Events in Sport
- Nov 4 Washington Capitals first NHL overtime victory beating Vancouver 5-4
- Nov 5 NY Rangers & Quebec Nordiques both score in 1st 14 secs of 3rd period
- Nov 6 Tampa Bay Buccaneer James Wilder rushes for 219 yards vs Minnesota Vikings
Boxing Title Fight
Nov 10 'Marvelous' Marvin Hagler retains world middleweight boxing title with a 15-round unanimous points decision over Roberto Durán at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas; first time Hagler taken the distance as champion
Sports History
Nov 15 75th hat trick in Islander history-Mike Bossy
- Nov 17 Philadelphia Flyers win 13th straight NHL game
Sports History
Nov 19 Edmonton Oilers beat NJ Devils, 13-4, Wayne Gretzky calls the Devils "a Mickey Mouse organization"
Sports History
Nov 19 Jari Kurri becomes the first (and only) Finnish player to score five goals in a game
- Nov 20 Cleveland Browns shutout Patriots 30-0
- Nov 20 NY Giants Butch Woolfolk ties NFL record of 43 attempts rushing
- Nov 20 33rd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Bobby Allison wins
- Nov 24 Test Cricket debut of Richie Richardson for the West Indies vs India in Bombay
Boxing Title Fight
Nov 25 Larry Holmes TKOs Marvis Frazier in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
Birthdays in Sport
- Nov 1 Jon Wilkin, English rugby league utility (England 10, Great Britain 6 Tests; St. Helens 404 games), born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
- Nov 5 Mike Hanke, German footballer, born in Hamm, West Germany
- Nov 8 Blanka Vlašić, Croatian high jumper, born in Split, Croatia
- Nov 8 Remko Pasveer, Dutch footballer, born in Enschede, Netherlands
- Nov 10 Craig Smith, American basketball player (Minnesota Timberwolves), born in Inglewood, California
- Nov 10 Marius Žaliūkas, Lithuanian soccer centre back (25 caps; Hearts, Leeds, Rangers), born in Kaunas, Lithuania (d. 2020)
- Nov 11 Philipp Lahm, German footballer (Bayern Munich,), born in Munich, West Germany
- Nov 11 Matt Garza, American baseball player ( Tampa Bay Rays), born in Selma, California
- Nov 12 Carlton Cole, English football player, born in Croydon, United Kingdom
- Nov 15 Fernando Verdasco, Spanish tennis player
- Nov 16 Kari Lehtonen, Finnish ice hockey goaltender, born in Helsinki, Finland
- Nov 16 Britta Steffen, German swimmer (Olympic gold 50/100m 2008), born in Schwedt, Germany
- Nov 17 Yiannis Bourousis, Greek basketball player
- Nov 17 Ryan Braun, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers), born in Los Angeles, California
- Nov 17 Scott Moore, American baseball player
- Nov 17 Nick Markakis, American baseball player
- Nov 18 Travis Buck, American baseball player, born in Richland, Washington
- Nov 19 Chandra Crawford, Canadian cross-country skier (Olympic Gold 2006), born in Canmore, Alberta
- Nov 21 Jamie Langley, English rugby player
- Nov 22 Peter Ramage, English footballer
- Nov 24 Dean Ashton, English footballer
- Nov 29 Tanner Glass, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Regina, Canada
- Nov 30 Adrian Cristea, Romanian footballer
Weddings in Sport
Vidal Sassoon
Nov 6 Businessman Vidal Sassoon (55) weds dressage champion Jeanette Hartford-Davis
- Nov 21 NY Ranger Ron Greschner marries model Carol Alt
Deaths in Sport
Betty Nuthall
Nov 8 Betty Nuthall, English tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1930), dies of a coronary arrest at 72