1976 Year In Sports Issue Sports Illustrated Cover

by Sports Illustrated

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1976 Year In Sports Issue Sports Illustrated Cover

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Sports Illustrated

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Photograph - Photography

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Publication Date: February 17th, 1977

Sports Illustrated Cover.Sports: A Year in Sports Issue: Illustration of Special Issue painting by Art Department. (L-R) Top Row: Figure Skating: 1976 Winter Olympics. USA Dorothy Hamill victorious on stand wearing gold medal after winning Ladies Singles at Olympic Eisstadion in Innsbruck, Austria between 2/4/1976--2/15/1976.Boxing: WBC/WBA Heavyweight Title: Muhammad Ali during fight vs Ken Norton at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY on 9/28/1976.Auto Racing: Japanese Grand Prix. Niki Lauda (18) with fireproof mask at Fuji Speedway in Fuji, Japan between 10/23/1976--10/24/1976.Football: Chicago Bears Walter Payton (34) in action vs Minnesota Vikings in Bloomington, MN on 10/10/1976.(L-R) Middle Row: Baseball: Baltimore Orioles Reggie Jackson (9) before game vs Minnesota Twins in Bloomington, MN on 8/19/1976.Track & Field: 1976 Summer Olympics. Finland Lasse Viren in action during race at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Canada between 7/17/1976--7/31/1976.Weightlifting: 1976 Summer Olympics. Soviet Union Vasily Alexeyev during Super Heavyweight at St. Michel Arena in Montreal, Canada on 7/27/1976.(L-R) Bottom Row: College Basketball: Indiana Kent Benson (54) in action vs UCLA at St. Louis Arena, MO on 11/29/1975.Track & Field: 1976 Summer Olympics. USA Benjamin Brown after winning 4x400M Relay at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Canada between 7/17/1976--7/31/1976.Tennis: Wimbledon. USA Chris Evert during match at All England Club in London, England on 6/30/1976.Tennis: US Open: Romania Ilie Nastase before match at West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, NY on 9/9/1976.CREDIT: Neil Leifer - Takeo Tanuma - Walter Iooss Jr. - Manny Millan - James Drake - Heinz Kluetemeier - Co Rentmeester (Photo by SI Cover /Sports Illustrated)[Set Number: X20236 (Hamill) - X20830 (Ali) - X20914 (Lauda) - X20878 (Payton) - X20742 (Jackson) - X20678 (Viren and Alexeyev) - X20070 (Benson) - X20682 (Brown) - X20659 (Evert) - X20783 (Nastase)]

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