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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 - 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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