Year 1986 in Sports History (Part 2)

Events in Sport

Events 101 - 200 of 242

• Jun 6 Jurgen Schull sets world discus record (74.07 m)
• Jun 7 118th Belmont: Chris McCarron aboard Danzig Connect wins in 2:29.8

• Jun 7 Pirates draft 3rd baseman Jeff King #1

• Jun 8 40th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Hous Rockets, 4 games to 2
• Jun 8 Longest 9 inning AL game (4h16m), Baltimore Orioles beat Yankees 18-9

• Jun 10 A. Bartlett Giamatti succeeds Chub Feeney as President of baseball's National League

• Jun 18 Don Sutton becomes 19th pitcher to win 300 games

• Jun 21 1985 Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson, signs 3-year contract to play baseball with the Kansas City Royals
• Jun 21 Heike Drechsler of East Germany long jumps 7.45 m (women's record)
• Jun 22 Senior Tournament Players Championship Men's Golf, Canterbury GC: Chi Chi Rodriguez wins his first career major title by 2 strokes from Bruce Crampton of Australia


• Jun 23 Pedro Morales swims world record 100m butterfly (52.84)

• Jun 27 American tennis player Anne White shocks Wimbledon by wearing a white, one-piece, lycra body suit in 1st round match against Pam Shriver; wears regular outfit after rain break
• Jun 27 Robby Thompson (SF Giants) sets record, caught stealing 4 times in 1 game
• Jun 29 FIFA World Cup Final, Estadio Azteca, Mexico City: Argentina beats West Germany, 3-2 in front of 114,600
• Jun 29 Boston Red Sox trade for Tom Seaver

• 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 11 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway runs 10,000m in world record 30:13.74

• 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 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 Senior PGA Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative at Sleepy Hollow CC; mark stands for 11 years

• 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 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway sets 5,000m world record (14:37.33) in Stockholm, Sweden
• 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 Men's Golf, Inverness Club: Bob Tway holes a famous bunker shot on the 18th to beat Australian Greg Norman by 2 stokes
• Aug 12 Don Baylor gets hits by a pitch for a record 25th time in a season
• 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 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 Suková 6-3, 6-2
• Sep 7 Cleveland Browns becomes 1st team in NFL history to have a play reviewed by instant replay, Chicago 41, Browns 31

• Sep 7 US Open Men's Tennis: In an all-Czech final Ivan Lendl retains his title; beats Miloslav Mečíř 6-4, 6-2, 6-0
• Sep 13 Bert Blyleven gives up a record 44 HRs in a season
• 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 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 pitches 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 Astros starter Mike Scott finishes MLB regular season with 306 strikeouts with 8 in a 2-1 win in San Francisco; 3rd NL pitcher to reach 300 in a season

• Oct 3 Baltimore loses 6-3 to Detroit Tigers, assuring Orioles of club's first ever last-place finish in AL East standings

• Oct 5 Rams running back Eric Dickerson runs for an NFL overtime record 42-yard touchdown as LA defeats Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 26-20 at Anaheim Stadium

• 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

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Birthdays in Sport

Birthdays 101 - 200 of 207

• May 28 Michael Oher, American football player at Ole Miss
• Jun 1 Ben Smith, New Zealand rugby union utility back (84 caps; Otago, Highlanders, Pau), born in Dunedin, New Zealand
• Jun 3 Alexandros Karageorgiou, Greek archer

• Jun 3 Tomas Verner, Czech Republic ice skater
• Jun 3 Adrián Vallés, Spanish racing driver
• Jun 3 Al Horford, American basketball player
• Jun 7 Keegan Bradley, American golfer (PGA C'ship 2011), born in Woodstock, Vermont
• 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, born in Béziers, France
• Jun 19 Marvin Williams, American basketball player
• Jun 22 Ramin Ott, American Samoan football player, born in Pago Pago, America Samoa
• 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 8 Kevin Chappell, American golfer (US Open 2011 3rd), born in Fresno, California
• 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 NHL center (World C'ship gold 2012, 14; Pittsburg Penguins), born in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast
• 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 (US Open 2010), born in Mountain View, California
• Aug 13 Joseph Lapira, American soccer player, born in Rochester, New York
• Aug 14 Terin Humphrey, American gymnast, born in Saint Joseph, Missouri
• Aug 17 Rudy Gay, American basketball player, born in Brooklyn, New York
• Aug 17 Tyrus Thomas, American basketball player, born in Batton, Rouge, Louisiana
• 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, born in Ashford, United Kingdom
• Sep 8 João Moutinho, Portuguese footballer, born in Barreiro, Portugal
• Sep 8 Matt Grothe, American football player, born in Lakeland, Florida
• Sep 9 Justice Chibhabha, Zimbabwean cricketer, born in Masvingo, Zimbabwe
• Sep 9 Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Cameroonian basketball player, born in Yaounde, Cameroon
• 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 (Luton Town), born in Athlone, Ireland
• Sep 17 Landry Mulemo, Belgian footballer
• Sep 17 Dimitrios Regas, Greek sprinter
• 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 soccer midfielder (158 caps; Deportivo La Coruña, Valencia, PSV), born in Guadalajara, Jalisco
• Sep 29 Benoît Pouliot, Canadian ice hockey player
• Sep 29 Mark Fraser, Canadian ice hockey player
• Oct 6 Mohammad Shukri, Malaysian cricketer
• Oct 7 Lee Nguyen, American soccer player, born in Richardson, Texas
• Oct 7 Gunnar Nielsen, Faroese footballer, born in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
• Oct 9 Laure Manaudou, French swimmer, born in Villeurbanne, France
• Oct 10 Nathan Jawai, Australian basketball player, born in Sydney, New South Wales
• Oct 12 Sergio Peter, German footballer (SpVgg Neckarelz), born in Ludwigshafen, West Germany
• Oct 14 Tom Craddock, English footballer
• 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 (Wolverhampton Wanderers), born in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, England
• Oct 27 Matty Pattison, South African footballer (Whickham), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
• Oct 27 David Warner, Australian cricket batsman (top Test score 335no 2019; 2nd highest by an Australian; "Sandpaper-gate" 2018 12-month suspension), born in Sydney, Australia
• Oct 30 Thomas Morgenstern, Austrian ski jumper (3 Olympic gold 2006, 10), born in Spittal an der Drau, Austria
• Oct 31 Chris Alajajian, Australian racing driver, born in Sydney, Australia
• 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
• 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 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
• Dec 1 DeSean Jackson, American NFL wide receiver (Pro Bowl 2009-10, 13; Philadelphia Eagles), born in Los Angeles, California
• Dec 2 Claudiu Keșerü, Romanian soccer forward (37 caps; FC Nantes, Steaua București), born in Oradea, Romania
• Dec 6 Matt Niskanen, American NHL player (Philadelphia Flyers), born in Virginia, Minnesota

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