November 1986 in Sports History

Events in Sport

Nov 1 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; winners: Brave Raj, Capote, Lady's Secret, Last Tycoon, Manila, Skywalker, Smile
Nov 2 Ayako Okamoto wins Nichirei Ladies Cup US-Japan Team Golf Championship

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Nov 2 German tennis star Boris Becker wins his third tournament in 3 weeks in different continents; beats Sergio Casal of Spain 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 in the final of the Paris Open after victories in Japan and Australia

New York City Marathon

Nov 2 New York City Marathon: Grete Waitz of Norway wins her 8th NYC event in 2:28:06; Gianni Poli of Italy, men's champion in 2:11:06

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Nov 12 Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award unanimously

Nov 14 Doubleday Publishing sells NY Mets to Nelson Doubleday and Fred Wilpon

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Nov 16 36th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dale Earnhardt wins

Nov 18 Roger Clemens wins AL MVP

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Nov 19 Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt wins NL MVP

Boxing Title Fight

Nov 22 20 year old Mike Tyson becomes youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history when he stops titleholder Trevor Berbick in round 2 at Las Vegas Hilton to earn the WBC title

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Nov 22 Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzky becomes the 13th NHLer to score 500 goals

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Nov 23 Second WTA Tour Championship of the year; change of tennis schedule; Martina Navratilova wins 5th straight and 8th overall title with 7–6, 6–3, 6–2 win over Steffi Graf in NYC

Nov 24 Wrestler John Tatum charged with possession of marijuana

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Nov 25 A's Jose Canseco wins AL Rookie of Year

Nov 29 51st Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 21-17 in Birmingham

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Nov 30 American-based Czech tennis star Ivan Lendl is first player to make over $10 million in career earnings

Nov 30 CFL Grey Cup, BC Place, Vancouver: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeat Edmonton Eskimos, 39-15; Al Bruno's 2nd Grey Cup win, 1st as head coach, also as a player with 1952 Toronto Argonauts

Birthdays in Sport

Nov 3 Paul Derbyshire, Italian rugby union flanker (24 caps; Benetton Treviso), born in Cecina, Livorno, Italy
Nov 4 Adrian Zaugg, South African racing driver, born in Singapore
Nov 5 Kasper Schmeichel, Danish footballer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark
Nov 11 François Trinh-Duc, French rugby player, born in Montpellier, France
Nov 11 Victor Cruz, American football wide receiver (New York Giants), born in Paterson, New Jersey
Nov 15 Sania Mirza, Indian tennis player, born in Mumbai, India
Nov 17 Aaron Finch, Australian cricket batsman (5 Tests, 2 x 50; captain Men's T20 World Cup 2021; record score in a Twenty20I 172 2018; Victoria), born in Colac, Australia
Nov 17 Nani, Portuguese football player
Nov 22 Oscar Pistorius, South African paralympic athlete
Nov 26 Konstadinos Filippidis, Greek pole vaulter, born in Athens, Greece
Nov 27 Suresh Raina, Indian cricketer (Gujarat Lions, Chennai Super Kings), born in Muradnagar, India
Nov 30 Jordan Farmar, National Basketball Association player

Nov 28 NBC's Ahmad Rashad marriage proposal is accepted by Phylicia Ayers-Allen during halftime of Det Lions-NY Jets football game

Deaths in Sport

Nov 10 Francis "King" Clancy, Canadian NHL ice hockey defenseman, 1921-36, 3X Stanley Cup (Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs), referee (1938-49), coach, 1953-56 (Toronto), executive, and trophy namesake, dies of septic shock at 84
Nov 10 Gordon Richards, British jockey (26 x British flat racing Champion Jockey; 4,870 race wins), dies of a heart attack at 82
Nov 22 Dinny Pails, Australian tennis player (Australian C'ship 1947), dies at 65