Events in Sport
- Aug 3 Automobile Association of America ends support of auto racing, Le Mans disaster and Bill Vukovich death at Indianapolis contributing factors
- Aug 3 Belgian middle distance runner Roger Moens breaks Rudolph Harbig's long standing 800m world record (1:45.7) in Oslo, Norway
Baseball Record
Aug 13 Larry Doby's ends AL record of 167 errorless games in outfield
Baseball Record
Aug 27 Sandy Koufax fans 14 Reds, both teams combine for record 23 strikeouts
Birthdays in Sport
- Aug 1 Arun Lal, Indian cricketer (Indian batsman mid-80's), born in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
- Aug 6 Gordon J. Brand, English golfer (British Open 1986 runner-up), born in Cambridge, England (d. 2020)
- Aug 8 Herbert Prohaska, Austrian footballer
- Aug 9 Doug Williams, American NFL quarterback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Washington Redskins), born in Zachary, Louisiana
Betsy King (67 years old)
Aug 13 American golfer (6-time major winner; US Open 1989-90), born in Reading, Pennsylvania
- Aug 13 Hideo Fukuyama, Japanese racing driver (first Japanese to compete in NASCAR's top series), born in Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture, Japan
- Aug 13 Keith Ahlers, British racing driver, born in Cambridge, England
- Aug 15 Kenneth Carr, American basketball forward (Olympic gold 1976; LA Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons, Portland TBs), born in Clearwater, Florida
- Aug 19 (Edgar) "Ned" Yost, American MLB baseball catcher, 1980-85 and manager, 2003-2019 (Minnesota Twins; Kansas City Royals - World Series win, 2015), born in Eureka, California
- Aug 20 Ned Overend, Taipei Taiwan, cyclist (Olympics 1996)
- Aug 27 Roderick Hopkins Davis, yachting Star class (Olympics 1996), born in Auckland, New Zealand
- Aug 29 Frank Hoste, Belgian cyclist (Tour de France, 1984), born in Ghent, Belgium
- Aug 30 Butch [Richard] Johnson, American archer (Olympic gold 1992, 96), born in Worcester, Massachusetts
- Aug 30 Marvin Powell Jr., American College Football HOF offensive tackle (USC; First-team All-Pro 1979, 82; 5 x Pro Bowl; NY Jets, TB Buccaneers), born in Fort Bragg, North Carolina (d. 2022)
- Aug 31 Edwin Moses, American 400m hurdler (2 Olympic golds), born in Dayton, Ohio
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