1986 in Sport (Part 2)

Events 101 - 200 of 224

• Jun 21 Bo Jackson, Heisman Trophy winner, signs with KC Royals
• Jun 21 Heike Drechsler of East Germany long jumps 7.45 m (women's record)
• Jun 22 Judy Dickinson wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
• Jun 23 Pedro Morales swims world record 100m butterfly (52.84)
• Jun 25 Phillies give Steve Carlton, 41, his unconditional release
• Jun 27 Robby Thompson (SF Giants) sets record, caught stealing 4 times in 1 game
• Jun 29 FIFA World Cup Final: Argentina beats West Germany 3-2 in ffront of 114,600 at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City
• Jun 29 Boston Red Sox trade for Tom Seaver
• Jun 29 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic

• Jul 4 England cricket captain Mike Gatting smashes 183 not out in the drawn 3rd Test vs India at Birmingham

• Jul 6 Atlanta infielder Bob Horner becomes 11th player to hit 4 home runs in a MLB game during Braves 11-8 loss v Montreal
• Jul 7 American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets world heptathlon record of 7,148 points in the inaugural Goodwill Games at Moscow
• Jul 9 Padres trade pitcher Tim Stoddard to Yankees for pitcher Ed Whitson

• Jul 15 57th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-2 at Astrodome, Houston
• Jul 15 All star MVP: Roger Clemens (Boston Red Sox)

• Jul 19 Indian pitcher Phil Niekro wins his 307th game tying him with

• Jul 27 24th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Czechoslovakia in Prague Czech (3-0)
• Jul 27 73rd Tour de France won by Greg LeMond of USA
• Jul 29 NY jury rules NFL violated antitrust laws, awards USFL $1 in damages
• Aug 1 Twins pitcher Bert Blyleven becomes 10th to reach 3,000 MLB strikeout milestone, 2-hits A's, 10-1
• Aug 2 American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee beats her own world heptathlon record by 13 points (7,161) in Houston
• Aug 2 Curtis Cup Women's Golf, Prairie Dunes CC: Great Britain & Ireland beats the US 13-5, the visitors first win on American soil
• Aug 2 Lee Elder fires a record 11-under par 61 on his way to winning the Seniors PGA Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative at Sleepy Hollow CC; mark stands for 11 years
• Aug 3 Willie McCovey, Bobby Doerr and Ernie Lombardi are inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY
• Aug 3 First NFL 'American Bowl' exhibition game at London's Wembley Stadium, Chicago Bears beat Dallas Cowboys 17-6
• Aug 4 After winning only token damages in antitrust lawsuit against the NFL, USFL owners vote to suspend operations for 1986 season; folded before 4th season
• Aug 5 Giants left-handed pitcher Steve Carlton becomes 2nd to reach 4,000 strikeout milestone when he gets center-fielder Eric Davis in 11-5 loss v Reds
• Aug 6 Baltimore's Jim Dwyer & Larry Sheets, and Rangers Toby Harrah hit MLB record 3 grand slams in Texas' 13-11 win
• Aug 7 Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel and Anne Knabe begin cycling journey of 15,266 miles from Prudhoe Bay Alaska to Argentina
• Aug 10 Pitcher Bob Forsch grand slams to lead Cards to a 5-4 win over Pirates
• Aug 11 PGA Championship, Inverness Club: Bob Tway holes a famous bunker shot on the 18th to beat Australian Greg Norman by 2 stokes
• Aug 12 Red Sox pitcher Tim Lollar gets a pinch-hit single
• Aug 14 Phillies & Pirates play a 6 game series in 4 days
• Aug 17 Red Sox trade shortstop Rey Quinones & pitcher Mike Trujillo to Mariners for shortstop Spike Owen & outfielder Dave Henderson
• Aug 18 Jim Kelly signs with NFL Buffalo Bills ($75 million for 5 years)

• Aug 21 Red Sox Spike Owens scores 6 runs in a 24-5 rout of Cleveland Indians
• Aug 21 With 2 outs in 6th inning, Red Sox score 11 runs
• Aug 24 Juli Inkster wins Atlantic City LPGA Golf Classic

• Aug 26 Rosa Mota wins Stuttgart female marathon (2:28:38)
• Aug 30 Gelindo Bordin wins Stuttgart marathon (2:10:54)


• Sep 3 Houston Astros & Chicago Cubs use MLB record 53 players, including 17 pitchers in a 2-day 18 inning marathon; Astros win 8-7
• Sep 6 Michael Spinks TKOs Steffen Tangstad in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
• Sep 6 US Open Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova wins her 3rd US singles title; beats Czech star Helena Sukova 6-3, 6-2
• Sep 7 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship
• Sep 7 Cleveland Browns becomes 1st team in NFL history to have a play reviewed by instant replay, Chicago 41, Browns 31

• Sep 14 Judy Dickinson wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
• Sep 14 Saskatchewan & Hamilton play 1st CFL regular-season overtime game
• Sep 18 David Boon's 3rd Test cricket century, 122 v India at Madras
• Sep 19 Chicago White Sox Joe Crowley no-hits California Angels, 7-1
• Sep 19 Australian cricketer Dean Jones scores 210 v India at Madras
• Sep 21 Miami Dan Marino passes for 6 touchdowns vs NY Jets (51-45)
• Sep 21 NY Jets beat Miami Dolphins 51-45 in OT; record 884 passing yards
• Sep 21 New Orleans Saints Mel Gray returns kickoff 101 yards for a touchdown
• Sep 21 SD Padre Jimmy Jones pitchs 1-hitter in his major league debut
• Sep 22 India v Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie
• Sep 25 Houston Astro Mike Scott no-hits SF Giants, 2-0
• Sep 28 Record 23,000 start in a marathon (Mexico City)
• Sep 28 Tight end Brian Foster of RI catches NCAA record 18 passes for 327 yds
• Sep 28 Cleveland Browns' Gerald McNeil sets the team record for the longest punt return with an 84-yard run (and TD), Browns 24, Detroit 21

• Sep 29 Indians Jay Bell is 10th to hit a HR on 1st major league pitch he sees
• Sep 29 Mary Lou Retton retires as a gymnast
• Oct 2 Mike Scott is 3rd NL pitcher to strike out 300 in a season (306)
• Oct 2 NY Met Dwight Gooden is 1st to strike out 200 or more in 1st 3 seasons
• Oct 3 Baltimore loses assuring Orioles of their 1st last-place finish

• Oct 12 California Angels within 1 pitch of pennant victory lose to Red Sox
• Oct 13 25th NY, NL appearance in World Series (Mets vs A's)
• Oct 13 IOC announces baseball will become a medal sport in 1992
• Oct 14 IOC decides to stagger Winter & Summer Olympic schedule
• Oct 15 Longest post season game, Mets beat Astros 7-6 in 16 & win NL pennant
• Oct 15 MLB National League Championship: New York Mets beat Houston Astros, 4 games to 2
• Oct 15 MLB American League Championship: Boston Red Sox beat California Angels, 4 games to 3
• Oct 19 Allan Border scores the 1,000,000th run in all test cricket (v India, Bombay)
• Oct 21 1st-class cricket debut of Andy Flower, ZCU Presidents XI v Young WI
• Oct 24 Dodgers' Bill Russell, 38, announces his retirement
• Oct 25 Trailing 5-3 with 2 out & no one on in bottom of 10th, NY rallies to win Game 6 of the World Series, 6-5, Bill Buckner misplays a ball
• Oct 26 37th Formula One WDC: Alain Prost wins by two points
• Oct 27 NY Mets beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 83rd World Series
• Oct 29 Kirk Muller scores NJ Devil record 6 point, beat Penguins, 8-6
• Oct 29 Padres pitcher LaMarr Hoyt is arrested at US-Mexico border for drugs
• Nov 1 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Brave Raj, Capote, Lady's Secret, Last Tycoon, Manila, Skywalker, Smile at Santa Anita
• Nov 2 16th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:06
• Nov 2 17th NYC Marathon won by Gianni Poli in 2:11:06
• Nov 2 Ayako Okamoto wins Nichirei Ladies Cup US-Japan Team Golf Championship

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Birthdays 101 - 200 of 201

• Jun 3 Tomas Verner, Czech Republic ice skater
• Jun 3 Adrián Vallés, Spanish racing driver
• Jun 3 Al Horford, American basketball player
• Jun 8 Patrick Kaleta, American hockey player
• Jun 14 Jonathan Clare, English cricketer
• Jun 16 Urby Emanuelson, Dutch footballer
• Jun 16 Farhad Reza, Bangladeshi Cricketer
• Jun 16 Rodrigo Defendi, Brazilian footballer
• Jun 16 Robert Rothbart, Bosnian-Israeli Basketball Player
• Jun 16 Fernando Muslera, Uruguayan footballer
• Jun 18 Richard Gasquet, French tennis player
• Jun 19 Marvin Williams, American basketball player
• Jun 22 Ramin Ott, American Samoan football player
• Jun 24 Stuart Broad, English cricketer
• Jun 24 Phil Hughes, American baseball player
• Jun 25 Charlie Davies, American soccer player (New England Revolution), born in Manchester, New Hampshire
• Jun 27 LaShawn Merritt, American sprinter, born in Portsmouth, Virginia
• Jun 30 Victoria Crawford, American wrestler and model
• Jul 1 Charlie Blackmon, American MLB outfielder (NL Batting champion 2017), born in Dallas, Texas
• Jul 4 Terrance Knighton, American NFL Player, born in Hartford, Connecticut
• Jul 6 Derrick Williams, American football player
• Jul 8 Renata Costa, Brazilian footballer
• Jul 11 Yoann Gourcuff, French footballer
• Jul 11 Ryan Jarvis, English footballer
• Jul 12 JP Pietersen, South African rugby union footballer
• Jul 23 Nelson Philippe, French racing driver
• Jul 24 Andrei Lutai, Russian figure skater
• Jul 27 Courtney Kupets, American gymnast (World Championships champion 2002, 2003), born in Bedford, Texas
• Jul 31 Evgeni Malkin, Russian hockey player
• Aug 1 Andrew Taylor, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers), born in Hartlepool, England
• Aug 1 Anton Strålman, Swedish ice hockey player, born in Tibro, Sweden
• Aug 1 Elena Vesnina, Russian tennis player, born in Lviv, Ukraine
• Aug 5 Paula Creamer, American golfer
• Aug 13 Joseph Lapira, American soccer player
• Aug 14 Terin Humphrey, American gymnast
• Aug 17 Rudy Gay, American basketball player
• Aug 17 Tyrus Thomas, American basketball player
• Aug 19 Saori Kimura, Japanese volleyball player

• Aug 23 Josh Morris, Australian rugby league player for St. George Illawarra Dragons, born in Kiama, Australia
• Aug 23 Brett Morris, Australian rugby league player for St. George Illawarra Dragons, born in Kiama, Australia
• Aug 24 Nick Adenhart, American baseball player, born in Silver Spring, Maryland (d. 2009)
• Aug 24 Arian Foster, American football running back (Houston Texans, Miami Dolphins), born in Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Aug 31 Feng Tianwei, Singaporean table tennis player
• Sep 1 Gaël Monfils, French tennis player
• Sep 1 Anthony Allen, English rugby union player

• Sep 4 James Younghusband, Philippine footballer
• Sep 8 João Moutinho, Sporting Lisbon midfielder
• Sep 8 Matt Grothe, American football player
• Sep 9 Justice Chibhabha, Zimbabwean cricketer
• Sep 9 Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Cameroonian basketball player
• Sep 9 Michael Bowden, American baseball player
• Sep 11 Chiliboy Ralepelle, South African rugby player, born in Tzaneen, South Africa
• Sep 11 Dwayne Jarrett, American football player, born in New Brunswick, New Jersey
• Sep 13 Kamui Kobayashi, Japanese racing driver, born in Amagasaki, Hyōgo, Japan
• Sep 13 Sean Williams, American basketball player, born in Houston, Texas
• Sep 14 Alan Sheehan, Irish footballer
• Sep 17 Landry Mulemo, Belgian footballer
• Sep 17 Dimitrios Regas, Greek sprinter
• Sep 19 Gerald Ciolek, German professional road racing cyclist, born in Cologne, Germany
• Sep 19 Ken Gushi, Japanese racing driver, born in Okinawa, Japan
• Sep 23 Martin Cranie, English footballer
• Sep 27 Ricardo Risatti, Argentine racing driver
• Sep 28 Andrés Guardado, Mexican footballer
• Sep 29 Benoît Pouliot, Canadian ice hockey player
• Sep 29 Mark Fraser, Canadian ice hockey player
• Oct 1 Ricardo Vaz Té, Portuguese footballer
• Oct 6 Mohammad Shukri, Malaysian cricketer
• Oct 7 Lee Nguyen, American soccer player
• Oct 7 Gunnar Nielsen, Faroese footballer
• Oct 9 Laure Manaudou, French swimmer, born in Villeurbanne, France
• Oct 10 Nathan Jawai, Australian basketball player
• Oct 12 Sergio Peter, German footballer
• Oct 14 Tom Craddock, English footballer
• Oct 16 Craig Pickering, British sprinter
• Oct 21 Chibuzor Chilaka, English footballer
• Oct 22 Kara Lang, Canadian soccer player
• Oct 23 Jake Robinson, English footballer
• Oct 24 John Ruddy, English footballer
• Oct 27 Matty Pattison, English footballer
• Oct 30 Thomas Morgenstern, Austrian ski jumper
• Oct 31 Chris Alajajian, Australian racing driver, born in Sydney, Australia
• Nov 4 Adrian Zaugg, South African racing driver
• Nov 5 Kasper Schmeichel, Danish footballer
• Nov 11 François Trinh-Duc, French rugby player
• Nov 15 Sania Mirza, Indian tennis player, born in Mumbai, India
• Nov 17 Nani, Portuguese football player
• Nov 22 Oscar Pistorius, South African paralympic athlete
• Nov 25 Craig Gardner, English footballer
• Nov 26 Konstadinos Filippidis, Greek pole vaulter
• Nov 27 Suresh Raina, Indian cricketer (Gujarat Lions, Chennai Super Kings), born in Muradnagar, India
• Nov 30 Jordan Farmar, National Basketball Association player
• Dec 2 Claudiu Keserü, Romanian football player (FC Nantes Atlantique)
• Dec 4 Martell Webster, American basketball player
• Dec 8 Amir Khan, English boxer
• Dec 10 Matthew Bates, English footballer
• Dec 12 Perparim Hetemaj, Finnish footballer
• Dec 19 Ryan Babel, Dutch Footballer
• Dec 25 Doug Loft, English footballer

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