1971 New Democratic Party leadership election, Leadership contenders, James (Jim) Laxer
James Laxer was the youngest candidate, at 29 years old. He was the Waffle's candidate for leader, and he espoused their ultra-nationalistic left-wing views. He came from a family that originally were keen supporters of the Communist Party of Canada, until 1956, when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev made public Josef Stalin's reign of terror. In the mid-1960s, he was the president of Canadian University Press, and was a lecturer at Queen's University during the campaign. He was married to Krista Maeots, who ran unsuccessfully for the NDP's presidency at the 1969 policy convention. She was also a leading figure in the Waffle movement. He did not hold elected office, but because all the candidates were debating the Waffle's issues he was effectively Lewis' main challenger.


1971 New Democratic Party leadership election, Leadership vote
On Saturday, April 24, at the Ottawa Civic Centre, David Lewis was elected the party's new leader after four ballots. This was the first time in CCF/NDP history that the leadership wasn't won on the first ballot. Unlike the recent Progressive Conservatives and Liberal conventions, where there were problems with computerized voting machines, the NDP decided to stay with the more traditional paper ballot book and manual vote tabulation system. The party organizers divided the approximately 1,700 delegates into 20 polls, similar to a federal electoral district vote, with returning officers that carried the ballot boxes to the voters.


1971 New Democratic Party leadership election, Leadership vote
The balloting took less than an hour for each round. The first ballots results were announced within an hour of the 2:00 p.m. starting time. The second round vote results were released by 3:30 p.m., the third round by 4:15 p.m., and the final fourth ballot by 4:40 p.m. The recent Ontario Progressive Conservative party leadership election took about ten hours, due to its use of an embryonic electronic balloting system that did not work as advertised.


1971 New Democratic Party leadership election, Aftermath
The media attention that the Waffle, and its candidate, James Laxer, received, before and during the vote, partially explains the closest federal NDP leadership election up to that time. Lewis' perceived heavy-handed tactics in dealing with the Waffle at this and previous conventions had made him enough enemies to make the leadership campaign interesting. As well, Lewis was involved in most of the internal conflicts within the CCF/NDP during the previous 36 years, so the many members that felt his wrath as the party disciplinarian during this period, plotted their revenge against him.


1971 New Democratic Party leadership election, Aftermath
At his first press conference after winning the leadership, Lewis stated that he was not beholden to the Waffle, as they were soundly defeated on the floor, and he made no promises to them. He also took on the party's Quebec wing, stating that they could continue to theorize about possible self-determination resolutions, but come election time, they must pledge themselves to the party's newly confirmed federalist policy. He did not purge the Waffle from the NDP, instead leaving it to his son Stephen to do in June 1972, when the party's Ontario wing resolved to disband the Waffle, or kick its members out of the party if they did not comply with the disbanding order.


1971 New Democratic Party leadership election, Aftermath
In the 1972 federal election campaign, the NDP finally made a breakthrough, winning 31 seats in the House of Commons, including one for John Harney, and holding the balance of power. However, within two years, the party faced a setback when it won only 16 seats in the 1974 federal election. Lewis, Howard, and Harney lost their seats and ended their federal careers as active politicians. Lewis resigned, finally informing the public that he had been fighting cancer for the past two years. Broadbent, became the leader in the House of Commons until a new leader was elected. In the end, the real winner of 1971 convention was Ed Broadbent. Although he was unsuccessful for his run at the leadership in 1971, it was a prelude to his winning the leadership at the next convention, and without the internecine divisiveness that the Waffle introduced at this convention.


1971 New England Patriots season
The 1971 New England Patriots season was the franchise's 2nd season in the National Football League and 12th overall. The 1971 season was the first that the team played as the New England Patriots, changing their name from the Boston Patriots, briefly to the Bay State Patriots before changing it again to the New England Patriots, in an effort to regionalize the franchise's equal distance from Boston and Providence.


1971 New England Patriots season
The Patriots finished with six wins and eight losses, third place in the AFC East Division. It was the first season the Patriots played in the new Schaefer Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, after playing in three different stadiums the previous three seasons in Boston.


1971 New England Patriots season
During training camp, the Dallas Cowboys traded disgruntled running back Duane Thomas to the Patriots for Carl Garrett and Halvor Hagen on July 31. Thomas became embroiled in a conflict with head coach John Mazur, prompting Patriots general manager Upton Bell to request that Commissioner Pete Rozelle void the trade three days after it had been made. Rozelle granted Bell's request, and the traded players returned to where they had been prior to the deal.


1971 New England Patriots season, Regular season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1971 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
The 1971 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1971 NCAA College Division football season. In its fourth and final year under head coach Jim Root, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record (3–2 against conference opponents) and finished third out of six teams in the Yankee Conference.


1971 New Jersey State Senate election
The 1971 New Jersey State Senate Elections was the mid-term election of Republican William Cahill's term as Governor of New Jersey. Democrats picked up seven Senate seats. Sixteen incumbents did not seek re-election.


1971 New Jersey State Senate election, Background, Redistricting
Legislative districts were redrawn by a 10-member bi-partisan Legislative Apportionment Commission to reflect population changes following the 1970 U.S. Census. Senators generally (with some exceptions) ran At-Large countywide.


1971 New Jersey State Senate election, Background, Redistricting
Until 1965, the New Jersey State Senate was composed of 21 Senators with each county electing one Senator. After the U.S. Supreme Court decision Reynolds v. Sims required legislative districts to be approximately equal in population (a principle known as "one man, one vote"). In 1965, the New Jersey Senate was increased to 29 members, with larger counties given multiple seats and some smaller counties sharing one or two Senators.


1971 New Jersey State Senate election, Background, Redistricting
The map was changed again in 1967, and again in 1971, as the state adjusted to the one man, one vote ruling.


1971 New Jersey State Senate election, Background, Redistricting
For the 1971 election, two seats were eliminated in District 11 and District 12 (Essex and Hudson counties, respectively). They were replaced by two new seats in the single-member District 4C and District 5 (Burlington and Monmouth counties, respectively). District 6 (Mercer County) also switched from electing its Senators at-large to electing them from two single-member districts.


1971 New Jersey State Senate election, Summary of results by State Senate District, Gains and losses
One incumbent Republican Senator who was denied party support for another term ran in the General Election as Independent candidates and was defeated; Republicans held this seat:


1971 New Jersey State Senate election, Summary of results by State Senate District, Open Seats
Thirteen incumbent Republican Senators did not seek re-election in 1971, and Democrats won six of those seats:


1971 New Jersey State Senate election, Summary of results by State Senate District, Open Seats
One incumbent Republican Senator was elected to Congress in 1970 and resigned his State Senate seat in January 1971 to take his seats in the U.S. House of Representatives:


1971 New Jersey State Senate election, Summary of results by State Senate District, Open Seats
One incumbent Republican Senator resigned in 1970 to become a Judge. His seat was won in a November 1971 Special Election by a Democrat, but Republicans held the seat in the November 1971 General Election for a full term:


1971 New Jersey State Senate election, Summary of results by State Senate District, Open Seats
One incumbent Democratic Senator was defeated for renomination in the June primary and Democrats held that seat:


1971 New Jersey State Senate election, Summary of results by State Senate District, Open Seats
Two incumbent Democratic Senators did not seek re-election in 1971. Democrats won one seat and Republicans won one seat:


1971 New Jersey State Senate election, Leadership
Republicans chose Raymond Bateman as the Senate President and Alfred Beadleston as Majority Leader; Republicans named J. Edward Crabiel as Minority Leader.


1971 New Mexico Lobos football team
The 1971 New Mexico Lobos football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Mexico in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. In their fourth season under head coach Rudy Feldman, the Lobos compiled a 6–3–2 record (5–1 against WAC opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 341 to 292.


1971 New Mexico Lobos football team
Rocky Long, Herman Fredenberg, and Bob Gaines were the team captains. The team's statistical leaders included Rocky Long with 876 passing yards and 78 points scored, Fred Henry with 1,129 rushing yards, and Ken Smith with 281 receiving yards.


1971 New Mexico State Aggies football team
The 1971 New Mexico State Aggies football team was an American football team that represented New Mexico State University as an independent during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. In their fourth year under head coach Jim Wood, the Aggies compiled a 5–5–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 220 to 208. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico.


1971 New Orleans Saints season
The 1971 New Orleans Saints season was the Saints' fifth season. The Saints drafted Archie Manning with their first round pick, the second overall.


1971 New Orleans Saints season
Manning led the Saints to their first opening day victory in franchise history, scoring a touchdown run on a rollout on the final play of a 24–20 victory over the Los Angeles Rams, New Orleans' first over Los Angeles following four consecutive losses, including the Saints' inaugural game in 1967. Four weeks later, Manning engineered a 24–14 victory over the Dallas Cowboys, who would return to Tulane Stadium in January and win Super Bowl VI over the Miami Dolphins.


1971 New Orleans Saints season, Regular season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1971 New South Wales state election
Elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly were held in the state of New South Wales, Australia, on Saturday 13 February 1971. The Liberal-Country Party coalition government led by Sir Robert Askin won a third term in office. The Labor Party opposition was led by Pat Hills.


1971 New South Wales state election
The Legislative Assembly had been enlarged by two members to 96 for the 1971 election. The seats of Sturt and Casino were established. Until 2019, this was the last time the Coalition won a third-term in New South Wales.


1971 New South Wales state election, Results
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1971 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 1971 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced in supplements to the London Gazette of 31 December 1970 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1971.


1971 New Year Honours
At this time honours for Australians were awarded both in the United Kingdom honours, on the advice of the premiers of Australian states, and also in a separate Australia honours list.


1971 New Year Honours
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.


1971 New Year Honours, United Kingdom and Commonwealth, Royal Victorian Order, Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)
At this time the two lowest classes of the Royal Victorian Order were "Member (fourth class)" and "Member (fifth class)", both with post-nominal letters MVO. "Member (fourth class)" was renamed "Lieutenant" (LVO) from the 1985 New Year Honours onwards.


1971 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The 1971 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1970 and the beginning of 1971, and were announced on 1 January 1971.


1971 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


1971 New York City Marathon
The 1971 New York City Marathon was the 2nd edition of the New York City Marathon and took place in New York City on 19 September.


1971 New York Cosmos season
The 1971 New York Cosmos season was the inaugural season for the New York Cosmos, an expansion team in the now-defunct North American Soccer League. In the Cosmos' first year of existence, the club finished 2nd in the Northern Division and 4th in the overall league table. In the playoffs, the Cosmos were eliminated by the Atlanta Chiefs in the first two games of the best-of-three semifinals.


1971 New York Cosmos season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1971 New York Cosmos season, Results, Regular season
Pld = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, D = Draws, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points6 points for a win, 3 points for a draw, 0 points for a loss, 1 point for each goal scored (up to three per game).


1971 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
The 37th New York Film Critics Circle Awards honored the best filmmaking of 1971. The winners were announced on 29 December 1971 and the awards were given on 23 January 1972.


1971 New York Giants season
The 1971 New York Giants season was the franchise's 47th season in the National Football League (NFL). The Giants had a 4–10 record for the season and finished in last place in the National Football Conference East Division.


1971 New York Giants season
The Giants selected Rocky Thompson in the 1971 NFL Draft, with the 18th overall pick. After a winless preseason, New York began the regular season with a 2–1 record before posting a 2–9 mark in its final eleven games. The team was affected by numerous injuries, including a thigh injury suffered by running back Ron Johnson, who had gained more than 1,000 rushing yards in 1970. The 1971 season was the last for quarterback Fran Tarkenton with the Giants; after he requested a trade, the Giants dealt him to the Minnesota Vikings in 1972 for three players and a pair of draft picks.


1971 New York Giants season, Schedule, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1971 New York Jets season
The 1971 New York Jets season was the twelfth season for the team and the second in the National Football League. It began with the team trying to improve upon its 4–10 record from 1970 under head coach Weeb Ewbank.


1971 New York Jets season
Disaster struck before the regular season started and the Jets finished 6–8. Joe Namath was injured in a preseason game against the Detroit Lions and required knee surgery, All-Pro WR George Sauer unexpectedly retired at the peak of his career, and All-Pro defensive end Verlon Biggs exercised his option and signed with the Washington Redskins.


1971 New York Jets season
After missing nineteen consecutive Jets games in 1970 and 1971, Namath returned to action against the San Francisco 49ers in the third quarter (November 28, 1971) and threw for 258 yards and three touchdowns, but was intercepted by Johnny Fuller in the end zone on the final play of a 24–21 loss. He then started the final three games, and the Jets won the last two after suffering a 52–10 loss in a nationally televised game to the eventual Super Bowl champion Dallas Cowboys.


1971 New York Jets season, Regular season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1971 New York Mets season
The 1971 New York Mets season was the tenth regular season for the Mets, who played home games at Shea Stadium. Led by manager Gil Hodges, the team posted an 83–79 record and finished the season tied for third place in the National League East.


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


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


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


1971 New York Yankees season
The 1971 New York Yankees season was the 69th season for the franchise in New York, and its 71st season overall. The team finished fourth in the American League East with a record of 82–80, 21 games behind the Baltimore Orioles. New York was managed by Ralph Houk. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium.


1971 New York Yankees season, Regular season, The final Senators game
The Yankees were part of Washington baseball history. The Senators played their final game in Washington at RFK Stadium and their opponents were the Yankees. Fan enmity came to a head in the game 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. 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 New York Yankees 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 New York Yankees 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 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


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


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


1971 New Zealand Grand Prix
The 1971 New Zealand Grand Prix was a race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 9 January 1971. The race had 20 starters.


1971 New Zealand Grand Prix
It was the 17th New Zealand Grand Prix, and doubled as the second round of the 1971 Tasman Series. Australian Neil Allen won his first NZGP in his McLaren Formula 5000 ahead of fellow Australian and previous years winner, Frank Matich. The first New Zealand driver to finish was Graham McRae in the McLaren Formula 5000.


1971 New Zealand National Soccer League
The 1971 New Zealand National Soccer League was the second season of a nationwide round-robin club competition in New Zealand football. The league was expanded at the end of the inaugural season, so there was no relegation from the 1970 league season. Hungaria, who had competed in the inaugural season, combined with Miramar Rangers to form a new composite league team, Wellington City. Though Miramar withdrew from the team after the 1971 season, the team continued to use the new name.


1971 New Zealand National Soccer League, Promotion to the national league
At the end of the 1970 season, the winners of the Northern, Central, and Southern leagues — Mount Albert-Ponsonby (Auckland), Waterside (Wellington), and Caversham (Dunedin) respectively — took part in a play-off series to decide the two teams which would be granted entry to the national league. the results were as follows:


1971 New Zealand National Soccer League, Promotion to the national league
As a result of these matches, Mount Albert-Ponsonby and Caversham gained entry to the national league. In order to mount a stronger southern challenge, Caversham amalgamated with several other Dunedin-based sides to form Dunedin Suburbs; the team lasted for one season in this form before reverting to Caversham.


1971 New Zealand National Soccer League, Team performance
The same four teams dominated the league as in the inaugural season, but this time it was Eastern Suburbs who finished on top. An unbeaten run of twelve matches by Mount Wellington saw them move into second place, followed by Christchurch United and Blockhouse Bay. The league title came down to the last round of matches and a controversial yet thrilling between the top two sides. In front of an estimated crowd of 10,000 at Newmarket Park, the Mount had three goals disallowed yet still managed to draw against Suburbs 2-2. Despite still having one game in hand, the Mount needed a win to hang onto its title chances, and Suburbs were crowned champions. A personal milestone occurred for Eastern Suburbs' John Wrathall, who scored his 1000th goal in 26 years of senior football during Suburbs' 3-1 win against Mount Albert-Ponsonby.


1971 New Zealand National Soccer League, Team performance
The gap between the top four and the rest closed considerably over the debut season for Gisborne City, who finished comfortably fifth. below that was a major gap, however, with Dunedin Suburbs, Mount Albert-Ponsonby, Stop Out, Wellington City, and Western Suburbs FC all battling to avoid relegation. Wellington's teams struggled in the league for a second season, filling all three bottom places, and it was Porirua-based Western Suburbs which finished last on goal average. If goal difference had been employed — a system which was to be introduced for the 1978 league — they would have survived and it would have been City who went down.


1971 New Zealand gallantry awards
The 1971 New Zealand gallantry awards were announced via four Special Honours Lists dated 7 May, 27 May, 27 September and 19 October 1971, and recognised 12 New Zealand military personnel for gallantry during operations in Vietnam.


1971 New Zealand rugby league season
The 1971 New Zealand rugby league season was the 64th season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand.


1971 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
New Zealand defeated Australia 2–1 in a Test series. New Zealand were coached by Lory Blanchard. They then toured Great Britain and France, winning 2–1 in Britain and 2–0, with one draw, in France. It was the Kiwis first Test win on British soil since the 1907-08 All Golds tour.


1971 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
Australia defeated a New Zealand XIII 35-14 before losing to Auckland 14–15 at Carlaw Park. Coached by Neville Denton, Auckland included Mike McClennan, Bob McGuinn, Bernie Lowther, Dennis Williams, Roy Christian, Gary Woollard, Ken Stirling, Henry Tatana, Gene Woolsey, Don Mann, Murray Eade, Tony Kriletich and Ray Williams. Fred Schuster came on as a substitute.


1971 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
Roy Christian won the New Zealand Rugby League's player of the year award.


1971 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Rugby League Cup
West Coast held the Rugby League Cup at the end of the season, after they had defeated Wellington. Wellington had defeated Canterbury 19–13 to win the trophy.


1971 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Inter-district competition
Auckland won the Rothmans trophy, defeating Waikato 44–9 in a semi final and Wellington 26–12 in the final.


1971 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Inter-district competition
Earlier in the year Auckland had defeated Waikato 48–5, Rest of New Zealand 33–17 in a Kiwis trial, Wellington 60–4, the West Coast 37-2 and Canterbury 28–5.


1971 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Inter-district competition
Manawatu recorded their first victory over the Bay of Plenty, 24–19.


1971 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
Otahuhu won the Auckland Rugby League's Fox Memorial Trophy, Rukutai Shield, Stormont Shield and Kiwi Shield. They defeated the Mount Albert Lions 25–12 in the Fox Memorial grand final. Marist Brothers won the Roope Rooster while Glenora won the Sharman Cup and Marist and Pakuranga shared the Norton Cup.


1971 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
Eddie Wulf (Marist) won the Lipscombe Cup, Ken Stirling (Ellerslie) won the Rothville Trophy and Bert Humphries Memorial (back) award. Eddie Heatley (Otahuhu) won the Bert Humphries Memorial (forward) award. Paul Matete  (Otahuhu) won the Tetley Trophy, Brian Tracey (Ponsonby) won the Painter Rosebowl Trophy and Morrie Robertson (Ellerslie) won the Hyland Memorial Cup.


1971 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
Murray Eade, Robert Orchard and Doug Gailey played for Ellerslie while Otahuhu included Roy Christian, Shane Dowsett, Dave Sorensen and Bob McGuinn. Tony Kriletich and Bill Burgoyne played for Marist and Mount Wellington included Mike McClennan. John O'Sullivan and Don Mann played for Ponsonby and Richmond included Bernie Lowther and Ray Williams. Te Atatu included Dennis Williams while Mount Albert included Gary Woollard and Henry Tatana.


1971 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Canterbury
Papanui won the Canterbury Rugby League's Pat Smith Challenge Trophy, defeating Addington 27–8 in the Grand Final. Papanui won the Massetti Cup while Linwood won the Gore Cup.


1971 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Canterbury
As the Canterbury Rugby League, who had nine premier teams, and the West Coast Rugby League, who had five premier teams, played a trans-Alps series instead of both competitions having a bye.


1971 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Canterbury
Trevor Williams (Hornby) won the D.V. Syme Rosebowl as Sportsman of the year. Phil Brown (Marist-Western) and John Watts (Linwood) shared the A.G.Bailey Challenge Cup while Trevor Williams (Hornby)	won the Turner and Le Brun Cup.


1971 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Canterbury
Jim Bond was the coach of University, who played in the senior division for the first time. Rodney Walker played for Papanui.


1971 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Other Competitions
This was Phillip Orchard's final season playing for the Ngongotaha Chiefs, as he moved to Wellington in 1972.


1971 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Other Competitions
Graeme West for the Hawera Hawks in the Taranaki Rugby League competition.


1971 Newfoundland general election
The 1971 Newfoundland general election was held on 28 October 1971 to elect members of the 35th General Assembly of Newfoundland. It resulted in a hung parliament as, with the support of the Labrador Party's lone MHA, the Smallwood government had the support of 21 MHAs compared to 21 for the Progressive Conservative party. Smallwood ultimately resigned in January 1972 allowing Moores' Tories to form a government but the instability in the House led to the March 24, 1972 provincial election.


1971 Newham London Borough Council election
Elections to Newham London Borough Council were held in May 1971. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 27.3%. This election had aldermen as well as councillors. Labour won all ten aldermen positions.


1971 Newham London Borough Council election, Background
A total of 142 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 24 wards. 2 seats in one ward went unopposed. Candidates included a full slate from the Labour party, while the Liberal and Conservative parties stood 8 and 21 respectively. Other candidates included 42 Residents & Ratepayers, 3 Communists and 2 National Front.


1971 Newry killings
On 23 October 1971 undercover soldiers from the British Army shot dead three unarmed Catholic civilians in disputed circumstances in Newry.


1971 Newry killings, Background
The Irish Troubles broke out in August 1969 after the Battle of the Bogside and the Belfast August 1969 riots. Soon after the British Army was called in to restore order but events quickly shaped the conflict into a three-way urban guerrilla war with Loyalist paramilitaries like the Ulster Volunteer Force on one side, Irish Republican paramilitaries like the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on one side and the British state security services making up the other belligerent.


1971 Newry killings, Background
The killings in Newry on 23 October 1971 was one in a series of controversial incidents between 1970–1973 that involved the British Army shooting and killing Catholic Irish Nationalist civilians. During the Falls Curfew of July 1970 the British Army killed four Catholic civilians, the next year in August 1971 (when internment was being introduced) during the Ballymurphy Massacre they shot dead eleven civilians including a Catholic priest and a 50-year-old mother of eight. The most famous of these incidents was Bloody Sunday in January 1972 in which British paratroopers shot dead 14 civil rights protesters, later on that same year British army snipers shot dead five civilians and injured two more Catholic civilians in an event known as the Springhill massacre.


1971 Newry killings, The shooting
The shooting happened when the undercover British soldiers who were in an observation post on the roof of a Woolworths store believed they saw a robbery taking place at a bank across the street and assumed the robbers were members of the IRA. Sean Ruddy (19), Robert Anderson (25) and Thomas McLoughlin (27) were all shot dead. The British Army said that it had received information that the Provisional IRA was going to launch an operation in the area.


1971 Newry killings, The shooting
None of those killed were members of any paramilitary group and local eyewitnesses claim that the men were just having an argument with someone inside the bank, not robbing it, and that the army simply shot the three men without the men posing any serious risk to the soldiers or anybody else in the area. The shootings were carried out by the British Army’s Royal Green Jackets. In 2011 the Northern Ireland Historical Enquiries Team (HET) released its four-year investigation into the shooting. The HET report concluded that the killings were "a tragedy that should not have happened". The report found there to be a "question mark" over the British Army's conduct. Arthur Ruddy, brother of Sean Ruddy and a former nationalist councillor, said the four-year-long investigation by the Historical Enquiries Team had vindicated the family, who always maintained the 19-year-old's killing was unlawful.


1971 Newry killings, The shooting
There was intense rioting by the nationalist community in Newry for several days after the killing of the three men, with people directing their anger towards soldiers by throwing stones and, in some cases, petrol bombs at them. During the funerals of the men killed, most shops in the town closed out of respect to the dead men - except for the bank where the men had been shot, and the local post office. Both of these had their windows broken by youths throwing stones through them. After this there were further clashes with locals and the army, with the army firing CS gas and baton rounds at the mourners.


1971 Nice International Championships
The 1971 Nice International Championships, was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Nice Lawn Tennis Club in Nice, France that was part of Group D of the 1971 Grand Prix circuit. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from 29 March until 4 April 1971. Ilie Năstase won the title.


1971 Nice International Championships, Finals, Doubles
Ilie Năstase /  Ion Țiriac defeated  Pierre Barthès /  François Jauffret 6–3, 6–3


1971 Nippon Professional Baseball season
The 1971 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 22nd season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).


1971 North American Soccer League season
Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1971. This was the 4th season of the NASL.


1971 North American Soccer League season, Overview
Eight teams competed with Dallas Tornado winning the championship. However Dallas' road to that title was the stuff of legends. In Game 1 of the best-of-three semifinal against the Rochester Lancers, league scoring champion Carlos Metidieri of Rochester mercifully ended the longest match in NASL history, 2–1, late in the 6th 15 minute OT period. The golden goal was scored in the 176th minute, or less than four minutes shy of playing two complete games in one day! Three days later Dallas evened the series at one game each with a 3–1 regulation win.


1971 North American Soccer League season, Overview
In the rubber match four days later, the two teams ended regulation tied again at 1 goal apiece. This time the game would reach a 4th OT before Bobby Moffat sent Dallas into the Finals in the 148 minute. Incredibly, only four days after that, Dallas lost Game 1 of the NASL Championship Series, 2–1, in the 3rd OT to Atlanta after 123 minutes. All totaled, Dallas had played 537 minutes of football (3 minutes short of six games) in 13 days time. Finally the Tornado were able to get control of the finals, pulling away in Games 2 and 3, by scores of 4–1 and 2–0 respectively, to capture the title.


1971 North American Soccer League season, Changes From the previous season, Rules changes
Playoffs series switched from a two-game aggregate score to a best-two-out-of-three match format. Any playoff games tied after 90 minutes would now be settled by golden goal (or sudden death) overtime periods lasting 15 minutes each.


1971 North American Soccer League season, Regular season
W = Wins, L = Losses, T= Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PT= point system


1971 North American Soccer League season, 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 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
The 1971 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the North Carolina Tar Heels of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. The Tar Heels were led by fifth-year head coach Bill Dooley and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. North Carolina won the Atlantic Coast Conference with a perfect conference record of 6–0. They were invited to the 1971 Gator Bowl, where they lost to Georgia.


1971 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team
The 1971 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team, also known as the Nodaks, was an American football team that represented the University of North Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1971 NCAA College Division football season. In its fourth year under head coach Jerry Olson, the team compiled a 6–3–1 record (5–2 against NCC opponents), won the NCC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 245 to 142. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Grand Forks, North Dakota.


1971 North Dakota State Bison football team
The 1971 North Dakota State Bison football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota State University during the 1971 NCAA College Division football season as a member of the North Central Conference. In their sixth year under head coach Ron Erhardt, the team compiled a 7–2 record.


1971 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
The 1971 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was part of the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. The season has no official bounds but cyclones tend to form between April and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northern Indian Ocean. There are two main seas in the North Indian Ocean—the Bay of Bengal to the east of the Indian subcontinent and the Arabian Sea to the west of India.


1971 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
The official Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre in this basin is the India Meteorological Department (IMD), while the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) releases unofficial advisories. An average of five tropical cyclones form in the North Indian Ocean every season with peaks in May and November. Cyclones occurring between the meridians 45°E and 100°E are included in the season by the IMD.


1971 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclone Ten (10B)
This cyclone was formed on September 27 and peaked as a Category-1 equivalent storm. On September 30, the storm made landfall over Sunderbans and dissipated over the state of Bihar by the next day. 60 people were killed due to the storm.


1971 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, 1971 Odisha cyclone (12B)
On October 27 a tropical depression formed in the Bay of Bengal. It tracked northward, rapidly strengthened until reached a peak of 115 mph winds. The cyclone struck Paradip in Odisha, India, on October 29, and dissipated by the same day. The storm surge and flooding from the system caused 10,800 fatalities.


1971 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclone Thirteen (13A)
A tropical cyclone moved through the Arabian Sea near the end of October.


1971 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclone Fifteen (15A)
This was a rare cyclone which threatened the Arabian Peninsula in the month of December.


1971 North Vietnamese legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in North Vietnam on 11 April 1971. Only candidates representing the Vietnamese Fatherland Front (an alliance of the Vietnamese Workers' Party together with various bloc parties and satellite organisations) contested the election. Voter turnout was reported to be 98.9%.


1971 Northeast Louisiana Indians football team
The 1971 Northeast Louisiana Indians football team was an American football team that represented Northeast Louisiana University (now known as the University of Louisiana at Monroe) as an independent during the 1971 NCAA College Division football season. In their eighth year under head coach Dixie B. White, the team compiled a 4–6–1 record.


1971 Northern Illinois Huskies football team
The 1971 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University in the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. The Huskies competed as an independent in the University Division, which became Division I in 1973. They were led by new head coach Jerry Ippoliti, where he led the Huskies to this first .500 season, and played their home games on campus at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb.


1971 Northern Iowa Panthers football team
The 1971 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 1971 NCAA College Division football season as a member of the North Central Conference.


1971 Northwestern Wildcats football team
The 1971 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1971 Big Ten Conference football season. In their eighth year under head coach Alex Agase, the Wildcats compiled a 7–4 record (6–3 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in second place in the Big Ten Conference.


1971 Northwestern Wildcats football team
The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Maurie Daigneau with 1,733 passing yards, Al Robinson with 881 rushing yards, and Barry Pearson with 674 receiving yards. Ten Northwestern players received honors on the 1971 All-Big Ten Conference football team. They are: (1) Maurie Daigneau (AP-1; UPI-1); (2) running back Al Robinson (AP-2); (3) wide receiver Barry Pearson (AP-1; UPI-1); (4) offensive tackle Tom McCreight (AP-1); (5) defensive end Wil Hemby (UPI-2); (6) defensive tackle Jim Anderson (UPI-2); (7) linebacker John Voorhees (AP-2); and defensive ends (8) Eric Hutchinson (AP-1; UPI-1); (9) Jerry Brown (AP-2); and (10) Jack Duston (UPI-2). Eric Hutchinson was also selected as a first-team All-American by the Football Writers Association of America.


1971 Norwegian Football Cup
The 1971 Norwegian Football Cup was won by Rosenborg after beating Fredrikstad in the cup final.


1971 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
The 1971 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season.


1971 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
Prior to their concluding game at LSU, #7 Notre Dame (8–1) announced that they would not play in a bowl game this season.


1971 Oakland Athletics season
The 1971 Oakland Athletics season involved the A's finishing first in the American League West with a record of 101 wins and 60 losses. In their first postseason appearance of any kind since 1931, the A's were swept in three games by the Baltimore Orioles in the American League Championship Series.


1971 Oakland Athletics season, Regular season
Vida Blue became the first black player in the history of the American League to win the American League Cy Young Award. He was also the youngest AL player in the 20th century to win the MVP Award. During the year, Vida Blue was on the cover of Sports Illustrated and Time magazine.


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


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


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


1971 Oakland Athletics season, 1971 American League Championship Series, Game 1
Sunday, October 3, 1971, at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland


1971 Oakland Athletics season, 1971 American League Championship Series, Game 2
Monday, October 4, 1971, at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland


1971 Oakland Athletics season, 1971 American League Championship Series, Game 3
Tuesday, October 5, 1971, at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California


1971 Oakland Raiders season
The 1971 Oakland Raiders season was the team's 12th season. After winning the AFC West in 1970, the Raiders failed to make the playoffs as their main rivals, the Kansas City Chiefs, would win the division title.


1971 Oakland Raiders season, Regular season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
Elections to the second Odisha Legislative Assembly were held in 1971.


1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Constituencies
The elections were held for 140 seats. A total of 835 candidates contested for these 140 seats.


1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Political Parties
Three national parties, Communist Party of India, Indian National Congress and Swatantra Party along with the state party Utkal Congress took part in the assembly election. Congress party emerged again as the winner by winning 40% of the seats with a vote share of 28.74%. Harekrushna Mahatab again become the Chief Minister of the state.


1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Government
The United Front a coalition of Swatantra Party who won 36 Assembly seats and the new regional party Utkal Congress who won 33 Assembly seats formed the government under the leadership of Independent candidate Bishwanath Das.


1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Government
Das resigned on June 14, 1972 due to defection of a large number of members from the ruling coalition and on same day Nandini Satpathy of the Indian National Congress formed the government and continued till March 1973. Nandini Satpathy ousted due in-fighting of the members after which there was imposition of President's rule in the state.


1971 Odisha cyclone
The 1971 Odisha cyclone was a devastating tropical cyclone that struck the Indian state of Odisha (known as Orissa at the time) on October 29, 1971. The cyclone also affected the Indian state of West Bengal as well as East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh), which had been devastated by the 1970 Bhola cyclone just less than a year prior and was in the middle of Bangladesh Liberation War.


1971 Odisha cyclone, Meteorological history
This tropical cyclone formed on October 26. Within few hours after its formation, due to presence of highly favorable conditions, the cyclone underwent rapid intensification which became an extremely severe cyclonic storm and Category 3 equivalent cyclone in one and ten minute mean windspeed on 29 October. At the time, the storm's central pressure was 966 hPa. At its peak intensity, the storm made landfall on the coast of Odisha near Paradip early on  the morning of October 30 and weakened the same day. It then curved northeast and dissipated on October 31.


1971 Odisha cyclone, Impact
The storm surge flooded low lying areas of the Odisha coast, resulting in more than 10,000 deaths and killing 50,000 cattle. Hundreds of thousands of trees were uprooted. The cyclone destroyed more than 800,000 houses. Communications and power lines were cut for days, pre venting news of the disaster from reaching the outside world. Coastal districts of Odisha such as Bhadrak, Balasore, Cuttack and Jagatsinghpur were widely affected by this cyclone, since gusts were recorded to be up to 175 kph there.


1971 Ohio Bobcats football team
The 1971 Ohio Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Ohio University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. In their 14th season under head coach Bill Hess, the Bobcats compiled a 5–5 record (2–3 against MAC opponents), finished in a tie for third place, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 240 to 173.


1971 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
The 1971 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1971 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 6–4 record.


1971 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
The Buckeyes entered the season knowing it could not go to a bowl game, due to the Big Ten's "no repeat" rule, prohibiting conference schools from appearing in the Rose Bowl in consecutive seasons, plus the rule banning schools from playing in any bowl other than the Rose Bowl. The no-repeat rule was rescinded December 9 and went into effect for 1972; the prohibition on playing in bowls other than the Rose was not repealed until 1975.


1971 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
This was the first season Ohio Stadium had artificial turf. The playing surface was scheduled to be installed in time for the 1970 season, but had been delayed. The AstroTurf field remained in place through the 1989 season.


1971 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Game summaries, Iowa
Don Lamka, who spent the last two seasons as a reserve defensive back, made his debut at quarterback with 211 total yards and four touchdowns.


1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement
The Okinawa Reversion Agreement (Japanese: 沖縄返還協定, Hepburn: Okinawahenkan kyōtei) was an agreement between Japan and the United States in which the United States relinquished in favor of Japan all rights and interests under Article III of the Treaty of San Francisco, which had been obtained as a result of the Pacific War, and thus return the Okinawa Prefecture to Japanese sovereignty. The document was signed simultaneously in Washington, DC, and Tokyo on June 17, 1971, by William P. Rogers on behalf of United States President Richard Nixon and Kiichi Aichi on behalf of Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Satō. The document was not ratified in Japan until November 24, 1971, by the National Diet.


1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement, Terms
The agreement is divided into nine major articles that specify the details of this agreement. America returned control of the Ryukyu Islands and the Daitō Islands (also known as the Okinawa Prefecture) to Japan, if the United States Armed Forces could occupy Okinawa as well have access to its facilities. The Americans maintained a large military presence in Okinawa because its strategic location and intense fighting made it known as the "Keystone Of The Pacific" during World War II.


1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement, Terms
Under the agreement, the Ryukyu and the Daitō Islands would become subject to all existing and future treaties agreed upon between the Americans and the Japanese. The United States would help to repair damages done to land seized by American administrations. The treaty also states that Japan would recognize actions taken by the United States administration in those areas, and that the administration would not be held liable for criminal activity during its time. The Japanese government also agreed to pay the United States government $320,000,000 over the next five years.


1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement, Terms
The goals of the agreement for the United States were to transfer sovereignty, ensure that the United States could help a democratic government, and ensure the Japan would not be able to endanger the peace.


1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement, Negotiations
The reversion of Okinawa back to Japan was met with several complications between Japanese and American diplomats. Many diplomats met with each other and wanted to solve the issues between the two countries, but complications and conflicting interests made reversion problematic.


1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement, Negotiations, Early negotiations
Negotiations began between Japanese Foreign Minister Kiichi Aichi and United States Ambassador to Japan U. Alexis Johnson in 1968. The two worked well together and establishied an effective working relationship in the hope of quickly coming to an understanding. The discussions moved slowly at first because Japan's primary concern was for a confirmed date of reversion, before agreeing upon the specifics of the agreement, which came to be known as the "clean-slate" policy.


1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement, Negotiations, Early negotiations
Aichi's active role in foreign policy helped make a breakthrough in negotiations when he suggested Reversion by 1972, suggesting to Johnson that military bases could maintain all present freedoms until both governments agreed upon a gradual removal without any threat to regional security. In a following negotiation with Henry Kissinger, Kissinger stated that the military presence in Okinawa served as a deterrent to nuclear weapon development.


1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement, Negotiations, Early negotiations
Morton Halperin outlined the American stance on the reversion. Firstly, removal of American nuclear weapons from Okinawa. If North Korea were determined to invade South Korea, the Americans willingness to fire nuclear weapons to defend the South could deter the North from invading at all. The United States was also concerned that reversion of Okinawa would be interpreted by others as retreating from Asia. The United States considered Okinawa part of Japan and intended to revert sovereignty by 1972 but only if its concerns were completely dealt with by then.


1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement, Negotiations, Japan-US Kyoto Conference
At the Japan-US Kyoto Conference, Japan argued that keeping nuclear weapons in Okinawa would be redundant and that there were more suitable areas for military presence. Support from American specialists helped to persuade Americans the benefits of reversion. After the conference, a summary stated that the United States had an official concern that Japan would support the United States if there were a crisis in the Korean Peninsula.


1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement, Negotiations, Talks between Kishi and Nixon
Special Envoy Kishi met President Nixon with two preconceived desires. Japan sought reversion by 1972 with, at least, denuclearized US military bases. On April 1, 1969, Kishi told President Nixon that "many Japanese feel that if Japan is to play a greater role in Asia, it is quite unacceptable for part of their country to remain occupied by a foreign power." Kishi also believed that maintaining the status quo in Okinawa could risk political fallout. Nixon assured him that he was well informed about the topic and that relations between Japan and the United States were important to him.


1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement, Negotiations, Final stages
The United States had informed Japan that reversion was possible if in the event of an emergency, nuclear weapons were allowed in Okinawa. The issue was brought forth by the United States as an ultimatum. Japan complied, but the ultimatum brought up complications on what was considered an emergency that warranted nuclear weapons. Although Japan did not believe such an emergency would ever occur, its goal for total denuclearization had failed. The United States also sought for fair competition with Japanese wool textile manufacturers. Because economy and government are intertwined, America pressed for regulations on wool manufacturers. Since the issue of reversion became tied to trade, top-secret discussions took place at the White House and ended with an agreement to meet with other countries concerning the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in which Japan promised to support the Americans' search for fair trade.


1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement, Negotiations, Final stages
China criticized the reversion of sovereignty because of its claims on the area, based on ancient Chinese maritime logs, Voyage with a Tail Wind. Its references were judged insufficiently credible to validate their claim. The historical circumstances remain a subject of debate.


1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement, Negotiations, Reaction in Japan
The agreements sparked controversy in both Okinawa and Mainland Japan for different reasons. Despite the desire of many inhabitants of the islands for some form of independence, the Japanese government decided to negotiate the reversion of the prefecture back to its control. The document was not ratified in Japan until November 24, 1971, by the National Diet. Even before the discussions, the Ryukyu independence movement aimed to have Okinawa independent from both America and Japan. In Tokyo, a group of radical students discontent with American military presence in Okinawa, rioted using Molotov cocktails and steel pipes, killing a police officer. The Koza riot was another example of the social unrest that took place in Japan during that time. American military forces reported that the reversion of sovereignty created a new and challenging environment for military forces to deal with.


1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement, Negotiations, Okinawa Reversion 40th Anniversary Ceremony
In 2011, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda visited Okinawa and gave a speech stating the Japanese government supports Okinawa's independent plans to help improve the prefecture. He also acknowledged the burden that the military bases in Okinawa have on the islanders and claimed to continue trying to reduce the burden. Noda also said, "It is Okinawa that will be the driving force for Japan as a whole, creating a role for itself at the forefront of the Asia-Pacific era. It is we who are responsible for creating this future. There is no doubt that the aspirations of the people of Okinawa for peace, and their globally-minded spirit as a "bridge between nations" will be a tremendous asset in the development and growth of Okinawa in the 21st century."


1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement, Negotiations, Okinawa Reversion 40th Anniversary Ceremony
Citizens in Okinawa continue to seek the removal of military bases and equal living standards with mainland Japanese citizens. Since the reversion, the inhabitants of Okinawa rely on government investment for improvement, instead of American military spending.


1971 Oklahoma Sooners football team
The 1971 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. Oklahoma was a member of the Big Eight Conference and played its home games in Oklahoma Memorial Stadium where it has played its home games since 1923. The team posted an 11–1 and 6–1 conference record under head coach Chuck Fairbanks. The Sooners finished the season ranked #2, losing only once, 35–31 to eventual national champion Nebraska in the 1971 Nebraska vs. Oklahoma football game, which has become known as Game of the Century.


1971 Oklahoma Sooners football team
In 1971, offensive coordinator Barry Switzer perfected the wishbone offense as it led the nation in both scoring (45 points average) and total yards (563 total yards average), and set an NCAA record by averaging over 472.4 (5196 in 11 games) rushing yards in a season. The team holds the current school record with 7.07 yards per rushing attempt and 7.6 yards per play as well as the records for 469.6 rushing yards (5635 in 12 games counting bowl game) and 566.83 yards of total offense per game.


1971 Oklahoma Sooners football team
The team also holds the single-season rushing touchdowns record of 62 and rushing touchdowns per game record of 5.17. The team's records of 711 single-game rushing yards and 785 total yards stood for nine seasons. Jack Mildren's single-season record for yards rushing by a quarterback of 1140 would be broken three seasons later by Freddie Solomon.


1971 Oklahoma Sooners football team
Greg Pruitt set the current national single-season record with 8.98 yards per attempt, the school's single-game records of 294 rushing yards and 374 all-purpose yards. Meanwhile, Jon Harrison set the single-season and career yards per reception with 29.1 and 27.0. His 2066 single-season all-purpose yards record stood until Quentin Griffin broke it in 2002. Joe Wylie's kickoff return average record of 28.5 stood for 27 years.


1971 Oklahoma Sooners football team
The team was led by three All-Americans: Pruitt, Tom Brahaney and Jack Mildren. The team won its first nine games on a schedule that included five ranked opponents (In order, #17 USC, #3 Texas, #6 Colorado, #1 Nebraska and #5 Auburn). All five of these opponents finished the season ranked. The only loss was to Nebraska. They played Auburn in the Sugar Bowl and won 40–22.


1971 Oklahoma Sooners football team
The top three teams in the final AP poll for the 1971 season were from the Big Eight: Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Colorado. The top two teams had never been from the same conference, and this year had three.


1971 Oklahoma Sooners football team
Pruitt led the team in rushing with 1760 yards, Mildren led the team in passing yards for the third straight season with 889 yards and also in scoring with 12 points, Harrison led the team in receiving with 494 yards, Mark Driscoll led the team in tackles with 134, and John Shelly led the team in interceptions with 5.


1971 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Nebraska
Oklahoma and Nebraska battled back and forth in the Game of the Century in front of a sold-out crowd in Norman and over 55 million viewers on ABC-TV on Thanksgiving Day. Nebraska struck first with a 72-yard Johnny Rodgers punt return, but Oklahoma pulled ahead by 3 by halftime. The Cornhuskers came back strong in the third quarter with two more touchdowns, but the Sooners responded with two of their own to retake the lead with only 7:10 remaining. Down by 3 points, the Huskers went on a final drive and with only 1:38 remaining, Jeff Kinney scored his fourth touchdown of the day for the lead and the win.


1971 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Postseason, NFL draft
The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.


1971 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team
The 1971 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University in the Big Eight Conference during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. In their third and final season under head coach Floyd Gass, the Cowboys compiled a 4–6–1 record (2–5 against conference opponents), tied for fifth place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 322 to 184.


1971 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team
The team's statistical leaders included Bobby Cole with 631 rushing yards, Tony Pounds with 792 passing yards, and Dick Graham with 631 receiving yards.


1971 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team
The team played its home games at Lewis Field in Stillwater, Oklahoma.


1971 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team, After the season
The 1972 NFL Draft was held on February 1–2, 1972. The following Cowboy was selected.


1971 Ole Miss Rebels football team
The 1971 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season.


1971 Ole Miss Rebels football team
It was the first Rebel squad since 1946 to not be coached by Johnny Vaught, who was forced to take a leave of absence midway through the previous campaign due to health concerns. This was also Ole Miss' last all-white varsity team. The Rebels and Southeastern Conference rival LSU were the last major college teams still fielding all-white squads. LSU would also field its first desegregated varsity squad in 1972.


1971 Omloop Het Volk
The 1971 Omloop Het Volk was the 26th edition of the Omloop Het Volk cycle race and was held on 25 March 1971. The race started and finished in Ghent. The race was won by Eddy Merckx.


1971 Ontario general election
The 1971 Ontario general election was held on October 21, 1971, to elect the 117 members of the 29th Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario.


1971 Ontario general election
The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by Bill Davis, who had replaced John Robarts as PC leader and premier earlier in the year, won a ninth consecutive term in office, and maintained its majority in the legislature, increasing its caucus in the legislature by eight seats from its result in the previous election.


1971 Ontario general election
The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Robert Nixon, lost seven seats, but continued in the role of official opposition.


1971 Ontario general election
The social democratic Ontario New Democratic Party, led by Stephen Lewis, lost one seat.


1971 Ontario general election
This election marked the first time that the provincial election was held on a Thursday. Subsequently, every provincial election has also been held on a Thursday, with the exception of the 2007 Ontario general election, which was held on a Wednesday.


1971 Open Championship
The 1971 Open Championship was the 100th Open Championship, played 7–10 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Lee Trevino won the first of his consecutive Open Championships, one stroke ahead of Lu Liang-Huan. It was the third of his six major titles and his second consecutive; he won the U.S. Open less than a month earlier in a playoff over Jack Nicklaus.


1971 Open Championship
Trevino became the fourth player to win both the U.S. Open and the Open Championship in the same year, joining Bobby Jones (1926, 1930), Gene Sarazen (1932), and Ben Hogan (1953). Subsequent winners of both were Tom Watson (1982) and Tiger Woods (2000); all six are Americans.


1971 Open Championship
Trevino also won the Canadian Open the previous week near Montreal for three national titles in 1971, all won in less than a month.


1971 Open Championship
This was the last major championship of 1971 because the PGA Championship was played in February instead of its traditional date in August. (In 2019 the PGA moved to May.) Trevino's win, therefore, assured that Americans won all four major championships in 1971 (Charles Coody won the Masters Tournament and Nicklaus captured the PGA). This was the fifth time this had happened in golf history. (It has happened five more times since 1971 but none since 1982.)


1971 Open Championship, Round summaries, Second round
Source:Amateurs: Bonallack (−3), Melnyk (+4),Humphreys (+6), Berry (+7), Carr (+8), Foster (+9), Birtwell (+11), Bird (+12), Rolley (+14).


1971 Orange Bowl
The 1971 Orange Bowl was the 37th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Friday, January 1. Part of the 1970–71 bowl season, it matched the third-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers, champions of the Big Eight Conference, and the #5 LSU Tigers, champions of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).


1971 Orange Bowl
Earlier on New Year's Day, the two top-ranked teams lost their bowl games: #1 Texas in the Cotton and #2 Ohio State in the Rose. The Huskers were aware when they took the field that night that they could claim the top ranking in the AP writers poll with a victory. An LSU victory would likely have given Notre Dame the national title.


1971 Orange Bowl
Ahead early, Nebraska rallied in the fourth quarter to win 17–12.


1971 Orange Bowl, Game summary
Paul Rogers kicked a 25-yard field goal for Nebraska to take an early lead. Joe Orduna scored on a three-yard touchdown run, as Nebraska extended its lead to 10–0. Late in the second quarter, LSU got a 36-yard field goal from Mark Lumpkin to cut the lead to 10–3 at halftime.


1971 Orange Bowl, Game summary
In the third quarter, Lumpkin added a 25-yard field goal to make it 10–6. On the final play of the third quarter, Buddy Lee threw a 31-yard touchdown pass to Lance Chaffee to put LSU ahead 12–10. The Huskers then drove 67 yards and quarterback Jerry Tagge scored from a yard out with 8:50 remaining; it was the game's last scoring play and gave Nebraska the 17–12 win.


1971 Orange Bowl, National champions
Undefeated Nebraska (11–0–1) was named national champion in the final AP poll, released after the bowls in January. With the narrow defeat, LSU (9–3) fell only two spots, from fifth to seventh, its last top-10 finish until finishing fifth in 1987. The UPI coaches poll was released in early December (before the bowls) through the 1973 season; it had Texas as first, as it did not consider their 24–11 loss to Notre Dame—which defeated LSU 3–0 at South Bend in November—in the Cotton Bowl on New Year's Day.


1971 Orange Bowl, Artificial turf
This was the first Orange Bowl played on artificial turf, on Poly-Turf, a competitor to AstroTurf. Super Bowl V, the first on artificial turf, was played on the same field on January 17. It was installed prior to the 1970 season and lasted just two years, and its replacement for four more. It was removed shortly after Super Bowl X, played in January 1976.


1971 Orange Bowl, Artificial turf
Nebraska had a distinct advantage on the artificial surface, installing AstroTurf at Memorial Stadium in 1970 and playing six home games that season, as well as wins at Minnesota and Kansas. Meanwhile, LSU played its first game ever on artificial turf when it defeated Alabama at Legion Field in Birmingham in its seventh game of 1970.


1971 Orange Bowl, Artificial turf
Nebraska did not lose a game on artificial turf until the end of the 1972 regular season, falling 17–14 at home to Oklahoma.


1971 Orange Bowl, Cigarette advertising
In April 1970, Congress passed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act banning the advertising of cigarettes on television and radio; in order to allow the New Year's Day football games to keep their already-sold cigarette ads, the prohibition was set to begin on at midnight Eastern Standard Time January 2, 1971.


1971 Orange Bowl, Cigarette advertising
Airing in prime time on the East Coast, the 1971 Orange Bowl thus became the last televised sporting event to carry cigarette ads, the final one (for Winston) airing at 10:54 p.m. (The last tobacco advertisement on network TV, for Virginia Slims, was shown at 11:59 p.m. during a break on The Tonight Show).


1971 Orange Bowl, Future meetings
The teams next met in the 1975 season opener at Lincoln, with the Cornhuskers prevailing 10–7. In the 1976 season opener at Baton Rouge, the top-ranked Cornhuskers escaped with a 6–6 tie after LSU's Mike Conway missed a 44-yard field goal in the closing seconds.


1971 Orange Bowl, Future meetings
Nebraska won three bowl meetings vs. LSU in the 1980s: the 1983 Orange Bowl, 1985 Sugar Bowl and 1987 Sugar Bowl.


1971 Oregon State Beavers football team
The 1971 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. In their seventh season under head coach Dee Andros, the Beavers compiled a 5–6 record (3–3 in Pac-8, fifth), and were outscored 295 to 131. They played three home games on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis, with one at Civic Stadium in Portland.


1971 Oregon State Beavers football team
Oregon State defeated rival Oregon in the Civil War game for the eighth consecutive year.


1971 Oregon State Beavers football team
This was the first of 28 consecutive losing seasons for the Beavers, and OSU did not win five games in a season again until 1998.


1971 Oregon Webfoots football team
The 1971 Oregon Webfoots football team represented the University of Oregon during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. Home games were played in Eugene at Autzen Stadium.


1971 Oregon Webfoots football team
Led by fifth-year head coach Jerry Frei, the Ducks were 5–6 overall and 2–4 in the Pacific-8 Conference. They did not play UCLA and lost the Civil War to Oregon State for an eighth consecutive year.


1971 Oregon Webfoots football team
Oregon was led by junior quarterback Dan Fouts and senior All-American halfback Bobby Moore (Ahmad Rashād), the fourth overall pick of the 1972 NFL Draft, taken by the St. Louis Cardinals. Rashād played ten seasons in the NFL, primarily as a wide receiver with the Minnesota Vikings.


1971 Oregon Webfoots football team
Two months after the season, Frei resigned as head coach on January 19, 1972, and assistant coach Dick Enright was promoted two weeks later.


1971 Oregon Webfoots football team, All-conference
Four Oregon seniors were named to the All-Pacific-8 team: halfback Bobby Moore, tackle Tom Drougas, guard John McKean, and defensive back Bill Drake. It was the third straight year on the first team for Moore.


1971 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)
1971 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo) was the 65th water polo championship in Hungary. There were ten teams who played two-round match for the title.


1971 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), Final list
* M: Matches W: Win D: Drawn L: Lost G+: Goals earned G-: Goals got P: Point


1971 Ottawa Rough Riders season
The 1971 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in 3rd place in the Eastern Conference with a 6–8 record and lost in the Eastern Semi-Final game to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.


1971 Oxford-Cambridge rugby union tour of Argentina
The1971 Oxford e Cambridge rugby union tour of Argentina and Brazil was a series of matches played between July and September 1971 by a selection of the British players of Oxford University RFC & Cambridge University R.U.F.C..


1971 Oxford-Cambridge rugby union tour of Argentina
A mixed selection, formed also of many international players of British national team, students at Oxford  and Cambridge universities were arranged for this tour the fourth after the historical 1948, 1956 ,and 1965 tours.


1971 Oxford-Cambridge rugby union tour of Argentina
The university team lost both the Test matches against the Pumas


1971 Oxford-Cambridge rugby union tour of Argentina, Results
Universidad de Neuquén: M. Cecheto; D. Segovia, F. Gómez, L. Lorences, A. Buitrago; J. Blok, J. Leiva; G. Peralta, M. Kodelja, J. Escalada; O. Larice, A. Saravia; C. Silfeni (cap); H. Goncalves, R. Domínguez. Oxford-Cambridge: P. Caroll (cap); I. Dunbar, C. Saville, P. Smith, G. Philips; J. Williams, B. Carroll; J. Redmond, W. Jones, S. James; P. Gordon, N. Witney; P. Hinto, P. Keith-Roach, A. Douglas.


1971 Oxford-Cambridge rugby union tour of Argentina, Results
Mendoza: J. Castro; M. Brandi, O. Terranova, R. Tarquini, E. Gandía; C. Navesi, L. Chacón; J. Navesi, E. Casale (cap), J. Nasazzi; E. Sánchez, A. Cataneo; C. Guiñazú, L. Ramos, R. Irañeta. Oxford-Cambridge: P. Carroll; G. Phillips, R. Jones, K. Hughes, T. Dunbar; D. Bell, J. Page; P. Gordon, G. Redmond, W. Jones; A. Rodgers, N. Witny; R. Skiner, D. Barry, N. Hinton


1971 Oxford-Cambridge rugby union tour of Argentina, Results
Córdoba: F.Mezquida; E.Vaca Narvaja, G.Pispiero, C.Antoraz, J.J.Rubio; R.Agüero, J.Vera; C.Cottorano, H.Barrea, D.Torrecillas; R.Pasaglia, R.Borsdoch; G.Ribeca, A.Paz, R.Dunn Oxford-Cambridge: P.Carroll; G.Philips, K.Hughes, P.Smith, R.Jones; J.Williams, B.Carroll; S.James, G.Redmond, W.Jones; D.Greenwood, A.Rodgers; N.Hinton, P.Keith-Roach, A.Douglas.


1971 Oxford-Cambridge rugby union tour of Argentina, Results
Tucumán: J.Vega; C.Cisint, R.Grunauer, C.Odstril, J.Rojas; C.Rojas, C.Nieva; J.Bach, J.Ghiringhelli (capt. ), J.Veglia; I.Iramain, O.Ferrari; J.Olmos, M.Iramain, C.Pérez Oxford-Cambridge: P.Carroll (capt. ); G.Phillips, D.Bell, S.Saville, R.Jones; J.Williams, J.Page; W.Jones, S.Janes, D.Greenwood; K.Witney, A.Rodgers; A.Douglas, D.Parry, R.Skinner.


1971 Oxford-Cambridge rugby union tour of Argentina, Results
Santa Fe: E.Amanzio; F.Williams, H.Lauría, G.Ibazquez, A.Eckard; B.Kreczmann, E.Tenca; A.Donet, A.Fidalgo, R.Campanella; D.Mota, P.Giardini; J.Colombo, J.Aguilera, R.González. Oxford-Cambridge: P.Carroll (capt. ); G.Phillips, P.Smith, K.Hughes, R.Jones; J.Williams, J.Page; R.Wilkinson, P.Gordon, S.Jones; N.Witney, R.Rodgers; R.Skinner, P.Keith-Roach, P.Milton


1971 Oxford-Cambridge rugby union tour of Argentina, Results
Rosario: L.Huljich; C.García, C.Blanco, J.Seaton, G.Blanco; J.Scilabra, M.Escalante; M.Chesta (cap. ), J.Imhoff, E.Mainnini; H.Suárez, M.Senatore; R.Fariello, J.Fradua, S.Furno. Oxford-Cambridge: P.Carroll (cap. ); G.Phillips, P.Smith, K.Hughes, R.Jones; D.Bell, J.Page; R.Wilkinson, P.Gordon, A.Jones; N.Witney, R.Rodgers; N.Hinton, D.Parry, A.Douglas.


1971 Oxford-Cambridge rugby union tour of Argentina, Results
Buenos Aires: M.Alonso; J.Otaola, M.Rodríguez Jurado, L.Esteras, G.Escobar;C.Martínez, M.Cutler (capt. ); M.Iglesias, J.Braceras, J.Carracedo; J.Borghi, C.Gomis; F.Insúa, G.Casas, O.Carbone Oxford-Cambridge: P.Carroll (capt. ); G.Phillips, C.Saville, K.Hughes, I.Dunbar; D.Bell, B.Carroll; S.James, G.Redmon, W.Jones; R.Wilkinson, A.Rodgers; P.Hinton, P.D ́A.Keith-Roach, R.Skinner.


1971 Oxford-Cambridge rugby union tour of Argentina, Results
Mar del Plata: J.Viders; D.Filippa, C.Sosa (capt. ), F.Uriaguereca, G.Severino; R.L ́Erario, R.Caparelli; R.Panzarini, M.Riego, E.Feullasier; W.Heathi, D.Cordasco; R.Bonomo, M.Blanco, D.Sepe. Oxford-Cambridge: P.Carroll; P.Greenwood, G.Redmon, S.James; M.Witney, P.Gordon; R.Skinner, D.Parry, A.Douglas.


1971 PGA Championship
The 1971 PGA Championship was the 53rd PGA Championship, played February 25–28 at the original PGA National Golf Club, presently known as BallenIsles Country Club (East Course) in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.


1971 PGA Championship
Jack Nicklaus won the second of his five PGA Championships, two strokes ahead of Billy Casper, the reigning Masters champion. Nicklaus led wire-to-wire, and held a four-stroke lead over Gary Player after 54 holes, with Casper seven shots back. The two were pre-tournament favorites, along with Arnold Palmer, who shot an opening round 75 and finished at 289 (+1), eight strokes back.


1971 PGA Championship
Nicklaus became the first in history to complete the modern career Grand Slam for a second time; two victories in each of the four major championships. He completed his third career grand slam at the 1978 Open Championship.


1971 PGA Championship
The championship was played in February rather than August, due to anticipated oppressive summer weather in Florida. The rescheduling changed the PGA Championship from the fourth and final major of the calendar year to the first in 1971, and the 1970 and 1971 editions were consecutive majors. It returned to August in 1972 at Oakland Hills in Michigan.


1971 PGA Tour
The 1971 PGA Tour season was from January 7 to December 12. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Lee Trevino won the most tournaments, six, and there were 10 first-time winners. Trevino won two majors, the U.S. Open and British Open, in a span of three weeks. In between, he also won the Canadian Open to become the first to win all three in the same season. The tournament results and award winners are listed below.


1971 PGA Tour, Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1971 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament, usually a Sunday. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.


1971 PGA Tour, Tournament results
The PGA Championship was played in February, rather than August, in order to avoid the intense heat and humidity of Florida in the summer.


1971 PGA Tour, Dave Hill antitrust lawsuit
At the Colonial National Invitation, Dave Hill shot rounds of 77-85 to miss the cut. On his last hole, Hill threw a ball out of a sand trap. Hill was disqualified but it was for his signing a scorecard with an incorrect score on it. When Hill went to play in his next tournament, the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic, Hill was told he was being fined $500 for conduct unbecoming a professional golfer. Hill was required to pay the fine before teeing it up in the tournament.


1971 PGA Tour, Dave Hill antitrust lawsuit
He did so but less than a week later, Hill filed a one-million dollar antitrust suit against the PGA Tour. In response, the tour put Hill on probation for one year. Hill then increased the amount of damages he was seeking to three-million dollars. The litigation was resolved out of court in less than a year and Hill was taken off probation.


1971 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
This is a list of the 1971 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates. The event was held in mid-October at PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.


1971 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
After three 72-hole regional qualifiers, there were 75 players in the 108-hole final qualifying tournament.


1971 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
Bob Zender was the medalist as 23 players earned their tour cards. Overall, according to the Orlando Sentinel's Jim Warters, "The PGA tour qualifying school came and went just about the way the experts predicted." Elite, "nationally-known" amateurs such as Lanny Wadkins, Steve Melnyk, Allen Miller, and John Mahaffey "graduated to the tour with little difficulty." In addition, Bruce Fleisher and David Graham, "a couple of relatively new pros who should have earned their diplomas earlier," also finished in the top ten. In addition, the graduating class is considered to be one of the greatest in PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament history. Wadkins, Mahaffey, Graham, and another graduate, Tom Watson, went on to win major championships.


1971 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
Sam Adams was considered to be the big surprise of the tournament. He opened with a 69, one of few sub-70 scores in the first round. He then shot rounds of 74 and 76 to fall behind. However, he closed with rounds of 70-70-69, seven-under-par over the course of those three rounds, to earn playing privileges. "I really didn't expect to do this well," Adams said after the tournament.


1971 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
David Glenz had the best "comeback" of the tournament. He opened with rounds of 75, 74, and 80. He came back with consecutive rounds of 72, however, to put him in a tie for 28th place, just outside the cut-off figure. He opened the final round "shakily" with three pars. He then hit a poor drive and approach shot to the 4th hole. However, he holed his chip shot for a birdie. He made two birdies thereafter for a bogey-free 69 (−3). Glenz earned his card by multiple shots.


1971 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
Mac O'Grady made his first of many Q-school appearances at this school. He did not successfully graduate. Calvin Peete also made his first appearance at the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament. He did not successfully graduate either. Greg Powers attempted to make the tour for the second straight year. He was successful this time.


1971 Pacific Southwest Open
The 1971 Pacific Southwest Open was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Los Angeles Tennis Center in Los Angeles, California in the United States and was part of the 1971 Grand Prix tennis circuit. It was the 45th edition of the tournament and ran from September 20 through September 26, 1971. Pancho Gonzales, aged 43, won the men's singles title and $10,000 first prize money.


1971 Pacific Southwest Open
The women's singles title was divided between Billie Jean King and Rosie Casals. 1971 was the last year this tournament was a combined men's and women's event. That year, a separate Los Angeles based professional women's tournament was inaugurated: The LA Women's Tennis Championships.


1971 Pacific Southwest Open, Finals, Men's Doubles
John Alexander /  Phil Dent defeated  Frank Froehling /  Clark Graebner 7–6, 6–4


1971 Pacific Southwest Open, Finals, Women's Doubles
Rosie Casals /  Billie Jean King defeated  Françoise Dürr /  Judy Tegart Dalton 6–2, 5–7, 7–6


1971 Pacific Tigers football team
The 1971 Pacific Tigers football team represented the University of the Pacific (UOP) in the 1971 NCAA University Division football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.


1971 Pacific Tigers football team
Led by second-year head coach Homer Smith, the Tigers played home games at Pacific Memorial Stadium in Stockton, California. They finished the season at 3–8 (1–4 in PCAA, sixth), and were outscored 176–198.


1971 Pacific Tigers football team, Team players in the NFL
No UOP players were selected in the 1972 NFL Draft.


1971 Pacific hurricane season
The 1971 Pacific hurricane season began on May 15, 1971, in the east Pacific, and on June 1, 1971, in the central Pacific. It ended on November 30, 1971. These dates conventionally delimit the period of time when tropical cyclones form in the east Pacific Ocean.


1971 Pacific hurricane season
The 1971 season was above average with 18 named storms. Twelve hurricanes formed, of which six became major hurricanes by reaching Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. At the time, this was a record number of storms. This season had six landfalls (Agatha, Bridget, Katrina, Lily, Olivia and Priscilla), the highest number of landfalling Pacific tropical cyclones in one season.


1971 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Agatha
On May 21, an area of low pressure developed in the very warm waters south of Tehuantepec, Mexico. Later that day, satellite images showed increasing circulation and Tropical Storm Agatha developed shortly after. Agatha continued moving to the west-northwest parallel to the Mexican coastline and strengthened into a hurricane on May 22. A U.S. Air Force weather reconnaissance aircraft flew into Agatha and found an eye and strong bands. The next day, a reconnaissance plane found winds of 85 to 90 mph (140 to 150 km/h). On May 24, a ship reported winds of 100 mph (160 km/h). Agatha made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale within 45 mi (75 km) of Zihuatanejo, Mexico.


1971 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Agatha
The village of Playa Azul was hard hit by the storm. Up to half of the village's homes were destroyed. Also, much of the banana, mango, and coconut crop was destroyed.


1971 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Bridget
A tropical disturbance near El Salvador remained unorganized until June 12. The area of convection started to drift west-northwestward and strengthened into Tropical Depression Two-E. On June 15, the Tropical Depression further intensified into Tropical storm status and was named Bridget, the second tropical storm of the season. Tropical Storm Bridget moved across the Gulf of Tehuantepec which was favorable for Development. On June 16, Bridget continued intensifying and satellite imagery and ship report data confirmed that Bridget had strengthened into a hurricane.


1971 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Bridget
Hurricane Bridget continued moving west-northwest along the west coast of Mexico and came within 35 to 45 mi (55 to 75 km) of Acapulco on June 17. Bridget later made landfall as a Tropical Storm about 100 mi (155 km) southeast of Manzanillo, Mexico. However, the Tropical Depression Re-entered open waters and dissipated on June 20.


1971 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Bridget
Bridget was the worst hurricane to hit Acapulco in over 25 years; the last strong hurricane to impact Acapulco to a greater extent was the 1943 Mazatlan Hurricane, which made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane and caused $56 million (1971 USD; $358 million 2021 USD) in damage. Hurricane Bridget's storm surge caused flooding in the bay and damaged waterfront and beach facilities. Rough weather and violent seas also sank 20 boats plus a flagship of the Mexican Navy.


1971 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Carlotta
On July 1 an area of weather developed about 115 mi (185 km) east of Clipperton Island. On July 2 the area of thunderstorms strengthened into Tropical Storm Carlotta. An Air Force reconnaissance aircraft flew into Carlotta on July 4 and found a system with a well-defined eye and good outflow, but winds only supported a tropical storm. Another reconnaissance plane found winds that were near hurricane strength on July 4. In post-season analysis, it was discovered that Carlotta was a hurricane for 24 hours on July 3 and 4. Later that day, Carlotta started weakening after moving into a less favorable environment. The storm continued to weaken until dissipating on July 8.


1971 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Carlotta
Carlotta stayed over open waters during its entire life and no land was affected.


1971 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Denise
On July 2 an area of weather got better organized about 865 mi (1390 km) east of then Tropical Storm Carlotta. On July 4 satellite imagery indicated that the system had strengthened into Tropical Storm Denise and later into Hurricane Denise on July 6. The system continued to move west and on July 7, U.S. Air Force weather reconnaissance plane found a more organized system with sustained winds estimated to be 90 mph (150 km/h) with a minimum central pressure of 963 mbar (hPa; 28.4 inHg).


1971 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Denise
By July 8, the system had sustained one-minute winds of 125 mph (205 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 951 mbar (hPa; 28.1 inHg). Denise reached a peak intensity of 140 mph (220 km/h), a Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale early on July 9, but then started to weaken.


1971 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Denise
Denise had started a northwest movement towards Hawaii. A reconnaissance aircraft found surface winds of approximately 115 mph (185 mph) on July 9. Soon after, the eyewall started to dissipate, most likely because of cooler inflow. Over the next 48 hours, the system continued to weaken into a tropical storm. On July 13 the system was approaching the Hawaiian Islands, but a reconnaissance flight only found winds that were barely tropical storm strength. What was left of the storm quickly weakened and Denise became a remnant low.


1971 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Denise
The remnants of Denise moved south of the Hawaiian Islands, but still brought beneficial rains that caused some minor flooding.


1971 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Eleanor
Eleanor was a short-lived, weak tropical storm that stayed well out to sea. On July 7, a tropical depression formed east-southeast of the weakening Carlotta and west of the strengthening Denise. By July 8, satellite imagery showed that the depression had strengthened into a tropical storm. Eleanor strengthened over the next 24 hours to a top strength of 60 mph (95 km/h). On July 10, a U.S. Air Force weather reconnaissance plane found a weakening system and the next day the storm was a dissipating depression moving toward the west-southwest.


1971 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Francene
An area of enhanced shower activity and low pressure circulation developed a couple hundred miles off the coast of Mexico. On July 18 a tropical depression had formed and on July 19 the system strengthened into Tropical Storm Francene. Francene underwent rapid deepening into a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. However, because of Francene's increasing size, the storm starting pulling in cool surface air which caused weakening. By July 20, Francene had weakened into a tropical storm.


1971 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Francene
Francene continued to weaken over the next 24 hours and was barely a tropical storm by the morning of July 22. That afternoon, Francene began to strengthen once again but it was short-lived. By July 23, the surface circulation had disappeared and Francene was no longer a tropical cyclone. Francene stayed over open water and did not affect land.


1971 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Georgette
A tropical depression formed to the east of Hurricane Francene on July 20. A reconnaissance flight found a poorly organized tropical storm with winds of 50 mph (80 km/h) on July 23. Georgette reached a peak intensity of 60 mph (97 km/h) the next day. Ships to the north of Georgette reported weak tropical storm force winds. By July 26 the storm began to weaken rapidly before dissipating the next day.


1971 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Hilary
Tropical Storm Hilary developed about 115 mi (185 km) west of Clipperton Island on July 26. Hilary strengthened quickly into a hurricane by July 28 and a recon plane found surface winds of 90 mph (140 km/h) and noted a well-defined eye. The hurricane would peak as a category 2 with sustained winds of 100 mph (160 km/h) on July 30. Hilary weakened slightly as its motion became erratic across the tropical Pacific Ocean. By August 1 the hurricane turned to the northwest towards cooler waters. Hilary weakened into a tropical storm on August 3 after being at hurricane strength for a week. Steady weakening continued over the next four days before dissipating in the Central Pacific.


1971 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ilsa
Hurricane Ilsa formed on July 31 to the south of the Mexican coast. It gradually strengthened into a tropical storm and a hurricane. Ilsa peaked as a Category 3 hurricane before heading further out to sea and weakening. Hurricane Ilsa dissipated on August 8.


1971 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Jewel
Tropical Storm Jewel formed near Mexico on August 6. Heading out to sea, it strengthened into a 70 mph (112.63 km/h) tropical storm. It dissipated on August 11.


1971 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Katrina
Katrina was a very small storm. Katrina brushed Baja California Sur and made landfall in the Mexican state of Sonora as a tropical storm. It dissipated on August 13. Rain from Katrina's remnants ruined crops, destroyed railroad trestles, and washed away three bridges.


1971 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Lily
The remnants of Tropical Storm Chloe in the Atlantic formed into Tropical Depression Twelve on August 28. Twelve continued northeast and intensified into a tropical storm and was thus assigned the name Lily. Lily turned northwest. Rapid intensification occurred and Lily developed an eye. Lily peaked with one-minute sustained winds of 85 mph and a pressure of 978mb. Lily made landfall soon after. Once over land, Lily fell below tropical storm intensity. Then the hurricane turned northwest and dissipated soon after.


1971 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Monica
Monica was a Category 3 hurricane which did not affect land.


1971 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Nanette
Hurricane Nanette threatened southern Baja California but turned west before making landfall.


1971 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Olivia
Olivia was a continuation of Atlantic Hurricane Irene. Olivia eventually strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane before recurving and making landfall in Baja California as a depression. The remnants of Olivia continued north into California, where they brought rain.


1971 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Priscilla
Priscilla made landfall south of Mazatlán as a tropical storm. It had weakened significantly before landfall, having once been a strong Category 3 hurricane. Priscilla destroyed roughly 36,000 acres of corn, tomatoes, peppers, bananas, and cotton, resulting in $3.12 million in losses. Heavy rains inundated 30 towns in Nayarit, damaging roads and two major thoroughfares; road damage totaled $544,000.


1971 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Ramona
Ramona formed on October 28, it quickly strengthened into a tropical storm. It later weakened back to a tropical depression. Before dissipation, it made a sharp turn to the north-northeast. It had dissipated on October 31.


1971 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Sharon
Tropical Storm Sharon was a late season tropical storm that formed a few hundred miles from Mexico on November 25. It slowly strengthened into a minimal tropical storm before unfavorable conditions caused it to dissipate on November 29.


1971 Pacific hurricane season, Storm names
These names were used for storms that formed in 1971. It is the same list used in the 1967 season. A storm was named Sharon for the first time this year. No names were retired, so it was used again in the 1975 season.


1971 Pacific hurricane season, Storm names
The central Pacific used names and numbers from the west Pacific's typhoon name list. No storms formed in the region, and thus no names were used. However, tropical disturbances that later became typhoons started forming in this area.


1971 Pacific hurricane season, Season effects
This is a table of all of the storms in the 1971 Pacific hurricane season. It includes their durations, peak intensities, names, landfall(s), damages, and death totals. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but are still storm-related. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical or a wave or a low.


1971 Pacific typhoon season
The 1971 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1971, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.


1971 Pacific typhoon season
The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator and west of the international date line. Storms that form east of the date line and north of the equator are called hurricanes; see 1971 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west pacific basin were assigned a name by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Tropical depressions in this basin have the "W" suffix added to their number. Tropical depressions that enter or form in the Philippine area of responsibility are assigned a name by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or PAGASA. This can often result in the same storm having two names.


1971 Pacific typhoon season, Seasonal summary
According to the United States Joint Typhoon Warning Center, the 1971 season was the most active season since 1967, with a total of 35 tropical storms being monitored by them during the year. In addition to the 35 tropical storms, the Japan Meteorological Agency considered Tropical Depression 25W to be a tropical storm additional tropical storm, which was only classified as a tropical depression by the JTWC.


1971 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Sarah
During January 8, the JMA started to monitor a tropical depression that had developed, about 500 km (310 mi) to the east of Ngerulmud, Palau. Over the next day the system gradually developed further as it moved north-westwards, before it was classified as a tropical storm and named Sarah by the JTWC, after a US Navy plane had found an organised system. The system subsequently recurved north-eastwards, before it was classified as a Severe Tropical Storm by the JMA during January 10.