Year 1982 in Sports History

Events in Sport

Events 1 - 100 of 216

• Jan 1 68th Rose Bowl: #12 Washington beats #13 Iowa, 28-0
• Jan 1 48th Sugar Bowl: #10 Pittsburgh beats #2 Georgia, 24-20

• Jan 1 11th Fiesta Bowl: #7 Penn State beats #8 Southern California, 26-10
• Jan 1 48th Orange Bowl: #1 Clemson beats #4 Nebraska, 22-15
• Jan 2 New York Islanders beat Philadelphia Flyers, 3-1 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum to start 23 NHL game undefeated home streak (21-0-2), 14 straight wins
• Jan 2 "The Epic in Miami", in 85 degree heat (Fahrenheit), the San Diego Chargers defeat the Miami Dolphins 41-38 in overtime in the AFC Divisional Playoff Game, a game that set numerous playoff scoring records

• Jan 3 Australian Open Men's Tennis: South African Johan Kriek wins first career Grand Slam title; beats American Steve Denton 6-2, 7-6, 6-7, 6-4

• Jan 10 Petra Schneider swims world record 1500 m freestyle (15:43.31)

• Jan 10 AFC Championship, Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati: Cincinnati Bengals beat San Diego Chargers, 27-7 in the "Freezer Bowl"

• Jan 20 Future Hockey Hall of Fame center Darryl Sittler is traded by the Toronto Maple Leafs to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Rich Costello, a 2nd round draft pick and future considerations
• Jan 21 NY Islanders begin then NHL record 15 game winning streak with a 6-1 win over Pittsburgh Penguins at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
• Jan 24 Super Bowl XVI, Pontiac Silverdome, Detroit, MI: San Francisco 49ers beat Cincinnati Bengals, 26-21; MVP: Joe Montana, SF, QB
• Jan 26 In a 9-2 NHL win over Pittsburgh Penguins, the NY Islanders score 4 goals within 1:38, 5 within 2:37 in a 6 goal 1st period
• Jan 27 Philadelphia Phillies trade shortstop Larry Bowa & infielder Ryne Sandberg to Chicago Cubs for 2nd baseman Ivan DeJesus
• Jan 27 West Indies beat Australia 3-1 to win cricket's World Series Cup
• Jan 27 Los Angeles Kings set an NHL record with their 6th consecutive tied game, a 4-4 deadlock against the visiting Philadelphia Flyers
• Jan 29 Old Dominion ends Louisiana Tech's women's basketball record 54-game winning streak
• Jan 29 Wayne Garland, baseball 1st millionaire free agent, waived by Indians
• Jan 30 WBC super welterweight champion Wilfred Benitez of Puerto Rico defeats boxing legend Roberto Durán of Panama in a 15-round unanimous decision at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas
• Jan 31 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 16-13; MVPs: Co-MVPs: Kellen Winslow, San Diego Chargers, TE; Lee Roy Selmon, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, DE

• Feb 8 Los Angeles Dodgers trade 2B Davey Lopes to Oakland A's, breaking up MLB's longest-playing infield (Cey-Russell-Lopes-Garvey)

• Feb 13 Islander's Bryan Trottier scores 5 goals against Flyers
• Feb 14 24th Daytona 500: Bobby Allison wins with margin of victory over Cale Yarborough an impressive 23 seconds, more than half a lap
• Feb 15 Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), begins streak of 63 consecutive free throw
• Feb 17 Commencement of Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket match, v England


• Feb 20 NY Islanders win then NHL record 15th straight game by beating Colorado Rockies, 3-2 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
• Feb 24 Boston Celtics begin an 18 NBA game winning streak
• Feb 24 Wayne Gretzky scores NHL-record 78th goal of season en route to 92

• Feb 27 Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), hits on 63rd consecutive free throw
• Mar 5 Gaylord Perry (with 297 wins) signs with Seattle Mariners
• Mar 6 NBA highest scoring game: San Antonio beat Milwaukee 171-166 (3 OT)
• Mar 6 23rd SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Alabama beats Kentucky, 48-46
• Mar 7 NCAA Tournament Selection televised live for 1st time
• Mar 7 29th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats Virginia, 47-45
• Mar 10 Saleem Malik scores 100 in 2nd inning of Test Cricket debut (v SL)
• Mar 11 Detroit Pistons play the Chicago Bulls, with final score of Detroit 152 to Chicago 144 and Detroit having 20 blocked shots

• Mar 13 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Copenhagen won by Scott Hamilton (USA)
• Mar 13 Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champs in Copenhagen won by Elaine Zayak (USA) who lands 6 triple jumps
• Mar 14 Sidath Wettimuny scores Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket century
• Mar 20 France beats Ireland, 22-9 at the Parc des Princes, Paris but the Irish take the Five Nations Rugby Championship with a 3-1 record and also their 5th Triple Crown
• Mar 21 Jerry Pate celebrates golf win by jumping into the water hazard
• Mar 21 PGA Tournament Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Jerry Pate shoots a final round 67 to win by 2 strokes over runners-up Scott Simpson and Brad Bryant
• Mar 23 Isle's Mike Bossy's 20th career hat trick-4 goals
• Mar 25 Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st NHL to score 200 points in a season
• Mar 27 Imran takes 14-116 for cricket match v Sri Lanka at Lahore
• Mar 28 1st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Louisiana Tech beats Cheney, 76-62; Lady Techsters' forward Janice Lawrence tournament MOP
• Mar 28 Last AIAW Women's Basketball Championship, Rutgers beat Texas 83-77 in Philadelphia

• Mar 31 NBA and Players Association reach a 4-year agreement that includes a 53% revenue-sharing plan in return for minimum & maximum payrolls; first of its kind in team sports
• Apr 1 NHL Quebec center Peter Stastny scores 4th career hat trick and 4 assists, and his brother Marian adds 5 assists to lead the Nordiques to an 8-5 win at Boston
• Apr 3 Buffalo Sabre Gil Perrault scores his 1,000th NHL point
• Apr 3 136th Grand National: 48 year old Dick Saunders wins aboard 7/1 favourite Grittar; oldest jockey to win the event
• Apr 5 43 year old St. Louis reliever Jim Kaat pitches 1 inning for the Cardinals in a season-opening, 14-3 rout of Houston; sets a MLB record for pitchers by playing in his 24th consecutive season
• Apr 6 Largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minnesota 52,279
• Apr 8 Tracy Caulkins, 19, wins her 36th US swimming title
• Apr 9 LA Lakers block 21 Denver shots setting NBA regulation game record
• Apr 10 LA Kings losing 5-0 to Edmonton in 3rd period, win in OT 6-5
• Apr 11 46th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Craig Stadler wins his only major title by defeating Dan Pohl on the 1st hole of a sudden-death playoff
• Apr 18 Atlanta Braves win record 11th straight opening game (beat Astros)
• Apr 19 86th Boston Marathon: American Alberto Salazar claims men's title in 2:08:51; Charlotte Teske of West Germany wins women's section in 2:29:33
• Apr 19 Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery
• Apr 20 Atlanta Braves become 1st team to win 1st 12 games of the season
• Apr 21 Atlanta Braves win their 13th straight game
• Apr 22 Atlanta Braves lose after winning 1st 13 games of season
• Apr 24 Cards win 12th game in a row; 7-4 over Phillies
• Apr 25 Yanks fire manager Bob Lemon & replaces him with Gene Michael
• Apr 26 Gene Michael becomes NY Yankee manager for 2nd time
• Apr 27 NFL Draft: University of Texas defensive end Kenneth Sims first pick by New England Patriots
• Apr 30 Atlanta Braves win record 12th straight from beginning of season
• May 1 108th Kentucky Derby: Ed Delahoussaye wins aboard Gato Del Sol, the first of consecutive Derby victories (1983 Sunny's Halo)
• May 4 Twins rookie outfielder Jim Eisenreich, who suffers from Tourette's Syndrome, removes himself, due to taunts from Red Sox bleacher fans
• May 4 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: New York Islanders beat Quebec Nordiques, 4 games to 0
• May 6 Seattle Mariner Gaylord Perry becomes 15th pitcher to win 300 games
• May 6 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Vancouver Canucks beat Chicago Black Hawks, 4 games to 1
• May 7 Californian federal jury rules NFL violates antitrust laws in preventing Oakland Raiders move to Los Angeles Coliseum
• May 12 FC Barcelona of Spain win 22nd European Cup Winner's Cup against Standard Liège of Belgium 2-1 in Barcelona
• May 13 Chicago Cubs win their 8,000th (beat Astros)
• May 15 107th Preakness: Jack Kaenel aboard Aloma's Ruler wins in 1:55.4
• May 16 Stanley Cup Final, Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC: 3-peat for NY Islanders; sweep Vancouver Canucks in 4 games with a 3-1 Game 4 win
• May 18 Tigers outfielder Larry Herndon is 14th to hit 4 consecutive HRs
• May 25 Ferguson Jenkins becomes 7th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters
• May 26 26th European Cup: Aston Villa beats Bayern Munich 1-0 at Rotterdam
• May 27 New owners headed by John McMullen buy NHL's Colorado Rockies and move the team to the New Jersey Meadowlands under the new name NJ Devils
• May 30 Closest Indy 500, Gordon Johncock beats Rick Mears by 0.16 seconds

• Jun 5 114th Belmont: Laffit Pincay Jr.aboard Conquistador Cielo wins in 2:28
• Jun 5 French Open Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats American teenager Andrea Jaeger 7-6, 6-1 for her first French singles crown

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Birthdays in Sport

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 375

• Jan 1 David Nalbandian, Argentine tennis player (ATP Finals 2005; Wimbledon 2002 runner-up), born in Unquillo, Argentina
• Jan 1 Egidio Arévalo, Uruguayan soccer midfielder (90 caps; Bella Vista), born in Paysandú, Uruguay
• Jan 2 Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Greek race walker (Olympic gold 20k 2004), born in Preveza, Greece
• Jan 4 Paulo Ferrari, Argentinian footballer, born in Rosario, Argentina
• Jan 4 Richard Logan, English footballer, born in Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom
• Jan 6 Gilbert Arenas, American basketball player, born in Tampa, Florida
• Jan 6 Brian Bass, American baseball player, born in Pinehurst, North Carolina
• Jan 7 Francisco Rodriguez, Venezuelan baseball player, born in Caracas, Venezuela
• Jan 7 Hannah Stockbauer, German swimmer, born in Nuremberg, Germany
• Jan 7 Ianina Zanazzi, Argentine racing driver, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Jan 8 Emanuele Calaiò, Italian footballer, born in Palermo, Italy
• Jan 8 John Utaka, Nigerian footballer, born in Enugu, Nigeria
• Jan 12 Sherzod Abdurahmonov, Uzbekistanian boxer
• Jan 12 Paul-Henri Mathieu, French tennis player, born in Strasbourg, France
• Jan 12 Dimitrios Tsiamis, Greek triple jumper, born in Karditsa, Greece
• Jan 12 Hans Van Alphen, Belgian decathlete, born in Turnhout, Belgium
• Jan 12 Chris Ray, American baseball player, born in Tampa, Florida
• Jan 12 Dontrelle Willis, American baseball player, born in Oakland, California
• Jan 13 Guillermo Coria, Argentine tennis player
• Jan 14 Léo Lima, Brazilian footballer, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Jan 14 Víctor Valdés, Spanish goalkeeper, born in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
• Jan 15 Armando Galarraga, Venezuelan baseball player, born in Cumaná, Venezuela
• Jan 16 Tuncay Şanlı, Turkish footballer, born in Sakarya Province
• Jan 17 Dwyane Wade, American basketball player (Miami Heat, Chicago Bulls), born in Chicago, Illinois
• Jan 19 Mike Komisarek, American ice hockey player, born in West Islip, New York
• Jan 21 Dean Whitehead, English footballer
• Jan 22 Fabricio Coloccini, Argentine footballer, born in Córdoba, Argentina
• Jan 22 Jason Peters, American football player, born in Queen City, Texas
• Jan 23 Wily Mo Peña, Dominican baseball player, born in Laguna Salada, Dominican Republic
• Jan 31 Yuniesky Betancourt, Cuban baseball shortstop, born in Santa Clara, Cuba
• Jan 31 Andreas Görlitz, German football player, born in Weilheim in Oberbayern, Germany
• Jan 31 Jānis Sprukts, Latvian ice hockey player, born in Riga, Latvia
• Jan 31 Brad Thompson, American baseball pitcher, born in Las Vegas, Nevada
• Feb 1 Shoaib Malik, Pakistani cricket batsman and captain (35 Tests, top score 245; 285 ODIs; 110 T20I), born in Sialkot, Pakistan
• Feb 1 Gavin Henson, Welsh rugby union utility back (33 caps Wales, 1 British & Irish Lions; Swansea, Ospreys), born in Pencoed, Mid Glamorgan, Wales
• Feb 2 Sergio Castaño, Spanish footballer
• Feb 2 Kelly Mazzante, American basketball player
• Feb 3 Alan Gurr, Australian V8 Supercar driver
• Feb 4 Tomas Vaitkus, Lithuanian professional road racing cyclist, born in Klaipėda, Lithuania
• Feb 5 Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami, Iranian basketball player, born in Tehran, Iran (d. 2007)
• Feb 5 Rodrigo Palacio, Argentine footballer, born in Bahía Blanca, Argentina
• Feb 5 Tomas Kopecky, Slovak ice hockey player, born in Ilava, Slovakia
• Feb 5 Kevin Everett, American football player, born in Port Arthur, Texas
• Feb 5 Mikuru Suzuki, Japanese darts player (BDO Women's World C'ship 2019), born in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
• Feb 8 Eric Alexander, American NFL football player (New Elngland Patriots, 2004-10)
• Feb 10 Iafeta Paleaaesina, New Zealand rugby league footballer, born in Auckland, New Zealand
• Feb 10 Justin Gatlin, American sprinter (Olympic gold 100m 2004), born in Brooklyn, New York City
• Feb 11 Neil Robertson, Australian snooker player (2010 world champion), born in Melbourne, Australia
• Feb 12 Onil Joseph, Dominican baseball player, born in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic
• Feb 12 Louis Tsatoumas, Greek long jumper, born in Messene, Greece
• Feb 13 Michael Turner, Running Back for the San Diego Chargers, born in Waukegan, Illinois
• Feb 14 Marián Gáborík, Slovak hockey player, born in Trenčín, Slovakia
• Feb 17 Adriano, Brazilian footballer, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Feb 17 Brian Bruney, American baseball player, born in Astoria, Oregon
• Feb 20 Jason Hirsh, American baseball player
• Feb 21 Bernhard Auinger, Austrian racing driver, born in Salzburg, Austria
• Feb 24 Emanuel Villa, Argentine footballer
• Feb 24 Klára Zakopalová, Czech tennis player
• Feb 24 Nick Blackburn, American baseball player
• Feb 25 Chris Baird, Irish footballer
• Feb 25 Anton Volchenkov, Russian ice hockey player
• Feb 25 Flavia Pennetta, Italian tennis player (US open 2015), born in Brindisi, Italy
• Feb 26 Katherine Hull Kirk, Australian golfer (British Open 2010 runner-up; 3 LPGA Tour titles), born in Brisbane, Queensland

• Mar 2 Henrik Lundqvist, Swedish ice hockey goaltender (Olympic gold 2006; NHL Vezina Trophy 2012; NY Rangers), born in Åre, Sweden
• Mar 2 Ben Roethlisberger, American football quarterback (Super Bowl 2005, 08; Pro Bowl 2007, 11, 14–17; NFL passing yards leader 2014, 18; Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Lima, Ohio
• Mar 2 Kevin Kurányi, German soccer striker (52 caps; Schalke 04, Dynamo Moscow), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Mar 3 Colton Orr, Canadian ice hockey player
• Mar 4 Mariano Altuna, Argentine racing driver
• Mar 4 Landon Donovan, American soccer player
• Mar 5 Daniel Carter, New Zealand Rugby player
• Mar 8 Nicolas Armindo, race car driver
• Mar 8 Leonidas Kabantais, Greek footballer
• Mar 8 Nicoleta Onel, Romanian gymnast
• Mar 8 Craig Stansberry, American baseball player
• Mar 10 Timo Glock, German racing car driver
• Mar 11 Hasan Raza, cricketer (Test cricketer at the age of 14)
• Mar 11 Brian Anderson, Major League Baseball player
• Mar 12 Tobias Schweinsteiger, German footballer
• Mar 12 Zach Miner, American baseball player
• Mar 13 Nicole Ohlde, American basketball player, born in Clay Center, Kansas
• Mar 14 Carlos Marinelli, Argentine footballer
• Mar 14 François Sterchele, Belgian footballer (d. 2008)
• Mar 15 Rafael Pérez, Dominican baseball player
• Mar 17 Steven Pienaar, South African footballer
• Mar 18 Timo Glock German Formula 1 driver
• Mar 18 Pedro Mantorras, Angolan footballer
• Mar 18 Chad Cordero, American baseball player, born in Upland, California
• Mar 19 Brad Jones, Australian footballer
• Mar 19 Jonathan Fanene, American football player
• Mar 20 Tomasz Kuszczak, Polish footballer
• Mar 20 José Moreira, Portuguese footballer
• Mar 20 Terrence Duffin, Zimbabwean cricketer
• Mar 21 Colin Turkington, British racing driver
• Mar 21 Aaron Hill, American baseball player
• Mar 23 José Raúl Contreras, Chilean soccer defender (8 caps; Santiago Wanderers; Universidad de Chile; Huachipato), born in Quilpué, Chile
• Mar 24 Corey Hart, American baseball player
• Mar 24 Dustin McGowan, American baseball player
• Mar 25 Álvaro Saborío, Costa Rican footballer
• Mar 25 Danica Patrick, American auto racer (1st woman to win an IndyCar Series race), born in Beloit, Wisconsin

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Weddings in Sport

Divorces in Sport

Deaths in Sport

• Jan 3 Derek Sealy, West Indian cricket batsman (11 Tests; youngest West Indian Test player 17:122), dies at 69
• Jan 7 Bert Oosterhuis, Dutch motor racer (Paris-Dakar), dies in race crash
• Jan 15 Red Smith, American sportscaster and columnist (Pulitzer 1976, Fight Talk), dies at 76
• Jan 20 Marc Demeyer, Belgian road racing cyclist (Paris-Brussels 1974), dies at 31
• Feb 10 K R Meher-Homji, cricket wk (Test as Indian, catch no stumped), dies
• Feb 10 Khershed Meherhomji, Indian cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936), dies at 70
• Feb 12 Hal Hooker, cricket (307 partners with Kippax for last wicket), dies
• Feb 17 Nestor Chylak, American baseball umpire (b. 1922)
• Feb 25 J K Irani, cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), dies
• Apr 7 Harald Ertl, Austrian racing driver (b. 1948)
• Apr 8 Katherine Rawls, American swimming and diving champion, dies at 64
• Apr 20 Andy Sandham, English cricket batsman (14 Tests; 1st triple centurion 325 v WI 1930), dies at 91
• Apr 26 Ville Ritola, Finnish 5/10km runner (Olympic gold 1924, 28), dies at 86
• Apr 28 Nobby Clark, English cricketer (32 wickets in 8 Tests 1929-34), dies at 81
• May 8 Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer (World F1 runner-up 1979; Ferrari), dies in a practice accident prior to Belgian GP, at 32
• May 15 Gordon Smiley, American racecar driver, dies in a crash at 36
• Jun 8 Satchel Paige, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (5-time Negro League, 2-time MLB All Star), dies of a heart attack at 75
• Jun 13 Ken Mackay, Australian cricketer (Aussie all-rounder 1956-63), dies at 56
• Jun 13 Peter Maivia, wrestler (b. 1935)
• Jul 1 Ray Scarborough, American MLB pitcher (All Star 1950), dies at 64
• Jul 6 Bob Johnson, American baseball player, dies at 76
• Jul 7 Bep Bakhuys, Dutch soccer striker (23 caps, 28 goals; Metz), dies at 73
• Jul 15 Donald Beard, cricketer (4 Tests for NZ 1952-56), dies
• Jul 22 Lloyd Waner, American Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder (MLB All Star 1938; batting average over .300 x 10; Pittsburgh Pirates), dies from emphysema at 76
• Jul 27 Vladimir Smirnov, Russian foil fencer (Olympic gold 1980), dies at 28
• Jul 30 Frank Nicholson, South African cricket wicket-keeper (1935-36), dies
• Aug 8 Eric Brandon, British racing driver, dies at 62
• Aug 12 Salvador Sanchez, Mexican boxer (b. 1959)
• Aug 19 August Neo, Estonian wrestler (b. 1908)
• Aug 24 Jack Siedle, cricketer (batted in 18 Tests for South Africa), dies
• Aug 28 Geoff Chubb, South African cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 21 wickets; Border), dies at 71
• Sep 7 Ken Boyer, American baseball player (b. 1931)
• Sep 19 Ted Badcock, New Zealand cricketer (7 Tests for NZ 1930-33, 16 wkts), dies at 85
• Sep 26 Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (Australian off-spinner v WI 1930-31), dies at 80
• Sep 27 Ralph Baldwin, Canadian harness driver and trainer (11 major world records; Hambletonian Stakes 1963, 73), dies at 66
• Sep 29 Slinger Nitschke, Australian cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1931-32), dies at 77
• Sep 29 Monty Stratton, baseball player (b. 1912)
• Oct 3 Roger Claessen, Belgian soccer striker (17 caps; Standard de Liège), dies at 41
• Nov 3 Jack Westland, American politician (US House of Representatives 1953-65) and golfer (US Amateur C'ship 1952), dies at 77
• Nov 13 Dorothy [Little-]Round, England, tennis star (Never on Sunday), dies
• Nov 15 Martin De Alzaga, Argentine racing driver, dies at 81
• Nov 17 Duk Koo Kim, South Korean boxer, legally declared dead
• Nov 29 Percy Williams, Canadian athlete (Olympic gold 100m / 200m 1928), dies from self inflicted gunshot wounds at 74
• Dec 2 Giovanni Ferrari, Italian soccer midfielder and manager (44 caps; Juventus, Internazionale; mgr Italy), dies at 74
• Dec 3 Dutch Meyer, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (National C'ship 1935, 38; TCU), dies at 84
• Dec 8 Bertus de Harder, Dutch soccer star (Bordeaux), dies
• Dec 13 Jack Badcock, Australian cricketer (7 Tests, 1 century but inconsistent), dies at 68
• Dec 18 Ray Emery, New Zealand cricketer (2 Tests NZ v WI 1952, 46 runs, 2 wkts), dies at 67
• Dec 18 Bernard Malivoire, French cox pair (Olympic gold 1952), dies at 44