November 1984 in Sports History

Events in Sport

Nov 9 Larry Holmes TKOs Bonecrusher Smith in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

Nov 9 Most shots in a NY Islander game (88 - Isles 45, NY Rangers 43)
Nov 10 Australia all out for 76 v West Indies at cricket WACA, Holding 6-21
Nov 10 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Hollywood Park; winners: Chief's Crown, Eillo, Lashkari, Outstandingly, Princess Rooney, Royal Heroine, Wild Again
Nov 16 Houston blocks 20 Denver shots tying NBA regulation game record

Nov 16 Imran Khan makes his 1st appearance for NSW Cricket

Nov 17 Golden State Warrior Purvis Short scores career high 59 points though team loses to NJ Nets 124-110
Nov 17 Islanders score 20 assists against Rangers
Nov 18 CFL Grey Cup, Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton: Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 47-17; Winnipeg scores final 44 points of the game
Nov 18 Flyers' Ron Sutter fails on 11th penalty shot against Islanders
Nov 18 NJ Devils shutout NY Rangers 6-0
Nov 18 34th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Terry Labonte wins

Nov 19 NY Met Dwight Gooden, 20, is youngest to be named NL Rookie of Year

Nov 20 Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden wins NL Rookie of Year
Nov 23 Limited-over international cricket debut for Wasim Akram for Pakistan, v New Zealand
Nov 23 Test Cricket debuts of Australians David Boon aged 23 & Bob Holland aged 38 (v WI)

Nov 26 After 518 goals & 14 years with Montreal Canadiens, Guy Lafleur retires

Nov 26 John W Mercom Jr announces New Orleans Saints are up for sale for $75 million
Nov 26 Kim Hughes tearfully resigns as Australian cricket captain
Nov 29 Javed Miandad completes twin Test Cricket tons, v NZ, Hyderabad

Nov 1 Miloš Krasić, Serbian soccer winger (46 caps; CSKA Moscow, Juventus), born in Mitrovica, Kosovo
Nov 3 LaMarr Woodley, American NFL outside linebacker (Super Bowl 2008; Pro Bowl 2009; Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Saginaw, Michigan
Nov 5 Nick Folk, American football player, born in Los Angeles, California
Nov 5 Tobias Enstrom, Swedish hockey player, born in Nordingrå, Sweden

Nov 5 Eliud Kipchoge, Kenyan distance runner (Olympic gold marathon 2016; first under 2:00), born in Kapsisiywa, Kenya

Nov 9 Joel Zumaya, American baseball player, born in Chula Vista, California
Nov 10 Kendrick Perkins, American basketball player (Boston Celtics), born in Nederland, Texas
Nov 12 Sepp De Roover, Belgian footballer, born in Geel, Belgium
Nov 12 Conrad Rautenbach, Zimbabwean rally driver, born in Harare, Zimbabwe
Nov 14 Lisa De Vanna, Australian female footballer
Nov 20 Ferdinando Monfardini, Italian racing driver, born in Isola della Scala, Italy
Nov 21 Álvaro Bautista, Spanish motorcycle racer (125cc World Champion 2006), born in Talavera de la Reina, Spain
Nov 26 Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer, born in Seville, Spain (d. 2007)
Nov 27 Domata Peko, American football player
Nov 28 Andrew Bogut, Australian basketball player
Nov 28 Marc-Andre Fleury, Canadian ice hockey player
Nov 30 Nigel de Jong, Dutch soccer midfielder (81 caps; Manchester City, AC Milan), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nov 30 Alan Hutton, Scottish footballer
Nov 30 Francisco Sandaza, Spanish Footballer

Nov 7 FIFA soccer player Diego Maradona (24) weds long-time fiancée Claudia Villafañe in Buenos Aires

Nov 24 MLB pitcher Roger Clemens (22) weds Debra Lynn Godfrey