Events in Sport in 1979
- Jan 1 45th Orange Bowl: #4 Oklahoma beats #6 Nebraska, 31-24
- Jan 1 45th Sugar Bowl: #2 Alabama beats #1 Penn State, 14-7
- Jan 1 65th Rose Bowl: #3 Southern California beats #5 Michigan, 17-10
- Jan 1 John Y. Brown attends his first game as owner of the Boston Celtics NBA franchise after trading the Buffalo Braves to previous Celtics owner, Irving H. Levin
- Jan 2 Australian Open Women's Tennis: unseeded Australian Christine O'Neil wins her first and only Grand Slam event; beats American Betsy Nagelsen 6-3, 7-6
- Jan 3 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Guillermo Vilas of Argentina wins 3rd Grand Slam title; beats Australian John Marks 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Jan 7 AFC Championship, Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Houston Oilers, 34-5
- Jan 7 NFC Championship, LA Memorial Coliseum Dallas Cowboys beat Los Angeles Rams, 28-0
- Jan 9 Bobby Orr's #4 jersey is retired by the Boston Bruins
- Jan 14 John McEnroe wins his first of 3 season-ending ATP Masters Grand Prix tennis titles 6–7, 6–3, 7–5 against fellow American Arthur Ashe at Madison Square Garden, NYC
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Drew Brees
Jonny Wilkinson
Joe Thornton
Amélie Mauresmo
Chris Gayle
Kimi Räikkönen
Elizabeth RyanSports Stars Married in 1979
- Feb 24 NBA player Bill Walton (26) weds Susan Guth
- Oct 16 MLB outfielder Tim Raines (20) weds his high school sweetheart Virginia Hilton
Sports Stars Divorces in 1979
- Aug 3 Professional boxer George Foreman (30) divorces Cynthia Lewis after more than a year of marriage
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