Events in Sport
- Aug 6 Glenn Davis sets record of 49.2 in 400-meter hurdles
- Aug 10 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Macktown Golf Open
- Aug 13 Indians' right fielder Rocky Colavito makes his pitching debut, hurling 3 hitless innings, Detroit 3, Cleveland 2
- Aug 15 25th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 35, Detroit 19 (70,000)
- Aug 17 Bonnie Hoffman wins LPGA Kansas City Golf Open
Boxing Title Fight
Aug 18 Floyd Patterson TKOs Roy Harris in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
Floyd Patterson
Birthdays in Sport
- Aug 1 Tor Håkon Holte, Norwegian cross country skier
- Aug 2 Arshad Ayub, cricketer (Indian off-spinner of the late 1980's)
- Aug 4 Greg Foster, Maywood Ill, 110m hurdler (Olympic silver 1984)
- Aug 4 Mary Decker Tabb Slaney, NJ, olympic track star (mile record 4:16.71)
- Aug 7 Alberto Salazar, marathoner (NYC Marathon Winner)
- Aug 7 Larisa Karlova, USSR, team handball player (Olympic gold 1976, 80)
- Aug 10 Jack Richards, English cricket wicket-keeper (mid-80's)
- Aug 11 Lori Garbacz, South Bend IN, LPGA golfer (1989 Circle K Tucson Open)
- Aug 13 David W Feherty, Bangor N Ireland, PGA golfer (1994 New England-2nd)
- Aug 16 Jose Luis, Clerc Argentina, tennis star
- Aug 19 Gary Gaetti, Centralia IL, infielder (St Louis Cardinals)
- Aug 21 Dom Mamzi, horse trainer
- Aug 22 Elhadjdia Ba, Dakar Senegal, hurdler (Olympic silver 1988)
- Aug 23 Julio Franco, Atlanta Braves, oldest regular position player in MLB history
- Aug 26 Jan Nevens, Belgian cyclist
- Aug 27 Yoshinori Mizumaki, PGA golfer (1994 Byron Nelson-2nd), born in Tokyo, Japan
- Aug 28 Scott Hamilton, ice skater (Olympic gold 1984), born in Toledo, Ohio
- Aug 31 Serge Blanco, French rugby union footballer