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The First Super Bowl: A Look Back at Super Bowl I in 1967
How the AFL-NFL merger led to the first Super Bowl in Los Angeles in January 1967, and how Green Bay beat Kansas City 35-10 in a game that settled little.
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Sport in 1967
Football, baseball, tennis, motor racing and cycling.
The 1967 Australian Open: A Tennis Tournament of Champions
The Australian Championships of January 1967 in Adelaide, won by Roy Emerson and Nancy Richey, were played under amateur rules a year before open tennis began.
The 1967 Formula One World Championship: A Season of Speed
Denny Hulme won the 1967 Formula One title for Brabham, while Jim Clark and the new Lotus 49 won four races and safety worries grew after Monaco.
The 1967 French Open: A Tennis Tournament with a Twist
The 1967 French Championships at Roland Garros: Roy Emerson and Francoise Durr won on clay, in the last amateur-only year before open tennis began in 1968.
The 1967 Sports: A Year of Records
Jim Ryun's 3:51.1 mile at Bakersfield, Jack Nicklaus's 275 at Baltusrol and other records and standout seasons that marked the sporting year of 1967.
The 1967 Tour de France: A Cycling Tournament with a Twist
Roger Pingeon won the 1967 Tour de France in a year of national teams, overshadowed by the death of British rider Tom Simpson on Mont Ventoux in July.
The 1967 Wimbledon Championships: A Tennis Tournament for the Ages
John Newcombe and Billie Jean King won the 1967 Wimbledon singles titles in the last amateur-only year, a season before open tennis began in 1968.
The 1967 World Chess Championship: A Battle of Wits
There was no world championship match in 1967. Tigran Petrosian was champion, and the year's big event was the Sousse Interzonal, won by Bent Larsen.
The 1967 World Series: A Historic Baseball Event
The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Boston Red Sox in seven games in October 1967, with Bob Gibson winning three times after the Red Sox's Impossible Dream season.
The First Super Bowl: A 1967 Sports Icon
How the name Super Bowl came about, from Lamar Hunt's remark in 1966, and why the January 1967 game was officially the AFL-NFL World Championship Game.
The First Super Bowl: A Historic Sports Event
Green Bay beat Kansas City 35-10 in January 1967. Bart Starr was MVP, Max McGee caught two touchdowns, and two networks broadcast the game.
The First Super Bowl: A New Era in American Sports
The 1966 AFL-NFL merger agreement, football television rights and the money that followed explain how pro football grew into a national spectacle.
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Science, Space and Firsts Milestones and setbacks in technology, medicine and space. Sporting Moments of 1967 Single matches, races and seasons that fans still remember. Space and Flight in 1967 Rockets, probes and aircraft from a setback-filled year. Womens Golf History How womens professional and amateur golf grew, with its major championships and its spread beyond the US and Britain. Womens Tennis History The history of womens singles at the Grand Slam tournaments, region by region, from the 1880s to the 1967 amateur era. Computing Origins Where computers, chips, lasers and video games really began, set against the technology of 1967. Transport Origins The real beginnings of commercial flying, the jet airliner and high-speed rail. Communications Origins How cables, satellites, television and mobile phones began, and where 1967 fits in that story. Women and the Nobel Prizes When women first won each Nobel prize, and why none of it happened in 1967. Baseball 1967 The 1967 pennant races, the World Series and the teams and leagues around them. Pro Leagues 1967-68 Football, basketball and hockey seasons as the leagues expanded. Olympic and World Cup Years The Games and World Cups around 1967, with the facts of what was and was not held. Sport and Counterculture Where the late 1960s mood met sport, from long hair to defiance.