April 1963 in Sport

Events in Sport

Apr 7 27th Masters Golf Tournament: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 286

Apr 7 Public stock offering of 115,000 shares in Milwaukee Braves withdrawn after only 13,000 shares are sold to 1,600 new investors
Apr 8 Tigers claim young pitcher Denny McLain from the White Sox for $25,000

Apr 13 Pete Rose triples for his 1st major league base hit

Apr 18 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 1
Apr 19 67th Boston Marathon won by Aurele Vandendriessche of Belgium in 2:18:58
Apr 24 17th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 2
Apr 29 Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta: Marilynn Smith beats Mickey Wright by 1 shot in 18-hole playoff

Apr 2 Dermot Reeve, English cricketer and unorthodox all-rounder, born in Kowloon, Hong Kong
Apr 2 Mike Gascoyne, British Formula One engineer and designer, born in Norwich, England
Apr 3 Chris Bosio, American baseball pitcher (Seattle Mariners), born in Carmichael, California
Apr 3 Zakir Khan, Pakistani cricketer (two Tests for Pakistan 1986-89), born in Bannu, Pakistan
Apr 4 Dale Hawerchuk, Canadian ice hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers), born in Toronto, Ontario
Apr 4 Jack Del Rio, American football player, NFL linebacker (Minnesota Vikings), born in Castro Valley, California
Apr 6 Lorenzo Lynch, NFL safety (Az Cardinals, Oakland Raiders)
Apr 8 Alec Stewart, cricketer (son of Micky/opening bat Occasional WK)
Apr 8 Terry Porter, NBA guard (Minnesota Timberwolves)
Apr 10 Claire Smith, equestrian 3 day event (Olympics 1996), born in Ottawa, Ontario
Apr 10 Kirk Lowdermilk, American football NFL center (Indianapolis Colts), born in Canton, Ohio
Apr 10 Marvin Freeman, American baseball pitcher (Colorado Rockies), born in Chicago, Illinois
Apr 10 Mike Devereaux, American baseball outfielder (Baltimore Orioles), born in Casper, Wyoming
Apr 11 Elizabeth Smylie, tennis star (1987 Oklahoma City), born in Perth, Australia
Apr 11 Billy Bowden, New Zealand cricket umpire, born in Auckland, New Zealand

Apr 13 Gary Kasparov, Russian chess player (world champion 1985-93), born in Baku, Azerbaijan

Apr 14 Meg Mallon, American golfer (4 LPGA major titles), born in Natick, Massachusetts

Apr 15 Manoj Prabhakar, cricketer (Indian opening batsman & opening bowler)
Apr 15 Teresa Wentzel DeWitt, Ft Bragg NC, double trap (Olympics 1996)
Apr 16 Garry Galley, NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres), born in Montreal, Quebec
Apr 16 Hu Na, China, tennis star
Apr 16 Salim Malik, cricketer (memorable Pakistani & Essex batsman)
Apr 18 Phil Simmons, cricketer (West Indian opening batsman)
Apr 20 Mauricio Gugelmin, Brazilian racing driver, born in Joinville, Brazil
Apr 21 Ken Caminiti, infielder (San Diego Padres), born in Hanford, California
Apr 23 Benoit Doucet, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998), born in Montreal, Quebec
Apr 26 Bill Wennington, NBA center (Chicago Bulls)
Apr 26 Thomas Searle, hockey defenseman (Team Austria 1998)

Apr 29 Mike Babcock, Canadian NHL Coach (Anaheim, Detroit, Team Canada), born in Manitouwadge, Ontario

Apr 30 Steve Smith, NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks), born in Glasgow, Scotland