1971 2. divisjon
The league was contested by 30 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 and District IX–X were promoted to the 1972 1. divisjon, and the winners of the district groups qualified for the Northern Norwegian final. The winner of district XI was not eligible for promotion. The bottom team in all groups were relegated to the 3. divisjon. The two second last teams in group A and B met in a qualification round where the losing team was relegated to the 3. divisjon.


1971 2. divisjon, Overview, Summary
Mjøndalen won group A with 20 points. Skeid won group B with 22 points. Both teams promoted to the 1972 1. divisjon.


1971 2. divisjon, Relegation play-offs, Results
Odd won the qualification round 2–0 on aggregate and remained in the 2. divisjon. Aurskog was relegated to the 3. divisjon.


1971 2. divisjon, Northern Norwegian Final
A Northern Norwegian Final was played between the winners of the two district groups, Mjølner and Kirkenes.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 39th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 12 and 13 June 1971. It was the ninth round of the 1971 International Championship for Makes.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans
This year would be the swansong of the mighty engines – the incoming regulations would put a 3-litre limit on engine capacity. As it turned out, there was a perfect confluence of the most powerful racing cars yet seen, a long fast track and extended good weather to produce the fastest race in the event's history to date setting a record that would stand for almost 40 years.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans
Although there were few accidents this year, there were many cars delayed or forced to retire with mechanical problems and only twelve cars were classified at the finish. Winners, at a record speed, were Gijs van Lennep and Helmut Marko in their Team Martini Porsche 917.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Regulations
With the imminent ban of engines over 3-litres for the upcoming 1972 season, the FIA made no changes to their standing regulations. The Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) likewise made very few changes. The experiment of the standing-start in echelon from the previous year was discarded. A 2-by-2 rolling start behind a safety car became the most preferred way, which remains the tradition up to the modern day. This allowed an Armco guardrail to be erected between the pits and the main straight, greatly increasing the safety of the pit-crews. Drivers were also now permitted to stay in their cars during refuelling.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Regulations
On race-week plans were unveiled for an extensive realignment of the circuit, making it self-contained. It included a new Mulsanne straight alongside the public highway and a new series of curves to cut out the dangerous Maison Blanche corner – the scene of many major race accidents over the years.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Regulations
This year, first prize for outright victory was US$13000 – barely the cost of a top-tier racing engine, and not reflecting the huge preparation and work required. But such was the stature of the race it kept drawing strong fields. Finally, after fourteen years, the ban on female drivers was lifted with the ACO accepting top French rally-driver Marie-Claude Beaumont in the Greder Corvette entry – the first female driver at Le Mans since 1951.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
The ACO received 80 entries for the race, which it reduced to 63 for qualifying, though only 53 cars arrived to practice. Noticeable was the very low turnout from manufacturers’ works teams. Given the dominance of the big Sports Cars on fast tracks like Le Mans, there were few Prototypes entered. Ferrari and Alfa Romeo withdrew their works teams to concentrate on next year's models. However, a vast fleet of privateer Porsche 911s arrived to fill the gap, making the GT category the strongest-supported group.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Over the winter, extensive development work was done on the 917L (langheck or ‘long-tail’). Using the French SERA aerodynamics laboratory, the chassis was further streamlined. Now running 17” rear tyres made its handling almost as good as the K-version (kurzheck or ‘short-tail’) much to the drivers’ satisfaction. Porsche also supplied a slightly larger 5.0-litre engine (vs 4.9L) using high-performance nickel-silicon cylinder-liners from NSU that improved oil consumption and reduced wear. This pushed its output up to 620 bhp. It also came with a new 4-speed gearbox, but as all the teams chose to use the tried-and-tested 5-speed gearbox the new engines were not used either.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
With four victories to date in the 1971 Championship, the JW Automotive team were favourites for outright victory. They certainly had the strongest driver line-up with Pedro Rodriguez/Jackie Oliver and by Jo Siffert and Derek Bell in langhecks. Their third team car, a 917K, was driven by 1970 race-winner Richard Attwood with Herbert Müller.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
The cars and equipment of the previous year's successful Porsche Salzburg team was purchased for the Martini Racing Team by Conte Gregorio Rossi di Montelera (of the Martini & Rossi company). They entered three cars – a long-tail for Vic Elford/Gérard Larrousse (winners at Sebring and the Nürburgring) and a magnesium-alloy chassis short-tail for Gijs van Lennep/Helmut Marko. (JWA was not offered these experimental options) The third was an experimental short-tail version. The 917/20 was built as a test-bed for future Can-Am parts and aerodynamic low-drag concepts.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Shorter and much wider than the 917K, it was designed and tested by Robert Choulet and the SERA wind tunnel, after their other work on the 917. Nicknamed “the Pig” by the company, it was driven by Reinhold Joest/Willi Kauhsen. Following up the psychedelic paintjob of their car the previous year Martini, with tongue in cheek, had the chunky car painted in pink for the race with names of pieces of meat written across it.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
After the 1970 race, Ferrari set about improving the 512. Widened by 100mm, with an improved and lightened aerodynamic chassis, the V12 engine was also uprated to produce 580 bhp. The new version, the 512M (modificato) debuted at the end of the 1970 season with a win to Ickx/Giunti. The 512M modifications were offered to the customer teams, but not applied to the works cars as Ferrari had decided to give up any official effort with the 512 in order to prepare the new 312PB for 1972.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Between them, the customer teams put up a competent challenge to Porsche. The North American Racing Team (NART) had three entries. The Penske team, very competitive at the American rounds of the championship, arrived on one of the NART entry tickets. Their chassis was made by Holman & Moody and the engine prepared by Can-Am V8 specialist Traco (claiming 614 bhp). A number of quick-change modifications were added for wheels, brakes and refuelling to save valuable minutes in the pits. The blue, Sunoco-sponsored, car was driven by Mark Donohue/David Hobbs. The regular NART 512M also had a Traco engine and was driven by Sam Posey/Tony Adamowicz. And there was an open-top, spyder, version was for Masten Gregory/George Eaton.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
The Scuderia Filipinetti also entered a much-modified Ferrari. Known as the “512F”, it was designed by former Ferrari racing engineer/driver Mike Parkes it had a bigger rear-wing and used the Porsche 917 windscreen which was 120mm narrower, allowing for better water- and oil-cooler placement. With regular co-driver Jo Bonnier unavailable for personal reason, Henri Pescarolo was brought in as his co-driver. José Juncadella of Escuderia Montjuich had employed 1964-winner Nino Vaccarella. Ecurie Francorchamps, Georg Loos and Corrado Manfredini also returned with their modified cars. David Piper’s entry was used by American privateer David Weir who had bought the spare car off Steve McQueen's Solar Productions film company.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Just after the 1970 Le Mans, Chrysler completed the takeover of Simca creating Chrysler Europe, and this also meant the Matra company was renamed Matra-Simca. Matra entered only one 660 for its F1 drivers Chris Amon and Jean-Pierre Beltoise. Beltoise had recently recovered his racing license after investigation in an accident at January's Buenos Aires 1000km that had killed Ferrari driver Ignazio Giunti. After a poor race the previous year, the engine was strengthened and now put out 420 bhp.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
While Guy Ligier’s GT car was on hold pending homologation, he entered a one-off special – the JS3. Fitted with the Ford-Cosworth DFV F1 engine (that only arrived at the start of race-week, making its Le Mans debut) that was limited to 8800 rpm, allowing around 400 hp. The car had finished second in the Test Weekend race, and for this race was driven by former Matra team manager Claude LeGuezec and Patrick Depailler. Against the French prototypes were a collection of privateer Porsche 908s, including French importer Auguste Veuillet's Sonauto car that had won the three-hour race at the Test Weekend. The 3-litre flat-8 was beginning to show its age and only put out 350 bhp, well below the French competition.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
The under-2 litre classes in both Group 5 and 6 were poorly supported, with no entries in the Sports category. Team Huron could not supply their new cars, so Guy Edwards took one of their entry spots with his Lola T212. With no Chevrons present, its only competition was an older Porsche 907 from the André Wicky team.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
In the GT category, the Grand Touring trophy was split into over- and under-2.0 litre classes. In the Over-2 litre class, the two French Corvettes were set to take on the veritable army of privateer Porsche 911s. Once again, rally-specialist Henri Greder and Claude Aubriet's Ecurie Léopard bought their Chevrolet Corvettes as the biggest cars in the entry list. Greder also made waves by nominating his French female rally-driver teammate, Marie-Claude Beaumont, as his co-driver. Female racers had been banned after the death of Annie Bousquet in the 1956 12 Hours of Reims. The American Troy Promotions team had also intended to bring its two Yenko-prepared cars over after strong showings in the American races but were later withdrawn.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Due to insufficient production, Ferrari's current GT car, the 365 GTB/4 “Daytona” had to run in the Group 5 Sports category. Effectively a GT road-car, its 4.4-litre V12 (developing 350 bhp) put it head-to-head against the Porsche 917s and Ferrari 512s. NART entered a single car for Bob Grossman and Luigi Chinetti Jr., son of team owner Luigi Chinetti.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Porsche had now made available a new 2.4-litre engine, alongside the current 2.25 and 2.2-litre versions. It developed 245 bhp that now got the car up to about 255 kp/h (160 mph) on the Mulsanne Straight.< Eight of these uprated Porsches were present, including ones for race-winner turned team manager Masten Gregory and the German Kremer Racing team. Kremer himself rejoined Nic Koob in another 2.4, along with Günther Huber in what was the first example of a triple-driver combination. In a reduced under-2 litre class, the Écurie Léopard tried taking on the Porsches with a 1.6-litre Alpine A110.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
So Porsche established a single-make record with 33 starters from the field of 49 – a trend that would carry on through the 70s and 80s.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice
The test weekend in April had shown the chassis development on the 917 had made them even faster. Jackie Oliver becoming the first person to record a 250 kp/h lap with an incredible time of 3:13.6 equating to 250.5 kp/h (155.6 mph). In June, Rodríguez followed up that form with a 3:13.9 in the JWA Porsche to put a 917 on pole. This was underlined by Vic Elford coming in second, going five seconds faster using the same car as he had the previous year.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice
Third was the second Wyer car, nearly four seconds behind his teammate. Jo Siffert had had a big moment during practice when he approached Maison Blanche at near 290 kp/h (180 mph). Bill Tuckett in the Paul Watson Porsche did not see him approaching and took his standard line. Swerving to avoid the 911, Siffert got the car into a series of spins but amazingly only lightly tapped the barriers situated right next to the track. He got back to the pits, shaken and livid, and stormed off to the stewards’ office to protest.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice
After a problematic practice session, Penske's Mark Donohue was the fastest of the Ferraris, in fourth just ahead of the second Martini Porsche and Vaccarella in the Spanish Ferrari. The "Pink Pig" Martini 917/20 special was a strong 7th with a 3:21.1. After blowing their engine up on Thursday, the Filipinetti 512F team was able to borrow one from the Penske crew and with it they qualified 8th. Likewise, the Piper Ferrari had problems in practice. The clutch had broken on Wednesday and on Thursday the car kept jumping out of gear.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice
At one point Chris Craft was approaching Maison Blanche at 280 km/h when it skipped into neutral. Despite that he was able to get 9th on the grid. Fastest of the 3-liter Prototypes was the Matra in 16th (3:31.9), well ahead of the Ligier in 17th (3:39.8), while the Léopard Corvette was the fastest GT in 26th (4:09.5).


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice
Another major incident in practice was when André Wicky's 908 lost its rear suspension doing 290 kp/h (180 mph) along the Mulsanne and dragged its tail for over half a kilometre. Wicky was not injured, but the car came to rest over a blind brow and a 917 came flying along the straight to find a marshal on the track sweeping away debris, emphasising the issue of spotting yellow flags at 200 mph!


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice
Regulations dictated that all cars had to be within 140% of the time of the fastest qualifier. This put pressure on the smaller GTs, especially with the big 917s in record-breaking mood. Non -qualifiers included three of the Porsche 911s and the little Alpine. Even that caused a great differential in speeds that many drivers thought dangerous. Once he had recovered after his wild ride during practice, Jo Siffert commented


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice
”I have never seen anything so dangerous as this profusion of slow cars. Le Mans may be the world’s greatest race, but despite its glorious title they must realise that things aren’t right with it. In a lifetime you only have a moment like that, and get away with it, once.”


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start
Despite stormy weather through the week, the practice sessions had been dry and race-day was sunny. Honorary starter this year was Hollywood actor Steve McQueen with the opening of his film “Le Mans” that had been shot with footage from the 1970 race. Left in the pits was the Piper Ferrari and the NART Ferrari spyder with fuel system problems. The Piper car fired up and joined the back of the field, but was delayed again at 5pm when the fuel pump packed up again dropping it well down the field. It was worse for the NART car though, which came straight in at the end of the formation lap and did not get out until a half-hour had passed. It then only managed 7 laps until retired at 7.40pm with clutch failure.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start
For the first time, and ever since, races begin with rolling starts. At the end of the first lap Rodriguez led from Larrousse, Siffert and the Ferraris of Vaccarella and Donohue. Rodriguez was lapping backmarkers by just the second lap. At the one-hour mark the two Wyer cars of Rodriguez and Siffert were lapping together, having done 17 laps. Larrousse was ten seconds back with ahead of the Ferraris of Donohue, Vaccarella and Parkes. Next were the Porsches of Attwood, Marko and Kauhsen and they were only cars still on the lead lap. Poirot's 910 hit the sandbank at Arnage and although he limped back to the pits on 3 wheels the car was out of the race.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start
After three hours Rodriguez (52 laps) led from Elford, Donohue in the Penske Ferrari, then Siffert and Marko in the second team Porsches all on the same lap (both having been delayed by loose engine parts). Vaccarella's Spanish Ferrari was sixth ahead of the third team Porsches of Müller and Kauhsen. Donohue soon moved up into second only to have the car hit with terminal engine trouble around 8.15pm. The Lola led the Prototypes (42 laps) and the Léopard Corvette, in 22nd, (41 laps) let the GTs.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start
Soon after, the cooling fan blew off Elford's Porsche overheating the engine. This left the JWA Porsches running 1-2-3 after 6 hours. The Montjuich Ferrari was fourth ahead of the Martini 917/20 “Pink Pig”, the Matra and Marko's recovering Porsche. The Belgian and Piper Ferraris were next and the Ligier rounded out the top-10. The Léopard Corvette (17th) was in a tussle with the Ferrari Daytona (18th) for nominal GT honours. Posey's NART Ferrari was having issues – it had run out of petrol twice, flattened its battery and now was running low oil pressure.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Night
During the night all three Wyer cars were badly delayed. Just before 10pm, the Siffert/Bell car lost over an hour getting its rear end replaced, dropping it to 13th. At 3am, Oliver bought his JWA car with the same issue and while it was spending 30 minutes getting repaired (dropping it to 4th) the second-placed Attwood/Müller car came in without fifth, needing a half-hour gearbox change.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Night
During this the Pink Pig special had moved up to third when its cooling fan also started coming loose. They had made it back to 3rd after the delay when Joest found he had no brakes approaching Arnage, went up the escape road and crashed out into retirement in the early hours of the morning. The Filipinetti Ferrari had been running 5th early on, then got delayed fixing its fuel pump. Rushing to catch up, Parkes crashed at Maison Blanche at 1 am. Despite extensive damage, it was repaired but Pescarolo had to park it at 3am with no oil pressure.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Night
This put the Montjuich Ferrari into the lead for an hour until it in turn broke its gearbox right on halftime. The Marko/van Lennep Martini Porsche took first, with a five-lap lead now over the Matra of Beltoise/Amon, delighting the partisan crowd. Eighth-placed Guy Chasseuil crashed the French Sonauto Porsche 908 at Maison Blanche. Although the car caught fire, the driver escaped uninjured. Coming up to 5am, Rodriguez was racing toward Indianapolis corner when he was sprayed with hot oil. He got back to the pits but the engine was ruined.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Night
Given the Porsche 911's reputation for reliability it was surprising that by 1am, after 9 hours of racing, already nine of the eighteen entries were out of the race.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Morning
At 6.20am the Matra went into the pits with a misfire. Changing the sparkplugs, then the fuel meter, let the Attwood/Müller Porsche back into second place. With all the other cars’ delays the Piper Ferrari had steadily moved up the order. They had just got to third around 9am when it lost another clutch. At 9:40am, Amon coasted to a stop at the end of the Mulsanne straight. The faulty fuel-meter had finally packed up and run him out of fuel. Soon after the Siffert/Bell Porsche was retired from sixth after it had been delayed further with a cracked crankcase. This had moved the NART Ferrari of Posey/Adamowicz up to third and the Ligier prototype into fifth. But then the Ligier's gearbox seized. JW Automotive gave them Hewland parts to repair it but three hours were lost in the process.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
The order stayed pretty static through the afternoon and the race came to a subdued, incident-free end. Marko and van Lennep won by three laps from Attwood and Müller who had eased off their charge back up the field. The two Porsches were the first cars to cover over 5000 km in the race, easily beating that milestone. Putting it in context, it was equivalent to crossing the Atlantic, from Le Mans to Maine in 24 hours. It was a distance record that stood for a remarkable 39 years until beaten by Audi in 2010. What was significant this year was that virtually no car had a trouble-free run, with a number of engine, gearbox and suspension rebuilds required keeping all the pitcrews very busy.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
Only two makes were among the classified finishers. Third place, a very distant 29 laps (386 km) further back, was the NART Ferrari. The Piper Ferrari of Weir/Craft had struggled on, but was never under threat despite finishing fourth with only second and fifth gears left. Fifth was the NART Ferrari Daytona after a reliable run, which also won the Index of Thermal Efficiency.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
Half of the twelve classified finishers were Porsche 911s. All of them had been delayed by various mechanical issues. Winner of the GT category was the 2.4-litre ASA Cachia car of Couroul/Anselme (battling an oil-leak) taking sixth in the last hour and finishing barely 40 metres ahead of the André Wicky Porsche 907 of Walter Brun/Peter Mattli. With all the 3-litre cars retiring the Wicky Porsche 907 was the sole Prototype finisher. Tenth was the Kremer-prepared Porsche of Nicolas Koob. They had been leading the category after the halfway mark until delayed for an hour in the morning to replace the gearbox. Last classified finisher was that of Vestey/Bond, managed by Adrian Hamilton and Stuart Rolt, sons of the 1953 race winners.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
The JWA team had a tragic end to 1971. Less than a month later, after winning the next round at Österreichring, Pedro Rodriguez was killed driving a Ferrari 512 at Germany's Norisring in a non-championship sports car race. Then in October Jo Siffert died at the World Championship Victory Race at Brands Hatch when his BRM crashed, rolled and caught fire with him trapped underneath. At the 2018 race, marking Porsche's 70th anniversary the European Porsche GT team revived the "Pink Pig" colour-scheme for one of its entries.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
This race marked an end of an era, with the regulations changing in 1972 limiting engine size in both Group 5 and 6 to 3 litres. It was the last time the Index of Performance prize was awarded. It was also the last run on a circuit layout that had been essentially unchanged for 39 years, with a new part of the track opened in the next year that bypassed the dangerous and fast Maison Blanche stretch.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Official results, Finishers
Results taken from Quentin Spurring's book, officially licensed by the ACO Class Winners are in Bold text.


1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, Official results, Statistics
Taken from Quentin Spurring's book, officially licensed by the ACO


1971 ABA All-Star Game
The fourth American Basketball Association All-Star Game was played January 23, 1971 at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina before an audience at 14,407. Al Bianchi of the Virginia Squires coached the East, with Bill Sharman of the Utah Stars coached the West.


1971 ABA All-Star Game, Results
Rick Barry scored four points in the final 49 seconds as the East overcame an 18-point third-quarter deficit. Mel Daniels of the Indiana Pacers was named MVP after scoring 29 points and grabbing 13 rebounds.


1971 ABA Playoffs
The 1971 ABA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the American Basketball Association's 1970-1971 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Division champion Utah Stars defeating the Eastern Division champion Kentucky Colonels, four games to three in the ABA finals.


1971 ABA Playoffs, Notable events
There was a one-game playoff for fourth place in the Western Division because the Texas Chaparrals and Denver Rockets had tied with regular season records of 30-54. The game was played on April 1 and the Chaparrals won 115-109.


1971 ABA Playoffs, Notable events
This was the first season in ABA history in which the team with the best regular season record did not win the ABA championship. The Indiana Pacers had the league's best record during this season at 58-26 (.690), putting them one game ahead of the eventual league champion Utah Stars in the Western Division.


1971 ABA Playoffs, Notable events
This was the first season in ABA history in which neither regular season division champion made it to the ABA finals. The second place Utah Stars represented the West while the Kentucky Colonels, second place in the East behind the Virginia Squires, met them in the finals.


1971 ABA Playoffs, Notable events
Game 3 of the Eastern Finals saw 287 total points scored. This was the most points scored in any ABA playoff game, and would be the most points scored in a playoff game in either the NBA or ABA until 1992.


1971 ABA Playoffs, Notable events
13,260 fans attended Game Seven of the ABA championship series between the Utah Stars and Kentucky Colonels at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah on May 18, 1971. After the Stars won 131-121 the fans stormed the floor and mobbed the court for twenty minutes. Willie Wise and Zelmo Beaty rode off the floor carried upon the shoulders of Utah fans.


1971 ABA Playoffs, Notable events
Zelmo Beaty was named Most Valuable Player of the ABA playoffs.


1971 ABA Playoffs, Western Division
(1) Indiana Pacers vs. (3) Memphis Pros:Pacers win series 4-0


1971 ABA Playoffs, Western Division
(2) Utah Stars vs. (4) Texas Chaparrals:Stars win series 4-0


1971 ABA Playoffs, Western Division
(1) Indiana Pacers vs. (2) Utah Stars:Stars win series 4-3


1971 ABA Playoffs, Eastern Division
(1) Virginia Squires vs. (3) New York Nets:Squires win series 4-2


1971 ABA Playoffs, Eastern Division
(2) Kentucky Colonels vs. (4) The Floridians:Colonels win series 4-2


1971 ABA Playoffs, Eastern Division
(1) Virginia Squires vs. (2) Kentucky Colonels:Colonels win series 4-2


1971 ABA Playoffs, ABA Finals
(2) Utah Stars VS. (2) Kentucky Colonels:Stars win series 4-3


1971 ABC Championship
The 1971 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Tokyo, Japan.


1971 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1971 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in Greensboro, North Carolina, at the Greensboro Coliseum from March 11–13. South Carolina defeated North Carolina, 52–51, to win the championship. This was the only ACC Tournament that South Carolina won and the last ACC Tournament in which they played. Lee Dedmon of North Carolina and John Roche of South Carolina tied as tournament MVPs. In the final, 6'3" Kevin Joyce out-jumped 6"10" Dedmon with seconds remaining to tap the ball to Tom Owens, who was left alone under the basket. Owens made the layup to give South Carolina the win as time expired.


1971 AFC Youth Championship
The AFC Youth Championship 1971 was held in Tokyo, Japan.


1971 AFC Youth Championship, Quarterfinals
1 Kuwait refused to play Israel for political reasons; Israel were awarded a 2-0 victory.


1971 Aconcagua earthquake
The Valparaíso Region of central Chile was struck by an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 Mw at 22:03 8 July 1971 local time (03:03 9 July UTC). It had a maximum felt intensity of IX (violent) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale and caused the deaths of 83 people and injured a further 447.


1971 Aconcagua earthquake, Tectonic setting
Central Chile lies on the destructive plate boundary where the Nazca Plate is being subducted beneath the South American Plate. The rate of convergence at this boundary in central Chile is about 74 mm per year. The boundary has a long history of destructive earthquakes and damaging tsunamis. Events occur on the plate interface and within both the subducting slab and the over-riding plate.


1971 Aconcagua earthquake, Earthquake
The focal mechanism and hypocentral depth of this earthquake are consistent with rupture along the plate interface. The aftershock locations spread from the epicenter westwards towards the trench.


1971 Aconcagua earthquake, Damage
The earthquake caused widespread damage across central Chile, with the port city of Valparaíso being the most affected. A total of 83 people were killed, a further 447 were injured and 40,000 made homeless.


1971 Adelaide state by-election
The Adelaide state by-election, 1971 was a by-election held on 3 July 1971 for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Adelaide. This was triggered by the death of state Labor MHA Sam Lawn.


1971 Adelaide state by-election, Results
The Communist Party, who contested the previous election on 4.9 percent of the vote, did not contest the by-election. Labor easily retained the seat.


1971 African Cup of Champions Clubs
The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1971 was the 7th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region (Africa), the African Cup of Champions Clubs. It determined that year's club champion of association football in Africa.


1971 African Cup of Champions Clubs
The tournament was played by 25 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. Canon Yaoundé from Cameroon won the final, and became CAF club champion for the first time.


1971 African Cup of Champions Clubs, Final
For the final, only points aggregate, not goals aggregate was considered.


1971 African Cup of Champions Clubs, Final
1 The match was abandoned at the 82' with Canon Yaoundé leading 1-0 after Asante Kotoko fans invaded the pitch. Canon Yaoundé were declared champions.


1971 African Cup of Champions Clubs, Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1971 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:


1971 Air Canada Silver Broom
The 1971 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship, was held from March 16 to 21 at the Palais de Sports in Megève, France.


1971 Air Canada Silver Broom, Teams
Skip : Pierre BoanThird: André MabbouxSecond: André TroncLead: Richard DuvillardAlternate: Gerard Pasquier


1971 Air Force Falcons football team
The 1971 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 1971 NCAA University Division football season as an Independent. They were led by fourteenth–year head coach Ben Martin, and played their home games at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Air Force tied in scoring with their opponents 187–187 and finished with a record of 6 wins and 4 losses (6–4).


1971 Air Force Falcons football team
The previous season ended in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans on New Year's Day. This year, the Falcons began at 5–1 and were ranked 18th in the AP Poll in late October; they dropped three of four, fell out of the polls, and did not play in the postseason.


1971 Air Force Falcons football team
This was the last season that the Navy was off of the Falcons' schedule; the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy was introduced the following year which matched the three academies annually. Previously, Air Force played Navy in even years and Army in odd years.


1971 Akron Zips football team
The 1971 Akron Zips football team represented Akron University in the 1971 NCAA College Division football season as an independent. Led by 11th-year head coach Gordon K. Larson, the Zips played their home games at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio. They finished the season with a record of 8–2 and outscored their opponents 193–119.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
The 1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 77th overall and 38th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Bear Bryant, in his 14th year, and played their home games at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished season with eleven wins and one loss (11–1 overall, 7–0 in the SEC), as SEC champions and with a loss to Nebraska in the Orange Bowl.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
The 1971 squad was notable for a pair of firsts in Alabama football history. This was the first team that African Americans contributed as members of the Alabama varsity squad, with John Mitchell being the first to actually see playing time. 1971 also marked the first season the Crimson Tide utilized the wishbone offense that Alabama became noted for throughout the remainder of Bryant's tenure as head coach at Alabama.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
Alabama opened the season with an upset victory at USC. This was the first game that the wishbone was utilized by the Crimson Tide offense, and their victory was attributed in part to surprising the Trojans with its introduction. They then won their next four games over Southern Miss, Florida, Ole Miss and Vanderbilt and set up a top 20 match-up against Tennessee. In their rival game, the Crimson Tide ended a four-game losing streak to the Vols with their 32–15 victory. After a hard-fought win over Houston and victory over Mississippi State at Jackson, Alabama defeated LSU for their third win over a ranked team on the season.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
The Crimson Tide next defeated Miami on homecoming and set up a match-up between undefeated teams for the first time in the history of the Iron Bowl to close the regular season. With both teams ranked in the top five, Alabama defeated Auburn 31–7 and captured the outright SEC football championship. However, they were unable to capture a national championship as they were defeated by No. 1 Nebraska 38–6 to close the season in the Orange Bowl.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Integration
Although several African American students competed during spring practice in 1967, Wilbur Jackson became the first African American awarded a scholarship to play for Alabama, and he competed as a member of the freshman squad in 1970 and played for the varsity team in 1971. For the 1971 season, John Mitchell became the first African American to play on the varsity squad for the Crimson Tide during the regular season after he transferred from Eastern Arizona College.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Integration
While the Crimson Tide finally fielded Black Players, they lost the National Championship to a well Integrated University of Nebraska team. Nebraska's best players who made the difference in the blowout victory were African Americans including Outland Trophy Winner Rich Glover, future Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers and bowl game MVP Willie Harper amongst others. Nebraska's victory played a part in causing the SEC as a whole to integrate their teams   and that integration would help Alabama reinvorgate their team creating a new dynasty winning National Championships in the years to come.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Wishbone offense
In 1968, Texas head coach Darrell Royal and his offensive coordinator Emory Bellard introduced what would become known as the wishbone offense. The wishbone was derived from the Split-T offense run at Oklahoma under Bud Wilkinson. In the formation, the quarterback lines up with a fullback and two tailbacks behind him, and on any play may keep the ball, hand off to the fullback, or pitch to a tailback. From the time Bryant arrived at Alabama through the 1970 season, the Crimson Tide ran a pro-style offense.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Wishbone offense
By 1969, Bryant began to recruit larger linemen and tailbacks, and after a pair of six win seasons in 1969 and 1970, Bryant saw the success of the wishbone for the Longhorns and decided to implement the offense for the 1971 season. In spring 1971, Alabama assistants Mal Moore and Jimmy Sharpe traveled to Austin where they saw first hand how the wishbone operated during Texas' final week of spring practice.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Wishbone offense
During the second summer session at the University, both Moore and Sharpe began to work with players on the offensive change, and in August Royal and Bellard traveled to Tuscaloosa and led a coaching clinic for the Alabama staff on the wishbone. In order to keep the change a secret, Bryant closed all of the Crimson Tide's practices closed from the public, screened the practice field from view with a canvas and hired security to keep people away.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Wishbone offense
The change to the wishbone was kept under such secrecy that when the media would visit practice, Bryant had the team practice the pro-style system that was phased out. Alabama later opened the season with an upset victory over USC that was credited to the surprise switch to the wishbone that caught the Trojans off-guard.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, USC
After the NCAA enacted a rule that allowed its member institutions to schedule an eleventh regular season game, in January 1970 the Crimson Tide agreed to a home-and-home series with the University of Southern California (USC). At the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Alabama upset the No. 5 Trojans 17–10 on a Friday night to open the 1971 season. The Crimson Tide took a 10–0 lead in the first quarter behind a 13-yard Johnny Musso touchdown run and a 37-yard Bill Davis field goal. They extended it further to 17–0 early in the second quarter on an eight-yard Musso touchdown run.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, USC
USC responds with ten unanswered points and made the halftime score 17–10. They scored first on a seven-yard Charles Young touchdown run and next on a 37-yard Mike Rae field goal. Neither team scored in the second half as both defenses created several turnovers and Alabama won 17–10. The victory was also the 200th career win for Alabama head coach Bear Bryant. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Southern Cal to 3–1.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss
After their victory over USC, Alabama moved into the No. 9 position in the AP Poll prior to their game against Southern Miss. In their home opener, Alabama played 62 different players and defeated the Southerners 42–6 at Denny Stadium. Johnny Musso gave the Crimson Tide a 14–0 lead with touchdown runs of one-yard in the first and 16-yards in the second quarter. Ellis Beck then extended their lead to 21–0 with his one-yard touchdown run prior to halftime.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss
The Crimson Tide extended their lead further to 35–0 with third quarter touchdowns scored on a four-yard Joe LaBue run and a 25-yard Benny Rippetoe pass to William Wood. Southern Miss ended the shutout attempt with a nine-yard Doyle Orange touchdown run in the fourth, and Alabama closed with an 18-yard Steve Bisceglia touchdown run that made the final score 42–6. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Southern Miss to 12–2–1.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Florida
After their victory over Southern Miss, Alabama moved into the No. 8 position in the AP Poll prior to their game against Florida. Against the Gators, Johnny Musso scored four rushing touchdowns en route to a 38–0 shutout at Florida Field. After Bill Davis gave the Crimson Tide a 3–0 lead with his first quarter field goal, Musso scored Alabama's next four touchdowns and extended their lead to 31–0. All four came on the ground with a pair from one-yard out, a three-yard run and a five-yard run. Alabama then closed the game with an 11-yard Billy Sexton touchdown pass to Dexter Wood that made the final score 38–0.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Florida
The four touchdowns scored by Musso on the ground set a new school record for rushing touchdowns. Additionally, the shutout was the first for the Crimson Tide defense since their 17–0 victory in 1967 over South Carolina. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Florida to 11–5.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss
After their victory over Florida, Alabama moved into the No. 7 position in the AP Poll prior to their game against Ole Miss. Looking to avenge the 48–23 loss from the previous season, the Crimson Tide defeated the Rebels 40–6 at Legion Field. After Bill Davis gave the Crimson Tide a 6–0 with field goals of 25 and 42-yards, Ole Miss tied the game 6–6 with what was their only points of the game. The score came on a 48-yard Kenneth Lyons touchdown pass to Elmer Allen in the second quarter. Alabama responded with an 11-yard Terry Davis touchdown pass to David Bailey that made the halftime score 13–6.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss
Alabama extended their lead to 27–6 in the third quarter behind touchdown runs of 29-yards by Joe LaBue and seven-yards by Johnny Musso. The Crimson Tide then closed the game with touchdown runs of 15-yards by Steve Bisceglia and 14-yards by Butch Hobson that made the final score 40–6. The 531 rushing yards made by Alabama were the most allowed by the Rebels' defense in school history. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Ole Miss to 22–5–2.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt
After their victory over Ole Miss, Alabama moved into the No. 6 position in the AP Poll prior to their game against Vanderbilt. Against the Commodores, the Alabama defense forced their second shutout of the season win this 42–0 victory at Dudley Field. Johnny Musso gave the Crimson Tide a 7–0 lead with his 17-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. Their lead was then stretched to 13–0 at halftime behind field goals of 33-yards by Bill Davis and 26-yards by Greg Gantt.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt
Alabama closed the game with a pair of touchdowns in each of the final two quarters and won 42–0. Ellis Beck scored on a one-yard run and Terry Davis threw a nine-yard touchdown pass to Jim Simmons in the third quarter. In the fourth, Bob McKinney scored on a 55-yard punt return and Johnny Sharpless scored on an 11-yard touchdown run. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Vanderbilt to 28–17–4.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Tennessee
After their victory at Vanderbilt, Alabama moved into the No. 4 position and Tennessee into the No. 14 position in the AP Poll prior to their game at Legion Field. Against the Volunteers, Alabama ended a four-game losing streak that dated back to their 1967 season with this 32–15 in their annual rivalry game. After the Crimson Tide took an early 6–0 lead on a 20-yard Terry Davis touchdown pass to David Bailey, the Vols responded with a four-yard Curt Watson touchdown run that made the score 7–6 at the end of the first quarter. Alabama then took a 15–6 halftime lead after a 27-yard Bill Davis field goal and six-yard Terry Davis touchdown run in the second quarter.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Tennessee
Early in the third, the Crimson Tide extended their lead to 22–7 behind a 16-yard Terry Davis touchdown pass to Bailey. Tennessee responded in the fourth with a nine-yard Watson touchdown run that cut the Alabama lead to 22–15. However, the Crimson Tide closed the game with a 39-yard Bill Davis field goal and five-yard Johnny Musso touchdown run for the 32–15 victory. The 73,828 in attendance set a new record for largest crowd in the history of Legion Field to date. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Tennessee to 24–23–7.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Houston
With their over the Vols, Alabama retained their No. 4 position in the AP Poll prior to their game against Houston. Although the Cougars outgained the Crimson Tide by over 100 total yards, Alabama won 34–20 at Denny Stadium. Alabama took a 7–0 first quarter lead on a two-yard Johnny Musso touchdown run, but Houston then scored on a three-yard Tom Mozisek touchdown run that tied the game 7–7 early in the second. The Crimson Tide responded with a pair of Terry Davis touchdown passes to David Bailey from 10 and 25-yards that gave Alabama a 20–7 halftime lead.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Houston
Both teams then traded touchdowns in the second half en route to the 34–20 Crimson Tide victory. In the third quarter, Musso scored for Alabama first with his nine-yard run and Houston followed with a three-yard Gary Mullins touchdown pass to Riley Odoms; in the fourth Joe LaBue scored for the Crimson tide on a 10-yard run and Mullins threw a second, three-yard pass to Odoms that made the final score 34–20. In the game, Musso had 132 yards rushing for Alabama and both Robert Newhouse and Tom Mozisek each had over 100 yards rushing for Houston with 182 and 105 respectively. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Houston to 7–0.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
As they entered their game against Mississippi State, Alabama retained their No. 4 position in the AP Poll. At Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, the visiting Crimson Tide did not allow an offensive touchdown and defeated the Bulldogs 41–10. After Alabama took a 3–0 first quarter lead behind a 20-yard Bill Davis field goal, they scored a pair of touchdowns in the second. The first came on a 31-yard Terry Davis pass to Wayne Wheeler and the second on a 30-yard Steve Higginbotham interception return. The Bulldogs then made the halftime score 17–3 behind a 41-yard Glenn Ellis field goal at the end of the second.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
State cut the Alabama lead to 17–10 on an 88-yard Frank Dowsing punt return in the third. However, the Crimson Tide closed the game with 24 unanswered points for the 41–10 win. Fourth quarter points were scored on a 33-yard Bill Davis field goal, touchdowns on runs of one-yard by Johnny Musso and 16-yards by David Knapp and on a one-yard Terry Davis pass to Glenn Woodruff. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Mississippi State to 43–10–3.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
The win was Bryant's 116th win at Alabama and broke Frank Thomas' record of 115 wins as the head coach of the Crimson Tide.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU
After their victory over Mississippi State, Alabama retained their No. 4 position and LSU was in the No. 18 position in the AP Poll prior to their match-up at Baton Rouge. Playing in a regionally televised game on ABC, Alabama defeated the Tigers 14–7 at Tiger Stadium. Bill Davis scored all of the first half points with his field goals of 29 and 38-yards that gave Alabama a 6–0 halftime lead. Scoring concluded in the third quarter behind a 16-yard Terry Davis touchdown run for the Crimson Tide and a seven-yard Paul Lyons touchdown pass to Andy Hamilton that made the final score 14–7. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against LSU to 21–10–4.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Miami
As they entered their game against Miami, Alabama retained their No. 4 position in the AP Poll for a fifth consecutive week. On homecoming in Tuscaloosa, Alabama defeated Hurricanes 31–3 at Denny Stadium. Mike Burke scored the only Miami points with his 42-yard field goal in the first and gave the Hurricanes their only lead at 3–0. The Crimson Tide responded with a pair of touchdowns later in the first on runs of 22-yards by Terry Davis and 67-yards by Wilbur Jackson. A 27-yard Bill Davis field goal in the second gave Alabama a 16–3 halftime lead.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Miami
The Crimson Tide closed the game with a six-yard Terry Davis touchdown run in the third and a 10-yard Butch Hobson touchdown run in the fourth for the 31–3 Alabama win. With their 345 offensive yards in the game, Alabama surpassed the previous SEC season record for total offense of 3,068 yards set by Tennessee in 1951. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Miami to 9–2.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Auburn
As they entered their annual rivalry game against Auburn, Alabama moved into the No. 3 position and the Tigers were in the No. 5 position in the AP Poll prior to the first top five match-up in the Iron Bowl. In what was the first Alabama–Auburn game that featured two undefeated teams, the Crimson Tide defeated their rival 31–7 and captured the outright SEC championship for the 1971 season. Alabama took a 14–0 lead behind first quarter touchdown runs of six and 11-yards by Terry Davis. Auburn responded with a 31-yard Harry Unger touchdown pass to Terry Beasley in the second quarter that made the halftime score 14–7.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Auburn
After a scoreless third, the Crimson Tide scored 17 unanswered points in the fourth quarter and won 31–7. After Bill Davis connected on a 41-yard field goal, Johnny Musso scored on touchdown runs of 12 and six-yards in the victory. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Auburn to 19–16–1.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Nebraska
In what was a No. 1 versus No. 2 matchup for the national championship, Alabama was dominated by the Nebraska Cornhuskers 38–6 in the Orange Bowl. Nebraska stormed out to a 28–0 halftime lead after they scored a pair of touchdowns in the first two quarters. Jeff Kinney scored on a two-yard run and Johnny Rodgers on a 77-yard punt return in the first; Jerry Tagge scored on a one-yard run and Gary Dixon on a two-yard run in the second quarter.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Nebraska
Alabama then scored their only points on a three-yard Terry Davis touchdown run in the third and made the score 28–6. However, the Cornhuskers closed the game with a 21-yard Rich Sanger field goal in the third and a one-yard Van Brownson touchdown run in the fourth that made the final score 38–6. The loss brought Alabama's all-time record against Nebraska to 2–1.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, NFL Draft
Several players that were varsity lettermen from the 1971 squad were drafted into the National Football League (NFL) in the 1972, 1973 and 1974 drafts. These players included:


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Freshman squad
Prior to the 1972 NCAA University Division football season, NCAA rules prohibited freshmen from participating on the varsity team, and as such many schools fielded freshmen teams. The Alabama freshmen squad was led by coach Clem Gryska for the 1971 season and finished with a record of four wins and one loss (4–1). The Baby Tide opened the season with a 28–23 victory over Navy at Annapolis. After Randy Billingsley gave Alabama an early 7–0 lead with his nine-yard touchdown run, Navy responded with a trick play that saw Jim O'Brien throw a 33-yard touchdown pass to John Brodhead.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Freshman squad
In the second quarter, Billingsley scored on a one-yard touchdown run, and again the Midshipmen responded with a 20-yard Brodhead touchdown pass to Rhett Bray that made the halftime score 14–13. The Baby Tide extended their lead to 21–13 after Bob Holmes scored on a three-yard run on the first drive of the third quarter. However, Navy responded with a 46-yard Brodhead touchdown pass to Ward Hill and next with a safety and took a 23–21 lead. Ralph Stokes then went on and scored the game-winning touchdown for Alabama in the fourth quarter on a 38-yard run that made the final score 28–23.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Freshman squad
In their only home game of the season, the Baby Tide ran for 359 yards and six touchdowns en route to a 41–7 win over Vanderbilt on a Friday afternoon. The next week, Alabama rallied from a 15-point deficit and defeated Tulane 23–22 at New Orleans. After Danny Ridgeway gave the Baby Tide an early 7–0 lead, Tulane responded with the next 22 points and opened a 22–7 lead.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Freshman squad
Green Wave points were scored on a 43-yard Steve Foley touchdown pass to Robert Johnson, a one-yard Foley touchdown run, a 50-yard John Washington punt return and on a 31-yard David Falgue field goal. Alabama then rallied for the 23–22 victory behind a pair of Bob Holmes touchdown runs and a pair of Ralph Stokes two-point conversions in the fourth quarter. At Knoxville, a 36–13 loss to the Volunteers ended an eight-game winning streak for the Baby Tide.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Freshman squad
Alabama took an early 7–0 lead after Duffy Boles scored on a one-yard run that was set up after the Baby Tide recovered a Tennessee fumble at their one-yard line. The Vols tied the game 7–7 early in the second quarter on a 35-yard Condredge Holloway touchdown pass to John Yarbrough. They then took a 10–7 lead later in the second on a 32-yard Ricky Townsend field goal, and then extended their lead to 16–7 at halftime behind a five-yard halfback pass from Neil Clabo to Holloway.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Freshman squad
Tennessee further extended their lead to 29–7 with a pair of touchdown runs from John Sapp and one from Kent Fullington in the third quarter. In the fourth, Jim Turley recovered a Tennessee fumble for a touchdown and Carl Stinson scored on a one-yard run for the Vols and made the final score 36–13.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Freshman squad
In their final game of the season, before 15,000 fans at Cliff Hare Stadium, Alabama defeated Auburn 13–6. After a scoreless first half, Auburn scored their only points on a 48-yard Mike Fuller touchdown reception in the third quarter. Bob Holmes tied the game 6–6 late in the third with his one-yard run, and Randy Billingsley followed in the fourth quarter with his game-winning, two-yard touchdown run. In the game, the Tigers had seven turnovers and both teams missed several scoring opportunities.


1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Freshman squad
Freshman "Baby Tide" roster: Danny Ridgeway/QB/#10, Mark Prudhomme/QB/#11, Duffy Boles/HB/#20, Ricky Davis/HB/#21, Mike Washington/HB/#24, James Taylor/FLK/#25, Bob Holmes/FB/#30, Randy Billingsley/HB/#31, Steve Ford/HB/#40, Mike Riley/HB/#41, Ralph Stokes/HB/#42, Gary Yelvington/HB/#43, Drew Cook/HB/#44, Ray Maxwell/LB/#45, Dwight Brown/LB/#46, Dennis Durrance/LB/#48, Mike Dubose/LB/#50, Dudley Sheppard/C/#51, Robert Brophy/E/#53, James Braasch/LB/#57, Steve Kulback/G/#60, Richard Whitley/G/#62, John Lewis/G/#63, Rodney Brown/G/#64, Rudy Wooten/T/#70, Barry McGee/T/#71, David Hagan/T/#72, John Hollis/T/#73, David Capan/T/#74, Lamar Langley/T/#75, Randy Hall/T/#76, Bob Bryan/T/#77, Rick Meadows/T/#78, Ronnie Barnes/E/#80, Terry Mager/E/#81, Joe Dale Harris/E/#82, Gene Lunceford/E/#83, Tom Nelson/E/#84, Glenn Turley/E/#85, Sylvester Croom/C/#87.


1971 Alberta general election
The 1971 Alberta general election was held on August 30, 1971, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.


1971 Alberta general election, Background
The Progressive Conservative Party, led by Peter Lougheed, won a large majority, thereby ending the Social Credit Party's 36-year run in government–one of the longest such runs at the provincial level in Canada at the time. Ernest C. Manning had resigned as Social Credit leader and premier in 1968 after 25 years in office, a year after leading the Socreds to their ninth consecutive majority government. His successor, Harry E. Strom, had been unable to revive a government increasingly seen as tired, complacent and old-fashioined. The Socreds had been in government for almost two generations, having won their first victory more than a decade before oil was found in a big way in Alberta.


1971 Alberta general election, Background
The Progressive Conservatives, on the other hand, had significant momentum going into the 1971 election. Over the past four years, their caucus had increased from the six members elected in 1967 to ten, after two MLAs from other parties crossed the floor and the Tories won two by-elections (one in Manning's former riding). The collapse of the other opposition parties made the PCs the only credible challenger to the Socreds. The Tories took 46% of the popular vote and won 49 of the 75 seats in the legislature, enough for a strong majority government. This would be the first of twelve consecutive victories for the PCs; they would remain in government without interruption until their defeat in 2015, making them the longest serving political dynasty in Canadian history. The 1971 election is considered a classic example of a political realignment.


1971 Alberta general election, Background
Social Credit garnered a record number of votes in this election compared to previous elections, which had been plagued by low turn-outs. The party lost only a small share of their popular vote from 1967 and finished only five points behind the Tories. However, the Tories converted this slim lead into a large lead in seats due to their success in the province's two largest cities: Edmonton, where the Tories won every seat, and Calgary, where they took all but five. While many of the Social Credit losses came by small margins, those losses were enough to cost the party almost half of its caucus. Strom resigned as Social Credit leader a few months after the defeat.


1971 Alberta general election, Background
The defeat sent Social Credit into headlong decline. Its membership in the Assembly shrank over the next ten years and disappeared altogether by 1982.


1971 Alberta general election, Background
The Liberal Party was shut out of the legislature. One Liberal, Bill Dickie, had crossed the floor to the PCs. Another, William Switzer, died in 1969. The remaining Liberal, Michael Maccagno, resigned to run, unsuccessfully as it turned out, for the federal Parliament.


1971 Alberta general election, Background
Alberta New Democratic Party leader Grant Notley was the only one in his party to win election. He sat as the only New Democrat in the legislature until 1982. His daughter Rachel would lead the NDP to victory over the Tories in 2015, ending its 44 years in office.


1971 Alberta general election, Background
A number of electoral districts were redistributed following 1970 amendments to The Elections Act which were informed by the 1968 Report of the Alberta Committee on Redistribution Procedure written by the Special Committee on Redistribution chaired by SoCred member Frederick C. Colborne.


1971 Alberta general election, Daylight saving time plebiscite
Alberta voters also voted in a province-wide plebiscite whether or not to endorse a proposal to adopt daylight saving time (summer time). This time however it passed with a wide margin of 61.37% of the vote.


1971 Alberta general election, Daylight saving time plebiscite, Background
In 1948, the Government of Alberta formally set the province's time zone with the passage of The Daylight Saving Time Act, which mandated the entire province observe Mountain Standard Time, and prevented any municipality from observing daylight saving time or any other time zone. The bill came after Calgary (1946 and 1947), and Edmonton (1946) held municipal plebiscites which approved the move to daylight saving time.


1971 Alberta general election, Daylight saving time plebiscite, Background
Alberta's urban municipalities were largely in favour of daylight saving time and pressured the provincial government to hold a provincial plebiscite or permit municipalities to observe daylight saving time. The effort in the Legislature was spearheaded by Liberal MLA and Calgary Alderman Bill Dickie who in March 1964 brought forward a motion to permit municipalities to hold plebiscites on the issue, the motion was defeated by the Social Credit government. At the time Social Credit MLA William Patterson describing daylight saving time as "that fandangled thing", and Minister Allen Russell Patrick stating municipal daylight saving time would be difficult for tourists to understand.


1971 Alberta general election, Daylight saving time plebiscite, Background
The Social Credit government finally gave into the request for a provincial plebiscite on daylight saving time, approving a motion by Bill Dickie put forward in February 1966. the government responded on March 29, 1966, Minister Alfred Hooke introduced An Act to amend The Daylight Saving Time Act (Bill 75) which amended the Daylight Saving Time Act to permit the government to hold a plebiscite on the issue. Alberta voters were asked the question "Do you favour Province-wide Daylight Saving Time? ", during the 1967 Alberta general election. A narrow majority of 51.25 per cent of voters rejected daylight saving time, which were primarily located in rural areas, while strong support for daylight saving time was seen in Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat.


1971 Alberta general election, Daylight saving time plebiscite, Background
Across Canada, by 1967, each province besides Alberta and Saskatchewan had adopted daylight saving time. Many Alberta businesses provided for modified summer hours, including the Alberta Stock Exchange which started at 7 a.m. to align with exchanges in Toronto and Montreal. Air Canada released a statement expressing the difficulty of distributing flight schedules with flights in Alberta.


1971 Alberta general election, Daylight saving time plebiscite, Background
After 25 years as Premier, Social Credit leader Ernest Manning stepped down officially on December 12, 1968, and his successor Harry Strom was sworn in as Premier. Only a few months later in April 1969, the Strom announced Albertans would once again be asked to vote on daylight saving time in conjunction with the next scheduled provincial general election. During the announcement Strom stated he was neutral on the topic and did not have a preference one way or another.


1971 Alberta general election, Daylight saving time plebiscite, Campaign
Once again Calgary residents and businessmen Bill Creighton and David Matthews led a campaign for daylight saving times, just as they did in 1967, arguing the benefits of an additional hour of late sunlight for sports. Creighton learned from the successful and well funded "no" campaign on 1967 led by the Alberta Council for Standard Time and Calgary lawyer and drive-in movie operator R. H. Barron. Creighton and Matthews formed the "Yes for Daylight Saving Society" to advocate during the leadup to the 1971 plebiscite, mirroring the organized approach of the no campaign during 1967.


1971 Alberta general election, Daylight saving time plebiscite, Campaign
The Edmonton chapter had a $1,000 budget for advertising and even crowned "Miss Daylight Saving Time", who made appearances throughout Edmonton. The arguments made for daylight saving time were similar to 1967, more amateur sport time, saving 150 hours of electricity each summer and fixing the time difference between Alberta and the 8 other provinces which observed daylight saving time.


1971 Alberta general election, Daylight saving time plebiscite, Campaign
The primary opposition to daylight saving time was described by members of the "Yes for Daylight Saving Society" as farmers, housewives and drive-in movie operators. In the 1967 campaign, the Alberta Council for Standard Time was able to raise $30,000 for advertisements, but were much less vocal during the 1971 campaign. Unifarm, an agricultural organization opposed the move but was not willing to spend significantly on a campaign against daylight saving time.


1971 Alberta general election, Daylight saving time plebiscite, Aftermath
The 1971 plebiscite on daylight saving time resulted in an overwhelming majority of the Alberta population approving the transition. A statement from Unifarm, a farmer representative organization which opposed daylight saving time admitted that the organization anticipated the proposal would pass, but also downplayed the consequences for farmers.


1971 Alberta general election, Daylight saving time plebiscite, Aftermath
The new Progressive Conservative government highlighted the change to observe daylight saving in the Speech from the Throne in early March 1972, and Attorney-General Merv Leitch announced on March 14, 1972 that Alberta will official observe daylight saving time, with the start date set for April 30, 1972, and lasting until October 29, 1972.


1971 Algerian Cup Final
The 1971 Algerian Cup Final was the 8th final of the Algerian Cup. The final took place on June 13, 1971, at Stade 20 Août 1955 in Algiers with kick-off at 15:00. MC Alger beat USM Alger 2-0 to win their first Algerian Cup.


1971 All England Badminton Championships
The 1971 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at Wembley Arena, London, England, from 24–28 March 1971.


1971 All England Badminton Championships, Final results
The defending women's champion Etsuko Takenaka withdrew with an injured knee. Judy Hashman represented England instead of the United States and Gillian Perrin married meaning her name would now be Gillian Gilks. Irmgard Latz married and became Imgard Gerlatzka and Pernille Molgaard-Hansen married and became Pernille Kaagaard.


1971 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team
The 1971 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various selectors for their All-Atlantic Coast Conference ("ACC") teams for the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. Selectors in 1971 included the Associated Press (AP).


1971 All-Big Eight Conference football team
The 1971 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. The selectors for the 1971 season included the Associated Press (AP).


1971 All-Big Ten Conference football team
The 1971 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Ten Conference teams for the 1971 Big Ten Conference football season.


1971 All-Big Ten Conference football team, Key
AP = Associated Press, selected by the AP's Midwest board and Big Ten football experts


1971 All-Big Ten Conference football team, Key
UPI = United Press International, selected by the conference coaches


1971 All-Big Ten Conference football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both AP and UPI


1971 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 1971 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 11th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship. The championship ended on 19 September 1971.


1971 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
Antrim were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial championship. Tipperary won the title after defeating Wicklow by 3-16 to 3-13 in the final.


1971 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
The 1971 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 40th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.


1971 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Galway entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Mayo on a scoreline of 1-7 to 0-9 in the Connacht semi-final.


1971 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
On 26 September 1971, Mayo won the championship following a 2-15 to 2-7 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final. This was their fourth All-Ireland title overall and their first title in five championship seasons.


1971 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
The 1971 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 41st staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship. The championship began on 15 August 1971 and ended on 5 September 1971.


1971 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
On 5 September 1971, Cork won the championship following a 2-11 to 1-11 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final. This was their 11th All-Ireland title and their third in successive championship seasons.


1971 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
Cork's Pat Buckley was the championship's top scorer with 3-13.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
The 1971 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1971 season. The championship was won by Cork, who defeated Wexford by a 13-point margin in the final. The match drew an attendance of 4,000.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Semi-finals
Kilkenny won the Leinster Championship for the first time when they defeated Dublin 5–3 to 4–3 and received an unexpected bye to the All-Ireland final when  Galway withdrew, receiving a three-month suspension from Central Council for failing to fulfil the fixture.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
Cork took control of the final in the first half. Agnes Hourigan wrote in the Irish Press


1971 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
The game was won and lost in the five minutes preceding the interval with Wexford leading 1-1 to 0-2 in the 20th minute when, Rosie Hennessy and Anne Comerford, last year’s captain, cracked home three Cork goals.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
The 1971 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final was the fortieth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1971 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, an inter-county camogie tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The 1971 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at St. Brendan's Park on 19 December 1971 to determine the winners of the 1970–71 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the first season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Roscrea of Tipperary and St. Rynagh's of Offaly, with Roscrea winning by 4-5 to 2-5.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The match was played in deplorable conditions in the height of winter, however, in spite of this, both sides played excellent hurling. The Tipperary champions, Roscrea, were at their brilliant best and had an interval lead of 2–4 to 0–1. St. Rynagh's had a very slow start and were held scoreless against the wind for 29 minutes.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
An early goal by Barney Moylan held out prospects of a St. Rynagh's comeback early in the second half, however, a solo-run goal by Joe Tynan produced a goal that put Roscrea back in command. Roscrea were regarded as the fitter side with Francis Loughnane leading a set of forwards who could not be held. Roscrea's half-back line also came in for praise in nullifying the St. Rynagh's attack.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
St. Rynaghs' All-Ireland defeat was the first of two All-Ireland defeats in three years. They remain a team who has contested All-Ireland deciders but has never claimed the ultimate prize.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 85th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 25 April 1971 and ended on 26 September 1971.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cork in the Munster final.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
On 26 September 1971, Offaly won the championship following a 1-14 to 2-8 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Offaly's Tony McTague was the championship's top scorer with 1-35. Offaly's Eugene Mulligan was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Leinster Championship format change
The Second Round returns to Leinster football championship this year.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 84th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Galway were appearing in their first final since the three-in-a-row side of the 1960s. Offaly, who had never won an All-Ireland title, had last contested a final in 1969.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Galway were favourites. Instead a shock occurred. A Murt Connor goal gave Offaly their first title. However, with the duration of certain championship matches increasing from 60 to 80 minutes during the 1970s before being settled at 70 minutes after five seasons of this in 1975, this is the only All-Ireland final whose outcome would have changed if the time had remained the same; had it done so, the 1971 final would have ended in a draw.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
This was the first All-Ireland final attended by Martin Breheny. The weather on the day was later described by Breheny as consisting of a "steady drizzle" in the first half, followed by a "deluge of monsoon proportions" during the second half.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
It would be a further 21 years before another team won their first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1971 was the 85th staging of Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Tipperary won the championship, beating Kilkenny 5-17 to 5-14 in the final at Croke Park, Dublin.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1971 was run on a provincial basis as usual. It was a knockout tournament with pairings drawn at random in the respective provinces - there were no seeds.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format
Each match was played as a single leg. If a match was drawn there was a replay. If both sides were still level at the end of that game another replay had to take place.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Munster Championship
Quarter-final: (1 match) This was a single match between the first two teams drawn from the province of Munster.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Munster Championship
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winner of the lone quarter-final joined the other three Munster teams to make up the semi-final pairings.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Munster Championship
Final: (1 match) The winner of the two semi-finals contested this game.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Leinster Championship
First Round: (1 match) This was a single match between two of the 'weaker' teams drawn from the province of Leinster.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Leinster Championship
Quarter-finals: (2 matches) The winner of the first-round game joined three other Leinster teams to make up the two quarter-final pairings.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Leinster Championship
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winners of the two quarter-finals joined Kilkenny and Wexford, who received a bye to this stage, to make up the semi-final pairings.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Leinster Championship
Final: (1 match) The winner of the two semi-finals contested this game.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, All-Ireland Championship
Quarter-final: (1 match) This was a single match between Antrim and Galway, two teams who faced no competition in their respective provinces.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, All-Ireland Championship
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winner of the lone quarter-final joined London and the Munster and Leinster champions to make up the semi-final pairings. The provincial champions were drawn in opposite semi-finals.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, All-Ireland Championship
Final: (1 match) The winner of the two semi-finals contested this game.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Player facts, Debutantes
The following players made their début in the 1971 championship:


1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Player facts, Retirees
The following players played their last game in the 1971 championship:


1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 84th All-Ireland final and the culmination of the 1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match took place on 5 September 1971, at Croke Park, Dublin. The match was contested by 1969 winners Kilkenny and 1968 runners-up Tipperary, and it was refereed by Frank Murphy from Cork.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Background
The All-Ireland final was the thirteenth meeting of Kilkenny and Tipperary in a championship decider. Tipperary held the balance of power in all previous meetings between the two, having recorded seven All-Ireland victories to Kilkenny's five. Both sides last met in the All-Ireland final of 1967 when Kilkenny recorded their first championship victory over their nearest neighbours since 1922. Both Tipperary and Kilkenny had dominated hurling throughout the sixties, with Tipp winning All-Ireland titles in 1961, 1962, 1964 and 1965, and Kilkenny claiming the championship in 1963, 1967 and 1969. Moreover, Tipperary had lost back-to-back All-Ireland finals in 1967 and 1968. The thought of losing a third championship decider on-the-trot proved a great motivation.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Background
In 1970 Cork triumphed over Wexford in the All-Ireland final to claim their 21st and draw level with Tipperary at the top of hurling's roll of honour. A victory for Tipp would put them one title ahead yet again, while a victory for Kilkenny would give them their 18th All-Ireland title and would narrow the gap between them and the other two big teams in hurling's trinity.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Referee
Cork-based referee Frank Murphy was named as the referee for the 1971 All-Ireland final on 30 August 1971. His only experience in a national senior final was the National Hurling League final between Tipperary and Limerick the previous May. Twenty-seven-year-old Murphy, a former teacher and now a regional manager in Cork for an American publishing company, has been refereeing for ten years, having started his career in the Blackrock street leagues. He is currently the secretary of the Blackrock club and its representative on the Cork County Board.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Referee
He has officiated at county finals all over the southern province but became prominent on the inter-county scene in 1970 when he officiated in two Munster championship matches. Earlier in 1971 Murphy was appointed to the Central Council refereeing panel and, following a competent display in the league decider, took charge of the Munster decider between Tipperary and Limerick.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Referee
Murphy's umpires for the final were J. Duggan, M. J. 'Inky' Flaherty (both Galway), E. Devlin (Tyrone) and D. Anglin (Antrim). Flaherty played with Galway for nearly two decades and was a distinguished referee in his own right, having taken charge of the 1949 All-Ireland final between Tipperary and Laois.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Wedding
On 28 August 1971, just one week before the All-Ireland final, Tipperary's John Flanagan married Margaret Gleeson in the Church of the Sacred Heart, Gortnahoe, County Tipperary.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Broadcasting
The All-Ireland final was broadcast in Ireland by RTÉ with Michael O'Hehir providing the commentary. The programme ran from 1.20pm until 5.10pm and included basic coverage of both the All-Ireland minor and senior finals. Following on from RTÉ's broadcast of the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest in colour, this became the first All-Ireland final to be broadcast live in colour. The senior final was also broadcast live on Radio Éireann.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match, First half
The opening forty minutes proved to be a dour battle, characterised by close marking and a lack of free-flowing hurling. Tipperary played with a strong breeze and defended the Railway end. They also had to contend with playing into a blazing sub. Tipp's Francis Loughnane opened the scoring after just three minutes when he captured the first two points of the day. What followed for the next fifteen minutes was a series of tit-for-tat scores, with no side building up a huge lead.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match, First half
After nineteen minutes Tipperary's Noel O'Dwyer scored the first goal of the match, a shot from long range that travelled along the ground. Kilkenny's Eddie Keher brought his team back into contention just a minute later when he blasted a 21-yards free straight into te net for Kilkenny's opening goal of the game. Just two minutes later John Flanagan capitalised on a shrewd pass from Roger Ryan to shoot Tipperary's second goal. A stalemate developed following this score, however, Keher tapped over another point for 'the Cats' eight minutes later. With just a minute left to play Mossy Murphy shot Kilkenny's second goal after being put in possession by Pat Delaney. Loughnane bookended the opening half when he scored the last point before the short whistle, giving Tipperary a 2-10 to 2-4 lead.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match, Second half
Kilkenny started the second period of play with two quick points by Eddie Keher. Michael 'Babs' Keating replied in kind for Tipp, however, in the forty-fifth minute Ned Byrne flicked home a Kilkenny goal after a lob from the right by Martin Brennan. Less than two minutes later a Séamus Hogan shot hit the upright and Roger Ryan goaled for Tipperary on the rebound. The Munster champions failed to capitalise on this and Eddie Keher scored three more points inside four minutes. A fourth unanswered point by Mossy Murphy brought Kilkenny within one.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match, Second half
Tipperary stretched out their lead to three points with a succession of points, however, this lead was short-lived as Kieran Purcell brought Kilkenny back on level terms, 4-11 to 3-14, with a goal. After more than an hour of hurling played at this stage Frank Cummins stepped up with a point to give Kilkenny the lead for the first time in the match. Four minutes later Tipperary were back in front when Roger Ryan turned a free from Mick Roche into the Kilkenny net. Tipperary heaped on more punishment and stretched the lead with three more unanswered points.


1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match, Second half
By this stage 'Babs' Keating had thrown off his boots and socks and was roaming around midfield in his bare feet. He sent a long ball into Dinny Ryan who sealed the game with Tipperary's fifth and final goal of the day. Kilkenny's Eddie Keher refused to give up and goaled a 21-yards free with just two minutes remaining. On the stroke of full-time Keher pointed again for Kilkenny and brought his own tally to 2-11. It was too late as Tipperary sealed a three-point victory.


1971 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
The 1971 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the eighth staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.


1971 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
On 19 September 1971, Cork won the championship following a 3-10 to 0-3 defeat of Fermanagh in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title overall and their second in succession.


1971 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
The 1971 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the eighth staging of Ireland's hurling knock-out competition for players aged between 18 and 21. Cork won the championship, beating Wexford 7-8 to 1-11 in the final.


1971 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, All-Ireland Championship
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The three provincial winners join Galway to make up the four semi-finalists. The pairings are Munster v Ulster and Leinster v Galway. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while two teams advance to the All-Ireland final.


1971 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, All-Ireland Championship
Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest the All-Ireland final.


1971 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, Championship statistics, Miscellaneous
4 goals in a final and 4 goals and a point in semi-final at U21 by John (Rocky) Rothwell are high scoring records which still stand as of 2013.


1971 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
The 1971 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final was a hurling match that was played at Walsh Park, Waterford on 12 September 1971 to determine the winners of the 1971 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, the 8th season of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion teams of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Cork of Munster and Wexford of Leinster, with Cork winning by 7-8 to 1-11.


1971 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
The All-Ireland final between Cork and Wexford was their seventh championship meeting. Cork were hoping to win their fifth title over all and an unprecedented fourth All-Ireland title in-a-row. Wexford were hoping to win their second All-Ireland title.


1971 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
Cork's All-Ireland victory was their fifth in six years. The victory also secured a fourth successive All-Ireland title, a record which still stands.


1971 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
Wexford's run of bad luck in All-Ireland finals continued. After winning their sole title in 1965, defeat in 1971 marked their fourth loss in an All-Ireland decider since that victory.


1971 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team
The 1971 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen for All-Pacific-8 Conference teams for the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. The team was selected by the conference's eight head coaches.


1971 All-Pro Team
The following is a list of players that were named to the Associated Press All-Pro Team, the Newspaper Enterprise Association All-Pro team and the Pro Football Writers Association, and Pro Football Weekly All-Pro teams in 1971. Both first- and second- teams are listed for the NEA, and PFWA  teams. These are the four All-Pro teams that are included in the Total Football II: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League and compose the Consensus All-pro team for 1971.


1971 All-SEC football team
The 1971 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. Alabama won the conference.


1971 All-SEC football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both AP and UPI


1971 All-Southwest Conference football team
The 1971 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. The selectors for the 1971 season included the Associated Press (AP).


1971 All-Southwest Conference football team, Key
CFHOF = Player inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame


1971 Allan Cup
The 1971 Allan Cup was the Canadian national senior ice hockey championship for the 1970-71 Senior "A" season. The event was hosted by the Galt Hornets and Galt, Ontario. The 1971 playoff marked the 63rd time that the Allan Cup has been awarded.


1971 Allsvenskan, Overview
The league was contested by 12 teams, with Malmö FF winning the championship.


1971 Amateur World Series
The 1971 Amateur World Series was the 19th Amateur World Series (AWS), an international men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation (which titled it the Baseball World Cup as of the 1988 tournament). The tournament took place, for the seventh time, in Cuba, and was won by the host Cuba national baseball team, their 11th title.


1971 American League Championship Series
The 1971 American League Championship Series was a matchup between the East Division Champion Baltimore Orioles and the West Division Champion Oakland Athletics. The Orioles swept the A's in three games, despite the fact that each team had won 101 games. The Orioles won their third consecutive pennant in the process, but lost the 1971 World Series to the Pittsburgh Pirates.


1971 American League Championship Series
This was the first of ten ALCS series between 1971 and 1981 that featured either the Oakland Athletics or the Kansas City Royals. The only time neither team appeared in the ALCS during that period was in 1979.


1971 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Dave McNally, a 20-game winner for the fourth season in a row, survived a rocky start to win the opener. He trailed, 3–0, after four innings pitched, giving up three doubles and a triple. The A's had McNally tottering in the second inning. With two runs home, a runner on second and none out, second baseman Dick Green came to bat. It was at this point that A's manager Dick Williams made the first of several ultra-cautious moves which were to fuel criticism of his playoff strategy. He ordered Green to sacrifice, which put runner Dave Duncan on third with one out.


1971 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
The next batter was Blue, whose bunting ability is well known, Vida tried to squeeze the run home, But the O's had guessed correctly on what was coming. McNally pitched out and Duncan was nailed in a rundown. Blue proceeded to strike out, and the A's splurge was over. McNally gave up another run in the fourth, but that ended the A's scoring forays. Meanwhile, 24-game winner Blue yielded just one run and three hits during the first six innings.


1971 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
However, disaster overtook Vida in the very next frame. Frank Robinson led off with a walk and Boog Powell struck out. Brooks Robinson's single sent Frank Robinson to second, after which Andy Etchebarren's fly to right advanced Frank Robinson to third. Now there were runners on first and third with two down, and Blue appeared likely to quell the flurry without damage. After all, he'd beaten the O's twice in two tries during the season. And the next hitter was shortstop Mark Belanger, hardly a nemesis to any pitcher. But Belanger rifled a single to center to score Frank Robinson and ignite thunderous cheering from the crowd of 42,621.


1971 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Then Curt Motton, pinch-hitter hero of a '69 Oriole playoff victory (Game 2) over Minnesota, stepped up to bat for McNally. Curt slammed a double to the left-field corner, plating Brooks Robinson and tying the score. Center fielder Paul Blair followed with the blow that doomed Blue, a two-run double to left. Reliever Eddie Watt blanked the A's the last two innings and Oakland was one game down. Skipper Williams was subjected to further sharpshooting for his failure to remove Blue, or even visit the mound, during the seventh-inning barrage.


1971 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Dave Johnson's error in the sixth inning was the only miscue between both teams in the series.


1971 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Catfish Hunter held Baltimore to seven hits, but unfortunately for him, four of them were home runs. Boog Powell walloped two, Brooks Robinson and Elrod Hendricks the others. Cuellar displayed his usual pitching artistry, a baffling assortment of curves and change-ups which the A's solve for a mere six hits.


1971 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Typical of the A's super-cautious approach to their task was an incident in the sixth inning when they were trailing, 2–1. Reggie Jackson led off against Cuellar with a double. Cleanup hitter Tommy Davis was up next and to the surprise of everyone in the park, he bunted. The next two hitters were easy outs. Davis' sacrifice, it turned out, was not ordered by Williams.


1971 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Jim Palmer's performance in the deciding game was not among his most noteworthy—he permitted three home runs, two of them by the slugging Jackson and the other by Sal Bando. But all three shots were struck with the bases empty, and Palmer had more than enough to pitch Baltimore's pennant clincher for the third straight year. Loser of his only two starts against Baltimore during the season, Diego Segui reached the fifth inning of Game 3 with the score 1–1. Then he met his "Waterloo". The crusher was Brooks Robinson's two-run single. It came after Williams ordered an intentional pass to Hendricks. loading the bases.


1971 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Bando's homer cut the A's deficit to 3–2 in the sixth. But in the seventh, Frank Robinson's double and Darold Knowles' wild pitch put Baltimore out of danger. The Orioles collected 12 hits off Segui and his four successors, with Don Buford's triple and two singles leading the way.


1971 American Soccer League
In the 1971 American Soccer League II, the New York Greeks were the champions. After the season, Virginia Capitol moved to Washington, and Syracuse folded.


1971 American Soccer League, League standings
Error in table: 23 total wins != 21 total losses


1971 Amstel Gold Race
The 1971 Amstel Gold Race (held Sunday March 28, 1971) was the sixth edition of the annual road bicycle race "Amstel Gold Race". It was held in the Dutch provinces of Limburg.


1971 Amstel Gold Race
The race stretched 233 kilometres, starting in Heerlen and finishing in Meerssen. There were a total of 123 competitors, and 47 cyclists finished the race.


1971 Anglo-American Match Races
The 1971 Anglo-American Match Races was the inaugural running of the Anglo-American Match Races (renamed Transatlantic Trophy in 1972), an annual series of motorcycle races between the United Kingdom and America which were held from 1971 to 1988 and again in 1991. The match was held 9-12 April 1971 (Easter weekend) with rounds at Brands Hatch, Mallory Park and Oulton Park. The event was heavily sponsored by BSA/Triumph. They also supplied the 750 cc racing triples that the riders competed on. The motorcycles were to AMA/F750 specification. Most of the competitors were work BSA/Triumph works riders.


1971 Anglo-American Match Races
The UK won all the races and the series 183-137. Ray Pickrell and Paul Smart won three races each and were the top scorers.


1971 Anglo-American Match Races, Background
British journalists, Gavin Trippe and Bruce Cox, ran California based Motor Cycle Weekly and promoted motorcycle races in the US. The pair were keen to promote American racers in the UK. They met with Chris Lowe of Motor Circuit Developments (MCD), who ran Brands Hatch, Oulton Park and Mallory Park circuits, and Jim Swift of the British Motorcycle Racing Club at the 1970 Daytona 200 and the plan for the Transatlantic Trophy was formulated. Ron Grant, the leader of the US Suzuki team supported the scheme. Lowe approached BSA/Triumph who agreed to supply 750 cc racing triples for the riders and to financially support the series out of their $2 million racing budget for 1970/71.


1971 Anglo-American Match Races, Format
The event consisted of three rounds over the Easter weekend at different tracks: Brands Hatch (9 April - Good Friday), Mallory Park (11 April - Easter Sunday) and Oulton Park (12 April - Easter Monday) Each round consisted of two 12 lap races.


1971 Anglo-American Match Races, Format
Each team consisted of 5 riders. The Americans had a squad of six riders team so not all riders could compete in every race. However, American captain Gary Nixon fell in practice two days before the first race and broke his wrist so was unable to ride in any of the races.


1971 Anglo-American Match Races, Format
Points were awarded for each race, the winner receiving 10 points, 2nd place points etc down to 1 point for 10th place. Prize money was also awarded for each race with the winner receiving £150 down to £15 for 10th place. A bonus of £50 was given to the rider who had set the fastest lap over the series. The total prize fund was £5,000.


1971 Anglo-American Match Races, Teams, America
Gene Romero, the current A.M.A. Grand National Champion and runner-up at the 1971 Daytona 200 was to have led the US team but withdrew.


1971 Anglo-American Match Races, Teams, Britain
The home team had the advantage of knowing the tracks that were to be used and also in the nature of the circuits. The American riders were more used to dirt tracks, ovals and road races.


1971 Anglo-American Match Races, Motorcycles
In September 1969 Triumph’s chief development engineer, Doug Hele, suggested the factory should switch its emphasis from production racing to the new F750 open class that was being suggested. Acting on his suggestion, BSA-Triumph announced it would develop its 750cc Rocket III and Trident triples for this series. The factory worked against the clock to get machines ready for the 1970 Daytona race. The factory failed to get results in Daytona due to unreliability.