1977 in Sport (Part 2)

Events in Sport

Events 101 - 178 of 178

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

• Jul 31 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Pocono Northeast Golf Classic
• Aug 1 San Francisco Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits NL record 18th MLB career grand slam
• 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, Pebble Beach: Lanny Wadkins wins his only major title in event's 1st sudden-death playoff with Gene Littler
• Aug 14 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Long Island Charity Golf Classic
• Aug 15 England regain cricket Ashes by taking a 3-0 series lead over Australia
• Aug 18 Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton throws his NL record tying 5th one-hitter
• Aug 21 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Wheeling Golf Classic
• Aug 21 Donna Patterson Brice sets high speed water skiing record (111.11 mph)

• Aug 28 Bonnie Lauer wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
• 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 22nd Ryder Cup: US, 12½-13½ at Royal Lytham & St Annes England
• Sep 18 Courageous (US) sweeps Australia (Aust) in 24th America's Cup
• Sep 18 Joanne Carner/Judy Rankin wins LPGA National Team Golf Championship
• 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 2 Vivian Brownlee wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
• Oct 2 Dusty Baker 30th HR joins teammates Steve Garvey (33), Reggie Smith (32), & Ron Cey (30) in make Dodgers 1st team to boast 4 30-HR hitters
• 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 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Houston Exchange Clubs Golf Classic
• 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 14 Linda Ronstadt sings national anthem at World Series
• 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 7th NYC Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman in 2:43:10
• Oct 23 8th NYC Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 2:11:38
• Oct 23 28th Formula One WDC: Niki Lauda wins by 17 points
• Nov 2 Phillies' Steve Carlton wins 2nd Cy Young Award
• Nov 3 Debbie Massey wins LPGA Mizuno-Japan Golf Classic
• Nov 5 NCAA passing record set at 571 yards (Marc Wilson, Brigham Young)
• Nov 10 Major Indoor Soccer League officially organized (NYC)
• Nov 13 Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open
• 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 65th CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 41-6
• Dec 4 NFL's 5,000th game, Cincinnati beats KC 27-7
• Dec 4 66th Davis Cup: Australia beats Italy in Sydney (3-1)
• 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 Red Sox trade Fergie Jenkins to Rangers for John Poloni & cash
• Dec 14 Test Cricket debut of Abdul Qadir, v England at Lahore
• Dec 18 Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey # 42, Nate Thumond
• Dec 25 7th Fiesta Bowl: #8 Penn State beats #15 Arizona State, 42-30
• Dec 31 66th Men's Australian Open: Vitas Gerulaitis beats John Lloyd (6-3, 7-6, 5-7, 3-6, 6-2)
• Dec 31 66th Women's Australian Open: Evonne Goolagong Cawley beats Helen Gourlay Cawley (6-3, 6-0)

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Birthdays in Sport

Birthdays 101 - 200 of 428

• Mar 27 Tom van der Leegte, Dutch soccer player (PSV), born in Bergeijk, Netherlands
• Mar 27 Vitor Meira, Brazilian racing driver, born in Brasilia, Brazil
• Mar 31 Garth Tander, Australian racing driver
• Apr 1 Haimar Zubeldia, Spanish cyclist
• 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, soccer player (FC Twente)
• Apr 18 Dan Lacouture, NHL hockey player
• Apr 19 Lucien Mettomo, Cameroonian footballer
• Apr 19 Joe Beimel, American baseball player
• Apr 19 Dennys Reyes, Mexican baseball player
• 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
• Apr 23 Willie Mitchell, Canadian ice hockey player
• Apr 23 Lee Young-Pyo, Korean footballer
• 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, actress (Connie-Mighty Ducks, D2, D3)
• Apr 25 Ilias Kotsios, Greek footballer
• Apr 26 Kosuke Fukudome, Japanese baseball player
• Apr 26 Chris Johnston, Irish rugby player
• Apr 27 Khalid Zoubaa, French long-distance runner, born in Sète, Hérault
• 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, 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 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 football player
• May 22 Dre Bly, American Football Player
• May 26 Luca Toni, Italian footballer
• May 27 Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian athlete
• May 27 Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer
• May 29 Brent Roberts, Leesville La, diver (Olympics 1996)
• May 29 Massimo Ambrosini, Italian footballer
• May 29 Antonio Lebo-Lebo, Angolan footballer
• 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 1 Brad Wilkerson, American baseball player
• Jun 1 Richard Williams, British racing driver
• 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 3 Travis Hafner, American baseball 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, Ville LaSalle Que, ice dancer (1996 Canadians-2nd)
• 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
• Jun 12 Andrea Schwartz, 200m butterfly (Olympics 1996), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Jun 13 Alexei Kariozhny, NHL forward (Team Belarus, Olympics 1998)
• Jun 14 Chris McAlister, American football player

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