North American sport in 1973
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Source: the site's league, college, national-team and racing records; the Universal Index for the live table · as of 20 Oct 2026
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The year, month by month
January
- FootballCollege football national titleUSC
- Season
- 1972
- Date
- 1 Jan
- Note
- National Champions (split or shared title: 3 rows this year)
- FootballSuper BowlMiami Dolphins
- Season
- 1972
- Date
- 14 Jan
- Note
- Super Bowl Champions
February: nothing in this view
March
- Ice hockeyFrozen FourWisconsindef. Denver
- Season
- 1973
- Runner-up
- Denver
- Date
- 17 Mar
- BasketballNCAA men's basketball championshipUCLA
- Season
- 1973
- Date
- 26 Mar
- Note
- NCAA Tour/Helms Champ
April: nothing in this view
May
- Horse racingKentucky DerbySecretariat
- Season
- 1973
- Venue
- Churchill Downs
- Date
- 5 May
- Ice hockeyAvco Cup (WHA)New England Whalers
- Season
- 1973
- Date
- 6 May
- Note
- AVCO Cup Champions
- BasketballNBA FinalsNew York Knicks
- Season
- 1973
- Date
- 10 May
- Note
- NBA Champions
- Ice hockeyStanley CupMontreal Canadiens
- Season
- 1973
- Date
- 10 May
- Note
- Stanley Cup Champions
- BasketballABA FinalsIndiana Pacers
- Season
- 1973
- Date
- 12 May
- Note
- ABA Champions
- Horse racingPreakness StakesSecretariat
- Season
- 1973
- Venue
- Pimlico Race Course
- Date
- 19 May
June
- Horse racingBelmont StakesSecretariat
- Season
- 1973
- Venue
- Belmont Park
- Date
- 9 Jun
- BaseballCollege World SeriesUSC
- Season
- 1973
- Date
- 13 Jun
Jul to Sep: nothing in this view
October
- BaseballWorld SeriesOakland Athletics
- Season
- 1973
- Date
- 21 Oct
- Note
- World Series Champions
November
- FootballGrey CupOttawa Rough Ridersdef. Edmonton Eskimos, 22–18
- Season
- 1973
- Runner-up
- Edmonton Eskimos
- Venue
- Exhibition Stadium, Toronto
- Date
- 25 Nov
December
- FootballCollege football national titleAlabama
- Season
- 1973
- Date
- 31 Dec
- Note
- National Champions (split or shared title: 3 rows this year)
- FootballCollege football national titleNotre Dame
- Season
- 1973
- Date
- 31 Dec
- Note
- National Champions (split or shared title: 3 rows this year)
The year in perspective
Champions crowned
- Football5
- Basketball3
- Ice hockey3
- Horse racing3
- Baseball2
Not tracked yet
- College football: no result or not-held entry for 1871, 1901, 1924, 1928, 1931, 1938, 1950, 1953, 1967, 1985
- USA women's basketball: five nations_elo_events rows dated 11 to 17 Mar 2026 are left out; they are the San Juan qualifying group's fixtures, which the USA did not play.
- nations_elo_events holds no hockey-w rows for United States since 2025-10-01: USA women's hockey has no match-based windows
- nations_elo_events holds no hockey-w rows for Canada since 2025-10-01: Canada women's hockey has no match-based windows
- Researched rows adjusted or left off because a date is not sourced: chockey-2526-conf left off: start not sourced; chockey-2627-conf left off: start not sourced; chockey-2526-final folded into the block that contains it
- Not tracked yet: Olympic and World Cup tournaments of other sports have no lane (the World Baseball Classic and the Olympic Games sit on the world lane)