1975 French Grand Prix
The race was won from pole position by Austrian driver Niki Lauda, driving a Ferrari. Lauda led every lap and survived late charges from British driver James Hunt in the Hesketh-Ford and West German driver Jochen Mass in the McLaren-Ford, who finished 1.6 and 2.3 seconds behind respectively. It was Lauda's fourth win of the season, enabling him to extend his lead in the Drivers' Championship to 22 points over Brabham driver Carlos Reutemann.


1975 French Grand Prix, Race summary
Despite suffering from flu, Niki Lauda still took pole position. Jean-Pierre Jarier brought a smile to French faces by setting Friday's quickest time. Jody Scheckter driving the new lightweight Tyrrell 007 set a record through the speed trap of 190 mph.


1975 French Grand Prix, Race summary
On the start line, Tom Pryce was left without a clutch and retired shortly afterwards. Lauda led from Scheckter, James Hunt and Jochen Mass. Clay Regazzoni had moved up to second before his engine exploded, Scheckter taking over the position before Hunt passed him on lap eight. Lauda and Hunt maintained first and second whilst Scheckter, struggling with handling issues, had to concede to Mass and Emerson Fittipaldi.


1975 French Grand Prix, Race summary
Jarier made a superb pass on him and made a brave bid to catch Fittipaldi, but rev-limiter problems caused him to fall back with erratic power. Mario Andretti and Patrick Depailler were performing brilliantly, advancing from eleventh to fifth and 19th to sixth respectively.


1975 French Grand Prix, Race summary
Alan Jones was duelling with Ronnie Peterson and Carlos Reutemann when he spun into the catch fencing. Reutemann suffered from tyre problems and lost a lap, whilst John Watson suffered excess power and took to the escape road. Vittorio Brambilla retired with a damper problem, Wilson Fittipaldi blew his engine, and Jacky Ickx, Mark Donohue and Carlos Pace all broke their driveshafts. Mass was in rapid pursuit of Hunt and Lauda – by the last lap he was only 2.4 seconds behind them. However, a superb lapping manoeuvre gave Hunt the space he needed. On the last corner, Lauda slid offline, but held on to win by 1.6 seconds.


1975 French Open
The 1975 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 2 June until 15 June. It was the 79th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1975. Björn Borg won the men's singles title and Chris Evert won the women's single title.


1975 French Open, Finals, Men's doubles
Brian Gottfried /  Raúl Ramírez defeated  John Alexander /  Phil Dent, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2, 6–4


1975 French Open, Finals, Women's doubles
Chris Evert /  Martina Navratilova defeated  Julie Anthony /  Olga Morozova, 6–3, 6–2


1975 French Open, Finals, Mixed doubles
Fiorella Bonicelli /  Thomaz Koch defeated  Pam Teeguarden /  Jaime Fillol, 6–4, 7–6


1975 French Open – Men's Doubles
Dick Crealy and Onny Parun were the defending champions but competed this year with different partners. Crealy teamed up with Niki Pilić, and lost in the first round to Wojtek Fibak and Balázs Taróczy. Parun teamed up with Željko Franulović, and lost in the second round to Iván Molina and Jairo Velasco.


1975 French Open – Men's Doubles
Brian Gottfried and Raúl Ramírez won in the final 6–4, 2–6, 6–2, 6–4 against John Alexander and Phil Dent.


1975 French Open – Men's Singles
First-seeded Björn Borg successfully defended his title, defeating Guillermo Vilas 6–2, 6–3, 6–4 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1975 French Open.


1975 French Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Björn Borg was the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1975 French Open – Men's Singles Qualifying
Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual French Open Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held in the week before the event.


1975 French Open – Mixed Doubles
Iván Molina and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions, but Navratilova did not compete this year. Molina teamed up with Renáta Tomanová and lost in quarterfinals to runners-up Jaime Fillol and Pam Teeguarden.


1975 French Open – Mixed Doubles
Thomaz Koch and Fiorella Bonicelli won the title by defeating Jaime Fillol and Pam Teeguarden 6–4, 7–6 in the final.


1975 French Open – Women's Doubles
Chris Evert and Olga Morozova were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners.


1975 French Open – Women's Doubles
Evert (partnering Martina Navratilova) successfully defended her title by defeating Morozova (partnering Julie Anthony) with a score of 6–3, 6–2.


1975 French Open – Women's Singles
First-seeded Chris Evert defeated Martina Navratilova 2–6, 6–2, 6–1 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1975 French Open.


1975 French Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Chris Evert is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1975 French Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual French Open Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held in the week before the event.


1975 French motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1975 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 28–30 March 1975 at the Paul Ricard Circuit.


1975 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
The 1975 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented California State University, Fresno during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. The team was led by head coach J. R. Boone, in his third (and last) year, and they played their home games at Ratcliffe Stadium on the campus of Fresno City College in Fresno, California. They finished the season with a record of three wins and eight losses (3–8, 1–4 PCAA).


1975 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Team players in the NFL
The following finished their Fresno State career in 1975, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.


1975 GP Ouest–France
The 1975 GP Ouest-France was the 39th edition of the GP Ouest-France cycle race and was held on 28 August 1975. The race started and finished in Plouay. The race was won by Cyrille Guimard.


1975 Gator Bowl
The 1975 Gator Bowl was a college football bowl game played between the Maryland Terrapins and the Florida Gators on December 29, 1975. Maryland won the game by a score of 13–0.


1975 Gent–Wevelgem
The 1975 Gent–Wevelgem was the 37th edition of the Gent–Wevelgem cycle race and was held on 9 April 1975. The race started in Ghent and finished in Wevelgem. The race was won by Freddy Maertens of the Carpenter team.


1975 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The 1975 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season.


1975 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
The 1975 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by second-year head coach Pepper Rodgers, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta.


1975 German Formula Three Championship
The 1975 German Formula Three Championship (German: 1975 ONS Pokal der Formel 3) was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars which conformed to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 31 March at Nürburgring and ended at Hockenheimring on 30 November after thirteen rounds.


1975 German Formula Three Championship
Jägermeister Racing Team  driver Ernst Maring became a champion. He won five races. Bertram Schäfer finished as runner-up, winning the race Sembach, Hockenheim and Ulm-Mengen. Gunnar Nordström completed the top-three in the drivers' standings with a win at Nürburgring. Rudolf Dötsch, Freddy Kottulinsky and Marc Surer were the only other drivers who were able to win a race in the season.


1975 German Grand Prix
The 1975 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Nürburgring on 3 August 1975. It was race 11 of 14 in both the 1975 World Championship of Drivers and the 1975 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the 37th German Grand Prix and the 34th to be held at the Nürburgring. The race was held over 14 laps of the 22.8-kilometre (14.2 mi) circuit for a race distance of 319 kilometres (198 mi).


1975 German Grand Prix
The race was won by Argentinian driver Carlos Reutemann driving a Brabham BT44B his first win of the season. Reutemann won by 1 minute and 37 seconds over the Williams FW04 of French driver Jacques Laffite. It was a stunning result for Laffite, his first point scoring finish in Formula One. It was also the peak result for Frank Williams Racing Cars, the first Formula One team run by British team principal, Frank Williams.


1975 German Grand Prix
While it was the team's third podium result, it was the first and only podium they would achieve in one of their own cars, having previously achieved second places at the 1969 Monaco Grand Prix and the 1969 United States Grand Prix with a customer Brabham. 46 seconds further back in third position was world championship points leader, Niki Lauda driving a Ferrari 312T.


1975 German Grand Prix
With Emerson Fittipaldi's McLaren M23 retiring with suspension damage, Lauda was able to expand his points lead to 17 points with Reutemann moving back into second place.


1975 German Grand Prix, Report
The pole position time set by Niki Lauda (6:58.6) was the fastest officially timed lap ever on that track configuration, though it was not eligible as lap record as it did not occur during the race. Lauda's average speed was 122.238 mph (196.289 km/h). In qualifying, Ian Ashley had an accident at Pflanzgarten and suffered serious ankle injuries. Additional Armco and other safety measures were added to the track at the drivers' demands. The average speed remains the fastest lap average speed for any race on the Nordschleife.


1975 German Grand Prix, Report
Behind Lauda on pole was Carlos Pace in a Brabham, Jody Scheckter and Patrick Depailler in the Tyrrell cars, Clay Regazzoni in the second Ferrari, Jochen Mass in a McLaren, Hans-Joachim Stuck in a March, Emerson Fittipaldi in the other McLaren, James Hunt in his Hesketh and Carlos Reutemann in the second Brabham.


1975 German Grand Prix, Report
At the start, Lauda took the lead from pole with Pace, Depailler, Mass, Regazzoni and Reutemann who made a lightning start from 10th. Depailler passed Pace at the Nordkurve left hander. At the end of the first lap, the order was Lauda, Depailler, Pace, Reutemann, and Regazzoni. Scheckter had a terrible start, he dropped to 20th and began to work his way through the field.


1975 German Grand Prix, Report
It was a bad day for the McLaren team, as sixth-placed Fittipaldi had a puncture and retired on lap 4 with damaged suspension; and Mass had lost a wheel at the Fuchsröhre (Foxhole) and crashed heavily, he was unhurt. March's day went rapidly south too: Stuck retired with engine failure on the fourth lap.


1975 German Grand Prix, Report
Regazzoni got past Reutemann on the third lap, and the order by the start of the fourth lap was Lauda, Depailler, Pace, Regazzoni, Reutemann, and Hunt. Lauda and Depailler battled and began to pull away from the other front-runners, and this battle raged on until the 7th lap, when Depailler had a puncture and went into the pits to repair his rear suspension; he went out again, but had lost a lap- which at the old Nürburgring, was more than 7 minutes of lost time. Pace went off with a puncture and damaged his suspension, he retired near the Karrusell on the 6th lap, and Scheckter- who had climbed to 6th, crashed out on the 8th lap.


1975 German Grand Prix, Report
Depailler and Pace's misfortunes allowed Regazzoni to come up to 2nd and make it a Ferrari 1–2, but then Regazzoni's engine failed and Reutemann took 2nd, with Hunt 3rd, Tom Pryce in the Shadow 4th and Jacques Laffite in the Williams in 5th (who started 17th and 15th respectively). But on the 10th lap, Lauda too suffered a puncture of his right front tire, and Reutemann was able to pass him at the Eiskurve and Hunt was able to get by as well later on.


1975 German Grand Prix, Report
By the time Lauda had reached the pits, his car had sustained damage to the front spoiler, and the handling was made poor. The Ferrari team changed the damaged tire (pit stops in those days were extremely slow compared to today's pit stops; races were usually run on one set of tires). By the time the Ferrari team had finished their work, Lauda stormed out of the pits; but Reutemann and Hunt were out of sight; Pryce and Laffite had passed him, too.


1975 German Grand Prix, Report
Lauda charged after the 4 runners ahead of him and he climbed to 4th after Hunt had a wheel-hub failure and retired on the 11th lap; and then he was able to inherit 3rd after he passed Pryce, who had fuel leaking into his cockpit and could not drive at race pace.


1975 German Grand Prix, Report
Reutemann, who was almost 2 minutes ahead of Laffite, who was nearly a minute ahead of Lauda – held onto the lead to record his only victory of the year; and became the first (and so far last) Argentine driver since Juan Manuel Fangio to win the German Grand Prix.


1975 German Grand Prix, Report
Laffite finished second, which equalled the struggling Williams team's highest ever finish with Piers Courage in 1969; and Depailler, whom Lauda had been fighting for the lead with earlier and was a lap down in 9th place- caught up to and started to push Lauda and attempted unsuccessfully to unlap himself; he finished close behind Lauda's ill-handling 3rd-placed Ferrari. Pryce finished an excellent 4th, followed by Australian future world champion Alan Jones in Graham Hill's Embassy-Hill car, with Dutch Le Mans winner Gijs Van Lennep in an Ensign rounding out the last points finishing slot in 6th place.


1975 German Grand Prix, Report
With his victory, Reutemann moved into 2nd place in the championship, 1 point ahead of Fittipaldi, but 17 points behind Lauda; and with only 3 races left in the championship, Lauda's first championship looked to be virtually a lock.


1975 German motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1975 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 9–11 May 1975 at the Hockenheimring.


1975 Gillette Cup
The 1975 Gillette Cup was the thirteenth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 25 June and 6 September 1975. The tournament was won by Lancashire County Cricket Club who defeated Middlesex County Cricket Club by 7 wickets in the final at Lord's.


1975 Gillette Cup, Format
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Oxfordshire and Staffordshire. Teams who won in the first round progressed to the second round. The winners in the second round then progressed to the quarter-final stage. Winners from the quarter-finals then progressed to the semi-finals from which the winners then went on to the final at Lord's which was held on 6 September 1975.


1975 Giro d'Italia
The 1975 Giro d'Italia was the 58th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours races. The Giro started in Milan, on 17 May, with a set of split stages and concluded with a summit finish to the Passo dello Stelvio, on 7 June, with another split stage, consisting of an individual time trial and a mass-start stage. A total of 90 riders from nine teams entered the 22-stage race, that was won by Italian Fausto Bertoglio of the Jolly Ceramica team. The second and third places were taken by Spaniard Francisco Galdós and Italian Felice Gimondi, respectively.


1975 Giro d'Italia
Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Brooklyn's Roger De Vlaeminck won the points classification and Andrés Oliva and Francisco Galdós of KAS won the mountains classification. Brooklyn finished as the winners of the team points classification.


1975 Giro d'Italia, Teams
A total of nine teams were invited to participate in the 1975 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of ten riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 90 cyclists. From the riders that began this edition, 70 made it to the finish on the Passo dello Stelvio.


1975 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages
The route for the race was revealed on 10 April 1975.


1975 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
There were three main individual classifications contested in the 1975 Giro d'Italia, as well as a team competition. Three of them awarded jerseys to their leaders. The general classification was the most important and was calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage. The rider with the lowest cumulative time was the winner of the general classification and was considered the overall winner of the Giro. The rider leading the classification wore a pink jersey to signify the classification's leadership.


1975 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
The second classification was the points classification. Riders received points for finishing in the top positions in a stage finish, with first place getting the most points, and lower placings getting successively fewer points. The rider leading this classification wore a purple (or cyclamen) jersey. The mountains classification was the third classification and its leader was denoted by the green jersey. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. Each climb was ranked as either first, second or third category, with more points available for higher category climbs.


1975 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
Most stages of the race included one or more categorized climbs, in which points were awarded to the riders that reached the summit first. The Cima Coppi, the race's highest point of elevation, awarded more points than the other first category climbs. The Cima Coppi for this Giro was the Passo dello Stelvio. The first rider to cross the Stelvio was Spanish rider Francisco Galdós.


1975 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
The final classification, the team classification, awarded no jersey to its leaders. This was calculated by adding together points earned by each rider on the team during each stage through the intermediate sprints, the categorized climbs, stage finishes, etc. The team with the most points led the classification.


1975 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
There were other minor classifications within the race, including the Campionato delle Regioni classification. This was a replacement for the "traguardi tricolore" classification that was calculated in previous years. The leader wore a blue jersey with colored vertical stripes ("maglia azzurra con banda tricolore verticale").


1975 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11
The 1975 Giro d'Italia was the 58th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began in Milan on 17 May, and Stage 11 occurred on 28 May with a stage to Orvieto. The race finished at the Stelvio Pass on 7 June.


1975 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 1
17 May 1975 — Milan to Fiorano Modenese, 177 km (110 mi)


1975 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 2
18 May 1975 — Modena to Ancona, 249 km (155 mi)


1975 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 3
19 May 1975 — Ancona to Prati di Tivo, 175 km (109 mi)


1975 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 4
20 May 1975 — Teramo to Campobasso, 258 km (160 mi)


1975 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 5
21 May 1975 — Campobasso to Bari, 224 km (139 mi)


1975 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 6
22 May 1975 — Bari to Castrovillari, 213 km (132 mi)


1975 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 7a
23 May 1975 — Castrovillari to Padula, 123 km (76 mi)


1975 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 7b
23 May 1975 — Padula to Potenza, 80 km (50 mi)


1975 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 8
24 May 1975 — Potenza to Sorrento, 220 km (140 mi)


1975 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 9
25 May 1975 — Sorrento to Frosinone, 222 km (138 mi)


1975 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 10
26 May 1975 — Frosinone to Tivoli, 176 km (109 mi)


1975 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 11
27 May 1975 — Rome to Orvieto, 158 km (98 mi)


1975 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21
The 1975 Giro d'Italia was the 58th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began in Milan on 17 May, and Stage 12 occurred on 29 May with a stage from Chianciano Terme. The race finished at the Stelvio Pass on 7 June.


1975 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 12
28 May 1975 — Chianciano Terme to Forte dei Marmi, 232 km (144 mi)


1975 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 13
29 May 1975 — Forte dei Marmi to Forte dei Marmi, 38 km (24 mi) (ITT)


1975 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 14
31 May 1975 — Il Ciocco to Il Ciocco, 13 km (8.1 mi) (ITT)


1975 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15
1 June 1975 — Il Ciocco to Arenzano, 203 km (126 mi)


1975 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16
2 June 1975 — Arenzano to Orta San Giulio, 193 km (120 mi)


1975 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17a
3 June 1975 — Omegna to Pontoglio, 167 km (104 mi)


1975 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17b
3 June 1975 — Pontoglio to Monte Maddalena, 46 km (29 mi)


1975 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 18
4 June 1975 — Brescia to Baselga di Piné, 223 km (139 mi)


1975 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 19
5 June 1975 — Baselga di Piné to Pordenone, 175 km (109 mi)


1975 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20
6 June 1975 — Pordenone to Alleghe, 197 km (122 mi)


1975 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 21
7 June 1975 — Alleghe to Passo dello Stelvio, 186 km (116 mi)


1975 Giro di Lombardia
The 1975 Giro di Lombardia was the 69th edition of the Giro di Lombardia cycle race and was held on 11 October 1975. The race started in Milan and finished in Como. The race was won by Francesco Moser of the Filotex team.


1975 Golden Helmet (Poland)
The Golden Helmet (Polish: Turniej o Złoty Kask, ZK) is an annual motorcycle speedway event, and has been organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1961. Currently the race is held in PC Team 3rd from last season (previously Wrocław), with the top twelve riders in the Extraleague and the top four riders in the First League.


1975 Golden Helmet (Poland)
1975 Golden Helmet season was the 15th since its establishment.


1975 Golden Helmet (Poland), Final classification
Note: Result from final score was subtracted with two the weakest events.


1975 Governor General's Awards
Each winner of the 1975 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.


1975 Governor General's Awards
The council established four annual Canada Council Children's Literature Prizes in 1975, two each for children's book writers and illustrators, which remained outside the "Governor General's Awards" rubric through 1986. The Governor General's Award for Literary Merit encompassed as many as 8 annual awards until expansion to 14 in 1987. For Children's Literature Prize winners 1975 to 1986, see "Children's literature" (2) and "Children's illustration" (2) in the footer navigation box.


1975 Grambling State Tigers football team
The 1975 Grambling Tigers football team represented Grambling State University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1975 NCAA Division II football season. In its 33rd season under head coach Eddie Robinson, Grambling compiled a 10–2 record (4–2 against conference opponents), initially tied for the SWAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 324 to 153 on the field. The team was recognized as the 1975 black college football national co-champion and was ranked No. 4 by the Associated Press and No. 2 by the United Press International in the final 1975 NCAA College Division football rankings.


1975 Grambling State Tigers football team
Key players included sophomore quarterback Doug Williams, receivers Dwight Scales, Carlos Pennywell, and Sammie White, and running backs Fallon Bush and Cliff Martin. Williams later played nine seasons in the National Football League.


1975 Grambling State Tigers football team
Grambling inadvertently double-scheduled games on October 4 against Prairie View A&M and Oregon State and opted to play Oregon State, leaving Prairie View idle. Grambling told Prairie View of the scheduling problem in the spring and tried to reschedule the game with Prairie View for November 22, but the negotiations fell through. On November 26, the Southwestern Athletic Conference assessed a loss against Grambling's conference record, declaring the October 4 game against Prairie View to be a forfeit.


1975 Grambling State Tigers football team
On December 12, the SWAC commissioner stripped Grambling of its share of the conference co-championship, and then almost to add insult to injury, the athletic directors voted unanimously to send Southern as the SWAC's representative to the Pelican Bowl (over the other remaining co-champ, Jackson State); Grambling had just defeated Southern soundly only two weeks before in the first Bayou Classic to be played in the new Louisiana Superdome, and now the Jaguars could participate in a bowl game being billed as the black national championship. Grambling-produced publications intended for the mass media make no reference to their brief hold on the 1975 co-championship.


1975 Grand National
Commentator Peter O'Sullevan describes the climax of the 1975 National


1975 Grand National
The 1975 Grand National (officially known as the  News of the World Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 129th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree near Liverpool, England, on 5 April 1975. The race was won by 13/2 second-favourite L'Escargot, ridden by Tommy Carberry, in a time of nine minutes and 31.1 seconds and by a distance of 15 lengths over 7/2 favourite Red Rum, who was thus denied a third consecutive win.


1975 Grand National, Media coverage and aftermath
David Coleman presented a Grand National Grandstand special. Unfortunately, this year saw two fatalities. Land Lark suffered a heart attack whilst jumping the 15th and Beau Bob who had noticeably tired and dropped back to the rear took a heavy fall at Becher's Brook on the second circuit (22nd fence) and had to be euthanized.


1975 Grand Prix (tennis)
The 1975 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix was a professional tennis circuit administered by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF) which served as a forerunner to the current Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. The circuit consisted of the four modern Grand Slam tournaments and open tournaments recognised by the ILTF. The Commercial Union Assurance Masters, Davis Cup Final and Nations Cup are included in this calendar but did not count towards the Grand Prix.


1975 Grand Prix (tennis)
The men's schedule started in December 1974 with the Australian Open and continued in May 1975 following the conclusion of the rival 1975 World Championship Tennis circuit which ran from January to early May.


1975 Grand Prix (tennis), Grand Prix points system
The tournaments listed above were divided into four groups. Group TC consisted of the Triple Crown – the French Open, the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open – while the other tournaments were divided into three other groups – AA, A and B – by prize money and draw size. Points were allocated based on these groups and the finishing position of a player in a tournament. No points were awarded to first round losers and ties were settled by the number of tournaments played. The points allocation – with doubles points listed in brackets – can be found below:


1975 Grand Prix (tennis), ATP Rankings
These are the ATP Rankings of the top twenty singles players at the end of the 1974 season  and at the end of the 1975 season, with numbers of ranking points, points averages, numbers of tournaments played, year-end rankings in 1975, highest and lowest positions during the season and number of spots gained or lost from the first rankings to the year-end rankings.


1975 Grand Prix (tennis), List of tournament winners
The list of winners and number of Grand Prix singles titles won, alphabetically by last number of titles:


1975 Grand Prix (tennis), List of tournament winners
No players won their first Grand Prix title in 1975.


1975 Grand Prix German Open
The 1975 Grand Prix German Open was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the 67th edition of the event and was part of the 1975 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix circuit. It took place at the Am Rothenbaum in Hamburg, West Germany, from 19 May through 25 May  1975. Manuel Orantes and Renáta Tomanová won the singles titles.


1975 Grand Prix German Open, Finals, Men's Singles
Manuel Orantes defeated  Jan Kodeš 3–6, 6–2, 6–2, 4–6, 6–1


1975 Grand Prix German Open, Finals, Men's Doubles
Juan Gisbert /  Manuel Orantes defeated  Wojciech Fibak /  Jan Kodeš 6–3, 7–6


1975 Grand Prix German Open, Finals, Women's Doubles
Dianne Fromholtz /  Renáta Tomanová defeated  Paulina Peisachov /  Kazuko Sawamatsu 6–3, 6–2


1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 27th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.


1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary
1975 represented a changing of the guard in Grand Prix motorcycle racing, both for riders as well as machines. Giacomo Agostini would claim his final 500cc World Championship aboard a Yamaha two-stroke machine. This would also mark the first time a two-stroke machine had won the premier division.


1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary
Angel Nieto claimed his fourth world title for Kreidler in the 50cc class. In the 125cc division, the Morbidellis of Pileri and Bianchi dominated, finishing first and second in six of the ten events. Despite Michel Rougerie scoring more points, his Harley-Davidson teammate Walter Villa would take the 250cc title because of the "best of six finishes" rule. Nineteen-year-old newcomer Johnny Cecotto made an impressive debut at the season opening French Grand Prix where, he won the 250cc and 350cc races. He went on to claim the 350cc title, becoming the youngest-ever FIM World Champion at the time.


1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary
In the premier division, MV Agusta with Phil Read aboard, refused to go down easily. The Championship was not resolved until the tenth and final round in Czechoslovakia, when Agostini emerged triumphant to claim his fifteenth world title and the first in the premier 500cc class for a two-stroke motorcycle. Barry Sheene would also serve notice that he was an up and comer with victories at Assen and Sweden. The writing was on the wall for four-stroke machinery as eight of the top ten riders in the points standings were aboard two-stroke machines.


1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Final standings, Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top ten finishers in each race. Only the best of five races were counted on 50cc and Sidecars championships, while in the 125cc, 250cc, 350cc and 500cc championships, the best of seven races were counted.


1975 Grantland Rice Bowl
The 1975 Grantland Rice Bowl was an NCAA Division II game following the 1975 season, between the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and the New Hampshire Wildcats. This was the second and last time that the game was played at Tiger Stadium on the campus of LSU. WKU defensive tackle Sam Fields was named the game's outstanding defensive player, while his teammate running back Lawrence Jefferson was named the game's outstanding offensive player.


1975 Grantland Rice Bowl, Notable participants
WKU wide receiver Rick Caswell was selected in the 1976 NFL Draft, while center David Carter was selected in the 1977 NFL Draft. Carter, linebacker Rick Green, and head coach Jimmy Feix are inductees of the WKU Athletic Hall of Fame.


1975 Grantland Rice Bowl, Notable participants
New Hampshire linebacker Dave Rozumek was selected in the 1976 NFL Draft. Linebacker Bruce Huther was undrafted in 1977, but later played in the NFL. Rozumek, Huther, center Kevin Martell, quarterback Jeff Allen, tackle Grady Vigneau, and head coach Bill Bowes are inductees of the New Hampshire hall of fame. Bowes is an inductee of the College Football Hall of Fame.


1975 Greek presidential election
An indirect election for the position of President of the Hellenic Republic was held by the Hellenic Parliament on 19 June 1975.


1975 Greek presidential election
Following the restoration of democracy in Greece, the distinguished jurist Michail Stasinopoulos was elected as the first, but provisional, President of the Third Hellenic Republic on 18 December 1974. With the entry into force of a new constitution in 1975 and the finalization of the new political framework, elections were held for the first regular President of the Republic. The ruling conservative New Democracy, which had 215 MPs, supported conservative politician Konstantinos Tsatsos, while the second-largest party, Centre Union – New Forces, proposed another conservative politician and former Prime Minister of Greece, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos. In the ballot held on 19 June, Tsatsos was comfortably elected with 210 votes out of 295 MPs present, with Kanellopoulos receiving 65 votes and the 20 MPs of PASOK and United Left dropping blank votes.


1975 Green Bay Packers season
The 1975 Green Bay Packers season was their 57th season overall and their 55th season in the National Football League. The team finished with a 4–10 record under new coach Bart Starr, earning them a fourth-place finish in the NFC Central division. The Packers got off to an 0-4 start, but finally beat the Cowboys in Dallas for Bart Starr's first coaching win. After a 1–8 start, the Packers would end the season on a positive note winning three of their final five games to finish with a 4-10 record.


1975 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship
The 1975 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship was the 5th edition of the Greenlandic Men's Football Championship. The final round was held in Aasiaat. It was won by Grønlands Seminarius Sportklub who defeated G-44 Qeqertarsuaq 2–0 in the final.


1975 Greenlandic Men's Handball Championship
The 1975 Greenlandic Men's Handball Championship (also known as the Danish: GM i håndbold or Greenlandic: håndboldimik píssartángomiúneri) was the 2nd edition of the Greenlandic Men's Handball Championship. It was held in Nuuk. It was won by S-68.


1975 Greenlandic Women's Handball Championship
The 1975 Greenlandic Women's Handball Championship (also known as the Danish: GM i håndbold or Greenlandic: håndboldimik píssartángomiúneri) was the first edition of the Greenlandic Women's Handball Championship. It was held in Nuuk. It was won by NÛK.


1975 Greenough state by-election
A by-election for the seat of Greenough in the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia was held on 1 November 1975. It was triggered by the resignation of Sir David Brand (the sitting Liberal member and a former premier) on 21 August 1975. The Liberal Party retained Greenough at the by-election, with its candidate, Reg Tubby, winning 57.3 percent of the two-candidate-preferred (2CP) vote.


1975 Greenough state by-election
However, the party suffered a swing of 33.6 points on first preferences, in part due to the entry of two parties that had not stood in Greenough at the 1974 state election (the National Country Party and the Workers Party). The Workers Party was in fact making its electoral debut, and surprised most observers by polling 13 percent on first preferences (only 62 votes fewer than the Labor Party).


1975 Greenough state by-election, Background
David Brand had held Greenough for the Liberal Party since a 1945 by-election. He was party leader from 1957 to 1973 and premier from 1959 to 1971, setting records for length of service in both positions. Brand resigned from parliament on 21 August 1975. The writ for the by-election was issued on 25 August, with the close of nominations on 8 October. Polling day was on 1 November, with the writ returned on 21 November.


1975 Greenough state by-election, Background
The by-election occurred in the final days of the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, which culminated with the dismissal of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam (an unpopular figure in Western Australia) on 11 November. Earlier in the year, there had also been political turmoil at state level, with the National Country Party withdrawing from its governing coalition with the Liberal Party for eleven days.


1975 Greenough state by-election, Aftermath
Tubby held Greenough until his retirement at the 1989 state election. The National Country Party (later renamed the National Party) did not better its result at the by-election until the 2005 state election, when Grant Woodhams won Greenough for the party for the first time since 1943 (when William Patrick was defeated).


1975 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
The 1975 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens was the 11th edition of the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens cycle race and was held on 21 September 1975. The race started and finished in Leuven. The race was won by Freddy Maertens.


1975 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election
The 5th Gujarat Legislative Assembly election was held in 1975. Indian National Congress (INC) won 75 seats out of 168 seats. While, NCO won 56 seats, BJS won 18 seats and KLP won 12 seats. INC underperformed in this election and lost 65 seats.


1975 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election
A total of 834 men and 14 women contested the election. Total 178 men and 3 women won in the elections. The number of polling stations was 18,719 and the number of electors per polling station was 747.


1975 Haicheng earthquake
The 1975 Haicheng earthquake hit Haicheng, Liaoning, China at 19:36 CST on February 4. This earthquake had an Ms magnitude of 7.5, which is associated with total destruction of infrastructure and property. Haicheng had approximately one million residents at the time of the earthquake, which is known for being one of the few earthquakes to be successfully predicted throughout history.


1975 Haicheng earthquake
Early in the morning of February 4, 1975, Chinese officials ordered that the city of Haicheng be evacuated, believing there to be a large chance of an earthquake occurring. The prediction was allegedly based on reports of changes in groundwater and soil elevations over the past several months as well as widespread accounts of unusual animal behavior. A low-level alert was triggered by regional increases in seismicity (later recognized as foreshocks). Both authorities and citizens were finally placed on high alert and an evacuation order was issued due to an increase in foreshocks.


1975 Haicheng earthquake
Though this particular prediction of the earthquake was initially believed to be just the latest in a recent string of false alarms that had occurred in the preceding months, including one case of an earthquake swarm being caused by the filling of a reservoir, the evacuation of Haicheng proceeded anyway and eventually paid off.


1975 Haicheng earthquake
The evacuation, despite successfully removing most of Haicheng's population, did not prevent deaths in its entirety. When the main quake struck at 7:36 pm, 1,328 (some says 2,041) people died, over 27,000 were injured and thousands of buildings collapsed. However, the death toll was much lower than the estimate of over 150,000 dead  which is believed to have resulted if the evacuation had not taken place. This was the only successful evacuation of a potentially affected population before a devastating earthquake in history.


1975 Haicheng earthquake
Another sign of the earthquake coming was the unusual animal behaviour. In December 1974, rats and snakes appeared "frozen" on the roads. Starting in February 1975 reports of this type increased greatly. Cows and horses looked restless and agitated. Rats appeared "drunk", chickens refused to enter their coops and geese frequently took to flight.


1975 Haicheng earthquake
In addition to damage in Liaoning Province and its surroundings, minor damage was also reported in Seoul, South Korea. The quake was felt in Primorsky Krai, Russia, and in Kyushu, Japan.


1975 Haicheng earthquake
In recent years, the success of the earthquake's prediction has come under scrutiny. Seismologists have agreed that the Haicheng earthquake can't be looked to as any sort of "prototype" for predicting future earthquakes, as the foreshocks that played a huge role in leading to prediction of this earthquake are not a regular, reliable occurrence before all earthquakes. However, Qi-Fu Chen, a research professor at Beijing's China Earthquake Administration, explained that this earthquake at least "showed the importance of public education," prompting a further discussion about the necessity of making the public aware of the dangers, preparations, and warning signs related to earthquakes.


1975 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
The 1975 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 18th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 26th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in 3rd place in the Eastern Conference with a 5–10–1 record, but lost the Eastern Semi-Final to the Montreal Alouettes.


1975 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
Tiger-Cats president Ralph Sazio became president of the Canadian Football League in 1975. It would be Garney Henley's last season with the Tiger-Cats where he finished his career with 56 touchdowns. At the time, it was the franchise record for most touchdowns in a Tiger-Cats career. Long-time CFL star Jerry Keeling would join the Tiger-Cats midway through the season, as it would also be his final season in the CFL.


1975 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
Terry Evanshen set a Tiger-Cats record (since broken) for most touchdowns in one season by a Tiger-Cats player with 13. On September 7, Evanshen scored four of those touchdowns in one game against the Ottawa Rough Riders. He tied Garney Henley's record for most touchdowns in one game by a Tiger-Cats player. In the same game, Evanshen would set a franchise record with most points in one game by scoring 26 points.


1975 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
Tragedy struck the CFL in October, when 23-year-old, Hamilton Tiger-Cats star Tom Pate suffered an aneurysm in the fourth quarter against the Stampeders at McMahon Stadium. Pate was never again conscious and would die two days later. A year later, the CFLPA announced the Tom Pate Memorial Award in his honour to be awarded to the player who best personifies a unique combination of outstanding sportsmanship and dedication to the league and the community.


1975 Hardie Ferodo 1000
The 1975 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 was the 16th running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. It was an endurance race for touring cars complying with CAMS Group C regulations. The event was held at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst, New South Wales on 5 October 1975 over a distance of 1006.036 km (163 laps × 6.172 km). The race was Round 3 of the 1975 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.


1975 Hardie Ferodo 1000
The race was won by Peter Brock, his second win, and Brian Sampson for his only Bathurst 1000 win. The pair drove their Gown - Hindhaugh entered Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 to a two-lap victory, avenging the previous year's result when the pair built up a record six-lap lead before suffering terminal engine failure on lap 118 with Brock at the wheel. Another dealership entered L34 Torana, the Ron Hodgson Motors car of Bob Morris and Frank Gardner, finished second with the Holden Dealer Team L34 Torana of Colin Bond and Johnnie Walker completing a clean sweep of the top three places for Holden.


1975 Hardie Ferodo 1000, Class structure, Class A
The smallest class was for under 1300cc engine capacity. It was made up of Alfa Romeo GT Junior, Datsun 1200, Ford Escort, Honda Civic, Mazda 1300, Morris Cooper S, Toyota Corolla and Volkswagen Passat.


1975 Hardie Ferodo 1000, Class structure, Class B
The under two litre class saw a mix of Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV, BMW 2002, Ford Escort RS2000, Mazda RX-3 and Triumph Dolomite.


1975 Hardie Ferodo 1000, Class structure, Class C
The under three litre class featured Datsun 260Z, Ford Capri, Mazda RX-3 and Mercedes-Benz 280E.


1975 Hardie Ferodo 1000, Class structure, Class D
For cars over three litres of engine capacity, the class consisted only of Holden Torana and Ford Falcon.


1975 Hardy Cup
The 1975 Hardy Cup was the 1975 edition of the Canadian intermediate senior ice hockey championship between the Moncton Beavers and the Thompson Hawks.


1975 Harvard Crimson football team
The 1975 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. A year after sharing the Ivy League crown, the Crimson won the championship outright in 1975.


1975 Harvard Crimson football team
In their fifth year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 7–2 record and outscored opponents 216 to 133. Daniel M. Jiggetts was the team captain.


1975 Harvard Crimson football team
Harvard's 6–1 conference record placed first in the Ivy League standings, for the second year in a row. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 189 to 113.


1975 Harvard Crimson football team
Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.


1975 Hawaii Open
The 1975 Hawaii Open, also known by its sponsored name Island Holidays Pro Classic, was a men's tennis tournament played an outdoor hard courts in Maui, Hawaii, in the United States. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from 29 September through 5 October 1975. The tournament was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit and categorized in Group B. First-seeded Jimmy Connors won the singles title.


1975 Hawaii Open, Finals, Doubles
Fred McNair /  Sherwood Stewart defeated  Jeff Borowiak /  Haroon Rahim 3–6, 7–6, 6–3


1975 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team
The 1975 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa as an independent during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. In their second season under head coach Larry Price, the Rainbow Warriors compiled a 6–5 record.


1975 Hawaii earthquake
The 1975 Hawaii earthquake occurred on November 29 with a moment magnitude of 7.4 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The shock affected several of the Hawaiian Islands and resulted in the deaths of two people and up to 28 injured. Significant damage occurred in the southern part of the Big Island totaling $4–4.1 million and it also triggered a small brief eruption of Kilauea volcano.


1975 Hawaii earthquake
The event generated a large tsunami that was as high as 47 feet (14 m) on Hawai'i island and was detected in Alaska, California, Japan, Okinawa, Samoa, and on Johnston and Wake Islands. Significant changes to the shorelines along the southern coast of the Big Island with subsidence of 12 feet (3.7 m) was observed, causing some areas to be permanently submerged. The source of the event was the Hilina Slump, which was also responsible for the more powerful 1868 Hawaii earthquake and tsunami.


1975 Hawthorn Football Club season
The 1975 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 51st season in the Victorian Football League and 74th overall. Hawthorn finished as minor premiers for the fourth time and the first time since 1971, This was the first time Hawthorn qualified for finals in consecutive seasons. Hawthorn qualified for their fourth Grand Final and their first since 1971. Hawthorn were defeated by North Melbourne in the Grand Final 67–122. This was their first Grand Final defeat since 1963.


1975 Hokkaido gubernatorial election
A gubernatorial election was held on 13 April 1975 to elect the Governor of Hokkaido Prefecture.


1975 Holton-Arms School senior prom
The senior prom of the Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, Maryland for the 1974–75 school year is the only high school dance ever held at the White House. Held on May 31, 1975, it was generally well-received by participants.


1975 Holton-Arms School senior prom, Background
In 1975 Susan Ford, daughter of President Gerald Ford, was in her final year of classes at Holton-Arms School. At the suggestion of her classmates, she petitioned White House Chief Usher Rex Scouten that they be permitted to hold that year's senior class prom at the White House. The request was granted on several conditions. First, no expenses associated with the dance could be borne by the United States Government.


1975 Holton-Arms School senior prom, Background
Second, all attendees were required to provide their names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers to the United States Secret Service a minimum of thirty days prior to the event. Finally, members of the band selected to perform at the prom could not have any outstanding drug charges against them. The cost of the dance, which totaled $1,300 (equivalent to $6,252 in 2020), was ultimately raised by members of the Holton-Arms School's senior class.


1975 Holton-Arms School senior prom, Event
President Ford and First Lady Betty Ford were out of town during the event. Susan Ford planned on attending with her longtime boyfriend, Gardner Britt, but they had broken up prior to the dance; Ford went with Billy Pifer instead. Prior to the dance, Ford and Pifer, as well as three other couples, took a cruise aboard the presidential yacht USS Sequoia. Other students had a pre-function at the Sulgrave Club.


1975 Holton-Arms School senior prom, Event
The prom committee attempted to book The Beach Boys for the dance, but were unable to secure the band. Instead, two lesser-known bands were booked: Sandcastle and the Outerspace Band, the latter of which charged a $350 (equivalent to $1,683 in 2020) performance fee.


1975 Holton-Arms School senior prom, Event
Seventy-four Holton-Arms seniors and their dates attended the dance. The event concluded at approximately 1:00 a.m., thirty minutes later than originally scheduled. Several after-parties were organized, including one in the Executive Residence.


1975 Holton-Arms School senior prom, Legacy
Students later expressed their approval of the event; 12th grader Ned Faruqahar described the dance as "dynamite, virtual dynamite". Ford herself, however, said it was "just like any other prom". As of 2015, according to Vanity Fair, it is the only high school dance ever held at the White House in that building's history.


1975 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
The 1975 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. Ed Doherty returned for his fifth year as head coach. The team compiled a record of 1–10.


1975 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
All home games were played at Fitton Field on the Holy Cross campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.


1975 Honduran Segunda División
The 1975 Honduran Segunda División was the ninth season of the Honduran Segunda División. Under the management of Alfonso Uclés, Campamento won the tournament after defeating C.D. Lenca in the final series and obtained promotion to the 1976–77 Honduran Liga Nacional.


1975 Honduran coup d'état
The 1975 Honduran coup d'état took place on 22 April 1975, with Oswaldo López Arellano being ousted in a military coup led by his fellow General Juan Alberto Melgar Castro. The coup was prompted in part by the "Bananagate" scandal, exposed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in 1975, in which the United Brands Company agreed to bribe President López with US$1.25 million, and the promise of another $1.25 million upon the reduction of certain banana export taxes.


1975 Hong Kong municipal election
The 1975 Urban Council election was held on 5 March 1975 for 6 of the 12 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong.


1975 Hong Kong municipal election
10,903 eligible voters cast their votes, higher than any previous election, though still less than a third of registered voters, less than five per cent of those eligible (ratepayers, civil servants, professionals, etc.) and a much tinier proportion still of the adult population. Elsie Elliot, Hilton Cheong-Leen,  Denny Huang, Wong Pun-cheuk and Cecilia Yeung all retained their seats while Yeung won by a narrow margin. Henry Luk Hoi-on, a 52-year-old outspoken independent, editor of the pro-KMT Chinese-language newspaper Truth Daily, was the only new candidate elected. Luk had notably campaigned for free democratic elections for the Legislative Council.


1975 Houston Astros season
The 1975 Houston Astros season was a season in American baseball. The team finished last in the National League West with a record of 64–97, 431⁄2 games behind the Cincinnati Reds. The Astros' .398 winning percentage is, as of 2010, the worst in franchise history. Houston also lost 97 games in 1965 and 1991.


1975 Houston Astros 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


1975 Houston Astros 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


1975 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1975 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1975 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1975 Houston Cougars football team
The 1975 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH, represented the University of Houston in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. It was the 28th year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by 12th-year head coach Bill Yeoman who was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2001. The team played its home games in the Astrodome, a 50,000-person capacity stadium off-campus in Houston at the Astrodomain. Houston competed as a member of the NCAA in the University Division, independent of any athletic conference. It was their fourteenth year of doing so. The Cougars had been admitted to the Southwest Conference two years prior, but were ineligible for conference play until the 1976 season.


1975 Houston Oilers season
The 1975 Houston Oilers season was the team's 16th year, and sixth in the National Football League.


1975 Houston Oilers season
In Bum Phillips' first season as Coach the Oilers played competitive football, posting their first winning season in eight years with a 10-4 record. All four losses were to the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals, who beat out the Oilers for the Division Title and Wild Card spot, respectively; the Oilers did not make the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season. During week 13, the Oilers defeated the Oakland Raiders, who posted an 11-3 record and advanced to the AFC Championship game. During the season, the Oilers also defeated Washington and Miami, each teams with a winning record.


1975 Houston Oilers season
It was a three-win improvement over their previous season, and the franchise's best record since 1962.


1975 Houston Oilers season, Regular season
The team achieved a winning record with ten wins and four losses, but finished only third in the division and missed the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.


1975 Houston Oilers season, Awards and records, Milestones
The Houston Oilers were the last NFL team to finally win a game against the NFC, since the AFL/NFL merge happened in 1970.


1975 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 1975 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State University during the 1975 NCAA Division II football season. Humboldt State competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC).


1975 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 1975 Lumberjacks were led by head coach Bud Van Deren in his 10th season. They played home games at the Redwood Bowl in Arcata, California. Humboldt State finished with a record of seven wins and three losses (7–3, 4–1 FWC). The Lumberjacks outscored their opponents 240–156 for the season.


1975 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team, Team players in the NFL
No Humboldt State players were selected in the 1976 NFL Draft.


1975 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team, Team players in the NFL
The following finished their college career in 1975, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.


1975 Hungarian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 15 June 1975. The Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party was the only party to contest the elections, and won 215 of the 352 seats, with the remaining 137 going to independents selected by the party.


1975 Hungarian parliamentary election
All prospective candidates had to accept the program of the Patriotic People's Front, which was dominated by the HSWP. While it was possible for more than one candidate to run in a constituency, only 34 of 352 constituencies had more than one candidate.


1975 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 1975 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Rabat, Morocco, at the Souissi Racecourse on March 16, 1975. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.


1975 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Complete results for men, junior men,  women, medallists,  and the results of British athletes were published.


1975 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 316 athletes from 26 countries.


1975 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
The Junior men's race at the 1975 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Rabat, Morocco, at the Souissi Racecourse on March 16, 1975. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.


1975 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
Complete results, medallists,  and the results of British athletes were published.


1975 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race, Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 60 athletes from 11 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


1975 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
The Senior men's race at the 1975 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Rabat, Morocco, at the Souissi Racecourse on March 16, 1975. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.


1975 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
Complete results, medallists,  and the results of British athletes were published.


1975 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race, Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 185 athletes from 25 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


1975 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
The Senior women's race at the 1975 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Rabat, Morocco, at the Souissi Racecourse on March 16, 1975. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.


1975 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
Complete results, medallists,  and the results of British athletes were published.


1975 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race, Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 71 athletes from 13 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


1975 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
The 1975 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Le Grand-Quevilly, France, on October 11–12, 1975. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy. For the first time, there was a women's 5 km race held as invitation event.


1975 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, Results, Team (men)
The team rankings, named Lugano Trophy, combined the 20km and 50km events team results.


1975 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, Participation
The participation of 109 athletes (71 men/38 women) from 14 countries is reported.


1975 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, Qualifying Rounds
From 1961 to 1985 there were qualifying rounds for the men's competition with the first two winners proceeding to the final. This year, the German Democratic Republic, the Soviet Union, Italy, the United States, and France proceeded directly to the final.


1975 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
The 1975 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Skopje, Yugoslavia (in present-day North Macedonia) under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. It was the 14th edition.


1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia for the second time, having hosted them in 1971. This also equaled the most times a city had done so with Copenhagen, Denmark (1950, 1970).


1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The men's competition consisted of six Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Three events were held for the women, all in kayak.


1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
This was the twelfth championships in canoe sprint. It marked the first time in the championships' history in which there was tie for a medal and that happened to be for the gold in the men's K-1 1000 m event between Italy's Oreste Perri and Poland's Grzegorz Śledziewski. The second would occur thirty-five years later in the C-1 200 m (debuted 1994) for the bronze between Canada's Richard Dalton and Ukraine's Yuriy Cheban, neither of who were born in 1975.


1975 IIHF European U19 Championship
The 1975 IIHF European U19 Championship was the eighth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.


1975 IIHF European U19 Championship, Group A
No team was relegated as it was decided to expand Group A from six to eight nations.


1975 IIHF European U19 Championship, Group B, Placing round
Both Switzerland and Bulgaria were promoted to Group A for 1976.


1975 IMSA GT Championship
The 1975 Camel GT Challenge season was the 5th season of the IMSA GT Championship auto racing series. The series was for GTO and GTU class Grand tourer racing cars. It began February 1, 1975, and ended November 30, 1975, after seventeen rounds.


1975 IMSA GT Championship, Schedule
Some events were run twice, with each running counting as one round.


1975 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
The 1975 IPSC Handgun World Shoot I held at Zürich in Switzerland was the first IPSC Handgun World Shoot, and was won by Ray Chapman of United States using a 1911 in .45 caliber. Ray had been central in the development the sport of practical shooting in the late 1950s. He was seeded as number one before the championship, and shot an almost perfect match dropping only one point. He continued to compete until 1979 when he retired.


1975 Ice Hockey World Championships
The 1975 Ice Hockey World Championships were the 42nd Ice Hockey World Championships and the 53rd European Championships of ice hockey. The tournament took place in West Germany from 3 to 19 April and the games were played in Munich and Düsseldorf. Six teams took part in the main tournament, each playing each other twice. The Soviet Union won all of their games, and became World Champions for the fourteenth time, and won their 17th European title.


1975 Ice Hockey World Championships
This year did not offer much in the way of drama, with the expected order of finish happening again, and the host not even playing in the top level tournament. This helped to change the player eligibility rules and change the format. Finland narrowly missed a medal again, finishing fourth for the sixth straight year.


1975 Ice Hockey World Championships, World Championship Group A (West Germany)
With Group A expanding to eight teams in 1976 no nation was relegated.


1975 Ice Hockey World Championships, World Championship Group B (Japan)
With Group A expanding to eight teams in 1976, both East and West Germany were promoted, and no nation was relegated. Canada had been offered a spot in Group A first, but they declined until 1977. Additionally, the top six nations qualified for the Innsbruck Olympics.


1975 Ice Hockey World Championships, World Championship Group C (Bulgaria)
Played in Sofia 1–10 March. China was supposed to participate but forfeited.


1975 Ice Hockey World Championships, Ranking and statistics, European championships final standings
The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:


1975 Icelandic Cup
The 1975 Icelandic Cup was the 16th edition of the National Football Cup.


1975 Icelandic Cup
It took place between 24 June 1975 and 13 September 1975, with the final played at Laugardalsvöllur in Reykjavik. The cup was important, as winners qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (if a club won both the league and the cup, the defeated finalists would take their place in the Cup Winners' Cup).


1975 Icelandic Cup
Clubs from the 1. Deild entered in the last 16, with clubs from lower tiers entering in the three preliminary rounds. Teams played one-legged matches. In case of a draw, the match was replayed at the opposition's ground.


1975 Icelandic Cup
ÍBK Keflavík won their first Icelandic Cup, beating ÍA Akranes in the final, who were runners-up for the second consecutive year. The club therefore qualified for Europe.


1975 Icelandic women's strike
On 24 October 1975, Icelandic women went on strike for the day to "demonstrate the indispensable work of women for Iceland’s economy and society" and to "protest wage discrepancy and unfair employment practices". It was then publicized domestically as Women's Day Off (Icelandic: Kvennafrídagurinn). Participants, led by women's organizations, did not go to their paid jobs and did not do any housework or child-rearing for the whole day. Ninety percent of Iceland's female population participated in the strike. Iceland's parliament passed a law guaranteeing equal pay the following year.


1975 Icelandic women's strike, History
Icelandic women who worked outside of the home before 1975 earned less than sixty percent of what men earned.


1975 Icelandic women's strike, History
The United Nations announced that 1975 was going to be International Women's Year. A representative from a women's group called the Redstockings put forward the idea of a strike as one of the events in honor of it. The committee decided to call the strike a "day off" since they thought that this term was more pleasant and would be more effective in engaging the masses. As well, some women could have been fired for going on strike but could not be denied a day off.


1975 Icelandic women's strike, History
Women's organizations spread the word about the Day Off throughout the country. The Day Off event organizers got radio stations, television, and newspapers to run stories about gender-based discrimination and lower wages for women. The event garnered international attention.


1975 Icelandic women's strike, Women's Day Off
On 24 October 1975, Icelandic women did not go to their paid jobs nor did they do any housework or child-rearing at home. Ninety percent of women took part, including women in rural communities. Fish factories were closed since many of the factory workers were women.


1975 Icelandic women's strike, Women's Day Off
During the Day Off, 25,000 out of a population of 220,000 people in Iceland gathered in the center of Reykjavik, Iceland's capital, for a rally. At the rally, women listened to speakers, sang, and talked to each other about what could be done to achieve gender equality in Iceland. There were many speakers, including a housewife, two members of parliament, a representative of the women's movement, and a female worker. The last speech of the day was by Aðalheiður Bjarnfreðsdóttir, who "represented Sókn, the trade union for the lowest paid women in Iceland".


1975 Icelandic women's strike, Women's Day Off
Employers prepared for the day without women by buying sweets, pencils, and paper to entertain the kids who would be brought into work by their fathers. As a result, sausages, a popular meal, sold out in many stores that day.


1975 Icelandic women's strike, Aftermath
The Day Off had a lasting impact and became known colloquially as "the long Friday".


1975 Icelandic women's strike, Aftermath
Iceland's parliament passed a law guaranteeing equal pay the following year. The strike also paved the way for the election of Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, the first democratically elected female president in the world five years later in 1980.


1975 Icelandic women's strike, Aftermath
Every ten years on the anniversary of the Day Off, women stop work early. In 1975, the women strikers left work at 2:05 p.m., and in 2005 they left at 2:08 p.m., reflecting the amount of progress made in 30 years. Increasing the frequency of strikes, in 2010 they left work at 2:25 p.m. and in 2016 at 2:38 p.m., with many women taking part in the Viking Clap outside the Althing.


1975 Icelandic women's strike, Legacy
The 2016 Black Monday in Poland was modelled on the 1975 Icelandic strike.


1975 Icelandic women's strike, Legacy
The International Women's Strike, a global version inspired by the Icelandic strike, spread in 2017 and 2018.


1975 Idaho Vandals football team
The 1975 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. The Vandals were led by second-year head coach Ed Troxel and were members of the Big Sky Conference, then in Division II. They played their home games at the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus in Moscow, Idaho.


1975 Idaho Vandals football team, Season
With quarterbacks Dave Comstock and Ken Schrom running the veer offense, the Vandals were 4–5–2 overall and 2–2–2 in the Big Sky.


1975 Idaho Vandals football team, Season
In the Battle of the Palouse, the Vandals suffered an eighth straight loss to neighbor Washington State of the Pac-8, falling 84–27 at Martin Stadium in Pullman on November 15. The score was 56–14 at the half and 77–27 after three quarters. The Cougars went winless in the Pac-8 in 1975 and were 3–8 overall.


1975 Idaho Vandals football team, Season
This was the first year the Vandals played home games indoors; the Kibbie Dome's arched roof and end walls were constructed in ten months following the 1974 season. Opened in October 1971, it was an unlit outdoor venue known as new Idaho Stadium for four seasons, the last three with artificial turf. Its predecessor Neale Stadium was also without lights, so this was the first season of night football games on campus. The Vandals lost the opener to Idaho State on September 27, and tied Boise State in the dedication game two weeks later.


1975 Idaho Vandals football team, Notable players and coaches
Junior center John Yarno was selected in fourth round of the 1977 NFL Draft played six seasons with the Seattle Seahawks. Although quarterback Schrom was projected as the starter for 1976 as a redshirt junior, he opted to pursue professional baseball after the 1976 baseball draft. A pitcher, he was a major leaguer for seven seasons and an all-star as a reliever in 1986.


1975 Idaho Vandals football team, Notable players and coaches
Dennis Erickson, age 28, completed his second year as offensive coordinator, then left for Fresno State; he returned to the UI program in 1982 as head coach.


1975 Idaho Vandals football team, Division I
Through 1977, the Big Sky was a Division II conference for football, except for Division I member Idaho, which moved down to I-AA in 1978. Idaho maintained its upper division status in the NCAA by playing Division I non-conference opponents (and was ineligible for the Division II postseason).


1975 Idaho Vandals football team, All-conference
Four Vandal seniors were named to the Big Sky all-conference team: quarterback Dave Comstock, fullback J.C. Chadband, tight end Steve Duncanson, and defensive back Bill Keilty. Chadband and Duncanson were repeat selections and were chosen unanimously. The second team included center John Yarno, tackle Wil Overgaard, split end Tim Coles, and linebacker Mike Siva.


1975 Idaho Vandals football team, All-conference
Comstock was the runner-up for conference MVP, a single vote behind running back John Smith of Boise State.


1975 Idaho Vandals football team, NFL Draft
One Vandal senior was selected in the 1976 NFL Draft, which lasted seventeen rounds (487 selections).


1975 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
The 1975 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1975 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fifth year under head coach Bob Blackman, the Illini compiled a 5–6 record and finished in a three-way tie for third place in the Big Ten Conference.


1975 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Kurt Steger with 1,136 passing yards, running back Lonnie Perrin with 907 rushing yards, and wide receiver Frank Johnson with 349 receiving yards. Offensive tackle Stu Levenick and defensive back Bruce Beaman were selected as the team's most valuable players.


1975 Indian Open
The 1975 Indian Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Calcutta, India. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from 17 November through 23 November 1975. The tournament was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit and categorized in Group A. Second-seeded Vijay Amritraj won the singles title.


1975 Indian Open, Finals, Doubles
Juan Gisbert /  Manuel Orantes defeated  Anand Amritraj /  Vijay Amritraj 1–6, 6–4, 6–3


1975 Indian Rajya Sabha elections
Rajya Sabha elections were held on various dates in 1975, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber.


1975 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Elections, Members elected
The following members are elected in the elections held in 1975. They are members for the term 1975-1981 and retire in year 1981, except in case of the resignation or death before the term. The list is incomplete.


1975 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Bye-elections
The following bye elections were held in the year 1975.


1975 Indiana Hoosiers football team
The 1975 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University in the 1975 Big Ten Conference football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Lee Corso, in his third year as head coach of the Hoosiers. The Hoosiers offense only scored 104 points while the defense allowed 254 points. Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball player and College Basketball Hall of Fame member Quinn Buckner was drafted by the Washington Redskins though he did not play football his junior or senior year.


1975 Indiana Hoosiers football team, 1976 NFL draftees
Defensive back Quinn Buckner went on to a career in the National Basketball Association.


1975 Indianapolis 500
The 59th 500 Mile International Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 25, 1975. A. J. Foyt started on the pole position and Bobby Unser won his second Indianapolis 500. Dan Gurney, one of the founders of All American Racers, who finished second as a driver himself in 1968–1969, won his first and only Indy 500 as a car owner. Gurney's Eagle chassis itself scored its third "500" win. The race was part of the 1975 USAC National Championship Trail.


1975 Indianapolis 500
On the 174th lap (435 miles), a heavy downpour pelted the Speedway, and officials immediately ended the race, just 26 laps short of the scheduled distance. Bobby Unser was leading the race at the red flag, and was declared the winner. Defending champion Johnny Rutherford was in second place, and pole-sitter A. J. Foyt came home third.


1975 Indianapolis 500
Tom Sneva survived a spectacular crash in turn two on lap 125. His car touched wheels with Eldon Rasmussen, and flipped into the catch fence near the Turn Two Suites. The engine on Sneva's car ripped off in a huge fire-flash, and the car came to rest upright with Sneva trapped in the cockpit. Sneva miraculously suffered only minor injuries, and walked away from the wreck with assistance from the safety crews.


1975 Indianapolis 500
On the morning of the race, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was ceremoniously designated to the National Register of Historic Places. In addition, the Hulman family celebrated thirty years of ownership of the facility.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Race schedule
A year earlier (1974), the race was held in the wake of the energy crisis. USAC cut out a week of practice, and trimmed time trials from four days to two days, in order to reduce energy consumption. These changes were well received by competitors and fans, and USAC decided to make the reduction of practice time permanent; however, time trials were restored back to four days for 1975 and beyond.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Race schedule
* Includes days where trackactivity was significantlylimited due to rain


1975 Indianapolis 500, Time trials
For the second year in a row, turbocharger "boost" levels were set at 80 inHG maximum. Once again, top speeds would be in the low to mid-190 mph range, and would not challenge the track record.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Time trials
On Thursday May 8, Gordon Johncock showed himself as a favorite for the pole, completing a practice lap at 195.228 mph. Johncock consistently led the speed charts on four of the practice days. A. J. Foyt was close behind, topping the speed chart twice.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Pole Day – Saturday May 10
Pole day dawned sunny and mild. Rookie Al Loquasto was the first driver out to qualify. Mike Mosley (187.833 mph) led the speeds early on, and was the fastest car through the first hour. At 12:15 p.m., Tom Sneva (190.094 mph) moved into the top spot.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Pole Day – Saturday May 10
About an hour later, Bobby Unser took to the track, and at 191.073 mph, bumped Sneva off the pole spot. Unser's speed did not last long, as Gordon Johncock, the next car out, then took over the provisional pole at 191.652 mph. The track remained mostly quiet over the next three hours, as drivers waited for cooler conditions.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Pole Day – Saturday May 10
Shortly after 4 p.m., the track action ramped up once again. A. J. Foyt blistered the track, with his first lap coming in at 195.313 mph. His four-lap average of 193.975 mph secured the pole position.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Pole Day – Saturday May 10
The final qualifying attempt of the afternoon was put in by Bill Puterbaugh. After six years of failure, Puterbaugh finally qualified for his first Indy 500. He pumped his fist as he returned to the pits, putting in the 15th-fastest speed of the day.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Pole Day – Saturday May 10
The day closed with the field filled to 22 cars. With Foyt, Johncock, and Bobby Unser qualifying 1-2-3, it was the first time in Indy history that former winners swept the front row.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Second Day – Sunday May 11
After blowing his engine the day before, Wally Dallenbach returned to the track and qualified. His speed of 190.646 mph was the 4th-fastest overall, but as a second day qualifier, he would be forced to line up 21st.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Second Day – Sunday May 11
A total of six cars qualified, and at the close of the first weekend of time trials, the field was filled to 28 cars.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Third Day – Saturday May 17
With five spots open in the field, qualifying opened with Mike Hiss the first car to make an attempt. The field was quickly filled to 33 cars, and Lee Kunzman was the first car on the bubble.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Third Day – Saturday May 17
Mario Andretti returned from Monaco, and put his car solidly in the field with a speed of 186.480 mph, easily the fastest driver of the day, bumping Kunzman in the process. At 12:18 p.m., Al Loquasto was now on the bubble.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Third Day – Saturday May 17
Billy Scott made two attempts to bump his way in, but blew his engine on the first attempt, and waved off the second. No other cars made an attempt the rest of the day.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Bump Day – Sunday May 18
On the final day of time trials, Al Loquasto still clung to the bubble spot. Eldon Rasmussen was the first car out to make an attempt. His first lap was over 183 mph, but the next two laps dropped off and the team waved off the run. Three hours later, Jim Hurtubise blew an engine after one slow lap, and Loquasto was still on the bubble after over 24 hours.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Bump Day – Sunday May 18
With about an hour left in the day, Loquasto survived yet two more attempts. At 5:18 p.m., with just under 42 minutes left in the day, Eldon Rasmussen made his second attempt. His speed of 181.910 mph bumped Loquasto and the field was set.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Start
Gordon Johncock took the lead at the start and led the first 8 laps. But Johncock dropped out on lap 11 with an ignition failure. Also out early were Salt Walther (his Indy record third last place finish), and Lloyd Ruby, both out with engine problems.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Start
Polesitter A. J. Foyt took the lead on lap 9. He briefly lost the lead for three laps during a pit stop on lap 22, but re-assumed the lead on lap 25, and led through lap 58. Salt Walther, who had dropped out, summoned his teammate Bob Harkey to the pits on lap 18. Walther climbed in the car and took over the machine for the remainder of the race. While the driver switch was apparently agreed upon before the race if the circumstances arose, Walther was criticized for making the switch under green, and not waiting for a caution period. The Harkey/Walther car fell a few laps down during the stop.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, First half
The first yellow came out on lap 45 for Mike Hiss, who went high and brushed the wall in turn three.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, First half
During his first scheduled pit stop, Mario Andretti's car stalled several times trying to leave the pit lane. He lost several laps, but eventually rejoined the race. On the leaders' lap 68, Andretti spun out on the backstretch, and slammed into the inside wall near the entrance to turn three. He was out of the race after completing only 49 laps.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, First half
Wally Dallenbach took the lead for the first time on lap 59. He would lead a total of 96 laps, giving up the lead only during pit stops.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, First half
NASCAR regular Bobby Allison managed to lead one lap during a pit stop shuffle, in what would be his final start at Indy. Allison had decided to skip the World 600 at Charlotte and was the final noteworthy "cross over" driver to the Indy 500 during that era.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, First half
On the 73rd lap, A. J. Foyt passed Cliff Bergere (2,425) for first place all-time in total laps completed at the Indy 500.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Second half
During a sequence of green flag pit stops, A. J. Foyt appeared to run out of fuel going into turn 1. Coasting down the backstretch, seemingly without power, it appeared that Foyt was fiddling with his headrest or something behind the cockpit. Seconds later, he was back up to speed, and made it to the pits for fuel.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Second half
On lap 125, Tom Sneva approached the lapped car of Eldon Rasmussen in turn 1. As the two cars went side-by-side in turn two, they touched wheels and Sneva's car flipped up into a huge wreck. Sneva did a barrel-roll over the front nose of Rasmussen's car, becoming completely airborne and upside-down. The car rolled upright, and hit the outside wall and catch fence with the back end. The engine, gearbox, and rear of the car were ripped from the chassis, leaving a huge fire flash as the fuel and oil ignited in front of the Turn Two Suites. The cockpit section continued down the track, flipping at least twice, and came to rest on the track, right side up, then spun for several yards, coming to rest facing backwards. The engine and other parts scattered in different directions, and littered the track with debris bringing out the caution.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Second half
Sneva was conscious when the car came to rest, and immediately started unbuckling his seat belts trying to get out. The back of the car was still on fire, and he unknowingly lifted his visor, which singed his face with burns. He then put his hand down in a pool of methanol, which burned his fingers. His legs were trapped in the cockpit, and he was not able to get out of the car on his own. Rescue workers immediately arrived at the scene, and put out the remaining fires. A moment later, he was pulled from the wreck, and with assistance, walked to the ambulance.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Second half
Sneva did not suffer any serious bodily injuries, but was listed in serious condition with burns to his face and hands. After a couple days, Sneva's condition was quickly upgraded, and after a month, he was back racing.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Second half
After leading 96 laps, Wally Dallenbach dropped out with a blown piston on lap 162. That handed the lead to Johnny Rutherford, with Bobby Unser now in second.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Second half
Bobby Unser took the lead on lap 165. The skies were threatening, and rain was expected to move into the vicinity of the Speedway.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Finish
On lap 170, Gary Bettenhausen's right rear hub exploded and he lost the wheel down the mainstretch. Precariously riding on three wheels, he skillfully managed to keep the car mostly off the wall, and was able to park the car down in the infield of turn one. The caution light came on for the debris, and leader Bobby Unser ducked into the pits for a quick stop (fuel only). Second place Johnny Rutherford also made a pit stop. A minor fire broke out in Dick Simon's pit, but it was quickly doused.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Finish
Under the yellow, the skies became increasingly dark, and the rain that had been threatening finally was about to arrive.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Finish
Bobby Unser suddenly ducked into the pits for a second "splash-and-go" pit stop, topping off the tank in just 6 seconds. Unser's pit stop allowed third place  A. J. Foyt to unlap himself back onto the lead lap. One lap later, the skies opened up, and it began to pour rain. It was lap 174 and Bobby Unser was leading, with Johnny Rutherford about a half lap behind in second. The track became flooded and many of the cars began hydroplaning and spinning out of control. The visibility dropped to near zero, as the heavy rain and the "rooster tails" made it difficult for the drivers to see. Fans began scurrying for cover.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Finish
Starter Pat Vidan took out the red and checkered flag, and the race was halted plus declared complete. The leaders had to precariously coast around to the finish line. Despite several wrecked cars blocking the track, Unser, Rutherford, and Foyt all managed to make it to the finish line cleanly. The race was officially called with Unser completing 174 laps (435 miles), just 26 laps short of the scheduled distance. Defending champion Johnny Rutherford followed with a second place, and pole-sitter Foyt finished third, still looking for the elusive fourth Indy win.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
The race was carried live on the IMS Radio Network. Sid Collins served as chief announcer. The broadcast crew was largely familiar from 1974. The broadcast was carried on 1,200 affiliates including shortwave transmissions via AFN to Europe, Asia, Thailand, and many other locales. It was heard by over 100 million listeners worldwide. Collins had no celebrity guests in the booth during the race. But during the pre-race coverage, Collins interviewed Senator Barry Goldwater as well as Pete DePaolo, who was celebrating fifty years since his victory in 1925.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
Chief Announcer: Sid CollinsDriver expert: Fred AgabashianStatistician: John DeCampHistorian: Donald Davidson


1975 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
Turn 1: Ron CarrellTurn 2: Howdy BellBackstretch: Jerry BakerTurn 3: Doug ZinkTurn 4: Jim Shelton


1975 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television
The race was carried in the United States on ABC Sports on a same-day tape delay basis. Longtime Indy fixture Jim McKay sat out the broadcast for one year and was replaced by announcer Keith Jackson. McKay was sent on other assignments in the 1975 season, including the 1975 Monaco Grand Prix. Jackie Stewart returned to serve as analyst after missing the 1974 race. Stewart covered both Monaco and Indianapolis. Sam Posey, who served as analyst in 1974, was moved to the pit area.


1975 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television
The broadcast has re-aired on ESPN Classic since May 2011.


1975 Indianapolis mayoral election
The Indianapolis mayoral election of 1975 took place on November 4, 1975 and saw the election of Republican William H. Hudnut III.


1975 Indianapolis mayoral election
Hudnut ultimately served 16 years as mayor, becoming the city's longest-serving mayor.


1975 Indianapolis mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Businessman Robert V. Welch defeated six other candidates in the Democratic primary. With a strong grassroots campaign, Welch won in an upset over frontrunner William Schreiber, the Marion County chairman.


1975 Indianapolis mayoral election, Nominations, Republican primary
Former congressman William H. Hudnut III won a decisive victory over two other candidates in the Republican primary.


1975 Indianapolis mayoral election, General election
Jobs and crime management were top issues in the election.


1975 Indianapolis mayoral election, General election
Hudnut proposed improving the convention and tourism budget, better optimizing use of Economic Development Commission, and floated the possibility of using tax-free bonds as a means to enlarge the city's employment base. However, he named crime to be his top issue, and called for strong leadership, better police training, and more resident participation in crime fighting.


1975 Indianapolis mayoral election, General election
To address the high rate of unemployment among citizens between the ages of 18 and 30, Welch pledged to assemble all of the leaders of the community and "put the full power of the mayor's office" behind their efforts to address this. Welch promised he would hire a new police chief if elected, and also argued for more police officers to be placed on the street.


1975 Indianapolis mayoral election, General election
The election saw the city's lowest voter turnout in 13 years.


1975 Indianapolis mayoral election, General election
Hadnut's victory was credited to the impact of the creation of the Unigov. The creation of the Unigov had added predominantly Republican suburban areas of the county to the city of Indianapolis. Hadnut had won the "new city" (areas added to Indianapolis in the creation of Unigov) by 74,680 to 42,110, while Welch won the "old city" by 67,646 to 49,410. Hadnut's victory was also credited to the migration of people leaving the Indianapolis area, moving into bordering counties.


1975 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship
The 1975 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship was the tenth edition of the World Championship.


1975 Individual Long Track World Championship
The 1975 Individual Long Track World Championship was the fifth edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. The event was held on 14 September 1975 in Gornja Radgona, Slovenia which was Yugoslavia at the time.


1975 Individual Long Track World Championship
The world title was won by Egon Müller of West Germany for a second time.


1975 Individual Speedway World Championship
The 1975 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 30th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.


1975 Individual Speedway World Championship
Ole Olsen won his second World title in front of 81,000 at Wembley Stadium in London with a 15 point maximum from his five rides. Defending champion Anders Michanek finished second and England's John Louis won the run-off for the bronze medal, defeating four time world champion Ivan Mauger. Some criticism was aimed at the track surface which was described as dusty and dry.


1975 Individual Speedway World Championship, Format changes
The format of the Championship changed for the 1975 event. This time the British riders (not including Commonwealth riders for the first time) were allowed four places in the World Final to be held in England. All other nations had to go through the European Final route to provide the remaining 12 riders for the World Final. The European Final qualification route included a new Intercontinental Final which feature riders from the United States for the first time for many years.


1975 Individual Speedway World Championship, First Round, Swedish Final
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •  t - exclusion for touching the tapes •  x - other exclusion •  e - retired or mechanical failure •  f - fell •  ns - non-starter •  nc - non-classify


1975 Individual Speedway World Championship, Third Round, Intercontinental Final
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •  t - exclusion for touching the tapes •  x - other exclusion •  e - retired or mechanical failure •  f - fell •  ns - non-starter •  nc - non-classify


1975 Individual Speedway World Championship, Third Round, Continental Final
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •  t - exclusion for touching the tapes •  x - other exclusion •  e - retired or mechanical failure •  f - fell •  ns - non-starter •  nc - non-classify


1975 Individual Speedway World Championship, Fourth Round, British Final
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •  t - exclusion for touching the tapes •  x - other exclusion •  e - retired or mechanical failure •  f - fell •  ns - non-starter •  nc - non-classify


1975 Individual Speedway World Championship, Fourth Round, European Final
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •  t - exclusion for touching the tapes •  x - other exclusion •  e - retired or mechanical failure •  f - fell •  ns - non-starter •  nc - non-classify


1975 Individual Speedway World Championship, World Final
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •  t - exclusion for touching the tapes •  x - other exclusion •  e - retired or mechanical failure •  f - fell •  ns - non-starter •  nc - non-classify


1975 Indonesian consulate hostage crisis
On 4 December 1975, seven armed Moluccans raided the Indonesian consulate in Amsterdam in support of a train hijacking near the village of Wijster which had started two days before. After taking 41 hostages, including 16 children, the terrorists moved into the Indonesian consulate in Amsterdam, towards the top floor. Several consulate employees climbed out of the consulate via a rope. One attempted to jump to the ground, but fell 30 feet and died five days later from his injuries in a hospital.


1975 Indonesian consulate hostage crisis
By this point, around 60 people were being held hostage inside the consulate. The gunmen made their demands to a group of police and special forces; they asked for the release of several South Moluccan political prisoners, and for talks to begin between the Moluccan leader and the Indonesian president Suharto. The Dutch negotiators refused all of the demands, even after twelve of the children were released, insisting that they would not negotiate until all of the children were released. The rebels gathered the children on a third-floor balcony, threatening to push them off the edge if their demands were not met. They chose not to push any children over the edge, however.


1975 Indonesian consulate hostage crisis
The crisis ended on 19 December when the hostage-takers surrendered after being given vague promises of meetings with Dutch and Indonesian authorities to talk about their case. The hostage-takers were later convicted and given seven year sentences.


1975 Intercontinental Final
The 1975 Intercontinental Final was the inaugural Intercontinental Final, introduced for Motorcycle speedway riders as part of the qualification for the 1975 Speedway World Championship.


1975 Intercontinental Final
Four time World Champion Ivan Mauger became the first Intercontinental Final winner, defeating reigning World Champion Anders Michanek by two points at the Ullevi Stadium in Göteborg. Another Swede Bernt Persson defeated Ole Olsen in a runoff for third place. Later in the year Olsen would go on to win his second World title at London's Wembley Stadium.


1975 Intercontinental Final, Classification
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •  t - exclusion for touching the tapes •  x - other exclusion •  e - retired or mechanical failure •  f - fell •  ns - non-starter •  nc - non-classify


1975 Intertoto Cup
In the 1975 Intertoto Cup no knock-out rounds were contested, and therefore no winner was declared.


1975 Intertoto Cup, Group stage
The teams were divided into ten groups of four teams each.


1975 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
The 1975 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1975 Big Ten Conference football season.


1975 Iowa State Cyclones football team
The 1975 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University in the Big Eight Conference during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. In their third year under head coach Earle Bruce, the Cyclones compiled a 4–7 record (1–6 against conference opponents), finished in seventh place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 263 to 161. They played their home games at Cyclone Stadium (now known as Jack Trice Stadium) in Ames, Iowa.