Year 1984 in Sports History (Part 3)

Events in Sport

Events 201 - 300 of 308

• Aug 10 Famous Mary Decker-Zola Budd collision during 3,000m at the LA Olympics; Decker falls, Budd finishes 7th; Maricica Puică of Romania wins

• Aug 10 Ian Ferguson of New Zealand wins 2 canoeing gold medals in the one day taking the K-1 500 and K-2 500 (with Paul MacDonald) at the LA Olympics; wins K-4 1000 the next day
• Aug 10 Sweden's Agneta Andersson takes out the women's canoeing 500m double at the Los Angeles Olympics with wins in the K-1 and K-2 (with Anna Olsson) events
• Aug 11 101,799 fans at soccer match Brazil vs France

• Aug 11 Future 4-weight world boxing champion Pernell Whitaker wins the lightweight gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics
• Aug 11 Ian Ferguson of New Zealand wins his 3rd canoeing gold medal of the LA Olympics taking out the K-4 1000 a day after victories in the K-1 500 & K-2 500
• Aug 12 Braves beat Padres 5-3, features 2 brawls & 19 ejections

• Aug 12 Carlos Lopes of Portugal wins the men's marathon at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2:09:21, an Olympic record that stands for 24 years
• Aug 16 Largest harness racing purse ($2,161,000-Nihilator wins $1,080,500)

• Aug 26 Zdena Silvaha (Cz) throws discus 74.55 m (women's world record)
• Aug 30 Red Sox Jim Rice grounds into record 33rd double play en route to 36
• Aug 31 Pinklon Thomas beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

• Sep 1 Middlesex beats Kent off the last ball of the Nat West Trophy cricket final in London; John Emburey hits Kent seamer Richard Ellison to square leg for 4 for the winning runs
• Sep 3 St. Louis Cardinals closer Bruce Sutter breaks NL record for saves in a season with his 38th in 7-3 win v NY Mets
• Sep 7 Met Dwight Gooden's 11 strikeouts gives him NL rookie record 236

• Sep 12 NY Met Dwight Gooden sets rookie strike out record at 251
• Sep 17 Dwight Gooden ties record of 32 strikeouts in consecutive games

• Sep 20 Cubs break 2 million in home attendance for 1st time

• Sep 24 Cubs clinch NL East title

• Sep 26 5,251 turn out to see Phillies play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
• Sep 28 Cleveland Indians down 0-10 to Minnesota Twins, win 11-10
• Sep 30 California Angels Michael Witt is 11th to pitch a perfect baseball game
• Sep 30 Bowie Kuhn ends career as Baseball Commissioner
• Sep 30 California Angel Mike Witt, pitches a perfect game over Texas Rangers, 1-0

• Oct 2 Due to a strike by MLB umpires, first 4 NLCS games played with replacement umpires; Game 1: Chicago Cubs beat SD Padres, 13-0
• Oct 7 Striking umps return for Game 5 of NLCS, San Diego Padres win pennant

• Oct 7 MLB National League Championship: San Diego Padres beat Chicago Cubs, 3 games to 2
• Oct 13 Blackhawk Bill Gardner scores on 10th penalty shot against Islanders
• Oct 13 John Henry becomes 1st thoroughbred to win $6 million
• Oct 14 Detroit Tigers beat San Diego Padres, 4 games to 1 in 81st World Series

• Oct 21 Cleveland Browns' Steve Cox sets club record with a 60-yd field goal

• Oct 21 Steve Jones runs Chicago Marathon in world record 2:08:05
• Oct 22 NFL quarterback Ken Stabler retires
• Oct 23 Cubs Rick Sutcliffe, selected as a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young
• Oct 28 14th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:29:30
• Oct 28 15th NYC Marathon won by Orlando Pizzolato in 2:14:53
• Oct 29 Orlando Pizzolato (2:14:53) & Greta Weitz (2:29:30) win NY Marathon
• Nov 1 First NBA game at LA Memorial Sports Arena - LA Clippers beat NY Knicks, 107-105
• Nov 8 1st-class cricket debut of Wasim Akram, 2 months before his 1st Test
• Nov 9 1st-class cricket debut for Brian McMillan, Transvaal B v N Tvl B

• 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 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 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
• Dec 1 50th Heisman Trophy Award: Doug Flutie, Boston College (QB)
• Dec 1 American boxer Greg Page KOs home town favourite Gerrie Coetzee in 8th round to win WBA heavyweight title in Sun City, South Africa
• Dec 1 49th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 17-15 in Birmingham

• Dec 2 Australian Test cricket spin bowler Bob Holland takes a career best 9-83 for NSW in the Sheffield Shield match against South Australia in Sydney

• Dec 5 Yankees trade catcher Rick Cerone to Braves for pitcher Brian Fisher
• Dec 6 Helena Suková snaps Martina Navratilova's 74-match winning streak 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the semi finals of the Australian Open in Melbourne; ends Navratilova's hopes of completing the Grand Slam

• Dec 8 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Chris Evert-Lloyd beats Helena Suková 6-7, 6-1, 6-3; continues streak of winning at least 1 major per year since 1973
• Dec 9 LA Ram Eric Dickerson rushes 215 yards for season record 2,105 yards

• Dec 9 PGA Seniors' Championship Men's Golf, PGA National GC: Australian Peter Thomson wins his lone Champions Tour major title by 3 strokes from Don January
• Dec 18 73rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats USA in Gothenburg (4-1)

• Dec 21 Brigham Young University (BYU) beats Michigan, 24-17 in the Holiday Bowl at Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego to remain undefeated and secure their first ever NCAA Division I-A football title

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Birthdays in Sport

Birthdays 201 - 267 of 267

• Oct 2 Marion Bartoli, French tennis player (Wimbledon 2013), born in Haute-Loire, France
• Oct 4 Álvaro Parente, Portuguese auto racer (British F3 C’ship 2005; Formula Renault 3.5 Series 2007), born in Porto, Portugal
• Oct 5 Kenwyne Jones, Trinidadian footballer, born in Point Fortin, Trinidad and Tobago
• Oct 7 Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketer, born in Lahore, Pakistan
• Oct 10 Paul Posluszny, American football player, born in Butler, Pennsylvania
• Oct 10 Troy Tulowitzki, American baseball shortstop (MLB All Star 2010, 11, 13–15; Gold Glove Award 2010, 11; Colorado Rockies), born in Santa Clara, California
• Oct 10 Rod Benson, American basketball player, born in Fairfield, California
• Oct 11 Sergio Hellings, Dutch footballer (Roeselare), born in Amsterdam
• Oct 13 Frank Simek, American soccer player, born in St. Louis, Missouri
• Oct 14 LaRon Landry, American football player
• Oct 17 Jelle Klaasen, Dutch darts player (BDO World Champion 2006), born in Alphen, Netherlands
• Oct 20 Florent Sinama-Pongolle, French footballer
• Oct 20 Andrew Trimble, Northern Irish rugby player for Irish rugby team
• Oct 21 Anouk Leblanc-Boucher, French Canadian short track speed skater
• Oct 21 Kenny Cooper, American soccer forward (10 caps), born in Baltimore, Maryland
• Oct 21 Marvin Mitchell, American football player
• Oct 21 Kieran Richardson, English footballer
• Oct 26 Sasha Cohen, American figure skater, born in Los Angeles, California
• Oct 26 Jefferson Farfán, Peruvian footballer (PSV), born in Lima, Peru
• Oct 26 Adriano Correia Claro, Brazilian footballer, born in Curitiba, Brazil
• Oct 27 Brady Quinn, American football quarterback (Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos) and broadcaster (CBS Sports HQ, Fox Sports), born in Columbus, Ohio
• Oct 27 Irfan Pathan, Indian cricketer (2007 ICC World Twenty20 winning squad of India), born in Vadodara, Gujarat, India
• Oct 28 Obafemi Martins, Nigerian footballer
• Oct 29 Eric Staal, Canadian ice hockey player
• 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 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
• Dec 4 Joe Thomas, American College Football Hall of Fame offensive tackle (University of Wisconsin; Pro Bowl 2007-16, Cleveland Browns), born in Brookfield, Wisconsin
• Dec 5 Chris Solinsky, American distance runner, born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin
• Dec 7 Robert Kubica, Polish Formula One racing driver (1st Finnish to compete in Formula One), born in Kraków, Poland
• Dec 7 Luca Rigoni, Italian footballer, born in Schio, Italy
• Dec 7 Aaron Gray, American basketball player, born in Tarzana, California
• Dec 8 Greg Halford, English footballer, born in Chelmsford, United Kingdom
• Dec 8 Badr Hari, Dutch kickboxer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Dec 11 Leighton Baines, English footballer, born in Kirkby, United Kingdom
• Dec 12 Daniel Agger, Danish footballer, born in Hvidovre, Denmark
• Dec 14 Chris Brunt, Northern Irish footballer, born in Belfast
• Dec 14 Edward Rainsford, Zimbabwean cricketer, born in Kadoma, Zimbabwe
• Dec 15 Martin Skrtel Slovakian Footballer
• Dec 17 Andrew Davies, English footballer
• Dec 19 Ian Kennedy, Major League Baseball pitcher
• Dec 21 Darren Potter, Irish football player, born in Liverpool, England
• Dec 25 Alastair Cook, English cricketer
• Dec 26 Alex Schwazer, Italian race walker, born in Sterzing, Italy
• Dec 27 Gilles Simon, French tennis player (world #6 2009; Davis Cup 2017), born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France
• Dec 28 Martin Kaymer, German golfer (PGA C'ship 2010, US Open 2014), born in Düsseldorf, Germany
• Dec 28 Leroy Lita, Congolese football player, born in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Dec 28 Beverly Mullins, American wrestler & model, born in Clearwater, Florida
• Dec 28 Alex Lloyd, British racing driver, born in Manchester, United Kingdom
• Dec 30 Randall Azofeifa, Costa Rican footballer

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