damage to agricultural property along the Channel, the Derwent Valley and the Huon Valley. Fires also destroyed forest, public infrastructure and properties around Mount Wellington and many small towns along the Derwent estuary and east of Hobart.


1967 Tasmanian fires, Death toll and damage
The worst of the fires was the Hobart Fire, which encroached upon the city of Hobart. In total, the fires claimed 62 lives in a single day. Property loss was also extensive with 1293 homes and over 1700 other buildings destroyed. The fires destroyed 80 bridges, 4800 sections of power lines, 1500 motor vehicles and over 100 other structures. It was estimated that at least 62,000 farm animals were killed. The total damage amounted to $40,000,000 in 1967 Australian dollar values. The resulting insurance payout was the then largest in Australian history.


1967 Tasmanian fires, Causes
The late winter and early spring of 1966 had been wet over southeastern Tasmania, resulting in a large amount of vegetation growth by November. However, in November, Tasmania began its driest eight-month period since 1885, and by the end of January 1967 the luxuriant growth in the area had dried off. Though January was a cool month, hot weather began early in February, so that in the days leading up to 7 February 1967, several bush fires were burning uncontrolled in the areas concerned. Some of these fires had been deliberately lit for burning off, despite the extremely dry conditions at the time. Reports into the causes of the fire stated that only 22 of the 110 fires were started accidentally.


1967 Tasmanian fires, Causes
Shortly before midday on the 7th, a combination of extremely high temperatures, (the maximum was 39 °C (102 °F)), very low humidity and very strong winds from the northwest led to disaster.


1967 Tasmanian fires, Causes
Although this fire was by far the worst in loss of life and property in Tasmanian history, the meteorological conditions are common. McArthur's report on the fire notes that "very similar conditions have occurred on three or four occasions during the past 70 years."


1967 Tasmanian fires, Comparison with other major Australian bushfires
If considered in terms of both loss of property and loss of life, in 1967 this represented one of the worst disasters to have occurred in Australia. It is comparable in scale with the 1939 Black Friday bushfires  in Victoria (where the loss of 72 lives was nevertheless spread over several days) and the subsequent 1983 Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia, which claimed 75 lives and razed over 2,000 homes. The 2009 Black Saturday bushfires north of Melbourne, and elsewhere in Victoria, in which 173 people died, share the same commencement date of 7 February.


1967 Tasmanian fires, Memorial
A memorial for the 1967 Bushfires was built at Snug in the Kingborough municipality, south of Hobart, where a plaque with the names of the 62 people killed is fixed to a brick chimney. The memorial has storyboards telling the story of the 1967 fires, as well as bushfire preparedness information. It is surrounded by a garden of fire resistant native plants.


1967 Taça de Portugal Final
The 1967 Taça de Portugal Final was the final match of the 1966–67 Taça de Portugal, the 27th season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 9 July 1967 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and opposed two Primeira Liga sides: Académica and Vitória de Setúbal. Vitória de Setúbal defeated Académica 3–2 in a cup final which went to extra-time, which would claim the Sadinos their second Taça de Portugal.


1967 Temple Owls football team
The 1967 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University during the 1967 NCAA College Division football season. Temple won the championship of the Middle Atlantic Conference, University Division.


1967 Temple Owls football team
In its eighth season under head coach George Makris, the team compiled a 7–2 record, 4–0 against MAC opponents. The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia. John Konstantinos, John McAneney, and Jerry Prescutti were assistant coaches.


1967 Temple Owls football team
Sophomore halfback Mike Busch set Temple single-game records with 38 carries and 176 rushing yards in the team's November 4 victory over Bucknell. In addition, end Jim Callahan broke Andy Tomasic's Temple career scoring records with 22 touchdowns and 132 points.


1967 Tennessee Volunteers football team
The 1967 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Doug Dickey, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of nine wins and two losses (9–2 overall, 6–0 in the SEC) as SEC Champions and with a loss against Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl. The Volunteers' offense scored 283 points while the defense allowed 141 points. At season's end, Tennessee was recognized as national champions by Litkenhous. Lester McClain became the first African American player in the program.


1967 Texas A&M Aggies football team
The 1967 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the 1967 NCAA University Division football season as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC). The Aggies were led by head coach Gene Stallings in his third season and finished with a record of seven wins and four losses (7–4 overall, 6–1 in the SWC), as Southwest Conference champions and with a victory in the Cotton Bowl Classic over Alabama.


1967 Texas Longhorns football team
The 1967 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season.


1967 Texas Longhorns football team
After coach Darrell Royal refused a bowl bid in the midst of the Longhorns' third consecutive 6–4 season, Texas played in the next six Cotton Bowls as Southwest Conference champion.


1967 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
The 1967 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the Southwest Conference during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. In their seventh season under head coach J. T. King, the Red Raiders compiled a 6–4 record (5–2 against conference opponents), finished in second place in the conference, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 217 to 165. The team's statistical leaders included Joe Matulich with 507 passing yards, Mike Leinert with 689 rushing yards, and Larry Gilbert with 491 receiving yards. The team played its home games at Clifford B. & Audrey Jones Stadium.


1967 Texas–Arlington Rebels football team
The 1967 Texas–Arlington Rebels football team was an American football team that represented  the University of Texas at Arlington in the Southland Conference during the 1967 NCAA College Division football season. In their second year under head coach Burley Bearden, the team compiled a 10–1 record, were Southland Conference champion and won the Pecan Bowl.


1967 Thailand National Games
The 1967 Thailand National Games, officially known as the I Thailand National Games (Thai: กีฬาเขตแห่งประเทศไทย ครั้งที่ 1), and commonly known as Phra Nakhon 1967, was a multi-sport event held in Bangkok (Phra Nakhon), Thailand, from 1 to 5 November 1967 with 103 events in 15 sports and disciplines featured in the games . This was Bangkok's first time to host the Thailand National Games. A total of 716 athletes from 5 regions participated in the games.


1967 Thailand National Games
The final medal tally was led by host Region 4, followed by Region 1 and Region 3.


1967 Thailand National Games, Organisation, Host city
This is the first edition of Thailand National Games. It was the first time the capital city in Thailand, Bangkok or Phra Nakhon held the national sporting event.


1967 Thailand National Games, Organisation, Development and preparation
The Bangkok Thailand National Games Organising Committee, led by Chairman Luang Chattrakarn Kosol, Chairman of the board Praphas Charusathien of the Sports Authority of Thailand and Director Kong Visuttharom Sports Authority of Thailand.


1967 Thailand National Games, Marketing, Emblem
The emblem of 1967 Thailand Regional Games was the emblem of Sports Authority of Thailand or SAT and under the logo by the text


1967 Thailand National Games, Marketing, Emblem
การแข่งขันกีฬาเขต ครั้งที่ 1 1-8 พฤศจิกายน 2510I Thailand Regional Games1-8 November 1967


1967 Thailand National Games, The Games, Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony was held on Wednesday, 1 November 1967, beginning at 16:00 ICT (UTC+7) at the National Stadium. The ceremony began with Prime minister Thanom Kittikachorn entered the stadium. Later, a parade of athletes from the regions of Thailand with host Bangkok (Phra Nakhon) enters the stadium last. After Sports Authority of Thailand chairman of the board Praphas Charusathien gave their respective speech. After Thanom Kittikachorn declared the games opened, Preeda Chullamondhol was lit the cauldron. Later Sutthi Manyakas took an oath. The ceremony ended with the men's football competitions between Region 3 and Region 2.


1967 Thailand National Games, The Games, Closing ceremony
The opening ceremony was held on Sunday, 1 November 1967, beginning at 17:00 ICT (UTC+7) at the National Stadium. The ceremony began with Prime minister Thanom Kittikachorn entered the stadium. Later, the men's football gold medal match. After the victory ceremony, Thanom Kittikachorn declared the games closed. The ceremony ended with the cauldron extinguished.


1967 Thailand National Games, The Games, Participating regions
An estimated total of 716 athletes from 5 regions competed at the 1967 Thailand Regional Games.


1967 Thailand National Games, The Games, Sports
The 1967 Games programme featured 103 events in the following 15 sports:


1967 Thailand National Games, The Games, Medal table
A total of 298 medals comprising 103 gold medals, 105 silver medals and 90 bronze medals were awarded to athletes. The host Region 4's performance were placed top on the medal table.


1967 The Citadel Bulldogs football team
The 1967 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. Red Parker served as head coach for the second season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium.


1967 Thirsk rail crash
The Thirsk rail crash occurred on 31 July 1967 at Thirsk, Yorkshire, England on the British Rail East Coast Main Line.


1967 Thirsk rail crash, Events
The 12:00 1A26 express train from King's Cross to Edinburgh and Aberdeen collided at speed with the wreckage of a derailed freight train around 15:17 on that day. Seven people were killed and 45 injured, 15 seriously. Following the accident, three of the four lines (the Up [Southbound] and Down [Northbound] Fast lines and the Down Slow line) were blocked by the wreckage of the collision. The Up Slow line was not damaged and was used by special trains to take the dead and injured to Newcastle upon Tyne.


1967 Thirsk rail crash, Events
The line was also used later that day for both Up and Down trains to clear other trains stranded in the area by the blockage  but was later used only for Up trains, Down trains being diverted via Harrogate over the Harrogate-Northallerton line which, though it had been closed, was re-opened for the purpose. Special bus services were introduced between Leeds and Northallerton and between York and Thirsk to replace local train services disrupted by the accident.


1967 Thirsk rail crash, Events
Breakdown cranes were ordered from York, Leeds and Gateshead (Newcastle), and the derailed vehicles were cleared from the track by 23:30 on 1 August. Repairs to the track were speedy and the three damaged lines were all open by 16:20 on 2 August, all with an initial speed limit of 20 mph (32 km/h).


1967 Thirsk rail crash, Events
An extract from The Ministry of Transport report into the accident states:


1967 Thirsk rail crash, Events
The 02:40 Cliffe to Uddingston cement train was travelling on the Down Slow line at about 45 mph (72 km/h) - the maximum speed permitted at the time for trains conveying loaded wagons of this type, when the rear axle of the 12th wagon became derailed towards the cess on plain track.


1967 Thirsk rail crash, Events
As the train proceeded, the derailed wheels moved further towards the cess smashing the timber sleepers in the track until, after travelling some 170 yards (155 m); the coupling between the 11th and 12th wagons fractured and the vacuum hose pipe parted, causing the brakes to become fully applied on both portions of the train. The front portion proceeded along the line for 470 yards (430 m) and then stopped. The 13th to 20th wagons in the rear portion became derailed and went down the embankment, and came to rest mostly on their sides. The 23rd wagon, however, was slewed round more or less at right angles to the line and stopped with its leading end some 2 ft (0.61 m) foul of the Down Fast line.


1967 Thirsk rail crash, Events
The passenger train was the 12:00 express from King's Cross to Edinburgh, and it comprised 13 coaches drawn by a Type 4 diesel-electric locomotive. It was running under clear signals on the Down Fast line at about 80 m.p.h. (128 km/h) close behind the freight train. The driver saw at a distance of about 600 yd (549 m). what seemed to him to be a cloud of dust and then he saw the cement wagon foul of the line on which his train was travelling.


1967 Thirsk rail crash, Events
He applied the brakes fully but he could not prevent a collision, and the left-hand side of the locomotive struck the wagon at a speed of about 50 mph (80 km/h). The locomotive and the leading seven coaches were derailed towards the Up Fast line but they remained upright and inline; the rear six coaches remained on the track. The left-hand side of the locomotive was extensively damaged and the driver and second man were fortunate to escape injury. The derailed coaches were all severely damaged but the most serious damage was to the leading coach which had its left-hand side ripped away, and to the next two coaches which were severely torn, all by contact with the wagon.


1967 Thirsk rail crash, Events
The train was well filled and I regret to report that seven passengers were killed and 45 were injured and removed to hospital where they were detained; the injuries to 15 passengers were serious. The collision was witnessed by a farm-hand working nearby who immediately went to a telephone and summoned assistance. The driver of the freight train also rang the signalman at Thirsk from the telephone on a signal near which his locomotive had stopped, and asked for the emergency services to be sent urgently. These services responded with commendable promptitude and, despite the difficult access to the site, the first ambulance arrived at 15:40; the last of the injured had been removed by 16:30.


1967 Thirsk rail crash, Events
The 45mph limit for the 26 Cemflo wagons in the freight train was lower than the designed limit of 60mph following derailments with this type of wagon, and this was the speed at the time of derailment. After the derailment and separation of his train, the freight train driver ran back to use a telephone on a signal post about 100 yards (90 m) behind his locomotive. He had no time to speak to the signalman before, to his horror, he first heard and then saw 1A26 loom into view and despite heavy braking, strike the fouling wagon. The buffer beam, draw-gear and coupling shackle of this wagon were ripped clean off by the force of the impact and thrown 71 yd (65 m) into an adjacent field.


1967 Thirsk rail crash, Events
As 1A26 had approached signal D19, the driver was not accelerating as hard as he normally would have been because he was uneasy about the view ahead—he should have been able to see the next signal but it was obscured by a cloud of smoke or dust and he had instinctively backed off the throttle. As he passed D19 he became aware of the cement wagon across his path about 400 yards (365 m) ahead. He made an emergency application of the train vacuum brake and the locomotive air brake.


1967 Thirsk rail crash, Events
He operated the sanding gear to increase the grip on the rails and shut down the engine of his locomotive to reduce the risk of fire in case the derailed tank wagon contained flammable liquid as he realised he now had no chance to avoid the collision. As he approached the obstruction he became aware of the freight train guard running back towards him waving a red flag.


1967 Thirsk rail crash, Events
On impact train engine of 1A26 DP2 lurched to the right and the left hand side of the cab was severly damaged along with the left hand side of the first three coaches, all side-corridor BR Mark 1s. On coaches 2 and 3 this was fortunately on the corridor side, but on the leading coach this was the compartment side and this is where most of the casualties were.


1967 Thirsk rail crash, Events
The Thirsk signalman averted further disaster by throwing all his signals to danger and sending an "obstruction danger" bell code to the Northallerton and Pilmoor boxes either side, stopping a London-bound express at Thirsk station less than 5 miles (8 km) to the north. 1A26 had come to rest fouling the Up Fast line and this express would have struck the wreckage only a few minutes later. Also at the time an RAF aircraft flying over saw the crash scene and immediately called for help to be sent.


1967 Thirsk rail crash, Aftermath
Locomotive DP2 was damaged beyond repair and finally cut up for spares in 1970. It was a prototype English Electric Type 4, fitted with a design of traction equipment that subsequently appeared later in 1967 as the Class 50, but using a spare bodyshell from the earlier Class 55 'Deltic' Type 5 programme.


1967 Thirsk rail crash, Aftermath
Locomotive D283, the English Electric type 4 diesel hauling the goods train was undamaged.


1967 Thirsk rail crash, Cause and prevention
The wagon derailment was blamed on excessive wear in the suspension components, thought to be caused by cement dust abrasion, in combination with slight variations in both wheel-set diameter and track alignment. This resulted in a typical "waddling", lateral oscillation of "CemFlo" tank wagons. Furthermore, it was a number of other accidents involving suspected poor riding of CemFlo wagons that resulted in progressively more severe speed restrictions being placed on any trains containing this type.


1967 Thirsk rail crash, Cause and prevention
At the Thirsk crash, the oscillation built up to such a state that it eventually threw the rear wheel-set of one wagon off the rails, even though the train was travelling below the maximum 45 mph (72 km/h) permitted for four-wheeled wagons. Indeed, the pronounced waddling of this very train was noted by the signalman at Pilmoor in his log as he recorded its passing about 6 minutes before the derailment. Also at Pilmoor, two men were watching the trains pass.


1967 Thirsk rail crash, Cause and prevention
One of them had noted that the leading wheel-set of a wagon "somewhere just forward of the halfway point" had dropped heavily into the gap on a cross-over then rebounded higher than the rest. At the time, although he noted it, he thought little of it, but on hearing of the accident he felt compelled to bring this to the attention of the authorities.


1967 Thirsk rail crash, Cause and prevention
Following the accident, wagon LA201 was selected for rolling-road tests at Doncaster having been judged to be in an almost identical condition to LA223 - the first vehicle to derail in the crash. As speed increased, flange-to-flange hunting (moving from side to side) was noted to set in under both laden and unladen conditions. Critical speed was noted as between 24 and 27 mph (39 and 43 km/h).


1967 Thirsk rail crash, Cause and prevention
Following the accident, British Rail imposed a maximum speed of 35 mph (56 km/h) for loaded CemFlo Wagons and 50 mph (80 km/h) unloaded.


1967 Thomas Cup
The 1967 Thomas Cup was the seventh tournament of Thomas Cup, the most important men's badminton team competition in the world. The inter-zone matches and Challenge Round finale were held in Jakarta, Indonesia.


1967 Thomas Cup
Malaysia won its fourth title after beating Indonesia in the Challenge Round under unusual circumstances. With Malaysia leading Indonesia 4 matches to 3 in the best of nine series, play was suspended during the eighth match due to unruly crowd behavior (see Challenge round below).


1967 Thomas Cup
This contest was noteworthy for other reasons as well: the old met the new. Indonesia's Rudy Hartono, not yet 18, burst onto the scene as did other new stars such as Denmark's Svend Andersen (Pri) and Japan's Ippei Kojima. It was the last Thomas Cup, and a sad exit, for  Hartono's teammate Ferry Sonneville who was more than twice Hartono's age. It was also the last time Erland Kops played in the inter-zone matches and the last inter-zone appearance for other veterans such as Malaysia's Teh Kew San and the USA's Jim Poole.


1967 Thomas Cup, Intra-zone summary
The competition initially involved 23 nations, though two of these, East Germany and Thailand (a major men's badminton power at that time) declined to play their opening ties (sets of matches). The draw was made up of four zones; Asian, European, American, and Australasian; with the winners of each zone then competing for the right to play defending champion Indonesia in the Challenge Round.


1967 Thomas Cup, Intra-zone summary
A powerful Malaysian team coasted through the Asian zone by beating India and then Pakistan, each with the loss of one match (8-1). The European zone provided the largest number of closely fought ties. In one zone semifinal Sweden nearly upset perennial zone winner Denmark, losing the last two matches to go down 4 matches to 5. South Africa upset England 6 to 3 in the other semifinal, but was no match for Denmark (1-8) in the final. In the final of the American zone the USA narrowly defeated Canada 5 to 4. Japan easily defeated New Zealand (9-0) and Australia (9-0) in the Australasian zone to reserve its place in the inter-zone competition.