1972–73 Romanian Hockey League season
The 1972–73 Romanian Hockey League season was the 43rd season of the Romanian Hockey League. Four teams participated in the league, and Dinamo Bucuresti won the championship.


1972–73 Rugby Union County Championship
The 1972–73 Rugby Union County Championship was the 73rd edition of England's County Championship rugby union club competition.


1972–73 Rugby Union County Championship
Lancashire won their ninth title after defeating Gloucestershire in the final.


1972–73 S.L. Benfica season
The 1972–73 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 69th season in existence and the club's 39th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, covering the period from 1 July 1972 to 30 June 1973. Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Divisão and the Taça de Portugal, and participated in the European Cup after winning the previous league.


1972–73 S.L. Benfica season
After securing back-to-back league titles, Jimmy Hagan remained for a third year. Benfica signed Manuel Bento, Nelinho and brought back Augusto Matine. A late start to the pre-season did not hurt Benfica domestically, who started his league campaign with easy wins. However, in the European Cup, after passing Malmö FF, they lost 3–0 on aggregate with Derby County in the second round and were knocked-out. Leaving only the domestic competitions to battle for, Benfica kept his winning pace and recorded win after win, despite difficult wins against Porto in November and CUF in December.


1972–73 S.L. Benfica season
Lapping the first half of the season with 15 wins in 15 games, Benfica already had an eight-point lead over second place Belenenses. Another hard-fought win followed with Beira-Mar in January, but Benfica remained undisturbed and with 23 consecutive wins, they won their 20th league title on 11 March. They were finally stopped by Porto in Estádio das Antas on 1 April, but still a European record for most consecutive domestic wins with 29, dating back to April 1972.


1972–73 S.L. Benfica season
A week later, they also lost their domestic invincibility when Leixões defeated them for the Portuguese Cup, ending over one-year of undefeated streak. In final part of the season, Benfica drew again with Atlético but remained undefeated winning 28 games in 30, setting a record for longest distance for second place with 18 points. Eusébio with 40 goals was the European Golden Shoe for his second time.


1972–73 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary
Benfica started the new season as back-to-back champions and Taça de Portugal holders. For the third year of Jimmy Hagan, Benfica made some squad adjustments, signing a promising young goalkeeper; Manuel Bento, another  right winger; Nelinho and bringing back Augusto Matine, who excelled at Vitória de Setúbal. Hagan's staff also changed, with assistant manager José Augusto resigning, being replaced by Fernando Cabrita. The pre-season only started on 16 August because 12 players of Benfica took part in the Brazil Independence Cup, so their vacation was pushed forward.


1972–73 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary
At the end of the competition on 9 July, they all returned to Benfica to play two friendlies with Sporting in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on 16 and 23 July. Benfica's preparations included the Ramón de Carranza Trophy on 26 and 27 August, and they completed the pre-season with a tour in Indonesia.


1972–73 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary
The league campaign started on 9 September, with a home win with Leixões. On the following Wednesday, Benfica also began his European Cup campaign, losing 1–0 with Malmö FF. In the return leg, Benfica beat them by 4–1 and qualified for the second round. In the domestic campaign, on 8 October, Benfica defeated Sporting by 4–1 with four goals from Eusébio. With the win, Benfica opened a two-point lead over their rivals. They continued on their winning run, beating Belenenses at home by 5–0 on match-day 7. With seven wins in seven matches, their lead was now three points.


1972–73 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary
Back on the European stage, Benfica visited Baseball Ground to face Derby County on 25 October. Three first-half goals from Derby County surprised Benfica, who failed to react and lost 3–0. Before the second leg, Benfica played the Clássico with Porto for the Primeira Divisão. Porto scored first and was winning by 2–0 until the 78th minute, when Benfica scored the 1–2 with the result eventually being a 3–2 win for Benfica. Three days later, on 8 November, Benfica was knocked-out of the European Cup after a 0–0 draw with Derby County.


1972–73 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary
Now solely focused on the league campaign, Benfica kept their winning record in November after beating Vitória de Guimarães, ending the month with a six-point lead over Belenenses. In early December, the team was nearly stopped by CUF, if it was not for a 90th-minute goal from Eusébio. On 17 December, Benfica finished the first half of the season with an away win against Montijo. Accounting for wins all the matches played, Benfica had now an eight-point lead over second place Belenenses and had scored 49 goals and conceded just five. Before closing December, Benfica conquered another Taça de Honra by beating Atlético on penalties.


1972–73 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary
In the opening month of 1973, Benfica again experienced a difficult away win, the opponent being Beira-Mar. Artur Jorge scored the winning goal on the 87th minute. With 18 wins in 18 match-days, Benfica's lead at this point was nine points. They closed the month with an away win in Estádio de Alvalade against Sporting. Benfica had now a 10-point advantage over Belenenses and 16 over Sporting. In February, the team went on a tour in South east Asia, playing in Hong Kong, Macau and Jakarta.


1972–73 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary
The Primeira Divisão resumed in latter part of the month and for the last match in February, Benfica visited Estádio do Restelo to face Belenenses. They defeated them by 2–0. With 22 wins in 22 matches, Benfica's lead was now 13 points. On 11 March, on match-day 23, Benfica beat Vitória de Setúbal at home by 3–0. With a 14–point lead with seven match-days to go, Benfica secured their 20th league title after 23 consecutive wins. Having already won the league, Benfica visited Estádio das Antas on 1 April, to play Porto.


1972–73 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary
They drew 2–2 after an controversial late penalty signalled by António Garrido, stopping their winning run. Still, Benfica had set a European record for consecutive wins in domestic league. It had started on 9 April 1972, on match-day 25 from 1971–72 and lasted nearly a full year. Competition continued on 8 April, with Benfica facing Leixões for the Portuguese Cup. They lost 2–0 and ended one-year and 13 days of domestic invincibility. The final part of the season was solely focused on making Eusébio win the European Golden Shoe, as Müller was his main contestant.


1972–73 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary
After another four wins and second draw, with Atlético, Müller and Eusébio were tied with 36 goals, leaving everything for the last match-day. With four goals in a 6–0 win over Montijo, Eusébio reached 40 and confirmed his second Golden Shoe. Benfica had ended the league undefeated with 28 wins and two draws, 58 points in 60 possible, 18 points ahead of second place, setting a new domestic record for difference over second place. They also scored 101 goals and conceded only 13, a goal difference of 88 goals.


1972–73 S.L. Benfica season, Player statistics
The squad for the season consisted of the players listed in the tables below, as well as staff member Jimmy Hagan (manager), Fernando Cabrita (assistant manager), Fernando Neves (Director of Football).


1972–73 S.L. Benfica season, Player statistics
Note 1: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1972–73 S.L. Benfica season, Player statistics
Note 2: Players with squad numbers marked ‡ joined the club during the 1972-73 season via transfer, with more details in the following section.


1972–73 SK Rapid Wien season
The 1972–73 SK Rapid Wien season was the 75th season in club history.


1972–73 SM-sarja season
The 1972–73 SM-sarja season was the 42nd season of the SM-sarja, the top level of ice hockey in Finland. 10 teams participated in the league, and Jokerit Helsinki won the championship.


1972–73 San Diego Conquistadors season
The 1972–73 San Diego Conquistadors season was the 1st season of the San Diego Conquistadors in the American Basketball Association. The Conquistadors were the first and only expansion team of the ABA, made to make the league have 10 teams, with Dr. Leonard Bloom granted a team for $1 million. But a feud with Peter Graham, proprietor of the San Diego Sports Arena due to Graham being bitter for not being granted the team meant that the team would play their games in the 3,200 capacity Peterson Gym.


1972–73 San Diego Conquistadors season
The first game was a Friday night on October 13, 1972 versus the Denver Rockets, which they lost 100–109. The Conquistadors had a 16–26 first half of the season, with a ten-game losing streak in that half. In the second half, they went 21–21, with a nine-game losing streak in there, though they have a five-game winning streak near the end of the season that rose their win total from 25 to 30. The Q's managed to get into the playoffs due to the Dallas Chaparrals losing to the Denver Rockets on March 25. They finished 9th in points scored with 109.0 points per game and 7th in points allowed with 113.2 points per game. They faced off against the Utah Stars in the playoffs, but they were swept in four games.


1972–73 San Diego Conquistadors season, Awards and honors
1973 ABA All-Star Game selections (game played on February 6, 1973)


1972–73 Scottish Cup
The 1972–73 Scottish Cup was the 88th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Rangers who defeated Celtic in the final.


1972–73 Scottish Division One
The 1972–73 Scottish Division One was won by Celtic, one point ahead of their nearest rival Rangers. Kilmarnock and Airdrieonians finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1973–74 Second Division.


1972–73 Scottish Division Two
The 1972–73 Scottish Second Division was won by Clyde who, along with second placed Dunfermline Athletic, were promoted to the First Division. Brechin City finished bottom.


1972–73 Scottish Inter-District Championship
The 1972–73 Scottish Inter-District Championship was a rugby union competition for Scotland's district teams.


1972–73 Scottish Inter-District Championship
Edinburgh District and Glasgow District shared the competition with 2 wins and 1 loss.


1972–73 Scottish Inter-District Championship
North and Midlands beat South of Scotland for the first time since 1958.


1972–73 Scottish League Cup
The 1972–73 Scottish League Cup was the twenty-seventh season of Scotland's second football knockout competition. The competition was won by Hibernian, who defeated Celtic in the Final.


1972–73 Seattle SuperSonics season
The 1972–73 Seattle SuperSonics season was the 6th season of the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team finished the regular season in 6th place in the Western Conference with a 26–56 record, 21 wins behind the one obtained in their previous season. Head coach Tom Nissalke was fired by the team in January after a 13–32 start and was replaced by his assistant Bucky Buckwalter.


1972–73 Seattle SuperSonics season, Offseason
The offseason trade that sent player-coach Lenny Wilkens to the Cleveland Cavaliers was received with shock from fans and the player himself. The trade also sent Barry Clemens to the Cavaliers and brought All-Star Butch Beard to the Sonics.


1972–73 Seattle SuperSonics season, Offseason
The signing of free agent John Brisker cost the SuperSonics a $10,000 fine and the resignation of their 1973 first round draft pick to the Philadelphia 76ers for violation of league rules that prohibited the team to approach Brisker without contacting the Sixers, who selected him in a supplemental draft in 1969 and held the rights to the player. However, Seattle regained its first round pick after an appeal and the Sonics' second round selection was given to the 76ers.


1972–73 Seattle SuperSonics season, Offseason, Draft picks
Note: only draft picks who participated in at least one game in the NBA are listed.


1972–73 Segunda División
The 1972–73 Segunda División season saw 20 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. Real Murcia, Elche CF and Racing de Santander were promoted to Primera División. CD Logroñés, Pontevedra CF, Cultural Leonesa and CD Mestalla were relegated to Tercera División.


1972–73 Serie A, Teams
Ternana, Lazio and Palermo had been promoted from Serie B.


1972–73 Serie A (basketball)
The 1972–73 Serie A basketball championship was the 50th season of the Serie A, the highest professional basketball league in Italy.


1972–73 Serie A (basketball)
The regular season ran from 22 October 1972 to 22 April 1973, an expanded league saw fourteen teams play 26 games each. As Ignis Varese and Simmenthal Milano ended joint first with an equal head-to-head record, a single playoff game decided the title for the third year running. Varese won the game, played in Bologna, to reclaim the title from Milano, earning their sixth overall title (and a spot in the European Champions Cup).


1972–73 Serie A (basketball), Preseason
Perennial powerhouses Simmenthal Milano and Ignis Varese were seen as even-matched overwhelming favourites to fight for the title, which Milano had won the previous season following a title playoff game against Ignis. Aspiring team Forst Cantù, on the back of a good season that had seen them beat Ignis away, were touted as a possible third powerhouse that could join the title fight. At the other end of the spectrum, promoted sides Gamma Varese and Brill Cagliari were the favourites to go back down, with Gorena Padova and Partenope Napoli to possibly join them in the relegation fight.


1972–73 Serie A (basketball), Preseason
The most important squad change saw American Bob Morse replace star Mexican Manuel Raga as Ignis' sole foreigner in the league (they were both allowed to play in European competition) with his adaptation or lack of crucial to their title chances. Though they had lost substitute Tony Gennari to Splügen Venezia,  the Nikolić coached team had otherwise kept their major Italians such as Dino Meneghin. Simmenthal, coached by Cesare Rubini, trusted their all-action American  Art Kenney and their young Italians such as Giulio Iellini and Renzo Bariviera, whilst the form of an ageing Massimo Masini could prove important. The upstarts from Cantù meanwhile, counted on the combination of American center Bob Lienhard with promising Italians Pierluigi Marzorati and Carlo Recalcati, whilst Mobilquattro Milano made an important signing in Chuck Jura.


1972–73 Serie A (basketball), Preseason
League regulations called for all clubs to play in arenas holding at least 3,500 spectators but four clubs (Cantù, Padova, Venezia and Saclà Asti) were given exemptions for the season though their arenas fell short of requirements (Asti's arena hosting only 700 for example).


1972–73 Serie A (basketball), Regular season
The three favourites initially comfortably raced into a shared lead, this changed with Simmenthal's upset in the fifth round to mid-table Splügen Venezia led by American Steve Hawes and Gennari. The Milanese would recover however, decisively downing Cantù 87-76 in the first clash between the three top sides on 10 December, using the same starting five (Kenney, Iellini, Masini, Bariviera and Giuseppe Brumatti) for 40 minutes to stifle their opponents' scoring.


1972–73 Serie A (basketball), Regular season
After Ignis also downed Cantù, the title chase reverted to the usual two-horse race between them and Simmenthal, with a clash in Milan on 14 January 1973. The home-side eked out a close 76-72 to go level on points with Ignis. In a game of two halves – with an entertaining first half (42-40) and a scrappy second one – Simmenthal won the game on the back of good performances both in attack and defense from Barivera (23 points), Masini and a diminished Kenney (both 14 points). Ignis, meanwhile, relied too heavily on the selfish Morse – leading the league in scoring – who scored 29 points (on 14 for 23 shooting) but played his teammates ouf of the game.


1972–73 Serie A (basketball), Regular season
The next rounds saw the status quo remain, with the most notable event being an Ignis' 25-point victory over Simmenthal, though this time in the European Champions Cup first semi-final in early March. Ignis played modest Brill Cagliari (before last in the league) in between the two semi-finals, with fatigue and lack of focus certainly playing a part in the surprising 75-76 defeat to the Sardinians that saw Simmenthal overtake them and move into first place by two points.


1972–73 Serie A (basketball), Regular season
After both beat Cantù anew, the title was to be decided once again by the return match between the powerhouses on 18 April, this time in Varese, with the home-team – unbeaten against Simmenthal at home for nearly eight years – confident of winning. That prediction proved to be correct as the newly crowned European Champions took the game 90-79, helped by two scoring performances by Ivan Bisson (34 points) and Morse (30 points).


1972–73 Serie A (basketball), Regular season
Simmenthal and Varese traded blows equally during the first two quarters, before Kenney struck Meneghin whilst they were fighting for a ball, leaving him with a bloodied nose that took him off the court for the game. Tensions flared after this incident, with the public raging after both the referees (who left the American unpunished) and Kenney, who dominated Meneghin's replacement Ottorino Flaborea to grab offensive rebounds and push Milano in front. However the same Kenney's departure from the court seven minutes into the second half for five fouls, followed three minutes later by Masini for the same reasons, decisively changed the flow of the game in Varese's favour, they soon took a ten-point lead they would not relinquish.


1972–73 Serie A (basketball), Regular season
The last round unsurprisingly saw both win their games to finish on the same points and head-to-head record, once again creating the need for a one-off play-off game to crown the champion (the third such occurrence in as many years).


1972–73 Serie A (basketball), Regular season, Individual scoring table
Source: unofficial statistics compiled by the Giganti del Basket magazine (official statistics started from the 1975–76 season).


1972–73 Serie A (basketball), Postseason, Title playoff
The title-deciding playoff game was played in Bologna's Palazzo dello Sport on 25 April 1973 in front of 7,000 people. Simmenthal first took a 10-6 lead on the back of Bariviera's efficient marking of Morse, staying ahead for nearly all the first half before Marino Zanatta put Ignis in front 16 minutes in (30-29). The same Zanatta picked up his fourth foul soon after and his absence in defense saw Simmenthal push in front, taking a 63-54 lead 33 minutes in.


1972–73 Serie A (basketball), Postseason, Title playoff
However, a minute later Kenney departed after committing his fifth foul, followed two minutes later by Bariviera with the score (68-63) still favouring the Milanese though the loss of two of their forwards put them on the back foot. Ignis took advantage of the height differential and their forwards, Meneghin (playing with a face mask to protect his nose), Morse (top-scorer with 31 points) and Bisson (marked by a 12 cm smaller Brumatti) scored seemingly at will, equalising (68-68) two minutes from the end before racing home to a 74-70 win to claim the title back from Simmenthal.


1972–73 Serie A (basketball), Italian Cup
Holders Simmenthal were surprisingly sent crashing out at the quarterfinal stage by Saclà who were joined in the Brescia-based final four by another promoted side, Cagliari, with the other semi-final pitting Varese against Cantù. Saclà and Ignis made it to the final, which was easily won 94-65 by the Italian champions, who added the cup to their domestic, European and Intercontinental titles. As they were already qualified for the 1973–74 European Champions Cup, Asti took their place in the European Cup Winners' Cup.


1972–73 Serie A (ice hockey) season
The 1972–73 Serie A season was the 39th season of the Serie A, the top level of ice hockey in Italy. Nine teams participated in the league, and HC Bolzano won the championship by defeating SG Cortina in the final.


1972–73 Serie B
The Serie B 1972–73 was the forty-first tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.


1972–73 Serie B, Teams
Lecco, Ascoli and Brindisi had been promoted from Serie C, while Catanzaro, Mantova and Varese had been relegated from Serie A.


1972–73 Serie C
The 1972–73 Serie C was the thirty-fifth edition of Serie C, the third highest league in the Italian football league system.


1972–73 Serie D
The 1972–73 Serie D was the twenty-third edition of Serie D, the fourth highest league in the Italian football league system.


1972–73 Serie D
A total of 162 teams contested the league, divided into nine groups (in Italian: Gironi) of 18 teams.


1972–73 Sheffield Shield season
The 1972–73 Sheffield Shield season was the 71st season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. Western Australia won the championship. The points system changed with ten points now awarded for a win.


1972–73 Shell Shield season
The 1972–73 Shell Shield season was the seventh edition of what is now the Regional Four Day Competition, the domestic first-class cricket competition for the countries of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). The tournament was sponsored by Royal Dutch Shell, with matches played from 6 January to 1 March 1973.


1972–73 Shell Shield season
Five teams contested the competition – Barbados, the Combined Islands, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago were both undefeated, either winning or drawing all of their games, but Guyana finished with more points, claiming their maiden title. Jamaican batsman Maurice Foster led the tournament in runs for a second consecutive season, while Guyanese off-spinner Lance Gibbs was the leading wicket-taker.


1972–73 Shell Shield season, Statistics, Most runs
The top five run-scorers are included in this table, listed by runs scored and then by batting average.


1972–73 Shell Shield season, Statistics, Most wickets
The top five wicket-takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.


1972–73 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team
The 1972–73 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina during the 1972–73 men's college basketball season.


1972–73 South Pacific cyclone season
The 1972–73 South Pacific cyclone season ran year-round from July 1 to June 30. Tropical cyclone activity in the Southern Hemisphere reaches its peak from mid-February to early March.


1972–73 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Bebe
Tropical Cyclone Bebe was a pre-season storm that impacted the Gilbert, Ellice, and Fiji island groups. First spotted on October 20, the system intensified and grew in size through October 22. Its course began along a south-southwest trajectory before recurving near the 14th parallel south, which resulted in a south-southeast motion through the western portion of the Fiji island group. It became the first cyclone to impact Fiji since 1952. On October 24, winds of 150 knots (280 km/h) or more were reported on Rotuma and Viti Levu.


1972–73 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Bebe
Cyclone Bebe passed through Funafuti on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22 October 1972. At about 4 p.m. on the 21st, sea water was bubbling through the coral on the airfield with the water reaching a height of about 4 –5 feet high. The Ellice Islands Colony's ship Moanaraoi was in the lagoon and survived, however 3 tuna boats were wrecked. Waves broke over the atoll. Five people died, two adults and a 3 month old child were swept away by waves, and two sailors from the tuna boats were drowned. Cyclone Bebe knocked down 90% of the houses and trees.


1972–73 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Bebe
The storm surge created a wall of coral rubble along the ocean side of Funafuti and Funafala that was about ten to twelve miles long, and about ten to twenty feet thick at the bottom. The cyclone submerged Funafuti and sources of drinking water were contaminated as a result of the system's storm surge and fresh water flooding. After passing by the archipelago, Bebe transitioned into an extratropical cyclone, with the remnants last noted on October 28. A total of 28 people died and thousands were left homeless. Damages totaled $20 million (1972 USD).


1972–73 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
The 1972–73 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season was an above-average cyclone season. The season officially ran from November 1, 1972, to April 30, 1973.


1972–73 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Ariane
Ariana passed north of Mauritius and later executed a loop southeast of the island. The storm brought heavy rainfall and wind gusts of 92 km/h (57 mph).


1972–73 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Moderate Tropical Storm Charlotte
Charlotte passed just southwest of Réunion on January 8, producing 102 km/h (63 mph) wind gusts, as well as heavy rainfall reaching 813 mm (32.0 in) at Riviere de L'Est. The rains damaged crops and flooded roads, which killed one person due to drowning.


1972–73 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Moderate Tropical Storm Dorothee
Dorothee produced a series of thunderstorms on Réunion while the storm passed to the southwest.


1972–73 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Leila–Gertrude
Cyclone Gertrude brushed eastern Rodrigues on January 31, producing 169 km/h (105 mph), as well as 296.4 mm (11.67 in) of rainfall.


1972–73 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Hortense
On February 2, Hortense passed south of Réunion, bringing rainfall to the island.


1972–73 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Jessy
On February 21, Jessy struck Rodrigues, bringing heavy rainfall and 221 km/h (137 mph) wind gusts, causing power outages.


1972–73 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Very Intense Tropical Cyclone Lydie
This is the first "Very intense tropical cyclone" in the South-West Indian Ocean.


1972–73 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Very Intense Tropical Cyclone Lydie
On March 10, Lydie passed west of Réunion, producing wind gusts of 162 km/h (101 mph) in the mountainous peaks. For four days, the storm dropped heavy rainfall on the island, reaching 655 mm (25.8 in). Flooding killed 10 people on the island, and caused crop damage.


1972–73 Southern Football League
The 1972–73 Southern Football League season was the 70th in the history of the league, an English football competition.


1972–73 Southern Football League
Kettering Town won the championship, winning their third Southern League title, whilst Atherstone Town, Grantham, Maidstone United and Tonbridge were all promoted to the Premier Division. Eight Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful.


1972–73 Southern Football League, Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs:


1972–73 Southern Football League, Division One North
Division One North consisted of 22 clubs, including 13 clubs from the previous season and nine new clubs:


1972–73 Southern Football League, Division One North
At the end of the season Lockheed Leamington was renamed AP Leamington.


1972–73 Southern Football League, Division One South
Division One South consisted of 22 clubs, including 13 clubs from the previous season and nine new clubs:


1972–73 Southern Football League, Football League elections
Alongside the four League clubs facing re-election, a total of 10 non-League clubs applied for election, eight of which were Southern League clubs. All the League clubs were re-elected.


1972–73 Soviet Cup (ice hockey)
The 1972–73 Soviet Cup was the 15th edition of the Soviet Cup ice hockey tournament. 28 teams participated in the tournament, which was won by CSKA Moscow, who claimed their ninth title.


1972–73 Soviet League season
The 1972–73 Soviet Championship League season was the 27th season of the Soviet Championship League, the top level of ice hockey in the Soviet Union. Nine teams participated in the league, and CSKA Moscow won the championship.


1972–73 Spartan League
The 1972–73 Spartan League season was the 55th in the history of Spartan League. The league consisted of 18 teams.


1972–73 Spartan League, League table
The division featured 18 teams, 16 from last season and 2 new teams:


1972–73 St. John's Redmen basketball team
The 1972–73 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1972–73 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The team was coached by Frank Mulzoff in his third year at the school. St. John's home games are played at Alumni Hall and Madison Square Garden.


1972–73 St. Louis Blues season
The 1972–73 St. Louis Blues season was the St. Louis Blues' sixth season in the National Hockey League (NHL).


1972–73 St. Louis Blues season, Playoffs
Despite having a 32–34–12 record, the Blues managed to clinch a playoff spot. However, they lost in the first round to the Chicago Blackhawks 4–1.


1972–73 Stoke City F.C. season
The 1972–73 season was Stoke City's 66th season in the Football League and the 42nd in the First Division.


1972–73 Stoke City F.C. season
After the jubilation of last season's success the club was able to sign world cup winner Geoff Hurst which boosted season ticket sales. They also entered European competition for the first time losing 5–3 on aggregate to German side 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Stoke failed to build on last season and had to settle for a mid table position of 15th.


1972–73 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
After winning the League Cup last season there was a number of notable departures during the early part of the season. They sold Mike Bernard to Everton for a record £140,000, with the money being spent on Jimmy Robertson from Ipswich Town and World Cup winner Geoff Hurst from West Ham United. Stoke now had an abundance of attacking talent but both Harry Burrows and Peter Dobing decided to retire during the season.


1972–73 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
The arrival of Hurst certainly boosted season ticket sales and a record takings were banked before a ball was kicked prior to the start of the 1972–73 season. It proved that the public of Stoke-on-Trent were now right behind the team but despite high hopes and expectations, the "Potters" started the new campaign rather poorly and found themselves in the bottom six. Stoke's immediate plans were hit when on the Sunday morning of 22 October 1972 after visiting the Victoria Ground for treatment Gordon Banks crashed his car on the way home and effectively ended his career.


1972–73 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
Such was the scale of Banks' presence his condition was headline news. Realising that Banks was to be out of action for quite some time Waddington moved in for Scotland international Bobby Clark, but the deal fell through as he failed to impress the Stoke directors. Mike McDonald was signed instead from Clydebank as cover for John Farmer after it was learnt that Banks had lost an eye and would never play competitive football again.


1972–73 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
George Eastham returned to the club in February after spending time doing coaching work in South Africa, he added his experience to the cause as he helped Stoke to recover and take 15th place. Three players reached double figures in the league scoring charts this term, Jimmy Greenhoff (16), John Ritchie (14) and Geoff Hurst (10) as Stoke scored 61 goals. They ended the season with a tour of Oceania.


1972–73 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, FA Cup
In the FA Cup Stoke went out in the third round losing 3–2 to Manchester City at Maine Road.


1972–73 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League Cup
As holders of the League Cup, Stoke started off with high hopes of retaining the trophy and they began with good wins over Sunderland (3–0) and Ipswich Town (2–1)  but a bad night at Notts County (1–3) in the fourth round put paid to any hopes of a return to Wembley.


1972–73 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, UEFA Cup
Their success in the 1972 Football League Cup Final, had placed them into a European competition for the first time, and they drew little known West German side 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the first round. A comfortable 3–1 home win was achieved in the first leg and two weeks later Waddington favoured a defensive team for the match at the Fritz-Walter-Stadion. The plan backed fired and Stoke were crushed 4–0 with John Ritchie being sent-off just seconds after being brought on as a substitute without even touching the ball.


1972–73 Sussex County Football League
The 1972–73 Sussex County Football League season was the 48th in the history of Sussex County Football League a football competition in England.


1972–73 Sussex County Football League, Division One
Division One featured 13 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division Two:


1972–73 Sussex County Football League, Division Two
Division Two featured twelve clubs which competed in the division last season, along with one new club, relegated from Division One:


1972–73 Swedish Division I season
The 1972–73 Swedish Division I season was the 29th season of Swedish Division I. Leksands IF won the league title by finishing first in the final round.


1972–73 Tercera División
The 1972–73 Tercera División season is the 39th since its establishment.


1972–73 Texaco Cup
The 1972–73 Texaco Cup was the third edition of the tournament sponsored by Texaco. It was won by Ipswich Town, who beat Norwich City in a two-legged final by 4–2 on aggregate.


1972–73 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team
The 1972–73 Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team represented Texas Tech University in the Southwest Conference during the 1972–73 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The head coach was Gerald Myers, his 3rd year with the team. The Red Raiders played their home games in the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum in Lubbock, Texas.


1972–73 Toronto Maple Leafs season
The 1972–73 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 56th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Leafs slipped to sixth place in the East and missed the playoffs.


1972–73 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Offseason
Toronto lost Bernie Parent, Rick Ley, Brad Selwood, Guy Trottier and Larry Pleau, who jumped to the new World Hockey Association (WHA).


1972–73 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Transactions
The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1972–73 season.


1972–73 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Draft picks
Toronto's draft picks at the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.


1972–73 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season
The 1972–73 saw Tottenham compete in the Football League First Division, the FA Cup the League Cup and the UEFA Cup.


1972–73 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Season summary
In the league Tottenham finished in 8th place. In FA Cup the club entered the competition in the third round with an away game against Margate which Tottenham won 6–0. In round four Tottenham were drawn against Derby County, with the first game being a draw it required a reply which went to White Hart Lane. In the match Derby came back from 3–1 down to win the match on 5–3 knocking Tottenham out of the competition. This season saw Tottenham win the League Cup for the second time in their history.


1972–73 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Season summary
They entered the competition in the second round and made it all the way to the final to face Norwich City. In the final Ralph Coates came off the bench to score the only goal in the game to win the trophy. This also allowed Tottenham to qualify to play in the 1973–74 UEFA Cup competition. In the UEFA Cup they reached the semi-finals where they faced Liverpool over the two legs, the first game Liverpool won 1-0 and the second game Tottenham won 2–1, leaving a scoreline of 2–2 aggregate. However Tottenham were knocked out on the away-goals rule and Liverpool went on the win the competition.


1972–73 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1972–73 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Preseason and friendlies
Before the season started Tottenham played three away games against Bournemouth, Aton Villa and Scottish club Celtic. Also during the season Spurs played a testimonial match against Dutch side Feyenoord, in honour of Jimmy Greaves which was played at Wembley.


1972–73 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Appearances
Sources: League and FA Cup statistics, Europe, UEFA.com ; League Cup, 11v11.com


1972–73 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team
The 1972–73 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the University of California, Irvine during the 1972–73 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. The Anteaters were led by fourth year head coach Tim Tift and played their home games at Crawford Hall. The Anteaters finished the season with an overall record of 15–13 and were not invited to a post season tournament.


1972–73 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team, Previous season
The 1971–72 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team finished the season with a record of 16–12. They were invited to the 1972 NCAA College Division Basketball Tournament where they lost to Southern Colorado in the regional semifinals and UC Riverside in the regional 3rd place game.


1972–73 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
The 1972–73 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team went undefeated again at 30–0 and claimed a seventh consecutive national championship.


1972–73 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
In the title game of the NCAA Tournament at St. Louis, junior center Bill Walton scored 44 points (21 of 22 field goal attempts) with thirteen rebounds as the top-ranked Bruins defeated #12 Memphis State, 87–66. Some regard this as the greatest ever offensive performance in American college basketball. Tied at 39 at halftime, the Bruins dominated the second half and outscored the Tigers, 48–27.


1972–73 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
UCLA set a new NCAA record of 75 consecutive wins and a three-season composite record of 89–1 (.989).


1972–73 UEFA Cup
The 1972–73 UEFA Cup was won by Liverpool against Borussia Mönchengladbach which was played over two legs. The first leg was played at Anfield in Liverpool where Liverpool won the match 3–0. The second leg moved to Germany where Mönchengladbach won the match 2–0 for a final out come of 3–2 on aggregate.


1972–73 UEFA Cup, Second round, Second leg
2–2 on aggregate; Vitória de Setúbal won on away goals.


1972–73 United Counties League
The 1972–73 United Counties League season was the 66th in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England. At the end of the previous season leagues top division was renamed Premier Division, while lower divisions was renamed Division One and Division Two.


1972–73 United Counties League, Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs:


1972–73 United Counties League, Division One
The previous season Division Two changed name to Division One before this season. The Division One featured 17 clubs which competed in the Division Two last season, along with 2 new clubs:


1972–73 United Counties League, Division Two
The previous season Division Three changed name to Division Two before this season. The Division Two featured 18 clubs which competed in the Division Three last season, no new clubs joined the division this season.


1972–73 United States network television schedule
The following is the 1972–73 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1972 through August 1973. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1971–72 season. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.


1972–73 United States network television schedule
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.


1972–73 United States network television schedule
Note: This was the first full season in which all networks, on every day of the week except for Sunday, started airing programs at 8:00 instead of 7:30, as dictated by the FCC under its Prime Time Access Rule, intended to increase diversity in programming.


1972–73 United States network television schedule
PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary.


1972–73 United States network television schedule, Sunday
Note: 60 Minutes aired at 6:00-7:00 pm on CBS from January to June 1973.


1972–73 United States network television schedule, Wednesday
Note: Dan August consisted of reruns of the 1970-1971 ABC series.


1972–73 United States network television schedule, Friday
Note: Ghost Story was retooled slightly and retitled Circle of Fear (under the same production team) with the episode broadcast January 5, 1973.


1972–73 United States network television schedule, By network, NBC
Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.


1972–73 United States network television schedule (daytime)
The 1972–73 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday and weekend daytime hours from September 1972 to August 1973. All times are Eastern and Pacific.


1972–73 United States network television schedule (daytime)
Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white, reruns of older programming are orange, game shows are pink, soap operas are chartreuse, news programs are gold, children's shows are light purple and sports programs are light blue. New series are highlighted in bold.


1972–73 United States network television schedule (daytime), Saturday
In the News aired after all of CBS' Saturday morning shows except Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, and CBS Children's Film Festival. ABC debuts Multiplication Rock (a series of three-minute animated educational shorts shown in between programs) on January 6.


1972–73 United States network television schedule (daytime), Sources
Castleman & Podrazik, The TV Schedule Book, McGraw-Hill Paperbacks, 1984.


1972–73 United States network television schedule (late night)
These are the late night Monday-Friday schedules on all three networks for each calendar season beginning September 1972. All times are Eastern/Pacific.


1972–73 United States network television schedule (late night)
Talk/Variety shows are highlighted in yellow, Local News & Programs are highlighted in white.


1972–73 Utah Stars season
The 1972–73 Utah Stars season was the 3rd season of the Stars in Utah and 6th overall in the American Basketball Association. They finished 1st in points scored at 115.6 per game, and 3rd in points allowed at 110.0 per game. In the first half of the season, they were 26–16, with a ten game winning streak in that half, along with a five game losing streak, both team highs for the season. In the second half, they went 29–13. In the playoffs, the Stars swept the San Diego Conquistadors in the Semifinals, but they lost to the Indiana Pacers in the Division Finals. After the season, Andersen resigned.


1972–73 Utah Stars season, Awards and honors
1973 ABA All-Star Game selections (game played on February 6, 1973)


1972–73 Vancouver Canucks season
The 1972–73 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 3rd in the NHL. Vancouver finished 7th in the East Division for the second consecutive season, failing to reach the playoffs again.


1972–73 Vancouver Canucks season, Draft picks
Vancouver's picks at the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft. The draft was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.


1972–73 VfL Bochum season
The 1972–73 VfL Bochum season was the 35th season in club history.


1972–73 Virginia Squires season
The 1972–73 Virginia Squires season was the third season of the Virginia Squires in the American Basketball Association. The Squires had one of their victories due to forfeit, on October 26, when the Denver Rockets forfeited to them. The Squires had a 21–21 first half with, a five-game winning streak in that half. In the second half, they finished the same, though they did lose five straight games near the end of the season. They finished 4th in points scored at 114.1 per game and 8th in points allowed at 114.4 per game. This was the debut season of future Hall of Famer George Gervin. In the Division Semifinals, the Squires lost in five games.


1972–73 Virginia Squires season, Awards and honors
1973 ABA All-Star Game selections (game played on February 6, 1973)


1972–73 WCHL season
The 1972–73 WCHL season was the seventh season of the Western Canada Hockey League. Twelve teams completed a 68-game season, with the Medicine Hat Tigers winning the President's Cup.


1972–73 WCHL season, Regular season, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes


1972–73 WCHL season, All-Star game
The 1972–73 WCHL All-Star Game was held in Medicine Hat, Alberta, with the West Division All-Stars defeating the East Division All-Stars 6–1 before a crowd of 5,336.


1972–73 WHA All-Star Game
The 1972–73 World Hockey Association All-Star Game was held in the Le Colisée in Quebec City, home of the Quebec Nordiques, on January 6, 1973. The East All-Stars defeated the West All-Stars 5–2. Wayne Carleton was named the game's most valuable player.


1972–73 WHA All-Star Game, Team Lineups, West All-Stars
G = Goaltender; D = Defenceman; C = Center; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing


1972–73 WHA season
The 1972–73 WHA season was the first season of the World Hockey Association (WHA). Twelve teams played 78 games each. The league was officially incorporated in June of 1971 by Gary Davidson and Dennis A. Murphy and promised to ice twelve teams in various markets around Canada and the United States. The league championship trophy, the Avco World Trophy, was donated by AVCO Financial Services Corporation along with $500,000. The New England Whalers won the first Avco World Trophy.


1972–73 WHA season, 1972 General Player Draft
The WHA's inaugural player draft was held in Anaheim, California on February 12 and 13, 1972. All 12 WHA franchises took part in the draft. There were no drafting constraints, and the WHA teams selected players from all levels of play, including established National Hockey League players, minor leaguers, college, junior players, Europeans, and even retired players. The first player selected in the general draft was United States men's national ice hockey team member Henry Boucha, taken by the Minnesota Fighting Saints (who also selected the Governor of Minnesota, Wendell Anderson, with a late pick).


1972–73 WHA season, 1972 General Player Draft
After 70 rounds the Winnipeg Jets selected Soviet premier Alexei Kosygin and then stopped participating in the draft, while the other teams continued making selections. This process continued, with teams arbitrarily dropping out from the draft, while others kept going, until attrition finally ended the process. The final two teams participating in this draft were the Dayton Aeros and the Los Angeles Sharks. In all, just under 1100 selections were made by the 12 teams, who could now focus their efforts on signing players for the first season of play.


1972–73 WHA season, Regular season summary
The first WHA games, on October 11, 1972, were won by the Alberta Oilers 7-4 over the Ottawa Nationals and the Cleveland Crusaders 2-0 over the Quebec Nordiques.


1972–73 WHA season, Regular season summary
The WHA was split into two divisions, the Eastern Division and the Western Division. Each division sported six teams. The New England Whalers led the Eastern Division and had the best record in the league. The other playoff qualifiers in the East were Cleveland, Philadelphia, and Ottawa. The Winnipeg Jets led the Western Division and had the second best record in the league. Behind Winnipeg, the West had a thrilling race with four teams fighting for three playoff spots, trading second through fifth place all season. Houston won three of its last four games to finish second with 82 points.


1972–73 WHA season, Regular season summary
With two games remaining, Minnesota had 79 points, Alberta had 77, and Los Angeles had 76. Los Angeles won their last two games to finish third, while Minnesota and Alberta both lost their next to last game of the season, setting up a final game showdown in Minnesota against each other with Minnesota two points ahead of Alberta. Alberta won the game 5-3, so both teams finished with identical records. The league now faced a dilemma. The first standings tiebreaker was number of wins, and the teams both had 38.


1972–73 WHA season, Regular season summary
The second tiebreaker was head to head record and the teams split their eight games with four wins apiece. The league by-laws did not specify further tiebreakers. In the NHL, the next two tie breakers were goal differential and goals scored, both of which favored Alberta. But because the WHA by-laws did not specify additional tiebreakers, the league Board of Governors met to decide how to break the tie. They ultimately decided on a 1-game playoff at a neutral site. The Alberta Oilers missed the playoffs, despite having a superior goal-differential to the Minnesota Fighting Saints, because they lost the neutral-site, tie-breaking game against the Saints in Calgary by a score of 4-2.


1972–73 WHA season, Regular season summary, Final standings
GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutesTeams that qualifies for the playoffs are highlighted in bold


1972–73 WHA season, Player stats, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


1972–73 WHA season, Player stats, Leading goaltenders
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties, GA = Goals against; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average


1972–73 WHA season, All-star game
The WHA held its first all-star game on January 6, 1973, in Quebec City. The attendance of 5,435 was lower than expected, perhaps because it was locally televised and Quebec City was hit by a major snow storm. The East defeated the West 6-2. Wayne Carleton of the Ottawa Nationals was named the game MVP.


1972–73 WHA season, All-star game
During the all-star break, the WHA Players' Association was officially formed, with Curt Leichner of Portland as general counsel and Bill Hicke of the Alberta Oilers as president.


1972–73 WHA season, Playoff summary
Compared to the thrilling race in the West Division, the playoffs were unexciting in that the team with the better record won every series and only one series went beyond 5 games. That was the West semifinal between Houston and Los Angeles. After getting blown out in game one in Houston by a score of 7-2, Los Angeles rallied to win game two 4-2 and even the series. The Sharks then won a thrilling game three in L.A. 3-2. Game 4 was the turning point of the series.


1972–73 WHA season, Playoff summary
The teams headed into overtime tied at 2; a Houston goal would even the series while a Los Angeles goal would give the Sharks a commanding 3-1 series lead. The Aeros scored in overtime to even the series, then won game 5 in Houston, 6-3. Game six in L.A. was another thriller, with Houston scoring late to win the game 3-2 and win the series.


1972–73 WHA season, Avco World Trophy playoffs, Avco World Trophy finals
New England Whalers defeated the Winnipeg Jets, 4 games to 1. The Whalers defeated the Jets 9 to 6 in the deciding game, with Larry Pleau scoring a hat trick. Upon their win, The Avco World Trophy had not yet been completed. As a result, the Whalers skated their victory lap with their divisional trophy.


1972–73 WHA season, Debuts
The following is a list of players of note who played their first major professional game in 1972–73 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):


1972–73 WHA season, Last game
The following is a list of players of note who played their final major professional game in 1972–73:


1972–73 WHL season
The 1972–73 WHL season was the 21st season of the Western Hockey League. The Phoenix Roadrunners were the President's Cup champions as they beat the Salt Lake Golden Eagles in four games in the final series.


1972–73 WHL season, Playoffs
The Phoenix Roadrunners win the President's Cup 4 games to 0.


1972–73 WIHL season
1972–73 was the 26th season of the Western International Hockey League.


1972–73 WIHL season, Playoffs
In the "Best of 7" final series, the Spokane Jets defeated Trail Smoke Eaters 4 games to 1 (7-3, 2-3, 3-2, 8-2, 9-4). The Spokane Jets advanced to the 1972-73 Western Canada Allan Cup Playoffs.


1972–73 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
The 1972–73 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1972–73 NCAA college basketball season. Led by second-year head coach Marv Harshman, the Huskies were members of the Pacific-8 Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.


1972–73 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
The Huskies were 16–11 overall in the regular season and 6–8 in conference play, tied for fifth in the standings.


1972–73 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
The 1972–73 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1972–73 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. Led by first-year head coach George Raveling, the Cougars were members of the Pacific-8 Conference and played their home games on campus at Bohler Gymnasium in Pullman, Washington.


1972–73 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
The Cougars were 6–20 overall in the regular season and 2–12 in conference play, last in the standings. The two conference wins were both at home: Stanford in early January in Raveling's Pac-8 debut, and Oregon State in March. This was the last season for varsity basketball at Bohler Gym; the Performing Arts Center (now Beasley Coliseum) opened in June 1973.


1972–73 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
Raveling was hired in April 1972; he was previously an assistant at Maryland under Lefty Driesell, and led the Cougar program for eleven seasons.


1972–73 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team
The 1972–73 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Weber State College during the 1972–73 NCAA University Division basketball season. Members of the Big Sky Conference, the Wildcats were led by second-year head coach Gene Visscher and played their home games on campus at Wildcat Gym in Ogden, Utah. They were 20–6 in the regular season and 13–1 in conference play.


1972–73 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team
The conference tournament was three years away, and for the sixth consecutive season, Weber State won the Big Sky title and played in the 25-team NCAA Tournament. In the West regional at nearby Logan, they met Jerry Tarkanian's fourth-ranked Long Beach State 49ers in the first round for the third time in the four years. The Wildcats led by two points at the half, but lost by a dozen.


1972–73 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team
Weber's next NCAA appearance was five years later in 1978.


1972–73 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team
Senior center Rich Cooper and senior guard Brady Small were named to the all-conference team; junior guard Dan Dion and senior forward Ken Gubler were on the second team.


1972–73 Welsh Cup
The 1973–74 FAW Welsh Cup is the 86th season of the annual knockout tournament for competitive football teams in Wales.


1972–73 Welsh Cup, Fourth round
Nine winners from the Third round and seven new clubs.


1972–73 West Ham United F.C. season
In the 1972–73 season West Ham United finished sixth in the First Division, their highest League position under the management of Ron Greenwood and the joint-highest in their history at that time.


1972–73 West Ham United F.C. season, Season summary
Pop Robson was the First Division's top scorer with 28 League goals, including eight doubles and a hat-trick, just one behind the post-war club record held by Geoff Hurst, who had left the Hammers for Stoke City the previous summer. In February 1973, Bobby Moore overtook Jimmy Ruffell's West Ham appearance record. He won his hundredth England cap in the same month.


1972–73 West Ham United F.C. season, Season summary
West Ham continued their poor Cup record from previous seasons by losing in both the FA Cup and the League Cup to lower League opposition. Second Division Hull City beat them in the fourth round of the FA Cup, and the Hammers suffered a humiliating defeat at Fourth Division Stockport County in the League Cup.


1972–73 West Midlands (Regional) League
The 1972–73 West Midlands (Regional) League season was the 73rd in the history of the West Midlands (Regional) League, an English association football competition for semi-professional and amateur teams based in the West Midlands county, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and southern Staffordshire.


1972–73 West Midlands (Regional) League, Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 12 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:


1972–73 Western Football League
The 1972–73 season was the 71st in the history of the Western Football League.


1972–73 Western Football League
The champions for the first time in their history were Devizes Town.


1972–73 Western Football League, Final table
The league was increased from fourteen clubs to sixteen after Bideford, Dorchester Town and Minehead joined the Southern League, and five new clubs joined:


1972–73 Winnipeg Jets season
The 1972–73 Winnipeg Jets season was their first season in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Jets' first player signed was Norm Beaudin ("the Original Jet") and their first major signing was Bobby Hull.


1972–73 Winnipeg Jets season, Offseason, Bobby Hull
Long unhappy because of his relatively poor salary in the period when he was hockey's preeminent superstar, Hull responded to overtures from the upstart World Hockey Association's Winnipeg Jets in 1972 by jesting that he'd jump to them for a million dollars, a sum then considered absurd.


1972–73 Winnipeg Jets season, Offseason, Bobby Hull
Gathering the other league owners together to contribute to the unprecedented amount on the grounds that inking such a major star would give instant credibility to the new rival league that was competing directly against the entrenched NHL, Jets' owner Ben Hatskin agreed to the sum and signed Hull for a contract worth $1,000,000 over ten years. Although his debut with Winnipeg was held up in litigation by the NHL, Hull instantly became the WHA's greatest star.


1972–73 Winnipeg Jets season, Regular season
When the Jets played their first game on October 12 in New York against the Raiders, the Jets were without Bobby Hull. He was in court battling his former team, the Chicago Black Hawks over his new contract. The Jets would still win that first game 6–4. Three days later, the Jets would make their home debut losing to the Alberta Oilers 5–2. Bobby Hull won his court battle and joined the Jets 15 games into the season. Bobby Hull captured the WHA's first MVP award, by scoring 51 goals. The Jets won the Western Division with a 43–31–4 record.


1972–73 Winnipeg Jets season, Playoffs
In the playoffs, the Jets would beat the Minnesota Fighting Saints in 5 games. In the second round of the playoffs, the Jets beat the Houston Aeros in 4 straight to reach the Avco World Trophy finals. In the finals, the Jets were beaten by the New England Whalers in 5 games.


1972–73 Winnipeg Jets season, Player statistics, Forwards
Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; A= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points


1972–73 Winnipeg Jets season, Player statistics, Defencemen
Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; A= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points


1972–73 Winnipeg Jets season, Player statistics, Goaltending
Note: GP= Games played; MIN= Minutes; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against


1972–73 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
The 1972–1973 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was John Powless, coaching his fifth season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the UW Fieldhouse in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.


1972–73 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey season
The 1972–73 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in college ice hockey. In its seventh year under head coach Bob Johnson, the team compiled a 29–9–2 record (18–9–1 against Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) opponents) and outscored all opponents 217 to 139. The Badgers received one of the WCHA's automatic bids to the 1973 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament by winning the 1973 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. They defeated the Cornell Big Red in the Frozen Four semifinals and then beat WCHA-rival Denver Pioneers 4–2 to win their first national championship in Boston, Massachusetts.


1972–73 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey season
Forward Dean Talafous was chosen as the Most Outstanding Player in the NCAA Tournament. He had the winning goal in both of Wisconsin's victories as well as a tying score in the waning moments of the Badgers' semifinal match.


1972–73 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey season, Season
Coming off of a then-season-best 27 wins, and second NCAA tournament appearance in three years, Wisconsin was looking to take the final step towards winning a national championship. After losing to a dismal Colorado College team in their first game, Bob Johnson's Badgers went on an eleven-game tear and announced themselves as early-season contenders. In hindsight their 11-1 record was a bit misleading due to having faced CC and Michigan (the two worst WCHA teams) four times each as well as a series against 15th-place Colgate, going 9-1 in those games.


1972–73 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey season, Season
Once Wisconsin began to face difficult opponents their record came back to earth. While their overall mark dipped as the season wore on, Wisconsin's home record remained in the stratosphere, not dropping a single match at the Dane County Coliseum until March and finishing with an astounding 17-1 record at home.


1972–73 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey season, Season
Key to the Badgers' success was a very evenly distributed offense. While none of Wisconsin's players finished anywhere near the top of the NCAA leaderboard, the team produced five 20-goal scorers and a further five 10-goal scorers, a feat some NHL teams struggle to achieve in twice as many games. The balanced Badger attack kept Wisconsin alive as they slowly dipped in the standings especially with their trouble on the road. After Minnesota ended Wisconsin's winning streak the Badgers won the St. Louis Invitational Tournament over the Christmas break but split the next two true away series.


1972–73 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey season, Season
Starting with a loss to Michigan State on January 13 the Badgers dropped the final five road games and were in jeopardy of slipping to 4th in the conference when the Golden Gophers beat them at home in the penultimate game of the regular season. A win in the last match, however, kept them tied with Michigan State in the standings and with the tie-breakers in Wisconsin's favor the Badgers were able to avoid a potential matchup with league-leading Denver in the WCHA tournament.


1972–73 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey season, Season
Wisconsin began the conference tournament facing Minnesota and got a measure of revenge for earlier struggles with a pair of two-goal victories. The second round saw the Badgers pitted against Notre Dame and, because of a weekend sweep by the Fighting Irish at the end of February, Wisconsin was forced to face their foe in the opponent's building. Despite the game technically being a neutral-site meeting the hostile crowd let everyone know was favored. The two teams battled to a 4-4 tie in the first game, leaving the second match as a winner-take-all affair. Miraculously Wisconsin proved the victor with a 4-3 score and won their way into the NCAA tournament for the third time.


1972–73 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey season, Season
For their first match Wisconsin was set against the powerhouse ECAC Hockey champion Cornell Big Red. The boys from Ithaca possessed one of the strongest defenses in the nation, surrendering only 83 goals in 27 games en route to posting a 23-3-1 record. The favored Big Red didn't disappoint, scoring the opening goal 40 seconds into the game. After a second marker in the first frame and another 30 seconds into the middle period the Badgers were behind the eight-ball.


1972–73 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey season, Season
Cornell score yet again four minutes later and before the game was even half over the Badger's already appeared to have been defeated. The decentralized Badger attack finally made itself known in the second half of period two with a pair of markers to cut Cornell's lead in half. With the Wisconsin faithful chanting 'SIEVE' at Dave Elenbaas Cornell didn't seem to mind and scored their third goal in the first minute of a period to take a 5-2 lead. Somehow, despite being outplayed, Wisconsin pulled to within one with goals at 12- and 3-minutes to play.


1972–73 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey season, Season
With time winding down the Badgers furiously fired the puck and with five seconds left on the clock Dean Talafous notched the tying goal and sent the building into a frenzy. The overtime session saw several opportunities by both squads but as fatigue began to set in mistakes were made and just before the first extra frame ended a trio of Badgers rushed towards the goal. Elenbaas tried to meet them head-on but the puck found its way onto the stick of Talafous who shot it into the net and allowed Wisconsin to capture an improbable 6-5 overtime win.


1972–73 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey season, Season
In Wisconsin's first championship game they faced the other top team in the NCAA, Denver. The Pioneers possessed an even stingier defense, led by WCHA Most Valuable Player and All-American Ron Grahame. While Denver had a good offense and four First Team All-WCHA players, the Badgers' unheralded bunch had combined to score more than Denver had and managed to earn two Second Team positions. The Badgers got out to an early lead just over three minutes into the game but the Pioneers responded with one of their own less than a minute later.


1972–73 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey season, Season
While the play favored Wisconsin the score didn't and Denver was able to take a lead with a power play marker 54 seconds into the second period. just over three minutes later Bob Young took Denver's only penalty of the game and it proved a costly one as Wisconsin was able to tie the score on the ensuing man-advantage. Just over four minutes after that Dean Talafous scored his third goal of the tournament to put the Badgers into the lead for the second time. The score remained that way until the third minute of the final period when Jim Johnston gave Wisconsin a two-goal lead. Denver was unable to match the Badger's fervor and Jim Makey's stellar goaltending allowed Wisconsin to skate off with their first National Title.


1972–73 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey season, Season
Wisconsin's win brought the crown back to the WCHA for the first time in four seasons and started a five-year run of western dominance where no eastern team could even make the title match. Dean Talafous scored both game-winning goals for the Badgers as well as notching the tying marker in the semifinal so it came with no surprise that he was named as the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.


1972–73 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey season, Season
Along with Talafous, Jim Makey, John Taft and Stan Hinkley were named to the All-Tournament Team After the tournament had ended the NCAA wanted to enforce a new policy that would make students who had played for Canadian junior team ineligible as they received a nominal stipend for room and board which the NCAA considered a payment making those players professionals. To ease the transition the NCAA told the universities that they wanted their programs to declare their own players ineligible and afterwards the NCAA would restore status to the players, effectively 'grandfathering' in the prohibition on major junior players. While most teams, including Wisconsin, acquiesced to the NCAA, Denver refused to follow suit and had their players not only ruled ineligible but their participation in the 1973 tournament vacated.


1972–73 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey season, Standings, Schedule
During the season, Wisconsin compiled a 29–10–2 record, the best year the program had produced to that point. Its schedule was as follows.


1972–73 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey season, Standings, Schedule
* Denotes overtime periods† WCHA game‡ Big Ten and WCHA game% St. Louis Invitational Tournament


1972–73 Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey season, National championship, (W1) Denver vs. (W2) Wisconsin
Jim Makey, John Taft, Stan Hinkley and Dean Talafous were named to the All-Tournament Team


1972–73 Yorkshire Cup
The 1972–73 Yorkshire Cup was the sixty-fifth occasion on which the  Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.


1972–73 Yorkshire Cup
Leeds winning the trophy by beating Dewsbury by the score of 36-9 in what would be Dewsbury's last appearance in a Yorkshire Cup final


1972–73 Yorkshire Cup
The match was played at Odsal in the City of Bradford, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 7,806 and receipts were £2,659


1972–73 Yorkshire Cup
This was Leeds third victory (and the  first of two consecutive victories) in what would be eight times in the space of thirteen seasons


1972–73 Yorkshire Cup, Background
This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants and no "leavers" and so the total of entries remained the  same at sixteen.


1972–73 Yorkshire Cup, Background
This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.


1972–73 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and Results, Final, Teams and Scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point


1972–73 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments
1 * Odsal is the home ground of Bradford Northern from 1890 to 2010 and the current capacity is in the region of 26,000, The ground is famous for hosting the largest attendance at an English sports ground when 102,569 (it was reported that over 120,000 actually attended as several areas of boundary fencing collapse under the sheer weight of numbers) attended the replay of the Challenge Cup final on 5 May 1954 to see Halifax v Warrington.


1972–73 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
The Rugby League Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between (mainly professional) rugby league clubs from  the  county of Yorkshire. The actual area was at times increased to encompass other teams from  outside the  county such as Newcastle, Mansfield, Coventry, and even London (in the form of Acton & Willesden).


1972–73 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
The Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final taking place in (or just before) December (The only exception to this was when disruption of the fixture list was caused during, and immediately after, the two World Wars)


1972–73 Yorkshire Football League
The 1972–73 Yorkshire Football League was the 47th season in the history of the Yorkshire Football League, a football competition in England.


1972–73 Yorkshire Football League, Division One
Division One featured 12 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with four new clubs, promoted from Division Two:


1972–73 Yorkshire Football League, Division Two
Division Two featured nine clubs which competed in the previous season, along with seven new clubs.


1972–73 Yorkshire Football League, Division Three
Division Three featured ten clubs which competed in the previous season, along with six new clubs.


1972–73 Yugoslav First Basketball League
The 1972–73 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 29th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia.


1972–73 Yugoslav First League
The 1972–73 Yugoslav First League season was the 27th season of the First Federal League of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian Latin: Prva savezna liga Jugoslavije), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. A total of 18 teams competed in the league, with the previous season's runners-up Red Star winning the title.


1972–73 Yugoslav First League, Teams
A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1971–72 season and two sides promoted from the 1971–72 Yugoslav Second League (YSL) as winners of the two second level divisions East and West. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 34 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.


1972–73 Yugoslav First League, Teams
Radnički Kragujevac and NK Maribor were relegated from the 1971–72 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted to top level were Bor and Spartak Subotica.


1972–73 Yugoslav First League, Winning squad
Zoran AntonijevićJovan AćimovićZoran BingulacVladislav BogićevićKiro DojčinovskiRatomir DujkovićMilovan ĐorićSlobodan JankovićŽivorad JeftićNikola JovanovićStanislav Karasi Mihalj KeriBranko KlenkovskiPetar KrivokućaVojin LazarevićDušan NikolićMile NovkovićMiroslav PavlovićAleksandar PanajotovićVladimir Petrović Ognjan Petrović Sead SušićZoran Filipović Dragan Džajić


1972–73 Yugoslav Ice Hockey League season
The 1972–73 Yugoslav Ice Hockey League season was the 31st season of the Yugoslav Ice Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Yugoslavia. Four teams participated in the league, and Jesenice have won the championship.


1972–73 ice hockey Bundesliga season
The 1972–73 Ice hockey Bundesliga season was the 15th season of the Ice hockey Bundesliga, the top level of ice hockey in Germany. 11 teams participated in the league, and EV Fussen won the championship.


1972–73 in Belgian football
The 1972–73 season was the 70th season of competitive football in Belgium. Club Brugge KV won their second Division I title, 53 years after their first title in 1919–20. RSC Anderlechtois won the Belgian Cup against Standard Club Liégeois (2-1). The Belgium national football team continued their 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign with a win in Norway and a draw at home against the Netherlands. The Belgian Women's First Division was won for the second time by Astrio Begijnendijk.


1972–73 in Belgian football, Overview
Belgium continued their qualifying campaign for the 1974 FIFA World Cup with a win over Norway and a draw against the Netherlands. At the end of the season, Belgium was first of Group 3 with 7 points in 4 matches, ahead of the Netherlands (3 points in 2 matches), Norway (2 points in 3 matches) and Iceland (0 points in 3 matches).


1972–73 in Belgian football, Overview
At the end of the season, RU Saint-Gilloise and R Crossing Club de Schaerbeek were relegated to Division II, to be replaced by SK Beveren-Waas and KSV Waregem from Division II. The bottom 2 clubs in Division II (R Tilleur FC and RAA Louviéroise) were relegated to Division III, to be replaced by K Olse Merksem SC and ASV Oostende KM from Division III. The bottom club of each Division III league (RFC Sérésien, R Herve FC, FC Vigor Wuitens Hamme and RRC Gent) were relegated to Promotion, to be replaced by AS Herstalienne, KFC Eendracht Zele, K Alt-Hoeselt VV and FC Denderleeuw from Promotion.


1972–73 in Belgian football, European competitions
RSC Anderlechtois beat Vejle Boldklub of Denmark in the first round of the 1972–73 European Champion Clubs' Cup (won 4–2 at home, 3–0 away) but lost in the second round to FC Spartak Trnava of Czechoslovakia (lost both legs 0-1).


1972–73 in Belgian football, European competitions
Standard Club Liégeois entered the 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup as Cup finalist, since the Cup winner RSC Anderlechtois was also qualified for the Champion Clubs' Cup. They were defeated in the first round by Sparta Prague of Czechoslovakia (won 1–0 at home, lost 2–4 away).


1972–73 in Belgian football, European competitions
Only 2 Belgian clubs were invited to the 1972–73 UEFA Cup: Club Brugge KV and RR White. Club Brugge KV reached the second round by eliminating Åtvidabergs FF of Sweden (won 5–3 away, lost 1–2 at home) but RR White lost to Grupo Desportivo Cuf of Portugal in the first round (lost 0–1 at home, 0–2 away). In the second round, Club Brugge KV lost to FC Porto of Portugal (lost 0–3 away, won 3–2 at home).


1972–73 in English field hockey
The 1972–73 English Hockey League season took place from September 1972 until May 1973.


1972–73 in English field hockey
The principal event was the Men's Cup (National Clubs Championship) which was won by Hounslow.


1972–73 in English field hockey
The vast majority of the season consisted of regional leagues. The first National League tournament (The National Inter League Championship) would not be introduced until September 1975.


1972–73 in English football
The 1972–73 season was the 93rd season of competitive football in England.


1972–73 in English football, Honours
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition


1972–73 in English football, Football League
The Football League announced that a three-up, three-down system would operate between the top three divisions from the following season, rather than the traditional two-up, two-down system. The four-up, four-down system between the Third and Fourth Divisions would continue, as would the re-election system between the league's bottom four clubs.


1972–73 in English football, Football League, First Division
Liverpool won the championship (their first in 7 years) in Bill Shankly's penultimate season as manager despite competition from Arsenal, Leeds United, Ipswich Town and Wolverhampton Wanderers. Arsenal actually led by a point with six matches to play, but a dismal 1-3-2 record down the stretch cost them the title.


1972–73 in English football, Football League, First Division
Manchester United sacked manager Frank O'Farrell after 18 months in charge, following a terrible first half of the season which left them in serious danger of relegation only five years after their European Cup victory. Tommy Docherty, the 44-year-old Scottish national coach and former Aston Villa manager, was appointed as his successor, and steered them to survival. Neighbours Manchester City had a similarly poor campaign and were nearly relegated only a year after narrowly missing out on the title, but recovered well to finish safely in mid-table after manager Malcolm Allison was replaced by Johnny Hart late in the season.


1972–73 in English football, Football League, First Division
West Bromwich Albion were relegated to Division Two for the first time since 1949, ultimately being left to rue losing five games in a row at the end of the season; winning just two of those games would have seen them survive. Crystal Palace, who had spent the previous few years battling against the odds on a limited budget, finally succumbed to relegation.


1972–73 in English football, Football League, Second Division
Burnley and Queens Park Rangers won promotion to the First Division. Huddersfield Town's decline continued as they slid into the Third Division, where they were joined by Brighton & Hove Albion.


1972–73 in English football, Football League, Third Division
Bolton Wanderers and Notts County occupied the two promotion places in the Third Division. Rotherham United, Brentford, Swansea City and Scunthorpe United were relegated to the Fourth Division.


1972–73 in English football, Football League, Fourth Division
Hereford United were promoted from the Fourth Division in their first season as a Football League club. They had been elected to the Football League a year earlier after finishing as runners-up to Chelmsford City in the Southern League and achieving a shock win over Newcastle United in the FA Cup. They were joined in the promotion zone by champions Southport, Cambridge United and Aldershot. Newport County missed promotion only on goal average. There were no arrivals or departures in the league for 1973.


1972–73 in English football, FA Cup
An Ian Porterfield goal saw Sunderland achieve a famous 1–0 win over Leeds United in the FA Cup final. Sunderland's team, managed by Bob Stokoe, did not contain any full internationals, whereas Don Revie's Leeds side were all internationals. Sunderland goalkeeper Jim Montgomery also received plaudits after a good performance featuring a noted double-save from Trevor Cherry and Peter Lorimer.


1972–73 in English football, FA Cup
Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Arsenal 3–1 at Highbury in a third-place playoff, held three months after the final.


1972–73 in English football, League Cup
Tottenham Hotspur's Bill Nicholson guided his club to a League Cup triumph, beating Norwich City 1–0 in the final, and in the process added another trophy to the club's ever-growing list of honours.


1972–73 in English football, European Football
Derby County lost to the eventual finals runner-up Juventus by an aggregate score of 3–1 in the semifinals of the European Cup. Leeds United lost a controversial European Cup Winners Cup Final against AC Milan.


1972–73 in Scottish football
The 1972–73 season was the 100th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 76th season of Scottish league football.


1972–73 snooker season
The 1972–73 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between July 1972 and April 1973. The following table outlines the results for the season's events.


1972–77 Nordic Football Championship
The 1972–77 Nordic Football Championship was the eleventh Nordic Football Championship staged. Four Nordic countries participated: Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Sweden won the tournament, its ninth Nordic Championship win.


1972–77 Nordic Football Championship, Table
The table is compiled by awarding two points for a victory, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss.


1973
1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1973rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 973rd  year of the 2nd millennium, the 73rd  year of the 20th century, and the  4th   year of the 1970s decade.


1973 (album)
1973 is the second full-length studio album by Seirom, released on November 9, 2012 by Aurora Borealis.


1973 (song)
"1973" is a song by the English recording artist James Blunt. It was released as the lead single from his second studio album, All the Lost Souls (2007).


1973 (song)
First performed by James Blunt during his autumn 2006 North American tour, "1973" was released for radio play on 23 July 2007, to selected radio stations around the world. It was made available for download exclusively from the Verizon Wireless network in the United States on the same date. Starting on 7 August 2007, the song was made widely available for digital download, with physical releases being made available from 3 September 2007. The single peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart.


1973 (song), Background
"1973" was written by James Blunt and Mark Batson. "He was trying to write an English singer-songwriter song, and I was trying the Dr. Dre end of the scale", says Blunt. The song was inspired by the club scene in Ibiza, where Blunt maintains a residence and enjoys the social scene. The song has been remixed by Pete Tong and Dave Spoon as part of their Ibiza 2007 Remix Project, and Tong started playing the remix in July 2007 when acting as DJ at Pacha, the Ibiza club that inspired the song and opened in 1973.


1973 (song), Background
The lyrics include references to a few American popular songs: "As Time Goes


1973 (song), Background
By", written in 1931 by Herman Hupfeld and popularised by Dooley Wilson playing the character of 'Sam' in the 1942 film Casablanca; "It's the Same Old Song", written by the legendary songwriting team Holland–Dozier–Holland and recorded in 1965 on the Motown label by the Four Tops; "Here We Go Again", popularised in 1967 by Ray Charles and re-popularized as a duet with Norah Jones upon the 2005 posthumous release of Charles' masterwork album, Genius Loves Company, and; "I Can See Clearly Now", written and recorded by Johnny Nash, a song which spent November at the No. 1 spot of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972.


1973 (song), Release
The single was released on three physical formats. CD1 features a brand new track, "Dear Katie", which was written by Blunt's long-time keyboardist Paul Beard. Beard also provides backing vocals for the song. CD2 includes a live version of "Annie", the video for "1973", plus a further new track, "So Happy", which was written by Felix Howard and Blunt. The 7" vinyl also includes "So Happy".


1973 (song), Music video
The video (directed by Paul R Brown), in which a modern-day Blunt strolls among '70s street scenes, reflects the song's nostalgic tone. "The '70s sound like they were a time of excess and great flamboyance", he says, "but a sense of fun as well." The video was shot in the Universal Studios Lot in Los Angeles.


1973 (song), Reception
Billboard reviewer Chuck Taylor said that the song's "[m]idtempo pacing" resembles 10,000 Maniacs's "Trouble Me", a song from the band's 1989 album Blind Man's Zoo.


1973 (song), Chart performance
The song debuted at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart, then peaked at number four, making it Blunt's third top 10 single and his fifth-released single debuting in the UK Singles Chart. In Switzerland, the song debuted at number one, making it his second top 10 hit. It also peaked at number one in Venezuela. In the U.S., the song made its first appearance on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, where it peaked at number two.


1973 (song), Chart performance
It debuted and peaked at number 73 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of 6 October 2007 just after the release of the parent album All the Lost Souls on 14 September 2007, spending just three contiguous weeks on the chart and exiting at number 100.


1973 (song), Chart performance
The song peaked at number 60 on the Pop 100. From number 86, the song made a jump to number two on Billboard's Eurochart Hot 100 Singles, then peaked at number one on 29 September and 6 October 2007.


1973 (song), Certifications
* Sales figures based on certification alone.^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.


1973 1. divisjon
The 1973 1. divisjon was the 29th completed season of top division football in Norway.


1973 1. divisjon, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and Viking FK won the championship, their second consecutive league title and their third top-flight title overall.


1973 1. divisjon, Overview
Fredrikstad, who was the only remaining team to have played all 28 completed seasons in the top division, was relegated in the end of the season.


1973 1000 Lakes Rally
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1973 1000 Lakes Rally
The 1973 1000 Lakes Rally (formally the 23rd 1000 Lakes Rally) was the 23rd running of the 1000 Lakes Rally (currently known as the Rally Finland), and the eighth round of the inaugural World Rally Championship season.


1973 1000 Lakes Rally, Report
Run in early August in central Finland, this rally marked a distinct change from the previous event in the series, the 33 Rajd Polski. Unlike that event, in which only three teams survived to the finish, Finland saw 55 teams finish the rally, a success rate of almost exactly 50% of the total entries.


1973 1000 Lakes Rally, Report
In 1973, and for several years afterward, only manufacturers were given points for finishes in WRC events. Finland hosted Ford Motor Company's first ever win of the World Rally Championship. Championship front runners Alpine Renault and Fiat were conspicuous by their absence, with neither gaining points during the round.


1973 2. divisjon
The 1973 2. divisjon was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.


1973 2. divisjon
The league was contested by 36 teams, divided into a total of four groups; A and B (non-Northern Norwegian teams) and two district groups which contained teams from Northern Norway: district IX–X and district XI. The winners of group A and B were promoted to the 1974 1. divisjon, while the winners of the district groups qualified for the Northern Norwegian final. The second placed teams in group A and B met the winner of the district IX–X in a qualification round where the winner was promoted to 1. divisjon. The winner of district XI was not eligible for promotion. The bottom two teams inn all groups were relegated to the 3. divisjon.


1973 2. divisjon, Overview, Summary
Sarpsborg FK won group A. Molde won group B with two matches to spare. Both teams promoted to the 1974 1. divisjon. Vålerengen won the qualification play-offs and was also promoted.


1973 2. divisjon, Promotion play-offs, Results
Vålerengen won the qualification round and won promotion to the 1. divisjon.


1973 2. divisjon, Northern Norwegian Final
A Northern Norwegian Final was played between the winners of the two district groups, Mjølner and Kirkenes.


1973 24 Hours of Daytona
The 1973 24 Hours of Daytona was a 24-hour endurance sports car race held on February 3–4, 1973 at the Daytona International Speedway road course. The race served as the opening round of the 1973 World Sportscar Championship.


1973 24 Hours of Daytona
Victory overall and in the Sport 3000 class went to the No. 59 Brumos Racing Porsche 911 Carrera RSR driven by Peter Gregg and Hurley Haywood. Victory in the Grand Touring +2000 class went to the No. 22 North American Racing Team Ferrari Daytona driven by François Migault and Milt Minter. Victory in the Touring 5000 class went to the No. 9 Ray Kessler, Inc. Chevrolet Camaro driven by Ray Kessler, Richie Panch, and Wilbur Pickett. Victory in the Grand Touring 2000 class went to the No. 62 Bob Bergstrom Porsche 911 driven by Bob Bergstrom and Jim Cook. Victory in the Sports 2000 class went to the No. 10 Shierson Racing Chevron B19 driven by Bill Barber and Charlie Kemp. Victory in the Touring 2000 class went to the No. 84 Andy Petery BMW 2002 driven by Andy Petery and Hans Ziereis.


1973 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 1973 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 41st Grand Prix of Endurance and took place on 9 and 10 June 1973. It was the eighth round of the 1973 World Championship of Makes.


1973 24 Hours of Le Mans
The race promised to be close, with Ferrari, Matra and Porsche all having two wins in the championship along with a surprise victory for Mirage at Spa. It did indeed turn out to be one of the most tense Le Mans, with the race won in the pits as both Ferrari and Matra took turns in the lead only to be stymied by mechanical failures. All three Ferraris had time in the lead, but as mechanical issues overtook them it was the Matra of Henri Pescarolo and Gérard Larrousse, despite its own tribulations, that took the chequered flag. In the end it was a comfortable six-lap margin over the second-placed Ferrari of Merzario and Pace with the Matra of Jabouille/Jaussaud third.


1973 24 Hours of Le Mans
There was a certain symmetry for a French car and a French team winning the fiftieth anniversary of the first 24 Hours of Le Mans. Ferrari did win the GT category after a close tussle with Porsche, and BMW had the only finisher in the Group 2 Touring Car category.


1973 24 Hours of Le Mans, Regulations
In the second year of the new regulations, there were no changes. This year the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) extended the eligible classes to eight with an extra one each in Group 5 and 2. Reserves were not kept, rather the ACO selected the 55 starters from those who arrived taking into account the results of the Four-Hour race at the Test Weekend.


1973 24 Hours of Le Mans, Regulations
1973 was the 50th anniversary of the first race and there was much pomp and celebration. Included in this were races for pre-war and post-war cars and the first parade of historic Le Mans competitors. The French Post Office issued a special commemorative stamp.


1973 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
The ACO received 112 applications. Even though Autodelta, the Alfa Romeo works team withdrew just days before the event there were 61 cars present for practice on race-week. With Sports-prototypes from Matra, Ferrari, Mirage and Ligier as well as Ford and BMW in Group 2, there were 22 ‘works’ entries.


1973 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
After a distinct lack of success, Matra withdrew from Formula One to concentrate on contesting the World Championship of Makes against Ferrari. Its new longtail MS670B was made lighter, more aerodynamic and, importantly, equipped with Porsche "Type 1983" gearboxes. The V12 engine was tuned back to put out 450 bhp. and the car now ran on 13” tyres instead of the former 15”. Adding two cars to their regular Championship team made a strong 4-car challenge in an all-French driver line-up. Jean-Pierre Beltoise and François Cevert were constantly quickest but pushed their car hard, whereas Henri Pescarolo/Gérard Larrousse drove with endurance in mind, having got both of Matras victories to date. A third 670B was prepared for Jean-Pierre Jabouille/Jean-Pierre Jaussaud while Patrick Depailler/Bob Wollek had an older MS670.


1973 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
After a dominant 1972 season, Ferrari was having a much tougher time this year, despite having come from the latest round with a 1–2 victory at the Nürburgring. With the championship carefully balanced, the works team arrived in force with proven reliability. The latest iteration of the 312PB was wider and longer to take bigger tyres and improve handling. The aerodynamic longtail chassis increased speed on Le Mans’ big straights while the improved V12 was now capable of 460 bhp in race-trim. The regular team driver pairings of Jacky Ickx/Brian Redman (who had both Ferrari victories this year) and Arturo Merzario/Carlos Pace were augmented by Carlos Reutemann/Tim Schenken.


1973 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
After 1971 John Wyer had retired from racing. However, he had started plans for his own car-design and convinced Gulf Oil to back the project. Former Ford engineer Len Bailey designed the Mirage M6 based around the Cosworth DFV engine. However, the engine was renowned for vibration and being hard on components so a V12 engine was commissioned from Weslake for a new coupé. But continual unreliability meant the Weslake project was shelved and the team focused on improving the V8 spyder refitted with ZF gearboxes, buoyed by a 1-2 result at Spa. Their drivers were Derek Bell/Howden Ganley and Mike Hailwood/John Watson (nursing a broken leg)/Vern Schuppan.


1973 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Alfa Romeo was more affected than Ferrari by the strikes and social troubles in Italy. Autodelta, the Alfa works team, felt their new 500 bhp flat-12 powered car was still unprepared for 24 hours and did not enter. But they were represented by their customer team, Scuderia Brescia Corse, with a V8 T33/3.


1973 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Lola did return to Le Mans after a promising, but tragic, race the previous year. The Scuderia Filipinetti had taken over Jo Bonnier’s team after his death. Despite the Swiss team’s owner Georges Filipinetti dying in May from a heart attack, a car was entered for Jean-Louis Lafosse and Hughes de Fierlandt. An ex-Bonnier Lola was also run by former hill-climb champion Daniel Rouveyran. Alain de Cadenet also returned to Le Mans after a strong run the previous year in his Duckhams-Cosworth, paired again with Chris Craft.


1973 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
The body was redesigned to be more aerodynamic although no high-speed testing had been able to be done. Ligier finally had the improved Citroen-Maserati V6 engine, now capable of 330 bhp and three cars were entered for the race, including one for Guy Ligier himself, with Jacques Laffite. Filling out the Group 5 field were four older Porsche 908s, including the regular entries from the Spanish Escuderia Montjuïch and Swiss André Wicky.


1973 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
The 2-litre Group 5 class was well represented this year. The Chevron chassis was designed to accommodate a variety of engines and five were entered. Cosworth recommended an engine rebuild of their 2-litre FVC engine after only four hours of racing, so running 24 hours was problematic. They were up against a French ACE, a Lola and an old Porsche 910. Perhaps the most interesting entry was the first Japanese car to race at Le Mans, and with the first Japanese drivers. Shin Kato’s Sigma was powered by a Mazda Wankel twin-rotary engine. With a claimed performance of 260 bhp it was calculated as a 2292cc equivalent. Three were built for the Japanese series and one came to Le Mans.