* Nobel Prize Winner (Literature) -Patrick White - Australia
* Best Selling Fiction - Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Richard Bach
* Best Selling Non-Fiction - The Living Bible, Kenneth Taylor
* Best Picture - The Sting, Universal
* Best Director - George Roy Hill, The Sting
* Best Actress - Glenda Jackson, A Touch of Class
* Best Actor - Jack Lemmon, Save the Tiger

Sport champions

* MLB - Oakland Athletics
* NFL - Miami Dolphins
* NBA - New York Knickerbockers
* NHL - Montreal Canadians
* NCAA-Basketball - UCLA
* NCAA-Football - Notre Dame / Alabama
* KY Derby - Secretariat
* U.S. Open Golf - Johnny Miller
* U.S. Open Tennis (Men) - John Newcombe
* U.S. Open Tennis (Women) - Margaret Smith Court