1975 Carrier Weathermakers season, Summary
On April 9, the Weathermakers faced the Noritake Porcelainmakers in the inaugural double-header of the PBA at the Araneta Coliseum with a sellout crowd of 18,000 watching, the Carrier Weathermakers lost the game with a score of 101–98. Gregorio "Joy" Dionisio scored the very first basket in PBA history.


1975 Carrier Weathermakers season, Summary
The Weathermakers struggled throughout the First Conference hovering around a .500 record, they missed the playoffs entirely and finished as the 5th seed. In the Second Conference, they struggled even more and finished with a disappointing 6–15 record and missed the playoffs again.


1975 Carrier Weathermakers season, Summary
Lim Eng Beng, Gregorio Dionisio, and Ramon Lucindo were all selected to participate in the PBA Ovaltine dream games.


1975 Centennial Cup
The 1975 Centennial Cup is the fifth Tier II Junior "A" 1975 ice hockey National Championship for the Canadian Junior A Hockey League.


1975 Centennial Cup
The Centennial Cup was competed for by the winners of the Western Canadian Champions and the Eastern Canadian Champions.


1975 Centennial Cup
The finals were hosted by the Spruce Grove Mets in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.


1975 Central American Championships in Athletics
The eighth Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Nacional in San José, Costa Rica, between November 26–29, 1975.


1975 Central American Championships in Athletics, Medal summary
Some results and medal winners could be reconstructed from the archive of Costa Rican newspaper La Nación.


1975 Central American Championships in Athletics, Team Rankings
Costa Rica won the overall team ranking, the team ranking in the men'scategory and in the women's category


1975 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics
The 1975 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Francisco Montaner in Ponce, Puerto Rico between 6–10 August.


1975 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
The 1975 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. In their ninth season under head coach Roy Kramer, the Chippewas compiled an 8–2–1 record (4–1–1 against MAC opponents), finished in second place in the MAC standings, held eight of eleven opponents to fewer than 10 points, and outscored all opponents, 309 to 102. The team played its home games in Perry Shorts Stadium in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, with attendance of 105,600 in six home games.


1975 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
Central Michigan made its debut at the NCAA Division I level during the 1975 season, having won the NCAA Division II Football Championship in 1974. The 1975 season was also the program's first as a member of the MAC. On September 6, 1975, the Chippewas defeated Western Michigan, 34–0, in their Division I and MAC debuts. The game was played before a record crowd of 20,800 at Perry Shorts Stadium. Central Michigan running back Walt "Smoke" Hodges rushed for 147 yards.


1975 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
The team's two losses came in close games against Northern Michigan (16–17) and Ball State (13–16). The team also played Ohio to a 6–6 tie. The team did not play a game against MAC champion Miami (OH).


1975 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Ron Rummel with 586 passing yards, running back Walt Hodges with 1,025 rushing yards, and John Fossen with 211 receiving yards. Center Wes Gamble received the team's most valuable player award. Running back Walt Hodges, defensive back Jim Jones, defensive tackle John Neuman, and linebacker Bill Schmidt received first-team All-MAC honors.


1975 Chadian coup d'état
The 1975 Chadian coup d'état was in considerable part generated by the growing distrust of the president of Chad, François Tombalbaye, for the army. This distrust came in part from the Chadian Armed Forces (FAT) incapacity to deal with the rebellion that was inflaming the Muslim north from when the rebel insurgent group FROLINAT had been formed in 1966.


1975 Chadian coup d'état, Arrests
Chad's former colonial power, France, had urged Tombalbaye to involve the military leadership in power, and the President did reserve a place in his party, the Chadian Progressive Party (PPT), for the army commander; but much more important and decisive in undermining his support among the military was, in 1973, to be the arrest of the Army Chief of Staff, General Félix Malloum, for an alleged coup plot (the so-called Black Sheep Plot). Also the Generals Jacques Doumro and Negue Djogo, and other officers, were arrested between 1971 and 1975 on similar charges, the latter on March 23, 1975.


1975 Chadian coup d'état, Arrests
It was in this atmosphere of tension that Tombalbaye proceeded to yet another purge in the army, hitting this time the gendarmerie, the twelve hundred strong military police; its head, Colonel Djimet, and his aide, Major Kotiga, were both arrested on April 2, 1975, for the escape of some FROLINAT prisoners. This was to prove a fatal error.


1975 Chadian coup d'état, Army mutiny
The coup started before sunrise on April 13 when in Boraho, a locality 35 miles (56 km) from the capital, army units led by Lieutenant Dimtolaum left their base and moved towards N'Djamena, where they converged on the president's white-walled palace on the edge of the city. At 5:00 a furious and bloody battle started with Tombalbaye's presidential guard, the Compagnies Tchadiennes de Securité (CTS). Decisive in deciding the outcome of the battle was the arrival of the interim commander of the FAT, Noël Milarew Odingar, who brought reinforcements and assumed command of the insurgents.


1975 Chadian coup d'état, Army mutiny
Other sources name Colonel (later General) Kamougué as the leader of the coup.


1975 Chadian coup d'état, Army mutiny
At 8:30 Colonel Selebiani, head of the CTS, issued an appeal on the radio for his men to surrender; this put an end to all fighting. In the battle Tombalbaye had been fatally wounded, and died shortly after. When the news of Tombalbaye's death was given, there were mass celebrations in the capital, with thousands of Chadians pouring in the streets while dancing and joyfully chanting "Tombalbaye is dead".


1975 Chadian coup d'état, Consequences
Already at 6:30 Odingar announced on the public radio that the armed forces had "exercised their responsibilities before God and the nation". In a later communique the coupists were to justify their actions, accusing Tombalbaye of having governed by dividing the tribes, and of having humiliated the army and treated it with contempt.


1975 Chadian coup d'état, Consequences
General Odingar acted provisionally as head of state and the jailed officers were immediately freed. Among these was General Félix Malloum, who was chosen to be chairman of a nine-man military junta, named the Supreme Military Council (Conseil Supérieur Militaire or CSM), that took office on April 15. It immediately arrested eight of Tombalbaye's top aides and suspended the 1962 constitution, while all parties were banned and the National Assembly was dissolved.


1975 Chadian coup d'état, Consequences
The success of the coup did not produce a major break with Tombalbaye's policies. This was not surprising because, like Tombalbaye, both Odingar and Malloum were Sara from the south of Chad. While the CSM did make some moves to conciliate the north of the country, the Muslims continued to feel themselves second-class citizens and the FROLINAT rebellion continued.


1975 Champion Spark Plug 400
The 1975 Champion Spark Plug 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on August 24, 1975, at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan.


1975 Champion Spark Plug 400
Programs were sold for this race at a price of $1.50 per copy ($7.21 when adjusted for inflation). The cost of admission to this race was relatively cheap; children got in for US$5 ($24.05 when adjusted for inflation) while adults got decent seats for US$10 ($48.1 when adjusted for inflation).


1975 Champion Spark Plug 400
This was the first Cup race at Michigan International Speedway to have a corporate title sponsor. In all prior years, the August Michigan Cup race had been called the Yankee 400.


1975 Champion Spark Plug 400, Background
Michigan International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2 miles (3.2 km) long. Groundbreaking took place on September 28, 1967. Over 2.5 million cubic yards (1.9×10^6 m3) of dirt were moved to form the D-shaped oval. The track opened in 1968 with a total capacity of 25,000 seats. The track was originally built and owned by Lawrence H. LoPatin, a Detroit-area land developer who built the speedway at an estimated cost of $4–6 million. Financing was arranged by Thomas W Itin. Its first race took place on Sunday, October 13, 1968, with the running of the USAC 250 mile Championship Car Race won by Ronnie Bucknum.


1975 Champion Spark Plug 400, Race report
Two hundred laps were completed in three hours and forty-five seconds on the paved oval track spanning 2 miles (3.2 km). All of the 36 drivers who qualified for this race were born in the United States of America. Henley Gray started 374 races in Cup, but this is the only race where he led laps - two of them right after Coo Coo Marlin's wreck.


1975 Champion Spark Plug 400, Race report
Six yellow flags slowed the race for 63 laps while the lead changed 25 times among twelve drivers. Richard Petty would defeat David Pearson by a distance of five feet as the lead changed four times between them in the final four laps in front of 47,000 audience members. This race was considered to be one of MRN's finest broadcasts; with interesting commentary during a long rain delay.


1975 Champion Spark Plug 400, Race report
Pearson would win the pole position with a speed of 159.798 miles per hour (257.170 km/h) while the average speed of the race would be 107.583 miles per hour (173.138 km/h). Even with David Pearson finishing in second place, he managed to keep his finishing streak going with victories at the 1976 Cam 2 Motor Oil 400 and the 1976 Champion Spark Plug 400.


1975 Champion Spark Plug 400, Race report
Jackie Rogers would receive the last-place finish for owner Lou Viglione and his 1975 Chevrolet team; he would match his career-best qualifying effort with a ninth-place starting spot but the motor on his #60 Chevrolet failed in the opening laps. The race saw A.J. Foyt lead sixty-eight laps before falling out with engine failure after 117 laps. Independent driver David Sisco led 28 laps en route to finishing 11th.


1975 Champion Spark Plug 400, Race report
Prize winnings would range from $15,140 for the winner ($72,816 when adjusted for inflation) to $700 for the last-place finisher ($3,367 when adjusted for inflation). There were 36 cars on the official racing grid; most of them were Chevrolets. Terry Bivins would make his NASCAR debut in this race. Maynard Troyer would record his only top ten on his career. Richard Petty would keep his championship lead after this race. However, Dave Marcis would only be 573 points behind (despite not winning a race up to this point).


1975 Championship of Australia
The 1975 Championship of Australia was the 19th edition of the Championship of Australia, an ANFC-organised national club Australian rules football tournament between the champion clubs from the VFL, the SANFL, the WANFL and the Tasmanian State Premiership.


1975 Championship of Australia
This was the last Championship of Australia title to be held before the competition was expanded the following year into the NFL Championship Series.


1975 Championship of Australia, Fixtures, Championship of Australia Final
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1975 Chapeltown riot
The Chapeltown riot of 1975 occurred on 5 November in the troubled Leeds district of Chapeltown in West Yorkshire, England. They were not to be the last riots in the area following further rioting in 1981 and 1987 and further rioting in nearby Harehills in 2001.


1975 Charlotte Tennis Classic
The 1975 Charlotte Tennis Classic, also known by its sponsored name North Carolina National Bank Tennis Classic,  was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts that was part of the World Championship Tennis (WCT) circuit. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from April 21 through April 27, 1975 at the Julian J. Clark Tennis Stadium, owned by the Olde Providence Racquet Club in Charlotte, North Carolina in the United States. Third-seeded Raúl Ramírez won the singles title.


1975 Charlotte Tennis Classic, Finals, Doubles
Patricio Cornejo /  Jaime Fillol defeated  Ismail El Shafei /  Brian Fairlie 6–3, 5–7, 6–4


1975 Chatham Cup
The 1975 Chatham Cup was the 48th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.


1975 Chatham Cup
Early stages of the competition were run in three regions (northern, central, and southern), with the National League teams receiving a bye until the later stages of the competition. In all, 123 teams took part in the competition. Note: Different sources give different numberings for the rounds of the competition: some start round one with the beginning of the regional qualifications; others start numbering from the first national knock-out stage. The former numbering scheme is used in this article.


1975 Chatham Cup
One of the highlights of the competition was the performance of unfancied minnows Lower Hutt City, who progressed to the quarter-finals before being narrowly beaten by the competition's eventual winners Christchurch United.


1975 Chatham Cup
The competition saw a change of sponsorship, with Lion Breweries taking over from Gillette. The competition was known as the Lion Chatham Cup for the rest of the decade.


1975 Chatham Cup, The 1975 final
Christchurch United successfully defended their trophy, and also became only the second team to win the Chatham Cup/National League double.


1975 Chatham Cup, The 1975 final
Blockhouse Bay were on top early, and looked like they might run away with the final, scoring through Mike Farac and Colin Shaw to lead by two goals after just ten minutes. Norman Moran reduced the deficit within minutes as the mainlanders came back into the match. With ten minutes to play, Gary Lake miscued while attempting to clear a cross into his own penalty area and the ball deflected into his own net to tie the scores.


1975 Chatham Cup, The 1975 final
In extra time it was Christchurch who applied all the pressure, and goals came to them through Kevin Mulgrew and substitute Mark McNaughton.


1975 Chatham Cup, Results, Third Round
* Won on penalties by Nelson Suburbs (6-5) and Newlands Paparangi (6-5)


1975 Chattanooga Moccasins football team
The 1975 Chattanooga Moccasins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga during the 1975 NCAA Division II football season. In their third year under head coach Joe Morrison, the team compiled a 5–5–1 record.


1975 Chicago Bears season
The 1975 Chicago Bears season was their 56th regular season in the National Football League. The team matched their 4–10 record from 1974, in the first season under head coach Jack Pardee.


1975 Chicago Bears season
The 1975 Bears are the only NFL team to have been outscored by 25 points six different times during a 14-game season, a record for futility that has that has only been matched once under the current 16-game format.


1975 Chicago Cubs season
The 1975 Chicago Cubs season was the 104th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 100th in the National League and the 60th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League East with a record of 75–87.


1975 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1975 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


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


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


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


1975 Chicago White Sox season
The 1975 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 75th season in Major League Baseball, and its 76th season overall. They finished with a record 75–86, good enough for fifth place in the American League West, 22½ games behind the first-place Oakland Athletics.


1975 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


1975 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


1975 Chicago mayoral election
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1975, Richard J. Daley was elected to a record sixth term as mayor by a landslide 59% margin.


1975 Chicago mayoral election
This was the first Chicago mayoral election since the ratification of the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the  United States Constitution, which lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.


1975 Chicago mayoral election
Only one other individual (Daley's son Richard M. Daley) has matched Daley's feat of winning six Chicago mayoral elections.


1975 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
For the first time since he was elected mayor, Daley was facing what appeared to be significant opposition in a Democratic primary. On paper, all three opponents he faced were serious contenders.


1975 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Daley's health had declined by 1974, and he had taken an extended absence to recuperate after a June 1, 1974 surgery to unclog a partially blocked carotid artery. Amid this extended absence, speculation arose that Daley might not seek an additional term as mayor.


1975 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
By 1975, many believed that Daley's political stature was beginning to wane, and he was seen to be out of touch with both the times and the climate of the city.


1975 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Additionally, by 1975, news stories had arisen that shows political corruption and dishonesty related to Daley and his administration.


1975 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Independent alderman William Singer was more liberal than Daley. He was reform-minded, and considered a lakefront liberal. Singer announce his campaign early, doing so in October of 1973. The focus of Singer's campaign was the poor state of the public schools in the city. Singer pledged that he would visit each and every one of the city's 584 public schools. Singer also laid blame for the loss of 200,000 jobs in the city with Daley, and pledged that as mayor he would bring jobs back.


1975 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Singer received support from the affluent lakefront and Hyde Park, areas that were home to the lakefront liberals. Singer had a strong grassroots organization and raised around $600,000 for his campaign. He also was endorsed by congressman Ralph Metcalfe, who declined to run for mayor despite calls for him to do so.


1975 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
African American State Senator Richard H. Newhouse Jr. was the first black candidate on the ballot in a Chicago mayoral election. Originally, four black candidates had announced they would challenge Daley. However, candidates such as criminal lawyer E. Duke McNeil dropped-out to back Newhouse. Ultimately, Newhouse would be the only black candidate on the ballot. This campaign came at a time when a number of major United States city's had seen notable campaigns by African-Americans for mayoralties, such as Maynard Jackson's successful campaign the previous year in Atlanta and Coleman Young's successful campaign two years prior in Detroit.


1975 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
However, in both these cities, blacks comprised a greater portion of the populace. Many supporting the efforts to elect a black mayor in Chicago in 1975 had hoped that congressman Ralph Metcalfe would run, as they believed him to have been the strongest potential black challenger to Daley. However, Metcalfe, after taking some tentative steps towards possibly running and even raising some money for a possibly candidacy, declined to run. Metcalfe endorsed Singer instead of Newhouse. Newhouse received the endorsements of Jesse Jackson and his organization PUSH. It would ultimately, not be until 1983 that Chicago would elect a black mayor.


1975 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Despite there being a black candidate in the race, the Chicago Defender endorsed Daley, as did noted African American publisher John H. Johnson.


1975 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Former prosecutor Edward Hanrahan was seeking to stage a political comeback after having left office after scandal. As a candidate, Harahan regularly attacked Daley for what he regarded to be Daley's, "arrogance of total political power."


1975 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
During the campaign, Daley refused to appear at events which featured other contenders.


1975 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
While Daley's previous reelection efforts had earned him the endorsement of the Chicago Tribune, in 1975 they abstained from endorsing in the Democratic primary declaring in its editorial that the choice presented in the primary was , "whether to stay about the rudderless galleon with rotting timbers or to take to the raging seas in a 17-foot outboard".


1975 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
By the end of the primary campaign, it was evident that the race had narrowed primarily to a contest between Daley and Singer. Both of these candidates made use of media. While running a campaign heavily  on organizing the Democratic machine on the ground, Daley used television to a greater extent than he had in his previous campaigns. Singer brought in media consultant David Garth, who had recently been involved in Hugh Carey's successful New York gubernatorial campaign.


1975 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary, Results
Daley carried a plurality of the vote in 48 of the city's 50 wards (35 of which he also had a simple majority of the vote in). Singer carried an outright simple majority of the vote in the two remaining wards. Daley won 57.9% of the vote.


1975 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary, Results
Daley saw only 48% of the vote in the predominantly African American wards.


1975 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Republican primary
Despite Daley being embattled and having health problems, Republicans had difficulty recruiting a candidate to oppose him. US Attorney James R. Thompson had been speculated as a potential Republican contender for 1975, but ultimately did not run. The Republican Party ultimately settled on John Hoellen as a candidate. Hoellen was a longtime foe of Daley, and was, by 1975, the only Republican remaining on the Chicago City Council. Hoellen, however, was a reluctant candidate and was not optimistic of his prospects as a candidate.


1975 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Republican primary
Hoellen was a "good government"-oriented politician. He hailed from the North Center neighborhood, long a German enclave of the city. A fixture on the City Council, he had been known for his passionate speeches in which he criticized waste, corruption, and inefficiency.


1975 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Socialist Workers nomination
The Socialist Workers Party nominated Willie Mae Reid, who collected 66,000 signatures on her candidature petition to be included on the general election ballot (a greater number of signatures than the number of votes she would ultimately receive).


1975 Chicago mayoral election, General election
The election was effectively a rematch of the 1954 Cook County Clerk election in which Daley was challenged by Hoellen.


1975 Chicago mayoral election, General election
The race was extraordinarily pro forma, with Hoellen rather ambivilent towards the race, and also focused on simultaneous campaigning to retain his aldermanic seat.


1975 Chicago mayoral election, General election
Hoellen failed to even achieve strong support among fellow Republicans.


1975 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Results
Daley won a majority of the vote in each of the city's 50 wards.


1975 Chico State Wildcats football team
The 1975 Chico State Wildcats football team represented Chico State University during the 1975 NCAA Division II football season. Chico State competed in the Far Western Conference in 1975.


1975 Chico State Wildcats football team
The 1975 Wildcats were led by second-year head coach Dick Trimmer. They played home games at University Stadium in Chico, California. Chico State finished the season with a record of four wins and six losses (4–6, 2–3 FWC). The Wildcats were outscored by their opponents 118–295 for the season.


1975 Chico State Wildcats football team, Team players in the NFL
The following Chico State players were selected in the 1976 NFL Draft.


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


1975 Cincinnati Bearcats football team
The 1975 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented University of Cincinnati during 1975 NCAA Division I football season.


1975 Cincinnati Bengals season
The 1975 Cincinnati Bengals season was the franchise's 6th season in the National Football League, and the 8th overall.


1975 Cincinnati Bengals season
The Bengals opened with six straight wins and went on to post an 11–3 record, their best regular-season mark. The Bengals qualified as the AFC wild card team for the playoffs, but they lost to Oakland, 31–28, in the divisional round of the playoffs. Ken Anderson won his second NFL passing championship. A serious blow was the loss of defensive tackle Mike Reid, who retired at age 27 to pursue a career in music.


1975 Cincinnati Bengals season
The team qualified for the postseason for the third time in just eight years of existence, but 1975 would be the last time that the Bengals would do so until 1981. Despite the Bengals' great record, they were only 3–3 in division play, losing twice to the eventual champion Steelers, and losing on the road to what was an 0–9 Cleveland Browns team. Other than division play, the Bengals were 8–0 against teams outside of the AFC Central division.


1975 Cincinnati Open
The 1975 Cincinnati Open, also known as the Western Championships, was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Coney Island in Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States that was part of the 1975 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix. It was the 75th edition of the tournament and was held from July 29 through August 3, 1975. Tom Gorman won the singles title.


1975 Cincinnati Open, Finals, Doubles
Phil Dent /  Cliff Drysdale defeated  Marcelo Lara /  Joaquín Loyo Mayo 7–6, 6–4


1975 Cincinnati Reds season
The 1975 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The Reds dominated the league all season, and won the National League West with a record of 108–54, best record in MLB and finished 20 games ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Reds went on to win the National League Championship Series by defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in three straight games, and the World Series in seven games over the Boston Red Sox. The Reds were managed by Sparky Anderson and played their home games at Riverfront Stadium.


1975 Cincinnati Reds season
It was the first World Series championship for Cincinnati since 1940. The 1975 Reds are one of the few teams to consistently challenge the 1927 New York Yankees for the title of the best team in major league history. The Reds went 64–17 at home in 1975, which remains the best home record ever by a National League team. It is currently the second best home record in MLB history, behind the 1961 Yankees, who went 65-16.


1975 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season
The 1975 Reds clinched a playoff appearance on September 7, the earliest clinch date of any MLB team in a 162-game season.


1975 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season
Joe Morgan was the National League's Most Valuable Player in 1975.


1975 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1975 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


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


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


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


1975 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election
Elections to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council were held on 1 May 1975, with one third of the seats up for election. The election resulted in the Conservatives retaining control. Voter turnout was 34.0%.


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


1975 Clemson Tigers football team
The 1975 Clemson Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Clemson University in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. In its fifth season under head coach Red Parker, the team compiled a 2–9 record (2–3 against conference opponents), finished fifth in the ACC, and was outscored by a total of 381 to 177. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.


1975 Clemson Tigers football team
Bennie Cunningham, Neal Jetton, Dennis Smith, and Jimmy Williamson were the team captains. The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Willie Jordan with 728 passing yards, running back Ken Callicutt with 572 rushing yards, Craig Brantley with 475 receiving yards, and Mike O'Cain with 36 points (6 touchdowns).


1975 Cleveland Browns season
The 1975 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 26th season with the National Football League. The Browns lost their first nine games—again, a team record—en route to going 3–11 in Forrest Gregg's first year as head coach after having been promoted from offensive line coach following the offseason firing of Nick Skorich.


1975 Cleveland Browns season
Making matters even harder to swallow was that, save for a 16–15 decision at Denver in Week 5 and a 24–17 decision at Cincinnati in the season opener, the losses were pretty much one-sided. At home no less, the Browns fell 42–10 to the Minnesota Vikings, 42–6 to the Pittsburgh Steelers and 40–10 to the Houston Oilers, the worst three-game stretch they've ever had. Later in the year—it was the last of those nine consecutive defeats—the Browns were beaten 38–17 at Oakland.


1975 Cleveland Browns season
The Steelers and Vikings both finished 12–2, the Oilers just missed the playoffs at 10–4 and the 11–3 Raiders lost to Pittsburgh in the AFC Championship Game, but none of that was of any consolation to a franchise as proud as the Browns. After 1974, the Browns were hoping that '75, in which the team went to orange pants and altered its basic uniform design for the first time since that inaugural season of 1946, would usher in a new era of success. But it didn't work out that way.


1975 Cleveland Browns season
The problem for the Browns was that they were in the middle of a major rebuilding phase, trying to replace old-line, grizzled veterans from the team's glory days of the 1960s with free agents from other teams, or young players. Another problem was at the QB position; Mike Phipps, the Browns' No. 3 overall pick in the 1970 NFL Draft, threw just four touchdown passes with 19 INTs on the year. More and more, Browns fans were calling for Brian Sipe, who started in two victories in the final five games in 1974, to permanently secure the starting quarterback job in what became a major quarterback controversy.


1975 Cleveland Browns season
Asides from the progress of Sipe, another diamond in the rough was Greg Pruitt. With Pro Football Hall of Famer Leroy Kelly having retired after the 1973 season, Pruitt, the first of the team's two second-round draft picks that year, had taken a quantum leap in '75 into settling into his job as the go-to running back. He raced for 214 yards, still the seventh-best performance in team history, en route to putting together the first of his three-straight 1,000-yard seasons by getting 1,067. He became the first 1,000-yard runner for the team since Kelly in 1968.


1975 Cleveland Browns season
Pruitt averaged 4.8 yards per carry in 1975, the highest by a Brown since Kelly's 5.0 in 1968, and, while scoring three times against the Chiefs, rushed for eight touchdowns, the most since Kelly's 10 in 1971.


1975 Cleveland Indians season
The 1975 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Indians competing in the American League East, where they finished fourth with a record of 79–80.


1975 Cleveland Indians season, Offseason
One highlight of the season was the arrival of Frank Robinson to the club. Prior to the start of the season, the Indians named him player-manager, giving him distinction of being the first black manager in Major League Baseball history.


1975 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1975 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


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


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


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


1975 Cleveland mayoral election
The 1975 Cleveland mayoral election took place on November 4, 1975, to elect the Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. Ralph Perk was reelected to a second consecutive term. The election was officially nonpartisan, with the top two candidates from the September 30 primary advancing to the general election.


1975 Colgate Red Raiders football team
The 1975 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. In its eighth and final season under head coach Neil Wheelwright, the team compiled a 6–4 record. Bruce Basile and James Gregory were the team captains.


1975 Colgate Red Raiders football team
The team played its home games at Andy Kerr Stadium in Hamilton, New York.


1975 Colgate Red Raiders football team, Leading players
Two trophies were awarded to the Red Raiders' most valuable players in 1975:


1975 College Baseball All-America Team
An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.


1975 College Baseball All-America Team
From 1947 to 1980, the American Baseball Coaches Association was the only All-American selector recognized by the NCAA.


1975 College Football All-America Team
The 1975 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1975. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes four selectors as "official" for the 1975 season.


1975 College Football All-America Team
They are: (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA); (2) the Associated Press (AP) selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers; (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) selected by the nation's football writers; and (4) the United Press International (UPI) selected based on the votes of sports writers at UPI newspapers. Other selectors included Football News (FN), the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), The Sporting News (TSN), Time magazine, and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC).


1975 College Football All-America Team
Two players were unanimously selected by all four official selectors and all five unofficial selectors. They were defensive linemen Steve Niehaus of Notre Dame and Lee Roy Selmon of Oklahoma.


1975 College Football All-America Team
The 1975 Oklahoma Sooners football team had eight players who received first-team honors. The Oklahoma honorees were Lee Roy Selmon, receiver Tinker Owens, offensive tackle Mike Vaughan, offensive guard Terry Webb, defensive end Jimbo Elrod, defensive tackle James White, middle guard Dewey Selmon, and return specialist Joe Washington. Ohio State followed with five first-team honorees: offensive guard Ted Smith, quarterback Cornelius Greene, running back and Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin, defensive back Tim Fox, and punter Tom Skladany.


1975 College Football All-America Team, Consensus All-Americans
The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans for the year 1975 and displays which first-team designations they received.


1975 Colorado Buffaloes football team
The 1975 Colorado Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado at Boulder in the Big Eight Conference (Big 8) during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. In their second season under head coach Bill Mallory, the Buffaloes compiled a 9–3 record (5–2 against Big 8 opponents), finished in third place in the Big 8, and outscored their opponents, 331 to 251. The team played its home games at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado.


1975 Colorado State Rams football team
The 1975 Colorado State Rams football team was an American football team that represented Colorado State University in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. In its second season under head coach Sark Arslanian, the team compiled a 6–5 record (4–2 against WAC opponents). Colorado State's senior quarterback, Mark Driscoll, passed for 1,246 yards and 4 touchdowns.


1975 Columbia Lions football team
The 1975 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. Columbia tied for second-to-last in the Ivy League.


1975 Columbia Lions football team
In their second season under head coach William Campbell, the Lions compiled a 2–7 record and were outscored 261 to 151. Mike Delaney and Mike Yeager were the team captains.


1975 Columbia Lions football team
The Lions' 2–5 conference record tied for sixth in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 210 to 144 by Ivy opponents.


1975 Columbia Lions football team
Columbia played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.


1975 Columbus, Ohio mayoral election
The Columbus mayoral election of 1975 was the 75th mayoral election in Columbus, Ohio. It was held on Tuesday, November 4, 1975. Democratic party nominee John Rosemond was defeated by incumbent Republican mayor Tom Moody.


1975 Columbus, Ohio mayoral election, Further reading
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1975 Commercial Union Assurance Masters
The 1975 Commercial Union Assurance Masters  was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Kungliga tennishallen in Stockholm, Sweden. The tournament was the season ending event of the 1975 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix circuit and was played by the eight highest ranking singles players and the four highest ranked doubles teams. It was the 6th edition of the Masters Grand Prix and was held from November 30 through December 7, 1975. Ilie Năstase won the singles title and the $40,000 first prize.


1975 Commercial Union Assurance Masters, Finals, Doubles
Juan Gisbert, Sr. /  Manuel Orantes won a round robin competition against the teams of  Jürgen Fassbender /  Hans-Jürgen Pohmann,  Sherwood Stewart /  Fred McNair and  Brian Gottfried /  Raúl Ramírez.


1975 Commercial Union Assurance Masters – Doubles
Juan Gisbert Sr. and Manuel Orantes won the tournament, which was played in a round-robin format.


1975 Commercial Union Assurance Masters – Doubles, Draw
In three-teams-ties standings are determined by percentage of sets won, then percentage of games won.


1975 Commercial Union Assurance Masters – Singles
Ilie Năstase won the singles title at the 1975 Commercial Union Assurance Masters tennis tournament after defeating Björn Borg in the final 6–2, 6–2, 6–1.


1975 Commercial Union Assurance Masters – Singles, Draw, Blue Group
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


1975 Commercial Union Assurance Masters – Singles, Draw, White Group
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


1975 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
The 1975 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was the third Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in Kingston, Jamaica, between 29 April 1975 and 6 May 1975, and was hosted by that country's Prime Minister, Michael Manley.


1975 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
Among the topics discussed were nuclear disarmament, the situation in Rhodesia, South Africa and decolonization in Southern Africa, the Turkish invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus, the end of the Vietnam War, the aftermath of the war between Bangladesh and Pakistan and other regional issues.


1975 Connecticut Huskies football team
The 1975 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1975 NCAA Division II football season. The Huskies were led by third year head coach Larry Naviaux, and completed the season with a record of 4–7.


1975 Conservative Party leadership election
The 1975 Conservative Party leadership election was held in February 1975. The party's sitting MPs voted Margaret Thatcher as party leader on the second ballot. Incumbent leader Edward Heath stood aside after the first ballot, in which he unexpectedly finished behind Thatcher. The Conservatives were the official Opposition to the Labour government, so Thatcher also became Leader of the Opposition.


1975 Conservative Party leadership election, Background
Edward Heath, leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister had called and unexpectedly lost the February 1974 general election. Although the Labour Party were able only to form a minority government, the following October 1974 general election saw them obtain a three-seat majority, and it was widely expected that Heath (who had led the party for the previous decade but lost three of the four general elections he contested) would not be leader of the party for much longer.


1975 Conservative Party leadership election, Background
At that time the rules for electing a party leader only applied when the post was vacant and there was no way to challenge an incumbent. Heath faced many critics calling for either his resignation or a change in the rules for leadership elections to allow for a challenge. Heath eventually agreed with the 1922 Committee that there would be a review of the rules for leadership elections and subsequently he would put himself up for re-election.


1975 Conservative Party leadership election, Background
A review was conducted under the auspices of Heath's predecessor Sir Alec Douglas-Home. Two recommendations were made, though neither was to make a difference in 1975 (although they would prove crucial in future years). The leader would henceforth be elected annually, whether the party was in opposition or government, in the period following a Queen's Speech, though in most years this would prove a formality.


1975 Conservative Party leadership election, Background
Also on the first round the requirement for a victorious candidate to have a lead of 15% over their nearest rival was modified so that this would now be 15% of the total number of MPs, not just those voting for candidates. This is what would ultimately deprive Margaret Thatcher of a majority in the first ballot in the leadership election held fifteen years later.


1975 Conservative Party leadership election, The election campaign
Following the review, on 13 January 1975 Heath called a leadership election for 4 February, in order to assert his authority as leader of the party. Many expected the contest to be a walkover, believing there was no clear alternative to Heath after Keith Joseph had ruled himself out following controversial remarks calling on poor people to have fewer children and William Whitelaw had pledged loyalty to Heath. Many other shadow cabinet members pledged their support for Heath including Jim Prior, Peter Carrington, Leader in the House of Lords, and Robert Carr, Shadow Chancellor.


1975 Conservative Party leadership election, The election campaign
However, on 20 January Margaret Thatcher opted to stand, with Airey Neave as her campaign manager, as did backbencher Hugh Fraser. Even then many believed that Heath would win easily. Thatcher's support was seen as minimal, with all the Conservative daily newspapers backing Heath (although the weekly The Spectator backed Thatcher). As the election went on it became clear that the race was going to be much closer, as Thatcher became the clear candidate to be supported by discontented backbenchers.


1975 Conservative Party leadership election, The election campaign
However, on the eve of the ballot a Heath win was still seen as likely, with The Glasgow Herald on the morning of the first vote noting that there seemed to be "no doubt last night that Mr Heath was running ahead of Mrs Margaret Thatcher, but it being unclear whether his opponents would deprive him of the 139 votes he needed to avoid a second ballot. At the same time it was reported that 8 out of 10 Conservative peers and a majority of constituency organisations supported Heath.


1975 Conservative Party leadership election, The election campaign
As Chairman of the 1922 Committee, Edward du Cann managed the election. Following his defeat in the first ballot Heath asked Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Robert Carr to "take over the functions of leader" until a new leader was elected.


1975 Conservative Party leadership election, Results
As a result of the first ballot, Fraser was eliminated. Heath resigned, but another ballot was needed:


1975 Conservative Party leadership election, Results
49-year-old Thatcher became the first woman to be elected leader of a major British political party.


1975 Constitution of the People's Republic of China
The 1975 Constitution of the People's Republic of China was promulgated by the 4th National People's Congress. The offices of President and Vice-President were officially scrapped under the Constitution.


1975 Constitution of the People's Republic of China
This Constitution reduced the total number of articles to just thirty, compared to 106 of articles in the 1954 Constitution of the People's Republic of China.


1975 Constitution of the People's Republic of China
The 1975 Constitution witnessed an integration (in part) of the State Constitution (the PRC Constitution) and the Chinese Communist Party. The Constitution states that the People's Liberation Army, the armed services of the PRC, is to be controlled by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party. Such linkage between party and state would no longer be seen in later Constitutions, particularly after 1982. The most significant link, however, came in Article 2, which stated that the Chinese Communist Party was the leading force of the Chinese people.


1975 Constitution of the People's Republic of China
The 1975 Constitution remained in effect for about three years, the shortest-lived constitution in the People's Republic of China's history.


1975 Conway's Bar attack
The 1975 Conway's Bar attack was a failed gun and bomb attack by the Loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) paramilitary group. On 13 March 1975 a unit from the UVF's Belfast Brigade attempted to bomb the Catholic-owned Peter Conway's bar on the Shore Road in Greencastle, Belfast. The bomb exploded prematurely, killing a Catholic civilian woman and one of the UVF bombers.


1975 Conway's Bar attack, Background
By 1975, the religious-political conflict in Northern Ireland known as "the Troubles"— was more than six years old. By the start of that year, over 1,200 people had been killed in the conflict and thousands more were injured. On 10 February 1975, the Provisional IRA and the British government entered into a truce and restarted negotiations. The IRA agreed to halt attacks on the British security forces, and the security forces mostly ended its raids and searches. However, there were dissenters on both sides. Some Provisionals wanted no part of the truce, while British commanders resented being told to stop their operations against the IRA just when—they claimed—they had the Provisionals on the run.


1975 Conway's Bar attack, Background
Loyalists especially the UVF were immediately suspicious about the truce between the government and the IRA and believed the government was about to "sell them out" to a United Ireland. Their response to the truce was to intensify their campaign against the Irish Nationalist and Catholic community.


1975 Conway's Bar attack, Attack
On 13 March 1975 a UVF unit drove to Conway's bar on the Shore Road with a 50 lb gas cylinder bomb. The unit included UVF members Eddie Kinner, Martin Snodden and George Brown. UVF intelligence told the unit that an IRA meeting was taking place inside the bar at 20:30 that night. The bomb had a 40-second fuse on it and the unit was instructed to leave the bomb in the bar hallway, light the fuse and then leave.


1975 Conway's Bar attack, Attack
The unit placed the bomb in the hallway but as they did so somebody opened the door and knocked the bomb over and setting it off prematurely. One of the UVF volunteers George Brown was killed in the blast and a Catholic woman Marie Doyle (38) was also killed. Eddie Kinner was badly injured, about 15 people drinking inside the bar were also injured in the blast.


1975 Conway's Bar attack, Attack
An angry crowd identified and chased Martin Snodden on to the M2 motorway and badly beat him before he was rescued by military police just before the mob was about to hang him from a bridge with rope. Both Snodden and Kinner received lengthy sentences for their part in the bombing.


1975 Conway's Bar attack, Most bombed pub in Belfast?
Journalist Peter Taylor wrote in his book about Loyalists that Conway's Bar along with the Europa Hotel probably hold the record for being the most bombed building in Northern Ireland.


1975 Conway's Bar attack, Aftermath
A month later on 5 April in retaliation for the Conway's bombing Provisional IRA volunteers using the covername Republican Action Force bombed a pub on the Shankill Road killing five Protestants including one UDA member in the Mountainview Tavern bombing and a further 60 people were injured in the attack.


1975 Conway's Bar attack, Aftermath
In an interview with journalist Peter Taylor for a documentary series on Loyalist paramilitaries Martin Snodden expressed regret at his part in the Conway bar attack that killed the Catholic woman Marie Doyle, saying he only intended to target Republican paramilitaries. Kinner was less sympathetic and believed only sectarian attacks of such nature could make the IRA end their campaign.


1975 Cook Islands Round Cup
The 1975 season of the Cook Islands Round Cup was the sixth recorded season of top flight association football competition in the Cook Islands, with any results between 1951 and 1969 currently unknown. Titikaveka won the championship, their sixth recorded championship in a row.


1975 Copa América
The 1975 edition of the Copa América football tournament was played between July 17 and October 28. For the first time there was no fixed venue, and all matches were played throughout the year in each country. In addition, the tournament changed its name from South American Championship to Copa América. All ten CONMEBOL countries participated, with defending champions Uruguay receiving a bye into the semi-finals and the rest starting in the group stage.


1975 Copa América, Squads
For a complete list of participating squads: see 1975 Copa América squads


1975 Copa América, First round
The teams were drawn into three groups, consisting of three teams each. Each team played twice (home and away) against the other teams in their group, with two points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. The winner of each group advanced to the semi-finals.


1975 Copa América, Final round, Semi-finals
(*) Peru was declared the winner by the drawing of lots.


1975 Copa América, Goal scorers
With four goals, Leopoldo Luque and Ernesto Díaz are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 79 goals were scored by 42 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.


1975 Copa América Finals
The 1975 Copa América Final was the final match to determine the Copa América champion. The first leg was held in Estadio El Campín of Bogotá on October 16, the second leg in Estadio Nacional of Lima on October 22, and the playoff match in Estadio Olímpico of Caracas on 28 October.


1975 Copa América Finals
The final was played in a two-legged tie system, the team earning more points would be the champion. A tie on points was resolved in a play-off match to be played at a neutral venue. It happened when Peru and Colombia each won a match. Peru would defeat Colombia, 1–0. It was their second title. Hugo Sotil of FC Barcelona scored the goal.


1975 Copa América squads
These are the squads for the countries that played in the 1975 Copa América. The first round was played in three groups of three teams with Uruguay, receiving a bye to the semi finals.


1975 Copa Chile
The Copa Chile 1975 was the 7th edition of the Chilean Cup tournament. The competition started on March 27, 1975 and concluded on November 19, 1975. Palestino won the competition for the first time, beating Lota Schwager 4-0 on the final.


1975 Copa Fraternidad
The Copa Fraternidad 1975 was the fifth Central American club championship played between 6 clubs.


1975 Copa Interamericana
The 1975 Copa Interamericana was the 5th. edition of the Copa Interamericana. The final was contested by Argentine Club Atlético Independiente (champion of 1975 Copa Libertadores) and Mexican team Atlético Español (winner of 1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup). The final was played under a two-leg format in August 1976. Both matches were held in Estadio Olímpico, Caracas, Venezuela.


1975 Copa Interamericana
In the first leg, both teams tied 2–2, while the second leg was also a tie, 0–0. As both teams equaled in points and goal difference, a penalty shoot-out was carried out to decide a champion. Independiente won 4–2 on penalties, therefore the Argentine team won their third and consecutive Interamericana trophy.


1975 Copa Interamericana, Venue
Both games were held in Estadio Olímpico in the city of Caracas, Venezuela, after an agreement between both clubs. The matches were attended by a high number of fans due to the interest of Venezuelan people to see Independiente.


1975 Copa Interamericana, Venue
The stadium was a multi-use purpose venue, belonging to the Central University of Venezuela, designed by architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva, had been opened in 1951 as part of the creation of University City of Caracas, that would be declared a "World Heritage Site" by UNESCO in 2000. The stadium was inaugurated in the 1951 Bolivarian Games. The stadium also hosted matches of the Small Club World Cup between 1952 and 1963.


1975 Copa Libertadores
The Copa Libertadores 1975 was an association football competition contested between the top clubs of the CONMEBOL federation. Independiente won the competition defeating Unión Española 2–0 in a play off after the original two legs finished 2–2 on points.


1975 Copa Libertadores Finals
The 1975 Copa Libertadores Finals was the final two-legged tie to determine the 1975 Copa Libertadores champion. It was contested by Argentine club Independiente and Chilean club Unión Española. The first leg of the tie was played on 18 June at Santiago de Chile' home field, with the second leg played on 25 June at Avellaneda'.


1975 Copa Libertadores Finals
Independiente won the series after winning a tie-breaking playoff 2-0 at Asunción's Estadio Defensores del Chaco, also achieving its four consecutive Copa Libertadores title.


1975 Copa Perú
The 1975 Copa Perú season (Spanish: Copa Perú 1975), the promotion tournament of Peruvian football.


1975 Copa Perú
In this tournament after many qualification rounds, each one of the 24 departments in which Peru is politically divided, qualify a team. Those teams plus de team relegated from First Division on the last year, enter in two more rounds and finally 6 of them qualify for the Final round, staged in Lima (the capital).


1975 Copa Perú
This year the tournament was held but no team was promoted to First Division because of a law from Peruvian government (Law # 22555). The champion was awarded with the right to represent Peru in an international tournament for amateur teams. Only 4 teams entered the Final.


1975 Copa Perú, Finalists teams
The following list shows the teams that qualified for the Final Stage.


1975 Copa del Generalísimo Final
The Copa del Generalísimo 1975 Final was the 73rd final of the King's Cup. The final was played at Vicente Calderón Stadium in Madrid, on 5 July 1975, being won by Real Madrid, who beat Atlético Madrid on the penalties, after 0-0.


1975 Coppa Italia Final
The 1975 Coppa Italia Final was the final of the 1974–75 Coppa Italia. The match was played on 28 June 1975 between Fiorentina and Milan. Fiorentina won 3–2. It was Fiorentina's sixth final and fourth victory.


1975 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 1975 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 66th staging of the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1909. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place at the Cork Convention on 26 January 1975.


1975 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
On 10 August 1975, Ballinhassig won the championship following a 3–12 to 2–05 defeat of Blackrock in the final at the Mardyke. This was their first ever championship title.


1975 Cork Senior Football Championship
The 1975 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 87th staging of the Cork Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 26 January 1975. The championship began on 6 April 1975 and ended on 21 September 1975.


1975 Cork Senior Football Championship
On 21 September 1975, Nemo Rangers won the championship following a 4-12 to 0-07 defeat of Dohenys in the final. This was their third championship title overall and their second title in succession.


1975 Cork Senior Football Championship
Nemo's Dinny Allen was the championship's top scorer with 5-13.


1975 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
The 1975 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 87th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The championship began on 13 April 1975 and ended on 14 September 1975.


1975 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
St. Finbarr's were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Seandún in the quarter-finals.


1975 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
The championship was won by Blackrock who secured the title following a 4-11 to 0-10 defeat of Glen Rovers in the final. This was their 26th championship title, their third in five years.


1975 Cornell Big Red football team
The 1975 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. Cornell finished last in the Ivy League.


1975 Cornell Big Red football team
In its first season under head coach George Seifert, the team compiled a 1–8 record and was outscored 247 to 151. Don Fanelli and Steve Horrigan were the team captains.


1975 Cornell Big Red football team
Cornell's winless (0–7) conference record placed last in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red were outscored 217 to 108 by Ivy opponents.


1975 Cornell Big Red football team
Cornell played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.


1975 Cotton Bowl Classic
The 1975 Cotton Bowl Classic was played between the Baylor Bears and the Penn State Nittany Lions.


1975 Cotton Bowl Classic, Background
Baylor did the Miracle on the Brazos, winning the Southwest Conference championship for the first time since 1924, doing so after starting the season 0–2 by going 8–1 the rest of the way. They only lost one conference game (to A&M, who had two), but their most memorable win was against Texas, in which they came back from a 24–7 halftime deficit and beat the Longhorns for the first time in 17 years. This was Baylor's first Cotton Bowl Classic. The Nittany Lions were making their third appearance and second in the decade.


1975 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary
Steve Beaird gave the Bears the lead when he scored on a 4-yard touchdown run as the first quarter ended. Penn State retaliated with a Chris Bahr field goal with 1:09 left to narrow the lead to 7–3 at halftime. The Nittany Lions scored first with a Tom Donchez touchdown run. Baylor scored back with a Ricky Thompson touchdown catch from Neal Jeffrey. But Penn state scored on a Jimmy Cefalo catch from Tom Shuman as the Nittany Lions led 17–14 going into the fourth quarter. Things started to fall apart for the Bears in the fourth quarter.


1975 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary
Jimmy Cefalo scored on a touchdown run to increase the lead. Bahr added in a field goal, and Mike Johnson intercepted a pass which led to a Shuman touchdown run. Running out of time, Thompson caught a touchdown pass from Mark Jackson with :14 left, missing the conversion. To add insult to injury, Joe Jackson returned the ensuing kickoff for a touchdown, making it 41–20 as the final seconds ticked off, giving Penn State their second Cotton Bowl Classic win.


1975 County Championship
The 1975 County Championship was the 76th officially organised running of the County Championship. Leicestershire won their first Championship title.


1975 Coupe de France Final
The 1975 Coupe de France Final was a football match held at Parc des Princes, Paris on June 14, 1975, that saw AS Saint-Étienne defeat RC Lens 2–0 thanks to goals by Oswaldo Piazza and Jean-Michel Larqué.


1975 Cricket World Cup
The 1975 Cricket World Cup (officially called the Prudential Cup '75) was the inaugural men’s Cricket World Cup, and the first major tournament in the history of One Day International (ODI) cricket. Organised by the International Cricket Conference (ICC), it took place in England between 7 June and 21 June 1975.


1975 Cricket World Cup
The tournament was sponsored by Prudential Assurance Company and had eight participating countries: the six Test-playing teams of the time – Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, the West Indies and the two leading Associate nations at the time Sri Lanka and East Africa. The teams were divided into two groups of four, with each team playing each other in their group once; the top two from each group qualified for the semi-finals, with the winners of these matches meeting in the final. Each match consisted of 60 overs per team and was played in traditional white clothing and with red balls; all were played and ended in daylight.


1975 Cricket World Cup
England and New Zealand finished as the top two teams in Group A, while the West Indies finished top of the Group B table ahead of Australia as the four teams qualified through to the semi-finals. After Australia defeated England and the West Indies defeated New Zealand in the semi-finals, the West Indies which came into the tournament as favourites, defeated Australia in the final at Lord's by 17 runs to become the first World Cup winners. New Zealand batsman, Glenn Turner was the top run-scorer for the tournament with 333 runs with Australian bowler Gary Gilmour was the top wicket-taker with 11 wickets.


1975 Cricket World Cup, Background
The first multilateral cricket competition at international level was the 1912 Triangular Tournament in England. This was played between the three test nations at the time – England, Australia and South Africa. The concept was later dropped because of inclement weather and a lack of public interest. The first one-day match to occur was in 1962 when four English county cricket teams filled in a gap to play in a limited overs knockout competition. It was won by Northamptonshire who defeated Leicestershire by five wickets.


1975 Cricket World Cup, Background
Nine years later in 1971, the first One Day International took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) as a replacement for the third test of the 1970–71 Ashes series between Australia and England. This was due to a deluge of rain that had affected the match for the first three days of the test. The match was a forty over match with each over being eight deliveries. After England made 190 from 39.4 overs, Australia chased the target at a steady rate to secure the match with 42 balls remaining.


1975 Cricket World Cup, Background
Two years later at Lord's during the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup, plans were made for a men's tournament to take place in 1975. The tournament was planned to involve all the Test nations at the time in two group stages with the top two in each group qualifying for the knockout stage with the final at Lord's.


1975 Cricket World Cup, Format
The format of the 1975 Cricket World Cup had the eight teams split into two groups of four, with each team playing the rest of their group once. These matches took place from 7 to 14 June. The top two teams from each group then advanced to the semi-finals on 18 June, where the winners qualified for the final at Lord's on 21 June. If any of the matches had rain throughout the day, the teams could use one of their two reserve days that had been set for each match. The first World Cup saw seven venues being used across England.


1975 Cricket World Cup, Participants
Eight teams were invited to compete at the World Cup. Six of those nations were full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), while the other two – Sri Lanka and East Africa – were invited to fill the remaining two spots. South Africa was meant to be one of the teams in the tournament, but due to the apartheid laws in the country, the team had to withdraw from competing until the 1992 edition.


1975 Cricket World Cup, Venues
The announcement of the venues began on 26 July 1973 when the ICC revealed that the tournament would be played with Lord's selected as the venue for the final. The rest of the venues were revealed on 5 November 1974 with the scheduling for the tournament being announced alongside the five county tournaments that would take place during the 1975 season. Headingley and The Oval were confirmed as the semi-final hosts.


1975 Cricket World Cup, Pre-tournament, Preparations
Heading into the first Cricket World Cup, the Ladbrokes betting agency had the West Indies as the favourites at 9–4. This was followed by England at 11–4 with Pakistan and Australia in third and fourth respectively. East Africa was last in the betting odds at 1500–1. Before the tournament, most of the teams played in warm-up matches against English county sides to get used to the English conditions with most of the national teams getting wins. Only East Africa, Sri Lanka and India lost at least one warm-up match before the tournament. Only Australia didn't have any warm-up matches in England with the tour of Canada seeing a defeat to Eastern Canada and a draw with Toronto before heading to England.


1975 Cricket World Cup, Pre-tournament, Preparations
Eight days before the World Cup, the ICC declared in a unanimous decision that any of the balls that went over a batsman's head would be called wide due to the fast short-pitched bowling.


1975 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary
The opening round of matches took place on 7 June with four matches being played. The match at Lord's saw England deliver the highest score by a team in the 60 over match with 334 runs being scored. Dennis Amiss top scored for the English with 137  from 147 balls helped by Keith Fletcher and Chris Old who each recorded a half-century. In response, Sunil Gavaskar batted through the entire innings for only 36 runs in which Gulabrai Ramchand thought that he was doing some batting practice.


1975 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary
Australia opened their campaign with a win against Pakistan at Headingley with a 73-run victory. This was due to Dennis Lillee's five-wicket haul which brought Pakistan's hope of a win crashing down as they collapsed from 181 for four to be all out for 205. Earlier, Ross Edwards top scored for Australia with 80 as he aided the Australians in getting 94 runs from the last 13 overs to bring Australia to 278 for seven from their 60 overs. The other two matches saw easy wins for the West Indies and New Zealand.


1975 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary
For Glenn Turner, he occupied the crease during the whole New Zealand innings as he top scored with 171 as New Zealand won by 180 runs over East Africa. The West Indies took a nine-wicket victory over Sri Lanka who became the first team to score under 100 runs in a limited overs One Day International (ODI).


1975 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary
Despite missing two players due to operation – Asif Iqbal – and examinations – Imran Khan – Pakistan was not fazed by the missing players in the second round of games with the team scoring 266 for seven from their 60 overs with standing captain Majid Khan top scoring for Pakistan with 60. In response, the West Indies fell to 166 for eight which included a period of three wickets for only 10 runs as Bernard Julien, Clive Lloyd and Keith Boyce all losing their wickets.


1975 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary
But the last wicket pair of Deryck Murray and Andy Roberts stole the match away as the West Indies won by a wicket off the final over. The other match in Group B saw Australia claim their second victory, but it was not all smooth with the Australian captain Ian Chappell remarking in an interview that the English media was trying to unsettle Australia's plans due to the Jeff Thomson no-ball problem with Chappell saying: "I've seen this sort of thing before in England".


1975 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary
On the field, Alan Turner scored a century as Australia ended with 328 with Sri Lanka falling 52 runs short as John Mason from The Daily Telegraph stated that they might not have many new admirers with their short ball stuff sending two Sri Lankan batsman to hospital. Group A saw two convincing wins to England and India. At Trent Bridge, Keith Fletcher top scored for England with 131 as he guided the English to their second victory and going to the lead of the group table with an 80-run win over New Zealand. The other match in Group A saw 720 spectators observe India record a 10-wicket victory with Madan Lal taking three wickets for India in which East Africa fell only 120.


1975 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary
With the match sold out four days in advance, the West Indies took on Australia to see who would finish top of Group B. With the ball swinging in the air, the pair of Rod Marsh and Ross Edwards guided Australia to 192 with a 99-run partnership for the sixth wicket after Australia fell to 61 for seven.


1975 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary
In response, the West Indies went on to take a seven-wicket victory with Alvin Kallicharran top scoring with 78, which included a period of 31 runs of nine Dennis Lillee deliveries as the West Indies finished top of Group B. Pakistan ended their tournament with a 192-run victory over Sri Lanka at Trent Bridge with half centuries to Zaheer Abbas, Majid Khan and Sadiq Mohammad.


1975 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary
In Group A, New Zealand sealed their spot in the semi-finals with a four-wicket victory over India off the back of a century from Glenn Turner as he hit twelve fours on his way to an unbeaten innings of 114.


1975 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary
The other match in Group A saw England clench a huge 196-run victory over East Africa: England scored 290/5 from their 60 overs off the back of a 158-run opening partnership between Dennis Amiss and Barry Wood before a bowling attack led by John Snow (taking 4 for 11 from his 12 overs) ran through the East Africans, who were bowled out for 94 in 52.3 overs. Only Ramesh Sethi offered much resistance, lasting for 32 overs to score 30.


1975 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage
The knockout stage of the Cricket World Cup consisted of two single-elimination rounds leading to a final. If the match was delayed due to rain there were two reserve days to play out the match.


1975 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
The first semi-final was between England and Australia at Headingley. For Australia, their one change in bringing in Gary Gilmour for Ashley Mallett proved critical in booking Australia's spot into the final. This was due to the grassy pitch that both captains would criticise after the match. After Australia elected to field first, Gilmour took six wickets for 14 runs as he had England at 37 for seven after he bowled his 12 overs. Mike Denness attempted to bring England back but would lose his wicket as England fell for 93. In the run-chase, Australia collapsed to 39 for six before Gilmour partnered with Doug Walters as they chased the remaining runs to earn Australia a berth in the final.


1975 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
The second semi-final was between the West Indies and New Zealand at The Oval. Batting first, New Zealand reached 92 for only one loss at the lunch break. After lunch though, they collapsed to 158 with Geoff Howarth top scoring for New Zealand with 51, while Bernard Julien was the top wicket taker with four wickets.


1975 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
In the run chase, a 125-run second wicket partnership between Alvin Kallicharran (top scoring with 72) and Gordon Greenidge (55 runs) laid the foundation for a five-wicket victory with Richard Collinge being the only bowler to be troublesome for the West Indies with figures of three for 28 runs from his twelve overs.


1975 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Final
The final match on 21 June was sold out three days beforehand. With the West Indies being favourites for the match, they were asked by Ian Chappell to bat first and would go on to score 291 for eight wickets from 60 overs. After being given a second chance from a Ross Edwards dropped chance at mid-wicket, Clive Lloyd went on to top score for the West Indies with 102. Gary Gilmour was the best of the Australian bowlers with five wickets for 48 runs.


1975 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Final
In response, Ian Chappell scored a half-century to set up the foundation for Australia before three run-outs from the hands of Viv Richards put the pressure on Australia as they collapsed to 233 for nine. A final-wicket partnership of 41 from Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thompson brought Australia within 18 runs of victory. But a fifth run-out of the innings saw Australia bowled out for 274 and would see the West Indies win by 17 runs, claiming the first men's World Cup.


1975 Cricket World Cup, Statistics
Glenn Turner of New Zealand ended the tournament as the leading run scorer for the 1975 edition with his 333 runs coming in four games which included a unbeaten 171 against East Africa, which was also the highest score of the tournament. In second place was English player Dennis Amiss with Pakistan's Majid Khan rounding out the top three. Australian player Gary Gilmour was the tournament's leading wicket taker with 11 wickets from his two games, which included the best tournament figures in the semi-finals when he took six wickets for 14 against England. Bernard Julien and Keith Boyce (both from the West Indies) finished in second place, both getting 10 wickets for the tournament.


1975 Cricket World Cup Final
The 1975 Cricket World Cup Final was a One Day International cricket match played at Lord's, London on 21 June 1975 to determine the winner of the 1975 Cricket World Cup was played in Lord's, London on 21 June. It was the second time that the West Indies and Australia had met in the tournament after playing against each other in the group stage. The West Indies won the match by 17 runs to claim their first title.


1975 Cricket World Cup Final, Road to the final, West Indies
West Indies qualified for the knockouts with a first-place finish in Group B. The team won all three of their matches against Australia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Then in the semi final against New Zealand, the opposition opened brillianty, but when Glenn Turner fell, the wickets tumbled the West Indies scored the required 158 to reach the final.


1975 Cricket World Cup Final, Road to the final, Australia
Australia made it through to the knockouts in second place with their only loss being against the West Indies. But they did defeat Pakistan and Sri Lanka to take on England in the semi final. Gary Gilmour took six wickets in the English innings to help them through to the final.


1975 Cricket World Cup Final, Final, Summary
The first Cricket World Cup final was played on 21 June (Midsummer of that year), a sunny day, in front of a capacity crowd of 26,000. Australia won the toss and invited the West Indies to bat, hoping to make use of ideal bowling conditions. The first moment of drama came when opener Roy Fredericks was dismissed hit wicket; he hooked a bouncer from Dennis Lillee for six, but in his follow-through lost his balance and knocked the bails off the stumps.


1975 Cricket World Cup Final, Final, Summary
Australia were on top at 50/3 when West Indian captain Clive Lloyd came to the crease in partnership with veteran Rohan Kanhai. The pair swung the match in the West Indies' favour by putting on 149 for the fourth wicket. Kanhai played the anchor role – not scoring for 11 overs – while Lloyd took on the Australian bowling attack, surviving a dropped catch on 26 to score a memorable century off 82 balls with 12 fours and 2 sixes and was dismissed shortly afterwards for 102.


1975 Cricket World Cup Final, Final, Summary
Kanhai, in what would be his farewell from international cricket, scored an invaluable 55, and solid contributions from Keith Boyce and Bernard Julien helped the West Indies close their innings at 291/8. Burly left-arm seamer Gary Gilmour was the pick of the Australian bowlers with 5/48, backing up his amazing semi-final performance.


1975 Cricket World Cup Final, Final, Summary
The Australian run chase began steadily enough; at the 20-over mark, the Aussies were at 80/1 with Alan Turner and captain Ian Chappell taking advantage of an easy pitch and fast outfield. Then Viv Richards, who had failed with the bat, left his mark on the match with the next three run-outs. First he swooped in and dismissed Turner with a direct hit from close range, then Greg Chappell was also out with a direct hit after a slight misfield. Doug Walters came in and helped his captain steady the ship.


1975 Cricket World Cup Final, Final, Summary
Australia were at 162/3 with 21 overs remaining when Chappell, facing his opposing captain, pushed a ball to the left of mid-wicket and started off for a run. He hesitated initially when he saw Richards approaching, but started off again after Richards fumbled the ball, only to be caught short of the crease by Richards' lightning recovery and return to Lloyd at the bowler's end. In each situation, the batsmen probably would have made the run had they not hesitated. When Lillee joined Jeff Thomson as last man in, Australia required 59 runs to win off seven overs.


1975 Cricket World Cup Final, Final, Summary
The duo kept the game alive, putting on an unlikely last-wicket stand. With three overs remaining, the game reached an unlikely climax when Lillee hit a no-ball to Fredericks at extra cover off Vanburn Holder, and the crowd rushed onto the field oblivious to the umpire's call. Amid the chaos, Fredericks attempted a run-out but missed and the ball disappeared into the crowd. Lillee and Thomson kept running between the wickets until the crowd were dispersed. When play was resumed, the umpires decided to give Australia two runs. After protest from Thomson, they awarded three runs.


1975 Cricket World Cup Officials
The first Cricket World Cup was played in England on six different venues. A total of 15 matches were played in 1975 Cricket World Cup including 2 Semifinals and a Final match.


1975 Cricket World Cup Officials, Umpires
Out of the 8 selected umpires, 7 of them belong to the England while Bill Alley was from Australia. The first semifinal was supervised by Bill Alley and David Constant while Lloyd Budd and Arthur Fagg supervised the second semifinal.


1975 Cricket World Cup Officials, Umpires
Dickie Bird and Tom Spencer were elected to stand in the final of first ever played Cricket World Cup.


1975 Cricket World Cup knockout stage, Semifinals, England vs Australia
In the best World Cup performance to date by a bowler, Gary Gilmour (6/14) took six wickets as England were bowled all out for 93 (all out, 36.2 overs), after falling to 37/7. Australia initially suffered a collapse just as dramatic, falling to 39/6, before Gary Gilmour (28 from 28 balls, 5 fours) brought them home in a fantastic all-round performance.


1975 Cricket World Cup knockout stage, Semifinals, New Zealand vs West Indies
The West Indies won the toss and sent New Zealand in to bat first. New Zealand batted well against the bowling at first, reaching 98/1. However, when captain Glenn Turner (36 from 74 balls, 3 fours) and Geoff Howarth (51 from 93 balls, 3 fours) fell, breaking a second-wicket partnership of 90 runs, New Zealand lost 9/60 to fall to 158 (all out, 52.2 overs). The West Indies responded, with Alvin Kallicharan (72 from 92 balls, 7 fours, 1 six) and Gordon Greenidge (55 from 95 balls, 9 fours, 1 six) sharing a second-wicket partnership of 125 runs that brought the West Indies to their target.


1975 Cricket World Cup knockout stage, Final
In the final, the West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs, after an accomplished innings from captain Clive Lloyd (102 from 85 balls, 12 fours, 2 sixes). The Australian innings was marked by top-order batsmen being run out when going for runs after misfields. A total of five of their team were run out, three by Vivian Richards. There was no 'Man of the Series' awarded in 1975.


1975 Cricket World Cup squads
This is a list of squads that was picked at the 1975 Cricket World Cup which took place in England between 7 and 21 June 1975. All eight teams had to select a 14-member squad before the World Cup started.


1975 Cricket World Cup statistics
This is a list of statistics for the 1975 Cricket World Cup.


1975 Cricket World Cup statistics, Team statistics, Highest team totals
The following table lists the ten highest team scores during this tournament.


1975 Cricket World Cup statistics, Batting statistics, Most runs
The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the tournament are included in this table.


1975 Cricket World Cup statistics, Batting statistics, Highest scores
This table contains the top five highest scores of the tournament made by a batsman in a single innings.


1975 Cricket World Cup statistics, Batting statistics, Highest partnerships
The following tables are lists of the highest partnerships for the tournament.


1975 Cricket World Cup statistics, Bowling statistics, Most wickets
The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the tournament.


1975 Cricket World Cup statistics, Bowling statistics, Best bowling figures
This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures in the tournament.


1975 Cricket World Cup statistics, Fielding statistics, Most dismissals
This is a list of the wicketkeepers who have made the most dismissals in the tournament.


1975 Cricket World Cup statistics, Fielding statistics, Most catches
This is a list of the outfielders who have taken the most catches in the tournament.


1975 Crispa Redmanizers season
The 1975 Crispa Redmanizers season was the maiden season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


1975 Crispa Redmanizers season, First Conference
The Crispa-Floro Redmanizers did not start out with a very strong lineup, the team was fielding in such names as Cesar Ijares, Eric Leano, Alex Azurin, Joel Gomez, Reynaldo Vallejo, Jesus Sta. Maria, Reynaldo Pages, Cristino Calilan and Rey Franco. The Redmanizers lost their very first game to Mariwasa-Noritake, 108-131 on April 13.


1975 Crispa Redmanizers season, First Conference
That time, the big names were held in the amateurs as a concession to BAP president Lito Puyat, who said he was taking in the stars to the national team, but due to the inaction of Puyat, Crispa team manager Danny Floro took in his stars to the pro team and some were dropped from the roster.


1975 Crispa Redmanizers season, First Conference
After three straight defeats, the Crispa Redmanizers beat CFC Presto for their first victory with Atoy Co, Abet Guidaben, Philip Cezar, Bernie Fabiosa, Freddie Hubalde and Rudy Soriano joining the team. On April 27, William "Bogs" Adornado finally had his pro debut by scoring 32 points to lead Crispa past Tanduay, 122-100, at the Loyola Center.


1975 Crispa Redmanizers season, First Conference
On May 10, the first official Crispa vs Toyota game was played at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. The Redmanizers won, 139-133.


1975 Crispa Redmanizers season, Championship & Rivalry with Toyota
Crispa advances to the best-of-five title series with Toyota by defeating U-Tex in the first-ever playoff for a finals berth, 121-113 on July 22. The Redmanizers won Game One of the finals series but lost to the Comets in four games.


1975 Crispa Redmanizers season, Championship & Rivalry with Toyota
The two teams met again in the second conference finals and with the Comets leading the series, 2-1, the Redmanizers did not show up for Game Four and forfeited the championship in favor of Toyota when the management's request for a change in choosing referees was denied by PBA Commissioner Leo Prieto.


1975 Crispa Redmanizers season, Championship & Rivalry with Toyota
In the third conference called All-Philippine Championship, the Redmanizers finally won over Toyota Comets in five games for their first-ever PBA crown. The Crispa Redmanizers got the nod of the year end "Seven-Up All-Filipino Sports Award" for the team of the year.


1975 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
The 1975 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré was the 27th edition of the cycle race and was held from 2 June to 9 June 1975. The race started in Annecy and finished in Avignon. The race was won by Bernard Thévenet of the Peugeot team.


1975 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Teams
Ten teams, containing a total of 100 riders, participated in the race:


1975 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season
The 1975 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season was the ninth in the club's history. They competed in the NSWRFL's 1975 Premiership as well as the 1975 Amco Cup.


1975 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR
The 1975 Ukrainian Cup was the 23rd edition of the Ukrainian SSR football knockout competition, known as the Ukrainian Cup. The competition started on May 10, and its final took place on November 9, 1975.


1975 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR
The last year cup holder SC Tavriya Simferopol was defeated in the finals by FC Zirka Kirovohrad.


1975 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR
This year involved participation of four teams out of the Soviet First League as well. They entered the competition at quarterfinals.


1975 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR, Teams, Tournament distribution
The competition was conducted among all 16 Ukrainian clubs of the 1975 Soviet Second League, Zone 6 and all 4 Ukrainian clubs of the 1975 Soviet First League.


1975 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR, Teams, Other professional teams
The six Ukrainian professional teams in the Soviet Top League did not take part in the competition.


1975 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR, Competition schedule, First round (1/16)
The first legs were played on 10 June, and the second legs were played on 25 June 1975.


1975 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR, Competition schedule, Second round
The first legs were played on 9 July, and the second legs were played on 24 July 1975.


1975 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR, Competition schedule, Quarterfinals
The first legs were played on 1 August, and the second legs were played on 22 August 1975. Also, four clubs of the Soviet First League entered the competition FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk, SC Tavriya Simferopol, FC Metalist Kharkiv, FC Metalurh Zaporizhia.


1975 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR, Competition schedule, Semifinals
The first legs were played on 12 September, and the second legs were played on 13 October 1975.


1975 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR, Competition schedule, Final
The first leg was played on 4 November, and the second leg was played on 9 November 1975.


1975 Cupa României Final
The 1975 Cupa României Final was the 37th final of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition. It was disputed between Rapid București and Universitatea Craiova, and was won by Rapid București after a game with 3 goals, in extra time. It was the 9th cup for Rapid București.


1975 Cupa României Final
Rapid București became the fourth club representing Divizia B which won the Romanian Cup final, after Metalul Reșița in 1954, Arieșul Turda in 1961 and Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea in 1973.


1975 Currie Cup
The 1975 Currie Cup was the 37th edition of the Currie Cup, the premier annual domestic rugby union competition in South Africa.


1975 Currie Cup
The tournament was won by  Northern Transvaal for the eighth time; they beat  Free State 12–6 in the final in Bloemfontein.


1975 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships
The 1975 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships was a men's professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, Australia and was part of the 1975 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix as a Group AA category event. The tournament was held from 13 October through 19 October 1975. Unseeded Stan Smith won the singles title.


1975 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships, Finals, Men's doubles
Brian Gottfried /  Raúl Ramírez defeated  Ross Case /  Geoff Masters 6–4, 6–2


1975 Custom Credit Indoor Tennis Tournament – Doubles
Ross Case and Geoff Masters were the defending champions but lost in the final [8–6] to Brian Gottfried and Raúl Ramírez.


1975 Custom Credit Indoor Tennis Tournament – Singles
John Newcombe was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Vijay Amritraj.


1975 Custom Credit Indoor Tennis Tournament – Singles
Stan Smith won in the final 7–6, 6–2 against Robert Lutz.


1975 Czechoslovak Figure Skating Championships
The 1975 Czechoslovak Figure Skating Championships was held on January 11–12 in Havirov. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1975 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1975 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 22–24 August 1975 at the Brno Circuit.


1975 Czechoslovak presidential election
The 1975 Czechoslovak presidential election took place on 29 May 1975. Gustáv Husák was elected the new president.


1975 Czechoslovak presidential election, Background
The health of the incumbent president Ludvík Svoboda was getting worse and members of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia concluded that he won't finish his second term. Vasil Bilak and Gustáv Husák were suggested for the position. Bilak had stronger support but Husák's influence increased thanks to Bilak's authoritarian behaviour.


1975 DFB-Pokal Final
The 1975 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 1974–75 DFB-Pokal, the 32nd season of Germany's knockout football cup competition. It was played on 21 June 1975 at the Niedersachsenstadion in Hanover. Eintracht Frankfurt won the match 1–0 against MSV Duisburg, to claim their 2nd cup title.


1975 DFB-Pokal Final, Route to the final
The DFB-Pokal began with 128 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of six rounds leading up to the final. Teams were drawn against each other, and the winner after 90 minutes would advance. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a replay would take place at the original away team's stadium. If still level after 90 minutes, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.


1975 DFB-Pokal Final, Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


1975 Dallas Cowboys season
The 1975 Dallas Cowboys season was the team's sixteenth season in the National Football League (NFL) and their sixteenth under head coach Tom Landry. They finished second in the National Football Conference (NFC) East division with a 10–4 regular season record and advanced through the playoffs to Super Bowl X, where they were defeated by the Pittsburgh Steelers. They were also the first wild card team to reach the Super Bowl.


1975 Dallas Cowboys season, Offseason
The Cowboys were coming off a disappointing 1974 season, after finishing with a record of 8-6, effectively ending an eight-year run of making the playoffs. Accompanied with the retirement or loss of key players like Bob Lilly, Bob Hayes, Cornell Green, Walt Garrison, Dave Manders, John Niland and Calvin Hill, there was speculation in the media that the franchise was in decline.


1975 Dallas Cowboys season, Offseason
For all of the accolades that the Dallas Cowboys scouting department had received throughout the years, the team had never kept more than nine draft choices and the average number was keeping six. The 1975 draft is considered to be one of the best in league history because 12 picks made the roster, hence the nickname "The Dirty Dozen". This rookie class, didn't even include linebacker Mike Hegman, who was drafted that year but did not enter the NFL until 1976. Neither was included rookie undrafted free agent quarterback Jim Zorn who made the team, but was later cut to make room for running back Preston Pearson, who had been waived by the Pittsburgh Steelers.


1975 Dallas Cowboys season, Game Summaries, NFC Championship Game
Quarterback Roger Staubach threw for 220 yards and 4 touchdown passes while also rushing for 54 yards as the Cowboys upset the favored Rams.


1975 Dallas Cowboys season, Season recap
The infusion of new talent not only provided an immediate rebuilding process, but also changed the course of the team in a significant way. This group helped the team reached Super Bowl X that season, and would play a key role in the Cowboys being given the name "America's Team".


1975 Dallas Cowboys season, Season recap
The NFL didn't start recognizing quarterback sacks as an official stat until 1982; however, the Cowboys have their own records and according to their stats, Roger Staubach got sacked a league high 45 times the previous season and 43 the year before that, to revert this trend Tom Landry revived the Shotgun formation which he called "the spread", providing the NFL with another long lasting innovation.


1975 Dallas Cowboys season, Season recap
The Cowboys experienced an unexpected success, winning the first 4 games on the way to a 10-4 regular season record. However, home losses to the 4-10 Green Bay Packers and 5-9 Kansas City Chiefs cost the Cowboys the NFC East championship. Had Dallas defeated both Green Bay and Kansas City, it would have held home-field advantage in the playoffs thanks to an 18-7 victory over the Rams in the season opener. On the other hand, the Cowboys made home field advantage moot with their playoff wins at Minnesota and Los Angeles.


1975 Dallas Cowboys season, Season recap
The new look offense averaged 25 points per game and a revitalized defense that became known as "Doomsday II" gave up only 19 points per game.