November 1982 in Sports History

Events in Sport

Appointment of Interest

Nov 1 MLB owners vote not to renew Commissioner Bowie Kuhn's contract; AL owners vote for Kuhn, 11-3, and NL, 7-5, 2 shy of 3/4 majority required for re-election; eventually replaced by Peter Ueberroth

Olympic Executive and Commissioner of Baseball Peter Ueberroth — Olympic Executive and Commissioner of Baseball
Peter Ueberroth

Baseball Record

Nov 3 Pitcher Pete Vuckovich becomes Milwaukee Brewers' second consecutive American League Cy Young Award winner; edges Jim Palmer of the Baltimore Orioles; Vuckovich, 18-6 with 105 strikeouts and 3.34 ERA

Baseball Player Jim Palmer — Baseball Player
Jim Palmer

Nov 3 San Diego guard Randy Smith plays his 845th consecutive game in Clippers' 130-111 loss in Philadelphia; passes Johnny “Red” Kerr's NBA record; goes on to play in 906 straight games
Nov 5 Cleveland Cavaliers lose 24th consecutive game (NBA record)
Nov 9 Brewers' Robin Yount wins AL MVP unanimously

Event of Interest

Nov 9 Sugar Ray Leonard retires for 1st time

Boxer Sugar Ray Leonard — Boxer
Sugar Ray Leonard

Nov 11 Joe Altobelli succeeds retiring Earl Weaver as Baltimore Orioles manager
Nov 12 Zaheer Abbas gets his 100th 100 in Test Cricket for Pakistan v India, goes to 215
Nov 12 Aaron Pryor scores a 14th round KO of Alexis Argüello in Miami to retain his WBA super lightweight boxing title in the first of 2 meetings between the Hall of Famers; The Ring’s 'Fight of the Decade'
Nov 13 WBA lightweight champion Ray Mancini beats South Korean challenger Duk Koo Kim by TKO in 14th round in Las Vegas; Kim collapses, falls into a coma and dies 4 days later; as a result, WBC shortens title bouts to 12 rounds; WBA & WBO follow in 1988, and IBF in 1989
Nov 18 South Korean boxer Duk Koo Kim dies from injuries sustained during a 14-round beating by Ray Mancini in Las Vegas; WBC shortens title bouts to 12 rounds; WBA and WBO follow in 1988, and IBF in 1989
Nov 21 32nd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Darrell Waltrip wins

Event of Interest

Nov 24 Orioles Cal Ripken is named AL Rookie of Year

MLB Legend Cal Ripken Jr — MLB Legend
Cal Ripken Jr

Nov 26 Clyde King named Yankee manager
Nov 27 Kepler Wessels scores century in 1st Test Cricket (162 v England)

Davis Cup

Nov 27 Davis Cup, Grenoble, France: US takes unassailable, 3-0 lead over France as John McEnroe & Peter Flemming take the doubles 6-3, 6-4, 9-7 over Henri Leconte & Yannick Noah; tie ends 4-1

Tennis Player John McEnroe — Tennis Player
John McEnroe

Tennis Player Henri Leconte — Tennis Player
Henri Leconte

Nov 27 47th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 23-22 in Birmingham, Auburn's first win in the series in 10 years
Nov 28 CFL Grey Cup, CNE Stadium, Toronto: Edmonton Eskimos' record 5th straight Championship; defeat Toronto Argonauts, 32-16

Event of Interest

Nov 28 Germany's Sylvia Hanika stages remarkable comeback to upset tennis icon Martina Navratilova 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 and win her only WTA Tour Championship in NYC

Tennis Player Sylvia Hanika — Tennis Player
Sylvia Hanika

Tennis Player Martina Navratilova — Tennis Player
Martina Navratilova

Birthdays in Sport

Nov 2 Charles Itandje, Cameroon soccer goal-keeper (12 caps; Lens), born in Bobigny, France
Nov 3 Evgeny Plushenko, Russian figure skater (2 x Olympic gold, singles 2006, team 2014; World C'ship gold singles 2001, 03, 04), born in Dzhamku, Russia
Nov 4 Devin Hester, American football player
Nov 8 Mika Kallio, Finnish Grand Prix motorcycle racer, born in Valkeakoski, Finland
Nov 10 Clayton Fortune, English footballer (Bristol City), born in Forest Gate, England
Nov 12 Mikele Leigertwood, English footballer, born in London Borough of Enfield, United Kingdom
Nov 13 Samkon Gado, American football player
Nov 14 Kyle Orton, American football player (Chicago Bears)
Nov 15 Joe Kowalewski, American football player
Nov 16 Jannie du Plessis, South African rugby player, born in Bethlehem, South Africa
Nov 16 Ronald Pognon, French athlete, born in La Lamentin, Martinique
Nov 16 Amar'e Stoudemire, American basketball player, born in Lake Wales, Florida
Nov 17 Katie Feenstra, American basketball player
Nov 17 Yusuf Pathan, Indian cricketer
Nov 21 Georgios Kalogiannidis, Greek archer
Nov 22 Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Nigerian footballer
Nov 23 Asafa Powell, Jamaican sprinter, born in Spanish Town, Jamaica
Nov 23 Colby Armstrong, Canadian ice-hockey player, born in Lloydminster, Canada
Nov 24 Sean O'Loughlin, English rugby league footballer
Nov 28 Leandro Barbosa, Brazilian basketball player
Nov 29 Ashley Force, American race car driver, born in Yorba Linda, California
Nov 30 Tony Giarratano, American baseball player
Nov 30 Jason Pominville, Canadian ice hockey player

Deaths in Sport

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

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