1983 in Sport

Events in Sport

Events 1 - 100 of 222

• 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 11 Edmonton’s Pat Hughes sets NHL record for the fastest 2 shorthanded goals by one player at just 25 seconds apart in a 7-5 win at St. Louis; first player to break a Wayne Gretzky record
• Jan 12 NCAA creates football Kickoff Classic to begin in August

• Jan 13 Quebec Nordiques play 251st NHL game without being shut out

• Jan 18 Dick Motta becomes the 5th NBA coach to record 600 wins as his Dallas Mavericks defeat the Golden State Warriors, 112-102 in Oakland


• 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, RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.: 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, Miami Orange Bowl: Miami Dolphins beat New York Jets, 14-0

• Jan 30 Hilbert van Thumb becomes European skating champ
• Jan 30 Super Bowl XVII, Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA: Washington Redskins beat Miami Dolphins, 27-17; MVP: John Riggins, Washington, RB
• Feb 6 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: NFC beats AFC, 20-19; MVPs: Dan Fouts, San Diego Chargers, QB; John Jefferson, Green Bay Packers, WR

• Feb 8 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL all star record of 4 goals in 1 period
• Feb 13 Opener Steve Smith with 117 and Geoff Lawson 3-11 guide Australia to 149 run win over New Zealand in cricket's World Series Cup 2nd Final in Melbourne; win series, 2-0

• Feb 18 Indiana Pacers lose, 121-94 in Milwaukee; begin a 28 NBA game losing streak on the road
• Feb 18 Right wing Lanny McDonald becomes the first player in NHL franchise Calgary Flames' history to score 50 goals in a season in a 5-1 loss to Buffalo Sabres
• 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: 3rd win in the event for Cale Yarborough; first time an in-car camera goes into victory lane before a national CBS Sports audience
• Feb 21 NBA San Diego Clippers begin a 29 game road losing streak
• Feb 22 Vladimir Salnikov (USSR) sets 1500m free style swimming record
• Mar 1 Alpine skier Tamara McKinney becomes the first American woman to top the overall World Cup standings with 225 points
• Mar 5 NSW beat Western Australia by 54 runs to win Sheffield Shield
• 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

• Mar 19 France (16-9 v Wales) and Ireland (25-15 v England) win final round matches to finish level and share the Five Nations Rugby Championship; no tie-break procedure exists before 1993

• Mar 28 PGA Tournament Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Hal Sutton comes from 4 strokes back with a final round 69 to win a rain-affected Monday finish by 1 stroke ahead of Bob Eastwood
• Apr 1 NY Isle Mike Bossy becomes 1st to score 60 goals in 3 cons seasons
• Apr 3 2nd NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: USC beats Louisiana Tech, 69-67; Trojans' forward Cheryl Miller tournament MOP

• Apr 4 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina State beats Houston, 54-52; Wolfpack win with buzzer-beating dunk by Lorenzo Charles off a desperation 30 foot shot from Dereck Whittenburg
• Apr 5 NY Met Tom Seaver's sets record 14th NL Opening Day assignment
• Apr 9 137th Grand National: Ben de Haan wins aboard 13/1 bet Corbiere; Jenny Pittman first female GN winning trainer

• 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 NY Islanders tie NHL record with 3 shorthanded playoff goals vs NY Rangers
• Apr 18 87th Boston Marathon: American double; Greg Meyer men's champion in 2:09:00; Joan Benoit takes women's race in 2:22:43; her 2nd event title
• 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 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 11 Aberdeen of Scotland win 23rd European Cup Winner's Cup against Real Madrid of Spain 2-1 in Gothenburg

• May 17 Stanley Cup Final, Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY: 4 consecutive titles for NY Islanders; sweep Edmonton Oilers in 4 games with a 4-2 Game 4 win
• May 20 American heavyweight boxer Larry Holmes beats countryman Tim Witherspoon by split decision to retain his WBC title at the Dunes Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas

• 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 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 6 Twins draft pitcher Tim Belcher #1
• Jun 7 Steve Carlton temporarily passes Nolan Ryan with his 3,552 strike out
• Jun 8 Charlos Vieira begins 191 hr "nonstop" cycling in Leiria, Portugal
• Jun 8 East German sprinter Marlies Göhr sets world record for 100m (10.81) in Berlin, Germany
• Jun 9 Zimbabwe win their 1st one-day cricket international, v Australia
• Jun 11 115th Belmont: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Caveat wins in 2:27.8
• Jun 11 Cards outfielder Lonnie Smith checks into a drug rehab
• Jun 11 Zhu Jianhua of China set a new world record in high jump at 7-9 14

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Birthdays in Sport

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 320

• Jan 1 Calum Davenport, English footballer
• Jan 5 Sean Dockery, American basketball player, born in Chicago, Illinois
• Jan 7 Liesbeth Mouha, Belgian beach volleyball player, born in Tongeren, Belgium
• Jan 7 Natalie Gulbis, American golfer (ANA Inspiration 2006 3rd), born in Sacramento, California
• Jan 8 Chris Mordetzky, American wrestler, born in Santa Monica, California
• Jan 10 Danilo Dirani, Brazilian racing driver, born in São Paulo, Brazil
• 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, born in Bastogne, Belgium
• Jan 15 Jermaine Pennant, English footballer, born in Nottingham, United Kingdom
• Jan 15 Hugo Viana, Portuguese footballer, born in Barcelos, Portugal
• 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, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
• Jan 21 Moritz Volz, German footballer
• Jan 21 Peter Philipakos, Greek-American soccer player
• Jan 22 Shaun Cody, American football player, born in Whittier, California
• 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, born in Overpelt, Belgium
• Feb 1 Jurgen Van Den Broeck, Belgian cyclist, born in Herentals, Belgium
• Feb 1 Kevin Martin, American basketball player, born in Zanesville, Ohio
• 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, born in Rainbow City, Alabama
• Feb 6 S. Sreesanth, Indian cricketer, born in Kothamangalam, India
• Feb 6 Jamie Whincup, Australian racing driver, born in Melbourne, Australia
• 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, born in Sens, France
• 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 18 Roberta Vinci, Italian tennis player (5 Grand Slam doubles titles), born in Taranto, Italy
• Feb 20 Jose Morales, Puerto Rican baseball player
• Feb 20 Justin Verlander, American baseball player
• Feb 21 Braylon Edwards, American football player, born in Detroit, Michigan
• Feb 21 Franklin Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player, born in Caracas, Venezuela
• 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, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• 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, Somalia
• 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 Vlasios Maras, Greek gymnast (World C'ships gold, horizontal bar 2001-02), born in Athens, Greece
• Mar 31 Hashim Amla, South African cricket batsman (first RSA Test triple century, 311), born in Durban, Natal
• 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, born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
• Apr 13 Hunter Pence, American baseball player, born in Fort Worth, Texas
• Apr 14 James McFadden, Scottish footballer, born in Springburn, Glasgow
• Apr 14 Nikoloz Tskitishvili, Georgian basketball player, born in Tbilisi, Georgia
• Apr 15 Ilya Kovalchuk, Russian ice hockey player
• Apr 15 Dudu Cearense, Brazilian footballer
• 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 ice hockey player, born in Chelyabinsk, Russia
• Apr 17 Roberto Jiménez, Peruvian football player, born in Piura, Peru
• Apr 18 Miguel Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player, born in Maracay, Venezuela

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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 18 Franco Giorgetti, Italian cyclist (Olympic gold 1920), dies at 80
• Mar 25 Bob Waterfield, American NFL quarterback (Rams), dies at 62
• Apr 12 Carl Morton, American baseball player (b. 1944)
• Apr 13 Gerry Hitchens, English footballer, dies at 48
• 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 5 Olin Dutra, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1932, US Open 1934), dies at 82
• May 25 Black Jack Stewart, Canadian NHL hockey player (b. 1917)

• Jul 1 Erich Juskowiak, German footballer, dies at 56
• 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 (Cleveland Indians), dies at 81
• 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, Indian cricketer (55 Tests for India), dies at 52
• Oct 26 Mike Michalske, American football NFL guard (NY Yankees, Green Bay Packers), dies at 80

• Nov 15 Dai Rees, Scottish golfer (British Open runner-up 1953-54, 61), dies of car accident injuries at 70
• 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 (US Masters 1940, 47, 50), dies of a heart attack at 73
• Dec 31 Bill Hunt, cricketer (Test for Aust, out 0, took 0-25 & 0-14), dies

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