Events in Sport
- Aug 6 American athlete Glenn Davis breaks his own world record by 0.3 (49.2) in 400m hurdles in Budapest, Hungary
- 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)
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, born in Drammen, Norway
- Aug 2 Arshad Ayub, Indian cricketer (Indian off-spinner of the late 1980's), born in Hyderabad, India
- 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, American track coach and long distance runner (NYC Marathon Winner), born in Havana, Cuba
- Aug 7 Larisa Karlova, Ukrainian team handball player (Olympic gold 1976, 80), born in Kyiv, Ukraine
- Aug 7 Russell Baze, Canadian Racing Hall of Fame jockey (10-time US champion, 12,844 wins), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- Aug 10 Jack Richards, English cricket wicket-keeper (mid-80's)
- Aug 13 David Feherty, Irish golfer, broadcaster (5 European Tour titles, CBS, NBC), born in Bangor, Northern Ireland
- Aug 16 Jose Luis, Clerc Argentina, tennis star
- Aug 19 Gary Gaetti, Centralia IL, infielder (St Louis Cardinals)
- Aug 23 Julio Franco, oldest regular position player in MLB history, born in Hato Mayor, Dominican Republic
- Aug 26 Jan Nevens, Belgian cyclist
- Aug 28 Scott Hamilton, American figure skater (Olympic gold 1984), born in Bowling Green, Ohio
- Aug 31 Serge Blanco, French rugby union footballer