1975 Virginia Slims of Philadelphia
The 1975 Virginia Slims of Philadelphia  was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Palestra in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States that was part of the 1975 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from March 24 through March 29, 1975. Fifth-seeded Virginia Wade won the singles title and earned $15,000 first-prize money.


1975 Virginia Slims of Philadelphia, Finals, Doubles
Evonne Goolagong /  Betty Stöve defeated  Rosemary Casals /  Billie Jean King 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(5–3)


1975 Virginia Slims of San Francisco
The 1975 Virginia Slims of San Francisco, was a women's tennis tournament that took place on indoor carpet courts at the Civic Auditorium in San Francisco in the United States. It was the fifth edition of the event, which was part of the Virginia Slims Circuit, and was held from January 6 through January 11, 1975. The final was watched by 6,346 spectators who saw first-seeded Chris Evert win the singles title, earning $15,000 first-prize money.


1975 Virginia Slims of San Francisco, Finals, Doubles
Chris Evert /  Billie Jean King defeated  Rosemary Casals /  Virginia Wade 6–2, 7–5


1975 Virginia Slims of Sarasota
The 1975 Virginia Slims of Sarasota  was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Robarts Sports Arena in Sarasota, Florida in the United States that was part of the 1975 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from January 13 through January 19, 1975. Second-seeded Billie Jean King won the singles title and earned $15,000 first-prize money.


1975 Virginia Slims of Sarasota, Finals, Doubles
Chris Evert /  Billie Jean King defeated  Betty Stöve /  Virginia Wade 6–2, 7–5


1975 Virginia Slims of Washington
The 1975 Virginia Slims of Washington  was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the James Robinson School Field House in Fairfax, Virginia in the United States that was part of the 1975 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from January 27 through February 2, 1975. Eighth-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $15,000 first-prize money. In the quarterfinal she had defeated Chris Evert for the first time in their rivalry, after five consecutive wins for Evert.


1975 Virginia Slims of Washington, Finals, Doubles
Françoise Dürr /  Betty Stöve defeated  Helen Gourlay /  Kerry Melville 6–3, 6–4


1975 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team
The 1975 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season.


1975 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team, Players
The following players were members of the 1975 football team.


1975 Volta a Catalunya
The 1975 Volta a Catalunya was the 55th edition of the Volta a Catalunya cycle race and was held from 3 to 10 September 1975. The race started in Santa Coloma de Gramanet and finished in Tarrasa. The race was won by Fausto Bertoglio of the Jollj Ceramica team.


1975 Volvo International
The 1975 Volvo International was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in North Conway, New Hampshire, in the United States and was part of the 1975 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix. The tournament was held from August 4 though August 10, 1975, and Jimmy Connors won the singles title.


1975 Volvo International, Finals, Doubles
Haroon Rahim /  Erik van Dillen defeated  John Alexander /  Phil Dent 6–3, 1–6, 7–5


1975 Volvo International – Singles
Rod Laver was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Jimmy Connors.


1975 Volvo International – Singles
Connors won in the final 6–2, 6–2 against Ken Rosewall.


1975 Volvo International – Singles, Seeds
All four seeds received a bye to the second round.


1975 Vuelta a España
The 30th Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 22 April to 11 May 1975. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 3,104 km (1,929 mi), and was won by Agustin Tamames of the Super Ser cycling team. Andres Oliva won the mountains classification while Miguel Maria Lasa won the points classification.


1975 WANFL season
The 1975 WANFL season was the 91st season of senior Australian rules football in Perth and the forty-fifth as the “Western Australian National Football League”. The season saw West Perth, after unexpectedly falling to last in 1974, rise under former Fitzroy coach Graham Campbell to a remarkable premiership win over South Fremantle by a record 104 points in front of what was then the biggest WANFL crowd on record and has since been only exceeded by the 1979 Grand Final.


1975 WANFL season
The Bulldogs, apart from Claremont the least successful WANFL club between 1957 and 1974, rose with arrival of Aboriginal stars Stephen Michael and Maurice Rioli to their first finals appearance in five years and began their greatest era since their golden days of the middle 1950s. With East Perth, revitalised after injuries affected their 1974 campaign, and the inconsistent but at times incomparable Swan Districts, they comprised a top four that remained unchangedfor the final fourteen rounds.


1975 WANFL season
East Fremantle, plagued by injuries to Doug Green and a broken wrist for Brian Peake during the first game against West Perth, falling from premiers to fifth and Perth after a slow start of five consecutive losses from runners-up to sixth. Subiaco fell from fourth to second-last and begun a bleak era with no subsequent finals appearance until 1985, but owing to the loss of Featherby, Robertson and Fitzpatrick to retirement or the VFL, critics generally predicted this before the season.


1975 WANFL season
Despite recruiting champion East Perth and Richmond player and coach Mal Brown, Claremont collected their fourteenth and to this date last wooden spoon by an equal-record six clear games, as Brown set a record of fifteen matches suspended during the season – beating another Tiger recruit from East Perth in “Nails” Western forty-three seasons previously.


1975 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 1
The opening round attendance of 47,716 was a WAFL record beating the 45,525 who attended the opening day of 1968.


1975 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 2
South Fremantle’s great speed demolished the taller Royal team, whilst veteran Bob Carson held a ruck division previously viewed too weak.


1975 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 3
Swans’ high-power attacking football led by Brian Close and veteran Bill Walker’s old-fashioned drop and stab kicks moves the club to early premiership favouritism.


1975 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 6
West Perth kick ten unanswered goals after being only two points ahead to demolish Swan Districts in the last quarter.


1975 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 7
Subiaco use gold guernseys with maroon lions for the first time, after their maroon ones (with gold lion) were partially missing and the published number sequence broken.


1975 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 8
Murray Couper kicks thirteen goals in a surprise thrashing, the equal second largest tally by any Perth player behind Albert Gook’s sixteen against West Perth in 1939.


1975 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 9 (Foundation Day)
On the first really wet day of the season, Swan Districts defeat Perth at Bassendean for the first time since April 1967, ending an 11-match winning streak that remains the second-longest at the ground and the longest until 2007.


1975 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 10
Claremont do not kick their first goal until time-on in the third quarter, and kick their lowest score for thirty years. Only inaccuracy by full-forward Max George, who kicked 4.7 (31), saves them from further humiliation.


1975 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 15
A week of studying coaching tactics with future champion Essendon coach Kevin Sheedy pays off for the Royals, whose get-the-ball tactics given them eleven free kicks for holding-the ball in the first quarter and carry on to knock West Perth from top position.


1975 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 16
An all-in-brawl at Fremantle Oval after an altercation on the half-time siren, in which Bulldog captain Ciccosto is hit by an onlooker, is followed by a 10.7 to 0.5 third quarter by South Fremantle who move clear on top.


1975 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 17
Swan Districts kick their highest score on record to that point, beating a previous record from 1961 against South Fremantle. Their 11.7 (73) is still the largest last-quarter score at Bassendean Oval. Brian Close, playing as a rover, kicked ten goals – still a record for Swans against East Fremantle.


1975 WANFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 19
In wet conditions, East Perth trail 2.4 (16) to 7.7 (49) during the second quarter, but hold Swan Districts goalless after half-time as Peter Spencer and Larry Kickett established an iron grip on the middle of the ground. It would become the last time a WA(N)FL team was goalless in the second half until 1983.


1975 WANFL season, Finals, First semi-final
Bob Carson’s defeat of Ron Alexander and the roving of Ciccosto and Maurice Rioli overwhelm a Royal side decimated by the tactical gamble of alternating centreman Spencer as a rover.


1975 WANFL season, Finals, Second semi-final
A brilliant first half, including 88 possessions to a mere 49 in the first quarter against the wind, gives West Perth revenge for their Round 20 caning.


1975 WANFL season, Finals, Preliminary final
Swans’ wasteful 3.11 (29) with the wind in the first quarter and the dominance of South Fremantle ruck-rover Eddie Bauskis decides a low-standard if tough match.


1975 WANFL season, Finals, Grand Final
In front of a record Grand Final crowd, West Perth, with veterans Whinnen and Dempsey dominating their on-ball division, overwhelm South Fremantle in the second half to record the largest Grand Final win on record.


1975 WANFL season, Notes
Burton would return briefly in 1976 to help the struggling Lions.


1975 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1975 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 16th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 3 and March 9, 1975. All games were played at home team campus sites, including each of the two regional final series. By winning the regional tournaments, both Michigan Tech and Minnesota were invited to participate in the 1975 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1975 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Though not official designations, Michigan Tech is considered as the East Regional Champion† and Minnesota as the West Regional Champion‡.


1975 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The top eight teams in the WCHA, according to their final conference standings, were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 8. In the first round the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds were matched in two-game series where the school that scored the higher number of goals was declared the winner. After the first round the remaining teams were reseeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to their final conference standings and advanced to the second round. In the second round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds competed in an additional two-game, total goal series with the winners of each being declared as co-conference champions.


1975 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


1975 WCT World Doubles
The 1975 WCT World Doubles was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Mexico City, Mexico that was part of the 1975 World Championship Tennis circuit. It was the tour finals for the doubles season of the WCT Tour. The tournament was held from April 30 through May 4, 1975. Title holders Bob Hewitt and Frew McMillan had qualified for the tournament but were not allowed to compete by the Mexican authorities in an apparent protest against South Africa's apartheid policy. They were replaced by Vijay and Anand Amritraj.


1975 WCT World Doubles, Final
Brian Gottfried /  Raúl Ramírez defeated  Mark Cox /  Cliff Drysdale 7–6(8–6), 6–7(7–5), 6–2, 7–6(8–6)


1975 WCT World Doubles, Final, Special match
As Hewitt and McMillan were unable to compete in Mexico a special match for the title was played on May 12 in Dallas, U.S.: Brian Gottfried /  Raúl Ramírez defeated  Bob Hewitt /  Frew McMillan 7–5, 6–3, 4–6, 2–6, 7–5


1975 WHA Amateur Draft
The 1975 WHA Amateur Draft was the third draft held by the World Hockey Association.


1975 WHA Amateur Draft, Selections by Round
Below are listed the selections in the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft.


1975 WTA Tour
The 1975 WTA Tour consisted of a number of tennis tournaments for female tennis players. It was composed of the newly streamlined version of the Virginia Slims Circuit (which was now an 11-week tour of the USA) and the Woman's International Grand Prix. The year 1975 also saw the creation of the first official ranking system and these rankings were used to determine acceptance into the tournaments.


1975 WTA Tour, Schedule
This is a calendar of all events which were part of either the Virginia Slims circuit or the Women's International Grand Prix in the year 1975, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage. Also included are the Grand Slam tournaments, the 1975 Virginia Slims Championships, the 1975 Federation Cup and a number of events not affiliated with either tour.


1975 WTA Tour, Statistical information
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the 1973 Virginia Slims Circuit. They also include data for the Grand Slam tournaments and the year-end championships. The table is sorted by:


1975 WTA Tour, Statistical information
1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);2) highest amount of highest category tournaments (for example, having a single Grand Slam gives preference over any kind of combination without a Grand Slam title);3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).


1975 WTA Tour, Rankings
Below are the 1975 WTA year-end rankings (November 4, 1975) Singles competition:


1975 Wagga Wagga state by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Wagga Wagga on 6 December 1975. The election was triggered by the resignation of Wal Fife (Liberal) who had been pre-selected as the Liberal candidate for the next federal election for the division of Farrer. Fife subsequently won the election for Farrer on 13 December 1975.


1975 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
The 1975 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. In their third season under head coach Chuck Mills, the Demon Deacons compiled a 3–8 record and finished in fourth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.


1975 Wales rugby union tour of Asia
The1975 Wales rugby union tour of Asia was a series of matches played in September 1975 by the Wales national rugby union team. No caps were awarded by the Welsh Rugby Union


1975 Walker Cup
The 1975 Walker Cup, the 25th Walker Cup Match, was played on 28 and 29 May 1975, on the Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland. The event was won by the United States 15½ to 8½.


1975 Walker Cup, Format
The format for play on Wednesday and Thursday was the same. There were four matches of foursomes in the morning and eight singles matches in the afternoon. In all, 24 matches were played.


1975 Walker Cup, Format
Each of the 24 matches was worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match was all square after the 18th hole extra holes were not played. Rather, each side earned ½ a point toward their team total. The team that accumulated at least 12½ points won the competition. If the two teams were tied, the previous winner would retain the trophy.


1975 Walker Cup, Teams
Ten players for the United States and Great Britain & Ireland participated in the event plus one non-playing captain for each team.


1975 Washington Huskies football team
The 1975 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season as a member of the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8). The Huskies were led by head coach Don James in his first year, and played their home games at Husky Stadium in Seattle. They finished season at 6–5 overall (5–2 in the Pac-8).


1975 Washington Huskies football team, Preseason
Coming off a 5–6 season in 1974 under Jim Owens, James inherited a veteran squad with most of the talent on the defensive side of the ball, and they would be relied upon as the offense adjusted to running primarily from the I-formation. Fullback Robin Earl, who switched from tight end after four games last season, and center Ray Pinney were the foundation for the change occurring on that side of the ball.


1975 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Washington State
Trailing by thirteen points with three minutes remaining, defensive back Al Burleson returned an interception 93 yards for a touchdown and sophomore quarterback Warren Moon connected with Bob "Spider" Gaines for a 78-yard touchdown pass with less than a minute left to complete the comeback victory in the Apple Cup.


1975 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Washington State
Washington State had dominated the second half and appeared on their way to another score when Burleson picked off John Hopkins and raced down the left sideline to the end zone with less than three minutes remaining.


1975 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Washington State
Coach Don James was surprised by the Cougars electing to pass instead of playing for the field goal, saying "Had they made the field goal it would have put the nail in the coffin."


1975 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Washington State
Following a three-and-out on Washington State's next possession, the Huskies started from their own 22. On the first play, Moon threw into coverage and the ball deflected off Leon Garrett and into the hands of teammate Gaines, who went 40 yards to score.


1975 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Washington State
Until then, the Cougars had controlled the game thanks to fullback Vaughn Williams and tailback Dan Doornink, who appeared unstoppable against the Washington defense.


1975 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Washington State
Washington's first score came on a quarterback sneak by Chris Rowland from the one for a 7-3 lead.


1975 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Washington State
The Huskies scored again before halftime on a 29-yard pass from Moon to Gaines, who had primarily been used as a punt blocker to that point.


1975 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Washington State
Moon had started the season as the starting quarterback, only to be replaced by Rowland after the offense struggled in the first few games.


1975 Washington Huskies football team, NFL Draft selections
Seven University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1976 NFL Draft, which lasted seventeen rounds with 487 selections.


1975 Washington Redskins season
The 1975 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 44th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 39th in Washington, D.C.. The team failed to improve on their 10–4 record from 1974 and finished 8-6.


1975 Washington Redskins season, Postseason
The Redskins did not qualify for the postseason in 1975.


1975 Washington Star International
The 1975 Washington Star International was a men's tennis tournament and was played on outdoor clay courts. It was categorized as an AA tournament and was part of the 1975 Grand Prix circuit. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held in Washington, D.C. from July 21 through July 28, 1975. Guillermo Vilas won the singles title and $16,000 prize money and a car in a final that was twice interrupted due to rain. Total attendance during the tournament was 55,000.


1975 Washington Star International
Ilie Năstase was disqualified in his quarterfinal match against Cliff Richey for failing to resume play.


1975 Washington Star International, Finals, Doubles
Bob Lutz /  Stan Smith defeated  Brian Gottfried /  Raúl Ramírez 7–5, 2–6, 6–1


1975 Washington State Cougars football team
The 1975 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. In their eighth season under head coach Jim Sweeney, the Cougars compiled a 3–8 record (0–7 in Pac-8, last) and were outscored 295 to 262.


1975 Washington State Cougars football team
The team's statistical leaders included John Hopkins with 1,022 passing yards, Vaughn Williams with 662 rushing yards, and Brian Kelly with 371 receiving yards.


1975 Washington State Cougars football team
With two wins to open the season, followed by seven consecutive losses, the Cougars took out their frustrations on over-matched neighbor Idaho in the Battle of the Palouse on November 15, scoring eight touchdowns in the first half on the way to an 84–27 rout. The next week at Husky Stadium in Seattle, WSU led rival Washington 27–13 with three minutes left in Don James' first Apple Cup, but gave up two long touchdowns to lose by a point.


1975 Washington State Cougars football team
Sweeney resigned a week later, and was promptly hired at Fresno State.


1975 Washington State Cougars football team
This was the first season for the concrete north grandstand at Martin Stadium; the student section, it was formerly a wooden grandstand constructed in the 1930s as part of Rogers Field. (1975 aerial photo)


1975 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
The 1975 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship was the 75th staging of the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Waterford County Board in 1897.


1975 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
On 19 October 1975, Mount Sion won the championship after a 6-04 to 2-07 defeat of Portlaw in the final. This was their 24th championship title overall and their second title in succession.


1975 Wayne State Tartars football team
The 1975 Wayne State Tartars football team represented Wayne State University as a member of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) during the 1975 NCAA Division II football season. In their second year under head coach Dick Lowry, the Tartars compiled an 8–3 record (3–1 against GLIAC opponents) and won the GLIAC championship.


1975 West Berlin state election
The election to the Berlin House of Representatives occurred on March 2, 1975. The election campaign was marked by the kidnapping of the CDU top candidate, Peter Lorenz. Lorenz was kidnapped three days before the election by the 2nd of June Movement who demanded the release of six of their comrades. This left incumbent SPD mayor Klaus Schütz in the somewhat awkward position of having to determine, so to speak, the life of his challenger. After the federal government gave in to the demands by the 2 June Movement, Peter Lorenz was released two days after the election.


1975 West Berlin state election
In the election the SPD lost 7.8 percentage points in the election, and with 42.6% of the vote lost its absolute majority that it had held since 1954. The election results gave the power of determining the governing coalition to the FDP. After negotiations, incumbent SPD mayor Klaus Schütz was able to be re-elected at the head of an SPD-FDP government.


1975 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 1975 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. West Virginia won the Peach Bowl game against NC State, to finish the season with a record of 9–3. They were ranked 17 in the final Coaches Poll and 20 in the final AP Poll.


1975 Western Australian daylight saving referendum
A referendum was held on 8 March 1975 in the Australian state of Western Australia on the topic of introducing daylight saving. It was the first of four such proposals which have been put to Western Australian voters, and followed a trial over the 1974–1975 summer. The referendum failed to pass, with 53.66% voting against the proposal.


1975 Western Australian daylight saving referendum, Referendum results
Question: Are you in favour of the standard time in the State being advanced one hour from the last Sunday in October in each year until the first Sunday in March next following?


1975 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team
The 1975 Western Kentucky football team represented Western Kentucky University during the 1975 NCAA Division II football season. The team came off an 7–3 record from the prior season and was led by coach Jimmy Feix. They claimed a share of the Ohio Valley Conference championship and returned to the NCAA Division II Football Championship for the second time in three years. One of the highlights of the season was a victory over NCAA Division I Louisville. The Hilltoppers won their first two playoff games, including a win over New Hampshire in the Grantland Rice Bowl, before falling in the championship game to Northern Michigan in the Camellia Bowl. They finished ranked 3rd in both the AP and UPI final polls.


1975 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team
This team was one of the best in school history and included future NFL players David Carter, Darryl Drake, Rick Caswell, and Biff Madon. Rick Green was named to the AP All American team as well as the OVC Defensive Player of the Year and Feix was named Divisional Kodak College Coach-of-the-Year. The All OVC team included Green, Sheroid Barrett, Chip Carpenter, Walt Herod, John Leathers, and Keith Tandy.


1975 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The 1975 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. In their first season under head coach Elliot Uzelac, the Broncos compiled a 1-10 record (0/7 against MAC opponents), finished in ninth place in the MAC, and were outscored by their opponents, 297 to 119. The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.


1975 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The team's statistical leaders included Sollie Boone with 318 passing yards, Dan Matthews with 873 rushing yards, and Ted Forrest with 286 receiving yards. Linebacker Duncan McKerracher and fullback/middle guard Jim White were the team captains. For the second consecutive year, fullback Dan Matthews received the team's most outstanding player award.


1975 Western Michigan Broncos football team
Uzelac was hired as Western Michigan's head football coach in December 1974. Uzelac was 33 years old at the time of his hiring. He was a Western Michigan alumnus, having graduated in 1964. He had served previously as an assistant coach for the Michigan Wolverines and Detroit Lions.


1975 Whitbread Awards
The Whitbread Awards (1971–2005), called Costa Book Awards since 2006, are literary awards in the United Kingdom, awarded both for high literary merit but also for works considered enjoyable reading. This page gives details of the awards given in the year 1975.


1975 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Wigan Council were held on 1 May 1975, with one third of the council up for the election - although only 21 seats were contested, as Labour were unopposed in Ward 12, 21 and 24. Labour suffered six losses on the night - five to the Conservatives and one to the Liberals - with a gain from the sole Independent in Ward 23 as consolation. Overall turnout fell by nearly a quarter, to 27%.


1975 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:


1975 Wightman Cup
The 1975 Wightman Cup was the 47th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at the Public Auditorium in Cleveland, Ohio in the United States.


1975 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships
The 1975 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships was the 9th edition of the global wildwater canoeing competition, Wildwater Canoeing World Championships, organised by the International Canoe Federation.


1975 William & Mary Indians football team
The 1975 William & Mary Indians football team represented the College of William & Mary as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. Led by Jim Root in his fourth year as head coach, William & Mary finished the season 2–9 overall and 2–3 in SoCon play to place fifth.


1975 Wimbledon Championships
The 1975 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 23 June until Saturday 5 July 1975. It was the 89th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1975. Arthur Ashe and Billie Jean King won the singles titles.


1975 Wimbledon Championships, Prize money
The total prize money for 1975 championships was £114,875. The winner of the men's title earned £10,000 while the women's singles champion earned £7,000.


1975 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Men's Doubles
Vitas Gerulaitis /  Sandy Mayer defeated  Colin Dowdeswell /  Allan Stone, 7–5, 8–6, 6–4


1975 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Women's Doubles
Ann Kiyomura /  Kazuko Sawamatsu defeated  Françoise Dürr /  Betty Stöve, 7–5, 1–6, 7–5


1975 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Mixed Doubles
Marty Riessen /  Margaret Court defeated  Allan Stone /  Betty Stöve, 6–4, 7–5


1975 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles
Chris Lewis defeated Ricardo Ycaza in the final, 6–1, 6–4 to win the Boys' Singles tennis title at the 1975 Wimbledon Championships.


1975 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
Natasha Chmyreva defeated Regina Maršíková in the final, 6–4, 6–3 to win the Girls' Singles tennis title at the 1975 Wimbledon Championships.


1975 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
John Newcombe and Tony Roche were the defending champions, but Newcombe did not compete. Roche partnered with Colin Dibley but lost in the quarterfinals to Dick Crealy and Nikola Pilić.


1975 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Vitas Gerulaitis and Sandy Mayer defeated Colin Dowdeswell and Allan Stone in the final, 7–5, 8–6, 6–4 to win the Gentlemen's Doubles title at the 1975 Wimbledon Championships.


1975 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1975 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Arthur Ashe defeated the defending champion Jimmy Connors in the final, 6–1, 6–1, 5–7, 6–4 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1975 Wimbledon Championships. He became the first Black man to win the singles title at Wimbledon.


1975 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1975 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying
Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held one week before the event. Several players withdrew from the main draw after qualifying had commenced, leading to the highest ranked players who lost in the final qualifying round to be entered into the main draw as lucky losers.


1975 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Owen Davidson and Billie Jean King were the defending champions, but Davidson did not compete. King partnered with Tony Roche but withdrew in the third round.


1975 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Marty Riessen and Margaret Court defeated Allan Stone and Betty Stöve in the final, 6–4, 7–5 to win the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 1975 Wimbledon Championships.


1975 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles, Seeds
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1975 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Evonne Cawley and Peggy Michel were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Sue Barker and Glynis Coles.


1975 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Ann Kiyomura and Kazuko Sawamatsu defeated Françoise Dürr and Betty Stöve in the final, 7–5, 1–6, 7–5 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 1975 Wimbledon Championships.


1975 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles, Seeds
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1975 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Billie Jean King defeated Evonne Goolagong Cawley in the final, 6–0, 6–1 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1975 Wimbledon Championships. Chris Evert was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to King.


1975 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


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


1975 Winston 500
The 1975 Winston 500 was an automobile race at the Alabama International Motor Speedway held on May 4, 1975.


1975 Winston 500
The tenth race of 30 in the 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National season, it started 50 cars and ran 500.1 miles. It was the sixth annual late-April/early May running at Talladega and the fifth under Winston cigarettes sponsorship.


1975 Winston 500, Background
Talladega Superspeedway, originally known as Alabama International Motor Superspeedway (AIMS), is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln. The track is a Tri-oval and was constructed by International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France Family, in the 1960s. Talladega is most known for its steep banking and the unique location of the start/finish line - located just past the exit to pit road. The track currently hosts the NASCAR series such as the Sprint Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and the Camping World Truck Series. Talladega Superspeedway is the longest NASCAR oval with a length of 2.66 miles (4.28 km), and the track at its peak had a seating capacity of 175,000 spectators.


1975 Winston 500, Race report
Five-time Formula One World Driver Champion Juan Manuel Fangio (Argentina, 1951, 1954-57) was the honorary starter for the event. Ed Negre drove Dean Dalton's car, and Dean Dalton drove Ed Negre's car.


1975 Winston 500, Race report
The pole and race were won by Buddy Baker, driving the 1975 Ford Torino of Bud Moore. Buddy Baker's win the first for Ford in NASCAR's "Modern Era." It snapped a long losing streak for the brand dating back to Bobby Allison's win at Middle Georgia Raceway back in November 1971. This race brought on the best finish of Harry Jefferson who finished in sixth place.


1975 Winston 500, Race report
His primary challengers were Bobby Allison, David Pearson, Richard Petty, Dick Brooks, Dave Marcis, and Darrell Waltrip.


1975 Winston 500, Race report
The race lead changed 51 times among 11 drivers and was slowed by five cautions for 45 laps. There were several accidents. Baker dominated in terms of laps led, but he didn't have the best car. Cale Yarborough rocketed through the field from 24th starting spot until his windshield kept breaking. Petty was one of the best cars along with Pearson. Cecil "Flash" Gordon led a couple laps early in this race when he stayed out and the leaders pitted. The #24 Chevrolet wasn't upfront for long as Dick Brooks and Darrell Waltrip passed him not long after the restart. Gordon's good run eventually ended in a blown engine that saw him spun in his own oil and slide into the infield off Turn 4.


1975 Winston 500, Race report
Donnie Allison blew his engine while leading Lap 12 and a two-car crash ensued; among those involved were Daytona 500 winner Benny Parsons. Later Marty Robbins was involved in a fiery crash with Ramo Stott and James Hylton. The worst accident happened to Richard Petty. On Lap 141 while leading his left-front wheel bearing caught fire. He pitted while his young brother-in-law Randy Owens was fitting a hose to a pressurized water tank; the tank exploded high into the air and landed several yards from Petty, killing Owens. Another unusual event was Darrell Waltrip finishing in the top five despite being put out with engine problems on lap 182. Baker crowded off a last-lap bid by Pearson for the win, his first since 1973 and the first for team owner Bud Moore since 1966.


1975 Winston 500, Race report
The winner of the race won $28,275 ($135,989 when adjusted for inflation) while the last-place driver walked away with $905 ($4,353 when adjusted for inflation).


1975 Winston Western 500
The 1975 Winston Western 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on January 19, 1975, at Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California. A companion race known as the Permatex 200, in the Late Model Sportsmen Series,  would be held one day prior to this event on the same track.


1975 Winston Western 500
The 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Series would jump start Richard Petty into a different breed of stock car driver; even though his 1975 Dodge Charger muscle car vehicle would be as comfortable to drive on the race track as a boxcar on the railroad tracks.


1975 Winston Western 500
This was the first race that the vaunted Chevrolet Malibu Laguna S-3 was eligible for competition, although its use began in earnest at the 1975 Daytona 500.


1975 Winston Western 500, Race report
35 drivers managed to qualify for this 191-lap race that spanned a total distance of 500.4 miles or 805.3 kilometres. Fifty-five thousand people would attend a live racing event that would last for five hours and four minutes. Ivan Baldwin would become the last-place finisher due to engine problems on the fourth lap. Bobby Allison and David Pearson both chased each other for the lead lap before Allison would win by nearly 23 seconds over Pearson. Other drivers who had the lead at certain points in the race were Sonny Easley and Ray Elder. More than half the field failed to finish the race due to problems ranging from engine difficulties to oil-related problems and even the occasional transmission problem.


1975 Winston Western 500, Race report
Only 13 cars were running at the end of the race; only Bobby Allison, David Pearson, Cecil Gordon, and Dave Marcis had a realistic shot of winning the race. Most of the teams were feeling their way through since it was the first race of the year and teams had to experiment with new strategies. The broadcasting range provided by the network was questionable at best despite being televised specifically for cable television. Most of the Northern United States (including New Jersey) were nearly oblivious to the events that occurred. The results were shown primarily through tape-delayed highlight shows and amateurish NASCAR magazines.


1975 Winston Western 500, Race report
Speeds up to 110.382 miles per hour or 177.643 kilometres per hour were seen during solo qualifying runs while actual race speeds were merely 98.267 miles per hour or 158.145 kilometres per hour. Richard Petty would spend 19 laps on pit road while the crew repaired the left front of his car; using a lot of Arno 200 MPH tape in the process. The car looked like a candidate for the junkyard but Petty later roared around the track faster than eventual race winner Bobby Allison. Petty even passed Allison a few times in the process. Attrition was considered to be a considerable issue at the race as only 13 cars were running at; with only one other car within 7 laps of the lead, at a track bigger than Watkins Glen.


1975 Winston Western 500, Race report
This would be the last NASCAR Winston Cup series race for G.T. Tallas. He'd return to NASCAR 20 years later to run two races in the NASCAR Truck Series.


1975 Winston Western 500, Race report
While multi-car teams were becoming the norm, a significant amount of "lone wolf" owners still were operating in 1975.


1975 Winston Western 500, Race report
Prize amounts earned for each driver ranged from $14,735 ($70,868.33 when adjusted for inflation) to $520 ($2,500.95 when adjusted for inflation); with a grand total of $97,075 being handed out by the official NASCAR treasurer ($466,884.52 when adjusted for inflation). Ron Esau, Don Puskarich, and Bill Schmitt would make their introductions to NASCAR in this race while Dick Bown would hang up his racing gloves after this event.


1975 Winter Universiade
The 1975 Winter Universiade, the VIII Winter Universiade, took place in Livigno, Italy.


1975 Winter Universiade
The competition was held as, and also known as, the World University Ski Championships, as the games included only two events (alpine and Nordic skiing).


1975 Winter Universiade, Alpine Skiing
Men: Slalom Gold – Philip Hardy (France) Silver – Fausto Radici (Italy) Bronze – Bruno Confortola (Italy)


1975 Winter Universiade, Alpine Skiing
Men: Giant Slalom Gold – Fausto Radici (Italy) Silver – Bruno Confortola (Italy) Bronze – Jean-Pierre Puthod (France)


1975 Winter Universiade, Alpine Skiing
Men: Downhill Gold – Bruno Confortola (Italy) Silver – Werner Margreiter (Austria) Bronze – Renato Antonioli (Italy)


1975 Winter Universiade, Alpine Skiing
Men: Combined Combined event is the overall standings of all disciplines on the Universiade program. Gold – Bruno Confortola (Italy) Silver – Philip Hardy (France) Bronze – Herbert Marxer (Liechtenstein)


1975 Winter Universiade, Alpine Skiing
Women: Slalom Gold – Aleftina Askarova (Soviet Union) Silver – Brigitte Jeandel (France) Bronze – Patrizia Ravelli (Italy) Bronze – Carmen Rosoleni (Italy)


1975 Winter Universiade, Alpine Skiing
Women: Giant Slalom Gold – Fabienne Jourdain (France) Silver – Patrizia Ravelli (Italy) Bronze – Zusana Sosvaldová (Czechoslovakia)


1975 Winter Universiade, Alpine Skiing
Women: Downhill Gold – Irene Böhm (Switzerland) Silver – Brigitte Jeandel (France) Bronze – Carmen Rosoleni (Italy)


1975 Winter Universiade, Alpine Skiing
Women: Combined Combined event is the overall standings of all disciplines on the Universiade program. Gold – Irene Böhm (Switzerland) Silver – Brigitte Jeandel (France) Bronze – Carmen Rosoleni (Italy)


1975 Winter Universiade, Nordic Skiing
Men: 15km Gold – Yuriy Vahruzhev (Soviet Union) Silver – Valeriy Isayev (Soviet Union) Bronze – Yevgeniy Belyayev (Soviet Union)


1975 Winter Universiade, Nordic Skiing
Men: 30km Gold – Valeriy Isayev (Soviet Union) Silver – Yuriy Vahruzhev (Soviet Union) Bronze – Nikolay Gorshkov (Soviet Union)


1975 Winter Universiade, Nordic Skiing
Men: 4 x 10 km Relay Gold – Soviet Union Silver – Czechoslovakia Bronze – Poland


1975 Winter Universiade, Nordic Skiing
Women: 10km Gold – Blanca Paulu (Czechoslovakia) Silver – Natalya Kruglikova (Soviet Union) Bronze – Nuranya Latfulina (Soviet Union)


1975 Winter Universiade, Nordic Skiing
Women: 3 x 5 km Relay Gold – Soviet Union Silver – Czechoslovakia Bronze – Poland


1975 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 1975 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 1 May 1975 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.


1975 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results
Results compared directly with the last local election in 1973.


1975 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, Notes
• italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate


1975 Wisconsin Badgers football team
The 1975 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1975 Big Ten Conference football season.


1975 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, Northwestern
Billy Marek became the 30th player in NCAA history to rush for over 3,000 yards in a career.


1975 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 1975 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on 1 May 1975. The Labour Party retained control of the Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council.


1975 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 1975 elections were the first "one third" elections since Wolverhampton became a Metropolitan Borough and held "all out" elections in 1973, although a by-election had been held in Wednesfield Heath following the death of Cyril Squire in which the Labour Party gained the seat from the Conservatives, thus changing the composition of the Council since 1973.


1975 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 1975 elections were contested by the Wolverhampton Association of Ratepayers (WAR) who succeeded in gaining only one seat. Two seats were contested in the Eastfield ward following the resignation of Peter Ray.


1975 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election
The composition of the council prior to the election was:


1975 Women's British Open Squash Championship
The 1975 Women's Langham Life Assurance British Open Squash Championships was held at Wembley in London from 28 February - 6 March 1975. Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her fourteenth consecutive title defeating Marion Jackman in the final. The domination shown by Heather McKay was evident in the fact that she remained unbeaten in any competition since December 1962.


1975 Women's British Open Squash Championship, Seeds
Sue Cogswell Sue Newman Margaret Zachariah Jean Wilson Teresa Lawes Jane Courtney


1975 Women's College World Series
The 1975 Women's College World Series (WCWS) was contested among 18 college softball teams on May 15–18 in Omaha, Nebraska. This was the seventh WCWS. Connie Claussen, the tournament director for the first eleven editions of the WCWS, was also the coach of the victorious Nebraska–Omaha team.


1975 Women's College World Series, Teams
After losing the opener of the final, the University of Nebraska–Omaha Maverettes defeated Northern Iowa, 6–4, in the deciding game to win the 1975 championship.


1975 Women's European Volleyball Championship
The 1975 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the ninth edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in several cities in Yugoslavia from 18 to 25 October 1975, with the final round held in Belgrade.


1975 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Format
The tournament was played in two different stages. In the first stage, the twelve participants were divided into three groups of four teams each. In the second stage, two groups were formed, one containing the winners and runners-up from all first stage groups (six teams in total) to contest the tournament title. A second group was formed by the remaining six teams which played for position places (7th to 12th). All groups in both stages played a single round-robin format.


1975 Women's Nordic Football Championship
1975 Women's Nordic Football Championship was the second edition of the Women's Nordic Football Championship tournament. It was held from 25 July to 27 July in Brande, Vejen and Vejle in Denmark.


1975 Women's World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The 36th edition of the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women was held on 22 and 23 February in Assen at the De Bonte Wever ice rink.


1975 Woolwich West by-election
The Woolwich West by-election, 1975 was a parliamentary by-election held  on 26 June 1975 for the British House of Commons constituency of Woolwich West in South East London.


1975 Woolwich West by-election
The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Labour Member of Parliament (MP), William Hamling died on 20 March 1975. He had held the seat since winning it from the Conservatives at the 1964 general election. It was the first by election since the general election the previous October.


1975 Woolwich West by-election, Results
The result of the contest was a victory for the Conservative candidate, Peter Bottomley, who held the seat until its abolition for the 1983 general election; he had contested the seat in both 1974 general elections. He then sat for Eltham, the successor seat and since 1997 has represented Worthing West, a safe Tory seat in Sussex.


1975 Woolwich West by-election, Results
As the result of the by-election was a Conservative gain from Labour, the result reduced the Labour majority in the House of Commons from 3 seats to 1 seat as their number of seats fell from 319 to 318 in a House of 635 members. However the position of the Labour Government was made worse by the fact one of its MPs John Stonehouse, was absent from the country.


1975 Woolwich West by-election, Results
This was the first by-election the Conservatives fought under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher, who abandoned a precedent that party leaders did not campaign in by-elections, by personally canvassing in support of Bottomley. Writing in The Glasgow Herald political correspondent John Warden stated that the victory would boost Mrs Thatcher by silencing against "mutterings about her leadership" for at least a few months.


1975 World 600
The 1975 World 600, the 16th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on May 25, 1975, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.


1975 World 600, Race report
There were 40 drivers on the grid. Coo Coo Marlin had an engine problem on lap 33 out of 400 laps - earning him a last place position and $1,455 ($69,993 when adjusted for inflation). Richard Petty would defeat Cale Yarborough by one lap in front of 90,600 spectators; who had no idea that history was being made right before their eyes. Petty would earn $30,290 ($145,680 in when adjusted for inflation) on his long anticipated first win at Charlotte, despite having to change four tires early in the race and falling behind a lap. Petty rallied back and proceeded to lap the field.


1975 World 600, Race report
Dale Earnhardt would make his debut here; finishing 22nd in a Dodge vehicle. African-American driver Randy Bethea would race his only NASCAR Cup Series race here; he would complete in 251 laps before engine problems relegated him to the sideline. Joe Frasson failed to qualify for this race while Darel Dieringer would make his NASCAR comeback here. Richard Childress would also compete in his event; finishing one place behind his future employee Dale Earnhardt. Both drivers were running at the finish, 45 laps down.


1975 World 600, Race report
Other drivers who failed to qualify were Bill Dennis (#20), Ferrel Harris (#82), Carl Adams (#65), and Elmo Langley (#64).


1975 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men took place on 8 and 9 February 1975 in Oslo at the Bislett Stadium ice rink.


1975 World Aquatics Championships
The 1975 World Aquatics Championships took place in Cali, Colombia between July 19 and July 27, 1975, with 682 participating athletes.


1975 World Archery Championships
The 1975 World Archery Championships was the 18th edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in Interlaken, Switzerland in June 1975 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA).


1975 World Association of Veteran Athletes Championships
The first World Association of Veteran Athletes Championships were held in Toronto, Canada, from 11–16 August 1975. This was the first such championships for the newly created division of the sport of athletics for people over (at that point in time) 40 years of age, now referred to as Masters athletics. With over 1,400 individual participants and 5,000 starts, this claimed to be the largest track and field meet ever held in North American to that point in time.


1975 World Association of Veteran Athletes Championships
A full range of track and field events were held, along with a cross country race and a marathon.


1975 World Championship Tennis Finals
The 1975 World Championship Tennis Finals was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 5th edition of the WCT Finals and was part of the 1975 World Championship Tennis circuit. The event was played at the Moody Coliseum in Dallas, Texas in the United States and was held from  May 7 through May 11, 1975. The draw consisted of the eight best performing players of the 1975 WCT season. First-seeded Arthur Ashe won the tournament and the accompanying $50,000 first-prize money.


1975 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles
John Newcombe was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


1975 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles
Arthur Ashe won in the final 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–0 against Björn Borg.


1975 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1975 World Championship Tennis circuit
The 1975 World Championship Tennis circuit was one of the two rival professional male tennis circuits of 1975. It was organized by World Championship Tennis (WCT). The 1975 circuit divided the players in three groups, Red, Blue and Green who played 24 tournaments in 12 countries. The first tournament, U.S. Professional Indoor Championships, was a combined event as was the season's final which was played in Dallas by the eight best performers and was won by American Arthur Ashe who defeated Björn Borg from Sweden in four sets.


1975 World Championship Tennis circuit
Additionally there were three special non–ranking events; the CBS Classic (Puerto Rico, 13–19 January), the Aetna World Cup team contest between Australia and America (Hartford, 6–9 March) and the Rothmans International Trophy an eight-nation contest between 16 players (London, 4–8 March).


1975 World Championship Tennis circuit
The total prize money for the 1975 WCT circuit was $2,068,500 which included $100,000 bonus money.


1975 World Championship Tennis circuit, Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 1975 WCT circuit, with player progression documented until the quarterfinals stage.


1975 World Championship Tennis circuit, Standings, Red group
* Qualified for the WCT Finals. The best two players from each group qualified plus the next two players with the highest points total.


1975 World Cup (men's golf)
The 1975 World Cup took place 4–7 December at the Navatananee Course in Khan Na Yao district, 20 kilometres northeast of Bangkok city center in Thailand. It was the 23rd World Cup event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 47 teams of which 45 teams completed the competition. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The United States team of Lou Graham and Johnny Miller won by ten strokes over the Taiwan team of Hsieh Min-Nan and Kuo Chie-Hsiung. It was the 13th win for United States in the 23 times the World Cup, formerly named Canada Cup, had been contested. The individual competition for The International Trophy, was won by Miller, two strokes ahead of three players, who shared second place.


1975 World Fencing Championships
The 1975 World Fencing Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary.


1975 World Figure Skating Championships
The 1975 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA from March 4 to 8. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1975 World Figure Skating Championships
The ISU Representative was Jacques Favart of France and the ISU Technical Delegate was Hermann Schiechtl of West Germany.


1975 World Figure Skating Championships
Men's compulsory figures were performed on March 4 at 8 am and ladies' figures took place the next day. The number of figures executed by each skater had been reduced from six to three.


1975 World Football League season
The 1975 World Football League season was the second and last season of the World Football League. The 1975 season was to be an 18-game season over a twenty-week schedule.


1975 World Football League season
The WFL returned with a massive overhaul under new commissioner, Christopher Hemmeter. Four of the inaugural twelve teams returned from the 1974 season: The Hawaiians, Southern California Sun, Philadelphia Bell and Memphis Southmen, as did the Shreveport Steamer and Charlotte Hornets, who moved from Houston and New York City, respectively, midway through the 1974 season. New WFL teams replaced folded teams in Birmingham (where the Vulcans replaced the league champion Americans), Portland (where the Thunder took the place of the Storm), Jacksonville (the Express took over for the Sharks), and Chicago (the Winds stepped into the place of the Fire). One new market was added when the Florida Blazers moved to become the San Antonio Wings; the Blazers and Detroit Wheels were not replaced in their home markets.


1975 World Football League season
The Winds were expelled from the league five games into the season. They had essentially bet their existence on an attempt to woo New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath as its starting quarterback. The Winds all but promised that Namath was coming, and their failure to deliver him was a severe blow to the league's credibility. It also prompted TVS Television Network, the league's TV partner, to cancel its WFL coverage prior to the regular season, leaving the league untelevised with the exception of some local television.


1975 World Football League season
Memphis and San Antonio won the first half of the split-season format and had secured playoff spots for the end of the season. The playoffs were to have six teams and World Bowl 2 was scheduled for Sunday, January 4, 1976. Without significant television and low attendance, WFL ceased operations twelve weeks into the regular season on Wednesday, October 22. The Birmingham Vulcans had the league's best record (9–3) at the time of the shutdown.


1975 World Football League season, Draft
Because of the uncertainties facing the WFL, the 1974 WFL Draft was the only collegiate draft held by the league. In 1975, only a Pro Draft of entire NFL and CFL teams was done at its league meetings in Birmingham, Alabama. The professional football teams chosen were the following:


1975 World Football League season, Final standings
W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against


1975 World Judo Championships
The 1975 World Judo Championships were the 9th edition of the Men's World Judo Championships, and were held in Vienna, Austria from 23–25 October, 1975.


1975 World Junior Curling Championships
The 1975 World Junior Curling Championships were held from February 25 to March 1 at the East York Curling Club in East York, Ontario, Canada. The tournament only consisted of a men's event.


1975 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 1975 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships were between December 26, 1974, and January 5, 1975, in several venues in Winnipeg and Brandon in Canada and in Minneapolis, Bloomington, and Fargo in the United States. The Soviet team won the tournament with a perfect 5–0 record. This was the second edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, but the results are not included in official IIHF records. Canada was represented by an all-star team from just the Western Canada Hockey League, while the other five nations were represented by teams of all their top under-20 players.


1975 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Final standings
The tournament was a round-robin format, with each team playing each of the other five teams once each.


1975 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships
The 1975 UCI Juniors Track World Championships were the first annual Junior World Championship for track cycling held in Lausanne, Switzerland.


1975 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships
The Championships had four events for men only, Sprint, Points race, Individual pursuit and Team pursuit.


1975 World Karate Championships
The 1975 World Karate Championships are the 3rd edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Long Beach, United States in 1975.


1975 World Masters (darts)
The 1975 Phonogram World Masters was the major tournament on the BDO/WDF calendar for 1975. It took place from 1 October at the West Centre Hotel, Fulham.


1975 World Masters (darts)
The tournament featured the best 60 players from around the world. 24 winners of major tournaments from the last year and an English qualifying round consisting of 36 players (2 from each county). The 36 County players played down to a last 8 before joining the 24 invitees to make the first round.


1975 World Masters (darts)
The final was an all Welsh affair between Alan Evans and David "Rocky" Jones with Evans winning his only World Masters title.


1975 World Masters (darts)
This tournament is notable for being the first major tournament entered by a then 18 year old Eric Bristow, who went on to dominate the game in the 1980s. Bristow failed to make the last 32 after losing in the England qualifiers earlier in the day.


1975 World Modern Pentathlon Championships
The 1975 World Modern Pentathlon Championships were held in Mexico City, Mexico.


1975 World Netball Championships
The 1975 World Netball Championships was the fourth edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball. It took place from 22 August to 4 September and was held in Auckland, New Zealand. It featured 11 teams with the debut of (Fiji and Papua New Guinea).


1975 World Netball Championships
After each team had played ten games, Australia successfully defended its 1969 title with nine wins and a draw (against New Zealand). England took the silver medal and New Zealand took the bronze medal.


1975 World Rally Championship
The 1975 World Rally Championship was the third season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) World Rally Championship (WRC). 10 events were included on the schedule, including the return to the series of the famous Monte Carlo and Swedish rallies after a one season absence of those events. Both North American events were removed from the schedule however. Other returning entries to the schedule included the Acropolis Rally in Greece, which would become a staple of the WRC circuit to this day, and the Rallye du Maroc.


1975 World Rally Championship
Lancia, with its powerful Stratos HF, continued its dominance despite struggling with reliability. Lancia won four rallies during the season however, outpacing competitors Fiat and Alpine-Renault. The battle for second place in the season was ultimately determined by a single point, with Fiat outscoring Alpine-Renault 61 points to 60, while Opel's Ascona made a strong bid to be competitive, scoring 58 points.


1975 World Rally Championship
From 1973 to 1978, the WRC only awarded a championship for manufacturers. Scoring was given for the highest placing entry for each manufacturer. Thus if a particular manufacturer was to place 2nd, 4th, and 10th, they would receive points for 2nd place only. However, the manufacturer would still gain an advantage in scoring from its other entries, as the points for the 4th and 10th place entries would be denied to other manufacturers.


1975 World Rally Championship, Calendar
After the oil crisis of 1973 that affected the 1974 season, the Monte Carlo Rally, the Swedish Rally, the Acropolis Rally, and the Rallye du Maroc return to the calendar, while the Rally of the Rideau Lakes was dropped.


1975 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
VII World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held on 20–23 November 1975 in Madrid, Spain.


1975 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, Medal table
NOTE: Bulgaria, The Soviet Union and East Germany did not send any competitors.


1975 World Rowing Championships
The 1975 World Rowing Championships was the fifth World Rowing Championships. It was held from 21 to 30 August at Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre in Nottingham, Great Britain.


1975 World Series
The 1975 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1975 season. The 72nd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox and the National League (NL) champion Cincinnati Reds. The Reds won the series, four games to three. In 2003, ESPN ranked it the second-greatest World Series ever played, trailing only the 1991 series, while in 2020, Sam Miller of ESPN named it the best World Series ever.


1975 World Series
The Reds, at the height of their Big Red Machine dynasty, recorded a franchise-high 108 victories in 1975 and won the NL West division by 20 games over the Los Angeles Dodgers, then defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates, three games to none, in the NL Championship Series. The Red Sox won the AL East division by 4+1⁄2 games over the Baltimore Orioles, then defeated the three-time defending World Series champion Oakland Athletics, three games to none, in the AL Championship Series. The sixth game of the World Series was a 12-inning classic at Boston's Fenway Park, which culminated with a walk-off home run by Carlton Fisk to extend the series to seven games. The Reds won the seventh and deciding game of the series on a ninth-inning single by Joe Morgan.


1975 World Series
It was Cincinnati's third World Series appearance in six years, losing in 1970 to Baltimore and in 1972 to Oakland. It was the first of back-to-back championships for the Reds. For the Red Sox, the 1975 World Series was their first World Series appearance since losing to St. Louis in seven games in 1967. It would be 11 more years until Boston returned to the World Series in 1986, in which they suffered another seven-game loss, this time to the New York Mets.


1975 World Series
This was the fourth time in five years that a seven-game World Series winner (following Pittsburgh in 1971, and Oakland in 1972 and 1973) was outscored.


1975 World Series, Summary
NL Cincinnati Reds (4) vs. AL Boston Red Sox (3)


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
Ace pitchers Luis Tiant and Don Gullett were locked in a scoreless duel until the seventh inning. Tiant led off with a single and later scored Boston's first run on a single by Carl Yastrzemski. Then the floodgates opened: Reds reliever Clay Carroll walked Carlton Fisk to force in a run, Rico Petrocelli slapped a two-run single, Rick Burleson had an RBI single, and Cecil Cooper ended the scoring with a sacrifice fly. Tiant finished with a five-hitter against a team that had scored an MLB high 840 runs during the regular season.


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
Game 2 proved to be a very pivotal game as the Reds were on the brink of being down two games before rallying for victory in the ninth inning. Red Sox starter Bill Lee held the Reds to four hits and a run through eight innings. Johnny Bench led off the ninth with a double to right field. Lee was then replaced by right-handed closer Dick Drago. Bench moved to third on a groundout by Tony Pérez.


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
After George Foster popped out for the second out, Dave Concepción hit a clutch single up the middle that Boston second baseman Denny Doyle fielded behind second base, but had no play at first as Bench scored to tie the game. After Concepcion stole second base, Ken Griffey hit a double into left-center field scoring Concepcion with the game-winner. Rawly Eastwick retired the Sox in the ninth to get the win and even the series.


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
The Reds' only other run scored in the fourth when Joe Morgan walked, went to third on a Bench single, and scored on a Pérez force out.


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
The Red Sox sandwiched the Reds' run with single tallies of their own in the first inning on an RBI single by Carlton Fisk, and in the sixth on an RBI single by Rico Petrocelli.


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
At home, the Reds prevailed in another squeaker in a game that featured the first major controversy of the series that involved the umpires. The teams had battled to a tense 5-5 tie through nine innings. After the Red Sox failed to score in the tenth, the Reds sent the bottom of the order to lead off the bottom of the tenth. Cesar Geronimo led off with a single off Jim Willoughby. Reds manager Sparky Anderson then sent pinch-hitter Ed Armbrister up to sacrifice in place of reliever Rawly Eastwick.


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
Armbrister's bunt bounced high near the plate toward the first-base line. Boston catcher Carlton Fisk was quick to pounce on the ball in front of the plate as Armbrister was slow to get out of the box. He hesitated before running and appeared to collide with (or at least impede) Fisk as he was retrieving the ball. Fisk's hurried throw to second base to force out Geronimo sailed over shortstop Rick Burleson into center field as Geronimo went to third base and Armbrister to second.


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
Fisk and Boston manager Darrell Johnson argued that Armbrister should have been ruled out for interference, but home plate umpire Larry Barnett ruled otherwise. The play stood and the Reds had the potential winning run on third with no outs. Willoughby then intentionally walked Pete Rose to load the bases and set up a force play at any base. Johnson then brought in left-hander Roger Moret, to face Ken Griffey, but Anderson countered with right-handed hitting Merv Rettenmund. Rettenmund struck out for out No. 1, but Joe Morgan knocked in Geronimo with the game-winner by hitting a deep fly to center over a drawn in outfield.


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
For nine innings, the game was a homer-fest as each team put three over the wall. Fisk put the Sox on the board in the second with a homer off Reds starter Gary Nolan. The Reds countered by taking a 2–1 lead in the fourth when Tony Pérez walked and Johnny Bench hit a two-run shot off Sox starter Rick Wise. The Reds then chased Wise in the fifth when Dave Concepción and César Gerónimo hit back-to-back home runs. Pete Rose followed with a one-out triple and scored on Joe Morgan's sacrifice fly to give the Reds a 5–1 lead.


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
The Sox scratched back in the sixth when Reds reliever Pat Darcy issued consecutive walks to Carl Yastrzemski and Fisk, wild-pitched Yastrzemski to third, and then gave up a sacrifice fly to Fred Lynn. In the seventh, former Cincinnati Red Bernie Carbo closed the gap to 5–3 with a pinch-hit homer off Clay Carroll.


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
In the top of the ninth, with Reds closer Eastwick on the mound, Rico Petrocelli singled and Evans hit the game-tying home run, sending the game into extra innings.


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
With the Reds leading the series 2–1, Luis Tiant pitched his second complete game win of the Series. More importantly, this win forced the Reds to win at least one of two games at Fenway Park to win the Series.


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
The Reds struck first off Tiant in the first on RBI doubles by Ken Griffey and Johnny Bench. The Sox, however, would get all the runs they needed in the fourth. Dwight Evans tied the game with a two-run triple, then Rick Burleson put the Sox ahead by doubling in Evans off Reds starter Fred Norman. Tiant, continuing his surprising hitting, singled Burleson to third. Burleson then scored on a Tony Pérez error on a ball hit by Juan Beníquez, while Tiant went to second. Carl Yastrzemski drove in Tiant with a single for what would turn out to be the winning run.


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
The Reds were able to counter with two runs in their half of the fourth on an RBI double by Dave Concepción and an RBI triple by César Gerónimo. The Reds had a shot at winning the game in the bottom of the ninth when, with two on and one out, Ken Griffey sent a deep drive into left-center that Fred Lynn made an over the shoulder catch. Joe Morgan then popped out to first on Tiant's 163rd pitch of the game.


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
Reds' lefty Don Gullett pitched like an ace as the Reds won their final home game in Game 5 to put Cincinnati on the brink of their first World Series championship in 35 years. Cincinnati first baseman and cleanup hitter Tony Pérez broke out of an 0–for–15 World Series slump with a pair of home runs while driving in four runs off Boston starter Reggie Cleveland. Pete Rose contributed an RBI double and Dave Concepción hit a sacrifice fly for the other Reds runs, while Gullett pitched 8+2⁄3 innings, limiting the powerful Boston lineup to five hits. Reds closer Rawly Eastwick came on to strike out Boston third baseman Rico Petrocelli for the game's final out.


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
With a travel day followed by three days of heavy rain in Boston, both pitching staffs got four days of rest. Red Sox manager Darrell Johnson was afforded the luxury of having his top two starting pitchers, Luis Tiant and Bill Lee, available for Games 6 and 7, respectively, while the Reds were able to have their ace, Don Gullett, available for a potential Game 7 after pitching a gem in Game 5.


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
Boston's Fred Lynn opened the scoring in the first with a two-out, three-run homer off Reds starter Gary Nolan. Meanwhile, Tiant breezed through the first four innings, holding the Reds scoreless. The Reds finally broke through in the fifth. With Ed Armbrister on third and Pete Rose on first, Ken Griffey tripled to deep center field on a ball that Lynn just missed making a leaping catch against the wall.


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
He suffered a rib injury, but remained in the game; Lynn told moderator Bob Costas during MLB Network's "Top 20 games in the last 50 years" that, for a short time, he was barely conscious and couldn't feel his legs. Johnny Bench singled Griffey home to tie the game at 3–3.


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
With two outs in the seventh, George Foster put the Reds ahead with a two-run double high off the center field wall. In the top of the eighth, César Gerónimo led off and hit the first pitch down the right-field line for a home run to chase Tiant and give the Reds a 6–3 lead.


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
In the bottom of the eighth, Reds reliever Pedro Borbón gave up an infield single off his leg to Lynn, and then walked Rico Petrocelli to bring the tying run to the plate. Rawly Eastwick replaced Borbón, struck out Dwight Evans, and retired Rick Burleson on a line-out to left. Bernie Carbo was called on to bat for reliever Roger Moret. Sparky Anderson was on the top step of the dugout, ready to call in left-hander Will McEnaney to pitch to the left-hand hitting Carbo.


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
Anderson said later that he was concerned that the Sox would call on right-handed Juan Beníquez to pinch hit for Carbo if he made the move. Carbo looked overmatched by Eastwick, missing on a swing for a 2–2 count; he fouled off two more pitches late, the latter just barely fought off to avoid a strikeout. On the next pitch, Carbo tied the game with a three-run home run to center field.


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
As Carbo approached third base on his home run trot, Carbo yelled out to former teammate Rose, "Hey, Pete, don't you wish you were that strong?" To which Rose replied, "This is fun."


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
In the bottom of the ninth, the Red Sox appeared poised to win. Denny Doyle walked on four pitches and went to third on a Carl Yastrzemski single; McEnaney, the Reds' seventh pitcher, replaced Eastwick and intentionally walked Carlton Fisk, loading the bases with no outs to face the left-handed hitting Lynn. He flied out to Foster in foul territory in left; Doyle tagged up and attempted to score but was thrown out as Bench caught the ball on a bounce and made a sweeping tag from fair territory to nip him just before his hand touched the plate. With runners at first and third, McEnaney retired Petrocelli with a ground ball to end the jam.


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
Rose led off the top of the 11th and was awarded first base after a pitch lightly grazed him. Griffey bunted, but Fisk's throw forced out Rose at second base. Joe Morgan hit a deep drive to right off Dick Drago that looked to be for extra bases. Evans made a leaping catch near the visitors bullpen in deep right to rob Morgan and doubled-up Griffey at first.


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
In the top of the 12th, Boston's Rick Wise caught Gerónimo looking with two men on to end the threat. In the bottom of the inning, Pat Darcy, the Reds' eighth pitcher, remained in the game after retiring the previous six batters in order. As the game passed four hours, Fisk led off; with a 1–0 count, he lifted a sinker down the left-field line and the ball struck the foul pole well above the Green Monster.


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
In what has now become an iconic baseball film highlight, NBC's left-field game camera (in the scoreboard) caught Fisk wildly waving his arms to his right after hitting the ball and watching its path while drifting down the first base line, as if he was trying to coax the ball to "stay fair." The ball indeed stayed fair and the Red Sox had tied the Series. (The cameraman in the scoreboard was supposed to follow the flight of the ball but was distracted by a nearby rat and ended up capturing Fisk instead.)


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
This game ranked #7 in ESPN SportsCentury Greatest Games of the 20th Century in 1999.


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
The game was scoreless until the third inning when Reds starter Don Gullett experienced control problems. After giving up an RBI single to Carl Yastrzemski, Gullett walked Carlton Fisk to load the bases. He then walked Rico Petrocelli and Dwight Evans to force in two more runs before striking out Rick Burleson for the final out. Gullett pitched a scoreless fourth before being relieved by Jack Billingham. The Reds bullpen pitched five scoreless innings to give the offense a chance to rally.


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
Boston starter Bill Lee was again sharp, as he shut out the Reds through five innings. In the sixth, with Pete Rose on first base and one out, Johnny Bench hit a routine grounder that appeared would be an inning-ending double play. Shortstop Burleson fielded the grounder and under-handed the ball to Denny Doyle covering second base to force Rose out at second.


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
But as Doyle pivoted to make a throw to first base, Rose slid high and hard into Doyle to force an errant throw that sailed into the Boston dugout preventing the double play as Bench moved onto second base. On a 1–0 count, Lee threw a blooper pitch to Tony Pérez who slammed the ball over the Green Monster and onto Lansdowne Street for a two-run home run, his third home run in the final three Series games, to draw the Reds to within 3–2.


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
The Reds tied it in the seventh when Ken Griffey walked, stole second, and scored on a two-out single to centerfield by Rose.


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
In the ninth, Griffey led off with a walk, was sacrificed to second by César Gerónimo, and went to third on a groundout by Dan Driessen. Boston left-handed reliever Jim Burton then walked Rose to set up a forceout, but Joe Morgan reached down and blooped a low breaking ball into center field to score Griffey with the go-ahead run. It was the second time in the series Rose was intentionally walked prior to Morgan driving in the game-winning run. Morgan, the 1975 National League MVP, also knocked in the game-winner in Game 3.


1975 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
Will McEnaney retired the Sox in order, with Yastrzemski flying out to center fielder Geronimo to end the game, clinching a World Series championship that had eluded the Reds for 34 years.


1975 World Series, Composite line score
1975 World Series (4–3): Cincinnati Reds (N.L.) beat Boston Red Sox (A.L. ).


1975 World Series, Composite line score
For the fourth time in five years, the Series went a full seven games and the champions were outscored.


1975 World Series, Broadcasting
NBC broadcast the Series on television and radio, with Curt Gowdy and Joe Garagiola alternating play-by-play on both media along with team announcers Dick Stockton and Ned Martin (Red Sox) and Marty Brennaman (Reds). Tony Kubek provided color commentary on the telecasts.


1975 World Series, Broadcasting
This was the final World Series play-by-play assignment for Gowdy, who had been NBC's lead baseball announcer since 1966. Garagiola would take over full-time as the network's main play-by-play voice for baseball the following season.


1975 World Series, Broadcasting
This was also the final Series broadcast for NBC Radio, which had retained exclusive rights to the event since 1957. CBS Radio would become the exclusive national radio network for MLB beginning the following season.


1975 World Series, Broadcasting
This was the only World Series broadcast for Stockton, who became a prominent national sportscaster for CBS, Fox, and TNT.


1975 World Series, Broadcasting
This is the earliest World Series telecast for which all games survive today in their entirety. Portions of many previous Series broadcasts also survive, but the general practice of the networks in the past was to wipe old broadcasts to save money and space. All subsequent World Series broadcasts since this one also have had all their games preserved.


1975 World Series of Poker
The 1975 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held in May 1975 at Binion's Horseshoe.


1975 World Series of Poker, Main Event
There were 21 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10K to enter the winner-take-all tournament.


1975 World Snooker Championship
The 1975 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament that took place between 9 April and 1 May 1975 across Australia. The event was the 1975 edition of the World Snooker Championship, first held in 1927. The tournament featured 27 participants, 8 of which were seeded and received byes to the second round. The event featured a prize fund of A$30,000 with the winner receiving A$7,500. This was the second (and to date last) World Snooker Championship to be held outside of the United Kingdom.


1975 World Snooker Championship
The final was held at the Nunawading Basketball Centre on Burwood Highway, in Burwood East, Victoria. Ray Reardon played Eddie Charlton in a best-of-61 frames match. Reardon won 10 of the 12 frames on the second day to lead 16–8 but Eddie Charlton won the first nine frames on day three to lead. Reardon then led 23–21 before Charlton won eight frames in a row to lead 29–23 requiring just two of the last nine frames to win. However Reardon then won 7 frames in a row to lead again and, although Charlton levelled the match at 30–30, Reardon won the deciding frame  to win 31–30.


1975 World Snooker Championship, Format, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


1975 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary
With Park Drive having ended their sponsorship, The WPBSA awarded the 1975 World Championship to Eddie Charlton Promotions. This was the second and, currently, the last world championship to be held in Australia.


1975 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary
There were 27 competitors. 3 preliminary matches were played to reduce the field to 24. 8 seeded players received a bye to the last-16 stage. Most of the early round matches were played in New South Wales although the semi-finals were played in Canberra and Brisbane with the final in Melbourne. There was controversy about the seedings. John Spencer was seeded 8 which meant that he met Ray Reardon in the quarter-final. Alex Higgins was also in the top half of the draw while Eddie Charlton was in the bottom half of the draw.


1975 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary
David Taylor made the highest break of the tournament with 128.


1975 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary
The final was decided on the final frame, with Reardon winning 31–30.


1975 World Sportscar Championship
The 1975 World Sportscar Championship season was the 23rd season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1975 World Championship for Makes which was open to Group 5 Sports Cars and Group 4 Special GT Cars. It also included the FIA Cup for GT Cars and the FIA Cup for 2-Litre Cars. The three titles were contested concurrently over a nine race series which ran from 1 February to 12 July 1975.


1975 World Sportscar Championship, Schedule
† Due to a lack of Group 5 entries, the FIA initially rescinded the championship status of the Daytona race. Several months after the event the FIA retroactively conferred championship status to the race and placed cars into the classes they would theoretically have entered.


1975 World Sportscar Championship, Season results, World Championship for Makes
Points towards the World Championship for Makes were awarded to the top 10 positions in each race in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Points were awarded to the position gained by the highest placed car from each make with any positions filled by other cars from the same make not attracting points. No points were awarded to positions gained by cars other than Group 5 Sports Cars and Group 4 Special GT Cars.


1975 World Sportscar Championship, Season results, World Championship for Makes
Only the 7 best results were retained for championship classification. Discarded points are shown (below) within brackets


1975 World Table Tennis Championships
The 1975 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Calcutta, The entire tournament was held at the newly constructed Netaji Indoor Stadium, from February 6 to February 16, 1975.


1975 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
The 1975 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles was the 33rd edition of the men's doubles championship.


1975 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
István Jónyer and Gábor Gergely won the title after defeating Dragutin Šurbek and Antun Stipančić in the final by three sets to one.


1975 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
The 1975 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Singles was the 33rd edition of the men's singles championship.


1975 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
István Jónyer defeated Antun Stipančić in the final, winning three sets to two to secure the title.


1975 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team
The 1975 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (Men's Team) was the 33rd edition of the men's team championship.


1975 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team
China won the gold medal defeating Yugoslavia 5-3 in the final. Sweden won the bronze medal.


1975 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles
The 1975 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles was the 33rd edition of the mixed doubles championship.


1975 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles
Stanislav Gomozkov and Tatiana Ferdman defeated Sarkis Sarchayan and Elmira Antonyan in the final by three sets to one.


1975 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
The 1975 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles was the 32nd edition of the women's doubles championship. Maria Alexandru and Shoko Takahashi defeated Chu Hsiang-Yun and Lin Mei Chun in the final by three sets to one.


1975 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
The 1975 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Singles was the 33rd edition of the women's singles championship. Pak Yung-sun defeated Chang Li in the final by three sets to one, to win the title.


1975 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Team
The 1975 World Table Tennis Championships – Corbillon Cup (Women's Team) was the 26th edition of the women's team championship.


1975 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Team
China won the gold medal, South Korea won the silver medal and Japan won the bronze medal.


1975 World Taekwondo Championships
The 1975 World Taekwondo Championships are the 2nd edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Seoul, South Korea from August 28 to August 31, 1975. A total of 165 athletes from 30 nations took part in the championships.


1975 World Team Tennis season
The 1975 World Team Tennis season was the second season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States. The Pittsburgh Triangles defeated the San Francisco Golden Gaters in the WTT Finals to win the league championship.


1975 World Team Tennis season, Competition format
The 1975 World Team Tennis season included 10 teams split into two divisions (Eastern and Western). The league intended for each team to play a regular-season schedule of 44 matches. However, WTT scheduled neutral-site matches to cut down on travel and create events where fans could see multiple teams either with one admission or over the course of a few days. These special events were called WTT Spectaculars. Because of these and because of scheduling challenges created when the Houston E-Z Riders suspended operations just days before the season started, the 10 teams in the league did not play an equal number of matches. Seven of them played 44 matches, while three played 46 matches.


1975 World Team Tennis season, Competition format
The top three teams in each division qualified for the playoffs. The second and third-place teams met in division semifinal matches hosted by the second-place teams. The winners of those matches met the first-place team in the best-of-three division championship series. The division semifinal winners hosted the first match of the division championship series. The first-place team hosted the second and third (if necessary) matches. The division champions met in the best-of-three World Team Tennis Final with the lower seed hosting the first match and the higher seed hosting the second and third (if necessary) matches.


1975 World Team Tennis season, Competition format
Each match comprised one set each of men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. The order of play was women's doubles first, men's doubles third and mixed doubles fifth. The coach of the home team decided whether men's or women's singles would be played second or fourth. Games were decided by the first player or doubles team to reach four points with no-ad scoring. Each set ended when one team had won either six or seven games and had an advantage over its opponent of at least two games.


1975 World Team Tennis season, Competition format
Sets that were tied 6–6 were decided by a tiebreaker. Set tiebreaker games were nine total points with the first player or doubles team to reach five the winner. An advantage of only one point was needed to win a tiebreaker game. Matches could end when one team built an insurmountable lead. For example, if a team had a 24–17 lead after four sets, the fifth set (mixed doubles) would not be played.


1975 World Team Tennis season, Competition format
If a team had a 22–19 lead after four sets, the match could end if the leading team won four games in the fifth set, since it would be impossible for the trailing team to make up the three-game deficit that existed when the set started. If the match was tied at the end of five sets, a super tiebreaker game was played between the mixed doubles teams using the same format as the set tiebreaker games. Teams sometimes agreed to play dead sets even if the outcome of the match had already been decided or to play sets to completion when the outcome of the match was decided within that set.


1975 World Team Tennis season, Franchise movement, expansion and contraction
On October 16, 1974, Toronto-Buffalo Royals president John F. Bassett announced that the team had been sold to Herbert S. Hoffman and Phyllis Morse who said that they would move it to Hartford, Connecticut.


1975 World Team Tennis season, Franchise movement, expansion and contraction
On October 25, 1974, the Chicago Aces ownership announced that the team was up for sale, and there were ongoing negotiations with several groups of investors including one in Atlanta. The team acknowledged some player salaries were late in being paid and said that the statuses of player contracts would be settled after the team was sold.


1975 World Team Tennis season, Franchise movement, expansion and contraction
On November 18, 1974, Seymour Brode and Marshall Greenspan sold the Detroit Loves to a new ownership group led by William H. Bereman and Dan Domont who moved the team to Indianapolis and changed its name to the Indiana Loves.


1975 World Team Tennis season, Franchise movement, expansion and contraction
Burt McGlynn tried to sell the Minnesota Buckskins to local investors after the 1974 season ended. On November 6, 1974, McGlynn announced that the local interest in the Buckskins had dried up, and the team would either fold or be sold and moved. He mentioned that there was interest from investor groups in Indianapolis and Washington, D.C. The investor group from Indianapolis ended up buying the Loves, and the group from Washington decided not to buy the team. On November 26, 1974, WTT announced at its annual meeting that the Buckskins had become the first team in the league to fold.


1975 World Team Tennis season, Franchise movement, expansion and contraction
In late 1974, it was reported that owner Ray Ciccolo had lost about $300,000 operating the Boston Lobsters. In early 1975, he was forced to declare bankruptcy.


1975 World Team Tennis season, Franchise movement, expansion and contraction
At the WTT owners meeting on February 1, 1975, each team was required to post a $500,000 letter of credit. Teams that failed to do so—the Baltimore Banners, the Boston Lobsters, the Chicago Aces, the Florida Flamingos and the Hartford Royals—were contracted. A dispersal draft was conducted to distribute the players from those five teams among the remaining teams in the league.


1975 World Team Tennis season, Franchise movement, expansion and contraction
On February 6, 1975, Bud Fischer, Frank Goldberg and Ben Press sold the defending WTT champion Denver Racquets to a new ownership group that included Reggie Jackson and his agent Gary K. Walker who moved the team to Phoenix, Arizona and changed its name to the Phoenix Racquets.


1975 World Team Tennis season, Franchise movement, expansion and contraction
A group of investors that included Bob Mades, Paul Slater, Herbert S. Hoffman, Robert K. Kraft and Harold Bayne emerged as a potential owner for the franchise in Boston. However, the Lobsters had already been contracted by WTT. The group purchased the Philadelphia Freedoms on March 27, and moved the team to Boston. In order to claim the name of the original Lobsters, the new ownership group would be required to settle some of the debts of the former team. The new owners decided to do this and renamed the Freedoms the Boston Lobsters.


1975 World Team Tennis season, Franchise movement, expansion and contraction
Shortly before the start of the 1975 season, WTT granted an expansion franchise to Frank Mariani to play in San Diego. Mariani named the team the San Diego Friars.


1975 World Team Tennis season, Franchise movement, expansion and contraction
While several of the original 16 WTT franchises from 1974, had financial difficulties resulting in six of them not returning for and four of them moving before the 1975 season, the Houston E-Z Riders had made plans to go forward in Houston. The team was to play its 1975 home matches in the brand new Astroarena. However, just before the season started, on May 2, 1975, team president and vice-president E.Z. and Betty Jones announced that the E-Z Riders were suspending operations for the 1975 season.


1975 World Team Tennis season, Franchise movement, expansion and contraction
Players under contract with the team could be loaned to other WTT teams, and the E-Z Riders had the right to protect four players to return for the 1976 season. There were rumors that the E-Z Riders were behind on their financial obligations. However, E.Z. Jones said, "We are 100% current with our league obligations and our player salaries and have even made salary advances." In order to return to WTT in 1976, the E-Z Riders would need to meet certain league financial requirements and exercise an option by September 15, 1975. The suspension of operations was so sudden and unexpected that newspaper advertisements for E-Z Riders home matches continued to run after the announcement. The E-Z Riders did not exercise their option to return to the league in 1976, and the team folded on September 15, 1975.


1975 World Team Tennis season, Player draft
Several high-profile public figures were selected in the 1974 WTT draft. These included comedians Johnny Carson and Bill Cosby, Stan Malless, president of the United States Lawn Tennis Association which objected to WTT, 11-year-old Tracy Austin, Dean Paul Martin, Jr., two-sport star John Lucas and Elton John. Perhaps the most noteworthy selection occurred when Freedoms player-coach Billie Jean King used the team's seventh round pick to select Bobby Riggs whom she had beaten 14 months earlier in the Battle of the Sexes. Stan Smith and Ilie Năstase were chosen by the New York Sets.


1975 World Team Tennis season, Player draft
Ken Rosewall, Manuel Santana, Pancho Gonzales, Andrés Gimeno, Pierre Barthès and Alex Metreveli (Georgian: ალექსანდრე მეტრეველი) were selected by the Hartford Royals. Roy Emerson and Vijay Amritraj (Tamil: விஜய் அம்ரித்ராஜ்) were chosen by the Los Angeles Strings. Olga Morozova (Ольга Васильевна Морозова) was selected by the Houston E-Z Riders. Clark Graebner and Ove Bengtson were chosen by the Cleveland Nets. Joaquín Loyo-Mayo was selected by the San Francisco Golden Gaters. Jeff Borowiak was chosen by the Hawaii Leis. Julie Heldman was selected by the Chicago Aces. Jan Kodeš was chosen by the Baltimore Banners. Chris Evert was selected by the Florida Flamingos. The top overall selection was Colin Dibley who was chosen by the original Boston Lobsters. The San Diego Friars did not make any selections, because the team had not yet been founded.


1975 World Team Tennis season, Standings and attendance
Total attendance during the season was 503,858, for an average of 3,053 over 165 playing dates.