Events in Sport
- Aug 2 35th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 34, All-Stars 17 (69,917)
Golf Tournament
Aug 4 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Gino Paoli Golf Open
Kathy Whitworth
- Aug 10 Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Concord Golf Open
- Aug 11 Satchel Paige, 62, & needing 158 days on a major league payroll to qualify for a pension, is signed by Braves
- Aug 18 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Holiday Inn Golf Classic
Event of Interest
Aug 25 Arthur Ashe becomes 1st African American to win the US singles championship
Arthur Ashe
- Aug 25 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ladies World Series of Golf
- Aug 25 NY Yankee outfield Rocky Colavito pitches second 2/3 innings and beats Tigers 6-5; he played right field in second game and homered
Tennis Open
Aug 29 1st US Open tennis match (Billie Jean King beats Dr Vija Vuskains)
Billie Jean King
Birthdays in Sport
- Aug 1 Rob Carpenter, NFL wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles)
- Aug 1 Stacey Augmon, Pasadena, NBA guard (Portland Trailblazers, Hawks)
- Aug 2 Sean Groom, rower (Olympics 1996), born in Northford, Connecticut
- Aug 2 Stefan Effenberg, German footballer
- Aug 3 Rod Beck [Rodney Roy], American MLB relief pitcher (SF Giants-1994 NL Rolaids Relief Man of the Year), born in Burbank, California
- Aug 4 Darcy Arreola, 1.5k runner, born in La Mesa, California
- Aug 4 James Francis, linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals)
- Aug 5 Andreas Lupzig, Straubing GER, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)
- Aug 5 John Olerud, infielder (Toronto Blue Jays), born in Seattle, Washington
- Aug 5 Oleg Luzhny, Ukrainian footballer
- Aug 5 Colin Steele McRae, British rally driver, born in Lanark, Scotland (d. 2007)
- Aug 6 Celena Mondie-Milner, Milledgeville Ga, 100m/200m runner
- Aug 6 Jack de Gier, soccer player (Cambuur L, Go Ahead Eagles)
- Aug 6 Patricia Tarabini, La Plata Argentina, tennis star (1985 Futures ITA)
- Aug 6 Siran Stacy, WLAF running back (Scottish Claymores)
- Aug 7 Leslie Lyness, Paoli PA, field hockey midfielder (Olympics 1996)
- Aug 7 Tomas Carbonell, tennis star, born in Barcelona, Spain
- Aug 8 Abey Kuruvila, cricketer (promising Bombay fast bowler)
- Aug 8 Suzy Hamilton, US olympic 1500m runner
- Aug 9 Jay Stacy, Aust field hockey midfielder (Olympic 4th/silver-88, 92, 96)
- Aug 10 Alex Andrievski, NHL forward (Team Belarus, Olympics 1998)
- Aug 10 Jennifer Horton, Dover NJ, team handball goalie (Olympics 1992, 96)
- Aug 10 Michel Doesburg, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
- Aug 10 Miroslav Mosner, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia 1998)
- Aug 10 Moe Gardner, NFL nose tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
- Aug 11 Alan Kelly, England-born Irish footballer
- Aug 12 Viktor Karatchoun, NHL forward (Team Belarus, Olympics 1998)
- Aug 13 Joe Garten, WLAF corner/guard (Barcelona Dragons)
- Aug 13 William Thomas, NFL linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles)
- Aug 14 Glenn Leroy McLeay, Invercargill NZ, points race cyclist (Olympics 1996)
- Aug 14 Praveen Amre, cricketer (Indian batsman, century on Test debut 1992)
- Aug 15 Luciana Bemvenuti, Brazilian golfer (1994 Jamie Farr-36th), born in Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Aug 15 Vassili Pankov, NHL forward (Team Belarus, Olympics 1998)
- Aug 16 Eric Jonassen, offensive linesman (Arizona Cardinals)
- Aug 17 Ed McCaffrey, NFL wide receiver (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
- Aug 17 Vince Marrow, WLAF TE (Frankfurt Galaxy)
- Aug 18 Brian Mitchell, NFL running back (Washington Redskins)
- Aug 18 Carolyn Crudgington, Australian softball pitcher (Olympic bronze 1996)
- Aug 18 John Coyle, West Bloomfield Mich, short track skater (Olympics 1994)
- Aug 18 Justin Strzelczyk, NFL guard/offensive tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers)
- Aug 19 Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, Greek windsurfer
- Aug 20 Sandy Brondello, Australian basketball guard (Olympic bronze 1996)
- Aug 20 Klas Ingesson, Swedish footballer
- Aug 21 Shinichi Iwasaki, hockey goaltender (Team Japan 1998)
- Aug 22 Henrik Holm, tennis star, born in Täby, Sweden
- Aug 22 Horst Skoff, tennis star, born in Klagenfurt, Austria
- Aug 22 Michael Curry, American basketball player and coach (Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks), born in Anniston, Alabama
- Aug 22 Paul Ereng, Kenyan athlete, 800m runner (Olympic gold 1988), born in Kitale, Kenya
- Aug 22 Alexander Mostovoi, Russian footballer, born in Leningrad Oblast, Russia
- Aug 23 Christian Dean DiMarco, Huntington NY, PGA golfer (1994 Deposit-3rd)
- Aug 23 Cortez Kennedy, American NFL defensive tackle (Seattle Seahawks), born in Osceola, Arkansas (d. 2017)
- Aug 23 Scott Kowalkowski, NFL linebacker (Detroit Lions)
- Aug 24 Arnold Galesloot, WLAF tight end (Amsterdam Admirals)
- Aug 24 Benoit Brunet, Pointe Claire, NHL left wing (Montreal Canadiens)
- Aug 24 Tim Salmon, outfielder (California Angels), born in Long Beach, California
- Aug 25 Dave Thomas, NFL cornerback (Jacksonville Jaguars)
- Aug 26 Chris Boardman, British cyclist (world 1 hour record), born in Merseyside, England
- Aug 26 Courtney Hall, NFL center (San Diego Chargers)
- Aug 26 Gavin Stratfold, Darwin NT, Australian golfer
- Aug 27 Christine Schaefer, Florence Ky, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-5th-1994)
- Aug 27 Emanual Davis, NBA guard (Houston Rockets)
- Aug 27 Martin Lowenfish, American canoeist (alt-Olympics 1996)
- Aug 27 Michael Long, New Zealand golfer, born in Cromwell
- Aug 28 Tom Fitzgerald, Melrose, NHL right wing (Florida Panthers)
- Aug 29 Darren Joseph, CFL fullback (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
- Aug 30 Vladimir Malakhov, Sverdlovsk Russia, NHL defenseman (Montreal Canadiens)
- Aug 31 Glenroy Gilbert, Trinidad, Canadian 4X100m sprinter (Olympic gold 1996)
- Aug 31 Hideo Nomo, pitcher (LA Dodgers), born in Osaka, Japan
- Aug 31 Jennifer Azzi, Oak Ridge Tenn, basketball guard (Olympic gold 1996)
- Aug 31 Jolene Watanabe, tennis star (1994 Futures-Evansville), born in Los Angeles, California