1976 Sports

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Baseball


World Series


Cincinatti Reds vs. New York Yankees
Reds sweep the series 4 games to 0 !!

 


Rookies of the Year:

National League: Butch Metzger - San Diego Padres (TIE) and Pat Zachary - Cincinnati Reds(TIE)
American League: Mark "The Bird" Fydrich - Detroit Tigers

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Basketball


Championship

Boston Celtics vs. Phoenix Suns
Celtics win it 4 games to 2

 


Rookie of the Year:

Alvan Adams - center for the Phoenix Suns, avg. 19 points

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Football


Superbowl X on 1/18/76 - Orange Bowl, FLA
Pittsburgh Steelers* 21, Dallas Cowboys 17

Superbowl XI on 1/9/77 - Rose Bowl, CA
Oakland Raiders 32, MinnesotaVikings 14

*Steelers? Black & Gold uniforms? Same as TA colors? Coincidence? I think not!!


Rookies of the Year:

NFC - Sammy White, Wide Receiver, Minnesota Vikings
AFC - Mike Haynes, Cornerback, New England Patriots

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Hockey


Stanley Cup '75 - '76
Montreal Canadiens vs. Philadelphia Flyers
Canadiens sweep Flyers 4 games to zip

Stanley Cup '76 - '77
Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston Bruins
Canadiens sweep Bruins 4 games to zip


Calder Cup Winner (Rookie of the Year):

Bryan Trottier, New York Islanders

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Tennis


US Open
Jimmy Connors - USA

Wimbledon
Bjorn Borg - SWE

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