High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1973 New York Yankees season was the 71st season for the team in New York, and its 73rd season overall. The Yankees finished with a record of 80-82, finishing 17 games behind the Baltimore Orioles. The Yankees were managed by Ralph Houk. The Yankees played at old Yankee Stadium, on the south side of 161st Street. This would be the last year in the "old" Yankee Stadium, which was targeted for major reconstruction in 1974-1975. During this period, the Yankees would share a home field with a National League team for the third time in their history, moving into Shea Stadium for two years.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Margaret Court defeated Evonne Goolagong 6–4, 7–5 in the final to win the Women`s Singles title at the 1973 Australian Open.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1973 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 was the 15th running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. The was the first race to be held under the new metricised distance of 1000 kilometres, rather than the 500 miles previously contested. It was held on 30 September 1973 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst. The race was open to cars eligible to the locally developed CAMS Group C touring car regulations with four engine capacity based classes and it was the 3rd round of the 1973 Australian Manufacturers` Championship.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1973 Rally of Portugal was the 7th running of the Rallye de Portugal and the third round of the inaugural World Rally Championship season. Run in mid-March in southern Portugal on a mixture of asphalt and gravel, the rally began with a concentration run from a number of European cities, covering about 4,600 km and ending in Estoril, Portugal.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1973 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing first in the American League East with a record of 97 wins and 65 losses. They went on to lose to the Oakland Athletics in the 1973 American League Championship Series, three games to two.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1973 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 41st Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 9 and 10 1973. It was the eighth round of the World Championship of Makes.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1973 World Ice Hockey Championships were the 40th Ice Hockey World Championships and the 51st European Championships of ice hockey. The tournament took place in the Soviet Union from 31 March to 15 April and the games were played at the Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium in the capital, Moscow. Six teams took part in the main tournament, with each team playing each other twice. The Soviet Union took back their world title, winning all ten games on home ice, with an incredible points difference, and becoming World Champions for the twelfth time.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1973 Australian Touring Car Championship was the 14th running of the Australian Touring Car Championship. It began at Symmons Plains on 5 March 1973 and ended at Warwick Farm after eight rounds. The series was won by Allan Moffat in a Ford Falcon GTHO Phase III.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1973 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1973 college football season. Oklahoma participated as members of the Big Eight Conference and played its home games in Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium where it has played its home games since 1923. The team posted a 10–0–1 overall record and a 7–0 conference record to earn the Conference outright title under first-year head coach Barry Switzer. This would be the first of eight consecutive Big Eight Conference championships for the Sooners with Switzer as head coach.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1973 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1973 college football season. In his fifth year as Michigan`s head coach, Bo Schembechler led the team to a 10–0–1 record. It was Michigan`s first undefeated season since 1948. The Wolverines outscored their opponents 330 to 68. Michigan was ranked #6 in both post-season polls.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1973 Gillette Cup was the eleventh Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 30 June and 1 September 1973. The tournament was won by Gloucestershire County Cricket Club who defeated Sussex County Cricket Club by 40 runs in the final at Lord`s.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Margaret Court defeated Chris Evert 6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6), 6–4 in the final to win the Women`s Singles tennis title at the 1973 French Open.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! John Newcombe defeated Onny Parun 6–3, 6–7, 7–5, 6–1 in the final to win the Men`s Singles tennis title at the 1973 Australian Open.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1973 European Formula Two season was contested over 17 rounds. The season was divided into basic and complementary races with one of the strangest points system in motor racing history.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1973 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the team`s 41st season in the National Football League. The team finished second in the AFC Central division, but qualified for the postseason for the second consecutive season.