Association Football
- Brazil – Palmeiras wins the Campeonato Brasileiro
- England – FA Cup – Sunderland wins 1–0 over Leeds United
- 1 January 1973, Edinburgh, Scotland, Edinburgh Derby between Hearts and Hibernian played at Tynecastle ends in a 7–0 victory for Hibernian.
- Rangers F.C win European Cup Winners Cup, after beating Dynamo Moscow F.C. 3–2.
- Philadelphia Atoms defeat Toronto Metros to win the North American Soccer League championship in their inaugural season.
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Famous quotes containing the words association and/or football:
“With all their faults, trade-unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of the race, for the developing of character in man, than any other association of men.”
—Clarence Darrow (1857–1938)
“In this dream that dogs me I am part
Of a silent crowd walking under a wall,
Leaving a football match, perhaps, or a pit,
All moving the same way.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)