1983 in Sport

Events in Sport

Events 1 - 100 of 235

• Jan 1 PGA inaugurates all-exempt tour
• Jan 1 69th Rose Bowl: #5 UCLA beats #19 Michigan, 24-14
• Jan 1 49th Sugar Bowl: #2 Penn State beats #1 Georgia, 27-23
• Jan 1 12th Fiesta Bowl: #11 Arizona State beats #12 Oklahoma, 32-21
• Jan 1 49th Orange Bowl: #3 Nebraska beats #13 LSU, 21-20
• Jan 3 Tony Dorsett sets NFL record with 99-yd rush, Dallas vs Minnesota
• Jan 7 Australia regain the Ashes with a 2-1 series win v England
• Jan 10 NY Supreme Court issues a preliminary injunction barring NY Yankees from playing season-opening series against Tigers in Denver
• Jan 11 Billy Martin named NY Yankee manager for 3rd time
• Jan 12 NCAA creates football Kickoff Classic to begin in August

• Jan 13 Quebec Nordiques play 251st NHL game without being shut out
• Jan 15 Hartford Whalers smallest crowd 4,812 (beat Devils) during blizzard

• Jan 18 IOC presents American athlete Jim Thorpe's children with commemorative gold medals for reinstated 1912 Pentathlon & Decathlon victories
• Jan 22 Houston is 1st NBA team to be held scoreless in an overtime Portland Trail Blazers out score them 17-0 & win 113-96
• Jan 22 NFC Championship Game: Washington Redskins beat Dallas Cowboys 31-17

• Jan 23 In NBA, Portland scores all 17 pts in overtime to beat Houston 113-96
• Jan 23 "Mud Bowl", Miami Dolphins beat the New York Jets 14-0 in the AFC Championship Game on a wet, muddy field, which negated the Jets significant speed and skill advantage
• Jan 23 AFC Championship Game: Miami Dolphins beat New York Jets 14-0
• Jan 30 Hilbert van Thumb becomes European skating champ

• Jan 30 Super Bowl XVII: Wash Red Skins beat Miami Dolphins, 27-17 in Pasadena Super Bowl MVP: John Riggins, Washington, RB
• Feb 6 NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 20-19

• Feb 8 35th NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 9-3 at NY Islander

• Feb 13 Australia beats NZ 2-0 to win cricket's World Series Cup
• Feb 13 Donna White wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
• Feb 13 World Boxing Council becomes 1st to cut boxing from 15 to 12 rounds
• Feb 13 33rd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-123 at Inglewood, California
• Feb 18 NBA Indiana Pacers begin a 28 game road losing streak
• Feb 19 Vladimir Salnikov (USSR) sets 400 m free style swimming record
• Feb 20 Roland Liboton becomes world champ cross-country cycling
• Feb 20 25th Daytona 500: Cale Yarborough wins (155.979 MPH)
• Feb 21 NBA San Diego Clippers begin a 29 game road losing streak
• Feb 22 Vladimir Salnikov (USSR) sets 1500m free style swimming record
• Feb 27 Jan Stephenson wins Tucson Conquistadores LPGA Golf Tournament
• Mar 5 NSW beat Western Australia by 54 runs to win Sheffield Shield
• Mar 6 Anne-Marie Palli wins LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Golf Classic
• Mar 10 Walter Alston, Dodgers manager, elected to Hall of Fame
• Mar 11 Ice Dance Championship at Helsinki, Finland won by Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (Great Britain)
• Mar 11 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Scott Hamilton (USA)
• Mar 12 4th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: St. John's beats Boston College, 85-77
• Mar 13 30th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: NC State beats Virginia, 81-78
• Mar 13 24th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Georgia beats Alabama, 86-71
• Mar 15 Karnataka beat Bombay on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy

• Apr 1 NY Isle Mike Bossy becomes 1st to score 60 goals in 3 cons seasons
• Apr 3 12th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott
• Apr 3 2nd NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: USC beats Louisiana Tech 69-67
• Apr 4 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: NC State beats Houston 54-52
• Apr 5 NY Met Tom Seaver's sets record 14th NL Opening Day assignment
• Apr 9 137th Grand National: Ben de Haan aboard Corbiere wins

• Apr 10 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament

• Apr 13 Undefeated middleweight boxer Tony Ayala gets 35 years on sex assault
• Apr 14 NY Islanders tie own record with 2 shorthanded playoff goals (vs NY Rangers)
• Apr 17 Grete Waltz runs female world record marathon (2:25:29)
• Apr 17 Lynn Adams wins LPGA Combanks Orlando Golf Classic

• Apr 17 NY Islanders tie NHL record with 3 shorthanded playoff goals vs NY Rangers
• Apr 18 87th Boston Marathon: Greg Meyer of United States 1st man in 2:09:00 and Joan Benoit of United States 1st woman in 2:22:43
• Apr 22 Start of 1st Sri Lanka-Australia Test Cricket match (at Kandy)
• Apr 23 David Hookes scores his only Test Cricket century, 143* v Sri Lanka
• Apr 24 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
• Apr 26 San Antonio spurs beat Denver Nuggets, 152-133 in NBA playoff game

• Apr 27 Nolan Ryan becomes strikeout king (3,509), passing Walter Johnson
• May 3 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Edmonton Oilers beat Chicago Black Hawks, 4 games to 0
• May 7 109th Kentucky Derby: Ed Delahoussaye wins aboard Sunny's Halo for consecutive Derby victories (1982 Gato Del Sol)
• May 7 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: New York Islanders beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 2
• May 8 Janet Coles wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
• May 11 Aberdeen of Scotland win 23rd European Cup Winner's Cup against Real Madrid of Spain 2-1 in Gothenburg

• May 15 Lenore Muraoka wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
• May 17 Stanley Cup: NY Islanders sweep Edmonton Oilers in 4 games
• May 20 Larry Holmes beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

• May 20 Phillies Steve Carlton passes W Johnson with 2nd most strike outs
• May 21 108th Preakness: Donald Miller Jr on Deputed Testamony wins in 1:55.4
• May 22 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Charity Golf Tournament
• May 22 Toronto Blue Jay Cliff Johnson hits record 18th pinch hit HR
• May 25 Kirk Gibson (Tigers) & Jorge Orta (Blue Jays) hit inside park HRs
• May 25 27th European Cup: Hamburg beats Juventus 1-0 at Athens
• May 26 29th Walker Cup: US, 13½ - 10½
• May 26 LA Lakers set NBA playoff game record of fewest free throws
• May 29 Yuri Dumchev of USSR throws discus a record 71.86 m
• May 29 Indianapolis 500: Tom Sneva wins in 3:05:03.092 (260.902 km/h)

• May 31 37th NBA Championship: Philadelphia 76ers sweep LA Lakers in 4 games
• Jun 5 Alice Miller wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic

• Jun 6 Twins draft pitcher Tim Belcher #1

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Birthdays in Sport

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 318

• Jan 1 Calum Davenport, English footballer
• Jan 5 Sean Dockery, American basketball player
• Jan 7 Liesbeth Mouha, Belgian beach volleyball player
• Jan 7 Natalie Gulbis, American golfer
• Jan 8 Chris Mordetzky, American wrestler
• Jan 10 Danilo Dirani, Brazilian racing driver
• Jan 11 Matthew Palleschi, Canadian soccer player, born in Richmond Hill, Canada
• Jan 11 Adrian Sutil, German racing driver, born in Starnberg, Germany
• Jan 13 Ronny Turiaf, French basketball player
• Jan 14 Maxime Monfort, Belgian cyclist
• Jan 15 Jermaine Pennant, English footballer
• Jan 15 Hugo Viana, Portuguese footballer
• Jan 16 Emanuel Pogatetz, Austrian footballer
• Jan 17 Alvaro Arbeloa, Spanish Footballer
• Jan 17 Rick Kelly, Australian racing driver
• Jan 17 Johannes Herber, German basketball player
• Jan 20 Geovany Soto, Puerto Rican baseball player
• Jan 21 Moritz Volz, German footballer
• Jan 21 Peter Philipakos, Greek-American soccer player
• Jan 22 Shaun Cody, American football player
• Jan 24 Shaun Maloney, Scottish footballer
• Jan 24 Scott Speed, American race car driver
• Jan 27 Carlo Colaiacovo, Canadian ice hockey player
• Jan 27 Gavin Floyd, American baseball player
• Jan 27 Mike Zagurski, American baseball player
• Jan 29 Nedžad Sinanović, Bosnian basketball player
• Jan 31 Tom Vangeneugden, Belgian swimmer
• Feb 1 Jurgen Van Den Broeck, Belgian cyclist
• Feb 1 Kevin Martin, American basketball player
• Feb 2 Carolina Klüft, Swedish athlete
• Feb 2 Jordin Tootoo, Canadian hockey player
• Feb 3 Richard Bartel, National Football League quarterback
• Feb 6 Brodie Croyle, American football player
• Feb 6 S Sreesanth, Indian cricketer
• Feb 6 Jamie Whincup, Australian racing driver
• Feb 7 Christian Klien, Austrian racing driver
• Feb 7 Teshome Getu, Ethiopian footballer
• Feb 7 Georgios Gougoulias, Greek footballer
• Feb 9 Mikel Arruabarrena, Spanish footballer
• Feb 11 Rafael Van der Vaart, Dutch footballer, born in Keemskerk, Netherlands
• Feb 12 Carlton Brewster, NFL player, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Feb 14 Bacary Sagna, French footballer
• Feb 15 Russell Martin, Canadian baseball player, born in East York, Canada
• Feb 17 Gérald Cid, French footballer
• Feb 17 Marios Kaperonis, Greek boxer
• Feb 18 Jermaine Jenas, English footballer
• Feb 18 Jason Maxiell, American basketball player
• Feb 20 Jose Morales, Puerto Rican baseball player
• Feb 20 Justin Verlander, American baseball player
• Feb 21 Braylon Edwards, American football player
• Feb 21 Franklin Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player
• Feb 23 Mirco Bergamasco, Italian rugby player, born in Padua, Italiy
• Feb 23 Mido, Egyptian footballer, born in Cairo, Egypt
• Feb 25 Eduardo da Silva, Brazilian-born Croatian footballer
• Feb 27 Devin Harris, American basketball player
• Mar 1 Daniel Carvalho, Brazilian footballer
• Mar 1 Chris Hackett, English footballer
• Mar 1 Blake Hawksworth, Canadian baseball player
• Mar 2 Glen Perkins, American baseball player
• Mar 4 Ryan Lonie, Australian football player.
• Mar 6 Andranik Teymourian, Iranian soccer player
• Mar 7 Manucho, Angolan footballer
• Mar 7 Taylor Tankersley, American baseball player
• Mar 8 Mark Worrell, American baseball player.
• Mar 9 Wayne Simien, American basketball player (Miami Heat), born in Leavenworth, Kansas
• Mar 13 Kaitlin Sandeno, American swimmer (Olympic 2004 Gold), born in Mission Viejo, California
• Mar 14 Bakhtiyar Artayev, Kazakh boxer
• Mar 15 Daryl Murphy, Irish footballer
• Mar 16 Brandon League, American baseball player
• Mar 18 Tomasz Stolpa, Polish footballer
• Mar 18 Andy Sonnanstine, American baseball player
• Mar 23 Jerome Thomas, English footballer
• Mar 23 Mo Farah [Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah], Somalian-born British distance runner (4 Olympic Golds, born in Mogadishu
• Mar 24 T. J. Ford, American basketball player
• Mar 28 Ryan Ashington, English footballer
• Mar 30 Jérémie Aliadière, French footballer
• Mar 30 Davis Romero, Panamanian baseball player
• Mar 31 Paddy McCarthy, Irish footballer
• Mar 31 Vlasios Maras, Greek gymnast
• Apr 1 Ólafur Ingi Skúlason, Icelandic footballer
• Apr 1 Sean Taylor, American football player (Washington Redskins), born in Miami, Florida (d. 2007)
• Apr 2 Felix Borja, Ecuadorian footballer, born in Esmeraldas, Ecuador
• Apr 2 Paul Capdeville, Chilean tennis player, born in Santiago, Chile
• Apr 4 Fabian Geiser, Swiss footballer (Le Mont), born in Langenthal, Switzerland
• Apr 4 Doug Lynch, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
• Apr 4 Ben Gordon, British-American basketball player, born in London
• Apr 6 James Wade, English Darts Player
• Apr 11 Nicky Pastorelli, Dutch racing driver (Euro Formula 3000), born in The Hague, Netherlands
• Apr 13 Schalk Burger, South African rugby player
• Apr 13 Hunter Pence, American baseball player
• Apr 14 James McFadden, Scottish footballer
• Apr 14 Nikoloz Tskitishvili, American basketball player
• Apr 15 Ilya Kovalchuk, Russian ice hockey player
• Apr 15 Dudu Cearense, Brazilian footballer
• Apr 15 Bronson La'Cassie, Australian professional golfer
• Apr 16 Cat Osterman, American softball pitcher, born in Houston, Texas
• Apr 16 George Patis, Greek badminton player, born in Greece
• Apr 17 Stanislav Chistov, Russian hockey player
• Apr 17 Roberto Jimenez, Peruvian football player
• Apr 18 Miguel Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player

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Weddings in Sport

• Jun 24 "NBC Sports" sportscaster Bob Costas (31) weds Carole Randall Krumenacher

• Nov 21 NY Ranger Ron Greschner marries model Carol Alt

Deaths in Sport

• Jan 20 Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (b. 1933)
• Jan 22 Fred Bakewell, cricketer (dashing England bat of 30s, 6 Tests), dies
• Jan 26 Paul "Bear" Bryant, American college football coach (Alabama), dies at 69
• Feb 1 Tullio Campagnolo, Italian bicycle manufacturer, dies
• Feb 2 Bryan Valentine, cricketer (7 Tests for England, 454 runs), dies
• Feb 14 Lina Radke, German 800m runner (Olympic gold 1928), dies at 79
• Feb 22 Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (Tour de France 1935), dies at 70
• Mar 13 Louison Bobet, French cyclist (Tour de France 1953-55), dies of cancer at 58
• Mar 25 Bob Waterfield, American football player (b. 1920)
• Apr 12 Carl Morton, American baseball player (b. 1944)
• Apr 14 Nina Dumbadze, Russian discus thrower (Olympic bronze 1952), dies at 64
• Apr 18 Alan Melville, cricketer (11 Tests for South Africa, 894 runs), dies
• Apr 23 Clarence "Buster" Crabbe, American swimmer (Olympic gold 1932) and actor (Tarzan the Fearless, Flash Gordon), dies of a heart attack at 75
• Apr 24 Rolf Stommelen, German race car driver (b. 1943)
• Apr 28 Ron James, cricketer (NSW's Sheffield Shield capt 1949-50), dies
• Apr 30 Joel H. Hildebrand, American Chemist whose research led to new treatments for divers with the 'bends' through the use of helium and oxygen breathing mixtures, dies at 101
• May 2 Norm Van Brocklin, American football star (b. 1926)
• May 25 Black Jack Stewart, Canadian NHL hockey player (b. 1917)

• Jul 14 Jack MacBryan, cricketer (Test for England 1924), dies
• Jul 27 Mufasir-ul-Haq, cricketer (Pakistani left-arm quick 1965), dies
• Jul 28 Alec Marks, cricketer (good NSW batsman 1928-37), dies
• Aug 12 Henry Gifford Vivian, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ, 17 wkts), dies
• Aug 16 Earl Averill, American baseball player (b. 1902)
• Sep 1 Lennox Brown, cricket leg spinner (3 wickets at 63 for South Africa), dies
• Sep 7 Henry Promnitz, cricketer (5-58 on debut for South Africa 1927-28), dies
• Sep 8 Antonin Magne, French bicylist (won Tour de France 1931, 34), dies
• Oct 16 Kelso, American racehorse (b. 1957)
• Oct 18 Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (55 Tests for India), dies
• Oct 26 Mike Michalske, American football NFL guard (NY Yankees, Green Bay Packers), dies at 80

• Nov 30 George Headley, cricket (10 tons in 22 Tests, 1st black WI capt), dies
• Dec 2 Atholl Mckinnon, cricketer (South African lefty spinner in 8 Tests), dies
• Dec 17 Erik Christensen, NHL player
• Dec 28 Jimmy Demaret, American golfer (b. 1910)
• Dec 31 Bill Hunt, cricketer (Test for Aust, out 0, took 0-25 & 0-14), dies

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