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See also: 1966 in sports, other events of 1967, 1968 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.
Auto Racing
- Stock car racing:
- May 31-Indianapolis 500 — A.J. Foyt
- USAC Racing — A.J. Foyt won the season championship
- Formula One Champion — Denny Hulme of New Zealand
- 24 hours of Le Mans: Dan Gurney / A.J. Foyt won, driving a Ford GT-40 Mk. IV
- Rally racing — Rauno Aaltonen / Henry Liddon won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Mini Cooper S
- Drag racing — Bennie Osborn won "Top Fuel" at the NHRA World Finals
Baseball
- World Series: St. Louis Cardinals win 4 games to 3 over the Boston Red Sox. The series MVP is pitcher Bob Gibson of St. Louis.
Basketball
- NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
- UCLA wins 79-64 over Dayton
- NBA Finals:
- Philadelphia 76ers won 4 games to 2 over the San Francisco Warriors
- FIBA World Championship
- USSR World Champion
Boxing
- May 9 — Muhammad Ali was stripped of his World Heavyweight Champion titles and was banned from boxing by the various commissions for his refusal to be inducted into the United States Army
Cycling
- Giro d'Italia won by Felice Gimondi of Italy
- Tour de France — Roger Pingeon of France
- World Cycling Championship: Eddy Merckx of Belgium
Field Hockey
- Pan American Games (Men's Competition) in Winnipeg, Canada
- Gold Medal: Argentina
- Silver Medal: Trinidad & Tobago
- Bronze Medal: United States
- March 11 — In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium, England. England beat Ireland 7-1.
Figure skating
- World Figure Skating Championships:
- Men's champion: Emmerich Dänzer, Austria
- Women's champion: Peggy Fleming, United States
- Pairs champions: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov, Soviet Union
Football (American)
- The first Super Bowl is played on January 15: The NFL champion Green Bay Packers win 35-10 over the AFL champion Kansas City Chiefs. This was following the 1966 seasons.
- On December 31, the Green Bay Packers defeat the Dallas Cowboys 21-17 for the 1967 NFL Championship in a now-legendary game at Lambeau Field known as the Ice Bowl.
- Oakland Raiders defeat the Houston Oilers 40-7 for the 1967 American Football League Championship.
Football (Australian Rules)
- Victorian Football League
- Richmond wins the 71st VFL Premiership (Richmond 16.18 (114) d Geelong 15.15 (105))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Ross Smith (St Kilda)
Football (Canadian)
- Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats won 24-1 over the Saskatchewan Roughriders
- Vanier Cup: Alberta Golden Bears win 10-9 over the McMaster Marauders
Football (Soccer)
- England — FA Cup: Tottenham Hotspur won 2-1 over Chelsea
- Celtic FC win the European Cup Final 2-1 against Internazionale in Lisbon, earning the team the nickname of the Lisbon Lions. The team also won the Scottish league and Scottish Cup, thus becoming the first team to complete the domestic and European Treble.
Golf
Men's Golf
- Grand Slam of golf results:
- April — The Masters — Gay Brewer
- June — US Open — Jack Nicklaus
- July — British Open — Roberto De Vicenzo
- August — PGA Championship — Don January
- PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Jack Nicklaus — $188,998
- Ryder Cup: United States wins 23½ to 8½ over Britain in world team golf.
- US Women's Open — Catherine Lacoste
- LPGA Championship — Kathy Whitworth
- Kathy Whitworth: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $32,937.
Thoroughbred Horse Racing
- Australia — Melbourne Cup — Red Handed
- Canada — Queen's Plate — Jammed Lovely
- France — Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe — Topyo
- Ireland — Irish Derby Stakes — Ribocco
- United States Triple Crown Races:
- Kentucky Derby — Proud Clarion
- Preakness Stakes — Damascus
- Belmont Stakes — Damascus (Held at Aqueduct)
Harness Racing
Ice Hockey
- Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Stan Mikita, Chicago Blackhawks
- Hart Memorial Trophy: for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Stan Mikita, Chicago Blackhawks
- Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs won 4 games to 2 over the Montreal Canadiens
- World Hockey Championship
- Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Sweden
Lacrosse
- The inaugural World Lacrosse Championship is held in Toronto, Ontario. The United States win, and Australia is the runner-up.
- The Vancouver Carlings win the Mann Cup.
- The Elora Mohawks win the Castrol Cup.
- The Oshawa Green Gaels win the Minto Cup
Radiosport
- Fifth Amateur Radio Direction Finding European Championship held in Cervena, Czechoslovakia.
Skiing
- Alpine Skiing
- The first World Cup tour in Alpine skiing is organized for the three ski events, "Downhill," "Slalom," and "Giant Slalom."
- The men's overall season champion: Jean-Claude Killy, France
- The women's overall season champion: Nancy Greene, Canada
Snooker
- No World Snooker Championship challenge matches. John Pulman remains world champion
Tennis
- Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
- Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
General sporting events
- Fifth Pan American Games held in Winnipeg, Canada
- Fifth Mediterranean Games held in Tunis, Tunisia
- Fifth Summer Universiade held in Tokyo, Japan
Births
January
- January 2 — Helen Morgan, British field hockey goalkeeper
- January 3 — Magnus Gustafsson, Swedish tennis player
- January 7 — Corrie Sanders, South African boxer
- January 9 — Claudio Caniggia, Argentinian football (soccer) player
- January 18 — Pieter Huistra, Dutch football (soccer) player
- January 18 — Esteban de Palma, Argentine volleyball player
- January 21 — Ulf Stenlund, Swedish tennis player
- January 22 — Nick Gillingham, British swimmer
- January 23 — Naim Suleymanoglu, Bulgarian-born Turkish weightlifter
- January 24 — Viktor Reneysky, Belarusian canoer
- January 25 — Robert Havekotte, Dutch water polo player
- January 29 — Sean Burke, Canadian ice hockey goalie
February
- February 3 — Aurelio Vidmar, Australian football (soccer) player
- February 11 — Barbara Byrne, American rower
- February 11 — Uwe Dassler, East German freestyle swimmer
- February 11 — Chris Reohr, American fencer
- February 11 — John Patterson, US baseball player
- February 18 — Roberto Baggio, Italian football (soccer) player
- February 18 — Harry Van Barneveld, Belgian judoka
- February 25 — Natalia Dorado, Spanish field hockey player
- February 26 — Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese football (soccer) striker
March
- March 1 — Aron Winter, Dutch football (soccer) player
- March 3 — Alexander Volkov, Russian tennis player
- March 4 — Jonas Edman, Swedish rifle shooter
- March 12 — Mika Aaltonen, Finnish football (soccer) player
- March 12 — Jorge Dely Valdes, Panamanian football (soccer) player
- March 16 — Kevin Draxinger, Canadian backstroke swimmer
- March 20 — Nikolay Bukhalov, Bulgarian flatwater canoer
- March 24 — Kathy Rinaldi, American tennis player
- March 31 — Agustin Moreno, Mexican tennis player
April
- April 5 — Gary and Paul Gait, Canadian lacrosse players
- April 7 — Bodo Illgner, German football goalkeeper
- April 11 — Lachlan Dreher, Australian field hockey goalkeeper
- April 15 — Dara Torres, American swimmer
- April 24 — Pam Bustin, American field hockey defender
- April 25 — Angel Martino, American swimmer
- April 26 — Glen "Kane" Jacobs, professional wrestler
May
- May 4 — John Child, Canadian athlete
- May 11 — Gijs van der Leden, Dutch water polo player
- May 23 — Carlos Mercenario, Mexican race walker
- May 25 — Luc Nilis, Belgian football (soccer) player
- May 25 — Andrew Sznajder, Canadian tennis player
- May 29 — Mike Keane, Canadian ice hockey player
- May 30 — Rechelle Hawkes, Australian field hockey player
June
- June 1 — Murray Baron, Canadian ice hockey player
- June 1 — Olivier Delaitre, French tennis player
- June 3 — Tamás Darnyi, Hungarian swimmer
- June 5 — Joe DeLoach, American sprinter
- June 14 — Pramote Teerawiwatana, Thai badminton player
- June 15 — Paul Kingsman, New Zealand backstroke swimmer
- June 21 — Zoltán Szilágyi, Hungarian freestyle swimmer
- June 22 — Marc van Hintum, Dutch football (soccer) player
- June 27 – Sylvie Frechette, Canadian synchronized swimmer
- June 28 — Lars Riedel, German discus thrower
- June 30 — Tina Bell-Kake, New Zealand field hockey midfielder
- June 30 — Gareth Rees, Canadian rugby player
July
- July 2 — Claudio Baggio, Argentine football (soccer) player
- July 3 — Michael McKenzie, Australian long distance freestyle swimmer
- July 5 — Christian Miniussi, Argentine tennis player from
- July 11 — Bent-Ove Pedersen, Norwegian tennis player
- July 12 — Anthony Beks, New Zealand breaststroke swimmer
- July 12 — Noor Holsboer, Dutch field hockey defender
- July 12 — Kevin Painter, English darts player
- July 12 — Bruny Surin, Haiti-born Canadian athlete
- July 14 — Thomas Flemming, East German freestyle swimmer
- July 14 — Leonardo Lavalle, Mexican tennis player
- July 19 — Christian Bergstrøm, Swedish tennis player
- July 22 — Monique Javer, English tennis player
- July 25 — Magdalena Forsberg, Swedish cross country skier and biathlete
- July 28 — Mike Bernardo, South African professional kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist
August
- August 4 — Kate Trolove, New Zealand field hockey player
- August 7 — Jocelyn Angloma, French football (soccer) player
- August 7 — Aaron Krickstein, Jewish-American tennis player
- August 10 — Philippe Albert, Belgian football (soccer) player
- August 12 — Regilio Tuur, Dutch boxer
- August 18 — Jorge Fernando "Locomotora" Castro, Argentine boxer
- August 22 — Paul Ereng, Kenyan athlete
- August 26 — Aleksandar Đorđević, Serbian basketball player
September
- September 2 — Andreas Möller, German football (soccer) player
- September 3 — Anna Maiques, Spanish field hockey player
- September 3 — Robert Wangila, Kenyan boxer (d. 1994)
- September 5 — Jane Sixsmith, British field hockey player
- September 5 — Matthias Sammer, German football (soccer) player
- September 9 — Steffen Zesner, German freestyle swimmer
- September 10 — Guylaine Dumont, Canadian athlete
- September 17 — Michael Carbajal, American boxer
- September 19 — Jim Abbott, US one-handed baseball player
- September 22 — Félix Savón, Cuban boxing legend
- September 27 — Uche Okechukwu, Nigerian football (soccer) defender
October
- October 4 — Victor Pujol, Spanish field hockey midfielder
- October 9 — Carling Bassett-Seguso, Canadian tennis player
- October 16 — María Isabel Martínez, Spanish field hockey player
- October 16 — Michael York, Australian field hockey defender
- October 21 — Paul Ince, English football (soccer) player
- October 23 — Gerald McClellan, American boxer
- October 25 — Martin Marinov, Bulgarian flatwater canoer
November
- November 2 — Derek Porter, Belfast-born Canadian rower
- November 3 — Pyotr Bochkaryov, Russian pole vaulter
- November 4 — Annemieke Fokke, Dutch field hockey player
- November 6 — Shuzo Matsuoka, Japanese tennis player
- November 8 — Christopher Chalmers, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- November 14 — Imre Pulai, Hungarian canoer
- November 15 — Laura Garrone, Italian tennis player
- November 22 — Bart Veldkamp, Dutch-born Belgian speed skater
- November 25 — Anthony Nesty, Surinamese swimmer
December
- December 16 — Donovan Bailey, Canadian sprinter
Deaths
- January 4 — Donald Campbell, land and water speed record holder
- June 29 — Primo Carnera, former Heavyweight boxing champion
- July 21 — Jimmie Foxx, Baseball Hall of Fame
- October 10 — Charlotte Cooper (tennis player) — five-time Wimbledon champion
- November 16 — Native Dancer, thoroughbred horse racing champion
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