Events in Sport
US Masters Golf
Apr 6 22nd US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Arnold Palmer wins the first of his 4 Masters titles, 1 stroke ahead of Doug Ford and Fred Hawkins; first of his 7 major titles
Arnold Palmer
- Apr 7 Dodgers erect 42-foot screen in left field at LA Coliseum to cut down on home runs, since it is only 250 feet down the line
- Apr 12 12th NBA Championship: St Louis Hawks beat Bost Celtics, 4 games to 2
- Apr 15 1st baseball game in California, SF Giants beat LA Dodgers, 8-0
- Apr 20 Stanley Cup Final, Boston Garden, Boston, MA: Montreal Canadiens' 3-peat; beat Boston Bruins, 5-3 for a 4-2 for series win
- Apr 21 62nd Boston Marathon won by Franjo Mihalić of Yugoslavia in 2:25:54
Event of Interest
Apr 23 Gil Hodges hits his 300th HR & Pee Wee Reese plays in 2,000th game
Gil Hodges
- Apr 24 Lee Walls hits 3 HRs, as Cubs beat Dodgers 15-2
Baseball Record
Apr 30 Ted Williams is 10th major league player to get 1,000 extra-base hits
Ted Williams
Birthdays in Sport
- Apr 1 Toni Innauer, Austrian ski jumper (Olympic gold individual normal hill 1980; silver long hill 1976), born in Bezau, Austria
- Apr 2 Larry Drew, American basketball point guard (Kansas City/Sacramento Kings, LA Clippers, LA Lakers) and coach (Atlanta Hawks, Milwaukee Bucks, Cleveland Cavaliers), born in Kansas City, Kansas
- Apr 2 Stefano Bettarello, Italian rugby union fly-half (55 caps, 483 points; Rovigo, Benetton Treviso), born in Rovigo, Italy
- Apr 4 Derek Kallicharran, cricket all-rounder (Guyana, USA 1994 ICC Trophy), born in Berbice, Guyana
- Apr 4 Lam Jones, American athlete (Olympic gold 4 x 100m relay 1976) and NFL wide receiver (NY Jets 1980-86), born in Lawton, Oklahoma (d. 2019)
- Apr 5 Johan Kriek, South African-American, tennis player (US Indoor 1982), born in Pongola, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Apr 9 Tony Sibson, English boxer, born in Leicester
- Apr 10 Bob Bell, British engineer and Chief Technical Officer of the Renault Formula One team, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Apr 11 Sally Clark, New Zealand equestrian 3 day event (Olympic silver 1996), born in Feilding, New Zealand
- Apr 14 Mike Hulbert, American golfer, broadcaster (3 PGA Tour titles), born in Elmira, New York
- Apr 15 John Bracewell, New Zealand cricketer (premiere spinner of 80's), born in Auckland, New Zealand
- Apr 16 Philip Bainbridge, British cricketer, born in Sneyd Green, Stoke-on-Trent
- Apr 18 Malcolm Marshall, West Indian cricketer (WI quickie 1978-91, WI top wicket-taker), born in Bridgetown, Barbados (d. 1999)
- Apr 20 Viacheslav Fetisov, Russian Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman (Olympic gold 1984, 88; Stanley Cup 1997-98, Detroit Red Wings), born in Moscow, Russia
- Apr 22 Ashraf Ali, cricket wicket-keeper (Pakistani mid-80s)
- Apr 24 Fernando Luna, Spanish tennis star, born in Ciudad Real, Spain
Christa Johnson
Apr 25 Christa Johnson, American golfer (Women's PGA C'ship 1997), born in Arcata, California
Christa Johnson