Events in Sport
- Aug 10 Braves Red Barrett throws only 58 pitches to shut out Cincinnati Reds 2-0
PGA Championship
Aug 20 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Manito G & CC: Bob Hamilton wins his only major title, 1 up in the 36-hole final over heavily favoured Byron Nelson
Byron Nelson
- Aug 30 11th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chicago Bears 24, All-Stars 21 (48,769)
Birthdays in Sport
- Aug 9 Terry Jenner, cricketer (Australian leg-spinner 1971-75)
- Aug 13 Divina Galica, British athlete and racing driver, born in Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire, England
- Aug 14 Robyn Smith Astaire [Melody Dawn Miller], American jockey, wife of Fred Astaire, born in San Francisco, California
- Aug 16 Mufasir-ul-Haq, cricketer (Pakistan left-arm quick, 1 Test)
- Aug 20 Graig Nettles, American MLB 3rd baseman (NY Yankees, San Diego Padres, Cleveland Indians), born in San Diego, California
- Aug 24 Bill Goldsworthy, Canadian ice hockey player (Minnesota North Stars), born in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (d. 1996)
- Aug 28 Marianne Heemskerk, Dutch swimmer, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Aug 30 Tug McGraw, American baseball player and father of Tim McGraw, born in Martinez, California (d. 2004)
- Aug 31 Clive Lloyd, West Indies cricket batsman, captain (110 Tests; 7,515 runs @ 46.67), born in Georgetown, British Guiana