January 1985 in Sport

Events in Sport

Event of Interest

Jan 5 Bryan Trottier failed on 9th Islander penalty shot

NHL Star Bryan Trottier — NHL Star
Bryan Trottier

Jan 6 AFC Championship, Miami Orange Bowl: Miami Dolphins beat Pittsburgh Steelers, 45-28
Jan 6 NFC Championship, Candlestick Park, SF: San Francisco 49ers beat Chicago Bears, 23-0
Jan 7 Lou Brock & Hoyt Wilhelm are elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
Jan 9 Flames set NHL record 264th regular season game without being shut-out

Event of Interest

Jan 10 Lenny Wilkens becomes first to coach in 1,000 NBA games when his Seattle SuperSonics defeat the Golden State Warriors, 89-86

NBA Point Guard and Coach Lenny Wilkens — NBA Point Guard and Coach
Lenny Wilkens

Jan 13 23rd Tennis Fed Cup: Czech beats USA in Nagoya Japan (2-1)
Jan 13 99 year old Otto Bucher from Switzerland becomes oldest man to record a hole-in-one at Spanish GC La Manga's 130-yard 12th hole
Jan 13 Blackhawk Doug Wilson failed on 12th penalty shot against Islanders

Event of Interest

Jan 13 John McEnroe repeats previous year's result with a 7–5, 6–0, 6–4 win over Ivan Lendl to claim back-to-back season-ending ATP Masters Grand Prix tennis titles at Madison Square Garden, NYC

Tennis Player John McEnroe — Tennis Player
John McEnroe

Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major Champion Ivan Lendl — Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major Champion
Ivan Lendl

Event of Interest

Jan 13 Playing in his 436th career game, Edmonton center Wayne Gretzky scores his 400th career NHL goal and adds 2 assists in a 5-4 Oilers' win over the Sabres in Buffalo

Ice Hockey Great Wayne Gretzky — Ice Hockey Great
Wayne Gretzky

Event of Interest

Jan 14 Martina Navratilova is 3rd to win 100 tennis tournaments (Connors & Evert)

Tennis Player Martina Navratilova — Tennis Player
Martina Navratilova

Jan 15 Mike Gatting (207) and Graeme Fowler (201) become first pair of England batsmen to complete double centuries in the same innings during 9-wicket 4th cricket Test win against India at Madras

Super Bowl

Jan 20 Super Bowl XIX, Stanford Stadium, Stanford, CA: San Francisco 49ers beat Miami Dolphins, 38-16; MVP: Joe Montana, SF, QB

NFL Quarterback Joe Montana — NFL Quarterback
Joe Montana

Jan 21 Dennis Potvin ties Bobby Orr's career record of 270 NHL goals
Jan 26 Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzky scores 50th goal in 49th game of season
Jan 27 Mark Mckoy cycles world record 50m hurdles indoor (5.25)
Jan 27 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 22-14; MVP: Mark Gastineau, NY Jets, DE
Jan 28 Houston's Bill Fitch becomes the 6th coach in NBA history to post 600 wins as the Rockets beat the New Jersey Nets, 97-93

Event of Interest

Jan 29 Jari Kurri of Edmonton Oilers scores 100th pt of season in game 39

NHL Star Jari Kurri — NHL Star
Jari Kurri

Birthdays in Sport

Jan 1 Steven Davis, Northern Irish footballer
Jan 2 Heather O'Reilly, American soccer player
Jan 3 John David Booty, American football player
Jan 4 Fernando Rees, Brazilian race car driver, born in São Paulo, Brazil
Jan 4 Al Jefferson, American basketball player, born in Monticello, Mississippi
Jan 6 R. P. Singh, Indian cricketer, born in Raebareli District, India

Lewis Hamilton

Jan 7 Lewis Hamilton, English racing driver (World F1 Champion 2008, 14-15, 17-18), born in Stevenage, England

Jan 11 Kazuki Nakajima, Japanese racing driver, born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Jan 12 Artem Milevskiy, Ukrainian footballer, born in Minsk, Belarus
Jan 15 Kenneth Emil Petersen, Danish footballer, born in Solrød Strand, Denmark
Jan 18 Riccardo Montolivo, Italian soccer player, born in Milan, Italy
Jan 19 Benny Feilhaber, American soccer player, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Jan 19 Esteban Guerrieri, Argentine racing driver, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jan 21 Alex Pérez, Spanish footballer
Jan 21 Matt Unicomb, Australian basketball player
Jan 21 Adrian Lewis, English darts player (PDC world champion 2011-12), born in Stoke-on-Trent, England
Jan 22 Mohamed Sissoko, Malian footballer, born in Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
Jan 23 Dong Fangzhuo, Chinese football player, born in Dalian, China
Jan 25 Acie Law IV, American basketball player, born in Dallas, Texas
Jan 28 Arnold Mvuemba, French footballer
Jan 29 Marc Gasol, Spanish basketball player
Jan 30 Trae Williams, American football player, born in South Brisbane, Australia
Jan 31 Adam Federici, Australian football player, born in Nowra, Australia
Jan 31 Mario Williams, American football defensive end, born in Richlands, North Carolina