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| 1969 |
| | | Scottish Grand Prix racing driver Jackie Stewart wins the first of his three world championship titles | |
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| 1969 |
| | | The Northern Irish player George Best is voted European Footballer of the Year | |
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| 1970 |
| | | Australian tennis player Margaret Court achieves the grand slam in singles, adding it to her previous grand slam in doubles | |
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| 1971 |
| | | Joe Frazier becomes the first boxer to beat Muhammad Ali in a professional fight, at New York's Madison Square Gardens | |
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| 1971 |
| | | 19-year-old Aboriginal tennis player Evonne Goolagong wins the singles title at Wimbledon | |
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| 1972 |
| | | US swimmer Mark Spitz wins seven gold medals in the Munich Olympics | |
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| 1972 |
| | | Chess player Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky to become the first US world champion | |
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| 1974 |
| | | US tennis player Chris Evert wins the first of three victories at Wimbledon and of seven in the French Open | |
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| 1974 |
| | | Jimmy Connors wins both Wimbledon and the US Open, on each occasion defeating the veteran Ken Rosewall | |
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| 1974 |
| | | Muhammad Ali regains the world heavyweight title, beating George Foreman in Zaire in a fight that becomes known as the Rumble in the Jungle | |
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