Sports Highlights Of 1966
Sports Highlights Of 1966
In 1966, new sports heroes rise and many old record fall:
Sports Highlights Of 1966
Football: Undefeated Notre Dame is the national champ. High Angle Shot - The Fighting Irish marching band, spelling out IRISH. High Angle Shot - The Fighting Irish are host to the Purdue Boiler Makers. High Angle Shot - Nick Eddy No. 57 from Notre Dame receives the football from the Boiler Makers and returns it 96-yards tying up the score. MS - No 5 QB passes the ball to Jim Seymour (?) #85 and he scores a touchdown.
Sports Highlights Of 1966
Track and Field: Bob Seagren sets a new world mark for the pole vault and Kansas University freshman Jim Ryun gives America its first record in the mile for the past 32 years. CU - Pole vaulter runs and takes the poll vault 17 feet 5 1/2 inches a World Record for the out door's. High Angle Shot - Two runners running track, Jim Ryun pulls away and get's his World Record - 3 minutes 51 and 3 tenths of a second. CU - Jim Ryun.
Sports Highlights Of 1966
Horseracing: Maryland-bred colt Kauai King takes the Kentucky Derby and Preakness. High Angle Shot - The horses are in the starting gate. The bell sounds and their off. High Angle Shot - No. #8 Kauai King is the Kentucky Derby winner of 1966.
Sports Highlights Of 1966
Auto Racing: Graham Hill of London wins the Indianapolis "500". Fourteen cars collide at the start in the worst chain-reaction accident in the history of the event. High Angle Shot - Race cars going fast on the Indi 500' race track. Tires start flying all over the place and cars are smashing into each other. People in the stands are shocked. Back to the races and there are two cars fighting it out for first place. The winning car is No. 24. Gram Hill of London standing with a beauty queen waving to the people of Indiana.
Sports Highlights Of 1966
Golf: Billy Casper beats Arnold Palmer in the U.S. Open Playoff. Jack Nicklaus is the first to win the Master twice in a row.
Sports Highlights Of 1966
Baseball: Willie Mays ranks second in career homeruns, tailing only Babe Ruth. The Orioles sweep the world series, taking four straight from the Dodgers. Sandy Koufax retires because of painful arthritis. 00:50:14 audio comes back on. CU - Frank Robinson of he Orioles at bat. He hits the ball into the bleachers and scores a home run. CU - Wearing a suit Sandy Koufax holds a press conference. 00:50:45 No audio. CU - Some previous shots of Sandy pitching.
Sports Highlights Of 1966
Basketball: Texas Western beats Kentucky for the Collegiate Championship. MS - Some action taking place between two basketball teams, Texas Western and Kentucky. The only audio that is going on is drum music. High Angle Shot - Basketball fans sitting in the bleachers. MS - Fans applauding. CUS - Texas Western receiving their trophy.
Sports Highlights Of 1966
Skiing: International Ski-Jumping and downhill racing in Austria provides thrills....and spectacular spills! 00:51:23 Audio is in German. CU - Skier is at the gate and he takes off, holding his arms up in the air he makes a beautiful landing. 00:51:34 No Audio. High Angle Shot - A fog settling over a little Austrian village. MS - A slalom skier making his run, his ski turns and he falls. Same thing happens to the next skier. MS - The last skier wearing the No. #1 has a beautiful run with no mistakes. 1966 provided more than its share of outstanding sports events and thus both thrilled the fans and altered the record books.