1967
- January 1
- CRU becomes the CAFA and turns over the Grey Cup trophy to the Canadian Football League. [1]
- Day's play in the Calcutta Test vs West Indies cancelled by riots. [1]
- Green Bay Packers beat Dallas Cowboys 34-27 in NFL championship game. [1]
- Kansas City Chiefs beat Buffalo Bills 31-7 in AFL championship game. [1]
- Maurice Leyland, cricketer (41 Tests for England, 2764 runs), dies. [1]
- January 6
- Johnny Keane, baseball player/manager (Saint Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees), dies at age 55. [1]
- January 7
- Sid Emery, cricket leg-spinner (New South Wales and Australia, five wicket in 1912 series), dies. [1]
- January 9
- The NFL New Orleans franchise takes the name "Saints". [1]
- January 12
- Louisville, Kentucky, draft board refuses exemption for boxer Muhammad Ali. [1]
- January 15
- Super Bowl I: Green Bay Packers beat Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10 in Los Angeles, California; Most Valuable Player: Bart Starr, quarterback. [1]
- January 18
- 20th NHL All-Star Game: Montréal beats All-Stars 3-0 at Montréal, Quebec, Canada. [1]
- Barney Ross, Welterweight Boxing Champ (1934), dies at age 57. [1]
- Reese "Goose" Tatum, basketballer (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at age 45. [1]
- January 21
- AFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 30-23. [1]
- US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming. [1]
- US male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti. [1]
- January 22
- NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 20-10. [1]
- January 23
- Stan Musial is named general manager of Saint Louis Cardinals. [1]
- January 27
- New Orleans Saints sign their first player (Paige Cothren-kicker). [1]
- January 28
- Stanley Coen, cricket (two Tests for South Africa, hs 41 not out, avg 50), dies. [1]
- January 29
- Branch Rickey and Lloyd Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame. [1]
- Kees Verkerk becomes European skating champ. [1]
- February 1
- Ernie Bromley, cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1933-34), dies. [1]
- February 2
- Formation of the American Basketball Association is announced. [1]
- February 6
- Heavyweight Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) TKOs Ernie Terrell in 15 rounds in Houston, Texas, USA for heavyweight boxing title. [1]
- February 8
- Longest losing streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (ten games). [1]
- February 12
- Kees Verkerk becomes world champion all-round skater. [1]
- February 16
- Red Ruffing selected to baseball Hall of Fame. [1]
- February 18
- Bob Seagren sets pole vault record at 17 feet 3 inches. [1]
- Softball pitcher Eddie Feigner strikes out six straight major league players. [1]
- February 19
- Stien Kaiser becomes world champion lady's skater. [1]
- February 22
- Sling-shot goal post and 6-feet wide border around field are standard in NFL. [1]
- February 23
- Ted Workman replaces Senator Keith Davey as Canadian Football League commissioner. [1]
- February 28
- Wilt Chamberlain sinks NBA record 35th consecutive field goal. [1]
- March 3
- Chicago White Sox given permission to use semi-designated hitter in training camp with home club permission (use of pinch hitter twice in same game). [1]
- March 4
- World Ice Dance Championship in Vienna, Austria won by Diane Towler and Bernard Ford (Great Britain). [1]
- World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Vienna, Austria won by Ljudmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov (USSR). [1]
- World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Vienna won by Peggy Fleming (USA). [1]
- World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Vienna won by Emmerich Danzer (Austria). [1]
- March 8
- New Orleans Saints begin selling season tickets (20,000 sold first day). [1]
- March 12
- Austria's Reinhold Bachler ski jumps 505 feet. [1]
- March 13
- Frank Worrell, West Indian cricketer, dies. [1]
- March 14
- First NFL-AFL common draft, Baltimore Colts pick Bubba Smith. [1]
- March 19
- Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Orange Golf Classic. [1]
- March 22
- Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay] knocks out Zora Folley in 7 innings for heavyweight boxing title in first Madison Square Garden fight. [1]
- March 25
- 29th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Dayton 79-64. [1]
- UCLA wins its third national basketball championship in four years. [1]
- March 26
- Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Venice Ladies' Golf Open. [1]
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