1971 VFL season, Premiership season
In 1971, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances.


1971 VFL season, Premiership season
Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 22 rounds; matches 12 to 22 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 11.


1971 VFL season, Premiership season
Once the 22 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1971 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the Page–McIntyre system.


1971 VFL season, Consolation Night Series Competition
The consolation night series were held under the floodlights at Lake Oval, South Melbourne, for the teams (5th to 12th on ladder) out of the finals at the end of the home and away rounds.


1971 VII FIBA International Christmas Tournament
The 1971 VII FIBA International Christmas Tournament "Trofeo Raimundo Saporta" was the 7th edition of the FIBA International Christmas Tournament. It took place at Sports City of Real Madrid Pavilion, Madrid, Spain, on 24, 25 and 26 December 1971 with the participations of Real Madrid (champions of the 1970–71 Liga Española de Baloncesto), North Carolina Tar Heels, Juventud Schweppes (runners-up of the 1970–71 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto) and Unión Española.


1971 Valley State Matadors football team
The 1971 Valley State Matadors football team represented Valley State during the 1971 NCAA College Division football season.


1971 Valley State Matadors football team
Valley State competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The 1971 Matadors were led by first-year head coach Rod Humenuik. They played home games at the new campus stadium at North Campus Stadium in Northridge, California. Valley State finished the season with a record of four wins and seven losses (4–7, 1–2 CCAA).


1971 Valley State Matadors football team, Team players in the NFL
The following Valley State players were selected in the 1972 NFL Draft.


1971 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
The 1971 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. The Commodores were led by head coach Bill Pace in his fifth season and finished the season with a record of four wins, six losses and one tie (4–6–1 overall, 1–5 in the SEC).


1971 Venezuelan Primera División season
The 1971 season of the Venezuelan Primera División, the top category of Venezuelan football, was played by 8 teams. The national champions were Valencia.


1971 Vermont Catamounts football team
The 1971 Vermont Catamounts football team was an American football team that represented  the University of Vermont in the Yankee Conference during the 1971 NCAA College Division football season. In their second year under head coach Joe Scannella, the team compiled a 2–7 record.


1971 Villanova Wildcats football team
The 1971 Villanova Wildcats football team represented the Villanova University during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. The head coach was Lou Ferry, coaching his second season with the Wildcats. The team played their home games at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania.


1971 Virginia Cavaliers football team
The 1971 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. The Cavaliers were led by first-year head coach Don Lawrence and played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing tied for third.


1971 Virginia Senate election
The 1971 Virginia Senate elections were held on November 2, 1971, alongside the Virginia House of Delegates election. All 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia were up for election.


1971 Virginia Slims Clay Court Championships
The Virginia Slims Clay Court Championships, also known as the Virginia Slims of Chicago,  was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Lake Bluff Bath & Tennis Club in Chicago, Illinois in the United States that was part of the 1971 WT Pro Tour. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from August 19 through August 22, 1971. Third-seeded Françoise Dürr won the singles title and earned $4,100 first-prize money.


1971 Virginia Slims Clay Court Championships, Finals, Doubles
Judy Dalton /  Françoise Dürr defeated  Rosemary Casals /  Billie Jean King 6–4, 7–6


1971 Virginia Slims Grass Court Championships
The 1971 Virginia Slims Grass Court Championships, also known as the Virginia Slims of Newport, was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Island in the United States that was part of the 1971 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from August 24 through August 29, 1971. Fourth-seeded Kerry Melville won the singles title and earned $4,400 first-prize money. It is the only women's tournament to date where the singles title was decided by a sudden death nine point tiebreak.


1971 Virginia Slims Grass Court Championships, Finals, Doubles
Judy Dalton /  Françoise Dürr defeated  Kerry Harris /  Kerry Melville 6–2, 6–1


1971 Virginia Slims International
The 1971 Virginia Slims International was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Hofheinz Pavilion in Houston, Texas in the United States that was part of the 1971 Women's Pro Tour. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from August 2 through August 8, 1971. First-seeded Billie Jean King won the singles title and earned $10,000 first-prize money.


1971 Virginia Slims International, Finals, Doubles
Rosemary Casals /  Billie Jean King defeated  Judy Dalton /  Françoise Dürr 6–3, 1–6, 6–4


1971 Virginia Slims Invitational of New York
The 1971 Virginia Slims Invitational of New York was a women's tennis tournament that took place at the 34th Street Armory in New York in the United States. It was part of the 1971 Virginia Slims Circuit and was held from March 24 through March 27, 1971. Second-seeded Rosie Casals won the tournament and earned $5,000 first-prize money.


1971 Virginia Slims Masters
The 1971 Virginia Slims Masters was a women's singles tennis tournament played on outdoor clay court at the Bartlett Park Tennis Center in St. Petersburg, Florida in the United States. The event was part of the 1971 WT Woman's Pro Tour. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from April 5 through April 11, 1971. Chris Evert won the singles title but was not entitled to the $2,000 first-prize money due to her amateur status.


1971 Virginia Slims Masters, Finals, Doubles
Françoise Dürr /  Ann Haydon-Jones defeated  Judy Tegart Dalton /  Julie Heldman 7–6, 3–6, 6–3


1971 Virginia Slims National Indoors
The 1971 Virginia Slims National Indoors, also known as the Virginia Slims of Boston,  was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Winchester Indoor Tennis Center in Winchester, Massachusetts in the United States that was part of the 1971 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the 64th edition of the tournament and was held from February 26 through March 1, 1971. First-seeded Billie Jean King won the singles title after a win in the final against Rosie Casals and earned $2,500 first-prize money.


1971 Virginia Slims National Indoors, Finals, Doubles
Rosie Casals /  Billie Jean King defeated  Françoise Dürr /  Ann Jones 6–4, 7–5


1971 Virginia Slims of Milwaukee
The Virginia Slims of Milwaukee was a women's tennis tournament that took place in Milwaukee, United States and was the only time that a professional tennis tournament took place in Milwaukee and was part of the 1971 Virginia Slims Circuit. The event took place from January 21 to 24, 1971 and saw Billie Jean King take out the singles and doubles with partner Rosie Casals.


1971 Virginia Slims of Milwaukee, Finals, Doubles
Billie Jean King /  Rosie Casals defeated  Françoise Dürr /  Ann Jones 6–3, 1–6, 6–2


1971 Virginia Slims of Oklahoma City
The 1971 Virginia Slims of Oklahoma City was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Frederickson Field House Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in the United States that was part of the 1971 WT Pro Tour. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from January 29 through February 1, 1971. First-seeded Billie Jean King won the singles title and earned $2,500 first-prize money.


1971 Virginia Slims of Oklahoma City, Finals, Doubles
Rosie Casals /  Billie Jean King defeated  Mary-Ann Eisel /  Valerie Ziegenfuss 6–7, 6–0, 7–5


1971 Virginia Slims of San Diego
The 1971 Virginia Slims of San Diego was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Morley Field Sports Complex in San Diego, California in the United States that was part of the 1971 Women's Tennis Circuit. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from April 22 through April 25, 1971. First-seeded Billie Jean King won the singles title and earned $2,5000 first-prize money.


1971 Virginia Slims of San Diego, Finals, Doubles
Rosie Casals /  Billie Jean King defeated  Françoise Dürr /  Judy Tegart Dalton 6–7, 6–2, 6–3


1971 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team
The 1971 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the 1971 NCAA University Division football season.


1971 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team, Players
The following players were members of the 1971 football team according to the roster published in the 1972 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.


1971 Volta a Catalunya
The 1971 Volta a Catalunya was the 51st edition of the Volta a Catalunya cycle race and was held from 14 to 19 September 1971. The race started in Calafell and finished in Badalona. The race was won by Luis Ocaña of the Bic team.


1971 Volunteer 500
The 1971 Volunteer 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on July 11, 1971, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee.


1971 Volunteer 500
The race car drivers still had to commute to the races using the same stock cars that competed in a typical weekend's race through a policy of homologation (and under their own power). This policy was in effect until roughly 1975. By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power anymore.


1971 Volunteer 500, Race report
Thirty American-born drivers competed for 500 laps in a race lasting more than two and a half hours. More than 20,000 people would see Charlie Glotzbach beat Bobby Allison to the checkered line by more than three laps through replacement driver Raymond "Friday" Hassler. He would replace Glotzbach for a few stints of the race as a relief driver because of the immense heat and humidity. Johnny Allen and Jack Smith would do the same thing earlier in 1961; while Fred Lorenzen and Ned Jarrett did it in 1963.


1971 Volunteer 500, Race report
Since Glotzbach qualified for this race, he received credit for what would become his final win in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. This race was completely clean with no yellow or red flags given out by NASCAR authorities. While the lead was exchanged seven different times in the race, the average speed of the race was clocked at a mere 101.074 miles per hour (162.663 km/h). As of 2011, this record-setting pace is still seen as a respectably fast speed for Bristol Motor Speedway.


1971 Volunteer 500, Race report
Chevrolet started to regain their respectability as a fast and reliable vehicle manufacturer after partaking in their first victory since the 1967 Grand National Series season. NASCAR historians would later recognize this win as the first win for the Chevrolet Monte Carlo. In future races, NASCAR would start to manipulate the races so that there would be no caution-free races. The last race to be done in the NASCAR Cup Series without a caution was at the 2002 EA Sports 500 which took place at Talladega Superspeedway. Dale Earnhardt Jr. would go on to win that race.


1971 Volunteer 500, Race report
Notable crew chiefs at the race were Junie Donlavey, Dale Inman, Vic Ballard, and Lee Gordon.


1971 Volunteer 500, Race report
Raymond Williams and Dick May would quit the race for reasons unknown. Bill Shirey acquired the last-place finish due to an ignition problem on lap 5. Richard D. Brown noticed that his vehicle's transmission stopped working on lap 15. Wayne Smith crashed his vehicle on lap 18 while Ed Negre fell out with engine failure on lap 40. G.C. Spencer would no longer have a working engine on lap 59. Bill Seifert managed to overheat his vehicle on lap 63. Paul Tyler lost the rear end of his vehicle on lap 70. Friday Hassler lost the wheel bearings on his vehicle on lap 103 while vehicular vibration problems forced Ken Meisenhelder out of the race on lap 131.


1971 Volunteer 500, Race report
A problematic lug bolt sent Dean Dalton out of the race on lap 167. Earl Brooks lost the rear end of his vehicle on lap 168. A faulty spindle eliminated Ron Keselowski out of the race on lap 263 while lug bolt issues sent Bill Dennis out of the race on lap 328. Coo Coo Marlin was the last DNF of the race; having to bow out of the race due to an overheating vehicle on lap 369. The closest battle on the track at the checkered flag was between Jabe Thomas and Walter Ballard for 10th and 11th, 55 laps down.


1971 Volunteer 500, Race report
Richard Petty had the privilege of earning the pole position with a top speed of 104.589 miles per hour (168.320 km/h) in qualifying. Drivers that failed to qualify for this race were: Richard Childress, D.K. Ulrich, Bill Dennis, and Frank Warren. The amount of money in the racing purse was $26,970 ($170,263.36 when adjusted for inflation).


1971 Vuelta a España
The 26th Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 29 April to 16 May 1971. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 2,892 km (1,797 mi), and was won by Ferdinand Bracke of the Peugeot cycling team. Joop Zoetemelk won the mountains classification while Cyrille Guimard won the points classification.


1971 Vuelta a España
After the final stage, Wim Schepers was ranked in second place, 19 seconds behind Bracke, but he was given a ten-minute time penalty for a doping offence, and dropped to 15th.


1971 WANFL season
The 1971 WANFL season was the 87th season of the various incarnations of the Western Australian National Football League, and the forty-first (including three wartime under-age seasons) under that moniker.


1971 WANFL season
Following half a decade dominated with the exception of two challenges from South Fremantle by the three Perth clubs and Austin Robertson's goalkicking, 1971 saw a changing of the guard, with Perth, in Mal Atwell’s last season as coach, dropping to second from bottom owing to the weakness of their forward line, and Subiaco also fell out of the four after an off-season disrupted by efforts to thwart potential clearances of goal machine Robertson, half-forward George Young, and promising young players Stephen Heal and Peter Featherby.


1971 WANFL season
After a promising season in 1970 and the acquisition of Colin Tully from Collingwood, John Evans from St. Kilda and 30-possession-per-game rover Ross Parker from VFA club Prahran, Claremont became early favourites for the flag. The Tigers faltered later on however, and despite playing finals for only the fourth time since 1942 and the first since 1965, were regarded as disappointing.


1971 WANFL season
East Perth, despite a noticeable roving weakness owing to the injury-related retirement of Keith Doncon, won fifteen of seventeen matches but failed in the Grand Final before rivals West Perth, who after a disappointing 1970 returned to second position and sent champion ruckman “Polly” Farmer out on a high note with his sixth senior premiership and second as their captain-coach. More significantly, East Fremantle, after four disastrous seasons, reached the preliminary final under the coaching of future Hawthorn premiership mentor Alan Joyce and nearly overcame the Cardinals in a heart-stopping preliminary.


1971 WANFL season
Although the season did not quite reach the previous season's record average score of 100.76 points per team per game, it did see a record-high losing score and the highest score and greatest winning margin for over a decade.


1971 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 9 (Foundation Day)
East Perth snatch a win after an all-day thriller with seventeen seconds remaining in front of a record Claremont Oval crowd, following what critics regarded as the finest match of the season.


1971 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 11
Subiaco, after many selection controversies – notably dropping George Young and Keith Watt to the reserves – produce their best performance of 1971 with three quarters of masterful teamwork.


1971 WANFL season, Finals, First semi-final
With regular full-back Neil Dedman kicking seven goals at full-forward, East Fremantle overrun favourites Claremont in the second half, as the Tigers’ expected ruck and key forward superiority is never observed.


1971 WANFL season, Finals, Second semi-final
With winds gusting to 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) and heavy, squalling rain, the move of Eddie Pitter onto the field and of Bygraves to full-forward drives East Perth to a fourth victory over the Cardinals for 1971, after West Perth looked safe at half-time.


1971 WANFL season, Finals, Grand Final
In champion ruckman “Polly” Farmer’s farewell after 356 senior matches, West Perth’s runners dominate over the favoured Royals, who suffer their seventh consecutive loss in grand finals, leading to severe questioning of the Royals’ mental toughness.


1971 WANFL season, Notes
Had Perth won, the last-round match at Claremont Oval would have determined fourth position. George Doig (in 1934 to 1937, 1940 and 1941) and Bernie Naylor (in 1946 to 1948 and 1952 to 1954) previously held the record with six.


1971 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1971 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 12th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 12 and March 20, 1971. All East Regional games were played at the Dane County Coliseum in Madison, Wisconsin while West Regional games were held at the DU Arena in Denver, Colorado. By winning the regional tournaments, both the East Regional Champion†, Minnesota, and West Regional Champion‡, Denver, were invited to participate in the 1971 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1971 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The top eight teams in the WCHA, according to their final conference standings, were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 8. The eight teams were then divided into two separate groups by placing all even-numbered seeds in one group (2, 4, 6, 8) and the odd-numbered seeds (1, 3, 5, 7) in the other group.


1971 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
Using the location of the top seeds in each of the groups, the odd-numbered group (containing Michigan Tech) was placed in the east region which was held at the Dane County Coliseum while the odd-numbered grouping (containing Denver) was placed in the west region which was held at the DU Arena. Once each regional group was set the teams were reseeded No. 1 to No. 4 according to their final conference standings. In the first round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds in each region were matched in a single game with the winners advancing to their regional final games. The winners of the two championship games were declared as co-conference tournament champions.


1971 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PCT = Winning Percentage; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


1971 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
The 1971 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. In their third season under head coach Cal Stoll, the Demon Deacons compiled a 6–5 record and finished in a tie for third place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.


1971 Walker Cup
The 1971 Walker Cup, the 23rd Walker Cup Match, was played on 26 and 27 May 1971, on the Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland. The event was won by Great Britain & Ireland 13 to 11, their first win in the event since 1938.


1971 Walker Cup
Although Great Britain and Ireland won all the first morning foursomes, the United States won six of the eight singles and held a one point lead after the first day. The United States lead increased to two points after the second day foursomes. However Great Britain and Ireland won six of the eight singles matches to win the Walker Cup for the first time since World War II.


1971 Walker Cup, Format
The format for play on Wednesday and Thursday was the same. There were four matches of foursomes in the morning and eight singles matches in the afternoon. In all, 24 matches were played.


1971 Walker Cup, Format
Each of the 24 matches was worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match was all square after the 18th hole extra holes were not played. Rather, each side earned ½ a point toward their team total. The team that accumulated at least 12½ points won the competition. If the two teams were tied, the previous winner would retain the trophy.


1971 Walker Cup, Teams
Ten players for the United States and Great Britain & Ireland participated in the event. Great Britain & Ireland had a playing captain, while the United States had a non-playing captain.


1971 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election
The 1971 Waltham Forest Council election took place on 13 May 1971 to elect members of Waltham Forest London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council.


1971 Wandsworth London Borough Council election
The 1971 Wandsworth Council election took place on 13 May 1971 to elect members of Wandsworth London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council.


1971 Washington Darts season
The 1971 Washington Darts season was the second season of the team in the North American Soccer League, and the club's fifth season in professional soccer. This year, the team finished in third place of the Southern Division and did not qualify for the playoffs. At the end of the year, the club folded the team and moved to Miami, fielding a new team known as the Miami Gatos for the 1972 season.


1971 Washington Darts season, Competitions, NASL regular season
W = Wins, L = Losses, T= Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PT= point system


1971 Washington Darts season, Competitions, NASL regular season
6 points for a win, 3 points for a tie,0 points for a loss,1 point for each goal scored up to three per game.


1971 Washington Huskies football team
The 1971 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. In its 15th season under head coach Jim Owens, the team compiled an 8–3 record (4–3 in the Pacific-8 Conference, tied for third), and outscored its opponents 357 to 188.


1971 Washington Huskies football team
Washington opened with four non-conference wins, and junior quarterback Sonny Sixkiller was featured in a Sports Illustrated cover story. They lost the Pac-8 opener to defending champion Stanford in Seattle, then at border rival Oregon by two points, as a short field goal attempt in the last minute missed wide right.


1971 Washington Huskies football team
After rebounding with three wins to improve to 7–2, the season ended with two home games. USC won by one point for UW's third loss; in the Apple Cup, the Huskies notched a third consecutive win over Washington State.


1971 Washington Huskies football team
The Pac-8 did not allow a second bowl team until the 1975 season; the Huskies climbed to #19 in the final AP poll in January.


1971 Washington Huskies football team, NFL Draft selections
One University of Washington Husky was selected in the 1972 NFL Draft, which lasted seventeen rounds with 442 selections.


1971 Washington Redskins season
The 1971 Washington Redskins season was the team's 40th in the National Football League, and its 35th in Washington, D.C. The Redskins were led by first-year head coach George Allen, who had been the head coach of the Los Angeles Rams for the previous five seasons.


1971 Washington Redskins season
Coming into the 1971 season, the team had not made the postseason in 26 years. The Redskins had had only four winning seasons since their last playoff berth in 1945, the most recent a 7–5–2 campaign in 1969 under Vince Lombardi, who died of colon cancer in September 1970.


1971 Washington Redskins season
Allen was Washington's fourth head coach in as many seasons. Lombardi succeeded Otto Graham, and assistant Bill Austin took over when Lombardi fell mortally ill in the summer of 1970, and posted a 6–8 record.


1971 Washington Redskins season
Despite a broken left ankle suffered by leading receiver Charley Taylor in a Week 6 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs that forced him to miss the remainder of the season, the Redskins went 9–4–1, good for second place in the NFC East. They earned a wild card berth, but lost in the opening divisional round at San Francisco, 24–20.


1971 Washington Redskins season, Postseason, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1971 Washington Redskins season, Postseason, Richard Nixon play
There was a rumor that President Richard Nixon called a key play that caused the Redskins to lose to the 49ers in the divisional round of the playoffs. Nixon, a friend of George Allen, once attended a practice game where he tried the same play to much better results.


1971 Washington Senators season
The 1971 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 63 wins and 96 losses (.396). This was the Senators' eleventh and last season in Washington, D.C.; they moved to Arlington, Texas, and became the Texas Rangers in 1972. The previous Senators (now Minnesota Twins) were in Washington from 1901 through 1960.


1971 Washington Senators season
The move to Texas left Washington without a Major League Baseball team for 33 seasons, until the Montreal Expos of the National League relocated there in 2005 and became the current Washington Nationals.


1971 Washington Senators season, Regular season
The acquisition of former Cy Young Award winner Denny McLain did not pay dividends for the franchise. Amid constant run-ins with no-nonsense Washington manager Ted Williams, McLain lost 22 games in 1971.


1971 Washington Senators season, Regular season, Relocation to Texas
By the end of the 1970 season, Senators owner Bob Short had issued an ultimatum: unless someone was willing to buy the Senators for $12 million, he would not renew his lease at RFK Stadium and move elsewhere. Several parties offered to buy the team, but all fell short of Short's asking price.


1971 Washington Senators season, Regular season, Relocation to Texas
Short was especially receptive to an offer from Arlington mayor Tom Vandergriff, who had been trying to get a major league team to play in the Metroplex for over a decade. Years earlier, Charlie Finley, the owner of the Kansas City Athletics, sought to move his team to Dallas, but the idea was rebuffed by the other AL team owners.


1971 Washington Senators season, Regular season, Relocation to Texas
Arlington's hole card was Turnpike Stadium, a 10,000-seat park which opened in 1965 to house the AA Dallas–Fort Worth Spurs of the Texas League. Built to major league specifications, it was located in a natural bowl, and only minor excavations were necessary to expand the park to major-league size.


1971 Washington Senators season, Regular season, Relocation to Texas
After Vandergriff offered a multimillion-dollar up-front payment, Short finally decided to pull up stakes and move. On September 20, 1971, he got his wish, receiving approval from AL owners to move the franchise to Arlington for the 1972 season.


1971 Washington Senators season, Regular season, Relocation to Texas
Washington fans were outraged, leaving public relations director Ted Rodgers with the unenviable task of putting a positive spin on such events as fans unfurling a giant banner that contained Short's name, preceded by a popular four-letter invective. A photo of the banner appeared on the front page of a DC newspaper the following day.


1971 Washington Senators season, Regular season, Relocation to Texas
Fan enmity came to a head in the team's last game in Washington, on September 30. Thousands of fans simply walked in without paying because the security guards left early in the game, swelling the paid attendance of 14,460 to around 25,000. The Senators led 7–5 with two outs in the top of the ninth. Just then, fans poured onto the field, thinking the final out had already been made. A teenager scooped up first base and ran away. With no security guards in sight, the game was forfeited to the Yankees, 9–0.


1971 Washington Senators season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1971 Washington Senators season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1971 Washington Senators season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1971 Washington Senators season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1971 Washington Senators season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1971 Washington Star International
The 1971 Washington Star International was a men's tennis tournament and was played on outdoor clay courts. The event was the third edition of the tournament and was part of both the 1971 Grand Prix circuit and 1971 World Championship Tennis circuit. It was held in Washington, D.C. from July 12 through July 18, 1971. Ken Rosewall won the singles title and earned a $10,000 first prize.


1971 Washington Star International, Finals, Doubles
Tom Okker /  Marty Riessen defeated  Bob Carmichael /  Ray Ruffels 7–6, 6–2


1971 Washington State Cougars football team
The 1971 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Jim Sweeney, they compiled a 4–7 record (2–5 in Pac-8, seventh), and were outscored 286 to 246.


1971 Washington State Cougars football team
The team's statistical leaders included junior quarterback Ty Payne with 1,206 passing yards, senior running back Bernard Jackson with 1,189 rushing yards, and wide receiver Ike Nelson with 349 receiving yards.


1971 Washington State Cougars football team
The Cougars defeated tenth-ranked Stanford, the defending and future Rose Bowl champions, in Palo Alto on October 23, but lost their third straight Apple Cup. Washington State did not play the Battle of the Palouse in 1971, and neighbor Idaho had their best season to date, winning eight consecutive games.


1971 Washington State Cougars football team
Due to the fire damage to Rogers Field in Pullman in April 1970, the Cougars played their entire home schedule eighty miles (130 km) north of campus at Joe Albi Stadium in Spokane in 1970 and 1971.


1971 Washington State Cougars football team, All-conference
Four Washington State seniors were named to the All-Pacific-8 team: halfback Bernard Jackson, guard Steve Busch, cornerback Ron Mims, and placekicker Don Sweet. Busch was a repeat selection.


1971 Wellington City mayoral election
The 1971 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1971, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government positions including fifteen city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.


1971 Wellington City mayoral election, Background
The election saw incumbent Mayor Sir Frank Kitts re-elected for a record equaling sixth term as Wellington's Mayor, defeating his main opponent, former New Zealand Farmers' Union chairman Alexander O'Shea. The Citizens' Association has difficulty in selecting its mayoral candidate with many speculating that it would not opt to contest the position, leading commentators to label them as "defeatist". Deputy mayor George Porter was approached to stand, but declined the nomination for "personal reasons", offering himself only for a council seat. Eventually O'Shea was chosen by the Citizens' Association executive over two other undisclosed aspirants.


1971 Wellington City mayoral election, Background
The election also saw a third electoral ticket emerge "Civic Reform", who would unsuccessfully challenge the two-ticket system that had dominated Wellington's local body politics since the 1930s. Civic Reform also contested the 1974 and 1977 local elections with even less success.


1971 Wellington City mayoral election, Background
The main talking point following the election was that the initial results showed that the Labour Party had won a majority on the council, the first time they had done so. However, following the counting of special votes the fifteenth highest (last successful) polling candidate, Labour's Joe Aspell, lost his seat to Citizens' candidate Ian Lawrence (a future Mayor) after a 23-vote lead became a 17-vote defeat thus leaving the state of parties at 8-7 in favour of the Citizens' Association.


1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1971. The assembly election was held alongside the 1971 Indian general election.


1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Parties and coalitions
Ahead of the 1971 election the map of party coalitions was redrawn. The United Front had split into two after the resignation of its Chief Minister. The United Left Front, also known as the Six-Party Coalition, was led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and included the Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Sudhindranath Kumar group), the Biplobi Bangla Congress, the Bolshevik Party of India (Nepal Bhattacharya group), the Workers Party of India and the Marxist Forward Bloc.


1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Parties and coalitions
The United Left Democratic Front, also known as the Eight-Party Coalition, was led by the Communist Party of India and included the All India Forward Bloc, the Socialist Unity Centre of India, the All India Gorkha League, the Bolshevik Party of India (Barada Mukutmoni group), the RCPI (Anadi Das group), the Samyukta Socialist Party and the Praja Socialist Party (Rebel). The ULDF failed to reach a seat-sharing agreement with the Bangla Congress, but managed to agree to some seat-sharings with the Congress(R).


1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Parties and coalitions
The Bangla Congress courted the Congress(R) for a seat-sharing alliance, but the Congress(R) rejected the offer. For Congress(R) the Bangla Congress was considered too close to Congress(O).


1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Violence
The electoral campaign was marred by violent incidents. The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) called for electoral boycott. The CPI(M) on the other hand saw the CPI(ML) as a pawn of Congress(R) to sabotage its chances of winning power in the state. Across the state CPI(M) and CPI(ML) confronted each other; CPI(M) claimed that the CPI(ML) had killed some 200 of its cadres.


1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Violence
Three candidates were killed during the electoral campaign; on February 17, 1971 Debdatta Mondal (Bangla Congress candidate in Ukhra) was killed, on February 20, 1971 the All India Forward Bloc leader and Shyampukur constituency candidate Hemanta Kumar Basu was killed in broad daylight and on March 5, 1971 Pijush Chandra Ghosh (Congress(O) candidate in Dum Dum) was killed. Elections were countermanded in these three constituencies, but in Shyampukur no election was held as Ajit Kumar Biswas (the candidate nominated by the Forward Bloc in lieu of Hemanta Kumar Basu) was killed as well.


1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Outcome
Following the election, the Congress(R), the Bangla Congress and the ULDF came to an agreement (albeit without the approval of SUCI), that Congress(R) and Bangla Congress would form a government and ULDF would support it from outside. Two ULDF affiliates, SSP and Gorkha League, joined the government.


1971 West Berlin state election
The election to the Berlin House of Representatives in 1971 took place on 14 March. The SPD experienced yet another change in leadership with the party choosing Governing Mayor Klaus Schütz as there lead candidate. The SPD in West Berlin had been led until 1966 by Willy Brandt before he had left to go to Bonn and enter politics on a national level. His successor was Heinrich Albertz, who resigned from his position amid considerable party squabbles relatively soon after taking it up. The opposition CDU meanwhile chose Peter Lorenz as there lead candidate.


1971 West Berlin state election
The SPD was able to win a fresh majority with 50.4% of votes of the vote. The CDU rose by 5.3 percentage points to 38.2% of the vote, which the FDP, former coalition partner of the SPD, increased by 1.3 percentage points to 8.4%. Klaus Schütz decided to form a majority SPD government, with the CDU and FDP going into opposition.


1971 West Virginia 500
The 1971 West Virginia 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on August 8, 1971, at International Raceway Park in Ona, West Virginia.


1971 West Virginia 500
The race car drivers still had to commute to the races using the same stock cars that competed in a typical weekend's race through a policy of homologation (and under their own power). This policy was in effect until roughly 1975. By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power any more.


1971 West Virginia 500, Race report
Five hundred laps took place on a paved oval track spanning 0.455 miles (0.732 km). The total time of the race was two hours and fifty-seven minutes. The average speed of the race was 83.805 miles per hour (134.871 km/h) while the qualifying speed for the pole position was 84.053 miles per hour (135.270 km/h). Ten thousand people would attend the live race to see Richard Petty defeat Bobby Allison by more than two laps. It was quite the battle between Petty and Allison during the course of the race. Petty beat on Allison all night and at one point pinned Allison against the wall so hard that both cars came to a stop. There was a grid of 32 competitors; only 14 of them were counted as finishing the race.


1971 West Virginia 500, Race report
Notable crew chiefs to participate in this race were Dale Inman, Vic Ballard, and Lee Gordon.


1971 West Virginia 500, Race report
Jerry Churchill decided to quit the race after the first lap; giving him a meager $300 paycheck ($1,894 in current US dollars). Bill Shirey would also quit on lap 31; earning the same amount that Churchill did. Bill Seifert would leave the race on lap 187 due to a legitimate illness brought on by dehydration in the West Virginia summertime heat.


1971 West Virginia 500, Race report
No replacement was found and he brought home $330 from his hard day of racing ($2,083 in today's American dollars).


1971 West Virginia 500, Finishing order
* Driver failed to finish race † signifies that the driver is known to be deceased


1971 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 1971 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. It was the Mountaineers' 79th overall season and they competed as an independent. The team was led by head coach Bobby Bowden, in his second year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of 7–4.


1971 Western Australian state election
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 20 February 1971 to elect all 51 members to the Legislative Assembly and 15 members to the 30-seat Legislative Council. The four-term Liberal-Country Party coalition government, led by Premier David Brand, was defeated by the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader John Tonkin.


1971 Western Australian state election
This was the first election in which no seats were uncontested since the introduction of responsible government in 1890. This was partly due to the Democratic Labor Party deciding to contest every seat up for election in both Houses.


1971 Western Australian state election
There was a large increase in the number of electors, because this was the first election after 18 year olds had been given the vote.


1971 Western Australian state election, Results, Legislative Assembly
Western Australian state election, 20 February 1971Legislative Assembly << 1968–1974 >>


1971 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team
The 1971 Western Kentucky football team represented Western Kentucky University during the 1971 NCAA College Division football season. The team was led by coach Jimmy Feix and won their second consecutive Ohio Valley Conference championship and the school's fourth overall. The coaching staff included future NFL coach Romeo Crennel. The Hilltoppers’ rankings in the final polls were UPI 12 and AP 6, and finished ranked 1st in Pass Defense in NCAA Division II. The team roster included future NFL players Virgil Livers, John Bushong, Clarence “Jazz” Jackson, and Mike McCoy. Jim Barber was named to the Universal Sports All-American team. The All OVC team included Barber, Terry Kokinda, Bob Morehead, Leo Peckenpaugh, Bill Sykes, and Terry Thompson.


1971 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The 1971 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1971 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their eighth season under head coach Bill Doolittle, the Broncos compiled a 7–3 record (2–3 against MAC opponents), finished in fourth place in the MAC, and outscored their opponents, 228 to 124. The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.


1971 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The team's statistical leaders included Ted Grignon with 912 passing yards, Larry Cates with 819 rushing yards, and Keith Pretty with 352 receiving yards. Quarterback Ted Grignon and linebacker Tom Elias were the team captains. Elias also received the team's most outstanding player award.


1971 Westminster City Council election
The 1971 Westminster Council election took place on 13 May 1971 to elect members of Westminster City Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.


1971 Whitbread Awards
The Whitbread Awards (1971–2005), called Costa Book Awards since 2006, are literary awards in the United Kingdom, awarded both for high literary merit but also for works considered enjoyable reading. This page gives details of the awards given in the year 1971.


1971 Wichita State Shockers football team
The 1971 Wichita Shockers football team was an American football team that represented Wichita State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. In its second season under head coach Bob Seaman, the team compiled a 3–8 record (0–4 against conference opponents), finished last out of five teams in the MVC, and was outscored by a total of 268 to 149. The team played its home games at Cessna Stadium in Wichita, Kansas.


1971 Wichita State Shockers football team
During the prior season, the team lost 14 of its players and its head coach in the Wichita State University football team plane crash. Several players injured in the crash, including Randy Jackson, returned to play for the 1971 team.


1971 Wichita State Shockers football team
The team's statistical leaders included Tom Owen with 613 passing yards, Randy Jackson with 820 rushing yards and 48 points scored, Bill Moore with 318 receiving yards.


1971 Widnes by-election
The Widnes by-election of 1971 took place on 23 September, following the death of the Labour MP James MacColl on 17 June of that year, and produced a victory for the incumbent Labour Party.


1971 Widnes by-election
It remains the most recent by-election in England, Wales or Scotland to be contested by only two candidates.


1971 Wightman Cup
The 1971 Wightman Cup was the 43rd edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at the Cleveland Arena in Cleveland, Ohio in the United States.


1971 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships
The 1971 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships was the 7th edition of the global wildwater canoeing competition, Wildwater Canoeing World Championships, organised by the International Canoe Federation.


1971 William & Mary Indians football team
The 1971 William & Mary Indians football team represented the College of William & Mary as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. Led by Lou Holtz in his third and final year as head coach, William & Mary finished the season 5–6 overall and 4–1 in SoCon play to place second.


1971 Wimbledon Championships
The 1971 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 21 June until Saturday 3 July 1971. It was the 85th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1971. John Newcombe and Evonne Goolagong won the singles titles.


1971 Wimbledon Championships, Prize money
The total prize money for the 1971 championships was £37,790. The winner of the men's title earned £3,750 while the women's singles champion earned £1,800.


1971 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Men's Singles
John Newcombe defeated  Stan Smith, 6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4


1971 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Men's Doubles
'Roy Emerson /  Rod Laver defeated  Arthur Ashe /  Dennis Ralston, 4–6, 9–7, 6–8, 6–4, 6–4


1971 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Women's Doubles
Rosie Casals /  Billie Jean King defeated  Margaret Court /  Evonne Goolagong, 6–3, 6–2


1971 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Mixed Doubles
Owen Davidson /  Billie Jean King defeated  Marty Riessen /  Margaret Court, 3–6, 6–2, 15–13


1971 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles
Robert Kreiss defeated Stephen Warboys in the final, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 to win the Boys' Singles tennis title at the 1971 Wimbledon Championships.


1971 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
Marina Kroschina defeated Sue Minford in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the Girls' Singles tennis title at the 1971 Wimbledon Championships.


1971 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
John Newcombe and Tony Roche were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Cliff Drysdale and Nikola Pilić.


1971 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Roy Emerson and Rod Laver defeated Arthur Ashe and Dennis Ralston in the final, 4–6, 9–7, 6–8, 6–4, 6–4 to win the Gentlemen's Doubles title at the 1971 Wimbledon Championships.


1971 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1971 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Defending champion John Newcombe successfully defended his title, defeating Stan Smith in the final, 6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1971 Wimbledon Championships. It was his third Wimbledon singles title.


1971 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1971 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying
Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held one week before the event. One player withdrew from the main draw after qualifying had commenced, leading to the highest ranked player who lost in the final qualifying round, Bob Howe, to be entered into the main draw as a lucky loser.


1971 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Ilie Năstase and Rosie Casals were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Owen Davidson and Billie Jean King.


1971 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Davidson and King defeated Marty Riessen and Margaret Court in the final, 3–6, 6–2, 15–13 to win the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 1971 Wimbledon Championships.


1971 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Nirupama Mankad became the first Indian woman in the open era to play the main draw (and ultimately win a match) at a Grand Slam event.


1971 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1971 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Rosie Casals and Billie Jean King successfully defended their title, defeating Margaret Court and Evonne Goolagong in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 1971 Wimbledon Championships.


1971 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1971 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Evonne Goolagong defeated the defending champion Margaret Court in the final, 6–4, 6–1 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1971 Wimbledon Championships.


1971 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1971 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Qualifying
Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held one week before the event.


1971 Winnipeg municipal election
The 1971 Winnipeg municipal election was held in October 1971 to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees in the City of Winnipeg. This was the first municipal election to take place after the amalgamation of Winnipeg with its suburban communities. Stephen Juba, who was the last mayor of Winnipeg before amalgamation, was elected to the same position in the new city. Fifty councillors were elected in 50 separate single-member wards.


1971 Winston 500
The 1971 Winston 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on May 16, 1971, at Alabama International Motor Speedway (now Talladega Superspeedway) in Talladega, Alabama.


1971 Winston 500
George Altheide, Doc Faustina and David Sisco would make their NASCAR Winston Cup Series debuts in this race.


1971 Winston 500, Background
Talladega Superspeedway, originally known as Alabama International Motor Superspeedway (AIMS), is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln. The track is a Tri-oval and was constructed by International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France Family, in the 1960s. Talladega is most known for its steep banking and the unique location of the start/finish line - located just past the exit to pit road. The track currently hosts the NASCAR series such as the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the NASCAR Truck Series. Talladega Superspeedway is the longest NASCAR oval with a length of 2.66 miles (4.28 km), and the track at its peak had a seating capacity of 175,000 spectators.


1971 Winston 500, Race report
Twenty-nine thousand people saw Donnie Allison (racing for the Wood Brothers racing team) defeat his brother Bobby (racing for Holman-Moody) by six car lengths in the first official race for new sponsor Winston. Both of them were driving 1969 Mercury Cyclones. The race took three hours and thirty-two minutes to complete. Seven cautions slowed the race for forty-five laps.


1971 Winston 500, Race report
Other finishers in the top ten included: Buddy Baker (driving for Petty Enterprises), Pete Hamilton, Fred Lorenzen, Jim Vandiver, James Hylton, Bill Dennis, Dave Marcis, and Larry Baumel. There were 45 lead changes between four drivers and Dave Marcis made his first race with the car #71. Marcis was a contender for the win until his engine blew on lap 181; marking the first good finish of a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race on live television.


1971 Winston 500, Race report
Notable drivers in the race included: Richard Petty, J.D. McDuffie, Coo Coo Marlin, Benny Parsons, Neil Castles, and Ron Keselowski (uncle of current NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski). Bobby Isaac was hospitalized and could not compete in the race due to kidney stones.


1971 Winston 500, Race report
The prize purse was $145,040 ($915,646.94 when adjusted for inflation); Donnie Allison received $31,140 for winning ($196,588.84 when adjusted for inflation) while last-place finisher Bub Strickler got $1,000 ($6,313.06 when adjusted for inflation).


1971 Wisconsin Badgers football team
The 1971 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1971 Big Ten Conference football season.


1971 Women's British Open Squash Championship
The 1971 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the BP Club in Sydenham, London from 19–25 February 1971.Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her tenth consecutive title defeating Jenny Irving in the final. This equalled the previous record of ten wins set by Janet Morgan from 1950 through to 1959.


1971 Women's College World Series
The 1971 ASA/DGWS Women's College World Series (WCWS), the third in its history, was held in Omaha, Nebraska. On May 14–16, softball teams from 28 colleges met in that year's national fastpitch softball tournament, still the largest number of teams to play in a single-site WCWS. The tournament consisted of 55 games.


1971 Women's College World Series, Teams
The John F. Kennedy College Patriettes won their third consecutive national championship, this time from the loser's bracket, by shutting out the Iowa State Cyclonettes twice in the final, 6–0 and 4–0. Paula Miller of Arizona State was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player, pitching all of ASU's seven games. Iowa State's result occurred despite having zero funding from the university.


1971 Women's College World Series, Bracket
The individual game results are shown in the tournament bracket below.


1971 Women's European Volleyball Championship
The 1971 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the eighth edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in several cities in Italy from 23 September to 1 October 1971, with the final round held in Reggio Emilia.


1971 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Format
The tournament was played in two different stages. In the first stage, the eighteen participants were divided into six groups of three teams each. In the second stage, three groups were formed, one containing the six winners from first stage groups to contest the tournament title. A second group was formed by the six runners-up from first stage groups which played for position places from 7th to 12th. The third group was formed by the six teams which finished last from first stage groups, which played for positions places from 13th to 18th. All groups in both stages played a single round-robin format.


1971 Women's Grand Prix (tennis)
The 1971 Pepsi-Cola Grand Prix was a tennis circuit administered by the International Lawn Tennis Federation which served as a forerunner to the current Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. The circuit consisted of the four modern Grand Slam tournaments and open tournaments recognised by the ILTF. This article covers all tournaments that were part of that year's Women's Grand Prix.


1971 Women's Grand Prix (tennis), Grand Prix Entry Rankings, Statistical Information, Titles won by player
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1971 Women's Grand Prix circuit: the Grand Slam tournaments and regular events. The players/nations are sorted by:


1971 Women's Grand Prix (tennis), Grand Prix Entry Rankings, Statistical Information, Titles won by player
1) total number of titles;2) highest amount of highest category tournaments (for example, having a single Grand Slam gives preference over any kind of combination without a Grand Slam title); 3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy; 4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).


1971 Women's Tennis Circuit
The 1971 Women's Tennis Circuit consisted of a number of tennis tournaments for female tennis players. It was composed of two series of events (circuits or tours); the Virginia Slims Circuit and the ILTF Pepsi Grand Prix as well as non-tour events.


1971 Women's Tennis Circuit, Virginia Slims Circuit
Prior to the establishment of this circuit there was an inequality between the prize money purses for male and female tennis players which gave rise to complaints from a number of the leading female tennis players of the time. Nine of them, including Billie Jean King, became later known as the "Original 9" after being banned from the then existing multi-gender invitational professional events run by the influential United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA) due to their boycotting of the Pacific Southwest Championships.


1971 Women's Tennis Circuit, Virginia Slims Circuit
This resulted in the first Virginia Slims-sponsored event being held in September 1970 in Houston, an event which laid the groundwork for the establishment of the annual Virginia Slims Circuit the following year. In 1971 the total prize money available from the Virginia Slims events was $309,100 and Billie Jean King became the first female athlete in history to earn more than $100,000 in one season.


1971 Women's Tennis Circuit, Schedule
This is a calendar of all events sponsored by Virginia Slims in the year 1971, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage. The table also includes the Grand Slam tournaments and the 1971 Federation Cup.


1971 Women's Tennis Circuit, Grand Prix Circuit, Points system
The Grand Prix tournaments were divided into four groups. Group A consisted of the three Grand Slam events – French Open, Wimbledon Championships and US Open – while the other tournaments were divided into Groups B, C and D by prize money and draw size. Points were allocated based on these groups and the finishing position of a player in a tournament. The points allocation is listed below:


1971 Women's Tennis Circuit, Grand Prix Circuit, Standings and bonus pool earnings
A bonus pool of $50,000 was available for the top 13 points ranked players. To qualify for a share of the bonus pool the players had to participate in a minimum of nine tournaments.


1971 Women's Tennis Circuit, Statistical information
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the 1971 Virginia Slims Circuit. They also include data for the Grand Slam tournaments.


1971 Women's Tennis Circuit, Statistical information
1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);2) highest amount of highest category tournaments (for example, having a single Grand Slam gives preference over any kind of combination without a Grand Slam title);3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).


1971 Women's World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The 32nd edition of the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women took place on 6 and 7 February in Helsinki at the Oulunkylä Ice Rink.


1971 Women's World Cup
The 1971 Women's World Cup (Spanish: 1971 Campeonato de Fútbol Femenil) was an association football tournament organised by the Federation of Independent European Female Football (FIEFF) in Mexico in August–September 1971. Held in Mexico City and Guadalajara, it featured women's teams from six countries and is the second known tournament to be named as a women's football World Cup after the 1970 edition in Italy. It was twenty years before the first official FIFA women's world cup.


1971 Women's World Cup
Alongside Mexico, who qualified automatically as hosts, teams  from South America and Europe qualified to the 1971 cup. Denmark were the tournament champions, defending its title by winning the final 3–0 against Mexico, in front of a 110,000 crowd.


1971 Women's World Cup, Background
A women's football international match was played in Scotland in 1881. Later instances included games between British, French and Belgian teams in the 1920s, and a women's European Championship in 1957. During this time, women's football was often stifled or banned by male-dominated football federations in many countries. In Brazil, women's football was effectively illegal from 1941 until 1979.


1971 Women's World Cup, Background
FIEFF organised a previous Women's World Cup in Italy in 1970, also won by Denmark.


1971 Women's World Cup, Qualifying
The 1971 tournament featured three different qualifying groups, two in Europe played in April and June 1971, and one in the Americas. Six teams made the final tournament – Mexico, Argentina, England, Denmark, France, and Italy. Four teams were knocked out in qualifying – Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden and Costa Rica.


1971 Women's World Cup, Qualifying
Some of the qualifiers and finals games were officially recognised – for example, the Italian Football Federation classes all of the 1971 Italy games as full internationals. One of the qualification matches was the first FIFA-recognised women's international match: France beat the Netherlands 4-0 in Hazebrouck in front of 1,500 spectators, to qualify for the finals. However, the match was only recognised by the French Football Federation after it was completed, and the French players did not know they had qualified for the tournament until their coach told them after the game.


1971 Women's World Cup, Tournament
Tournament sponsors Martini & Rossi paid for each team's travel, accommodation, and kits. Goalposts were painted in pink hoops and stadium staff wore pink clothes, in order to try to appeal to women and families. Ticket prices ranged from 30 pesos (£1.15) to 80 pesos (£3). The tournament mascot was Xochitl, "a young girl in [a] football kit".


1971 Women's World Cup, Tournament
The opening match of the finals, Mexico–Argentina (15 August) had a reported attendance of 100,000 at the Azteca Stadium. An estimated 80,000 people attended the Mexico–England group game. The World Cup final, Mexico–Denmark, had an estimated attendance of 110,000, a world record for women's sport. This figure was reported both at the time and subsequently, and surviving footage supports the estimates. The football record at the Azteca Stadium was three years earlier, 119,853 at the men's Mexico–Brazil match in July 1968.


1971 Women's World Cup, Tournament
The hosts Mexico qualified for the final after defeating Italy in the semifinals. Two days before the final, the Mexican press noted the players for Mexico were unhappy they had not been receiving economic support for participating in the tournament. The Mexican team threatened to skip the final but gave up their two million peso demand and the game went forward as scheduled.


1971 Women's World Cup, Tournament
Denmark won the tournament after beating Mexico 3–0 in the final, featuring a hat trick by 15-year-old Susanne Augustesen. The victorious Danish team were treated to a celebratory reception at Copenhagen Town Hall upon their return from the tournament. However, due to the unofficial nature of the tournament, it is not recognised by the Danish Football Association.


1971 Women's World Cup, Squads
England's team included 13-year-old Leah Caleb, 14-year-old Gill Sayell, and 15-year-old Chris Lockwood, while 15-year-old Susanne Augustesen scored a hat-trick for Denmark as they beat Mexico 3–0 in the final. Augustesen was honoured by the mayor of her hometown, Holbæk.


1971 Women's World Cup, Squads
12 members of England's 14-woman squad reunited in June 2019 for the first time since the tournament.


1971 Women's World Cup, Knockout stage, Fifth place play-off
A match for fifth place was played between the two teams which did not advance to the semifinals.


1971 Women's World Cup, Later tournaments
The tournament was later followed by "the series of Mundialito tournaments throughout the 1980s in Italy, and FIFA's Women's Invitation Tournament in China in 1988" before the first FIFA Women's World Cup in China in 1991.


1971 World 600
The 1971 World 600, the 12th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on May 30, 1971, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. It marked the return of Chevrolet to NASCAR.


1971 World 600
Chevrolet would go on to dominate NASCAR during the subsequent decades.


1971 World 600, Summary
There were 40 drivers in this 400-lap race; Walter Ballard received the last place finish due to a crash on the eleventh lap. The race took more than four hours to complete. There were 13 lead changes and three caution period for 24 laps. Charlotte Motor Speedway had just gone bankrupt a year earlier and the district judge assigned ownership of the floundering track to Mr. Richard Howard; who owned a furniture store in the area. He came up with the idea of having two pace cars advertise his furniture at this race and at the 1971 National 500. As a result, the speedway managed to recover and it still hosts Cup Series races to this day.


1971 World 600, Summary
Bobby Allison defeated Donnie Allison by 34 seconds in front of an audience of 78000; starting the first of five consecutive wins for Bobby Allison. Charlie Glotzbach won the pole position with a speed of 157.788 miles per hour (253.935 km/h) while the average race speed was 140.422 miles per hour (225.987 km/h). The other finishers in the top ten were: Pete Hamilton, Richard Petty, Fred Lorenzen, Buddy Baker, Benny Parsons, Friday Hassler (the fastest Chevrolet driver), Dave Marcis and Dick Brooks.


1971 World 600, Summary
Notable crew chiefs for the race were Paul Goldsmith, Junie Donlavey, Harry Hyde, Dale Inman, Tom Vandiver, and Lee Gordon.


1971 World 600, Summary
Speedy Thompson made his last start of his NASCAR Cup Series career and would finish in 16th place despite being absent from the NASCAR Winston Cup Series for nearly nine years. Larry Smith would begin his tragically short NASCAR career during this race; resulting in a 22nd-place finish. One of the most eagerly anticipated races ever as it marked the first competitive entry of a Junior Johnson-owned Chevy. Chevrolet had gone several years without a win in the Grand National division and nearly ended that dry spell in this race. Glotzbach was running strong when he tangled with the lapped car of Thompson and crashed on lap 234, ending his day.


1971 World 600, Summary
Kevin Terris tried to qualify for this race in a Plymouth Road Runner,  but he failed to qualify.


1971 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men took place on 13 and 14 February 1971 in Göteborg at the Ullevi ice rink.


1971 World Archery Championships
The 1971 World Archery Championships was the 26th edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in York, Great Britain in July 1971 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA). The 1971 Championships marked the final competition before archery became an Olympic sport in 1972.


1971 World Championship Tennis Finals
The 1971 World Championship Tennis Finals was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor Sportface carpet courts. It was the first edition of the WCT Finals and the concluding event of the 1971 World Championship Tennis circuit. The eight top players in points qualified for the event. The quarterfinals and semifinals were played at the Hofheinz Pavilion in Houston, Texas from November 19 through November 21 while the final, watched by 8,200 spectators, was played at the Memorial Auditorium in Dallas, Texas, United States on November 26. Ken Rosewall win the event and the accompanying $50,000 first-prize money. Neil Armstrong presented the prizes.


1971 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles
Ken Rosewall won the singles title of the 1971 World Championship Tennis Finals with a 6–4, 1–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4) victory in the final against Rod Laver.


1971 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1971 World Championship Tennis circuit
The 1971 World Championship Tennis circuit was one of the two rival professional male tennis circuits of 1971. It was organized by World Championship Tennis (WCT). Points were awarded to players based on their tournament results (ten points for the tournament winner, seven points for the runner–up, four points for the semifinalists, two points for the quarterfinalists and one point for reaching the second round). The circuit included twenty regular events and a WCT circuit final taking place in Houston/Dallas in November for the eight players with the highest points total. Each tournament had a minimum prize money of $50,000.


1971 World Championship Tennis circuit, Schedule
The complete schedule of events on the 1971 WCT circuit, with player progression documented until the quarterfinals stage.


1971 World Championship Victory Race
The Rothmans World Championship Victory Race was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 24 October 1971 at Brands Hatch, Kent. The race was to be run over 40 laps of the circuit, but was stopped on lap 15 following the fatal accident suffered by Swiss driver Jo Siffert. The result was taken from the race order after 14 laps, with Peter Gethin being declared the winner in his BRM P160. The entry included several Formula 5000 cars which were contesting Round 12 of the 1971 Rothmans European Formula 5000 Championship.


1971 World Championship Victory Race
Siffert's accident led to a rapid overhaul of safety, both in-car and on circuit. In the subsequent Royal Automobile Club (the UK organising and regulatory representative of the FIA at the time) investigation, it was discovered that the crash itself caused non-fatal injuries but Siffert had rather been killed by smoke inhalation. None of the trackside fire extinguishers worked, and it was found to be impossible to reach the car and extract Siffert because of the intense fire. On-board fire extinguishers (using BCF—Bromochlorodifluoromethane, an aircraft product) became mandatory and also piped air for the drivers, direct into their helmets.


1971 World Championship Victory Race, Race
Although the race only lasted for less than half of its intended distance, there were several incidents. On lap 2, Henri Pescarolo and Reine Wisell collided at the Druids hairpin, with both cars retiring. Then Mike Hailwood and Ronnie Peterson also collided and had to pit for repairs. Hailwood's car was deemed unfit to continue, but Peterson rejoined the race, albeit nearly a lap down. Siffert had fallen several places at the start, but had made his way back to 4th by lap 14.


1971 World Championship Victory Race, Race
Approaching Hawthorn Bend at high speed on lap 15, Siffert's BRM suffered a mechanical failure which pitched it across the track into an earth bank. The car rolled over and caught fire, trapping Siffert underneath, and he died in the flames. The race was stopped with the track blocked, and all the cars were stranded out on the circuit except for John Surtees, who was able to drive around to the pits, his car damaged by debris.


1971 World Cup (men's golf)
The 1971 World Cup took place November 11–14 at PGA National Golf Club (now BallenIsles Country Club, East Course) in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. It was the 19th World Cup event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 46 teams, which was a record high number of participants. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The United States team of Jack Nicklaus and Lee Trevino won by eight strokes over the South Africa team of Harold Henning and Gary Player. The individual competition was won by Nicklaus seven strokes ahead of Player. This was the 11th team victory for the United States in the history of the World Cup, founded in 1953 and until 1967 named the Canada Cup.


1971 World Cup (men's golf), Scores
The Singapore team was disqualified when Phua Thin Kiay could not play the first round due to tonsillitis. He played the remaining rounds and his teammate, Alvin Liau played all four rounds.


1971 World Fencing Championships
The 1971 World Fencing Championships were held in Vienna, Austria. The event took place from July 4 to July 17, 1971.


1971 World Field Archery Championships
The 1970 World Field Archery Championships were held in Cardiff, Wales.


1971 World Figure Skating Championships
The 1971 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Lyon, France from February 23 to 28. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.


1971 World Figure Skating Championships
The ISU Representative was John R. Shoemaker of the United States and the ISU Technical Delegate was Elemér Terták of Hungary.


1971 World Judo Championships
The 1971 World Judo Championships were the 7th edition of the Men's World Judo Championships, and were held at the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle in Ludwigshafen, West Germany from 2–4 September, 1971.


1971 World Modern Pentathlon Championships
The 1971 World Modern Pentathlon Championships were held in San Antonio, United States.


1971 World Netball Championships
The 1971 World Netball Championships was the third edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball. It was held in Kingston, Jamaica, and featured nine teams including the debut of the Bahamas. It began on 31 December 1970 with England and New Zealand winning their opening matches.


1971 World Netball Championships
In eight matches, Australia retained the title back from New Zealand after winning all of their matches, New Zealand finished runners-up and England third.


1971 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
V World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Havana, Cuba on November 10 & 11, 1971.


1971 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, Competitors
There were competitors from 15 countries - Bulgaria, Soviet Union, Cuba, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, North Korea, Romania, Japan, New Zealand, Denmark, West Germany, Canada, Mexico, Sweden & Italy.


1971 World Series
The 1971 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1971 season. The 68th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the defending World Series and American League (AL) champion Baltimore Orioles and the National League (NL) champion Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates won in seven games. Game 4 in Pittsburgh was the first World Series game played at night.


1971 World Series
The teams proved to be evenly matched, as the Series went the full seven games; the home team prevailed in each of the first six. In Game Seven in Baltimore, the Pirates' Steve Blass pitched a four-hit complete game for a 2–1 win over Mike Cuellar and the Orioles. In his final World Series appearance, Roberto Clemente became the first Spanish-speaking ballplayer to earn World Series Most Valuable Player Award. He hit safely in all seven games of the Series, duplicating a feat he had performed in 1960. Twenty-one-year-old rookie Bruce Kison pitched 6 1⁄3 scoreless innings and allowed just one hit in two appearances for the Pirates; he set a record of three hit batters in a World Series game, which also tied the 1907 record for a World Series.


1971 World Series
This was the first of three consecutive World Series, all seven games, in which the winning team scored fewer runs overall. The trend continued for the next seven-game series in 1975. These two teams met again in the fall classic eight years later, with the same result, as the Pirates won the final three games to win in seven.


1971 World Series, Background
The Pirates won the National League East by seven games over the St. Louis Cardinals then defeated the San Francisco Giants, three games to one, in the National League Championship Series. The Orioles won the American League East by 12 games over the Detroit Tigers then swept the Oakland A's in the American League Championship Series.


1971 World Series, Background
The Orioles were coming off their third straight AL playoff series sweep (twice over the Minnesota Twins and once over Oakland) and their third straight season with over 100 wins: 109 (1969), 108 (1970), 101 (1971). Featuring four pitchers with 20 or more wins (Dave McNally (21), Mike Cuellar (20), Pat Dobson (20), Jim Palmer (20)), the booming bats of sluggers Frank Robinson (28, 99, .281) and Boog Powell (22, 92, .256), and the sure hands of Brooks Robinson at third and Mark Belanger at short, the O's were primed to defend their title.


1971 World Series, Background
The Pirates were in the World Series for the first time since the heroics of Bill Mazeroski (his only appearance in the series came as a pinch-hitter in Game 1) in Game 7 of the 1960 match-up against the New York Yankees. Though not as decorated as the O's staff, the Pirates featured 19-game winner Dock Ellis and 15-game winner Steve Blass. The Bucs did boast a murderous lineup led by Willie Stargell (48, 125, .295), Bob Robertson (26, 72, .271) and Roberto Clemente (13, 86, .341), who collected 12 series hits and hit .414.


1971 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
The Pirates scored three in the second off of Dave McNally due to sloppy defense by the Orioles. Bob Robertson led off with a walk and went to second on a wild pitch by O's starter Dave McNally. Manny Sanguillén grounded to short, but Mark Belanger threw wildly to third in an attempt to retire Robertson. Robertson scored and Sanguillén pulled in at second. After advancing to third on a ground ball by José Pagán, Sanguillén scored on a suicide squeeze bunt laid down by Jackie Hernández, who went to second when catcher Elrod Hendricks threw wildly to first. Dave Cash singled home Hernandez with the only hit the Pirates got the whole inning among the three runs.


1971 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
The Orioles rallied behind the long-ball. Frank Robinson hit a home run in the second and Merv Rettenmund blasted a three-run home run in the third off Dock Ellis to give the Orioles the lead. Don Buford added a home run off of Bob Moose in the fifth as McNally settled down and allowed only two more hits and no runs the rest of the way.


1971 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
Following a one-day delay caused by the first World Series rainout in nine years, the Orioles took a 2–0 series lead on Monday afternoon. Baltimore pounded six Pirate pitchers for 14 hits (all singles) and 11 runs, led by three hits and four RBI by Brooks Robinson, who drove in the first Oriole run in the second. In the fourth, with the bases loaded by a single, hit-by-pitch and walk, Davey Johnson's two-run single made it 3–0 Orioles and knocked starter Bob Johnson out of the game.


1971 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
Two walks by Bruce Kison forced in another run to make it 4–0 Orioles. In the fifth, after two singles, Elrod Hendricks's two-run single, aided by an error and Robinson's single, made it 7–0 Orioles. After another single, Bob Veale relieved Moose and allowed two walks to load the bases and force in another run. Don Buford's groundout and Merv Rettenmund's RBI single made it 10–0 Orioles. Robinson's RBI single next inning off of Bob Miller capped the Orioles' scoring. Jim Palmer pitched seven shutout innings and helped himself the easy way by drawing two bases-loaded walks for two RBIs - the only time this has happened in a World Series game. The Pirates got their runs in the eighth when Richie Hebner hit a three-run homer off Palmer.


1971 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
This was very nearly the first night game in World Series history. After rain postponed Game 2—originally scheduled for Sunday afternoon—Commissioner Bowie Kuhn suggested that the rescheduled game be played on Monday night. However, the Pirates objected as they wanted the honor of hosting the first World Series night game themselves at Three Rivers Stadium when Game Four was played. Thus Game Two was played on Monday afternoon in Baltimore.


1971 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
With the Series shifting to Three Rivers Stadium and with Steve Blass available, the Pirates got back into it. Roberto Clemente's groundout with runners on second and third in the first put them up 1–0. Manny Sanguillén hit a leadoff double in the sixth and scored on Jose Pagan's single to make it 2–0 Pirates. Steve Blass pitched a complete game, allowing only three hits and one run (on a Frank Robinson home run in the seventh) and striking out eight.


1971 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
The big blow on offense was provided by Bob Robertson, who slammed a three-run home run in the seventh off starter Mike Cuellar—after missing the bunt sign. Manager Danny Murtaugh issued the sign to Robertson, who had no sacrifice bunts on the season. Television replays showed Roberto Clemente, who was on second base, appearing to call a timeout, but Cuellar was already in his windup at the time. Blass was sitting next to Murtaugh in the dugout at the time, and told the Pirate manager: "If you fine him (Robertson, for missing the bunt sign), I'll pay." Murtaugh didn't. July 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine


1971 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
In the first night game in World Series history, it started out looking like a long night for the Pirates. Starting pitcher Luke Walker gave up singles to the Orioles' first three batters, Paul Blair, Mark Belanger, and Merv Rettenmund, loading the bases. Blair scored and the others advanced on a Manny Sanguillén passed ball. Walker then intentionally walked Frank Robinson and gave up consecutive sacrifice flies to Brooks Robinson and Boog Powell, giving the Orioles a 3–0 lead.


1971 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
Manager Danny Murtaugh then pulled Walker in favor of Bruce Kison. Kison proceeded to get the final out of the inning and then pitched shutout baseball for the next six innings, allowing only one hit and despite hitting three Oriole batters, a World Series record.


1971 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
Kison's heroics allowed the Pirates to claw back off of starter Pat Dobson. Willie Stargell and Al Oliver cut the lead to 3–2 in the bottom of the first with back-to-back RBI doubles after a leadoff walk. Oliver tied the score at 3 in the third with an RBI single.


1971 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
In the seventh, Bob Robertson and Sanguillén stroked one-out singles off reliever Eddie Watt. Pinch-hitter Vic Davalillo then lofted a short fly to center that Paul Blair dropped. Robertson reached third and Davalillo first, but Sanguillén was caught in a rundown between second and third. Backup catcher Milt May then batted for Kison and delivered a clutch go-ahead RBI single, scoring Robertson.


1971 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
Dave Giusti pitched the final two innings of hitless ball for the Pirates and got the save.


1971 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh chose Nelson Briles to start Game 5 over the Pirates' top starters, Steve Blass and Dock Ellis, choosing to save them for potential Games 6 and 7. The gamble paid off as Briles pitched an efficient two-hit shutout. Bob Robertson's leadoff home run in the second inning off Dave McNally put the Pirates up 1–0. Manny Sanguillén singled, stole second and scored on Nelson Briles's two-out single to bump the Pirates' lead to 2–0. A wild pitch with runners on first and third allowed another run to score to make it 3-0 after three innings. Gene Clines hit a leadoff triple in the fifth and scored on Roberto Clemente's single, his first RBI scoring hit of the series, to cap the scoring as the Pirates took a 3–2 series lead heading back to Baltimore.


1971 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
The 400th game played in world series history, Baltimore returned to Memorial Stadium facing elimination. With Steve Blass needing another day of rest and Dock Ellis nursing an injury, Danny Murtaugh had to go to the well once again, starting reliever Bob Moose—his sixth different starter in this Series. Moose responded well by pitching shutout ball for five innings, while his Pirate teammates got him a 2–0 lead. Al Oliver doubled in the second off Jim Palmer and scored on a Bob Robertson single. Roberto Clemente added a homer in the third.


1971 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
Moose started having trouble in the sixth, however. Don Buford belted a one-out homer and Moose allowed the next two batters to reach base before giving way to Bob Johnson, who ended the threat. The Orioles tied it off Johnson in the seventh when Mark Belanger singled, stole second, and scored on a single by Davey Johnson.


1971 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
Both teams threatened late; the Orioles had runners on second and third in the bottom of the ninth with two out, but failed to score. The Pirates loaded the bases in the top of the tenth, but Dave McNally, pitching in relief, squelched the threat.


1971 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
The Orioles staved off a World Series defeat in their half of the tenth when Frank Robinson drew a one-out walk and went to third on a Merv Rettenmund single. Brooks Robinson lifted a short fly to center and Frank Robinson tagged and scored the winning run, barely beating Vic Davalillo's throw to the plate.


1971 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
With ace pitchers Steve Blass and Mike Cuellar on the mound for their respective teams,  Game 7 proved to be a pitcher's duel.


1971 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
Series MVP Roberto Clemente drew first blood for the Pirates by hitting a two-out homer in the fourth off Cuellar. The Pirates added another run in the eighth when José Pagán doubled in Willie Stargell.


1971 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
The only run the O's could muster off Blass was an RBI groundout by Don Buford in the eighth. Blass would get his second complete game win of the series.


1971 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
Game 7 was the only game in which the visiting team won. It was the fourth World Series in which the home team won each of the first six games before the road team won Game 7 with the others being 1955, 1956 and 1965.


1971 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
After Game 2, the O's bats went silent. After hitting the Pirates pitching staff for 16 runs and 24 hits in the first two games, the O's scored only eight runs on 21 hits, hitting only .141 (21–149) in the next five games, enabling the Pirates to upset the Orioles.


1971 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
The first pitch was one hour later than usual due to a Baltimore ordinance, since repealed, which prohibited Sunday sporting events from beginning prior to 2 p.m. This also occurred in Game 4 of the 1966 World Series and Game 2 of the 1969 World Series.


1971 World Series, Composite box
1971 World Series (4–3): Pittsburgh Pirates (N.L.) over Baltimore Orioles (A.L.)


1971 World Series of Poker
The 1971 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe during May 1st–15th, 1971. This was only the 2nd installment of the World Series of Poker, but unlike at the 1970 event, freezeout tournaments were played to decide the winner of the main title. The freezeout structure replaced the cash games, and it was kept in use ever since. 5 freezeouts were played in total—4 preliminary events and the Main Event—each featuring a different poker variant. The preliminary events required player to put up a buy-in of $1K, while the Main Event buy-in was $5K.


1971 World Series of Poker, Main Event
There were 6 entrants to the main event, each paying $5K to enter the tournament. The game played was no limit Texas hold 'em. Johnny Moss won the tournament and took the whole prize pool. Moss's victory that year was the 1st time a player had been awarded the Main Event Championship 2 years in a row, a feat that would later be also accomplished by Doyle Brunson (in 1976 and 1977), Stu Ungar (in 1980 and 1981), and Johnny Chan (in 1986 and 1987).


1971 World Snooker Championship
The 1971 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament that took place between 28 September and 7 November 1970 in Australia. The tournament was the 1971 edition of the World Snooker Championship, first held in 1927 but was held in 1970. It was the first time the event had been held outside England outside of two challenge matches in 1965, with matches held at various locations in New South Wales and Brisbane. The event featured nine participants, with a round-robin round producing four qualifiers, who then competed in a single-elimination tournament.


1971 World Snooker Championship
Ray Reardon was the defending champion, having defeated John Pulman in the 1970 final, however Reardon lost to John Spencer in the semi-final. Spencer won the event for the second time by defeating Warren Simpson 37–29 in the final held in the Chevron Hotel in Sydney. Eddie Charlton made the highest break of the tournament with a 129 in the final session of his round-robin match against Gary Owen.


1971 World Snooker Championship, Overview
The World Snooker Championship is a professional tournament and the official world championship of the game of snooker. Founded in the late 19th century by British Army soldiers stationed in India, the sport was popular in the British Isles. However, in the modern era it has become increasingly popular worldwide, especially in East and Southeast Asian nations such as China, Hong Kong and Thailand.


1971 World Snooker Championship, Overview
This championship featured nine professional players competing in one-on-one snooker matches in a round-robin format until from which four players qualified to a single elimination format. Each match is played over a predetermined number of frames and sessions. Joe Davis won the first World Championship in 1927, the final match being held in Camkin's Hall, Birmingham, England.


1971 World Snooker Championship, Overview, Format
The championship was held from 28 September to 7 November 1970 at several locations across Australia. This was the first time the championship was held outside the United Kingdom aside from two challenge matches in 1965, and it would be later hosted in Australia again in 1975. The initial stage was a round robin in which the matches were of 37 frames, played across three days, and each competitor played four of the other eight competitors. The number of frames needed to win a match increased at the semi-finals stage. The semi-finals were scheduled to be the best-of-49 and the final as the best-of-73 frames.


1971 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Round-robin
The first match was held from 28 to 30 September between Paddy Morgan and Warren Simpson. The match was won by Morgan by a score of 21–16. Eddie Charlton and Norman Squire met in the second match, during which Charlton made a break of 106, the first century break of the championship. The British players did not start their matches until 6 October when John Spencer, John Pulman and Gary Owen started their first matches.


1971 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Round-robin
Ray Reardon started his first match on 9 October where he defeated Perrie Mans. Spencer made a break of 105 in his second win, over Norman Squire, which finished 27–10. Reardon and Spencer both played again from 12 to 14 October. Reardon beat Charlton, despite Charlton making a break of 116. Spencer defeated John Pulman, with both players making a century break – a 113 by Spencer, and a 102 by Pulman. Simpson met Owen from 13 to 15 October, and trailed 14–17 and 17–18 but won the last two frames to win 19–18.


1971 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Round-robin
Owen scored his first century of the tournament in his match against Squire, a break of 102. Owen and Charlton won their second matches and met over the following three days, with Charlton making the highest break of the tournament, a 129. Reardon met Morgan in Brisbane and led 20–10, before Morgan did not appear for the final session, awarding Reardon a 27–10 win. The third win guaranteed his place in the semi-final where he would meet John Spencer. Charlton beat Owen to give him his third win and a place in the semi-final. Simpson then beat Perrie Mans 19–18 to gain the last semi-final place.


1971 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds
The first semi-final, between Charlton and Simpson, was played from 25 to 28 October at Forbes Golf Club. Charlton was involved in a minor traffic collision on the way to the match, and lost each of the first three frames. Simpson led 7–5 after the first day and maintained a 13–11 lead after the second day. The last five frames on the third day was won by Simpson to lead 21–15. Simpson clinched the match of the fourth and final day when he won the third frame of the evening session to lead 25–20. Dead frames were played with the final score being 27–22. The highest break of the match was a 95 by Simpson.


1971 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds
The second semi-final, between Spencer and Reardon, was played from 27 to 30 October at Parramatta Leagues Club, Sydney. Spencer took a 9–3 lead on the first day, however, Reardon made a 108 break during the evening session. Spencer extended his lead to 19–5 after two days and won the match 25–7 on the third evening. Spencer made a break of 106 on the third afternoon and Reardon made one of 109 in a dead frame on the third evening. The match ended with Spencer leading 34–15. Reardon's defeat meant he held the record as the player with the shortest reign as world champion.


1971 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds
The final was held from 2 to 7 November at the Chevron Hotel in Sydney. Spencer led 8–4 after the first day, and 17–7 after the second day. He made a break of 105 on the second afternoon and then made breaks of 126 and 107 in the second and third frames of the evening session. At the half-way stage Simpson had reduced Spencer's lead to 20–16, but missed a number of easy shots as Spencer won none of the twelve frames on the fourth day to lead 29–19.


1971 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds
Spencer was 34–26 ahead by the end of day five, and eventually won the match 37–29 in the final frame of the afternoon session on the sixth day, having led 36–26. The remaining "dead frames" were played, resulting in a final score of 42–31 to Spencer. Spencer won his second world title and earned £2,333. Simpson had reached the final at his first attempt.


1971 World Snooker Championship, Results, Knockout stage
The remaining four players contested a knockout round. The basis on which the semi-final draw was organised is not known. The 22 October edition of The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Reardon would play Spencer in the second semi-final. At the time Reardon and Spencer still had to play each other and Charlton, Owen and Simpson also had one match to play. So the final order of the group was still undecided. Snooker historian Clive Everton has speculated that the draw was changed "behind the scenes ... perhaps to ensure an Australian finalist." The draw and results from the semi-finals and final are shown below. Players in bold denote match winners.


1971 World Sportscar Championship
The 1971 International Championship for Makes season was the 19th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It was open to Group 6 Sports Prototypes, Group 5 Sportscars, and Group 4 Special GT Cars and was contested over an eleven race series which ran from 10 January to 24 July 1971. Porsche won the championship, and the German manufacturer also won the International Cup for GT Cars.


1971 World Sportscar Championship, Schedule
† - Sports Prototypes and Sportscars only, GT class did not participate.


1971 World Sportscar Championship, Championship results, International Championship for Makes
Championship points were awarded to the top 6 finishers in each race in the order of 9-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only given points for their highest finishing car and any other cars from that manufacturer were merely skipped in the points standings.


1971 World Sportscar Championship, Championship results, International Championship for Makes
All Sportscars, Sports Prototypes and GT cars were eligible for points towards the International Championship for Makes and the GT class also had their own separate award.


1971 World Sportscar Championship, Championship results, International Championship for Makes
Cars participating in races that were not included in the Sportscar, Sports Prototype or GT classes were skipped when awarding points for the overall championship.


1971 World Sportscar Championship, Championship results, International Championship for Makes
Only the best 8 points finishes counted towards the championship, with any other points earned not included in the total. Discarded points are shown within brackets.


1971 World Sportscar Championship, Championship results, International Cup for GT Cars
The GT class did not participate in Rounds 1 and 4. Only the best 7 finishes were counted towards the International Cup for GT Cars. Discarded points are shown within brackets.