1971 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, Highlights
In the second year of Eddie Kasko's management, the Red Sox finished 16 games behind the eventual American League champions Baltimore Orioles. The Sox did not have a .300 hitter in 1971, with Reggie Smith's .283 batting average being the best among their regulars. Tony Conigliaro, his health still a question, had been traded the previous October to the California Angels for reliever Ken Tatum and rookie infielder Doug Griffin. Conigliaro played in 74 games for the Angels in 1971 but then had to give up baseball, his sight having deteriorated greatly. Tatum was 2–4 with the Red Sox, and Griffin batted a season .244, while becoming the regular second baseman.


1971 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, Highlights
Highlights of an otherwise forgettable season included the late arrival of a big catcher from Bellows Falls, Vermont, Carlton Fisk, who got into 14 games for the 1971 Sox and hit two home runs. Making a bigger splash was a utility fielder who had been acquired in 1970 from the New York Yankees but came into his own in 1971. John Kennedy hit .272, with five homers and 22 RBIs, and was nicknamed "Super Sub".


1971 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, Highlights
Another bright spot for the Sox in '71 was Jim Lonborg's winning 10 games (and losing 7). But Sonny Siebert, a pitcher acquired in a deal with the Cleveland Indians in 1969, was the top hurler for Boston, winning 16 games. A feisty left-hander, Sparky Lyle was 6–4, with 16 saves and a 2.77 ERA.


1971 Boston University Terriers football team
The 1971 Boston University Terriers football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as an independent during the 1971 NCAA College Division football season. In their third season under head coach Larry Naviaux, the Terriers compiled a 3–7 record and were outscored by a total of 284 to 200.


1971 Boston mayoral election
The Boston mayoral election of 1971 occurred on Tuesday, November 2, 1971, between Mayor Kevin White and United States Representative Louise Day Hicks. This was the second election in a row between White and Hicks. White once again defeated Hicks and was elected to a second term.


1971 Boston mayoral election
The nonpartisan municipal preliminary election was held on September 14, 1971.


1971 Bowling Green Falcons football team
The 1971 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. In their fourth season under head coach Don Nehlen, the Falcons compiled a 6–4 record (4–1 against MAC opponents) and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 263 to 207.


1971 Bowling Green Falcons football team
The team's statistical leaders included Reid Lamport with 1,006 passing yards, Paul Miles with 1,185 rushing yards, and Rick Newman with 443 receiving yards.


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


1971 British Grand Prix
The 1971 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone on 17 July 1971. It was race 6 of 11 in both the 1971 World Championship of Drivers and the 1971 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 68-lap race was won by Tyrrell driver Jackie Stewart after he started from second position. Ronnie Peterson finished second for the March team and Lotus driver Emerson Fittipaldi came in third.


1971 British Grand Prix, Race report
On one of the fastest circuits on the calendar, horsepower counted for everything. Clay Regazzoni, driving for Ferrari, gained pole with a scorching lap of 1 min 18.1 secs, beating Jackie Stewart in a Tyrrell and Jo Siffert in a BRM by just a couple of hundredths of a second. BRM were mourning the loss of Pedro Rodríguez in a sports car race a few days earlier.


1971 British Grand Prix, Race report
The start itself was a shambles, with a bungled flag drop causing a collision between Jackie Oliver and Graham Hill, for which Oliver was fined £50. Regazzoni led away from Jacky Ickx and Stewart, but after just one lap Stewart had passed Ickx, with Siffert following him. On lap 4, Stewart passed Regazzoni and disappeared into the distance. By lap 10 he was over 3 seconds ahead. In the points positions, Emerson Fittipaldi, Ronnie Peterson and Tim Schenken were having a memorable tussle.


1971 British Grand Prix, Race report
Regazzoni repassed Siffert who was suffering from vibration problems on lap 15, but the BRM driver managed to hang on to the back of the Ferrari for several more laps. Stewart increased his lead to 14 seconds and by lap 20 he was ahead by 18 seconds. Ickx dropped out of fourth place with rubber breaking off from his front left tyre, and Siffert dropped way down with a broken coil bracket. The battle between Peterson, Schenken and Fittipaldi moved up into 3rd, 4th and 5th places.


1971 British Grand Prix, Race report
On lap 48, tyre problems struck Regazzoni and further problems ensued when he tried to leave the pits after his tyre change to find his engine had no oil pressure. Schenken too dropped down the field with gearbox problems and retired completely when it jammed for good 4 laps from home.


1971 British Grand Prix, Race report
Henri Pescarolo and Rolf Stommelen thus moved up into the battle for 4th and 5th, duelling right to the line, with Pescarolo winning out by just 0.5 seconds. John Surtees gained 6th place.


1971 British Grand Prix, Race report
Stewart took a commanding home win and extended his lead in the Championship to 23 points.


1971 British Hard Court Championships
The 1971 British Hard Court Championships was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at The West Hants Club in Bournemouth, England. The event was part of the 1971 Pepsi-Cola Grand Prix and categorized as B class. The tournament was held from 16 to 22 May 1971. Gerald Battrick and Margaret Court won the singles titles.


1971 British Hard Court Championships, Finals, Men's doubles
Bill Bowrey /  Owen Davidson defeated  Patricio Cornejo /  Jaime Fillol 8–6, 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4


1971 British Hard Court Championships, Finals, Women's doubles
Mary–Ann Curtis /  Françoise Dürr defeated  Margaret Court /  Evonne Goolagong 6–3, 5–7, 6–4


1971 British League Division Two season
The 1971 British League Division Two season was the second tier/division motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.


1971 British League Division Two season, Summary
The league continued with 17 teams in its fourth season despite Reading Racers moving up to Division One and two teams dropping out because there were three new entrants to the league. Doncaster Dragons disbanded for good, with the promotion and some of the riders moving to Birmingham and reformed the Birmingham Brummies, who had last raced in 1957. The Crayford Highwayman also dropped out and the Middlesbrough Teessiders changed their name to Teesside Teessiders. Birmingham were one of the new entrants along with Hull Vikings and Sunderland Stars. Hull had last seen league speedway in 1949 and Sunderland in 1964.


1971 British League Division Two season, Summary
Eastbourne Eagles won their first title since their 1959 Southern Area League success. Despite losing their leading rider Dave Jessup to division 1, the Eastbourne Eagles triumphed by bringing in new signing Malcolm Ballard to support the Kennett brothers Gordon and Dave.


1971 British League Division Two season, British League Division Two Knockout Cup
The 1971 British League Division Two Knockout Cup (sponsored by the Speedway Express) was the fourth edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Ipswich Witches were the winners of the competition for the second successive year.


1971 British League Division Two season, British League Division Two Knockout Cup, Final
Ipswich were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 92–64.


1971 British League season
The 1971 British League season was the 37th season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom and the seventh season known as the British League.


1971 British League season, Summary
Reading Racers moved up from Division 2 and Newcastle Diamonds dropped out. Belle Vue Aces retained their title to become the first team to win the title for the second time. The team included three time world champion Ivan Mauger, Swedish international Sören Sjösten, Tommy Roper, Eric Broadbelt, Chris Pusey and a 17 year old Peter Collins in his debut season.


1971 British League season, Final table
M = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points


1971 British League season, British League Knockout Cup
The 1971 Speedway Star British League Knockout Cup was the 33rd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Hackney were the winners.


1971 British League season, British League Knockout Cup, Final, Second leg
Hackney Hawks were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 88-68.


1971 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia
In 1971 the Lions toured New Zealand, also playing two matches in Australia. Despite losing the first match to Queensland the tour was a great success, the Lions winning the Test series against the All Blacks. They are still the only Lions side to have won a Test series in New Zealand. The side was captained by John Dawes, coached by Carwyn James and managed by Doug Smith.


1971 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia, Background
Although the Lions had done poorly when touring New Zealand in 1966 (they lost all four Tests to the All Blacks), the seeds had been sown for the successful series of 1971. Wales had won the Grand Slam in the Five Nations Championship in 1971, and appropriately supplied more players than any other home nation to the touring squad. Both the coach and captain were also Welsh. This was the only tour to result in a Lions victory over the All Blacks.


1971 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia, Background
New Zealand, after a long period of success, had lost their most recent series in 1970 away to South Africa.


1971 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia, Key factors
A major factor in their victory was self belief. Gerald Davies explained, "...somewhere along the line it becomes a mental thing... We grew in confidence; we came to believe it was possible to beat the All Blacks." The coaching team had also done important reconnaissance work.


1971 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia, Key factors
Colin Meads said Mervyn Davies was "the one player who probably had the biggest impact on that 1971 Lions Test series," particularly as he prevented NZ winning line out ball via Brian Lochore.


1971 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia, Test series
The Lions won the first Test in Dunedin 9–3, with a penalty goal to the All Blacks, and two penalties and a try, (scored by Ian McLauchlan) to the Lions. Several Lions players later admitted they were overconfident following their initial Test victory. The Lions were thus convincingly beaten 22–12 in the second Test in Christchurch, with the All Blacks outscoring them five tries (Bob Burgess (2), Sid Going, Ian Kirkpatrick, pen try) to two (Davies (2)). The third Test was played at Athletic Park, Wellington. The Lions did not make the same mistake they had in Christchurch, resulting in a 13–3 win, the Lions scored two converted tries and a drop goal. The All Blacks managed only a try.


1971 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia, Test series
Following the third Test the Lions led the series 2–1. The final game played in Auckland would require an All Black victory for New Zealand to draw the series. A draw or Lions victory would give the Lions a series win. Scores were level 8–8 at half time with a try, conversion and penalty each. The first 15 minutes of the second half saw the Lions land a penalty goal and the All Blacks score a try.


1971 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia, Test series
With the scores tied 11–11, Lions fullback JPR Williams received the ball 45 metres out and attempted a drop goal, it was successful and put the Lions ahead 14–11. Williams's drop goal was the only one he landed in his Test career. The All Blacks could only manage three further points from a penalty to draw the game 14-14, which gave the Lions the series.


1971 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia, The Test matches, Third Test
NEW ZEALAND: Laurie Mains, Bruce Hunter, Howard Joseph, Wayne Cottrell, Ken Carrington, Bob Burgess (rep Mick Duncan), Sid Going, Brian Muller, Tane Norton, Richie Guy, Colin Meads (c), Brian Lochore, Alan McNaughton Ian Kirkpatrick, Alex Wyllie


1971 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia, The Test matches, Third Test
LIONS: Williams, Gerald Davies, Dawes (c), Gibson, Duckham, John, Edwards, Lynch, Pullin, McLauchlan, McBride, Brown, Quinnell, Slattery, Mervyn Davies.


1971 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia, The Test matches, Third Test
In the pack, the Lions selected Gordon Brown over Delme Thomas.


1971 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia, The Test matches, Fourth Test
NEW ZEALAND: Laurie Mains, Ken Carrington, Mick Duncan, Phil Gard, Bryan Williams, Wayne Cottrell, Sid Going, Brian Muller, Tane Norton, Richie Guy, Colin Meads (c), Peter Whiting, Ian Kirkpatrick, Tom Lister, Alex Wyllie


1971 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia, The Test matches, Fourth Test
LIONS: Williams, Gerald Davies, Dawes (c), Gibson, Duckham, John, Edwards, Lynch, Pullin, McLauchlan, McBride, Brown, Taylor, Dixon, Mervyn Davies. Thomas replaced injured Brown 60mins


1971 British National Track Championships
The 1971 British National Track Championships were a series of track cycling competitions held during the summer of 1971.


1971 British Saloon Car Championship
The 1971 British Saloon Car Championship was the 14th season of the championship. Bill McGovern won his second title, driving a Sunbeam Imp.


1971 British Saloon Car Championship, Calendar & Winners
All races were held in the United Kingdom. Overall winners in bold.


1971 British Virgin Islands general election
General elections were held in the British Virgin Islands on 2 June 1971. The result was a victory for a coalition of the VI Democratic Party (DP) together with independent candidate Willard Wheatley over the newly formed Virgin Islands Party (VIP) led by former Chief Minister Lavity Stoutt, and incumbent BVI United Party (UP) led by Conrad Maduro.


1971 British Virgin Islands general election
Prior to the election Stoutt had was serving as Chief Minister and leader of the UP, but due to internal divisions Stoutt left and formed his new party to contest the election against the UP and the DP, but ended up losing and being replaced by Wheatley as Chief Minister.


1971 British Virgin Islands general election
The election was also notable for the first female candidate in a British Virgin Islands election: Millicent Mercer contested the 5th District on behalf of the VIP, but lost to Conrad Maduro.


1971 British Virgin Islands general election
In the 7th District the former representative, Robinson O'Neal, had died in a car crash the prior year.


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


1971 Bromsgrove by-election
The Bromsgrove by-election, 1971 was a parliamentary by-election held in the United Kingdom on 27 May 1971 for the Bromsgrove constituency in Worcestershire. The vacancy was caused by the death of Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) James Dance. The seat was won by the opposition Labour Party in a by-election that saw only the two major parties participating.


1971 Brown Bears football team
The 1971 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. Brown lost every game and finished last in the Ivy League.


1971 Brown Bears football team
In their fifth season under head coach Len Jardine, the Bears compiled a 0–9 record and were outscored 238 to 129. S. Bennett and F. Walsh were the team captains.


1971 Brown Bears football team
The Bears' winless (0–7) conference record placed last in the Ivy League standings. They were outscored by Ivy opponents 162 to 86.


1971 Brown Bears football team
Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.


1971 Brownlow Medal
The 1971 Brownlow Medal was the 44th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. Ian Stewart of the Richmond Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-one votes during the 1971 VFL season.


1971 Buckeye Tennis Championships
The 1971 Buckeye Tennis Championships, als known as the Buckeye Open, was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Buckeye Boys Ranch in Grove City, Columbus, Ohio in the United States that was part of Group D of the 1971 Grand Prix circuit. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held  from July 26 through August 1, 1971. Second-seeded Tom Gorman won the singles title and earned $5,000 first-prize money as well as 15 ranking points.


1971 Buckeye Tennis Championships, Finals, Singles
Tom Gorman defeated  Jimmy Connors 6–7, 7–6, 4–6, 7–6(5–2), 6–3


1971 Buckeye Tennis Championships, Finals, Doubles
Jim Osborne /  Jim McManus defeated  Jimmy Connors /  Roscoe Tanner 4–6, 7–5, 6–2


1971 Bucknell Bison football team
The 1971 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1971 NCAA College Division football season.


1971 Bucknell Bison football team
In their third year under head coach Fred Prender, the Bison compiled a 5–5 record. Joe DiOrio and John Klenovic were the team captains.


1971 Bucknell Bison football team
Bucknell played its home games at Memorial Stadium on the university campus in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.


1971 Buffalo Bills season
The 1971 Buffalo Bills season was the franchise's 2nd season in the National Football League, and the 12th overall.


1971 Buffalo Bills season
For the second time in four seasons, the Bills finished with only one victory. The Bills 1–13 record (a 0.071 winning percentage) remains the worst in franchise history. The team allowed 394 points, the most in franchise history for a 14-game season.


1971 Buffalo Bills season
The season began in turmoil when coach John Rauch resigned, forcing pro personnel director Harvey Johnson to assume the position for the second time on an interim basis.


1971 Buffalo Bills season
Buffalo lost their first ten games of the season, extending their losing streak to 15 and winless streak to 17, dating back to the previous season. They were held scoreless in four games; their minus-210 point differential is the worst in the team's history, and one of the forty worst point-differentials in NFL history.


1971 Buffalo Bills season
Running back O. J. Simpson would have a stellar year, despite the Bills poor team record. Simpson would rush for 742 yards on 183 attempts. However, Simpson would only score 5 touchdowns, the fewest of his career in one season. The Bills would only score 21 touchdowns as a team during the 1971 season, the fewest in franchise history.


1971 Buffalo Bills season, Offseason, NFL Draft
The Bills had a strong draft in 1971, selecting several players who would have long-term impact with the team.


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


1971 Bulgarian Cup Final
The 1971 Bulgarian Cup Final was the 31st final of the Bulgarian Cup (in this period the tournament was named Cup of the Soviet Army), and was contested between Levski Sofia and Lokomotiv Plovdiv on 25 August 1971 at Bulgarian Army Stadium in Sofia. Levski won the final 3–0.


1971 Bulgarian constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Bulgaria on 16 May 1971. Voters were asked whether they approved of a new constitution (known as the Zhivkov Constitution). The new constitution defined Bulgaria as a "socialist state of the working people from the cities and the villages", led by the Bulgarian Communist Party in cooperation with the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union. The result was reportedly 99.7% in favour, with a voter turnout of 99.7%.


1971 Bulgarian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 27 June 1971, the first held under the new Zhivkov Constitution, which had been approved in a referendum held a month earlier. The Fatherland Front, dominated by the Bulgarian Communist Party, was the only organisation to contest the election; all candidate lists had to be approved by the Front. The Front nominated one candidate for each constituency. Of the 400 candidates 268 were members of the Communist Party, 100 were members of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and the remaining 32 were unaffiliated. Voter turnout was reportedly 99.9%.


1971 Bundesliga scandal
The Bundesliga scandal (der Bundesliga-Skandal) refers to the malicious, for-profit manipulation of games in the 1970–71 German football championship season.


1971 Bundesliga scandal, History
The manipulation of games was revealed when the president of Kickers Offenbach, Horst-Gregorio Canellas, presented an audio-tape to DFB officials and a few journalists at his 50th birthday garden-party. In that tape, several players, including German internationals Bernd Patzke and Manfred Manglitz, could be heard offering to let themselves be bribed to help Offenbach avoid relegation.


1971 Bundesliga scandal, History
The chief prosecutor of the DFB, Hans Kindermann, found out that, amongst others, the 17 April 1971 game between FC Schalke and Arminia Bielefeld that ended 0–1, had been "sold" (or thrown) by Schalke's players and the board of directors. Afterwards, many of the Schalke players were banned for long periods, while several lifetime bans were imposed.


1971 Bundesliga scandal, History
The players maintained their innocence, and even swore an oath to that, but the oath was eventually proven to be false. Schalke's rivals, especially from the Ruhr, still occasionally refer to Schalke as FC Meineid (German for "FC Perjury").


1971 Bundesliga scandal, History
Fifty-two players, two managers and six club functionaries were punished. Also, Bielefeld and Offenbach had their license to participate in the Bundesliga revoked. Offenbach would have been relegated due to their sporting performance anyway, despite the manipulated games, but Bielefeld were to play in the next Bundesliga season. Eventually, Bielefeld had to play all 34 games of the 1971–72 season, but would be relegated after the season, independently of their record.


1971 Bundesliga scandal, Manipulated games
*Strictly speaking, the game was not manipulated, but the Braunschweig players were promised, and given, for winning this game an additional bonus by a third party, which was illegal.


1971 CFL Draft
The 1971 CFL Draft composed of nine rounds where 70 Canadian football players that were chosen exclusively from eligible Canadian universities. The Saskatchewan Roughriders, despite being Western Conference finalists, had the first overall selection through a trade with the last place Winnipeg Blue Bombers.


1971 CFL season
The 1971 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 18th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it was officially the 14th Canadian Football League season.


1971 CFL season, CFL News for 1971
The Grey Cup Championship was played on artificial turf for the first time in Vancouver. The BC Lions also wore special "CCC"-logo helmets to commemorate the Canadian Confederation Centennial of British Columbia, the province having entered into Canadian Confederation a hundred years earlier, in 1871. The flower in the centre of the "CCC" logo is the pacific dogwood, the official provincial flower of British Columbia.


1971 CFL season, CFL News for 1971
All CFL teams had their player's last names appearing on the jersey backs (at shoulder height, above the back number) beginning this season.


1971 CFL season, CFL News for 1971
This would be the last year until 2006 that the Edmonton Eskimos would miss the playoffs; in the intervening years, they would reach the playoffs for 33 straight years.


1971 CFL season, Regular season standings, Final regular season standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points


1971 CFL season, Playoff bracket, Grey Cup Championship
59th Annual Grey Cup Game: Empire Stadium – Vancouver, British Columbia


1971 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
The 1971 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 7th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined that year's club champion of association football in the CONCACAF region. It was played from 22 August 1971 till 19 April 1972 under the home/away match system.


1971 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
The teams were split into 3 zones (North American, Central American and Caribbean), each one qualifying two teams to the final tournament, played for the first time in a group system. After the end of the group a playoff match had to be played because two teams ended with the same points in the lead of the group. This tournament included the Rochester Lancers, the only team from the original North American Soccer League to take part.


1971 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Cruz Azul from Mexico won the final after beating, and became for the third time in its history CONCACAF champion.


1971 CONCACAF Championship
The 1971 CONCACAF Championship, the fifth edition of the CONCACAF Championship, was held in Trinidad and Tobago from 20 November to 5 December.


1971 CONCACAF Championship qualification, Caribbean zone, Second round
Cuba and Suriname refused to meet Haiti in the final triangular; CONCACAF decided to award the places in the final tournament to Haiti and Cuba.


1971 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament
The 1971 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament was the 4th CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.


1971 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
The 1971 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University during the 1971 NCAA College Division football season.


1971 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
Cal Poly competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by fourth-year head coach Joe Harper and played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. They finished the season as CCAA champion, with a record of six wins and five losses (6–5, 3–0 CCAA). This was the third of five consecutive CCAA championships for the Mustangs.


1971 Cal Poly Mustangs football team, Team players in the NFL
The following Cal Poly Mustangs were selected in the 1972 NFL Draft.


1971 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football team
The 1971 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football team represented California State Polytechnic College, Kellogg-Voorhis during the 1971 NCAA College Division football season.


1971 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football team
Cal Poly Pomona competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). Cal Poly Pomona was led by third-year head coach Roy Anderson. They played home games at Kellogg Field in Pomona, California. The Broncos finished the season with a record of six wins and five losses (6–5, 1–3 CCAA). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 246–260 for the season.


1971 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football team, Team players in the NFL
The following Cal Poly Pomona players were selected in the 1972 NFL Draft.


1971 Cal State Fullerton Titans football team
The 1971 Cal State Fullerton Titans football team represented California State College at Fullerton during the 1971 NCAA College Division football season.


1971 Cal State Fullerton Titans football team
Cal State Fullerton competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by second-year head coach Dick Coury. The Titans split their home games among 3 sites, with one game played at Santa Ana Stadium in Santa Ana, California, one at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, and four at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California. They finished the season with a record of seven wins and four losses (7–4, 3–1 CCAA). At the end of the season, the Titans took part in the second Mercy Bowl, a benefit for the families of three Cal State Fullerton assistant coaches who had perished in a plane crash a month earlier. In the game, the Titans beat Fresno State.


1971 Cal State Fullerton Titans football team, Team players in the NFL
No Cal State Fullerton Titans were selected in the 1972 NFL Draft.


1971 Cal State Fullerton Titans football team, Team players in the NFL
The following finished their college career in 1971, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.


1971 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team
The 1971 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team represented California State College at Hayward in the 1971 NCAA College Division football season. Cal State Hayward competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC).


1971 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team
The Pioneers were led by first-year head coach Bob Rodrigo. They played home games at Pioneer Stadium in Hayward, California. The Pioneers finished the season with a record of seven wins, two losses and one tie (7–2–1, 3–2–1 FWC). They outscored their opponents 272–185 for the 1971 season.


1971 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team, Team players in the NFL
No Cal State Hayward Pioneers players were selected in the 1972 NFL Draft.


1971 Cal State Los Angeles Diablos football team
The 1971 Cal State Los Angeles Diablos football team represented California State University, Los Angeles during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season.


1971 Cal State Los Angeles Diablos football team
The Diablos competed in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. The team was led by Foster Andersen in his first year as head coach. This was the third straight year the Diablos had a new head coach. The team played home games at East L.A. College Stadium in Monterey Park, California. They finished the season with a record of two wins and eight losses (2–8, 0–3 CCAA). The Diablos were held to a touchdown or less in 8 of their 10 games. For the year, they scored 90 points while giving up 269.


1971 Cal State Los Angeles Diablos football team, Team players in the NFL
No Cal State Los Angeles players were selected in the 1972 NFL Draft.


1971 Calgary Stampeders season
The 1971 Calgary Stampeders season was the 14th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 27th overall. The team finished in first place in the Western Conference with a 9–6–1 record and won the franchise's second Grey Cup title with a 14–11 victory over the Toronto Argonauts in the 59th Grey Cup game.


1971 Calgary Stampeders season, Playoffs, Grey Cup
59th Annual Grey Cup Game: Empire Stadium – Vancouver, British Columbia


1971 California Angels season
The 1971 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing 4th in the American League West with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.


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


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


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


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


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


1971 California Golden Bears football team
The 1971 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. In their eighth year under head coach Ray Willsey, the Golden Bears compiled a 6–5 record (4–3 against Pac-8 opponents), finished in a tie for third place in the Pac-8, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 262 to 186.


1971 California Golden Bears football team
The team's statistical leaders included Jay Cruze with 1,284 passing yards, Steve Kemnitzer with 686 rushing yards, and Steve Sweeney with 579 receiving yards.


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


1971 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby
The 1971 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby   was won by the selection of Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires that beat in the final the selection of Unión de Rugby de Rosario


1971 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby, Semifinals
Scory system: try = 3 points, conversion=2 point, penalty kick, and kick from mark=3 points. Drop = 3 points.


1971 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby, Semifinals
Mar del Plata: L. Rodríguez,  D. Filippa, F. Uriaguereca, C. Sosa (cap), G. Severino,  R. Lerario, R. Caparelli,  E. Feullasier, M. Riego, C. Etchegaray,  W. Heath, D. Cordasco, R. Sepe, F. Rossi, R. Bonomo. Buenos Aires:' M. Alonso,  N. Pérez, M. Pascual, A. Travaglini, M. Walther,  A. Etchegaray, R. Matarazzo,  N. Carbone, J. Wittman, H. Silva,  A. Otaño, A. Anthony,  O. Carbone, J. Dumas, L. García Yáñez


1971 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby, Semifinals
Mendoza: J. Castro,  M. Brandi, R. Tarquini, O. Terranova, E. Candia,  C. Navesi, L. Chacón,  J. Navesi, E. Casale, J. Nasazzi,  A. Cataneo, E. Sánchez,  C.  González,  l. Ramos, R. Irañeta. Rosario :'J. Seaton,  G. Blanco, A. Fosse, C. Blanco, C. García,  J. Scilabra, S. Furno,  M. Bouza, J. Fradua, R. Fariello


1971 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby, Semifinals, Third place final
Cuyo: E. Naviera,  M. Brandi, E. Gandía, D. Muñiz, C. Dora,  C. Navesi (cap), L. Chacón,  R. Irañeta, L. Ramos, C. González,  C. Schmidt, E. Sánchez,  A. Granata, J. Nasazzi, J. NavesiMar del Plata: J. Viders,  L. Rodríguez, C. Sosa (cap), F. Uriaguereca, G. Severino,  R. Lerario, R. Caparelli,  E. Feullasier, M. Riego, C. Etchegaray,  W. Heath, D. Cordasco,  R. Bonomo, F. Rossi, R. Sepe.


1971 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby, Semifinals, Final
Buenos Aires: M. Alonso,  N. Pérez, A. Travaglini, M. Pascual, M. Walther,  R. Matarazzo, A. Etchegaray,  N. Carbone, J. Wittman, H. Silva (cap),  A. Otaño, A. Anthony,  O. Carbone, J. Dumas, L. García Yáñez Rosario:'J. Seaton,  C. García, A. Fasce, C. Blanco, G. Blanco,  J. Scilabra, M. Escalante,  J. Imhoff, M. Chesta (cap), V. Macat,  M. Senatore, R. Suárez,  S. Furno, J. Fradua, R. Fariello


1971 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The 1971 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the Primeiro Campeonato Nacional de Clubes, "First National Championship of Clubs")  was the first official Brazilian football championship, and 15th edition overall of the Série A following the Taça Brasil  and Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa tournaments (which have been considered by the Brazilian confederation as valid national tournaments since 2010). Organized by the Brazilian Confederation of Sports (CBD), it was won by Atlético Mineiro.


1971 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
While the tournament represented the top tier of Brazilian football, its name was "Division Extra", with "First Division" instead used by the second-tier tournament (since known as Campeonato Brasileiro Série B).


1971 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Background
During the 1960s, two tournaments were used to pick Brazil's representative at the Copa Libertadores:  Taça Brasil  (1959-1968), a single-elimination tournament between the state champions; and Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa (1967-1970), divided in two separate group phases with teams mostly from the states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Both tournaments had a format that barely covered the entire country and had regional phases that diminished fan support, leading to dissatisfaction from both the team owners and the Brazilian Confederation of Sports (CBD), who organized the championship.


1971 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Background
In 1970, the Brazil national football team won the  1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, becoming the first three-time world champion. Seeing the valorization of Brazilian football, president Emílio Médici and the Brazilian media pushed CBD towards a true national tournament. With a format inspired by the European tournaments, the tournament would feature 20 teams. The format of the national tournament was still close to the 1970 Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, with the state of Ceará being the only addition to the seven featured in the Robertão's final edition. Some of the shunned federation states, led by Goiás, even created their own parallel national tournament, the Torneio Integração da CBD.


1971 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Teams
Twenty clubs participated in this championship (home city in parenthesis):


1971 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1971, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from September 12 to December 22, 1971. The competition had 23 clubs. The tournament consisted in a fusion of the already existing Torneio Centro-Sul and the Copa Norte-Nordeste, with the champions of each tournament facing off in the finals.


1971 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Villa Nova beat Remo on the finals, and was declared 1971 Brazilian Série B champions. The relegation and promotion system hadn't been implemented yet, so no clubs were promoted.


1971 Campeonato Carioca
The 1971 edition of the Campeonato Carioca kicked off on March 6, 1971 and ended on June 27, 1971. It was organized by FCF (Federação Carioca de Futebol, or Carioca Football Federation). Twelve teams participated. Fluminense won the title for the 20th time. no teams were relegated.


1971 Campeonato Carioca, System
The regulations also had stipulated that the qualification for the National Championship later that year would be partially defined by revenue, with the four teams with the best revenue qualifying along with the champion. The qualification for the Taça Guanabara would also follow similar criteria.


1971 Campeonato Carioca, System
However, that criterion proved controversial, as Olaria began complaining about the federation supposedly favouring its competitors, América and Bangu, and eventually that criterion was scrapped altogether, after the retail chain Ponto Frio bought all the tickets for Olaria's last home match against Flamengo, in Maracanã, guaranteeing Olaria fifth place in the revenue ranking and prompting protests from América and Bangu. In the end, América was invited to the National Championship in the place of Olaria, who withdrew from the Taça Guanabara as well.


1971 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A
The 1971 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A, the first division of Ecuadorian football (soccer), was played by 16 teams. The champion was Barcelona.


1971 Campeonato Paulista
The 1971 Campeonato Paulista da Divisão Especial de Futebol Profissional, organized by the Federação Paulista de Futebol, was the 70th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. São Paulo won the title for the 10th time. no teams were relegated and the top scorer was Palmeiras's César Maluco with 18 goals.


1971 Campeonato Paulista, Championship
Much like in the previous year, a preliminary phase was disputed before the championship proper, in which all teams played against each other twice and the six best teams qualified into the main championship. That phase was to be disputed in the second semester of 1970, by the teams that had been eliminated in that phase in the previous year, the four worst-placed teams in the main championship, and Noroeste, that had been promoted from the Second level.


1971 Campeonato Paulista, Championship
In the championship proper, each team played against the others twice, and the team with the most points won the title.


1971 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia
The 1971 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, also known as the Palermo Open, was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Palermo, Italy that was part of the Group C category of the 1971 Grand Prix circuit. It was the 23rd edition of the tournament and was held from 12 April until 18 April 1971. Roger Taylor won the singles title.


1971 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, Finals, Doubles
Georges Goven /  Pierre Barthès defeated  Ilie Năstase /  Ion Țiriac 6–2, 6–3


1971 Can-Am season
The 1971 Canadian-American Challenge Cup was the sixth season of the Can-Am auto racing series. It was contested by FIA Group 7 two-seater racing cars competing in two-hour sprint races. The series began on 13 June  1971 and ended on 31 October 1971, after ten rounds. The series was given official recognition by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile for the first time in 1971.


1971 Can-Am season
The series was won by Peter Revson driving a McLaren M8F for McLaren Cars.


1971 Can-Am season, Series standings
Points were awarded to the top ten finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Only the best four placings from the first five races and the best four places from the second five races could be counted towards a driver's series total. Points earned but not counted are marked by parenthesis. The fourth-place finish overall of Jo Siffert was determined posthumously as Siffert died in October 1971 at a Formula One race at Brands Hatch.


1971 Canadian Grand Prix
The 1971 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Mosport Park on September 19, 1971. It was race 10 of 11 in both the 1971 World Championship of Drivers and the 1971 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. Jackie Stewart took the win in the awful conditions and the race was stopped after 64 laps of the scheduled 80 due to the weather. American Mark Donohue scored an excellent third on his F1 debut.


1971 Canadian Grand Prix
This was the first ever Formula One race to be red flagged.


1971 Canadian federal budget
The Canadian federal budget for fiscal year 1971-1972 was presented by Minister of Finance Edgar Benson in the House of Commons of Canada on 18 June 1971. The budget lowered income taxes on individual and corporations, and sale taxes on a variety of commodities. A Capital gains tax was also introduced to the Canadian tax code.


1971 Canadian federal budget, Reception
The budget initially received mixed reviews. Spokespersons for all three opposition parties were displeased by the budget and criticized the lack of measures to counter umemployment. However, Progressive Conservative MP Robert Thompson responded especially favorably to the budget, praising its tax cuts.


1971 Canadian federal budget, Reception
A July 1971 Gallup opinion poll asked "Do you think the last federal budget, presented to parliament in mid-june will effect, in any direct way, the financial situation of yourself and your family?" 60% of respondents said "No" while 40% said "yes".


1971 Canadian federal budget, Reception
Do you think the last federal budget, presented to parliament in mid-june will effect, in any direct way, the financial situation of yourself and your family?


1971 Canberra flood
The 1971 Canberra flood was a flash flood that occurred on 26 January 1971, in the Woden Valley district of Canberra, Australia.


1971 Canberra flood, Canberra flood
The flood killed seven people including four children, injured 15 and affected 500 people. The insurance damage was estimated at A$ 9 million. It was estimated that around 95 mm of rain fell in one hour during this event. The Yarralumla Creek drainage channel peak rate of flow measured 186,891 litres per second at the Carruthers Street pluviograph near Yarra Glen at around 8:50pm.


1971 Canberra flood, Canberra flood
The force of the water was strong enough to turn a bus 180 degrees on Melrose Drive south east of the intersection with Yarra Glen. The intersection was covered to a depth of an estimated 1.83m and the floodwaters spread an estimated 183m wide, east to west across the intersection of Yamba Drive, Melrose Drive and Yarra Glen. A number of people and cars were swept into the Yarralumla Creek drainage channel from a low level crossing at the junction of Yamba Drive, Melrose Drive and Yarra Glen.


1971 Canberra flood, Canberra flood
Yamba Drive was covered in fast flowing water to at least 275m south of the Hindmarsh Drive intersection where a white car and the driver were swept into the Long Gully drainage channel.


1971 Canberra flood, Aftermath
One Australian Police Officer, Constable Jeff Brown, was six months later awarded the British Empire Medal for Gallantry for rescue efforts during the event. Four Australian Police Officers were later awarded the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct for rescue efforts during the event.


1971 Canberra flood, Aftermath
Following the flood seven crosses were erected near the side of the road to mark the victims. A permanent memorial was officially dedicated on 26 January 2010.


1971 Cannes Film Festival
The 24th Cannes Film Festival was held from 12 to 27 May 1971. The Palme d'Or went to The Go-Between by Joseph Losey.


1971 Cannes Film Festival
The festival opened with Gimme Shelter, a documentary about English rock band The Rolling Stones directed by David Maysles, Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin and closed with Les mariés de l'an II, directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau. The festival paid tribute to Charlie Chaplin and honored him with the title of  Commander of the national order of the Legion of Honor.


1971 Cannes Film Festival, Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1971 film competition:


1971 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, In competition – Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix International du Festival:


1971 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:


1971 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:


1971 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 10th International Critics' Week (10e Semaine de la Critique):


1971 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1971 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):


1971 Cannes Film Festival, Awards, Official awards
The following films and people received the 1971 Official selection awards:


1971 Cardiff City Council election
The 1971 Cardiff City Council election was held on Thursday 13 May 1971 to elect councillors to Cardiff City Council in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales. It took place on the same day as several other county borough elections in Wales and England.


1971 Cardiff City Council election
The previous elections to this one were in May 1970 and the next elections would be in May 1972. The 1971 election would be the penultimate all-Cardiff election before the dissolution of the unitary authority and the creation of the new second-tier district authority of Cardiff City Council in 1974.


1971 Cardiff City Council election
The election saw the Labour Party taking a significant number of seats back from the Conservatives.


1971 Cardiff City Council election, Background
Cardiff County Borough Council had been created in 1889. Cardiff became a city in 1905. Elections to the local authority were held annually, though not all council seats were included in each contest, because each of the three councillors in each ward stood down for election in rotation. The councillors elected in 1971 would serve for less than three years, before the dissolution of the present Council in April 1974.


1971 Cardiff City Council election, Background
The local government elections took place in the context of an Edward Heath's new Conservative UK government (which had been elected only 11 months previously) and rising prices and unemployment.


1971 Cardiff City Council election, Overview of the result
Nineteen seats in 19 electoral wards were up for election in May 1971. In what was described as a "night of disaster for the Conservatives" the Labour Party more than recovered the position they had been in Cardiff prior to the 1967 elections. Labour gained a total of 11 seats, including one in the previous Tory stronghold of Whitchurch. A number of former Cardiff Labour councillors won their seats back, including Eva Davies, Emyr Currie-Jones, Philip Dunleavy, Harold Bartlett and Dengar Evans.


1971 Cardiff City Council election, Overview of the result, Council composition
Following the May 1970 election the balance on the city council was 57 Conservatives, 18 Labour and one Plaid Cymru. With 11 out of 19 seats changing hands in May 1971, Cardiff Labour chairman Cllr Jack Brooks called for the other two thirds of Cardiff seats to be put up for election, saying it was unfair that the Conservatives should remain in control.


1971 Caribbean Series
The fourteenth edition of the Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) baseball tournament was played in 1971. It was held from February 6 through February 11 with the champions teams from Dominican Republic, Tigres del Licey; Mexico, Naranjeros de Hermosillo; Puerto Rico, Cangrejeros de Santurce, and Venezuela, Tiburones de La Guaira. The format consisted of 12 games, each team facing the other teams twice, and the games were played at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico, which boosted its capacity to 18,000 seats. The first pitch was thrown by Bowie Kuhn, by then the Commissioner of Major League Baseball.


1971 Caribbean Series, Summary
Dominican Republic captured the competition with an undefeated record of 6-0, behind a strong effort by manager Manny Mota, who also led the Series hitters with a .579 batting average (11-for-19) and won Most Valuable Player honors. The pitching support came from Chris Zachary (2-0), Reggie Cleveland (1-0), and  reliever Pedro Borbón (1-0, two saves). Other key players for Licey included Jim Beauchamp, Carmen Fanzone, César Gerónimo, Elvio Jiménez and Rafael Robles.


1971 Caribbean Series, Summary
Puerto Rico, Mexico and Venezuela shared second place with a 2-4 record.


1971 Caribbean Series, Summary
Puerto Rico's team, managed by Frank Robinson,  was a huge favorite to win the Series, thanks to a roster loaded with prominent players like Sandy Alomar, Don Baylor, Elrod Hendricks, Reggie Jackson, Mike Kekich, Buck Martinez, Jerry Morales, Tony Pérez, Juan Pizarro, but the team faded just after the first half.


1971 Caribbean Series, Summary
For the first time, a representing team of Mexico took part in this tournament. Hermosillo was guided by Maury Wills and the offensive support came from Celerino Sánchez, who led the Series hitters in home runs (3) and RBI (9). Other noted players were Ed Acosta, Bobby Darwin, Héctor Espino, Francisco Estrada, Jim Ray, Sergio Robles, Vicente Romo and  Zoilo Versalles.


1971 Caribbean Series, Summary
Graciano Ravelo managed the Venezuela club, which was clearly led by Pat Kelly (.381 BA, 2 HR, .714 slugging) and Ángel Bravo (7-for-21, .333 BA), while Leo Cárdenas hit .409 (9-for-22) for an otherwise weak offense, bottomed out by Ed Spiezio (3-for-19, .158 BA), José Cardenal (4-for-22, .182 BA) and Enzo Hernández (6-for-23, .264). George Lauzerique (1-0, 1.64 ERA, 7 SO) was a high point in a pitching rotation headed by Larry Gura (0-1, 4.00), Steve Barber (0-2, 5.56) and Aurelio Monteagudo (0-1, 9.58). Orlando Peña (1-0, 3.00 ERA) provided a solid support in three relief appearances.


1971 Castrol Trophy
The 1971 Castrol Trophy was an endurance race for Group E Series Production Touring Cars. The event, which was staged at the Warwick Farm circuit in New South Wales, Australia on 2 May 1971, was Round 2 of the 1971 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.


1971 Castrol Trophy, Classes
As the race was an Australian Manufacturers’ Championship round, the field was divided into five classes, based on “CP Units”. The engine capacity, in litres, was multiplied by the retail price, in Australian Dollars, to arrive at a CP Unit value for each competing model.


1971 Castrol Trophy, Results
The winner's race time for the 100 lap, 225 mile race was 3 hours 6 minutes 29.5 seconds.


1971 Castrol Trophy, Results
From the 30 entries for the race, 28 cars started, with seven failing to finish.


1971 Census of India
The 1971 Census of India was the 11th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1872.


1971 Census of India, Information
Duration of Residence at the village or town of enumeration  Religion  S.C. or S.T. Literacy (L or O)  Educational level  Mother tongue  Other languages


1971 Centennial Cup
The 1971 Centennial Cup is the first Tier II Junior "A" 1971 ice hockey National Championship for the Canadian Junior A Hockey League.


1971 Centennial Cup
The Centennial Cup was competed for by the winners of the Western Canadian Champions and the Eastern Canadian Champions.


1971 Centennial Cup
The finals were hosted by the Charlottetown Islanders in the city of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.


1971 Centennial Cup
The Manitoba Centennial Trophy was presented to the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) by the Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association to commemorate their centennial year of 1970.


1971 Central American Championships in Athletics
The sixth Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Pista Eduardo Garnier in San José, Costa Rica, between November 19–21, 1971.


1971 Central American Championships in Athletics, Medal summary
Some results and medal winners could be reconstructed from the archive of Costa Rican newspaper La Nación.


1971 Central American Championships in Athletics, Medal table (incomplete)
Only medals from the 27 events with known results from above are counted.


1971 Central American Championships in Athletics, Team Rankings
Costa Rica won the overall team ranking, Nicaragua won the team ranking in the men's category, and Panamá won the team ranking in the women's category.


1971 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics
The 1971 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica between 14–17 July.


1971 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics – Results
These are the results of the 1971 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics which took place on July 14–17, 1971 in Kingston, Jamaica.


1971 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
The 1971 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan University during the 1971 NCAA College Division football season. In their fifth season under head coach Roy Kramer, the Chippewas compiled a 5–5 record and outscored their opponents, 183 to 181. The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Mick Brzezinski with 426 passing yards, tailback Jesse Lakes with 1,143 rushing yards, and Ron Goodin with 186 receiving yards. Lakes received the team's most valuable player award for the second consecutive year.


1971 Certej dam failure
The 1971 Certej dam failure was a flood due to the failure of a tailings dam at the Certej mine which led to the death of 89 people. It occurred on 30 October 1971 in Certeju de Sus commune, Hunedoara County, Romania.


1971 Certej dam failure, Background
The tailing pond of Certej was used between 1936 and 1971 to hold the cyanide-laced acid tailings resulting from the gold mine exploitation of Certej.


1971 Certej dam failure, The disaster
At 4:55 AM, the dam broke for a length of 80 metres (87 yd) and from the tailings pond, 300,000 cubic metres (390,000 cu yd) of residue flowed towards the town of Certej, flooding a radius of around 4–5 kilometres (2.5–3.1 mi) around the pond. The flood completely destroyed six apartment buildings, a dormitory building and seven individual houses, resulting in 89 deaths and 76 people being wounded. Due to the early hour, most of the victims were sleeping, which resulted in the high death toll.


1971 Certej dam failure, Aftermath
The Romanian Communist authorities announced in the press only 48 deaths, in order to avoid a National day of mourning. The survivors were compensated for the loss of their dwellings, receiving from the state an apartment or construction materials to rebuild their houses.


1971 Certej dam failure, Aftermath
A governmental commission made out of 16 experts was created to investigate the disaster. Following their investigation, they found that the tailings lost their stability due to the increase in height over the allowed limits. Also, a factor may have been the heterogenous content of the pond, as between 1936 and 1971, various materials were deposited, having different characteristics, leading to a fault slip.


1971 Certej dam failure, Aftermath
The prosecutors investigated the dam planner and five other people, but eventually they decided to drop all charges, as the disaster could not have been easily predicted.


1971 Championship of Australia
The 1971 Championship of Australia was the 15th edition of the Championship of Australia, an ANFC-organised national club Australian rules football match between the champion clubs from the VFL and the SANFL.


1971 Championship of Australia
This was the last Championship of Australia title to be held as a single game before the competition was expanded the following year into a knockout tournament that included the champions of the WANFL and the Tasmanian State Premiership.


1971 Championship of Australia, Match Details, Championship of Australia
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1971 Charlotte Tennis Classic
The 1971 Charlotte Tennis Classic, also known by its sponsored name North Carolina National Bank Open,  was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts  at the Olde Providence Racquet Club in Charlotte, North Carolina in the United States.. The men's competition was part of group C the 1971 Grand Prix circuit while the women's competition was a non-tour amateur event without prize money. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from April 12 through April 18, 1971 Arthur Ashe won the men's singles title, earning $5,000 first-prize money, and Chris Evert won the women's title.


1971 Charlotte Tennis Classic, Finals, Men's Doubles
Marty Riessen /  Tony Roche defeated  Arthur Ashe /  Dennis Ralston 6–2, 6–2


1971 Charlotte Tennis Classic, Finals, Women's Doubles
Chris Evert /  Sue Stap defeated  Janet Newberry /  Eliza Pande 6–3, 1–6, 6–3


1971 Chatham Cup
The 1971 Chatham Cup was the 44th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.


1971 Chatham Cup
Early stages of the competition were run on a regional basis, with the National League teams receiving a bye until the later stages of the competition. In all, 99 teams took part in the competition. Note: Different sources give different numberings for the rounds of the competition: some start round one with the beginning of the regional qualifications; others start numbering from the first national knock-out stage. The former numbering scheme is used in this article.


1971 Chatham Cup, The 1971 final
Prior to the changes in the organisation of the competition in 1970, finals were always between North Island and South Island teams. With the reorganisation of the draw, this was no longer the case, and so the 1971 final became the first local derby ever to be played out in the final, with both teams coming from Wellington.


1971 Chatham Cup, The 1971 final
In the final, Western Suburbs made up for their defeat the previous year by seeing of neighbours Wellington City, who had been formed as a national league side through a merger of Miramar Rangers and Hungaria. In a howling Wellington southerly wind, Dave Wallace and Allan Jeffrey scored for Suburbs while Paul Cameron and Julius Beck countered for City. With the scores tied, the teams went to extra time, where the game remained locked at 2-2 until the last moments. With the final kick of the game Barry Humphreys sent a long ball forward which caught the breeze and bounced over the City keeper into his net.


1971 Chatham Cup, Results, Third Round
† Due to the regional nature of the early part of the competition, Caversham and Invercargill United both progressed to a regional play-off, despite their losses in this round of the competition


1971 Chattanooga Moccasins football team
The 1971 Chattanooga Moccasins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga during the 1971 NCAA College Division football season. In their fourth year under head coach Harold Wilkes, the team compiled a 2–9 record.


1971 Chicago Bears season
The 1971 Chicago Bears season was their 52nd regular season completed in the National Football League. The team finished with a 6–8 record, another below .500 showing, eventually costing head coach Jim Dooley his job. This was their 1st season at Soldier Field.


1971 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 6
Chuck Hughes became the first NFL player to die on the field during a game.


1971 Chicago Bears season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1971 Chicago Cubs season
The 1971 Chicago Cubs season was the 100th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 96th in the National League and the 56th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League East with a record of 83–79.


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


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


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


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


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


1971 Chicago White Sox season
The 1971 Chicago White Sox season was their 72nd season overall and 71st in the American League. They finished with a record 79–83, good enough for third place in the American League West, 22½ games behind the first-place Oakland Athletics.


1971 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


1971 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


1971 Chicago mayoral election
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1971, Richard J. Daley was elected to a fifth term as mayor, defeating Republican Richard Friedman by a landslide 40% margin.


1971 Chicago mayoral election
In winning his fifth mayoral election, Daley tied the record set by both Carter Harrison Sr. and Carter Harrison Jr. for the most Chicago mayoral election victories. He also became the first individual elected to five consecutive terms as Mayor of Chicago.


1971 Chicago mayoral election
Daley faced weak opposition in the election, with no serious challengers arising.


1971 Chicago mayoral election
This was the final Chicago mayoral election to be held before the ratification of the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the  United States Constitution, which lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. Thus, it was the final Chicago mayoral election in which the voting age was 21.


1971 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
In December 1970, Daley put an end to speculation as to whether he'd seek reelection by announcing that he would seek a fifth term.


1971 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Republican primary
The Republican Party had hoped that Friedman, a reformist, would be able to build a coalition of Republicans and independents that could prove a strong challenge to Daley.


1971 Chicago mayoral election, General election
Politically Friedman was to the left of Daley, being more liberal. Friedman had sought to run an anti-machine campaign attracting reform Democrats, Republicans, and black voters. He ultimately failed to do this.


1971 Chico State Wildcats football team
The 1971 Chico State Wildcats football team represented Chico State College during the 1971 NCAA College Division football season. Chico State competed in the Far Western Conference in 1971. They played home games at College Field in Chico, California. This was the last year the stadium was named College Field. With the school's change to University status in 1972, the stadium was renamed "University Stadium".


1971 Chico State Wildcats football team
The 1971 Wildcats were led by fourth-year head coach Pete Riehlman. Chico State finished the regular season as co-champion of the FWC, with a record of nine wins and one loss (9–1, 5–1 FWC). At the end of the season they were invited to play in the Camellia Bowl against Boise State. The Wildcats lost the game 28–32, giving them a final record of nine wins and two losses (9–2, 5–1 FWC). This would turn out to be the only end of season bowl game in which Chico State would participate. The Wildcats outscored their opponents 394–164 for the season.


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


1971 Chouf parliamentary by-election
On January 10, 1971, a by-poll was held to elect a member of parliament from one of the Sunni Muslim seats from Chouf District in the Lebanese Chamber of Deputies. The constituency was a very sensitive area, as it was the home to arch-rivals Kamal Jumblatt and Camille Chamoun. The election was described by contemporary observers as the 'most fiery Lebanon had ever witnessed in a by-election'. There was a massive presence of security forces deployed in the constituency during the campaign and on the voting day in particular.


1971 Chouf parliamentary by-election
The election was called following the death of the incumbent Progressive Socialist Party parliamentarian Anwar al-Khatib in November 1970. Al-Khatib had been elected from Chouf in 1968.


1971 Chouf parliamentary by-election
Throughout the campaign there were unsuccessful efforts to find a compromise candidate, in order to avoid further sectarian conflict. The Prime Minister Saeb Salam was the most prominent figure in this drive for a middle ground. Salam also met with the Fatah leader Muhammad Yusuf an-Najjar to discuss reports of involvement of Palestinian fedayeen in the election campaign, claims that an-Najjar rebutted.


1971 Chouf parliamentary by-election
In the end the fight over the seat stood between two candidates; Zahir al-Khatib (son of Anwar al-Khatib) and Hassan al-Qa'qur. Al-Khatib of the Progressive Socialist Party belonged to the camp Kamal Jumblatt. His candidature was also supported by Nahj, the Communist Party and other leftists. Al-Qa'qur, who had been defeated by the late al-Khatib in the 1968 election, was supported by an alliance consisting of ex-president Camille Chamoun's National Liberal Party, the Kataeb Party, Constitutionalists, former Nahjists and others.


1971 Chouf parliamentary by-election
Al-Khatib won the seat, obtaining 22,065 votes. Al-Qa'qur obtained 18,148 votes. The election reaffirmed Jumblatt's dominance over politics in the Chouf District. In the end, no violent incidents were reported.


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


1971 Christchurch mayoral election, Background
There were two hotly-discussed issues leading up to the 1971 election: a proposal by the mayor to build a road through North Hagley Park, and the venue choice for the 1974 British Commonwealth Games. Senior councillor Peter Skellerup of the Citizens' ticket criticised the incumbent mayor, Ron Guthrey (also of the Citizens' ticket) on the road proposal. According to Hamish Hay, a later mayor, the road proposal was Guthrey's undoing, and he was defeated by Labour councillor Neville Pickering. It was the first occasion in 46 years that a sitting mayor had been defeated.


1971 Christchurch mayoral election, Background
Labour won a majority on the city council as well, winning control of the council for the first time since 1956, resulting in the composition of the council at eleven seats to eight in favour of the Labour Party. The highest-polling councillor, by a margin of 2500 votes, was Skellerup, though.


1971 Cincinnati Bearcats football team
The 1971 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented University of Cincinnati during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. The Bearcats, led by head coach Ray Callahan, participated as independent and played their home games at Nippert Stadium.


1971 Cincinnati Bengals season
The 1971 Cincinnati Bengals season was the franchise's 2nd season in the National Football League, and the 4th overall. Cornerback Lemar Parrish set a team record with seven interceptions, including one for a 65-yard score, Cincinnati's first-ever interception return for a touchdown. The Bengals, coming off their first division-winning season of 1970, drafted quarterback Ken Anderson in the third round of the 1971 NFL Draft. Anderson would go on to play 16 seasons for the club and set numerous team passing records. While 1971 proved to be a disappointment, losing six games by four points or less, statistically this was the first year the Bengals led their opponents in almost every category.


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


1971 Cincinnati Open
The 1971 Cincinnati Open, also known as the Western Open Championships,  was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Coney Island in Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States that was part of the 1971 Pepsi-Cola Grand Prix. The tournament was held from August 2 through August 8, 1971. Stan Smith and Virginia Wade won the singles titles.


1971 Cincinnati Open, Finals, Men's doubles
Stan Smith /  Erik van Dillen defeated  Sandy Mayer /  Roscoe Tanner 6–4, 6–4


1971 Cincinnati Open, Finals, Women's doubles
Helen Gourlay /  Kerry Harris defeated  Gail Chanfreau /  Winnie Shaw 6–4, 6–4


1971 Cincinnati Reds season
The 1971 Cincinnati Reds season consisted of the Reds finishing in a fourth place tie with the Houston Astros in the National League West, with a record of 79–83, 11 games behind the NL West champion San Francisco Giants. The Reds were managed by Sparky Anderson, and played their first full season of home games at Riverfront Stadium, which had opened at mid-season in the previous year. This was the team's only losing season of the 1970s.


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


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


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


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


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


1971 Clemson Tigers football team
The 1971 Clemson Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Clemson University in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. In its second season under head coach Hootie Ingram, the team compiled a 5–6 record (4–2 against conference opponents), finished second in the ACC, and was outscored by a total of 202 to 155. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.


1971 Clemson Tigers football team
Larry Hefner and end John McMakin were the team captains. The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Tommy Kendrick with 1,040 passing yards, running back Rick Gilstrap with 514 rushing yards, Don Kelley with 505 receiving yards, and John McMakin with 30 points scored (5 touchdowns).


1971 Clemson Tigers football team
Two Clemson players were selected by the Associated Press as first-team players on the 1971 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team: offensive end John McMakin, defensive end Wayne Baker, and linebacker Larry Hefner.


1971 Cleveland Browns season
The 1971 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 22nd season with the National Football League.


1971 Cleveland Browns season
After missing the playoffs the previous year, the Browns got off to a good start at 4–1 only to stumble losing 4 straight to fall to 4–5. However, the Browns would rebound to win the final 5 games of the season for the AFC Central Division title. Just as the 1967 Browns returned to the playoffs following a one-year absence, so, too, did the '71 club, which was in its first season under new head coach Nick Skorich after Blanton Collier's final team in 1970 had finished just 7–7, ending a string of three consecutive postseason berths.


1971 Cleveland Browns season
As was the case in 1967, the '71 Browns went 9–5 and won a division crown. They captured the AFC Central for the first time, finishing three games in front of the soon-to-emerge Pittsburgh Steelers (6–8). In the playoffs the Browns would fall in the first round 20–3 to the Baltimore Colts. Running back Leroy Kelly was on the downside of his Pro Football Hall of Fame career, but he did manage to rush for 865 yards and 10 touchdowns – still good for a 14-game season. Wide receiver Fair Hooker led the team in receptions with 45.


1971 Cleveland Browns season, Exhibition schedule
There was a doubleheader on September 4, 1971 Jets vs Steelers and Giants vs Browns.


1971 Cleveland Browns season, Game Summaries, Week 1: vs. Houston
The Browns open the regular season by blasting the Oilers, 31-0, in Nick Skorich's first game as coach. Leroy Kelly scores the Browns' first two touchdowns on 1-yard runs, and Bill Nelsen and Mike Phipps both throw a touchdown pass. The Browns intercept five passes (two by rookie Clarence Scott) and yield just 11 first downs.


1971 Cleveland Browns season, Game Summaries, Week 2: At Baltimore
The Browns survived a late mistake and upset the defending Super Bowl-champion Colts, 14-13 at Baltimore. After Walt Sumner intercepts a Johnny Unitas pass with five seconds left (Cleveland's fifth interception), he attempts to lateral to Scott, who never touches the ball as Baltimore's Ray Perkins recovers at the Cleveland 27. But the Colts, out of timeouts, watch theclock expire before they can get off a field-goal attempt.


1971 Cleveland Browns season, Game Summaries, Week 5: At Cincinnati
The Browns edge the Bengals, 27-24, at Cincinnati on Bo Scott's third touchdown - a 4-yard run with 39 seconds remaining. The win improves Cleveland's record to 4-1 and drops Paul Brown's defending AFC Central-champion Bengals to 1-4. The Browns get a break when defensive end Jack Gregory recovers a fumble at the Cincinnati 10, setting up a Nelsen-to-Scott TD pass.


1971 Cleveland Browns season, Game Summaries, Week 10 vs. New England
The Browns snap a four-game losing streak with a 27-7 win over the Patriots at Cleveland Stadium. Kelly rushes for 113 yards and scores two touchdowns, one on a 7-yard pass from Nelsen for the game's first score. The Browns intercept four passes by New England rookie Jim Plunkett, who has trouble adjusting on a windy day.


1971 Cleveland Browns season, Game Summaries, Week 12 vs. Cincinnati
The Browns clinch their first AFC Central Division title with a 31-27 win over Cincinnati at Cleveland. Leroy Kelly, who surpassed the 100-yard mark for the 26th time, scores the first and last touchdowns to complement a 224-yard passing performance by Nelsen.


1971 Cleveland Browns season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1971 Cleveland Indians season
The 1971 Cleveland Indians season was the 71st in franchise history. The team finished sixth in the American League East with a record of 60–102, 43 games behind the Baltimore Orioles.


1971 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season
In the summer of 1971, Indians owner Vernon Stouffer was entertaining overtures with regards to the Cleveland Indians playing 27 to 30 home dates a year in New Orleans.


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


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


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


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


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


1971 Cleveland mayoral election
The Cleveland mayoral election of 1971 saw the election of Ralph Perk.


1971 Cleveland mayoral election
This was the last officially partisan mayoral election in Cleveland. Subsequent elections have used a nonpartisan system.


1971 Colgate Red Raiders football team
The 1971 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. In its fourth season under head coach Neil Wheelwright, the team compiled a 6–4 record. For the first time since the 1944 season, the team named two players as captains, Thomas Doyle and Steve Morgan.


1971 Colgate Red Raiders football team
The team played its home games at Andy Kerr Stadium in Hamilton, New York.


1971 Colgate Red Raiders football team, Leading players
Two trophies were awarded to the Red Raiders' most valuable players in 1971:


1971 College Baseball All-America Team
An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.


1971 College Baseball All-America Team
From 1947 to 1980, the American Baseball Coaches Association was the only All-American selector recognized by the NCAA.


1971 College Football All-America Team
The 1971 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1971. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes five selectors as "official" for the 1971 season. They are: (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (2) the Associated Press (AP), (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), (4) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), and (5) the United Press International (UPI).


1971 College Football All-America Team
Nine players are recognized by the NCAA as unanimous All-America selections: quarterback and 1971 Heisman Trophy winner Pat Sullivan of Auburn; running backs Ed Marinaro of Cornell and Greg Pruitt of Oklahoma; receiver Terry Beasley of Auburn; tackle Jerry Sisemore of Texas; guard Royce Smith of Georgia; defensive end Walt Patulski of Notre Dame; linebacker Mike Taylor of Michigan; and defensive back Bobby Majors of Tennessee.


1971 College Football All-America Team, Consensus All-Americans
The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans for the year 1971 and displays which first-team designations they received.


1971 Colorado Aviation Aero Commander 680 crash
The 1971 Colorado Aviation Aero Commander 680 crash claimed the life of decorated American World War II veteran Audie Murphy and five other people on May 28, 1971. The aircraft's passengers were on a business trip from Atlanta, Georgia, to Martinsville, Virginia, aboard an Aero Commander 680 Super twin-engined aircraft owned and operated by  Colorado Aviation Co, Inc. The aircraft crashed into the side of Brushy Mountain, 14 nautical miles northwest of Roanoke, Virginia, during conditions of poor visibility.


1971 Colorado Aviation Aero Commander 680 crash
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concluded that the crash was caused by the pilot's decision to continue operating under visual flight rules (VFR) into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), combined with his lack of experience in the aircraft type.


1971 Colorado Aviation Aero Commander 680 crash, Accident
On the morning of May 28, 1971, an Aero Commander 680 Super prepared to depart DeKalb–Peachtree Airport in Atlanta, operating as an unscheduled passenger air taxi flight under VFR to its destination of Blue Ridge Airport in Martinsville, Virginia, located 284 nautical miles northeast. The estimated flight time was 1 hr, 46 min.


1971 Colorado Aviation Aero Commander 680 crash, Accident
Before takeoff, the Aero Commander's pilot requested a weather report by phone, and decided weather along the route was safe for visual flying. No flight plan was required and none was filed. Air traffic control at Peachtree cleared the flight and the aircraft departed at 09:10 EDT. As the flight continued, weather conditions deteriorated, and 2 hr, 20 min after take off, at 11:30, witnesses in Galax, Virginia (60 miles due west of Martinsville) reported seeing the plane flying circles in and out of the clouds at approximately 150 feet above ground level (AGL). Shortly afterward the aircraft unsuccessfully attempted to land on a four-lane highway northwest of Galax. After making a passover the town at near treetop level, the aircraft left the area heading west towards the Blue Ridge Mountains.


1971 Colorado Aviation Aero Commander 680 crash, Accident
The last communication with the aircraft was at 11:49, when the pilot contacted the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Flight Service Station at Roanoke's Woodrum Airport asking for a weather report and saying he intended to land there. At this point, the aircraft had flown past its destination of Martinsville and was west of and below the peaks of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The latest weather report radioed by Roanoke was "measured ceiling 1,000 ft broken, 2500 ft overcast, visibility 3 miles in light rain and fog, with mountain ridges obscured". The pilot did not indicate he was in any kind of trouble or report the aircraft's current position.


1971 Colorado Aviation Aero Commander 680 crash, Accident
At 12:08, the aircraft impacted the west side of Brushy Mountain at the 2,700-ft level while flying at "high speed, level attitude" on a heading of 100° to the Roanoke VORTAC navigation beacon. The collision into the heavily wooded slope and postcrash fire destroyed the aircraft, and all six people on board received fatal injuries.


1971 Colorado Aviation Aero Commander 680 crash, Aircraft
Registered as N601JJ, the aircraft was a 14-year-old 680 Super, seven-seat, light twin, type certified on October 14, 1955, and manufactured in 1957 by Aero Commander. Serial number 680-491-161 was equipped with 340 hp Lycoming GSO-480-B1A6 supercharged engines, turning Hartzell three-bladed feathering propellers. Maximum takeoff weight was 7,000 lb (3,200 kg) with a total fuel load of 225.5 US gal, giving a 1,480-mi range at a cruise speed of 230 mph. Because of these features, the 680 Super is considered a complex multiengined airplane.


1971 Colorado Aviation Aero Commander 680 crash, Crew and passengers
The single crewmember was 43-year-old pilot Herman Butler, who held a valid private pilot license with airplane single- and multiengine land rating, but was not rated to fly under IFR. Butler had over 8,000 hours of flight experience, but only six hours logged in the newly acquired Aero Commander. He was also the secretary of Colorado Aviation Co., Inc., of Denver, Colorado, which owned the plane.


1971 Colorado Aviation Aero Commander 680 crash, Crew and passengers
Among the five passengers was Audie Murphy, the most decorated U.S. veteran of World War II and a director of Colorado Aviation's parent company, Telestar Leisure Investments.


1971 Colorado Aviation Aero Commander 680 crash, Aftermath
When the aircraft failed to arrive in Martinsville, awaiting friends were told the flight had changed destinations to Roanoke. By late that afternoon, though the aircraft was recognized to be missing, and a search was initiated. Civil Air Patrol in Danville began searching with help from units in Martinsville, Roanoke, Buckingham, Hillsville, and Lynchburg. The Eastern Air Search and Rescue Center at Robins Air Force Base also launched 31 aircraft in support of the search.


1971 Colorado Aviation Aero Commander 680 crash, Aftermath
Due to poor weather conditions and the lack of a flight plan, the crash site was not located until May 31. Colonel Hale and Major Slusser of the Virginia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol discovered the site about 300 ft below the summit of Brushy Mountain at 2:30 in the afternoon. Later that day, rescue workers were able to reach the area after hiking up 4 miles of steep terrain. Three passengers, including Murphy, had been thrown uphill from the wreckage and were identified on site. The remaining three were found within the cabin of the aircraft and were badly burned.


1971 Colorado Aviation Aero Commander 680 crash, Investigation
The accident was investigated by the NTSB, and centered on the weather at the time of the crash and the pilot's abilities. No evidence was found of any preimpact malfunction of the aircraft, and in its final report, issued on June 15, 1972, the NTSB determined this official probable cause for the accident: "[T]he pilot's attempt to continue visual fight into adverse weather conditions [was] at an altitude too low to clear the mountainous terrain. The board also finds that the pilot attempted to continue flight into instrument weather conditions, which were beyond his operational capabilities."


1971 Colorado Aviation Aero Commander 680 crash, Civil lawsuit
In December 1971, Murphy's widow and two sons hired attorney Herbert Hafif and filed a $10 million lawsuit in Los Angeles District Court alleging negligence in the operation and maintenance of the aircraft. The 13 defendants included the estate of pilot Herman Butler, the estates of passengers Claude Crosby and Jack Littleton, Aero Commander, Colorado Aviation, and Telestar. In December 1975, a jury awarded the Murphy family $2.5 million in damages to be paid by the aircraft's owner, Colorado Aviation.


1971 Colorado Buffaloes football team
The 1971 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder in the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. The Buffaloes scored 370 points and allowed 220 points. Led by head coach Eddie Crowder, the Buffaloes were 9–2 in the regular season, won the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, and finished third in the final rankings.


1971 Colorado State Rams football team
The 1971 Colorado State Rams football team was an American football team that represented Colorado State University in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. In its 2nd season under head coach Jerry Wampfler, the team compiled a 3–8 record (1–4 against WAC opponents).


1971 Colorado State Rams football team
Colorado State's senior running back, Lawrence McCutcheon, rushed for 1,112 yards and caught 19 passes for 197 yards. McCutcheon later played ten seasons in the National Football League and appeared in five Pro Bowls.


1971 Columbia Lions football team
The 1971 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. Columbia finished third in the Ivy League.


1971 Columbia Lions football team
In their fourth season under head coach Frank Navarro, the Lions compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents 166 to 136. John Sefcik and Charles Johnson were the team captains.


1971 Columbia Lions football team
The Lions' 5–2 conference record placed third in the Ivy League standings. Columbia outscored Ivy opponents 149 to 117.


1971 Columbia Lions football team
Columbia played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.


1971 Columbus, Ohio mayoral election
The Columbus mayoral election of 1971 was the 74th mayoral election in Columbus, Ohio. It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 1971. Incumbent Democratic mayor Jack Sensenbrenner was defeated by Republican party nominee Tom Moody.


1971 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
The 1971 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was the first Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations (formerly named the British Commonwealth). It was held in Singapore, between 14 January 1971 and 22 January 1971, and was hosted by that country's Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew.


1971 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
British prime minister Edward Heath advised Queen Elizabeth II not to attend the conference due to a row within the Commonwealth over Britain selling arms to South Africa. It would be the only CHOGM the Queen would miss until 2013.


1971 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
Ugandan president Milton Obote was overthrown by Idi Amin in a military coup, whilst he was attending the meeting.


1971 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
At the meeting the Singapore Declaration of Commonwealth Principles was agreed setting out the core political values that would form the main part of the Commonwealth's membership criteria. The final document was not ratified by Pakistan. Topics discussed at the meeting included Chinese representation at the United Nations, East-West relations, conflict in the Southeast Asia, Portuguese violations of Guinean sovereignty and situation in Portuguese colonies, and South African situation. Members also discussed the repercussions of future Accession of the United Kingdom to the European Communities.


1971 Connecticut Huskies football team
The 1971 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1971 NCAA College Division football season. The Huskies were led by first year head coach Robert Casciola, and completed the season with a record of 5–3–1.


1971 Cook Islands Round Cup
The 1971 season of the Cook Islands Round Cup was the second recorded season of top flight association football competition in the Cook Islands, with any results between 1951 and 1969 currently unknown. Titikaveka won the championship, their second recorded championship in a row.


1971 Copa Fraternidad
The Copa Fraternidad 1971 was the first Central American club championship played between six clubs, two from Costa Rica, two from El Salvador and two from Guatemala. This was the first edition under this format.


1971 Copa Interamericana
The 1971 Copa Interamericana was the 2nd staging of the competition. The final took place between Nacional (Winners of 1971 Copa Libertadores) and Cruz Azul (Winners of the 1971 CONCACAF Champions' Cup) and was staged over two legs on 15 July and 7 November 1972.


1971 Copa Interamericana
Since the winning of 1971 Copa Libertadores, some players of Nacional had been transferred, such as Atilio Ancheta, striker Luis Artime and Juan Mujica. Instead of acquiring new players from other clubs, National chose to promote players from the youth divisions to play the series v Cruz Azul. Some of them were Walter Mantegazza, Braulio Castro, Eduardo Gerolami, and Ruben Suárez.


1971 Copa Interamericana
On the other hand, the Mexican side had signed former Vélez Sarsfield goalkeeper, Argentine Miguel Marín, and Chilean back Alberto Quintano.


1971 Copa Interamericana
Nacional won its third International championship of the season after obtaining the 1971 Libertadores and the 1971 Intercontinental Cup on June and December 1971 respectively.


1971 Copa Libertadores
The Copa Libertadores 1971 was the 12th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's annual international club tournament. Nacional won the competition.


1971 Copa Libertadores
The participating teams were divided into five groups, in which teams of the same country were placed in the same group. Each country was represented by two teams. The countries were paired as follows:


1971 Copa Libertadores Finals
The 1971 Copa Libertadores de América was a football competition contested between the top clubs of the CONMEBOL federation. Uruguayan side Nacional won the competition defeating Argentine team Estudiantes de la Plata 2–0 in a playoff held in Estadio Nacional in Lima, Peru, after the two-legged series (in La Plata and Montevideo) ended with one win for each side.


1971 Copa Libertadores Finals
It was the first Copa Libertadores won by Nacional, after three finals contested before with no success. Otherwise, Estudiantes lost their first final after three consecutive trophies won.


1971 Copa Perú
The 1971 Copa Perú season (Spanish: Copa Perú 1971), the promotion tournament of Peruvian football.


1971 Copa Perú
In this tournament after many qualification rounds, each one of the 24 departments in which Peru is politically divided, qualify a team. Those teams plus de team relegated from First Division on the last year, enter in two more rounds and finally 6 of them qualify for the Final round, staged in Lima (the capital).


1971 Copa Perú
Three teams were promoted to play in 1971 First Division.


1971 Copa Perú, Finalists teams
The following list shows the teams that qualified for the Final Stage.


1971 Copa del Generalísimo Final
The Copa del Generalísimo 1971 Final was the 69th final of the King's Cup. The final was played at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, on 4 July 1971, being won by FC Barcelona, who beat Valencia 4-3 in the extra-time.


1971 Coppa Italia Final
The 1971 Coppa Italia Final was a final group of the 1970–71 Coppa Italia. From 1968 to 1971, FIGC introduced a final group instead of semi–finals and finals. In the final group, four teams played against each other home–and–away in a round–robin format (30 May – 23 June 1971). In the final group standings, the top two teams each had 7 points, and a tie–breaking match needed to be played. The play–off match was played on 27 June 1971 between Torino and Milan. Torino won 5–3 on penalties after the match ended 0–0 after extra time.


1971 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 1971 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 62nd staging of the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1909.


1971 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
On 7 November 1971, Nemo Rangers won the championship following a 4–11 to 2–03 defeat of Carrigtwohill in a final replay. This was their third championship title overall and their first title since 1928.


1971 Cork Senior Football Championship
The 1971 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 83rd staging of the Cork Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place at the Cork Convention on 31 January 1971. The championship began on 18 April 1971 and ended on 10 October 1971.


1971 Cork Senior Football Championship
Muskerry entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Carbery at the quarter-final stage.


1971 Cork Senior Football Championship
On 10 October 1971, Carbery won the championship following a 3-11 to 2-08 defeat of University College Cork in the final. This was their third championship title overall and their first title since 1968.


1971 Cork Senior Football Championship
University College Cork's Brendan Lynch was the championship's top scorer with 2-17.


1971 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
The 1971 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 83rd staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The championship began on 25 April 1971 and ended on 3 October 1971.


1971 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
University College Cork entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Passage in the second round.