High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1979 Chicago White Sox season was the team`s 80th season overall, and their 79th in Major League Baseball. They finished with a record 73-87, good enough for fifth place in the American League West, 15 games behind the first-place California Angels.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1979 Australian Touring Car Championship was the 20th running of the Australian Touring Car Championship. It began at Symmons Plains and ended at Adelaide International Raceway after eight rounds. The series was won by Bob Morris in a Holden Torana A9X.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1979 United States Grand Prix West was a Formula One race held on April 8, 1979 at Long Beach, California.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1979 Seattle Mariners season was the franchise`s third since its creation. The Mariners ended the season in sixth place in the American League West, finishing with a record of 67-95. The Mariners hosted the 1979 All-Star Game.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1979 Minnesota Twins season was a season in American baseball. The team finished 82-80, fourth in the American League West.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1979 Dallas Cowboys season was their 20th in the league. The team was unable to improve on their previous output of 12–4, winning only eleven games. They qualified for the playoffs, but lost in the Divisional round.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1979 American League Championship Series was a best-of-five series that pitted the East Division champion Baltimore Orioles against the West Division champion California Angels, who were making their first postseason appearance. The Orioles won the Series three games to one and would go on to lose to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1979 World Series.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1979 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the college football 1979 NCAA Division I-A season. Oklahoma Sooners football participated in the former Big Eight Conference at that time and played its home games in Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium where it has played its home games since 1923. The team posted a 11–1 overall record and a 7–0 conference record to earn the Conference title outright under head coach Barry Switzer who took the helm in 1973. This was Switzer`s seventh conference title and fourth undefeated conference record in seven seasons.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1979 Detroit Tigers finished in fifth place in the American League East with a record of 85-76, 18 games behind the Orioles. They outscored their opponents 770 to 738. The Tigers drew 1,630,929 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1979, ranking 7th of the 14 teams in the American League. The season is notable for Sparky Anderson being hired as manager in mid-June. Anderson would manage the Tigers through the end of the 1995 season.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1979 Benson & Hedges Cup was the eighth competing of cricket’s Benson & Hedges Cup. The competition was won by Essex County Cricket Club.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1979 Australian Sports Sedan Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Group B Sports Sedans. It was the fourth Australian Sports Sedan Championship.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1979 WBF World Championships took place in June 1979 in Hangzhou, China. It were the second world championships of the World Badminton Federation.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robin Drysdale and Van Winitsky were the defending champions but only Winitsky competed that year with an unknown player.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1979 NFL season was the 60th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XIV when the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Los Angeles Rams. It was also the 20th anniversary of the American Football League.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1979 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 7, 1979 at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course in Watkins Glen, New York. This event was also referred to as the United States Grand Prix East in order to distinguish it from the United States Grand Prix West held on April 8, 1979 in Long Beach, California.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Raymond Moore and Roscoe Tanner were the defending champions but lost in the second round to David Graham and John Sadri.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Bob Hewitt and Frew McMillan were the defending champions but only McMillan competed that year with Colin Dibley.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1979 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1979 WJHC) was the third edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held from December 20, 1978 until January 3, 1979. The tournament was held in Karlstad and Karlskoga, Sweden. The Soviet Union won its third consecutive gold medal, while Czechoslovakia won the silver, and Sweden the bronze.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1979 New York Yankees season was the 77th season for the franchise in New York and its 79th season overall. The season was marked by the death of their starting catcher, Thurman Munson, on August 2. The team finished with a record of 89-71, finishing fourth in the American League East, 13.5 games behind the Baltimore Orioles, ending the Yankees` three-year domination of the AL East. New York was managed by Billy Martin, and Bob Lemon. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.