1965 in the Vietnam War, November
The Republic of Korea Army Capital Division completed its landing in South Vietnam to participate in the war. The Capital Division was stationed at Qui Nhơn in Bình Định Province on the central coast of South Vietnam. With the Koreans in Qui Nhơn, a brigade of the U.S. 1st Infantry Division moved inland to protect Highway 19, which led to Pleiku in the Central Highlands. The South Korean 2nd Marine Brigade was stationed at the port city of Nha Trang.


1965 in the Vietnam War, November
Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines and the 3rd Battalion Vietnamese Marine Corps conducted Operation Blue Marlin which began with an amphibious assault north of Tam Kỳ. The initial results were negligible as the VC had apparently withdrawn two days previously. On 16 November phase 2 of the operation began with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines conducting an amphibious assault south of Hội An to link up with ARVN forces. The VC generally avoided contact, but 25 VC were killed and 15 captured for the loss of two ARVN killed.


1965 in the Vietnam War, November
In the Battle of Ap Bau Bang two regiments from the VC 9th Division attacked a night defensive position of the United States 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment at Ap Bàu Bàng, 25 km north of Thủ Dầu Một. The battle resulted in 146 VC killed and a further 50 estimated killed and 20 U.S. killed.


1965 in the Vietnam War, November
Peter Hunting, an American member of the International Voluntary Service, is killed in a VC ambush in the Mekong Delta, becoming the first American civilian volunteer to be killed in the war.


1965 in the Vietnam War, November
In the Battle of Ia Drang for the first time, the U.S. Army and PAVN met head-on in a major engagement, with the ARVN playing only a minor role. Casualties were heavy on both sides, with some 250 U.S. and at least 1,200 PAVN dead. For General Westmoreland, the battle was a victory for U.S. firepower and mobility in a war of attrition in which the U.S. attempted to kill more communist troops than could be replaced.


1965 in the Vietnam War, November
However, in the words of Joe Galloway, a journalist awarded a Bronze Star for his participation in the battle, Ia Drang was "the battle that convinced Ho Chi Minh he could win." The communists would "grind down the Americans" as they had the French in the 1940s and early '50s in the First Vietnam War.


1965 in the Vietnam War, November
30 Marine UH-34D helicopters, supported by fixed-wing attack aircraft, lifted 788 ARVN troops to the relief of an invested ARVN garrison at Hiệp Đức District. In this initial lift, 20 of the 30 helicopters were hit by ground fire as they approached the landing zone. Despite marginal flying weather, accompanying attack aircraft and armed helicopters dropped some 14 tons of high explosive bombs and fired 512 rockets into VC positions near the landing areas. VC losses during the period were 38 confirmed dead with many more probables. The following day, 22 UH-34Ds lifted 463 more ARVN troops to Hiệp Đức.


1965 in the Vietnam War, November
3rd Battalion, 7th Marines began reinforcing an ARVN Ranger battalion which had come under attack by an estimated VC regiment about 20 miles (32 km) south of Quang Ngai. The Rangers had lost 71 killed and two missing while VC losses were 175 killed by U.S. body count and three VC captured. When the Marines landed, they secured the landing zones, occupied night defensive positions and early the next morning cleared the critical terrain, capturing 17 VC and killing three, Marine losses were two killed.


1965 in the Vietnam War, November
A U.S. military spokesman reported that 240 American servicemen had been killed in the war during the week of 14–20 November, in the deadliest week of the war for Americans up to that time. During the years 1961–4, there had been 244 U.S. deaths, only slightly more than the casualties for the week. The newest casualties raised the toll to 1,335 dead and 6,131 wounded.


1965 in the Vietnam War, November
General Lon Nol, Chief of Staff of the Royal Cambodian Army, concluded an agreement with Luo Ruiqing, the Chief of Staff of China's People's Liberation Army, permitting the passage of PAVN/VC troops through its border regions and allowing China to ship war supplies to Vietnam through Cambodian territory. Lon Nol had traveled to Beijing at the request of Prince Sihanouk.


1965 in the Vietnam War, November
The "March on Washington for Peace in Vietnam", organized by the "Committee for a SANE Nuclear Policy" (SANE), attracted a crowd of almost 35,000 demonstrators who picketed the White House, then moved on toward the Washington Monument. It was the largest public protest against U.S. involvement in Vietnam up to that time. The leaders of SANE were concerned about the public perception of the antiwar movement, so they asked that protesters only carry signs with "authorized slogans", and not to demand immediate withdrawal, nor to burn the American flag.


1965 in the Vietnam War, November
In an act which it said was being done as a "response to the friendly sentiments of the American people against the war in South Vietnam", the VC released U.S. Army Sergeant George E. Smith and Specialist E-5 Claude E. McClure, who had both been captured on 24 November 1963. Vietnam Communist Party official Le Duc Tho escorted Smith and McClure across the border from North Vietnam into Cambodia, freeing both men after two years as prisoners of war.


1965 in the Vietnam War, November
Smith and McClure would travel across neutral Cambodia on their own and would address a press conference in Phnom Penh on 30 November, praising their captors and American antiwar protesters, and criticizing the war effort. On 27 December the U.S. military announced that Smith and McClure would face court martial for aiding the enemy.


1965 in the Vietnam War, November
PAVN forces attacked the ARVN 7th Regiment, 5th Division in the Michelin Rubber Plantation killing most of the Regiment and five U.S. advisers.


1965 in the Vietnam War, November
In response to President Johnson's call for "more flags" in South Vietnam, Philippines President-elect Ferdinand Marcos announced that he would send troops to help fight in South Vietnam.


1965 in the Vietnam War, November
After meeting with General Westmoreland in South Vietnam, Secretary of Defense McNamara recommended in a memorandum to President Johnson that the number of U.S. troops in South Vietnam should be increased to about 400,000 in 1966 and possibly by an additional 200,000 in 1967. McNamara estimated that 1,000 Americans per month would die in the war and that "the odds are even" that the U.S. would prevail. McNamara recommended a pause in bombing North Vietnam of 3 to 4 weeks duration to try to find a way to end the war before undertaking the military buildup. Ambassador Lodge, General Westmoreland, and CINCPAC opposed the bombing halt.


1965 in the Vietnam War, December
In an article in Reader's Digest, former Vice President Nixon opposed negotiations to end the war. "There can be no substitute for victory when the objective is the defeat of communist aggression", he said.


1965 in the Vietnam War, December
Operation Bushmaster II was conducted by the U.S. 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division in the Michelin Rubber Plantation. The operation resulted in 318 VC killed and 27 captured and 44 U.S. killed and three missing.


1965 in the Vietnam War, December
A U.S. Marine at Da Nang allegedly vandalized the Khue Bac Pagoda by beheading the shrine's golden image of Gautama Buddha. By 8 December 500 Buddhist protesters marched through the streets of Da Nang after Khue Bac's principal monk, Thich Giac Ngo, threatened to disembowel himself to atone for allowing the Buddha to be destroyed. U.S. Ambassador Lodge promised to fully investigate the incident and to compensate the monastery for the damage.


1965 in the Vietnam War, December
The VC bomb the Metropole Bachelor Enlisted Quarters in Saigon killing seven Vietnamese civilians, one U.S. Marine and one New Zealand soldier and injuring 175 others. The VC claim to have killed 200 Americans.


1965 in the Vietnam War, December
Company C, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines engaged 70 VC on the Trung Phan peninsula 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Chu Lai Air Base killing 38 VC and capturing seven.


1965 in the Vietnam War, December
In Operation Dagger Thrust V the Marines Shore Landing Force 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines landed at the Phu Thu village 40 miles (64 km) north of Qui Nhơn and engaged a VC force killing 26 VC and capturing 38 suspects for the loss of three Marines killed.


1965 in the Vietnam War, December
Operation Tiger Hound was a covert USAF 2nd Air Division, later Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 aerial interdiction campaign conducted in southeastern Laos.


1965 in the Vietnam War, December
Operation Harvest Moon/Lien Ket 18 was a U.S. 1st Marine Division and ARVN 2nd Division search and destroy operation in the Quế Sơn Valley in western Quảng Tín Province. The operation resulted in 407 VC killed and 33 captured and 45 Marines killed and 90 ARVN killed and 91 missing.


1965 in the Vietnam War, December
A USAF C-123 Provider transport plane crashed with 81 ARVN Airborne and four American officers on board. There were no survivors and the wreckage wasn't located until 23 December.


1965 in the Vietnam War, December
150-200 VC supported by mortars attacked an 81-strong Marine Reconnaissance, Special Forces, CIDG and Nung force on a hilltop position in Ba Tơ District. The defenders were forced to disperse and evade losing three Marines, one Special Forces and 10 CIDG killed.


1965 in the Vietnam War, December
Operation Game Warden (Task Force 116) began. It was a U.S. Navy and Republic of Vietnam Navy operation in the Mekong Delta to patrol the rivers and coastal waters, prevent the infiltration of soldiers and supplies from North Vietnam and deny the VC access to the waterways.


1965 in the Vietnam War, December
After a visit to South Vietnam, Marine Corps General Victor Krulak wrote a report expressing disagreement with General Westmoreland's strategy of attrition. It was "wasteful of American lives, promising a protracted, strength-sapping battle with small likelihood of a successful outcome." Krulak proposed instead a focus on a pacification program to provide village security plus increased air strikes.


1965 in the Vietnam War, December
For the first time since the beginning of the war, Saigon came under a VC mortar attack. One of the first rounds exploded inside the Kieu Tong Muo police precinct station, about 4 miles (6.4 km) from the city center, although there were no casualties.


1965 in the Vietnam War, December
Second lieutenant Henry Howe jr. was convicted by a court martial of breaching Article 88 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice for attending an antiwar protest in El Paso on 6 November in civilian clothes carrying a sign reading "Let's have more than a choice between petty ignorant facists in 1968" and "End Johnson's facist aggression in Vietnam". He was sentenced to dismissal from the service, forfeiture of all pay and two years of hard labor. The sentence was later reduced to confinement for one year.


1965 in the Vietnam War, December
President Johnson announced a halt in the bombing of North Vietnam and initiated a worldwide diplomatic effort to persuade North Vietnam to negotiate an end to the war. The Department of Defense opposed the bombing halt.


1965 in the Vietnam War, December
Ho Chi Minh addressed the Communist Party Central Committee in Hanoi. Ho said that "politics" was the weak point of the American and South Vietnamese enemy, and the domestic situation of the United States will not permit the U.S. to utilize its military and economic power in South Vietnam. The Committee decided that the communist forces in South Vietnam should seek a "decisive victory within a relatively short period of time", but must prepare to defend itself if the U.S. expands its war effort.


1965 in the Vietnam War, December
Company B, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines patrolling in Quang Ha, 11 miles (18 km) south of Da Nang Air Base was ambushed by a VC unit but called in supporting forces and killed 41 VC for the loss of two Marines killed.


1965 in the Vietnam War, December
VC assassinated Tu Chung, editor of the Chính Luận (Political Discussion) newspaper outside his home in Saigon.


1965 in the Vietnam War, December
U.S. military personnel in South Vietnam now totaled 184,314, compared to 23,310 a year earlier. U.S. casualties in 1965 totaled 1,928 dead, compared to 216 in the 1964. North Vietnam claimed to have shot down 834 U.S. aircraft during the year. South Vietnamese military forces totaled 514,000, including the ARVN and the Regional and Popular Force militias. The South Vietnamese armed forces suffered 11,242 killed in action, a five-fold increase in battle deaths since 1960. 93,000 persons deserted from the South Vietnam's armed forces in 1965.


1965 in the Vietnam War, December
At year's end, the PAVN numbered 400,000, compared to 195,000 a year earlier. VPAF and air defense capabilities were greatly expanded. 50,000 PAVN cadre and soldiers infiltrated South Vietnam during 1965, equal to the total number infiltrated from 1959 through 1964. Group 559, charged with transporting supplies down the Ho Chi Minh Trail to supply PAVN/VC troops in both South Vietnam and Laos, was expanded to 24,400 personnel and moved almost as much tonnage south in 1965 as it had in the preceding six years.


1965 in the Vietnam War, December
Conscription into the United States armed forces in 1965 was 230,991 men, compared to 112,386 in 1964.


1965 in the environment
This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 1965. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.


1965 van de Kamp
1965 van de Kamp, provisional designation 2521 P-L, is a stony asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 12 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 24 September 1960, by Dutch astronomer couple Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden Observatory, on photographic plates taken by Dutch–American astronomer Tom Gehrels at the U.S Palomar Observatory, California. It was later named after Dutch astronomer Peter van de Kamp.


1965 van de Kamp, Orbit and classification
The S-type asteroid orbits the Sun in the central main-belt at a distance of 2.3–2.8 AU once every 4 years and 1 month (1,503 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.11 and an inclination of 2° with respect to the ecliptic. The asteroid was first identified as 1927 QG at Heidelberg Observatory in 1927. Its first used observation was taken at Goethe Link Observatory in 1956, extending the body's observation arc by 4 years prior to its official discovery observation.


1965 van de Kamp, Orbit and classification, Palomar–Leiden survey
The survey designation "P-L" stands for Palomar–Leiden, named after Palomar Observatory and Leiden Observatory, which collaborated on the fruitful Palomar–Leiden survey in the 1960s. Gehrels used Palomar's Samuel Oschin telescope (also known as the 48-inch Schmidt Telescope), and shipped the photographic plates to Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden Observatory where astrometry was carried out. The trio are credited with the discovery of several thousand minor planets.


1965 van de Kamp, Physical characteristics
In February 2011, a fragmentary and inconclusive rotational lightcurve was obtained for this asteroid. It gave a longer than average rotation period of at least 36 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.5 magnitude (U=1).


1965 van de Kamp, Physical characteristics
According to the surveys carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite and NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, the asteroid measures 11.8 and 13.6 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.151 and 0.225, respectively. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 11.3 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 12.1.


1965 van de Kamp, Naming
This minor planet was named after Dutch astronomer Peter van de Kamp (1901–1995), director of Sproul Observatory and known for his research on astrometric binaries. The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 December 1979 (M.P.C. 5038).


1965 Úrvalsdeild, Overview
It was contested by 6 teams, and KR won the championship. KR's Baldvin Baldvinsson was the top scorer with 11 goals.


1965-66 Four Hills Tournament
At the 14th annual Four Hills Tournament, Veikko Kankkonen became the only second athlete to win the tournament more than once, after he already emerged victorious two years before.


1965-66 Four Hills Tournament, Participating nations and athletes
The national groups of Germany and Austria only competed at the two events in their respective countries.


1965/66 NTFL season
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1965/66 NTFL season
The 1965/66 NTFL season was the 45th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).


1965/66 NTFL season
St Marys have won there 6th premiership title while defeating Nightcliff in the grand final by 37 points.


1965: Their First Recordings
1965: Their First Recordings is an EP by Pink Floyd released in 2015. It comprises music recorded around Christmas 1964, while the band was known as the Tea Set. These are the earliest Pink Floyd recordings available commercially, with four songs written by Syd Barrett, one written by Roger Waters, and one cover of a song by American blues musician Slim Harpo.


1965: Their First Recordings
The drums and guitars were recorded "straight off", while the vocals and piano were recorded at a later date. It was released as a special edition set of two 7" vinyl records, limited to 1,050 copies (1,000 retail and 50 promotional) available only in the EU, to extend the copyright of the recordings. These are the only officially released songs featuring guitarist Rado Klose and Juliette Gale, first wife of keyboardist Richard Wright. The tracks were later included in the box set The Early Years 1965–1972.


1965: Their First Recordings, Track listing
All vocals by Syd Barrett, except for "Walk with Me Sydney" by Syd Barrett, Juliette Gale and Roger Waters.


1965–1966 Massachusetts legislature
The 164th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1965 and 1966 during the governorship of John Volpe. Maurice A. Donahue served as president of the Senate and John Davoren served as speaker of the House. On April 22, 1965, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered an address to a joint session of the General Court after meeting with Massachusetts Governor John Volpe.


1965–1980
1965–1980 is the sole studio album by Basement 5, released in 1980 by record label Antilles. It was produced by Martin Hannett.


1965–66 1.Lig
Statistics of the Turkish First Football League for the 1965–66 season.


1965–66 1.Lig, Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and Beşiktaş J.K. won the championship.


1965–66 1re série season
The 1965–66 1re série season was the 45th season of the 1re série, the top level of ice hockey in France. Chamonix Hockey Club won their 22nd league title.


1965–66 A Group
Statistics of Bulgarian A Football Group in the 1965–1966 season.


1965–66 A Group, Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.


1965–66 AHL season
The 1965–66 AHL season was the 30th season of the American Hockey League. Nine teams played 72 games each in the schedule. The league played a limited interlocking schedule with the Western Hockey League which was repeated two seasons later. The Quebec Aces finished first overall in the regular season. The Rochester Americans won their second consecutive Calder Cup championship.


1965–66 AHL season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points;


1965–66 AHL season, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


1965–66 Aberdeen F.C. season
The 1965–66 season was Aberdeen's 53rd season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 55th season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish League Division One, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup.


1965–66 Albanian Cup
1965–66 Albanian Cup (Albanian: Kupa e Shqipërisë) was the sixteenth season of Albania's annual cup competition. It began on August 1965 with the First Round and ended on May 1966 with the Final matches. KS Vllaznia were the defending champions, having won their first Albanian Cup last season. The cup was won by KF Partizani.


1965–66 Albanian Cup
The rounds were played in a two-legged format similar to those of European competitions. If the aggregated score was tied after both games, the team with the higher number of away goals advanced. If the number of away goals was equal in both games, the match was decided by extra time and a penalty shootout, if necessary.


1965–66 Albanian Cup, Second round
In this round entered the 16 winners from the previous round. First and second legs were played on January 1966.


1965–66 Albanian Cup, Quarter finals
In this round entered the 8 winners from the previous round.


1965–66 Albanian Cup, Semifinals
In this round entered the four winners from the previous round.


1965–66 Albanian Cup, Finals
In this round entered the two winners from the previous round.


1965–66 Albanian National Championship
The 1965–66 Albanian National Championship was the 28th season of the Albanian National Championship, the top professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1930.


1965–66 Albanian National Championship, League table
Note: '17 Nëntori' is Tirana, 'Labinoti' is Elbasani, 'Lokomotiva Durrës' is Teuta, 'Traktori' is Lushnja


1965–66 Algerian Championnat National
The 1965–1966 Algerian Championnat National was the fourth season of the Algerian Championnat National since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams contested the league, with CR Belcourt as the defending champions.


1965–66 Algerian Cup
The 1965–66 Algerian Cup is the 4th edition of the Algerian Cup. MC Saïda are the defending champions, having beaten ES Mostaganem 2–1 in the previous season's final.


1965–66 Allsvenskan (men's handball)
The 1965–66 Allsvenskan was the 32nd season of the top division of Swedish handball. 10 teams competed in the league. IS Göta won the league and claimed their first Swedish title. KFUM Borås and IF Hallby were relegated.


1965–66 Alpha Ethniki
The 1965–66 Alpha Ethniki was the 30th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 28 November 1965 and ended on 19 June 1966. Olympiacos won their 16th Greek title and their first in seven years.


1965–66 Alpha Ethniki
The point system was: Win: 3 points - Draw: 2 points - Loss: 1 point.


1965–66 Arsenal F.C. season
During the 1965–66 English football season, Arsenal F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.


1965–66 Arsenal F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1965–66 Ashes series
The 1965–66 Ashes series consisted of five cricket Test matches, each of five days with six hours play and eight ball overs. It formed part of the MCC tour of Australia in 1965–66 and the matches outside the Tests were played in the name of the Marylebone Cricket Club. M.J.K. Smith led the England team with the intent onregaining the Ashes lost in the 1958–59 Ashes series, but the series was drawn 1-1 and they were retained by Australia. The Australian team was captained by Bobby Simpson in three Tests, and his vice-captain Brian Booth in two Tests.


1965–66 Ashes series
It was the first tour of Australia by players instead of amateurs and professionals and the first time that the MCC travelled to Australia by air instead of by sea. Although the press labelled the England team as the weakest to go to Australia, their entertaining cricket won them favour with the crowds. They also made their runs faster than any other England team since the war and for once England batted faster than Australia, a refreshing contrast to other Ashes series of the era.


1965–66 Ashes series
With both sides having good batsmen and weak bowling attacks an exceptional number of runs were made, especially by Australia in the last two Tests when they fielded seven specialist batsmen and an all rounder. A record eleven batsmen averaged over 40 in the series and the teams exceeded 500 in an innings three times between them, 400 another four times and England made their highest score in Australia since 1928–29. "The long and short of it was that the batting of both sides was much stronger than the bowling".


1965–66 Ashes series
In the Third Test at Sydney England's Bob Barber and Geoff Boycott added 234 for the first wicket in 242 minutes, the highest opening partnership by England in Australia since Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe made 283 at Melbourne in 1924–25, resulting in Australia's defeat by an innings and 93 runs, their worst result at home since 1911–12. In the Fourth Test at Adelaide Bobby Simpson and Bill Lawry added 244 in 255 minutes, the highest opening stand by Australia in an Ashes Test at the time, and still their highest opening stand against England in Australia. They won by an innings and 9 runs to even the series, only the third time that two teams had defeated each other by an innings in successive Tests.


1965–66 Ashes series
Lawry "always seemed to be batting", his 592 runs (84.57) were the most in an Ashes series since Don Bradman in 1946–47 and his three centuries the most since Arthur Morris in 1948. Bob Cowper retained the Ashes for Australia with his 307 in 727 minutes in the Fifth Test at Melbourne, the first Test triple century in Australia, the longest Test innings in Australia and the highest Ashes century in Australia. The series also saw the debut of the Australians Doug Walters, who made a century on debut, Keith Stackpole and Peter Allan and the final Tests of Wally Grout, Brian Booth, Peter Burge and David Sincock.


1965–66 Ashes series, First Test – Brisbane
Australia had substantially the better of it, Walters adding his name to the fairly select list of those who have made a hundred in their first Test... After Walters's innings I wrote that with one necessary qualification I thought he would be come to be rated as the best bat produced by Australia since Neil Harvey proclaimed himself with his famous hundred at Headingley in 48. The reservation concerned his ability against really fast bowling, as to which I had no evidence...


1965–66 Ashes series, First Test – Brisbane
Only Lawry and Simpson have made more runs and had record to compare if one is to make a quantitative judgement. Any all events my contention is at least arguable. Doug has made eleven hundreds for Australia , some of extreme brilliance, and if he ever played a dull innings I never saw it.


1965–66 Ashes series, First Test – Brisbane, Preliminaries
Although the wicket at the Gabba usually favours fast bowlers both teams used a leg spinner and two off-spinners in the match, Bob Barber, Fred Titmus and Dave Allen for England and Peter Philpott, Tom Veivers and Bob Cowper for Australia. Vice-captain Brian Booth took command as Bobby Simpson had broken his wrist, and elected to bat after winning the toss. The 19-year-old Doug Walters was called up for his Test debut after having made 129 for New South Wales against the tourists and so was the fast bowler Peter Allan on his home ground.


1965–66 Ashes series, First Test – Brisbane, Preliminaries
Bill Lawry's Victorian teammate Ian Redpath was brought in to open instead of Simpson. The veteran batsman Peter Burge ensured his place with innings of 52, 50, 114 not out and 60 against the MCC. The tourists had had the best run of games of any MCC team since the war, beating Western Australia, South Australia and New South Wales, drawing with Queensland, when they needed two more wickets to win, and losing to Victoria by 32 runs after a run-chase. As a result, the bookies reduced the odds of their winning the Ashes from 7/2 to evens. The England vice-captain Colin Cowdrey was unable to play and was replaced by the in form Scottish opener Eric Russell.


1965–66 Ashes series, First Test – Brisbane, Australia – First Innings
Persistent rain ruined the first two days with less than three hours play on the first day and none on the second. England thought their wicket-keeper Jim Parks caught Bill Lawry off Dave Brown (3/71) with his seventh ball, but were turned down by Umpire Egar. This was the first and last umpiring dispute of the series as Egar and Lou Rowan soon established their credentials. Lawry – "England's scourge of the sixties" – stayed put until the afternoon of the third day making 166.


1965–66 Ashes series, First Test – Brisbane, Australia – First Innings
He added 187 with Doug Walters who hit 155 with 11 fours and 2 sixes to become the 10th Australian to make a century on his Ashes debut, and aged 19 years and 357 days the third youngest after Archie Jackson and Neil Harvey. The off-spinner Tom Veivers made 56 not out and Booth declared on 443/6 early on the fourth day, leaving him 11 hours to bowl England out twice if he could enforce the follow on.


1965–66 Ashes series, First Test – Brisbane, England – First Innings
England made steady progress, Bob Barber was out for 5, but the young batsmen Geoff Boycott (45) and John Edrich (32) batted for 108 minutes adding 70 runs for the second wicket before the leg-spinner Peter Philpott removed them both. The stonewaller Ken Barrington dug himself in for over three hours making 53 while first Jim Parks (52) and Fred Titmus (60) attacked the bowling at the other end. Parks hit 4 fours and 3 sixes and Titmus 6 fours and Barrington asked them to slow down as they were making him look foolish.


1965–66 Ashes series, First Test – Brisbane, England – First Innings
They both fell to Philpott, as did Brown to give the Australian 5/90, his only five-wicket haul in Tests. The last five wickets fell for 59 runs and Eric Russell, who had injured his hand, came in last and batted out an unbeaten duck in his only Test of the series. Though England made 280 – 183 runs behind – Booth could enforce the follow on due to the truncated play on the first two days.


1965–66 Ashes series, First Test – Brisbane, England – Second Innings
Australia had less than three and a half hours to bowl England out for victory and their spinners gave them 50 overs to do so. Bob Barber hit 34 off 37 balls with 3 fours and a six, but Geoff Boycott carried his bat through to stumps with 63 not out. Boycott pushed a ball from Peter Philpott away with his hand during his innings, but Brian Booth refused to appeal for handled the ball and Wally Grout just told him not to do it again. John Edrich (37) and Ken Barrington (38) also hit sixes and Mike Smith saw out the last half-hour as England made 186/3 to ensure a draw.


1965–66 Ashes series, First Test – Brisbane, Result
Thanks to nine hours of rain Australia and England drew the Test to go into the Second Test with the series tied 0–0, though the hosts felt that they had the moral advantage.


1965–66 Ashes series, Second Test – Melbourne
England's reply began with an 'electrifying' 88 in an hour by Boycott and Barber – what a pity that circumstances prevented this glamorous partnership from regularly plaguing England's opponents once this tour was over! From this beginning all those following took profit, so that England, for the first time in Australia since the Bodyline tour thirty-odd years before, topped 500.


1965–66 Ashes series, Second Test – Melbourne, Preliminaries
The Australian captain Bobby Simpson and England vice-captain Colin Cowdrey were fit again and rejoined their respective teams. Ian Redpath was dropped due to his captain's return, as were Neil Hawke in favour of the fast bowler Garth McKenzie and Peter Allan for the fast-medium bowler Alan Connolly. The batsman Eric Russell and fast bowler Dave Brown were suffering from injuries and Ken Higgs had a chill. The Welsh left-arm fast bowler Jeff Jones was called up, as was the Essex all rounder Barry Knight flown out as a replacement just before the First Test. Simpson won the toss and batted on a good wicket.


1965–66 Ashes series, Second Test – Melbourne, Australia – First Innings
Bobby Simpson (59), Bill Lawry (88 in almost four and a half hours) and Bob Cowper (99) reached 278/4 by the end of the first day despite the best efforts of Jeff Jones (3/92). The next morning they collapsed to 358 all out with Barry Knight (4/84) taking four of the last five wickets and Tom Veivers being run out.


1965–66 Ashes series, Second Test – Melbourne, England – First Innings
Bob Barber (48) was determined to attack the Australian bowling from the get go, but was outpaced by Geoff Boycott (51) as they made 88 in an hour and 98 for the first wicket. John Edrich (109), Ken Barrington (64), Colin Cowdrey (104), Mike Smith (41), Jim Parks (71) and Fred Titmus (56 not out) piled up 558 as England made their biggest total down under since their 636 in the Second Test in 1928–29. Titmus was hit on the back of the head by a bouncer from Alan Connolly, but continued to play and hit three quick boundaries. They batted the into the fourth day and the long suffering Garth McKenzie took 5/134 off 35.2 eight-ball overs, which if nothing else confirmed his reputation of taking wickets on good batting tracks.


1965–66 Ashes series, Second Test – Melbourne, Australia – Second innings
Bobby Simpson (67) and Bill Lawry (78) added 120 for the first wicket and helped by poor light ending play two hours early Australia were 131/1 going into the last day. They had reached 204/4 when Jim Parks missed a stumping chance off Peter Burge when Australia were only four runs ahead. Burge made 120, his fourth and final Test century, all made against England in times of crisis, and Doug Walters 115 in his second Test. Mike Smith had given up hope when the part-time bowler Geoff Boycott (2/32) had Burge out after a stand of 198 and with Ken Barrington (2/47) surprisingly cleared up the tail to have Australia out for 426.


1965–66 Ashes series, Second Test – Melbourne, England – Second Innings
England needed to make 227 runs in less than half an hour and the match was called off after Boycott had made 5 not out.


1965–66 Ashes series, Second Test – Melbourne, Result
Thanks to some poor weather and some resolute Australian batting on the last day the Test was a draw, leaving the teams 0–0. Even though the first two Tests had been drawn the press were optimistic about the series. Lindsay Hassett said it wasn't the best team England had sent to Australia, but no other tried so hard to make cricket interesting.


1965–66 Ashes series, Third Test – Sydney
Often in bleak moments do I cast back to Bob Barber's 185 in front of 40,000 on that sunny Friday in January 66. He batted without chance for five hours, starting decorously enough and then hitting the ball progressively harder and with a superb disdain to every corner of the field. One recalls the exceptional vigour of his driving and how he brought his wrists into the cut, making room for the stroke. It made blissful watching to English eyes – to one pair in particular, for by a wonderful chance father Barber had flown in from home that very day.


1965–66 Ashes series, Third Test – Sydney, Preliminaries
The Australian captain Bobby Simpson was unable to play due to chickenpox and his vice-captain Brian Booth led the team again. Grahame Thomas was brought into the team to open with Bill Lawry, Alan Connolly was replaced by the fast bowler Neil Hawke and the off-spinner Tom Veivers by David Sincock, one of the very rare specialist bowlers of left-arm wrist-spin. This type of bowling is usually reserved for part-time bowlers, but though "Evil Dick" could turn the ball and produce reverse googlies he struggled to produce a consistent line and length. England kept their team from Melbourne, except that Dave Brown was fit again and replaced Barry Knight. On a wicket famous for taking spin the toss was vital. Mike Smith won it for the first time in the series and chose to bat.


1965–66 Ashes series, Third Test – Sydney, England – First Innings
Bob Barber's father arrived that morning from England in time to see his son play the innings of his life. The attacking opener hit the Australian bowlers for 19 fours in his 185 in five hours. It was his only Test century, his highest First Class score and the 234 runs he added for the first wicket with Geoff Boycott – whose 84 gave him 1,000 Test runs – was the third highest opening partnership for England in Australia. He was out on 308/2, after which England collapsed to 328/5 in the last hour of the first day.


1965–66 Ashes series, Third Test – Sydney, England – First Innings
John Edrich made a solid 103, but Colin Cowdrey, M.J.K. Smith, Dave Brown and Jim Parks were all caught by Wally Grout off Neil Hawke, whose 7/105 was his best bowling in Tests. Grout snapped up Fred Titmus off Doug Walters (1/38) to give him five catches and reduce England to 395/8, but Dave Allen made 50 not out adding 93 runs for the last two wickets with Edrich and Jeff Jones, whose 16 was his highest Test score as England made 488.


1965–66 Ashes series, Third Test – Sydney, Australia – First Innings
Jim Parks equalled Wally Grout's five dismissals in an innings with three catches and two stumpings, starting with Bill Lawry off Jeff Jones (2/51) for a duck in the first over. Grahame Thomas (51) and Bob Cowper (60) added 81 for the second wicket until separated by Dave Brown (5/63) and Australia were 113/4 by stumps. Cowper and David Sincock (29) added 50 runs together, but the tail collapsed and Australia were out for 221, 267 runs behind England as Mike Smith enforced the follow on.


1965–66 Ashes series, Third Test – Sydney, Australia – Second Innings
The wicket began to take ever increasing turn and wickets fell regularly to the England off-spinners Fred Titmus (4/40) and Dave Allen (4/47). Titmus took his 100th Test wicket and as he had passed 1,000 Test runs in the England innings completed the double of 1,000 Test runs and 100 Test wickets. Jim Parks failed to dismiss any batsmen, but the expert close fielders Mike Smith and Colin Cowdrey took five catches between them.


1965–66 Ashes series, Third Test – Sydney, Australia – Second Innings
Doug Walters top scored with 35 not out and David Sincock hit 5 fours in his 27 as Australia fell to 174 all out and an innings defeat on the fourth day. Smith tried to give Dave Allen the honour of leading the England team off the field, but he and the others insisted that their captain should enter the pavilion first. They were greeted by the Australian captain Brian Booth, who shook hands with all the England players with his typical good sportsmanship.


1965–66 Ashes series, Third Test – Sydney, Result
England beat Australia by an innings and 93 runs to give them a 1–0 lead in the series. It was the first time that Australia had lost by an innings at home since the Second Test of the 1936–37 Ashes series when they lost by an innings and 22 runs. It was their biggest defeat at home since the Fourth Test of the 1911–12 Ashes series when they lost by an innings and 225 runs (though they had lost the First Test of the 1928–29 Ashes series by 675 runs).


1965–66 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide
Simpson now announced that his target would be a run a minute, an ordinary rate maybe in days gone, but a breakneck almost in the sixties, what with slow over-rates and so much accent on defence. Yet Australia, give or take a few minutes, achieved it, their captain leading the way with the highest opening stand ever, in a partnership with Lawry, for Australia against England: 244. I never remember seeing better running between wickets than of these two – and found myself comparing them, in fact, with Hobbs and Sutcliffe. With the field constantly changing over as right- and left-hander alternated, England, in much heat, sweated and chased unavailingly.


1965–66 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, Preliminaries
After Australia's biggest defeat at home in 50 years the Australian press were in uproar and the selectors Ewart Macmillan, Jack Ryder and Don Bradman took drastic action, dropping the captain Brian Booth, batsman Bob Cowper and the bowlers Garth McKenzie, Peter Philpott and David Sincock. Booth received a letter from Bradman on behalf of the selectors explaining "Never before have I written to a player to express my regret at his omission from the Australian XI.


1965–66 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, Preliminaries
In your case I am making an exception because I want you to know how much my colleagues and I disliked having to make this move. Captain one match and out of the side the next looks like ingratitude, but you understand the circumstances and will be the first to admit that your form has not been good." Booth had made only 84 runs (16.80) in the series and never played for Australia again. Cowper was blamed for slow scoring even though he had made 99 and 60 in the Second and Third Tests.


1965–66 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, Preliminaries
Peter Allan of Queensland was brought back into the side after he had taken the third best bowling figures in Australia – 10/61 in the first innings against Victoria, but was injured and McKenzie was restored to the team. The off-spinner Tom Veivers and young batsmen Ian Chappell were called up and Keith Stackpole made his Test debut, so Australia went to Adelaide with only three specialist bowlers – McKenzie, Hawke and Veivers. England simply kept the same XI from Sydney, even though this meant that Geoff Boycott was their third place bowler after Jeff Jones and Dave Brown. Mike Smith won the toss and decided to bat.


1965–66 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, England – First Innings
The Adelaide Oval was notoriously flat, but Garth McKenzie was an expert on getting batsmen out on dull wickets and used the humid atmosphere and fresh pitch to bowl Bob Barber for a duck and have John Edrich caught by the ever-reliable Simpson at slip. Ian Chappell took a superb catch off Neil Hawke to remove Geoff Boycott and England were 33/3. Ken Barrington (60) and Colin Cowdrey (38) began to rebuild the innings with a 72 run partnership, until Cowdrey heard a shout from the Australian wicketkeeper Wally Grout, thought he was being called and was run out.


1965–66 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, England – First Innings
Debutant Keith Stackpole took a great catch off Jim Parks (49) to give McKenzie his third wicket, who then removed Dave Allen and Dave Brown to give him his second five wicket haul in successive Tests. England were 240/9 at the end of the first day, which soon became 241 all out as McKenzie caught Fred Titmus (33) leg before wicket first thing in the morning to give him 6/48, his best Test bowling figures to date.


1965–66 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, Australia – First Innings
With eight recognised batsmen Australia could expect a large total even though Simpson insisted that they make their runs quickly and by the end of the second day they were 333/3 with the captain 159 not out. Even Bill Lawry responded with 9 fours and a six in his 119 as he and Simpson put on 244 runs in 255 minutes for the first wicket, more than the entire England first innings.


1965–66 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, Australia – First Innings
This remained the highest opening partnership for Australia against England until Mark Taylor and Geoff Marsh made 329 for the first wicket in the Fifth Test of the 1989 Ashes series and remains Australia's highest opening stand against England at home. Grahame Thomas made 52 of the 87 runs he added with Simpson as Australia passed 300 for the loss of one wicket. Jeff Jones (6/118) put up a fight, dismissing Thomas, Tom Veivers, Peter Burge, Ian Chappell, Simpson and Keith Stackpole, who made 43 batting at number eight. Simpson was finally out after batting for 545 minutes, hitting 18 fours and a six in his 225 as Australia made 516 to give them a lead of 275 runs.


1965–66 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, England – Second Innings
Coming in to bat late on the third day England could only hope for a draw, but Neil Hawke (5/54) gave them a worst start than in the first innings as they collapsed to 32/3. Once again Ken Barrington and Colin Cowdrey had to rescue their side, Barrington staying in for six hours making 102 while Cowdrey took two and a half hours over his 35 as they added 82 for the fourth wicket.


1965–66 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, England – Second Innings
The Adelaide Oval was Barrington's favourite venue and his century kept up his record of never scoring less than 50 runs there; 104, 52, 52 not out, 63, 132 not out, 69, 51, 63, 60 and 102, a total of 748 runs (93.50). Keith Stackpole removed Cowdrey and Mike Smith with his leg-spin, his 2/33 remaining the best bowling figures of his Test career. Fred Titmus (53) hit 8 fours and added 81 for the seventh wicket with the entrenched Barrington, but England did not outlast the fourth day and were dismissed for 266.


1965–66 Ashes series, Fourth Test – Adelaide, Result
Australia beat England by an innings and 9 runs to even the series 1–1. It was only the third occasion that two teams had defeated each other by an innings in successive Tests. The previous two instances were when England won their biggest victory over Australia in the Fifth test at the Oval in 1938 by an innings and 579 runs only to suffer their greatest defeat in the First Test in Brisbane in 1946–47 by an innings and 332 runs (the Second World War intervening). In 1952–53 Pakistan lost their inaugural Test against India at New Delhi by an innings and 70 runs, but won the Second Test at Lucknow by an innings and 43 runs.


1965–66 Ashes series, Fifth Test – Melbourne
When Australia batted, Lawry, their stumbling-block-extraordinary, took root, and in an interminable left-handed stand with Cowper effectively doused English prospects. When this relentless fellow, having reached his sixth Test hundred against England, at length took a liberty he had made 592 runs in the Tests, average 84, the highest aggregate since Bradman's in 1946/7: not only that, he had scored 979 against Smith's side since they landed in Perth, and had occupied the crease for forty-one and a half hours. There was a gayer side to Lawry as we had seen at Adelaide – but he didn't let it obtrude too often. He just kept that long, sharp nose religiously over the ball, accumulating at his own deliberate gait...


1965–66 Ashes series, Fifth Test – Melbourne, Preliminaries
Each team made one change from the Fourth Test at Adelaide. England replaced the off-spinner Dave Allen with the all-rounder Barry Knight and Australia made Peter Burge twelfth man after he declared that he would not tour South Africa, allowing Bob Cowper to return to the team. Therefore, England only had four and Australia three specialist bowlers in the deciding Test of the series. Mike Smith won the toss for the third time in a row and again decided to bat.


1965–66 Ashes series, Fifth Test – Melbourne, England – First Innings
Needing quick runs to force a win England made 312/5 on the first day, but Geoff Boycott hogged the batting, ran out his opening partner Bob Barber and took 75 minutes to make 17 runs. However, the obstinate stonewaller Ken Barrington surprised the crowd by hitting 2 sixes and 8 fours in his 115, one of his few sustained hitting displays. He made 63 off 101 balls then hit Keith Stackpole over long on for six and brought up his century 20 balls later with a six into the South Stand off Tom Veivers.


1965–66 Ashes series, Fifth Test – Melbourne, England – First Innings
His hundred came off 122 balls and won him "one of the most moving ovations I have heard in Australia", and the Walter Lawrence Trophy for the fastest Test century of 1966. He was caught for 115 by Wally Grout who told Doug Walters to bowl him a ball down the leg so that he could move over and catch the glance. Garth McKenzie (1/100) and Neil Hawke (1/109) suffered, but Doug Walters took 4/53 to dismiss Barrington, John Edrich (85), Colin Cowdrey (79) and Mike Smith (0). Jim Parks (89) and Fred Titmus (42) added some late runs before Mike Smith declared on 485/9 an hour before stumps on the second day.


1965–66 Ashes series, Fifth Test – Melbourne, Australia – First Innings
Bobby Simpson and Grahame Thomas were soon out to leave Australia 36/2, but Bill Lawry and Bob Cowper saw out the day and batted through most of the next. Their carefully complied third wicket stand of 212 avoided the follow-on and England's best chance of regaining the Ashes, but failed to entertain the crowd. Lawry made a typical 108 in 369 minutes, but Cowper was 159 not out at the end of the third day and Australia 333/3.


1965–66 Ashes series, Fifth Test – Melbourne, Australia – First Innings
The fourth day was washed out, rendering the final day of the series academic as a result could not be forced on the flat wicket. Cowper, however, took his score to 307, the first Test triple century to be made in Australia and at 727 minutes the longest. It was his highest Test and First Class score and remains the highest and longest Ashes century down under though Matthew Hayden's 380 against Zimbabwe in 2002–03 is now the highest Test century. In the end he was bowled by Barry Knight (2/105) on 543/8 and Simpson declared to leave England just over an hour to bat.


1965–66 Ashes series, Fifth Test – Melbourne, England – Second Innings
Garth McKenzie made the most of the situation, taking 3/17 to dismiss Geoff Boycott, Bob Barber and John Edrich with England finishing with 69/3.


1965–66 Ashes series, Fifth Test – Melbourne, Result
Australia and England drew the Test and series 1–1, with Australia retaining the Ashes for the fourth time after regaining them in 1958–59. It was the second time the two teams had drawn the series in the last three Ashes series, with 15 of the 20 Tests being drawn (the next series was also drawn 1–1). It had already been realised that the captains on both sides were unusually cautious when playing each other as so much was at stake even though Bobby Simpson and Mike Smith had done all that they could to make the games interesting.


1965–66 Ashes series, 1965–66 Test Series Averages
Eleven batsmen averaged over 40 in the series, the most in an Ashes series in Australia since the timeless Tests of 1928–29 when twelve batsmen achieved this feat. It has not been equalled since, though ten batsmen averaged over 40 in 2002–03. Bill Lawry's 592 runs (84.57) was the most in an Ashes series since Don Bradman's 680 runs (97.14) in 1946–47 and his three centuries were the most since Arthur Morris three in 1948.


1965–66 Aston Villa F.C. season
The 1965–66 English football season was Aston Villa's 66th season in the Football League, this season playing in the Football League First Division. Villa finished 16th, below Arsenal and Newcastle United  and just above Sheffield Wednesday and Nottingham Forest.


1965–66 Aston Villa F.C. season, Diary of the season
4 Sep 1965: Villa, bottom of the table with a single point, pick up their first win, 0-2 away to Blackburn.


1965–66 Aston Villa F.C. season, Diary of the season
19 Mar 1966: Tony Hateley scores four second-half goals as Villa came from 5–1 down to draw 5–5 with Tottenham Hotspur.


1965–66 Aston Villa F.C. season, Diary of the season
9 May 1966: Villa are trounced 1-6 away to Manchester United.


1965–66 Athenian League
The 1965–66 Athenian League season was the 43rd in the history of Athenian League. The league consisted of 48 teams.


1965–66 Athenian League, Premier Division
The division featured two new teams, both promoted from last seasons Division One:


1965–66 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, NIT
League rules prevented ACC teams from playing in the NIT, 1954–1966


1965–66 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team
The 1965–66 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team represented Auburn University in the 1965–66 college basketball season. The team's head coach was Bill Lynn, who was in his third season at Auburn. The team played their home games at Auburn Sports Arena in Auburn, Alabama. They finished the season 16–10, 8–8 in SEC play.


1965–66 Austrian Hockey League season
The 1965–66 Austrian Hockey League season was the 36th season of the Austrian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Austria. Four teams participated in the league, and EC KAC won the championship.


1965–66 Austrian football championship, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and SK Admira Wien won the championship.


1965–66 Baltimore Bullets season
The 1965–66 NBA season was the Bullets' 5th season in the NBA and 3rd season in the city of Baltimore.


1965–66 Belgian First Division, Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and R.S.C. Anderlecht won the championship.


1965–66 Birmingham City F.C. season
The 1965–66 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 63rd in the Football League and their 25th in the Second Division, to which they were relegated in 1964–65. Having persuaded former Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Stan Cullis out of retirement as successor to Joe Mallett, who remained with the club as Cullis's assistant, they finished in tenth position in the 22-team division. They entered the 1965–66 FA Cup in the third round proper and lost to Leicester City in the fourth, and were beaten in their opening second-round match in the League Cup by Mansfield Town.


1965–66 Birmingham City F.C. season
Twenty-two players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were thirteen different goalscorers. Forward Alec Jackson played in all but two of the team's 45 matches, and Geoff Vowden finished as leading scorer with 23 goals, of which 21 came in league competition.


1965–66 Birmingham City F.C. season
This season saw the introduction of substitutes into the Football League. In the third game of the season, away to Preston North End on 26 August, Brian Sharples replaced the injured Ron Wylie to become Birmingham's first Football League substitute.


1965–66 Blackpool F.C. season
The 1965–66 season was Blackpool F.C. 's 58th season (57th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the top tier of English football, finishing thirteenth.


1965–66 Blackpool F.C. season
Ray Charnley was the club's top overall scorer for the eighth consecutive season, with 19 goals. Alan Ball (sixteen goals) shared the accolade with him in the league.


1965–66 Boston Bruins season
The 1965–66 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 42nd season in the NHL.


1965–66 Boston Bruins season, Draft picks
Boston's draft picks at the 1965 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.


1965–66 Boston Celtics season
The 1965–66 Boston Celtics season was their 20th in the National Basketball Association (NBA).


1965–66 Boston Celtics season
On October 29, 1965, Sam Jones set a Celtics single-game scoring record with 51, against the Detroit Pistons. His record would last until Larry Bird's 53 in 1983. The Celtics won their 8th title in a row, which still stands as a record for the most titles in a row. The Celtics defeated the Lakers 4 games to 3.


1965–66 Boston Celtics season, Regular season, Game log
Several of the Celtics games were played in neutral sites, such as Providence, Rhode Island. The games in Providence occurred on November 9 and 26, December 30, February 10 and March 4. Games were also played in Fort Wayne, Indiana (against Detroit on January 27) and in Syracuse, New York (against Philadelphia on February 12) and Memphis, Tennessee (against St. Louis on March 7).


1965–66 Botola
The 1965–66 Botola is the 10th season of the Moroccan Premier League. Wydad Casablanca are the holders of the title.


1965–66 Bradford City A.F.C. season
The 1965–66 Bradford City A.F.C. season was the 53rd in the club's history.


1965–66 Bradford City A.F.C. season
The club finished 23rd in Division Four (and were re-elected to retain their Football League status), reached the 1st round of the FA Cup, and the 1st round of the League Cup.


1965–66 Brentford F.C. season
During the 1965–66 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League Third Division. After an awful first half of the season, Brentford dropped into the relegation places in January 1966 and failed to recover, ending the club's three-season spell in the Third Division.


1965–66 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
The lack of incoming transfer activity during the 1965 off-season served to highlight the view at Griffin Park that Brentford's squad was strong enough to secure promotion to the Second Division during the 1965–66 season. The campaign began with a rousing 6–1 victory over local rivals Queens Park Rangers at Griffin Park, courtesy of goals from John Fielding, Joe Bonson, Ian Lawther and a Micky Block hat-trick. The win gave way to three defeats and a draw in the following four matches, but consecutive victories over Shrewsbury Town and Swansea Town in mid-September proved to be a false drawn.


1965–66 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Brentford would win just one more league match before the end of 1965 and the team's plight was worsened by the departures of influential attackers Jimmy Bloomfield, Mark Lazarus and John Fielding after disputes with manager Tommy Cavanagh. Outside forward John Docherty was bought back from Sheffield United for his second spell at Griffin Park in December 1965, but Brentford began 1966 entrenched in the relegation places.


1965–66 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Misfiring forward Joe Bonson was sold in January 1966 and though manager Cavanagh was provided with the funds to purchase replacement forwards Brian Etheridge, John Regan and Bobby Ross, the new signings failed to help the team convert draws into all-important wins, with four matches being drawn in March. Three consecutive defeats in early April left the supporters clamouring for Cavanagh's head and despite a brief respite after a 2–0 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion, a 5–0 defeat away to Exeter City on 16 April led chairman Jack Dunnett to dispense with Cavanagh's services. Youth team manager Ian Black won, drew and lost each of the following three matches in a caretaker capacity, before Billy Gray was appointed as manager.


1965–66 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Gray began his reign with Brentford in 23rd place and three points from safety with five matches remaining. A 3–0 home defeat to Mansfield Town in his first match in charge effectively ended all survival hopes after the gap to safety opened up to five points. A draw and a win versus Watford and Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic respectively in the following two matches put the Bees back within two points of safety, but defeats in the final two matches of the season sealed the club's relegation to the Fourth Division.


1965–66 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Three club records were set or equalled during the season:


1965–66 British Home Championship
The 1965–66 British Home Championship was a cause of great excitement as it supplied spectators and commentators a view of England prior to their contesting the 1966 FIFA World Cup on home soil at which they were one of the favourites. None of the other Home Nations had qualified for the World Cup and so were determined to spoil England's preparation, leading to some very dramatic and heavily contested matches, particularly England's final game in Glasgow.


1965–66 British Home Championship
The England team began with a subdued goalless draw with the Welsh side whilst Ireland beat Scotland 3–2 in a close fought game at home. Both England and Scotland improved in their second games, England beating a tough Irish side at home 2–1, whilst the Scots put four goals past the struggling Welsh. Wales suffered further in their final match of the series, losing 1–4 at home to the Irish, who claimed a surprise second place in the tournament. England and Scotland then played a thrilling game in Glasgow, which England finally won 4–3 to take the title of British Champions, a title they would add to at the World Cup three months later.


1965–66 British Ice Hockey season
The 1965–66 British Ice Hockey season featured the Coca-Cola Championship, consisting of separate leagues comprising English and Scottish teams.


1965–66 British Ice Hockey season
The league was a failure with more than half of the games in Section B of the league not contested. No additional details exist on the competition. There was also a mention of a "Scottish League" featuring teams from Fife, Edinburgh, Paisley, Ayr, Durham, Brighton and Wembley.


1965–66 British Ice Hockey season
Oxford University defeated Cambridge University 16-2 at the Richmond Ice Rink in the varsity match.


1965–66 British Ice Hockey season
Murrayfield Racers defeated the Durham Hornets by a score of 11-8 in the Icy Smith Cup Final, which was a tournament that was the forerunner of the British Championship play offs.


1965–66 Bulgarian Hockey League season
The 1965–66 Bulgarian Hockey League season was the 14th season of the Bulgarian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Bulgaria. 10 teams participated in the league, and HK CSKA Sofia won the championship.


1965–66 Bundesliga
The 1965–66 Bundesliga was the third season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 14 August 1965 and ended on 28 May 1966. Werder Bremen were the defending champions.


1965–66 Bundesliga, Competition modus
Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal average. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the two teams with the fewest points were relegated to their respective Regionalliga divisions.


1965–66 Bundesliga, Team changes to 1964–65
Karlsruher SC and FC Schalke 04 would initially have been relegated for finishing in the bottom two places. However, Hertha BSC were found guilty of illegal financial behavior and, as a consequence, had their Bundesliga license revoked. The German FA then decided to keep Karlsruhe and Schalke in the league and expand its size to 18 teams. Bayern Munich and Borussia Mönchengladbach were promoted after having won their respective promotion play-off groups. In order to still have a representative from West Berlin in the league, the amateur side Tasmania Berlin were also granted promotion.


1965–66 Bundesliga, Season overview
The 1965–66 season was the inaugural season for the two most successful clubs regarding league titles in Bundesliga history, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayern Munich. It was also the first time that a city had two clubs in the Bundesliga. Bayern were a title contender for large parts of the season, but eventually were held short three points by their cross-town rivals 1860, who won their first championship. Nevertheless, the newcomers had something to celebrate as well, as they won the DFB Cup one week after the end of the season, which they finished in third place.


1965–66 Bundesliga, Season overview
Borussia Dortmund finished in second place, ahead on goal average to Bayern Munich. They also had huge title chances until late in the season, but were beaten 2–0 at home by 1860 on the second-to-last match day. However, Dortmund did not end the season without a title as well, as they beat Liverpool 2–1 after extra time in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final at Glasgow's Hampden Park three days earlier. It marked the first time that a German club had won a European championship.


1965–66 Bundesliga, Season overview
At the other end of the table, another famous German club had a historic season as well – but in the worst way possible. Tasmania Berlin were added to the league just two weeks before the start of the season after city rivals Hertha BSC had been thrown out on financial irregularities. They were not even first choice for a replacement as the Berlin representative, as they had only finished in third place in Regionalliga Berlin. But when champions Tennis Borussia were considered too weak after failing in the promotion play-off rounds and therefore were not asked, and runners-up Spandauer SV declined their interest in a Bundesliga spot as well, Tasmania gladly accepted the invitation by the German FA.


1965–66 Bundesliga, Season overview
The decision turned out to be a fatal one for the club. Tasmania's team was never capable of competing in the Bundesliga. They set up a various number of records, including, among others, lowest point total (8), fewest wins (2), most losses (28), fewest goals scored (15), most goals against (108) and lowest match attendance for a Bundesliga game (827 against Borussia Mönchengladbach on 15 January 1966). Most of the records are still intact.


1965–66 Bundesliga, Champion squad
Defenders: Bernd Patzke (28); Hans Reich (26); Manfred Wagner (26); Rudolf Zeiser (12); Rudolf Steiner (9). Midfielders: Željko Perušić  (34); Peter Grosser (32 / 18); Otto Luttrop (22 / 1); Hans Küppers (19 / 4); Wilfried Kohlars (19). Forwards: Friedhelm Konietzka (33 / 26); Alfred Heiß (31 / 10); Rudolf Brunnenmeier (27 / 15); Hans Rebele (22 / 5). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)


1965–66 Bundesliga, Champion squad
On the roster but did not play in a league game: Wilfried Tepe; Alfred Kohlhäufl; Ludwig Bründl; Hans Fischer; Helmut Richert; Ernst Winterhalder.


1965–66 C.D. Platense season
The 1965–66 season was C.D. Platense's 5th season in existence and the club's 1st season in the top fight of Honduran football. The club obtained its first national title and became the first Honduran professional champions.


1965–66 C.D. Platense season, Squad
1965–66 squadLeón Jallú, Ricardo Fúnez, Miguel Howell, Gustavo Croasdaile, Francisco Brocato, Gilberto Solís, Federico Anderson, Gilberto Zavala, Roosevelt Garbuth, Alexander Guillén, "Chita" Arzú, Santos Díaz, Raúl Betancourt, Eduardo Murillo, Carlos Alvarado, Tomás Máximo, "Choloma" Romero, Félix Guerra. Coach: Carlos Padilla.


1965–66 CPHL season
The 1965-66 Central Professional Hockey League season was the third season of the Central Professional Hockey League, a North American minor pro league. Six teams participated in the regular season, and the Oklahoma City Blazers won the league title.


1965–66 Cardiff City F.C. season
The 1965–66 season was Cardiff City F.C. 's 39th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing twentieth.


1965–66 Cardiff City F.C. season
The season also saw the club reach the semi-finals of the Football League Cup, the furthest they have ever gone in the competition, before being beaten by West Ham United.


1965–66 Cardiff City F.C. season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1965–66 Carlisle United F.C. season
For the 1965–66 season, Carlisle United F.C. competed in Football League Division Two.


1965–66 Celtic F.C. season
During the 1965–66 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in Scottish Division One.


1965–66 Challenge Cup
The 1965–66 Challenge Cup was the 65th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.


1965–66 Challenge Cup
The final was contested by St Helens and Wigan at Wembley Stadium in London.


1965–66 Challenge Cup
The final was played on Saturday 21 May 1966, where St Helens beat Wigan 21–2 in front of a crowd of 98,536.


1965–66 Challenge Cup
The Lance Todd Trophy was awarded to St Helens winger Len Killeen, who also kicked an exceptionally long goal from well inside his own half.


1965–66 Chelsea F.C. season
The 1965-66 season was Chelsea Football Club's 52nd of competitive football, and their 39th in the English top flight.


1965–66 Chester F.C. season
The 1965–66 season was the 28th season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.


1965–66 Chester F.C. season
Also, it was the eighth season spent in the Fourth Division after its creation. Alongside competing in the Football League the club also participated in the FA Cup, Football League Cup and the Welsh Cup.


1965–66 Chicago Black Hawks season
The 1965–66 Chicago Black Hawks season was the Hawks' 40th season in the NHL, and the club was coming off a third-place finish in 1964–65, as Chicago had a record of 34–28–8, earning 76 points, which was their lowest point total since 1961–62. The Hawks then upset the first place Detroit Red Wings in the NHL semi-finals, before losing to the Montreal Canadiens in seven games in the 1965 Stanley Cup Finals.


1965–66 Chicago Black Hawks season
Chicago began the season very strong, going unbeaten in their first seven games, with a 6–0–1 record, before recording their first loss of the year. The Hawks continued to play very strong hockey all season long, only once did they have a losing streak of more than three games, as the club set a team record for wins with 37, and their 82 points earned was a six-point improvement over the previous season, as the Black Hawks finished second in the NHL, and earned a playoff spot for the eighth consecutive season.


1965–66 Chicago Black Hawks season
On February 26, 1966, team owner James D. Norris died due to a heart attack. Norris was 59 years old.


1965–66 Chicago Black Hawks season
Offensively, the Hawks were led by Bobby Hull, who had a record breaking season, as he scored an NHL record 54 goals, while earning an NHL record 97 points, as he won the Art Ross Trophy and Hart Memorial Trophy for his efforts. Stan Mikita recorded a team high 48 assists and finished second with 78 points in NHL scoring. Phil Esposito had a strong season, scoring 27 goals and 53 points, while Bill Hay had 20 goals and 51 points. Kenny Wharram and Doug Mohns each scored over 20 goals, earning 26 and 22 respectively. On the blueline, Pierre Pilote led the way, earning 36 points, while fellow defenseman Pat Stapleton earned 34 points. Matt Ravlich led the club with 78 penalty minutes.


1965–66 Chicago Black Hawks season
In goal, Glenn Hall earned the majority of playing time, tying the club record with 34 victories, while posting a team best 2.63 GAA, along with 4 shutouts.


1965–66 Chicago Black Hawks season
The Hawks would face the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL semi-finals for the fourth consecutive season, as the Wings finished fourth in the NHL standings with a record of 31–27–12, recording 74 points, which was eight fewer than the Black Hawks. The series opened with two games at Chicago Stadium, and the Black Hawks took a 1–0 series lead, as they defeated Detroit 2–1, however, the Red Wings evened the series up, as Detroit stunned Chicago with a 7–0 win in the second game.


1965–66 Chicago Black Hawks season
The series shifted to the Detroit Olympia for the next two games, however, in the third game, the Hawks took the series lead, with a 2–1 victory, but once again, the Red Wings evened the series, easily defeating Chicago 5–1 to tie the series up at two. The fifth game was played in Chicago, but it was Detroit winning the game 5–3, and taking the series lead, and the underdog Red Wings completed the upset in the sixth game held back in Detroit, as they defeated the Black Hawks 3–2 to end the series.


1965–66 Chicago Black Hawks season, Draft picks
Chicago's draft picks at the 1965 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.


1965–66 Cincinnati Royals season
The 1965–66 season was the Royals' 21st season overall, and their ninth in Cincinnati. It was also arguably their most exciting, given their outstanding pennant chase in the NBA's Eastern Division, and their hosting of the 1966 NBA All-Star Game in Cincinnati. The team was still adjusting to the loss of defender Bucky Bockhorn. With the NBA's most wide-open offense, the Royals were again directed by now-legendary Oscar Robertson, who fed shooters Jerry Lucas, Jack Twyman and Adrian Smith when not scoring himself. Forwards Happy Hairston and Tom Hawkins also saw court time, with Lucas sliding into the center spot.


1965–66 Cincinnati Royals season
Defender Tom Thacker also occasionally got minutes at guard next to Robertson. The team's outstanding 1965 draft class, one of the NBA's best ever, netted four promising young stars in Nate Bowman, Flynn Robinson, Jon McGlocklin and Bob Love. But Bowman and Robinson battled injuries and illnesses all season long and did not impact the team. Love, a future NBA all-star and Hall of Fame inductee, was cut by coach Jack McMahon. All-NBA First Teammers Robertson and Lucas each again posted remarkable individual seasons leading the contenders.


1965–66 Cincinnati Royals season
Robertson again led the NBA in assists while scoring near the 30-point-per game mark and canning his usual pile of free throws at opponents expense. While Robertson averaged '30-10 ', Lucas averaged ' 20-20 ' setting an NBA record for rebounds by a forward that still stands today. Both averaged 44 minutes per game to lead their team. Despite their contributions, the Royals would finish in third place with a record of 45 wins and 35 losses. In the playoffs, the Royals were again on the verge of ending the Boston Celtics championship reign. The Royals won 2 of the first 3 games in a 5-game series. Despite the commanding lead, the Celtics would win the next 2 games and eventually claim their 8th straight title.


1965–66 Colchester United F.C. season
The 1965–66 season was Colchester United's 24th season in their history and their first back in the fourth tier of English football, the Fourth Division, following relegation the previous season. Alongside competing in the Fourth Division, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the League Cup.


1965–66 Colchester United F.C. season
Colchester were immediately promoted back to the Third Division after ending the season in fourth position. Queens Park Rangers handed Colchester another early FA Cup exit following a replay, while Middlesbrough knocked the U's out of the League Cup in the second round.


1965–66 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
Neil Franklin brought in forward Reg Stratton to lead the line for the new season and he responded with 18 league goals and 21 in total. They won ten times on their travels, setting a new club record, while losing just three times at Layer Road. After leading the Fourth Division table across Easter, subsequent defeats to promotion rivals Darlington on two occasions and Torquay United saw Colchester drop to fourth position ahead of the final game of the season.


1965–66 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
A 2–1 defeat to Newport County left fans awaiting the result of Luton Town's game with Chester with Luton just one point behind and the game kicking off 15-minutes later than the U's fixture. The game finished 1–1 with Colchester, Luton, and Tranmere Rovers all tied on 56 points. Goal average would separate the sides, with Franklin's side pipping Tranmere to the final promotion spot by 0.08.


1965–66 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
As the club did four years prior, the U's bounced back from the Fourth Division at the first attempt. The season was also notable as player replacements were allowed for the first time. Ray Price became Colchester's first substitute when he came on to replace the injured Ted Phillips after 85-minutes of their 2–0 home win over Rochdale on 18 September.


1965–66 Colchester United F.C. season, Squad statistics, Player debuts
Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.


1965–66 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team
The 1965–66 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1965–66 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 16–8 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Yankee Conference, where they ended the season with a 9–2 record. They were the Yankee Conference Regular Season Co-Champions. The Huskies played their home games at Hugh S. Greer Field House in Storrs, Connecticut, and were led by third-year head coach Fred Shabel.


1965–66 Copa del Generalísimo
The 1965–66 Copa del Generalísimo was the 64th staging of the Spanish Cup. The competition began on 24 October 1965 and ended on 29 May 1966 with the final.


1965–66 Coppa Italia
The 1965–66 Coppa Italia, the 19th Coppa Italia, was an Italian Football Federation domestic cup competition won by Fiorentina.


1965–66 Coppa Italia, First round
* Potenza, Palermo and Venezia qualify after drawing of lots.


1965–66 Coupe de France
The Coupe de France's results of the 1965–66 season. RC Strasbourg won the final played on May 22, 1966, beating FC Nantes.


1965–66 Cuban National Series
The fifth season of the Cuban National Series saw two simultaneous expansions: in the number of teams and the number of games played. Two new teams, Henequeneros and Centrales, were formed, and the schedule was nearly doubled, from 39 games per team to 65.


1965–66 Cuban National Series
Industriales, after two years of dominating the standings, came back to the pack, as Orientales and the new Henequeneros squad, were within three games of winning the title. However, the Lions were able to win their fourth straight series.


1965–66 Cupa României
The 1965–66 Cupa României was the 28th edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition.


1965–66 Cupa României
The title was won by Steaua București against UTA Arad.


1965–66 Cupa României, Format
In the first round proper, two pots were made, first pot with Divizia A teams and other teams till 16 and the second pot with the rest of teams qualified in this phase. Each tie is played as a single leg.


1965–66 Cupa României, Format
First round proper matches are played on the ground of the lowest ranked team, then from the second round proper the matches are played on a neutral location.


1965–66 Cupa României, Format
In the first round proper, if a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the game goes in extra time, and if the scored is still tight after 120 minutes, the team who played away will qualify.


1965–66 Cupa României, Format
From the second round proper, if a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the game goes in extra time, and if the scored is still tight after 120 minutes, then the younger team (the lower average of players age) will qualify.


1965–66 Cupa României, Format
From the first edition, the teams from Divizia A entered in competition in sixteen finals, rule which remained till today.


1965–66 Cypriot Cup
The 1965–66 Cypriot Cup was the 24th edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 13 clubs entered the competition. It began with the first round on 4 June 1966 and concluded on 29 June 1966 with the final which was held at GSP Stadium (1902). Apollon won their 1st Cypriot Cup trophy after beating Nea Salamis 4–2 in the final.


1965–66 Cypriot First Division
Statistics of the Cypriot First Division for the 1965–66 season.


1965–66 Cypriot First Division, Overview
It was contested by 11 teams, and AC Omonia won the championship.


1965–66 Cypriot Second Division
The 1965–66 Cypriot Second Division was the 11th season of the Cypriot second-level football league. APOP Paphos won their 1st title.


1965–66 Cypriot Second Division, Format
Eleven teams participated in the 1965–66 Cypriot Second Division. The league was split to two geographical groups, depending from Districts of Cyprus each participated team came from. All teams of a group played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season crowned group champions. The winners of each group were playing against each other in the final phase of the competition and the winner were the champions of the Second Division. The champions was promoted to 1966–67 Cypriot First Division.


1965–66 Czechoslovak Extraliga season
The 1965–66 Czechoslovak Extraliga season was the 23rd season of the Czechoslovak Extraliga, the top level of ice hockey in Czechoslovakia. 10 teams participated in the league, and ZKL Brno won the championship.


1965–66 Czechoslovak First League, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and Dukla Prague won the championship. Ladislav Michalík was the league's top scorer with 15 goals. The match between Sparta Prague and Slavia Prague had an attendance of 50,105 - setting a league record.


1965–66 DDR-Oberliga
The 1965–66 DDR-Oberliga was the 17th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.


1965–66 DDR-Oberliga
The league was contested by fourteen teams. National People's Army club FC Vorwärts Berlin won the championship, the club's fifth of six national East German championships all up.


1965–66 DDR-Oberliga
Henning Frenzel of 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig was the league's top scorer with 22 goals, while Jürgen Nöldner of FC Vorwärts Berlin won the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.


1965–66 DDR-Oberliga
On the strength of the 1965–66 title Vorwärts qualified for the 1966–67 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Górnik Zabrze in the first round. Seventh-placed club BSG Chemie Leipzig qualified for the 1966–67 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winner and was knocked out by Standard Liège in the second round. Third-placed 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig qualified for the 1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup where it was knocked out in the quarter finals by Kilmarnock F.C..


1965–66 DDR-Oberliga
In December 1965 and January 1966 East German football saw a major restructuring with the introduction of football clubs (FC) as separate entities from the sports clubs (SC). With one exception, this only affected clubs playing in the DDR-Oberliga at the time.


1965–66 DDR-Oberliga
As a result of the restructuring, ASK Vorwärts Berlin became FC Vorwärts Berlin, SC Motor Jena became FC Carl Zeiss Jena, SC Leipzig became 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig, SC Empor Rostock became FC Hansa Rostock, SC Karl-Marx-Stadt became FC Karl-Marx-Stadt, SC Dynamo Berlin became Berliner FC Dynamo, SC Chemie Halle became Hallescher FC Chemie, SC Turbine Erfurt became FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt and SC Aufbau Magdeburg became SC Magdeburg and then 1. FC Magdeburg. Outside the DDR-Oberliga, TSC Berlin became 1. FC Union Berlin. TSC Berlin was only playing in the second tier DDR-Liga at the time. Hower, 1. FC Union Berlin finished the 1965-66 DDR-Liga Nord on first place and was promoted to the 1966-67 DDR-Oberliga. With the exception of FC Vorwärts Berlin, all football clubs retained their name until the disbanding of the Oberliga in 1991 and, in some cases, beyond that.


1965–66 DDR-Oberliga, Table
The 1965–66 season saw two newly promoted clubs, Hallescher FC Chemie and FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt.


1965–66 DDR-Oberliga (ice hockey) season
The 1965–66 DDR-Oberliga season was the 18th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the top level of ice hockey in East Germany. Eight teams participated in the league, and SC Dynamo Berlin won the championship.


1965–66 DFB-Pokal
The 1965–66 DFB-Pokal was the 23rd season of the annual German football cup competition. It began on 22 January 1966 and ended on 4 June 1966. 32 teams competed in the tournament of five rounds. In the final Bayern Munich defeated Meidericher SV 4–2.


1965–66 Danish 1. division season
The 1965–66 Danish 1. division season was the ninth season of ice hockey in Denmark. Seven teams participated in the league, and KSF Copenhagen won the championship.


1965–66 Detroit Pistons season
Following are the results of the 1965–66 season of the Detroit Pistons, the franchise of the National Basketball Association based in Detroit, Michigan. The 1965-66 NBA season was the Pistons' 18th season in the NBA and its ninth season in the city of Detroit.


1965–66 Detroit Red Wings season
The 1965–66 Detroit Red Wings season saw the Red Wings finish in fourth place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 31 wins, 27 losses, and 12 ties for 74 points. They defeated the Chicago Black Hawks in six games in the semi-finals before falling to the Montreal Canadiens in the Stanley Cup Final, also in six games. The Red Wings would not appear in the Final again until the 1995 Final.


1965–66 Detroit Red Wings season, Player statistics, Playoffs
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average;  SO = Shutouts;


1965–66 Detroit Red Wings season, Draft picks
Detroit's draft picks at the 1965 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.


1965–66 Divizia A
The 1965–66 Divizia A was the forty-eighth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.


1965–66 Divizia A, Champion squad
Goalkeepers: Mihai Ionescu (26 / 0); Vasile Sfetcu (5 / 0). Defenders: Gheorghe Pahonțu (26 / 0); Alexandru Boc (26 / 1); Gheorghe Florea (26 / 0); Mihai Mocanu (26 / 0). Midfielders:  Eduard Juhasz (23 / 2); Petre Dragomir (26 / 2); Dumitru Munteanu (3 / 0); Viorel Stoicescu (1 / 0). Forwards: Emil Frățilă (8 / 4); Ioan Drăgan (8 / 1); Octavian Dincuță (6 / 0); Mircea Dridea (25 / 11); Alexandru Badea (23 / 11); Constantin Moldoveanu (24 / 8); Virgil Dridea (18 / 6); Ion Crișan (4 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)


1965–66 Divizia B
The 1965–66 Divizia B was the 26th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.


1965–66 Divizia B
The format has been maintained to two series, each of them having 14 teams. At the end of the season the winners of the series promoted to Divizia A and the last two places from each series relegated to Divizia C.


1965–66 Divizia B, Team changes, Other teams
Știința Galați gave away its place in the Divizia B to newly founded Oțelul Galați.


1965–66 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
The 1965–66 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel Institute of Technology during the 1965–66 men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 14th year head coach Samuel Cozen, played their home games at Sayre High School and were members of the College–Southern division of the Middle Atlantic Conferences (MAC).


1965–66 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
The team finished the regular season 19–1, and finished in 1st place in the MAC in the regular season.


1965–66 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
The 1965–66 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University in the 1965–66 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Vic Bubas and the team finished the season with an overall record of 26–4.


1965–66 Duleep Trophy
The 1965–66 Duleep Trophy was the fifth season of the Duleep Trophy, a first-class cricket tournament contested by five zonal teams of India: Central Zone, East Zone, North Zone, South Zone and West Zone.


1965–66 Duleep Trophy
South Zone won the title, defeating Central Zone in the final.


1965–66 Dumbarton F.C. season
The 1965–66 season was the 82nd football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. In addition Dumbarton competed in the Stirlingshire Cup.


1965–66 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish Second Division
An uncharacteristically successful start to the league season, with only one defeat in the first ten games, saw Dumbarton at the top of the league at the end of October, and even with a winless 'blip' in November, another string of five wins on the trot followed, meaning that hopes were still high in February for that illusive promotion place. However, only 3 wins were taken from the final 16 games, and Dumbarton finished in a disappointing 12th place, with 35 points, 18 behind champions Ayr United.


1965–66 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish League Cup
In the League Cup, Dumbarton maintained a 100% record at home in their sectional ties, but the three away defeats ensured no further progress to the knock out stages.


1965–66 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish Cup
In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton required to fight through two preliminary rounds, before disposing of Montrose and then Queen of the South. Aberdeen however were too tough a 'nut to crack' in the third round.


1965–66 Dumbarton F.C. season, Stirlingshire Cup
Locally, Dumbarton were unlucky in their attempt to retain the Stirlingshire Cup. A first round replay win over Division 1 opponents Falkirk was followed by a draw in the semi final against Alloa Athletic. However the tie was decided by the toss of a coin - which Dumbarton lost.


1965–66 Dumbarton F.C. season, Player statistics, Transfers
Amongst those players joining and leaving the club were the following


1965–66 Dundee F.C. season
The 1965–66 season was the 64th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where the club would finish in 9th place. Domestically, Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they would be knocked out in the group stages of the League Cup, and by Celtic in the 2nd round of the Scottish Cup.


1965–66 Dundee United F.C. season
The 1965–66 season was the 57th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1965 to 30 June 1966. United finished in fifth place in the First Division.


1965–66 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results
Dundee United played a total of 43 competitive matches during the 1965–66 season.


1965–66 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results, Legend
All results are written with Dundee United's score first. Own goals in italics


1965–66 Eerste Divisie
The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1965–66 season was contested by 15 teams, one less than in the previous year. This was due to the merger of Enschedese Boys with eredivisie-club SC Enschede, to form FC Twente. Sittardia won the championship.


1965–66 Eerste Divisie, League standings
Due to the expansion of the eredivisie to eighteen teams, and the expansion of this division to twenty teams next year, more teams were promoted and only one team relegated this year.


1965–66 Egyptian Premier League
The 1965–66 Egyptian Premier League, was the 16th season of the Egyptian Premier League, the top Egyptian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. The season started on 1 October 1965 and concluded on 10 May 1966. Olympic Club managed to win the league for the first time in the club's history.


1965–66 Egyptian Premier League, League table
(C)= Champion, (R)= Relegated, Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; ± = Goal difference; Pts = Points.


1965–66 Egyptian Premier League, League table
El Qanah were relegated, and 2nd round results were cancelled after withdrawal in their last match.


1965–66 Ekstraklasa, Overview
14 teams competed in the 1965-66 season with Górnik Zabrze winning the championship.


1965–66 Eredivisie
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1965–66 season was contested by 16 teams. Ajax won the championship. Only one team relegated this year, because next year, the number of participants would be 18 again.


1965–66 Eredivisie, Teams
A total of 16 teams are taking part in the league.


1965–66 Eredivisie (ice hockey) season
The 1965–66 Eredivisie season was the sixth season of the Eredivisie, the top level of ice hockey in the Netherlands. Five teams participated in the league, and HYS Den Haag won the championship.


1965–66 European Cup
The 1965–66 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by Real Madrid, winners of the first five European Cups from 1956 to 1960, for the sixth time in a close final against Partizan. Real Madrid eliminated title-holders Internazionale in the semi-finals.


1965–66 European Cup, Preliminary round
Note: Starting in the 1963–64 tournament, only the title holder, Internazionale, joined directly in the first round. It was the only team Italy entered, while Cyprus re-entered its champion thus keeping the number of participants at 31.


1965–66 European Cup, Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1965–66 European Cup (including preliminary round) are as follows:


1965–66 European Cup (handball)
The 1965–66 European Cup was the seventh edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament.


1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup
The 1965–66 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup club football tournament was won by Borussia Dortmund in an extra-time final victory at Hampden Park against Liverpool. This edition of the European Cup Winners' Cup was the first competition in history to apply the away goals rule. For the first time, Soviet clubs entered the European arena.


1965–66 Everton F.C. season
During the 1965–66 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.


1965–66 Everton F.C. season, Final League Table
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points


1965–66 FA Cup
The 1965–66 FA Cup was the 85th staging of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Everton won the competition for the third time, beating Sheffield Wednesday 3–2 in the final at Wembley.


1965–66 FA Cup
Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. Some matches, however, might be rescheduled for other days if there were clashes with games for other competitions or the weather was inclement. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played.


1965–66 FA Cup, Results, First Round Proper
At this stage clubs from the Football League Third and Fourth Divisions joined those non-league clubs having come through the qualifying rounds. Matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 13 November 1965. Seven were drawn and went to replays two, four or five days later.


1965–66 FA Cup, Results, Second Round
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 4 December 1965. Four matches were drawn, with replays taking place later the same week. The Rochdale–Altrincham game was played midweek on 8 December, however.


1965–66 FA Cup, Results, Third Round
The 44 First and Second Division clubs entered the competition at this stage. The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 22 January 1966. Six matches were drawn and went to replays.


1965–66 FA Cup, Results, Fourth Round
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 12 February 1966. Five matches were drawn and went to replays. The replays were all played two, three or four days later. The Shrewsbury Town–Carlisle United match went to a second replay on 21 February.


1965–66 FA Cup, Results, Fifth Round
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 5 March 1966. Two games required replays on the following Wednesday.


1965–66 FA Cup, Results, Sixth Round
The four quarter-final ties were scheduled to be played on 26 March 1966. Three of the four matches went to replays and the Manchester City–Everton game required a second replay to settle the tie.


1965–66 FA Cup, Results, Semi-finals
The semi-final matches were played on Saturday, 23 April 1966 with no replays required. Everton and Sheffield Wednesday came through the semi final round to meet at Wembley.


1965–66 FA Cup, Results, Final
The 1966 FA Cup Final was contested by Sheffield Wednesday and Everton at Wembley on Saturday 14 May 1966. Everton were looking to become the first team since Sheffield United won in 1902 to win the cup without conceding a goal, while Sheffield Wednesday were the first Yorkshire side to reach Wembley since Huddersfield Town in 1938. The match finished 3–2 to Everton.


1965–66 FA Cup qualifying rounds
The FA Cup 1965–66 is the 85th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition; The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short. The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down the English football league system meant that the competition started with a number of preliminary and qualifying rounds. The 30 victorious teams from the Fourth Round Qualifying progressed to the First Round Proper.


1965–66 FA Cup qualifying rounds, 1965–66 FA Cup
See 1965-66 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the First Round Proper onwards.


1965–66 FC Basel season
The 1965–66 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 72nd season in their existence. It was their 20th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football after their promotion in the 1945–46 season. They played their home games either in the traditional stadium Landhof or in their new venue the St. Jakob Stadium. Lucien Schmidlin was club chairman for the fourth consecutive year.


1965–66 FC Basel season, Overview, Pre-season
To the beginning of the season Helmut Benthaus transferred in from 1. FC Köln and became player-coach. He replaced Jiří Sobotka as team manager, who went on to manage the Swiss national team. Benthaus was a graduate of the German Sport University Cologne and an experienced player trainer. Two seasons earlier Benthaus had won the 1963–64 Bundesliga as player-manager with Köln. Benthaus used his first season with Basel to observe, feel and classify. One of the biggest changes that he made, with the agreement of the board of directors, was introduce semi-profesionalism.


1965–66 FC Basel season, Overview, Pre-season
There were only a few minor changes to the squad, Rade Ognjanović transferred to Grenchen and Heinz Sartor transferred  to Offenburger FV. Three players stepped back from Nationalliga A football, Carlo Porlezza, Mario Grava and Fernando Von Krannichfeldt went to play for the reserve team. As replacements three youngsters came from the youth team and three more from the reserve team.