Year 1977 in Sports History (Part 2)

Events in Sport

• Jul 19 48th MLB All Star Game, Yankee Stadium, NYC, NY: NL wins, 7-5; MVP: Don Sutton, LA Dodgers, P

• Jul 24 64th Tour de France won by Bernard Thevenet of France

• Aug 2 In his comeback Test, England cricket batsman Geoff Boycott is unbeaten on 80 after a 1st innings 107 as England beats Australia by 7 wickets in the 3rd Test at Trent Bridge
• Aug 8 Texas Rangers turn their 1st triple play (vs A's)
• Aug 9 NHL refuses merger of 6 WHA clubs
• Aug 10 Phillies & Expos play a doubleheader that ends at 3:23 AM
• Aug 14 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Pebble Beach: Lanny Wadkins wins his only major title in event's 1st sudden-death playoff with Gene Littler
• Aug 15 England regain cricket Ashes by taking a 3-0 series lead over Australia
• Aug 16 Yanks blow 9-4 lead in 9th but beat Chicago 11-10 in bottom of 9th
• Aug 18 Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton throws his NL record tying 5th one-hitter
• Aug 21 American water skier Donna Patterson Brice sets women's high speed record 111.11 mph at Long Beach, California

• Aug 27 Toby Harrah and Bump Wills hit back-to-back inside-the-park-homers off Yankee Ken Clay at Yankee Stadium, Rangers won 8-2
• Aug 28 NY Yankee Ron Guidry faces just 28 men & beats Texas Rangers 1-0

• Aug 28 NY Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders, 2-1, at Civic Stadium in Portland Ore, winning their 2nd North American Soccer League championship

• Sep 1 Tracy Austin at age 14 years, 8 months, 20 days, becomes the youngest female to play in the US Open, beating German Heidi Eisterlehner 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 in a 1st round match

• Sep 3 Japanese baseball superstar Sadaharu Oh hits his 756th career home run to surpass Hank Aaron as all-time career leader in professional baseball
• Sep 5 Cleveland Indians stage 1st "I hate the Yankee Hanky Night"
• Sep 6 Angels acquire Dave Kingman from Padres for cash, 9 days later Yankees buy Kingman (started with Mets) who plays in all 4 divisions in 1977
• Sep 10 Blue Jays beat Yankees 19-3 with 20 hits
• Sep 10 Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon (2:34:47.5)

• Sep 15 Orioles forfeit to Blue Jays when mgr Earl Weaver pulls team off field in 5th citing hazardous condition (small tarpaulin on bullpen mound)
• Sep 17 Ryder Cup Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes: US wins 12½-7½; last time a Great Britain & Ireland team competes for Ryder Cup
• Sep 17 Dave Kingman hits his 1st Yankee homer, Reggie hits 2 more
• Sep 18 Brooks Robinson Night in Baltimore
• Sep 18 Courageous (US) sweeps Australia (Aust) in 24th America's Cup
• Sep 22 Minn Twin Bert Blyleven no-hits California Angels, 9-0


• Sep 24 Ken Hinton of CFL British Columbia Lions returns a punt 130 yards
• Sep 26 Cleveland Browns play their 1st overtime game, beat Patriots 30-27
• Sep 27 Phillies clinch 2nd straight NL East Division title
• Sep 29 Eva Shain is 1st woman to referee a heavyweight championship

• Oct 1 New York Yankees end MLB season with 100-62 record; win 2nd consecutive AL East title; go on the win World Series 4-2 v LA Dodgers

• Oct 6 Yankees win AL pennant by rallying for 3 runs in 9th to beat KC Royals 5-3 in 5th & deciding playoff game
• Oct 8 Largest baseball crowd in Penns, 64,924 see Dodgers beat Phillies 4-1 in 4th NL championship game (Dodgers win pennant)
• Oct 8 MLB National League Championship: Los Angeles Dodgers beat Philadelphia Phillies, 3 games to 1
• Oct 9 Yanks rally for 3 in 9th & beat Royals 5-3 for pennant #31
• Oct 9 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Kansas City Royals, 3 games to 2
• Oct 12 "Throwaway Game" Catfish Hunter loses WS 6-1 resting Yank pitchers

• Oct 18 NY Yankees win their 21st World Championship, 4 games

• Oct 18 Yanks beat Dodgers 8-4 for 21st world championship, 1st in 15 years
• Oct 23 New York City Marathon: defending champion Bill Rodgers wins in 2:11:38; Miki Gorman retains women's title in 2:43:10
• Oct 23 Despite not driving in season ending Japanese Grand Prix, Austrian Niki Lauda wins his second Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 17 points from Jody Scheckter of South Africa

• Nov 5 NCAA passing record set at 571 yards (Marc Wilson, Brigham Young)
• Nov 10 Major Indoor Soccer League officially organized (NYC)

• Nov 19 Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 3rd penalty shot against Islanders
• Nov 20 Steve Largent begins NFL streak of 177 consecutive game receptions

• Nov 20 27th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Cale Yarborough wins

• Nov 26 42nd Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 48-21 in Birmingham
• Nov 27 CFL Grey Cup, Olympic Stadium, Montreal: Montreal Alouettes beat Edmonton Eskimos, 41-6; record Grey Cup crowd 68,318; game referred to as the 'Ice Bowl'; Dan Sweet record 23 points
• Dec 2 First day of World Series Cricket at VFL Park in Melbourne; barely 200 people see Australia dismissed for 256 by West Indies; Ray Bright top scores with 69; Michael Holding captures 4 wickets & Andy Roberts 3; WI go on to win 1st WSC 'Test' by 3 wickets
• Dec 4 NFL's 5,000th game, Cincinnati beats KC 27-7
• Dec 4 West Indies win 1st World Series Cricket 'Test' against Australia at VFL Park in Melbourne by 3 wickets; chasing 235 for victory, Viv Richards with 56 and Clive Lloyd 44 guide WI to 237/7 with 2 days to spare
• Dec 4 Davis Cup Men's Tennis, Sydney: John Alexander beats Adriano Panatta of Italy 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 8-6, 11-9 in a 3 hour, 54 minute classic to give Australia a 3-1 victory
• Dec 8 43rd Heisman Trophy Award: Earl Campbell, Texas (RB)
• Dec 12 Yanks purchase Andy Messersmith from Braves
• Dec 13 14 University of Evansville basketball players die in plane crash
• Dec 14 MLB Boston Red Sox trade Fergie Jenkins to Texas Rangers for John Poloni & cash
• Dec 14 Test Cricket debut of Pakistan spin bowling great Abdul Qadir v England in 1st Test at Lahore
• Dec 17 Rookie defenseman Barry Beck scores first career hat trick and adds an assist in Colorado Rockies' 5-1 win v Minnesota North Stars; sets NHL record for rookie defensemen with a goal in his 6th straight game
• Dec 18 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey # 42, Nate Thumond
• Dec 25 7th Fiesta Bowl: #8 Penn State beats #15 Arizona State, 42-30
• Dec 27 Ballon d'Or: Borussia Mönchengladbach's Danish forward Allan Simonsen is named Europe's best football player ahead of Hamburg forward Kevin Keegan and Nancy midfielder Michel Platini
• Dec 30 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Evonne Goolagong Cawley wins her 6th career Grand Slam title; beats fellow Australian Helen Gourlay Cawley 6-3, 6-0
• Dec 31 Australian Open Men's Tennis: American Vitas Gerulaitis wins his first and only Grand Slam event; beats Englishman John Lloyd 6-3, 7-6, 5-7, 3-6, 6-2

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Birthdays in Sport

Birthdays 101 - 200 of 419

• Apr 4 Omarr Smith, American football defensive back, born in Chicago, Illinois
• Apr 5 JoAnn Sevin, Dubois PA, air pistol (Olympics 1996)
• Apr 6 Andy Phillips, American Baseball Player
• Apr 12 Giovanny Espinoza, Ecuadorian footballer, born in Charguayaco, Ecuador
• Apr 12 Glenn Rogers, Australian-born Scottish cricketer, born in Sydney, Australia
• Apr 16 Fredrik Ljungberg, Swedish footballer, born in Vittsjö, Sweden
• Apr 17 Pascal de Vries, Dutch soccer player (FC Twente), born in Hengelo, Netherlands
• Apr 18 Dan LaCouture, American NHL hockey player, born in Hyannis, Massachusetts
• Apr 19 Lucien Mettomo, Cameroonian footballer (2002 World Cup), born in Douala, Cameroon
• Apr 19 Joe Beimel, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), born in St. Marys, Pennsylvania
• Apr 19 Dennys Reyes, Mexican baseball player, born in Higuera de Zaragoza, Sinaloa, Mexico
• Apr 20 Lisa Ervin, American figure skater (US Nationals-4th-1992), born in Charleston, West Virginia
• Apr 22 Mark van Bommel, Dutch footballer
• Apr 23 Andruw Jones, Curaçaoan baseball player, born in Willemstad, Curaçao
• Apr 23 Willie Mitchell, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Port McNeill, British Columbia, Canada
• Apr 23 Lee Young-Pyo, Korean footballer, born in Hongcheon, Gangwon, South Korea
• Apr 24 Ryan Mitchell, Australian breaststroke swimmer (Olympics 1996), born in Port Augusta, Australia
• Apr 24 Carlos Beltrán, Puerto Rican baseball player, born in Manatí, Puerto Rico
• Apr 25 Marguerite Moreau, American actress (Connie-Mighty Ducks, D2, D3), born in Riverside, California
• Apr 25 Ilias Kotsios, Greek footballer, born in Larissa, Greece
• Apr 26 Kosuke Fukudome, Japanese baseball player (Hanshin Tigers, Chicago Cubs), born in Osaki, Kagoshima, Japan
• Apr 29 Claus Jensen, Danish footballer
• May 2 Amy D'Entremont, American figure skater (1995 NE Jr champ), born in Stoneham, Massachusetts
• May 2 Luke Hudson, American baseball player, born in Fountain Valley, California
• May 3 Ryan Dempster, Canadian baseball player, born in Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada
• May 3 Tyronn Lue, American basketball coach (NBA Championship 2016 Cleveland), born in Mexico, Missouri
• May 4 Mariano Pernía, Argentine-Spanish footballer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
• May 5 Tiffany Roberts, American soccer midfielder (Olympics 1996), born in Petaluma, California
• May 6 Shannon Shakespeare, Canadian 100m swimmer (Olympics 1996), born in Mission, British Columbia
• May 6 Trent Steed, Australian swimmer (Olympics 1996), born in Sydney, New South Wales
• May 6 Christophe Brandt, Belgian cyclist
• May 7 Marko Milic, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns)
• May 7 Elton Flatley, Australian rugby union fly-half (38 caps; 187 points; Queensland Reds 114 games, 609 points), born in Tamworth, NSW
• May 9 Maggie Dixon, American college basketball coach (d. 2006)
• May 9 Iñigo Landaluze, Spanish cyclist
• May 10 Amanda Borden, gymnast (World silver 94, Olympic gold 1996), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
• May 10 Henri Camara, Senegalese footballer
• May 10 Nick Heidfeld, German Formula 1 driver
• May 11 Janne Ahonen, Finnish ski jumper
• May 11 Gonzalo Colsa, Spanish footballer
• May 11 Pablo García, Uruguayan footballer
• May 11 Victor Matfield, South African rugby union footballer
• May 12 Monique de Bruin, American fencer-foil (Olympics 1996), born in Portland, Oregon
• May 12 Graeme Dott, British snooker player
• May 13 Diane Halber, figure skater (1996 National Collegiate champ), born in Torrance, California
• May 13 Sara DeCosta, ice hockey goalie (USA, Olympics 1998)
• May 13 Robby Hammock, baseball player
• May 14 Anca Barna, Cluj Romania, tennis star (semifinals 1995 ITF Poland)
• May 14 Jayna Hefford, ice hockey forward (Canada, Olympics 1998)
• May 14 Roy Halladay, American baseball player
• May 16 Jean-Sébastien Giguère, Canadian ice hockey player
• May 17 Jere Michael, Aspen Colo, figure skater (1994 National Jr champ)
• May 18 Lee Hendrie, English footballer
• May 18 Danny Mills, English footballer
• May 19 Manuel Almúnia, Spanish footballer
• May 19 Brandon Inge, American baseball player
• May 20 Leonardo Noeren Franco, Argentine footballer
• May 20 Chad Muska, American Skateboarder for Element Skateboards
• May 21 Quinton Fortune, South African footballer
• May 21 Ricky Williams, American College Football Hall of Fame running back (Heisman Trophy 1998, U of Texas; Pro Bowl 2002, Miami Dolphins), born in San Diego, California
• May 22 Dre Bly, American Football Player
• May 25 Giel Beelen, Dutch radio DJ (a Guinness World Record for the longest radio DJ marathon ever, lasting 198 hours of non-stop broadcasting), born in Haarlem, Netherlands
• May 26 Luca Toni, Italian footballer, born in Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy
• May 27 Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian athlete
• May 27 Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer
• May 29 Massimo Ambrosini, Italian soccer midfielder (Italy 35 caps, AC Milan), born in Pesaro, Italy
• May 29 António Lebo-Lebo, Angolan soccer defender (Angola 15 caps), born in Malanje, Angola
• May 29 Marco Cassetti, Italian soccer defender (Italy 5 caps, Roma, Watford), born in Brescia, Italy
• May 30 Akwá, Angolan footballer
• May 31 Joachim Olsen, Danish athlete
• May 31 Moses Sichone, Zambian footballer
• May 31 Theodoros Baev, Bulgarian-born Greek volleyball player
• May 31 Phil Devey, Canadian baseball player
• May 31 Domenico Fioravanti, Italian swimmer
• May 31 Greg Leeb, Canadian ice hockey player
• Jun 3 Travis Hafner, American MLB first baseman (tied MLB record 6 grand slams 2006), born in Jamestown, North Dakota
• Jun 3 Cris, Brazilian footballer
• Jun 3 Az-Zahir Hakim, American football player
• Jun 4 Dionisis Chiotis, Greek footballer
• Jun 4 Alex Manninger, Austrian footballer
• Jun 4 Quinten Hann, Australian former snooker player
• Jun 5 Chantal Lefebvre, Canadian, ice dancer (1996 Canadians-2nd), born in Ville LaSalle, Quebec
• Jun 6 David Connolly, Irish footballer
• Jun 7 Marcin Baszczyński, Polish football player
• Jun 7 Odalis Pérez, Dominican baseball player (Atlanta Braves, LA Dodgers), born in Las Matas de Farfán, Dominican Republic
• Jun 8 Yvette Basting, Breda Neth, tennis star (1994 Futures-Flensberg-GER)
• Jun 9 Zephnad Wattimury, Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen)
• Jun 9 Peja Stojakovic, Serbian basketball player
• Jun 10 Mike Rosenthal, American football player, sports radio talk show host
• Jun 11 Geoff Ogilvy, Australian golfer (US Open 2006; 8 PGA Tour titles), born in Adelaide, South Australia
• Jun 13 Alexei Kariozhny, NHL forward (Team Belarus, Olympics 1998)
• Jun 14 Chris McAlister, American football player
• Jun 15 Michael Doleac, American basketball player
• Jun 16 Kerry Wood, American baseball player
• Jun 16 Petros Papadakis, American sportscaster, former USC football player
• Jun 17 Mark Tauscher, American NFL player, born in Marshfield, Wisconsin
• Jun 19 Peter Warrick, American NFL running back (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
• Jun 20 Gordan Giriček, Croatian basketball player
• Jun 23 Hayden Foxe, Australian soccer defender (Olyroos, Olympics 1996)
• Jun 23 Miguel Ángel Angulo, Spanish footballer

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