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Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues

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1979
Sports Illustrated - February 5, 1979
This is the 1979 swimsuit issue. Sports articles include a 4-page feature on Larry Bird of the Indiana State basketball team.
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1978
Sports Illustrated - January 16, 1978
This is the 1978 swimsuit issue.
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1977
Sports Illustrated - November 14, 1977
Has a 4-page cover story about the "Belmont Swindle", when a switched horse won. This issue also has 3½ pages on boxer Ken Norton beats Jimmy Young, 7 pages on the Little Eight football conference, and 6 pages on Jan Todd, "The World's Strongest Woman", and 2 pages on the aborted sale of the Boston Red Sox.
Price: $7 - VG/G
Sports Illustrated - March 7, 1977
Has jockey Steve Cauthen on the cover and in a 6-page article. This issue also has 4 pages on the cocaine trial of Ernie Holmes of the Pittsburgh Steelers and 7½ pages on bowler Earl Anthony.
Price: $7 - G
Sports Illustrated - January 16, 1977
This is the 1977 swimsuit issue. Sports articles include a 3½-page feature on Dave Cowens of the Boston Celtics.
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1976
Sports Illustrated - December 13, 1976
Has Bill Walton of the Portland Trail Blazers on the cover and in a 4-page feature.
Price: $7 - G/F
Sports Illustrated - November 8, 1976
Has Tony Dorsett of the Pitt on the cover and in a 4-page feature.
Price: $7 - G/F
Sports Illustrated - March 22, 1976
Has tennis player Tracy Austin on the cover at age 13 and wearing braces. The 4½-page feature is on Tracy and the Austin tennis family. This issue also has an 8½-page feature on auto racer Phil Hill.
Price: $7 - VG
Sports Illustrated - January 19, 1976
This is the 1976 swimsuit issue. Sports articles include a 4-page feature on the Philadelphia Flyers' victory over the Soviet hockey team.
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1970 to 1975
Sports Illustrated - January 27, 1975
This is the 1975 swimsuit issue. Sports articles include a 6-page feature on Bill Walton of the Portland Trail Blazers; a 3½-page feature on tennis player Stan Smith; a 4-page feature on Cleveland sports teams owner Nick Mileti; and a 7-page feature on racehorse breeder Dan Lasater.
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Sports Illustrated - January 28, 1974
This is the 1974 swimsuit issue. Sports articles include a 4-page feature on the end of the UCLA Bruins (basketball) 88-game winning streak and a 4-page feature on a chess match between Boris Spassky and Robert Byrne.
Price: $7 - VG* (* swimsuit pages have been cut out, but the rest of the mag is intact)
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Sports Illustrated - January 29, 1973
This is the 1973 swimsuit issue. Sports articles include a 3½-page feature on jockey Sandy Hawley.
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Sports Illustrated - January 29, 1972
This is the 1972 swimsuit issue.
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Sports Illustrated - February 1, 1971
This is the 1971 swimsuit issue. Sports articles include 4 pages on runner Jim Ryun; 4 pages on Muhammad Ali; and a six-page article written by Curt Flood of the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Sports Illustrated - January 12, 1970
This is the 1970 swimsuit issue. Sports articles include an 8-page feature on the NFC and AFC championships and a Super Bowl preview.
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1969 and earlier
Sports Illustrated - January 13, 1969
This is the 1969 swimsuit issue.
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Sports Illustrated - January 15, 1968
This is the 1968 swimsuit issue. Sports articles include 4 pgs. on the Green Bay Packers vs. the Oakland Raiders in the Super Bowl; and 6 pages on runner Ron Delany.
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Sports Illustrated - February 27, 1967
Gary Walters and Chris Thomforde of Princeton Tigers basketball are on the cover, which has a 4-page article. This issue also includes: 5 pages on horse trainer Frank Ervin; 6½ pages on the Daytona 500 and driver Richard Petty.
Price: $9 - VG
Sports Illustrated - January 16, 1967
This is the 1967 swimsuit issue. Sports articles include a 4-page Super Bowl preview (Green Bay Packers vs. Kansas City Chiefs), a 4-page feature on Florida Gators basketball; a 5-page feature on the upcoming heavyweight fight between Cus D'Amato and Buster Mathis; a 4-page feature on rodeo cowboy Dean Oliver; and a 7-page feature on Los Angeles sports owner Jack Kent Cooke.
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Sports Illustrated - January 17, 1966
This is the 1966 swimsuit issue. Sports articles include a 5½-page feature on golfer Arnold Palmer and 4 pages on Dick Barnett of the New York Knicks.
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Sports Illustrated - August 9, 1965
Juan Marichal of the San Francisco Giants is on the cover. The 4½-page cover feature is on baseball players from Latin America. Also includes: 2 pages on tennis player Arthur Ashe; a 7-page golf tutorial by Arnold Palmer; 4 pages on aluminum beach houses; 2½ pages on Joe Bellino of the Boston Patriots; and 9 pages on English horse racing gambler John Mort Green.
Price: $7 - G
Sports Illustrated - January 18, 1965
This is the 1965 swimsuit issue. Sports articles include 6 pages on Villanova and LaSalle college basketball and a 13-page travel feature on Baja Calafornia Sur, Mexico.
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Sports Illustrated - January 20, 1964
This is the 1964 swimsuit issue. Sports articles include include 4 pages on skier Jean Saubert; 5 pages on scuba diving in the Virgin Islands; and 8 pages on boxer Mickey Walker written by manager Jack "Doc" Kearns.
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Sports Illustrated - November 5, 1962
The cover features a lovely woman named Mary Anderson in skin diving gear for an article on diving for gold off the California coast. Other articles include Tom Landry and the Dallas Cowboys, goalie Bob Perreault of the Boston Bruins, and critique of the morality of professional boxing See our Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue page for pricing.
Sports Illustrated - August 30, 1954
Issue #3 of Sports Illustrated was the first issue to feature a swimsuit model on the cover. Articles include Roger Bannister's record-setting mile, night baseball, and Canadian football.
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