1980 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Georges
On August 28, a tropical wave emerged into the Atlantic off the west coast of Africa. At 0000 UTC on September 1, the system developed into Tropical Depression Seven, while centered roughly midway between the Lesser Antilles and the west coast of Africa. Sixteen hours later, the National Hurricane Center initiated advisories on the depression. The depression tracked westward in the trade winds during the following three days, without any intensification. After curving northwestward an Air Force reconnaissance flight found little evidence of a closed circulation, while satellite imagery also showed a disorganized and elongated cloud pattern on September 4. As a result, it was determined that the depression degenerated into a tropical disturbance at 0600 UTC on that day. However, the National Hurricane Center did not discontinue advisories until 2200 UTC.


1980 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Georges
On September 5, satellite imagery suggested a surface circulation had developed, possibly due to interaction with a cold low. As a result, the system regenerated into a subtropical depression at 1200 UTC on that day, while centered about 360 miles (580 km) southwest of Bermuda. Ten hours later, the National Hurricane Center resumed advisories on the subtropical depression. While the subtropical depression was curved northeastward, it strengthened and acquired tropical characteristics. At 0000 UTC on September 7, the subtropical depression became Tropical Storm Georges.


1980 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Georges
The storm continued to intensify while tracking northeastward and was upgraded to a hurricane about 24 hours after becoming a tropical storm. Simultaneously, Georges attained its peak intensity with winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 993 mbar (29.3 inHg). However, later that day, Georges transitioned into an extratropical cyclone near Cape Race, Newfoundland. While bypassing Newfoundland, Georges dropped light rainfall, with amounts under 1 inch (25 mm) of precipitation.


1980 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Danielle
A tropical wave emerged into the Atlantic Ocean from the west coast of Africa on August 22. The system developed into Tropical Depression Six on August 25. However, the depression did not strengthen further, and about four days later, it degenerated back into a tropical wave. Tracking westward, the system crossed Florida and entered into the Gulf of Mexico on September 2. Two days later, the system developed into Tropical Depression Eight while offshore of Louisiana. The depression gradually strengthened and became Tropical Storm Danielle late on September 5. After peaking with winds of 60 mph (95 km/h), further intensification was halted, as Danielle soon made landfall in eastern Texas. Danielle steadily weakened inland and dissipated two days later.


1980 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Danielle
A barge in the Gulf of Mexico capsized due to rough seas, sending 11 of the crewmen overboard; one person drowned as a result. Danielle produced widespread rainfall in Louisiana, though few areas reported more than 5 inches (130 mm) of precipitation. Damage in that state was minimal. Rainfall was heavier in Texas, peaking at 18.29 inches (465 mm). Much of the damage caused by the storm was as a result of flooding. In Port Arthur, twelve homes were damaged, while Interstate 10 was inundated by flood waters. One fatality occurred in Texas due to an automobile accident in Beaumont. Danielle also spawned five tornadoes in Texas, three of which collectively caused $277,500 in damage. Outside of Texas and Louisiana, the storm also dropped light rainfall in Oklahoma and Mississippi, though minimal damage occurred in either state. Overall, Danielle caused two fatalities and $277,500 in losses.


1980 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Earl
Between September 2 and September 3, a tropical wave exited the west coast of Africa and entered the Atlantic Ocean. Satellite imagery indicated that the system had rapidly organized and was classified as a tropical depression on September 4. The depression quickly strengthened and by early on September 2, it was upgraded to Tropical Storm Earl. Because convection associated with the storm waxed and waned significantly, Earl was operationally considered a tropical depression until September 6. On the following day, Earl curved north-northwestward and accelerated due to an upper-level low pressure trough in the central Atlantic Ocean.


1980 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Earl
After evidence of an eye feature appeared, Earl was upgraded to a hurricane on September 8. Six hours later, the storm attained its peak intensity with winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 985 mbar (29.1 inHg). Under the influence of an upper cold low, Earl began re-curving and accelerated to the northeast. By 1200 UTC on September 10, Earl weakened to a tropical storm. Six hours later, Earl transitioned into an extratropical cyclone, while centered about halfway between the Azores and Greenland.


1980 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Frances
A strong low pressure system moved off the African coast on September 5. By the following day, it developed into Tropical Depression Ten while a short distance off the west coast of Africa. About 18 hours later, the depression intensified into Tropical Storm Frances. The National Hurricane Center did not issue advisories until 1600 UTC on September 7, at which time the system was already a tropical storm. By early on September 8, Frances had reached hurricane status, though it was not operationally upgraded until about 16 hours later.


1980 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Frances
After becoming a hurricane, Frances began to rapidly strengthen, and became a Category 2 hurricane later that day. Early on September 9, the storm further intensified to a Category 3 hurricane. At 0600 UTC on that day, Frances attained its peak intensity with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 958 mbar (28.3 inHg).


1980 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Frances
After peak intensity, Frances began to weaken and was downgraded to a Category 2 hurricane later on September 9. Following day, the storm fluctuated between Category 2 and Category 1 hurricane strengthen. While curving northwestward on September 13, Frances remained steady in intensity as a Category 2 hurricane. Eventually, Frances re-curved northward, thereby avoiding any land. After minimal change in intensity, Frances weakened to a Category 1 hurricane while tracking northeastward on September 17. After briefly heading northward, the storm re-curved back to the northeast. Early on September 20, Frances weakened to a tropical storm, before merging with a frontal low while centered about halfway between Greenland and Iceland. Reports of strong tropical storm force winds were received from ships, but no damage was reported except for minor squalls in Cape Verde.


1980 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Hermine
A tropical wave exited the west coast of Africa on September 11 and tracked westward with minimal development until reaching the Caribbean Sea. By September 20, a low-level circulation had developed and the system was then classified as Tropical Depression Eleven, while located almost midway between Panama and Jamaica. While heading almost due westward, the depression steadily intensified, becoming Tropical Storm Hermine on September 21, 18 hours after forming. Later on September 21, the storm passed only 5 miles (8.0 km) offshore of Honduras. Hermine curved west-northwestward and nearly strengthened into a hurricane before landfall in northern British Honduras (present-day Belize) on September 22. After crossing the Yucatán Peninsula, Hermine emerged into the Bay of Campeche on the following day.


1980 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Hermine
Once again, the storm intensified to near hurricane strength, though Hermine made landfall near Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico on September 24. After moving inland, the storm steadily weakened while tracking south-southwestward toward the Pacific Ocean. However, by early on September 26, Hermine dissipated near the southwestern coast of Mexico. In Mexico, many areas reported at least 10 inches (250 mm) of precipitation, while a few locations experienced more than 30 inches (760 mm) of rain. As a result of torrential rainfall, at least 30 fatalities occurred, with dozens more missing, and leaving 25,000 homeless. Additionally, landslides triggered by Hermine in Guatemala killed at least eight people.


1980 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ivan
In late September, a cold-core low persisted off the coast of Portugal, moving southwestward. The system gradually developed tropical characteristics as it turned northwestward and executed a loop near the Azores. Eventually, the system organized enough to be designated as a tropical depression on October 4, while just east of the Azores. Shortly thereafter, the depression intensified into Tropical Storm Ivan. However, the National Hurricane Center did not initiate advisories on Ivan until late on October 5. Ivan moved largely in tandem with the upper-level low above it, while its southwest movement was caused by a building ridge to its north. Late on October 5, an eye developed, and Ivan was upgraded to a hurricane on the following day.


1980 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ivan
It de-accelerated as the ridge to its north weakened, and 18 hours after becoming a hurricane, Ivan peaked with winds of 105 mph (165 km/h). Between October 6 and October 7, Ivan executed a tight loop, followed by a motion to the west-northwest. Ultimately, the intensity did not change for about 90 hours. During that time, the eye fluctuated occasionally as the convection waxed and waned. On October 9, Ivan turned to the north in advance of an approaching cold front and extratropical storm, while slowly weakening as it accelerated over cooler waters of the far northern Atlantic Ocean. By October 12, the cold front absorbed Ivan, which was about 665 miles (1,070 km) west of Ireland.


1980 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, October tropical depression
Early on October 16, a tropical depression developed over the northwestern Caribbean about 30 mi (50 km) northeast of Limón, Honduras. The depression moved westward and remained just offshore. By 0000 UTC on October 18, the depression dissipated approximately 40 mi (65 km) east of Placencia, Belize.


1980 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Jeanne
An area of disturbed weather organized into a tropical depression late on November 8. The depression slowly intensified as it tracked north-northwestward into the northwestern Caribbean Sea. Shortly before entering the Yucatán Channel, the depression had strengthened enough to be upgraded to Tropical Storm Jeanne on November 9. Further intensification was still gradual in the Gulf of Mexico, though the rate of deepening accelerated as the storm began to curve westward. By November 11, Jeanne was upgraded to a hurricane while paralleling the northern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula.


1980 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Jeanne
Early on the following day, Jeanne peaked as a 100 mph (155 km/h) Category 2 hurricane. Thereafter, Jeanne began to weaken due to dry air and was downgraded to a tropical storm 24 hours after peak intensity. The storm briefly tracked west-northwestward and then westward, before becoming nearly stationary in the western Gulf of Mexico.


1980 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Jeanne
Moving slowly and erratically, Jeanne weakened further and was downgraded to a tropical depression on November 15. The storm curved southward and completed a cyclonic loop, before being absorbed by a cold front on November 16. Fringe effects of Hurricane Jeanne triggered a record-breaking 23.28 inches (591 mm) of rain at Key West, Florida within a 24-hour period. As a result of heavy precipitation, schools were and numerous businesses were closed, flights at Key West International Airport were grounded, and power outages and disruptions in telephone service occurred in Key West. In Texas, high tides caused flooding along much of the coast of the state, especially in Galveston. Offshore, several ships were caught off guard by the late season storm.


1980 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Fourteen
While Jeanne meandered through the Gulf of Mexico, Tropical Depression Fourteen developed north of Panama on November 12. Steered northward by deep southerly flow southeast of Jeanne, the depression oscillated in organization while tracking west-northwestward. The cloud pattern between Jeanne and the depression briefly merged, with a line of thunderstorms moving across the Florida peninsula between the two systems. Westerly vertical wind shear increased on the depression in the process. By November 15, the depression reorganized its convective organization while making landfall in western Cuba early on November 16. Once again, vertical wind shear increased, causing convection to detach from the center of the depression.


1980 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Fourteen
Late on November 17, the depression was absorbed by an intense "winter type storm" that was moving across the Southeastern United States. Shortly thereafter, the remnants of the depression crossed Central and North Florida. While crossing Cuba, the depression dumped heavy rainfall. No other impact is known to have occurred on the island. The depression impact from both while tropical and a remnant system. In Key West, sustained winds of 30 mph (45 km/h) and gusts to 40 mph (65 km/h) were reported. Across much of Florida, light rainfall was reported, peaking at 4.81 inches (122 mm) in Brooksville.


1980 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Karl
A low-pressure area formed along a frontal boundary near the southeastern United States. The system slowly strengthened and developed into a separate vortex. Early on November 25, it became a subtropical storm while centered about 825 miles (1,328 km) southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland. Shortly thereafter, the storm executing a tight counterclockwise loop as it rotated within the larger cyclone. About 18 hours later, the storm intensified and acquired enough tropical characteristics to be designated a hurricane. After being classified as a hurricane, Karl gradually strengthened while tracking eastward, eventually attaining its peak intensity with winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 985 mbar (hPa; 29.09 inHg).


1980 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Karl
Karl maintained winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) for approximately 18 hours and later weakened slightly while accelerating northeastward. On November 27, the eye of Karl became ragged while passing within 230 miles (370 km) of the Azores and started to show signs of deterioration. A trough over the North Atlantic developed into the dominant low-pressure area, causing Karl to turn northward around its periphery. By November 27, Karl merged with another approaching system and was declared extratropical by November 28, while it was centered roughly halfway between Cape Race, Newfoundland and Spain.


1980 Atlantic hurricane season, Storm names
The following names were used for named storms that formed in the north Atlantic in 1980. The names not retired from this list were used again in the 1986 season. It was the first (and only, in the case of Allen) use for all of these names since the post-1978 naming change, except for Frances, which had been used in 1961, 1968, and 1976. Names that were not assigned are marked in gray.


1980 Atlantic hurricane season, Storm names, Retirement
In the spring of 1981, at the 3rd session of the RA IV hurricane committee, the World Meteorological Organization retired the name Allen from its rotating name lists due to its destructive impacts, and it will not be used again for another Atlantic hurricane. It was replaced with Andrew for the 1986 season.


1980 Atlantic hurricane season, Season effects
This is a table of all of the storms that formed in the 1980 Atlantic hurricane season. It includes their duration, names, landfall(s) – denoted by bold location names – damages, and death totals. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical or a wave or low, and all of the damage figures are in 1980 USD.


1980 Auburn Tigers football team
The 1980 Auburn Tigers football team achieved an overall 5–6 record in their fifth year under head coach Doug Barfield and failed to win a single game in the SEC, losing all six games. The team was also serving its second year of probation.


1980 Auburn Tigers football team
Auburn extended Doug Barfield's contract for the 1980 season. However, no head coach lasts very long at Auburn without beating arch-rival Alabama, which he failed to do in five attempts; he was dismissed as head coach following the 1980 season. During his tenure as head coach, Auburn "won 29 games in five seasons and produced 14 All-SEC and three All-American players." Doug Barfield compiled an overall record of 29–25–1 (.536) as head coach of the Auburn Tigers.


1980 Auburn Tigers football team
Three players were named to the All-SEC first team for 1980: running back James Brooks, defensive tackle Frank Warren, and offensive tackle George Stephenson.


1980 Auckland City mayoral election
The 1980 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1980, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including twenty-one city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.


1980 Auckland City mayoral election, Background
Long serving Mayor Dove-Myer Robinson reneged on his 1977 promise to retire in 1980 and stood for re-election. He was defeated by former Citizens & Ratepayers councillor Colin Kay, who stood as an independent.


1980 Australasian Individual Speedway Championship
The 1980 Australasian Individual Speedway Championship was the fifth annual Australasian Final for Motorcycle speedway riders from Australia and New Zealand as part of the qualification for the 1980 Speedway World Championship.


1980 Australasian Individual Speedway Championship
The Final was held at the Ruapuna Speedway in Templeton, located just outside Christchurch in New Zealand. Billy Sanders won his second consecutive Australasian Final from John Titman and Larry Ross. As reigning World Champion Ivan Mauger was seeded directly to the Commonwealth Final at the Wimbledon Stadium in London, England and was not required to ride in Templeton, only two other riders (Mitch Shirra and Phil Crump) moved forward into the Commonwealth Final.


1980 Australia Day Honours
The Australia Day Honours 1980 were announced on 26 January 1980 by the Governor General of Australia, Sir Zelman Cowen.


1980 Australia Day Honours
The Australia Day Honours are the first of the two major annual honours lists, announced on Australia Day (26 January), with the other being the Queen's Birthday Honours which are announced on the second Monday in June.


1980 Australia rugby union tour of Fiji
The 1980 Australia rugby union tour of Fiji was a series of 3 matches played in May 1980 by Australia in Fiji.


1980 Australian Championship of Makes
The 1980 Australian Championship of Makes was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Touring Cars complying with Group C regulations. It was the tenth manufacturers’ title to be awarded by CAMS and the fifth to carry the Australian Championship of Makes name. The title was awarded to General Motors-Holden.


1980 Australian Championship of Makes, Calendar
The 1980 Australian Championship of Makes was contested over a three-round series with one race per round.


1980 Australian Championship of Makes, Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the best six placed cars in each class. Only the highest scoring car of each make was awarded points and then only the points applicable to the position filled. The title was awarded to the make of car gaining the highest number of points in the series with all points acquired in all races counted. No drivers' title was allocated or permitted to be advertised in connection with the title.


1980 Australian Drivers' Championship
The 1980 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of Australian Formula 1 racing cars. The winner of the championship, which was the 24th Australian Drivers' Championship, was awarded the 1980 CAMS Gold Star.


1980 Australian Drivers' Championship
The championship was won by Alfredo Costanzo driving a Lola T430 Chevrolet.


1980 Australian Drivers' Championship, Calendar
The title was contested over an eight-round series with one race per round.


1980 Australian Drivers' Championship, Class Structure
Australian Formula 1, in its 1980 incarnation, catered for cars complying with any one of the following three Formulae:


1980 Australian Drivers' Championship, Class Structure
For championship points allocation purposes, cars competed in two classes:


1980 Australian Drivers' Championship, Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six Australian license holders in each class at each round. Bonus points were awarded on a 4-3-2-1 basis to the top four Australian license holders at each round, regardless of class.


1980 Australian Drivers' Championship, Results
The following drivers were not eligible for championship points as they were not Australian license holders.


1980 Australian Film Institute Awards
The 22nd Australian Film Institute Awards ceremony, presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), honoured the best Australian feature films of 1980, and took place on 17 September 1980 at Regent Theatre, in Sydney, New South Wales. The ceremony was hosted by Graham Kennedy and televised in Australia on ABC.


1980 Australian Film Institute Awards
Breaker Morant was nominated for thirteen awards and won ten, in all categories it was nominated for, including Best Film and Best Direction for Bruce Beresford. Other winners with two were Hard Knocks, and Manganinnie and ... Maybe This Time with one.


1980 Australian Film Institute Awards
When the Australian Film Institute established the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) in 2011, the awards became known as the AACTA Awards.


1980 Australian Film Institute Awards, Winners and nominees
The nominees were announced on 29 August 1980. Breaker Morant received 13 nominations across ten feature film award categories, winning all ten categories it was nominated for including: Best Film, Best Direction for Bruce Beresford, Best Actor for Jack Thompson, Best Supporting Actor for Bryan Brown and Best Screenplay for Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens, Bruce Beresford. Stir received ten nominations in the same categories but walked away with none. The only other winners in the feature film categories was Tracy Mann for Best Actress, for Hard Knocks; Jury Prize for Hard Knocks; Jill Perryman for Best Supporting Actress, for ... Maybe This Time; and Peter Sculthorpe for Best Original Music Score, for Manganinnie.


1980 Australian Film Institute Awards, Winners and nominees
Non -feature films were awarded with a prize at the awards, but are considered the best in their categories by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Although Bird of the Thunder Woman is considered the winner of the Best Cinematography – Documentary category, it was the recipient of a "silver prize" at the awards, while No Such a Place, also a finalist in the category, was presented with a "bronze prize".


1980 Australian Film Institute Awards, Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and marked in a separate colour, in boldface.


1980 Australian Formula 2 Championship
The 1980 Australian Formula 2 Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor sport title for drivers of cars complying with Australian Formula 2 regulations. The championship was contested over a four-round series with Round 2 held as a single race and all other rounds staged over two races.


1980 Australian Formula 2 Championship
Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six placegetters at each round. For those rounds at which two races were held, round placings were determined by awarding round points on a 20-16-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the top 14 finishers in each race.


1980 Australian Grand Prix
The 1980 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Calder Park Raceway in Victoria, Australia on 16 November 1980.


1980 Australian Grand Prix
It was the forty fifth Australian Grand Prix and it was open to cars complying with Australian Formula 1 regulations, which permitted international Formula One, Formula 5000 and Formula Pacific cars. The race was also the final round of the 1980 Australian Drivers' Championship.


1980 Australian Grand Prix
The race was won by newly crowned 1980 World Drivers' Champion, Alan Jones, driving one of his championship winning Williams FW07 cars in front of an enthusiastic home crowd which came to see their new Australian hero. Italian driver Bruno Giacomelli finished second in the only other International Formula One car in the race, an Alfa Romeo 179. Third was French driver Didier Pironi driving an Australian built Elfin MR8 Formula 5000.


1980 Australian Grand Prix
By winning the Australian Grand Prix, Alan Jones joined his father Stan Jones to become the first ever father and son to win the race. Stan Jones had won the 1959 Australian Grand Prix at the Longford Circuit in Tasmania driving a Maserati 250F. As of the 2019 race, Alan Jones remains the last Australian driver to have won the Australian Grand Prix.


1980 Australian Grand Prix, Background
Open wheel racing and motorsport in general was in serious decline in Australia in 1980 with most domestic motor racing grids in sharp decline. Early in the season it was announced that the 1980 Australian Drivers' Championship technical regulations, then known as Australian Formula 1, but was essentially Formula 5000, would be expanded to allow for a more diverse array of machinery. The previous year Formula Pacific, the regional name for the Formula Atlantic category had already been allowed to enter, but the relative small cars were not a close match to the considerably more powerful Formula 5000 cars.


1980 Australian Grand Prix, Background
The addition was to allow Formula One cars, like those competing in the World Championship, or more optimistically second-hand cars like those in the British AFX Aurora series. The move however only attracted British former F1 driver Guy Edwards driving a Fittipaldi.


1980 Australian Grand Prix, Background
Public interest in motor sport was at a new high after one of the darkest periods for the sport domestically early in 1980 as recession bit into fields. In the second half of the year Alan Jones closed in on winning the 1980 World Drivers' Championship, and was further increased by the hype after the 'rock incident' that befell touring car driver Dick Johnson at the 1980 Bathurst 1000.


1980 Australian Grand Prix, Entries
It was announced that the newly crowned world champion, Alan Jones, would return to Australia in November, bringing with him one of the Cosworth DFV powered Williams FW07Bs he used to win the world championship and would be the headline entry for the Australian Grand Prix extravaganza which was built up by Bob Jane who circumvented the rotational system of moving the Australian Grand Prix from state to state by securing it for his own race track, the tight confines of Calder Park Raceway. Jane's tyre retail company Bob Jane T-Marts became a sponsor of the Williams for the race.


1980 Australian Grand Prix, Entries
Sadly only other Formula One car fronted for the race, a 3.0 litre V12 powered Alfa Romeo 179 entered by the factory Alfa Romeo team for Italian Bruno Giacomelli to drive. Race promoter Bob Jane hoped the presence of Alfa Romeo, Giacomelli, and the 1980 Australian Drivers' Champion, Italian born Melbourne resident Alfredo Costanzo, would entice members of Melbourne's large Italian community to attend the race.


1980 Australian Grand Prix, Entries
French Ligier driver Didier Pironi would also be present, but he would race a Formula 5000, specifically the brand new Elfin MR9, the first and in the end only ground effect Formula 5000 constructed. However, the Adelaide based Ansett Team Elfin ran behind schedule in building the new car and with the new MR9 untested prior to the race, team boss and Elfin designer Garrie Cooper decided he would race the car himself while Pironi would join regular team leader John Bowe in racing one of the team's older, more conventional Elfin MR8s. As with most of the Formula 5000's, both Elfin's were powered by a 5.0 litre Chevrolet V8 engine.


1980 Australian Grand Prix, Entries
One other Formula One car was entered, but the Leyland powered McLaren M23 (converted to Formula 5000 regulations) to be driven by former CAMS Gold Star winner John McCormack, would not make the start after McCormack was badly injured in a road crash when travelling from the team's base in Adelaide to Melbourne for the race.


1980 Australian Grand Prix, Entries
At the time in Australia there was a fuel strike which had grounded the airlines and McCormack, travelling with one of his mechanics, was a passenger in the car when the mechanic fell asleep at the wheel and the car ran off the road and hit a tree. McCormack, who was also asleep at the time, received a crack on the head, a broken left heel and some bruised ribs. His mechanic was seriously injured, though he also survived the accident.


1980 Australian Grand Prix, Entries
The majority of the entry was made up of Lola F5000's of varying ages, with number of locally constructed F5000s including Elfins, a Matich, some older British cars, and a trio of Formula Pacifics (one Ralt RT1, one Galloway HG1 and one March 77B) completing the entry.


1980 Australian Grand Prix, Qualifying
As expected, the Formula One cars were a class above the Formula 5000s, with notice first served when people saw the differences in braking distances at the end of the front and back straights. The ground effect Williams and Alfa Romeo were also decidedly quicker through the corners, while the powerful but heavier F5000's were no match for the acceleration of the lighter and more highly developed F1 cars. Jones qualified his FW07B on pole in a time of 36.1 seconds, with Giacomelli only 0.2 seconds behind.


1980 Australian Grand Prix, Qualifying
Alfredo Costanzo was the fastest of the F5000 runners in third place, 1.8 seconds slower than Jones on the 1.609 km (1.000 mi) track. Didier Pironi qualified his Elfin MR8 in eighth place, some 4.1 seconds slower than Jones, though he was 0.3 seconds in front of temporary team mate Bowe who qualified ninth, despite the Frenchman only having driven the car once previously a few days before the race.


1980 Australian Grand Prix, Qualifying
The fastest of the Formula Pacific cars was local star John Smith driving a Ralt RT1. Smith was surprisingly quick in the Ralt with its 1.6L 4cyl Ford engine, qualifying only 5.3 seconds behind the Formula One cars. As the team only finished the car on the morning of qualifying, Ansett Team Elfin boss Garrie Cooper did not practice the ground effect MR9 and was allowed to start from 20th and last.


1980 Australian Grand Prix, Race
The race was almost made infamous after Jones almost lost the race. Giacomelli was surprisingly fast and determined with the two F1s actually clashing during a frantic scrabble past some of the slower cars - Giacomelli emerged from this tussle with the lead. Jones then knuckled down to race and after regaining the lead, pulled steadily clear to win by over a lap from Giacomelli.


1980 Australian Grand Prix, Race
Four laps down at the finish, Pironi raced his Elfin steadily ahead of the local Formula 5000 racers to finish in third position and allow the imported Formula 1 drivers to clean sweep the podium.


1980 Australian Grand Prix, Race
Reliability plagued the local cars with many of the fancied drivers striking problems. In the end Alfredo Costanzo was three laps clear of the nearest domestic competitor, Chas Talbot's Lola, enough to clinch his first Australian Drivers' Championship.


1980 Australian Grand Prix, Race
Garrie Cooper drove a steady race in the ground effect MR9's first time on track and finished in seventh place, 10 laps adrift of Alan Jones.


1980 Australian Grand Prix, Race
Alan Jones set Calder Park's outright lap record during the race with a lap of 36.9 seconds (which would have placed him third on the grid). As of 2016, Jones' record still stands for the Calder Park Short Circuit (Calder was extended to 2.280 km (1.417 mi) in 1986 but still retained the original circuit as part of the re-development).


1980 Australian Grand Prix, Race
Bob Jane's gamble of bringing out the reigning World Drivers' Champion Jones (himself a native of Melbourne) and Giacomelli for the race worked as an almost capacity crowd turned up to Calder despite the 38°C heat on the day.


1980 Australian Grand Prix, Race
The race was broadcast live throughout Australia on the Nine Network with expert commentary provided by triple World Champion and former Tasman Series and 1967 Australian Grand Prix winner Jackie Stewart. He was joined in the booth by Ken Sparkes and (for a few laps mid-race) touring car star Peter Brock.


1980 Australian Hard Court Championships
The 1980 Australian Hard Court Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament that was part of the 1980 Grand Prix tennis circuit. It was the 36th edition of the event and was held in Hobart, Australia from 31 December 1979 until 6 January 1980 and played on outdoor hardcourts. Unseeded  Shlomo Glickstein won the singles title.


1980 Australian Hard Court Championships, Finals, Doubles
John James /  Chris Kachel defeated  Phil Davies /  Brad Guan 6–4, 6–4


1980 Australian Open
The 1980 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia. It was the 69th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 26 December 1980 through 4 January 1981. The singles titles were won by American Brian Teacher and Czechoslovakian Hana Mandlíková.


1980 Australian Open, Seniors, Men's doubles
Mark Edmondson /  Kim Warwick defeated  Peter McNamara /  Paul McNamee 7–5, 6–4


1980 Australian Open, Seniors, Women's doubles
Betsy Nagelsen /  Martina Navratilova defeated  Ann Kiyomura /  Candy Reynolds 6–4, 6–4


1980 Australian Open – Men's Doubles
The Men's Doubles tournament at the 1980 Australian Open was held from 26 December 1980 through 4 January 1981 on the outdoor grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia. Mark Edmondson and Kim Warwick won the title, defeating Paul McNamee and Peter McNamara in the final.


1980 Australian Open – Men's Singles
Eighth-seeded Brian Teacher defeated Kim Warwick 7–5, 7–6(7–4), 6–2 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1980 Australian Open.


1980 Australian Open – Men's Singles
Guillermo Vilas was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Kim Warwick.


1980 Australian Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Brian Teacher is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1980 Australian Open – Men's Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw for men's singles at the 1980 Australian Open.


1980 Australian Open – Women's Doubles
Judy Chaloner and Diane Evers were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Lee Duk-hee and Elizabeth Little.


1980 Australian Open – Women's Doubles
Betsy Nagelsen and Martina Navratilova won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Ann Kiyomura and Candy Reynolds.


1980 Australian Open – Women's Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All four seeded teams received byes into the second round.


1980 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Third-seeded Hana Mandlíková defeated Wendy Turnbull 6–0, 7–5 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1980 Australian Open.


1980 Australian Open – Women's Singles
This was the last time at the Australian Open that neither of the finalists had won a major previously; The 1998 Wimbledon Championships would be the next occurrence of such a final, a span of 63 tournaments. Turnbull was the last Australian woman to reach the singles final.


1980 Australian Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Hana Mandlíková is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1980 Australian Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw for women's singles at the 1980 Australian Open.


1980 Australian Rally Championship
The 1980 Australian Rally Championship was a series of five rallying events held across Australia. It was the 13th season in the history of the competition.


1980 Australian Rally Championship
George Fury and navigator Monty Suffern in the Datsun Stanza won the 1980 Championship.


1980 Australian Rally Championship, Season review
The 13th Australian Rally Championship was held over five events across Australia, the season consisting of one event each for New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia. The 1980 season saw the Datsun Stanzas dominate the competition, taking out first, third and fourth places in the championship. It was the fifth championship for Datsun in six years, with wins in all five rounds. Colin Bond and John Dawson-Damer put up some opposition in their Ford Escort RS1800 but it was Datsun's and in particular Fury's year.


1980 Australian Rally Championship, The Rallies
The five events of the 1980 season were as follows.


1980 Australian Sports Car Championship
The 1980 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group D Production Sports Cars. The title, which was the twelfth Australian Sports Car Championship, was won by Allan Moffat, driving a Porsche 930 Turbo.


1980 Australian Sports Car Championship, Calendar
The championship was contested over a five-round series with two heats per round.


1980 Australian Sports Car Championship, Points system
Round results were determined by allocating points on a 20-16-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the top fourteen places in each heat. Where drivers attained the same number of points, the placings achieved in the second heat were used to determine the round placing.


1980 Australian Sports Car Championship, Points system
Actual championship points were then awarded on a 4-3-2-1 basis for the first four outright places at each round, regardless of class. Additionally, championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places in each class at each round.


1980 Australian Sports Sedan Championship
The 1980 Australian Sports Sedan Championship was open to drivers of Sports Sedans complying with CAMS Group B regulations. The title was contested over an eleven-round series


1980 Australian Sports Sedan Championship
Points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six outright placegetters in each round. Only the best nine scores could be retained by each driver although this had no effect on the nett pointscores.


1980 Australian Touring Car Championship
The 1980 Australian Touring Car Championship was the 21st running of the Australian Touring Car Championship.


1980 Australian Touring Car Championship, Season Summary
Peter Brock won his third and final ATCC title, driving a Holden VB Commodore for the Marlboro Holden Dealer Team which he had purchased from team owner/manager John Sheppard in late 1979 after Holden had pulled out of the sport following the domination by the Toranas in 1978 and 1979. After buying the team, Brock, backed by Adelaide based Holden dealer Vin Keane, actually went around Australia to the Holden dealers in a successful attempt to help finance the team which also saw the launch of the HDT Special Vehicles which built "hotter" versions of the road-going Holden Commodore.


1980 Australian Touring Car Championship, Season Summary
This effectively meant that for the first time since founded by Harry Firth in 1969, the HDT was actually a Dealers Team rather than a backdoor factory operation. Brock and Sheppard had been secretly testing a VB Commodore in late 1979 in readiness for the rule changes enforced by CAMS. These rule changes aimed at reducing engine emissions, mostly sparked by the 1970s Oil Crisis, effectively made the Toranas and Falcon Hardtops of the previous years ineligible.


1980 Australian Touring Car Championship, Season Summary
By the start of the ATCC, Brock and the HDT were the only team anywhere near ready to race, and it showed in the results. Brock won four of the eight rounds, including the opening three rounds. He also put his Commodore on pole position at each round of the championship.


1980 Australian Touring Car Championship, Season Summary
Former twice CAMS Gold Star winner and 1974 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 winner Kevin Bartlett recovered from his 1979 Formula 5000 crash and finished second in the championship in his Channel 9 sponsored Chevrolet Camaro Z28 (financed by Nine's owner, media magnate and one of the richest people in Australia, Kerry Packer). Bartlett broke Brock's winning run, using the superior power of the 5.7-litre Chevrolet to win at Sandown, and would later win the penultimate round in Adelaide. Bartlett's win at Sandown was the first non-Ford or Holden outright ATCC win since Bob Jane took his championship winning Chevrolet Camaro ZL-1 to victory in Round 6 of the 1972 ATCC at Surfers Paradise.


1980 Australian Touring Car Championship, Season Summary
Sydney based Toyota dealer Peter Williamson finished third in the championship in his Class B Toyota Celica, benefiting from class wins and generally poor or small fields (especially in the outright Class A) resulting from teams rushing to get the new generation cars race ready.


1980 Australian Touring Car Championship, Season Summary
Reigning champion Bob Morris had lost his major sponsor when Ron Hodgson had pulled out at the end of 1979, so Morris entered into an uneasy relationship with Allan Grice's Craven Mild Racing which was run by Morris' former Bathurst co-driver Frank Gardner. Grice drove one of the 1979 Toranas to victory at Wanneroo in Perth. The Torana, with drum brakes at the rear as well as the required "low emission" heads, had seen a drop in horsepower from 1979s 380 bhp (283 kW; 385 PS) to just on 300 bhp (224 kW; 304 PS). Grice only competed in four rounds and finished eighth in the title. Morris endured an unhappy championship trying to develop the teams Commodore and could only finish fifth on points, though he did win the final round at Oran Park.


1980 Australian Touring Car Championship, Season Summary
After Ford Australia pulled out of racing at the end of 1978, and being forced to go it alone as a privateer in 1979, the 1980 ATCC was the first time since 1968 that triple champion Allan Moffat did not contest the championship, with the Canadian born driver instead winning the Australian Sports Car Championship in a Porsche 930 Turbo.


1980 Australian Touring Car Championship, Season Summary
After winning 4 ATCC titles during the 1970s, this would prove to be Holden's only ATCC title during the 1980s. Holden would not win another title until 1994.


1980 Australian Touring Car Championship, Teams and drivers
The following drivers and teams competed in the 1980 Australian Touring Car Championship.


1980 Australian Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Race calendar
The championship was contested over eight rounds, each comprising either one race or two heats.


1980 Australian Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Drivers Championship
Points were awarded 4-3-2-1 based on top 4 race position, and then 9-6-4-3-2-1 for the top 6 of each of two engine capacity based classes (essentially under and over three litres). Drivers had to drop their worst score from the eight rounds.


1980 Australian Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Drivers Championship
Class A consisted of Chevrolet Camaro, Ford Falcon, Holden Commodore and Holden Torana. Class B consisted of Alfa Romeo Alfetta, Ford Capri, Ford Escort, Isuzu Gemini, Mazda RX-3, Mazda RX-7, Toyota Celica and Toyota Corolla.


1980 Australian federal election
The 1980 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 18 October 1980. All 125 seats in the House of Representatives and 34 of the 64 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Liberal–NCP coalition government, led by Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, was elected to a third term with a much reduced majority, defeating the opposition Labor Party led by Bill Hayden. This was the last federal election victory for the Coalition until  the 1996 election.


1980 Australian federal election
Future Prime Minister Bob Hawke and future opposition leader and future Deputy Prime Minister Kim Beazley entered parliament at this election.


1980 Australian federal election, Issues and significance
The Fraser Government had lost a degree of popularity within the electorate by 1980. The economy had been performing poorly since the 1973 oil shock. However, Hayden was not seen as having great electoral prospects. Perhaps as evidence of this, then ACTU President Bob Hawke (elected to Parliament in the election as the Member for Wills) and then Premier of New South Wales Neville Wran featured heavily in the campaign, almost as heavily as Hayden.


1980 Australian federal election, Aftermath
In the election, Labor finished only 0.8 percent behind the Coalition on the two-party vote—a four-percent swing from 1977. However, due to the uneven nature of the swing, Labor came up 12 seats short of a majority, giving the Coalition a third term in government. Hayden, however, did manage to regain much of what Labor had lost in the previous two elections. Notably, he managed to more than halve Fraser's majority, from 48 seats at dissolution to 23.


1980 Australian federal election, Aftermath
In the subsequent term, the government delivered budgets significantly in deficit, and Fraser was challenged for the Liberal leadership by Andrew Peacock. The Australian Democrats made further gains, winning the balance of power in the Senate. From July 1981 (when those senators elected at the 1980 election took up their positions) no Federal Government in Australia had a Senate majority until the Howard Government won such a majority in 2004.


1980 Austrian Grand Prix
The 1980 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 17 August 1980 at the Österreichring circuit in Austria. It was the tenth race of the 1980 Formula One season. The race was the 13th Austrian Grand Prix and the eleventh to be held at the Österreichring. The race was held over 54 laps of the 5.942-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 321 kilometres.


1980 Austrian Grand Prix
The race was won by French driver, Jean-Pierre Jabouille driving a Renault RE20. The win was Jabouille's second and last Formula One Grand Prix victory. It was also his first points finish in over a year since his previous victory at the 1979 French Grand Prix. It would also be the last points finish of his career. Jabouille won by eight-tenths of a second over Australian driver Alan Jones driving a Williams FW07B. Third was Jones' Williams teammate, Argentinian driver Carlos Reutemann.


1980 Austrian Grand Prix
At the high-altitude circuit the turbocharged Renaults dominated qualifying, with René Arnoux securing pole over Jabouille but Jones won the start, leading until Arnoux took over on lap 3. Arnoux pitted for tyres on lap 21 handing Jabouille a lead he only just kept and Jones fell just short as Jabouille limped home on wrecked tyres.


1980 Austrian Grand Prix
Behind Reutemann, French driver Jacques Laffite was fourth in his Ligier JS11/15 with Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet (Brabham BT49) and Italian driver Elio de Angelis (Lotus 81) completing the points finishers. Team Lotus ran a third car for debutant British driver Nigel Mansell. The future world champion retired with a broken engine after 40 laps and suffering burns after he raced in overalls soaked in fuel after a pre-race incident. West German driver Jochen Mass did not make the start, crashing and rolling his Arrows A3 and injuring himself in practice.


1980 Austrian Grand Prix
Jones now led Piquet by eleven points, Reutemann by 17 and Laffite by 19. Williams now led Ligier in the constructors' championship by 26 points and Brabham by 41.


1980 Austrian Open (tennis)
The 1980 Austrian Open , also known as the 1980 Head Cup for sponsorship reasons,  was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was categorized as a two-star tournament and was part of the men's 1980 Volvo Grand Prix circuit and of the Colgate Series of the women's 1980 WTA Tour. It took place at the Tennis Stadium Kitzbühel in Kitzbühel, Austria and was held from 21 July through 27 July 1980. First-seeded Guillermo Vilas won the men's singles title and the accompanying $13,000 first-prize money while Virginia Ruzici won the women's singles event.


1980 Austrian Open (tennis), Finals, Men's Doubles
Ulrich Marten /  Klaus Eberhard defeated  Carlos Kirmayr /  Chris Lewis 6–4, 3–6, 6–4


1980 Austrian Open (tennis), Finals, Women's Doubles
Claudia Kohde /  Eva Pfaff defeated  Hana Mandlíková /  Renáta Tomanová w.o.


1980 Austrian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Austria on 18 May 1980. Supported by both major parties, the ruling Socialist Party and opposition Austrian People's Party, incumbent president Rudolf Kirchschläger was re-elected with a landslide of 79.9% of the vote. The competing candidates were Willfried Gredler of the Freedom Party of Austria and Norbert Burger of the National Democratic Party, which was later banned.


1980 Avon Championships
The 1980 Avon Championships were the ninth WTA Tour Championships, the annual tennis tournament for the best female tennis players on the 1980 WTA Tour. It was held in the week of 17 March 1980, in Madison Square Garden in New York City, United States. Second-seeded Tracy Austin won the singles title and earner $100,000 first-prize money.


1980 Avon Championships, Finals, Doubles
Billie Jean King /  Martina Navratilova defeated  Rosemary Casals /  Wendy Turnbull, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3


1980 Avon Championships of Boston
The 1980 Avon Championships of Boston  was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Boston University Walter Brown Arena in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States that was part of the 1980 Avon Championships circuit. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from Monday, March 10 through Sunday March 16, 1980. First-seeded Tracy Austin won the singles title and earned $24,000 first-prize money.


1980 Avon Championships of Boston, Finals, Doubles
Rosie Casals /  Wendy Turnbull defeated  Billie Jean King /  Ilana Kloss 6–4, 7–6(7–4)


1980 Avon Championships of California
The 1980 Avon Championships of California, also known as the Avon Championships of Oakland,  was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Oakland Coliseum  in Oakland, California in the United States that was part of the 1980 Avon Championships Circuit. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was held from February 11 through February 17, 1980. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title, her second consecutive at the event, and earned $30,000 first-prize money.


1980 Avon Championships of California, Finals, Doubles
Sue Barker /  Ann Kiyomura defeated  Greer Stevens /  Virginia Wade 6–0, 6–4


1980 Avon Championships of Chicago
The 1980 Avon Championships of Chicago  was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the International Amphitheatre  in Chicago, Illinois in the United States that was part of the 1980 Avon Championships Circuit. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was held from January 21 through January 27, 1980. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $40,000 first-prize money.


1980 Avon Championships of Chicago, Finals, Doubles
Billie Jean King /  Martina Navratilova defeated  Sylvia Hanika /  Kathy Jordan 6–3, 6–4


1980 Avon Championships of Cincinnati
The 1980 Avon Championships of Cincinnati was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States that was part of the 1980 Avon Championships Circuit. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from January 7 through January 13, 1980. Second-seeded Tracy Austin won the singles title and earned $30,000 first-prize money.


1980 Avon Championships of Cincinnati, Finals, Doubles
Laura DuPont /  Pam Shriver defeated  Mima Jaušovec /  Ann Kiyomura 6–3, 6–3


1980 Avon Championships of Dallas
The 1980 Avon Championships of Dallas  was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Moody Coliseum  in Dallas, Texas in the United States that was part of the 1980 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was held from March 3 through March 9, 1980. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $30,000 first-prize money.


1980 Avon Championships of Dallas, Finals, Doubles
Billie Jean King /  Martina Navratilova defeated  Rosie Casals /  Wendy Turnbull 4–6, 6–3, 6–3


1980 Avon Championships of Detroit
The 1980 Avon Championships of Detroit  was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Cobo Hall & Arena  in Detroit, Michigan in the United States that was part of the 1980 Avon Championships circuit. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was held from February 18 through February 24, 1980. Second-seeded Billie Jean King won the singles title and earned $35,000 first-prize money.


1980 Avon Championships of Detroit, Finals, Doubles
Billie Jean King /  Ilana Kloss defeated  Kathy Jordan /  Anne Smith 3–6, 6–3, 6–2


1980 Avon Championships of Houston
The 1980 Avon Championships of Houston  was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Summit in Houston, Texas in the United States that was part of the 1980 Avon Championships Circuit. It was the 10th edition of the tournament and was held from February 25 through March 2, 1980. Third-seeded Billie Jean King won the singles title and earned $30,000 first-prize money.


1980 Avon Championships of Houston, Finals, Doubles
Billie Jean King /  Ilana Kloss defeated  Betty Stöve /  Wendy Turnbull 3–6, 6–1, 6–4


1980 Avon Championships of Kansas
The 1980 Avon Championships of Kansas  was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Municipal Auditorium  in Kansas City, Missouri in the United States that was part of the 1980 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from January 14 through January 20, 1980. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $24,000 first-prize money.


1980 Avon Championships of Kansas, Finals, Doubles
Billie Jean King /  Martina Navratilova defeated  Laura duPont /  Pam Shriver 6–3, 6–1


1980 Avon Championships of Los Angeles
The 1980 Avon Championships of Los Angeles was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Forum in Los Angeles, California in the United States that was part of the 1980 Avon Championships circuit. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from February 4 through February 10, 1980. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $24,000 first-prize money.


1980 Avon Championships of Los Angeles, Finals, Doubles
Rosie Casals /  Martina Navratilova defeated  Kathy Jordan /  Anne Smith 7–6, 6–2


1980 Avon Championships of Seattle
The 1980 Avon Championships of Seattle  was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Seattle Center Arena  in Seattle, Washington in the United States that was part of the 1980 Avon Championships Circuit. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from January 28 through February 3, 1980. Second-seeded Tracy Austin won the singles title and earned $30,000 first-prize money.


1980 Avon Championships of Seattle, Finals, Doubles
Rosie Casals /  Wendy Turnbull defeated  Virginia Wade /  Greer Stevens 6–4, 2–6, 7–5


1980 Avon Championships – Doubles
Françoise Dürr and Betty Stöve were the defending champions, but did not qualify for this year's edition.


1980 Avon Championships – Doubles
Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova won the title by defeating Rosemary Casals and Wendy Turnbull, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 in the final.


1980 Avon Championships – Singles
Martina Navratilova was the defending champion, but lost in the final against Tracy Austin. The score was 6–2, 2–6, 6–2.


1980 Azores Islands earthquake
Striking the Autonomous Region of Azores on 1 January, the 1980 Azores Island earthquake killed 61 people and injured over 400, causing severe damage on the islands of Terceira and São Jorge. Measuring 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale, it also shook the islands of Pico and Faial, and resulted from a strike slip fracture, typical of other historical Azorean earthquakes.


1980 Azores Islands earthquake
In response to the earthquake, Portuguese president António Ramalho Eanes announced three days of national mourning, while relief efforts, initiated by agents of the local Air Force, were soon accompanied by government-supported agencies.


1980 Azores Islands earthquake, Geology, Background
In 1950, another strong earthquake had rocked the Azores Islands region, and this was the largest earthquake since.


1980 Azores Islands earthquake, Geology, Description
Volcanic in origin, the Azores lie in a tectonically complex area on either side of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, between the European, Eurasian and African plate boundaries, forming their own microplate. The 1980 earthquake was the result of movement along the northwest to southeast trending strike-slip fault.


1980 Azores Islands earthquake, Geology, Description
After aftershocks from the quake had concluded, examination took place, producing a focal solution to the small events. Movement of these shocks was similar to that of previous earthquakes around the Azores. For these earthquakes, scientists had determined that the conjugate nodal plane was responsible, seeing shearing on the right-lateral (dextral) side. All faulting in this area is strike-slip-oriented, and on a rather large scale. Because of this research, information now points towards Azores volcanism being controlled by earthquake movement.


1980 Azores Islands earthquake, Damage and casualties
The earthquake that struck the Azorean islands was 6.9 Mw. It caused considerable damage on three separate islands (Terceira, São Jorge Island, and Graciosa), destroying several buildings. According to local reports, roughly 70% of the houses on Terceira were completely demolished, including the historic quarter of the island capital, Angra do Heroísmo. In general, public buildings such as churches remained intact, while several buildings caved in on themselves. Public utilities such as electricity and water, were reported cut in several areas.


1980 Azores Islands earthquake, Damage and casualties
Initially, the number of fatalities was set at 52, but it was later revised to 61. Additionally, the injuries were set at 300, but this was also revised to more than 400. At least 20,000 people were left homeless. Minor damage was recorded at Pico and Faial islands.


1980 Azores Islands earthquake, Damage and casualties
No fatalities were recorded at the Lajes Field air base, nor any major damage.


1980 Azores Islands earthquake, Relief efforts and response
United States Navy and Air Force troops stationed at Lajes functioned as disaster relief workers, sheltering as many as 150 families. Portuguese Air Force members brought supplies to earthquake victims, while a João Coutinho class corvette navy ship transported medical officials to the island. The Portuguese President, António Ramalho Eanes, flew in on a plane accompanied by medical personnel and supplies (such as bedding). Local officials including policemen and volunteer firemen cleared roads for relief supplies and transports. Responding to the situation, these officials were also involved in looking for survivors in the rubble. Soon after, tents were erected to replace the destroyed or unsafe homes for approximately 200 families of the islands. Portable homes were constructed by the People to People International project fund, resulting in 100 shelters.


1980 Azores Islands earthquake, Relief efforts and response
Three days of national mourning were declared by Eanes. Following the relief efforts, 19 seismographic stations were installed to monitor seismic activities. Eleven of these were used to monitor earthquake activity, while the other eight also record information on the island's geothermal areas.


1980 Azores Islands earthquake, Relief efforts and response
The earthquake forced hundreds of people to leave the country for the United States. It occurred during a period of several major natural disasters in which many residents of the island left; in 1975, 8,000 residents left. In 1981, however, just 2,500 people left the island.


1980 Azores Islands earthquake, Relief efforts and response
Dino Meira, a Portuguese-American singer, recorded and sold a 45 single "Acores 20 para as 4" with the proceeds donated to the earthquake relief effort.


1980 Azores Islands earthquake, Analysis and current situation
Later studies of the events leading up to the tragedy found several factors contributing to the extent of the damage. A. Malheiro (2006) linked five major causes to damage from these earthquakes. The buildings most damaged by the earthquake were near fault lines on top of loosely packed soil. They tended to be of poor construction and did not conform to proper building code, nor had they been adequately examined.


1980 Azores Islands earthquake, Analysis and current situation
The area around the Azores remains active. Threats from earthquakes and landslides remain.


1980 BC Lions season
The 1980 BC Lions finished in fourth place in the Western Conference with an 8–7–1 record. Despite the winning record, they still failed to make the playoffs.


1980 BC Lions season
Joe Paopao took over as the starting quarterback, due to Jerry Tagge's career ending knee injury. Due to injuries to Paopao, rookie Roy Dewalt also got six starts at pivot.


1980 BC Lions season
With Larry Key missing half the season, John Henry White was the Lions main offensive threat with 834 rushing yards and 283 receiving yards. Harry Holt had a great season at tight end with 648 yards receiving and 6 touchdowns.


1980 BC Lions season
Centre  Al Wilson (for 6th consecutive year) and Harry Holt were named to the CFL All-star team.


1980 BDO World Darts Championship
The 1980 Embassy World Darts Championship was the third year that the British Darts Organisation had staged a world championship. Again the field was 24 players, with the top seeds receiving a bye to the last 16 stage. For the second successive year the tournament was staged at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent.


1980 BDO World Darts Championship
Defending champion John Lowe, who had released a book The Lowe Profile just before the event suffered a surprise defeat 0–2 to Cliff Lazarenko saying afterwards "If you miss your doubles in this one, you must expect to go out." Eric Bristow was then immediately installed as favourite to win the event and would meet another flamboyant character of the game in the final – Bobby George.


1980 BDO World Darts Championship
George, who was not invited to the qualifiers the previous year appeared in a sequined shirt and when arriving on the stage was presented with a candelabra to complete a Liberace effect. He also made the early running in the final leading 1–0, 2–1 and 3–2. The first six sets all went to a deciding leg until Bristow won the seventh 3–1 to establish a 4–3 set lead.


1980 BDO World Darts Championship
In the next set at 2–2 in legs, George had a golden opportunity to level the match and take it to a decider, but bust his score and nonchalantly threw his third dart into the board before putting his darts into his top pocket in anticipation of Bristow checking out to win the title. Bristow did so.


1980 BDO World Darts Championship, Results
3rd place match (best of 3 sets) Cliff Lazarenko 88.02 0 – 2 Tony Brown  99.24


1980 BMW Challenge
The 1980 BMW Challenge was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at Devonshire Park in Eastbourne in the United Kingdom that was part of the Colgate Series category of the 1980 WTA Tour. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from 16 June through 21 June 1980. Second-seeded Tracy Austin won the singles title and earned $22,000 first-prize money.


1980 BMW Challenge, Finals, Doubles
Kathy Jordan /  Anne Smith defeated  Pam Shriver /  Betty Stöve 6–4, 6–1


1980 BMW M1 Procar Championship
The 1980 BMW M1 Procar Championship was the second and final season of the BMW M1 Procar Championship. The series once again supported Formula One at various European rounds but also branched out to hosting its own standalone events.


1980 BYU Cougars football team
The 1980 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University (BYU) for the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cougars were led by ninth-year head coach LaVell Edwards and played their home games at Cougar Stadium in Provo, Utah. The team competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference, winning their fifth consecutive conference title with a conference record of 6–1. After a season-opening loss to New Mexico, BYU ended on a 12-game winning streak, including a victory over SMU in the 1980 Holiday Bowl, finishing 12–1 overall and ranked 12th in the final AP Poll.


1980 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Wyoming
Wyoming came into the contest with a wishbone attack that was fourth in the nation in rushing and sixth in total offense at 450 yards per game while BYU featured the nation's second best passing squad behind Jim McMahon, the best statistical passer in the country.


1980 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Wyoming
McMahon finished 22 of 31 for 408 yards and four touchdowns, his fourth straight game over 300 yards to keep his number one ranking. Wyoming attempted to rush seven and eight at McMahon but the offensive line and backs, normally featured in the passing game, did a superb job blocking. McMahon was never sacked as Nick Eyre, Lloyd Eldredge, Bart Oates, Calvin Close and Ray Linford dominated the line of scrimmage for the Cougars.


1980 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Wyoming
With the Cowboys committing to the pass rush, McMahon threw at will to targets Dan Plater (8 receptions for 99 yards and a touchdown), Lloyd Jones (5/120, TD), Bill Davis (7/143, TD) and Clay Brown (2/61, TD), who faced one-on-one coverage and exploit this advantage.


1980 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Wyoming
Meanwhile, BYU's defense was just as dominating, consistently getting into the Wyoming backfield and limiting the wishbone options for a team that came in averaging 323 yards on the ground. With the defensive line of Glen Titensor, Mike Morgan, Chuck Ehin, Pulusila Filiaga and Brad Anae shutting down the run, all the likes of Glen Redd, Kyle Whittingham, Bob Prested and Ed St. Pierre had to do was clean up.


1980 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Wyoming
The game was decided in the first quarter as BYU scored on two of its first three possessions and Wyoming gained 30 yards rushing in four. By halftime, BYU led 17-3 and the Cowboys had only increased their rushing total to 42.


1980 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Wyoming
"I've never seen a team compare with BYU throwing the football and I don't believe we've seen anyone physically as tough. BYU is much stronger than we are", Wyoming head coach Pat Dye said.


1980 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Wyoming
Dye continued, "McMahon is a great quarterback. We knew the four-man rush wouldn't get to them, so we tried different things. Today, a four-man rush or a seven-man rush didn't make any difference."


1980 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Utah
BYU clinched its third straight Holiday Bowl berth and its fifth straight Western Athletic Conference title with the victory over their in-state rivals. Jim McMahon completed 21 of 34 passes for 399 yards, an NCAA record tenth straight game over 300 yards passing. McMahon also broke San Diego State's Dennis Shaw's 1969 single-season touchdown pass record of 39 with his first scoring toss and later surpassed Shaw for most total touchdowns in a single season (45).


1980 Badminton World Cup
The 1980 Badminton World Cup was the second edition of an international tournament Badminton World Cup. The event was held in Kyoto, Japan in the month of January. Competitions for mixed doubles were not conducted. Indonesia won men's singles and men's doubles events while Japan won women's doubles and Denmark won women's singles event.


1980 Ball State Cardinals football team
The 1980 Ball State Cardinals football team was an American football team that represented Ball State University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its third season under head coach Dwight Wallace, the team compiled a 6–5 record (5–4 against MAC opponents) and finished in a tie for fifth place out of ten teams in the conference. The team played its home games at Ball State Stadium in Muncie, Indiana.


1980 Ball State Cardinals football team
The team's statistical leaders included Mark O'Connell with 1,921 passing yards, Ken Currin with 548 rushing yards, Stevie Nelson with 487 receiving yards, and Dane Fellmeth with 49 points scored.


1980 Ballon d'Or
The 1980 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Karl-Heinz Rummenigge on 30 December 1980.


1980 Ballon d'Or
Rummenigge was the third (West) German national to win the award after Gerd Müller in 1970 and Franz Beckenbauer in 1972 and 1976. After these two players, Rummenigge was also the third Bayern Munich player to win the trophy.


1980 Baltimore Colts season
The 1980 Baltimore Colts season was the 28th season for the team in the National Football League (NFL). The Colts finished the NFL's 1980 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, and fourth position in the AFC East division.


1980 Baltimore International
The 1980 Baltimore International, also known by its sponsored name First National Classic, was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Towson State College in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States that was part of the 1980 Grand Prix circuit. It was the ninth edition of the event and was held from January 14 through January 20, 1980. First-seeded Harold Solomon won his second consecutive singles title at the event.


1980 Baltimore International, Finals, Doubles
Marty Riessen /  Tim Gullikson defeated  Brian Gottfried /  Frew McMillan 2–6, 6–3, 6–4


1980 Baltimore Orioles season
The 1980 Baltimore Orioles season was the club's 27th season in Baltimore. It involved the Orioles finishing 2nd in the American League East with a record of 100 wins and 62 losses.


1980 Baltimore Orioles season, Offseason, Spring training
The Orioles played two spring training exhibition games at the Louisiana Superdome against the New York Yankees over the weekend of March 15 and 16, 1980. 45,152 spectators watched the Yankees beat the Orioles 9 to 3 on March 15, 1980. The following day, 43,339 fans saw Floyd Rayford lead the Orioles to a 7 to 1 win over the Yankees.


1980 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season
During the season, Steve Stone became the last pitcher to win at least 25 games for the Orioles in the 20th century.


1980 Baltimore Orioles 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


1980 Baltimore Orioles 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


1980 Baltimore Orioles season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1980 Baltimore Orioles season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1980 Baltimore Orioles season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1980 Banff and Buchan District Council election
Elections for the Banff and Buchan District Council took place on 1 May 1980, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts.


1980 Bankstown state by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Bankstown on 13 September 1980 following the death of Nick Kearns (Labor).


1980 Bankstown state by-election
By-elections for the seats of Ku-ring-gai and Murray were held on the same day.


1980 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 1980, with one third of the council up for election. Labour retained control of the council.


1980 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results
+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.


1980 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1980 followed the system in place since 1978. The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from recent major league players and elected Al Kaline and Duke Snider. The Veterans Committee met in closed sessions to consider older major league players as well as managers, umpires, executives, and figures from the Negro leagues. It selected outfielder Chuck Klein and Boston Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey, both deceased. A formal induction ceremony was held in Cooperstown, New York, on August 3, 1980, with Commissioner of Baseball Bowie Kuhn presiding.


1980 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
The BBWAA was authorized to elect players active in 1960 or later, but not after 1974; the ballot included candidates from the 1979 ballot who received at least 5% of the vote but were not elected by the BBWAA, along with players whose last appearance was in 1974. As had happened in the 1979 voting, the BBWAA choose to put all eligible first-year candidates on the ballot rather than limiting them to those chosen by a selection committee. All ten-year members of the BBWAA were eligible to vote.


1980 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
Voters were instructed to cast votes for up to ten candidates; any candidate receiving votes on at least 75% of the ballots would be inducted into the Hall. The ballot consisted of 61 players; a total of 385 ballots were cast, with 289 votes required for election. A total of 2,963 individual votes were cast, an average of 7.70 per ballot. Those candidates receiving less than 5% of the vote would not appear on future BBWAA ballots, but might be considered by the Veterans Committee.


1980 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
Candidates who were eligible for the first time are indicated here with a dagger (†). The two candidates who received at least 75% of the vote and were elected is indicated in bold italics; candidates who have since been elected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics. The 38 candidates who received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with an asterisk (*).


1980 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
Mickey Vernon, Don Newcombe and Alvin Dark were on the ballot for the 15th and final time.


1980 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
The newly-eligible players included 20 All-Stars, representing a total of 66 All-Star selections. Among the new candidates were 15-time All-Star Al Kaline, 9-time All-Star Ron Santo, 7-time All-Star Orlando Cepeda and 5-time All-Star Mel Stottlemyre. The field included one MVP (Cepeda), and one Rookie of the Year (Cepeda).


1980 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
The only player who was eligible for the first time but not on the ballot was Dick Green.


1980 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, J. G. Taylor Spink Award
Bob Broeg (1918–2005) and Tommy Holmes (1903–1975) received the J. G. Taylor Spink Award honoring baseball writers. The awards were voted at the December 1979 meeting of the BBWAA, and included in the summer 1980 ceremonies.


1980 Basildon District Council election
The 1980 Basildon District Council election took place on 1 May 1980 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election; the seats of the candidates who finished third in each ward in the all-out election of 1979. The council remained under no overall control.


1980 Basilicata regional election
The Basilicata regional election of 1980 took place on 8 June 1980.


1980 Basilicata regional election, Events
Christian Democracy was by far the largest party, largely ahead of the Italian Communist Party, which came distantly second. After the election Vincenzo Verrastro, the incumbent Christian Democratic President, was re-elected President for the third time in a row. In 1982 Verrastro was replaced by fellow Christian Democrat Carmelo Azzarà.


1980 Basque regional election
The 1980 Basque regional election was held on Sunday, 9 March 1980, to elect the 1st Parliament of the Basque Autonomous Community. All 60 seats in the Parliament were up for election.


1980 Basque regional election
The Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) won 25 seats, People's Unity (HB) came second with 11 seats, the Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) came third with 9 seats. The Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) and Basque Country Left (EE) won 6 seats each.


1980 Basque regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The Basque Parliament was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of the Basque Country, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution of 1978 and the regional Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a lehendakari.


1980 Basque regional election, Overview, Electoral system
Transitory Provision First of the Statute established a specific electoral procedure for the first election to the Basque Parliament, to be supplemented by the provisions within Royal Decree-Law 20/1977, of 18 March, and its related regulations. Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Basque Country and in full enjoyment of their political rights.


1980 Basque regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The 60 members of the Basque Parliament were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Álava, Biscay and Guipúzcoa, being allocated a fixed number of 20 seats each to provide for an equal representation of the three provinces in parliament as required under the regional statute of autonomy. This meant that Álava was allocated the same number of seats as Biscay and Gipuzkoa, despite their populations being, as of 1 January 1980: 251,850, 1,179,666 and 690,009, respectively.


1980 Basque regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The use of the D'Hondt method might result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the district magnitude.


1980 Basque regional election, Overview, Election date
The Basque General Council was required to call an election to the Basque Parliament within sixty days from the enactment of the Statute, with election day taking place within four months after the call. As a result, an election could not be held later than the 180th day from the date of enactment of the Statute of Autonomy. The Statute was published in the Official State Gazette on 22 December 1979, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Tuesday, 20 May 1980. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a lehendakari within a sixty-day period from the Parliament re-assembly, the Parliament was to be dissolved and a snap election called.


1980 Basque regional election, Overview, Election date
Initially, 24 February or 2 March 1980 were considered as the most likely dates for the election to be held, but on 22 December 1979 it was announced that it would be called for 9 March.


1980 Basque regional election, Parties and candidates
The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within fifteen days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one-thousandth of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election—with a compulsory minimum of 500 signatures—disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.


1980 Basque regional election, Parties and candidates
Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:


1980 Basque regional election, Opinion polls
The tables below lists opinion polling results in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll.


1980 Basque regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. When available, seat projections are also displayed below (or in place of) the voting estimates in a smaller font; 31 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Basque Parliament.


1980 Basque regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood of victory for each party in the event of a regional election taking place.


1980 Basque regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become Lehendakari.


1980 Basque regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood for each leader to become Lehendakari.


1980 Bath City Council election
The 1980 Bath City Council election was held on Thursday 1 May 1980 to elect councillors to Bath City Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. One third of seats were up for election. Two seats were contested in Lyncombe and Widcombe due to extra vacancies occurring.


1980 Bath City Council election, Ward results
Sitting councillors seeking re-election, elected in 1976, are marked with an asterisk (*). The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 1979 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections.


1980 Bavarian Tennis Championships
The 1980 Bavarian Tennis Championships was a men's Grand Prix tennis circuit tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the MTTC Iphitos in Munich, West Germany. It was the 64th edition of the tournament and was held from 20 May through 25 May 1980. Rolf Gehring won the singles title.


1980 Bavarian Tennis Championships, Finals, Doubles
Heinz Günthardt /  Bob Hewitt defeated  David Carter /  Chris Lewis 7–6, 6–1


1980 Bavarian Tennis Championships – Doubles
Wojtek Fibak and Tom Okker were the defending champions, but lost in the first round this year.


1980 Bavarian Tennis Championships – Doubles
Heinz Günthardt and Bob Hewitt won the title, defeating David Carter and Chris Lewis 7–6, 6–1 in the final.


1980 Bavarian Tennis Championships – Singles
Manuel Orantes was the defending champion, but did not participate this year.


1980 Bavarian Tennis Championships – Singles
Rolf Gehring won the title, defeating Christophe Freyss 6–2, 0–6, 6–2, 6–2 in the final.


1980 Baylor Bears football team
The 1980 Baylor Bears football team represented the Baylor University in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bears finished the season first in the Southwest Conference. During Mike Singletary's senior season of 1980, Baylor won 10 games for the first time in school history. Throughout his Baylor career, Singletary averaged 15 tackles per game. After Baylor's 16–0 victory over Texas in the regular season finale, the Longhorns did not suffer another shutout for 24 years, which was one of the longest non-shutout streaks in college football history.


1980 Baylor Bears football team, Team players drafted into the NFL
The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.


1980 Belgian Grand Prix
The 1980 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zolder on 4 May 1980. It was the fifth round of the 1980 Formula One season. The race was the 38th Belgian Grand Prix and the seventh to be held at Zolder. The race was held over 72 laps of the 4.262-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 307 kilometres.


1980 Belgian Grand Prix
The race was won by French driver Didier Pironi driving a Ligier JS11/15. It was Pironi's debut World Championship victory and he was the fourth driver to win in the first five races of the season. Pironi won by 47 seconds over Australian driver and eventual 1980 champion, Alan Jones driving a Williams FW07B. Third was Jones' Williams teammate Argentinian driver, Carlos Reutemann. It was the first of three wins in Pironi's accident-shortened Formula One career. Jones' second place allowed him to close to within two points of series leader René Arnoux who had collected three points for finishing fourth in his Renault RE20. Piquet was one point behind Jones with Pironi just one point further behind.


1980 Belgian International Championships
The 1980 Belgian International Championships was a men's tennis tournament staged at the Leopold Club in Brussels, Belgium that was part of the Grand Prix circuit. The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts and was held from 9 June until 15 June 1980. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and third-seeded Peter McNamara won the singles title.


1980 Belgian International Championships, Finals, Doubles
Thierry Stevaux /  Steve Krulevitz defeated  Eric Fromm /  Cary Leeds 6–3, 7–5


1980 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1980 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 4–6 July 1980 at the Circuit Zolder.


1980 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix
This was the only time that a race was held in Zolder, after all the factory teams (with drivers such as Kenny Roberts, Franco Uncini, Graziano Rossi, Jack Middelburg and various others) retired due to the slippery and very dangerous conditions at Spa-Francorchamps after a resurfacing of the track.


1980 Benson & Hedges Championships
The 1980 Benson & Hedges Championships, also known as the Wembley Championships, was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Wembley Arena in London, England that was part of the 1980 Volvo Grand Prix. The tournament was held from 11 November through 16 November 1980. First-seeded John McEnroe won the singles title and the accompanying $30,000 first-prize money. It was his third successive singles title at the tournament.


1980 Benson & Hedges Championships, Finals, Doubles
John McEnroe /  Peter Fleming defeated  Bill Scanlon /  Eliot Teltscher 7–5, 6–3


1980 Benson & Hedges Cup
The 1980 Benson & Hedges Cup was the ninth competing of cricket’s Benson & Hedges Cup. The Minor Counties were restricted to one team and Scotland entered the competition for the first time.


1980 Benson and Hedges Open
The 1980 Benson and Hedges Open was a men's professional tennis tournament. The event was part of the 1980 Grand Prix circuit and was held in Auckland, New Zealand. It was the 13th edition of the tournament and was played on outdoor hardcourts and was held from 1 January through 7 January 1980. First-seeded John Sadri won the singles title.


1980 Benson and Hedges Open, Finals, Doubles
Peter Feigl /  Rod Frawley defeated  John Sadri /  Tim Wilkison 6–2, 7–5


1980 Benson and Hedges Open – Singles
First-seeded John Sadri defeated Tim Wilkison 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 to win the 1980 Benson and Hedges Open singles competition. Wilkison was the defending champion.


1980 Benson and Hedges Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1980 Berlin Marathon
The 1980 Berlin Marathon was the 7th running of the annual marathon race held in Berlin, West Germany, held on 28 September. West Germany's Ingo Sensburg won the men's race in 2:16:48 hours, while the women's race was won by West Germany's Gerlinde Püttmann in 2:47:18. A total of 294 runners finished the race, comprising 276 men and 18 women.


1980 Bermudian general election
General elections were held in Bermuda on 11 December 1980. The result was a victory for the United Bermuda Party, which won 22 of the 40 seats.


1980 Bermudian general election, Electoral system
The 40 members of the House of Assembly were elected in 20 two-member constituencies. Voters had two votes, with the two candidates with the highest vote number being elected.


1980 Bermudian general election, Results
Of the 30,981 registered voters, 24,736 cast valid votes. In 18 constituencies both elected members were from the same party, whilst two constituencies elected one member of the United Bermuda Party and one from the Progressive Labour Party.


1980 Bhagalpur blindings
The Bhagalpur blindings refers to a series of incidents in 1979 and 1980 in Bhagalpur in the state of Bihar, India when police blinded 31 individuals under trial (or convicted criminals, according to some versions) by pouring acid into their eyes. The incident became infamous as the Bhagalpur blindings. The incident was widely discussed, debated and acutely criticised by several human rights organisations. The Bhagalpur blinding case had made criminal jurisprudence history by becoming the first in which the Indian Supreme Court ordered compensation for violation of basic human rights.


1980 Bhagalpur blindings, In popular culture
The Bollywood movie Gangaajal is loosely based on this incident.


1980 Bhagalpur blindings, In popular culture
Amitabh Parashar's documentary "The Eyes of Darkness" was inspired by this incident, documenting blindings as they continue even today.


1980 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
The inaugural Big East Men's Basketball Tournament took place at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island, in March 1980. It is a single-elimination tournament with three rounds. Syracuse had the best regular season conference record and received the #1 seed and a bye into the semifinals.


1980 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1980 Big Eight Men's Basketball Tournament was held February 26–28 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.


1980 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Kansas State defeated rivals Kansas in the championship game, 79–58, to win their second Big Eight men's basketball tournament.


1980 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Wildcats, in turn, received a bid to the 1980 NCAA Tournament. Missouri was the only other Big Eight team to receive an invite to this year's tournament.


1980 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
All eight of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with all teams placed and paired in the initial quarterfinal round.


1980 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
All first round games were played on the home court of the higher-seeded team. The semifinals and championship game, in turn, were played at a neutral site at the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.


1980 Big League World Series
The 1980 Big League World Series took place from August 16–23 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. Buena Park, California defeated Orlando, Florida in the championship game.


1980 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1980 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the fifth edition of the tournament, held February 29 and March 1 at the Dee Events Center at Weber State College in Ogden, Utah.


1980 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Top-seeded Weber State defeated Montana in the championship game, 50–42, to clinch their third consecutive Big Sky tournament title. The Wildcats had played in all five finals, dropping the first two.


1980 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
Introduced in 1976, the Big Sky tournament had the same format for its first eight editions. The regular season champion hosted and only the top four teams from the standings took part, with seeding based on regular season conference records.


1980 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
Second-seeded Idaho made its inaugural appearance in the conference tournament, having been in last place in the previous five seasons. Membership in the Big Sky remained at eight: Gonzaga left in the summer of 1979 for the WCAC and was replaced by Nevada–Reno.


1980 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, NCAA Tournament
Weber State received the automatic bid to the expanded 48-team NCAA Tournament, and were seeded seventh in the West region. In the first round at their home venue in Ogden, the Wildcats lost by a point to Lamar.


1980 Big Ten Conference football season
The 1980 Big Ten Conference football season was the 85th season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference and was a part of the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season.


1980 Big Ten Conference football season
The 1980 Big Ten champion was Michigan. The Wolverines lost two of their first three games but went undefeated thereafter, culminating in a 23–6 victory over the Washington Huskies in the 1981 Rose Bowl (the program's first bowl victory under head coach Bo Schembechler). Michigan was ranked No. 4 in the final AP Poll, led the Big Ten in scoring defense (10.8 points per game), and did not allow a touchdown in the final 22 quarters of the season. Schembechler was selected as the Big Ten Coach of the Year.


1980 Big Ten Conference football season
The Ohio State Buckeyes started the season ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll, but finished the season ranked No. 15 after compiling a 9–3 record and losing to Penn State in the 1980 Fiesta Bowl. The Buckeyes led the conference in scoring offense with 32.3 points per game.


1980 Big Ten Conference football season
The Purdue Boilermakers finished the season tied with Ohio State for second place in the conference and were ranked No. 17 in the final AP Poll. During the 1980 season, Purdue quarterback Mark Herrmann became the first player in college football history to compile more than 9,000 career passing yards. Hermann also won the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the most valuable player in the conference.


1980 Big Ten Conference football season
Mark Hermann and Purdue teammate Dave Young, a tight end, were the only two Big Ten players to be recognized as consensus first-team players on the 1980 College Football All-America Team. The conference's statistical leaders included Hermann with 3,212 passing yards, Ohio State's Calvin Murray with 1,267 rushing yards, and Ohio State placekicker Vlade Janakievski with 90 points scored. Michigan linebacker Mel Owens was the only Big Ten player selected in the first round of the 1981 NFL Draft, going to the Los Angeles Rams with the ninth pick.


1980 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Results and team statistics
KeyAP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1980 seasonAP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1980 seasonPPG = Average of points scored per gamePAG = Average of points allowed per game


1980 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Pre-season
Led by quarterback and Heisman Trophy candidate Art Schlichter, Ohio State came into the 1980 season as the defending Big Ten champion, having finished the 1979 season with an 11–1 record and ranked No. 4 in the final AP Poll. The 1980 season began with three Big Ten teams ranked in the pre-season AP Poll: Ohio State at No. 1; Purdue at No. 9; and Michigan at No. 12.


1980 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Pre-season
Two of the conference's teams hired new head coaches prior to the 1980 season.


1980 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, September 6
On September 6, 1980, only three Big Ten teams played games.


1980 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, September 6
Illinois 35, Northwestern 9. In the first conference game of the season, Illinois defeated Northwestern, 35–9, at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. It was Illinois' first game under new head coach Mike White and its first victory at Memorial Stadium since October 1977.


1980 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, September 6
Notre Dame 31, Purdue 10. In non-conference play, Purdue (AP No. 9) opened its season with a 31–10 loss to Notre Dame (AP No. 11) at Notre Dame Stadium. Purdue quarterback Mark Hermann was sidelined with a bruised thumb and did not play. Phil Carter rushed for 142 yards for Notre Dame. After the game, the Boilermakers fell to No. 11 in the AP Poll.