1979 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.  ==alpine skiing== * alpine skiing world cup ** men's overall season champion: peter lÃ¼scher, switzerland ** women's overall season champion: annemarie moser-prÃ¶ll, austria ==american football== * january 1 sugar bowl (1978 season) &ndash; alabama crimson tide won 14-7 over the penn state nittany lions to claim ap poll national championship * january 1 rose bowl (1978 season) &ndash; usc trojans won 17-10 over the michigan wolverines to claim coaches poll national championship * january 21 &ndash; super bowl xiii &ndash; pittsburgh steelers defeated the dallas cowboys 35-31. * august 4 &ndash; opening game of the american football bundesliga played between frankfurter lÃ¶wen and dÃ¼sseldorf panther, first-ever league game of american football in germany.google book review: turnen and sport: transatlantic transfers author: annette r. hofmann, accessed: 12 january 2010 * november 10 &ndash; german bowl i &ndash; frankfurter lÃ¶wen defeated the ansbach grizzlies 14-8.bowls german football league website, accessed: 16 january 2011 ==artistic gymnastics== * world artistic gymnastics championships &ndash; ** men's all-around champion: alexander dityatin, ussr ** women's all-around champion: nellie kim, ussr ** men's team competition champion: ussr ** women's team competition champion: romania ==association football== * may 12 - england - fa cup &ndash; arsenal win 3-2 over manchester united * sport club internacional win the brazilian championship undefeated ==australian rules football== * victorian football league ** april 28: collingwood beats a 70-year-old record for the greatest winning margin in vfl football when they beat st. kilda by 178 points 31.21 (207) to 3.11 (29) ** july 28: fitzroy beats collingwoodâs three-month-old record when they beat melbourne 36.22 (238) to 6.12 (48) with bob beecroft kicking ten goals ** carlton win the 83rd vfl premiership (carlton 11.16 (82) d collingwood 11.11 (77)) ** brownlow medal awarded to [[peter moore (australian rules footballer)|peter moo
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