- Baseball: Mickey Mantle retires amd the Mets beat Baltimore, 4 games to 1, in the World Series.
- Football: Joe Namath guarantees a Super Bowl win for the New York Jets. And they do it… beating the Baltimore Colts, 16-7 in Super Bowl III.
- Golf: George Archer wins the Masters tournament, Orville Moody takes the U.S. Open, and Ray Floyd wins the PGA Championship. British Open winner is Tony Jacklin. Donna Caponi wins the U.S. Women’s Open. Carol Mann is the leading money winner on the LPGA tour.. earning $49,152.