The Newbery Award in 1980 was awarded to A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1832. It was written by Joan W. Blos. The book met the criteria for providing a distinguished contribution to children's literature.
The 1980 winner was A Gathering of Days by Joan Blos. The 1970 winner was Sounder by William H. Armstrong. The 1922 winner was The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon.
Liverpool F.C (1967–1981) * 5 First Division| (Level 1) championship winners medals (1973, 1976, 1977, 1979 and 1980) * FA Cup winners medal (1974) * 3 European Cup (1977, 1978 and 1981) * 2 UEFA Cup winners medals (1973 and 1976) * League Cup winners medal (1981) * European Super Cup winners medal (1977) * 5 Charity Shield winners medals (1974, 1976, 1977 (shared), 1979 and 1980) * 2 First Division (level 1) runners-up medals (1974 and 1978) * 2 F.A Cup runners-up medal (1971 and 1977) * Football League Cup runners-up medal 1978 * Charity Shield runners-up medal (1971) * European Super Cup runners-up medal (1978) Tottenham Hotspur F.C (1981–1988) * F.A Cup winners medal (1982) * Charity Shield winners medal (1981 (shared)) * F.A Cup runners-up medal (1987) * Football League Cup runners-up medal (1982) * Charity Shield runners-up medal (1982)
The Juventus team were the Serie A winners in 1980.
OPS were the winners of the Finnish Veikkausliiga in 1980.
AS Roma were the winners of the Coppa Italia in 1980.
In the 1980 Olympics, the gold and silver medal winners for the men's coxless pairs event were teams of identical twins.
Universitatea Craiova were the winners of the Cupa Romaniei in 1980.
IK Start were the winners of the Norwegian Eliteserien in 1980.
Szombierki Bytom were the winners of the Polish Ekstraklasa in 1980.
Legia Warszawa were the winners of the Puchar Polski in 1980.
FK Austria Wien were the Austrian Bundesliga winners in 1980.
The winners of the Belgian League in 1980 were Club Brugge KV.