Year 1991 in Sports History (Part 3)

Events in Sport

Events 201 - 300 of 365

• Jul 19 With NY Yankee victory, 10 of 14 AL teams are at .500 or better

• Jul 20 Mike Tyson is accused of raping a Miss Black America contestant
• Jul 21 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Australian 1-2 with Ian Baker-Finch winning his only major championship, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Mike Harwood

• Jul 23 Rob Dibble back from 3-game suspension, is ejected for throwing at and hitting Cubs baserunner Doug Dascenzo Cubs win, 8-5
• Jul 25 Seattle Jay Buhner hits a 479' HR in Yankee Stadium
• Jul 25 Pittsburgh Steelers guard Terry Long treated for an apparent suicide attempt after he learned he tested positive for steroid use
• Jul 26 CFL assumes ownership of Ottawa Rough Riders
• Jul 26 Expo's Mark Gardner no hits Dodgers for 9 innings, but loses in 10th

• Jul 28 29th Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Nottingham England (2-1)
• Jul 28 Buffalo Bills beat Philadelphia Eagles, 17-13 in American Bowl in Wembley

• Jul 28 Tour de France: Spanish rider Miguel Induráin beats Gianni Bugno of Italy by 3' 36" for 1st of 5 consecutive Tour wins; Djamolidine Abdoujaparov points winner

• Jul 29 1st Sunday Night game at Shea Stadium (Mets beat Cubs 6-0)

• Jul 30 Red Sox Carlos Quintana is 11th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (3rd)
• Aug 5 Sergei Bubka of the Soviet Union breaks his own world pole vault record (6.10m) in Malmö Sweden
• Aug 6 American softball pitcher Debbie Doom strikes out 17 in her 2nd consecutive perfect game at the Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba; beats Nicaragua, 8-0

• Aug 8 With two months left, White Sox set new home attendance (2,150,951)
• Aug 10 NFL sportscaster Paul Maquire suffers a heart attack at 53

• Aug 12 Last day in Test Cricket for Viv Richards, Dujon & Marshall
• Aug 13 Michael Ray Barrowman swims world record 200m breaststroke (2:10.60)
• Aug 13 Test Cricket debut of Mike Whitney for Australia versus England at Old Trafford
• Aug 14 Twins Dave Winfield is 23rd to hit 400 HR
• Aug 17 Royals Warren Cromartie's 1st major league HR since 1983
• Aug 20 Norbert Rosza swims world record 100m breast stroke (1:01.29)

• Aug 22 Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 100m backstroke (1:00.31)
• Aug 23 3rd Athletics World Championships open at Tokyo, Japan
• Aug 24 Taiwan captures its 15th Little League World Series, 11-0
• Aug 25 Carl Lewis rus 100m in 9.86 seconds


• Aug 25 Cubs Doug Dascenzo commits his 1st career error after 242 games
• Aug 25 Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.62)
• Aug 25 Wanda Panfil wins 3rd female world champion marathon (2:29:53)
• Aug 26 Royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0
• Aug 28 Red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martínez both perfect game pitcher
• Aug 30 Dan O'Brien sets US decathlon record with 8,812 points
• Aug 30 Mike Powell of US sets then long jump record at 29' 4½" (8.95m)
• Aug 31 Houston QB David Klingler sets NCAA record with 6 touchdown passes in the 2nd quarter as the Cougars clobbered Louisiana Tech 73-3
• Sep 1 Japanese runner Hiromi Taniguchi wins the marathon in 2:14:57 at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan

• Sep 6 33rd Walker Cup: US, 14-10
• Sep 7 1st South African international competition in 25 years, gymnastics
• Sep 7 Brigham Young University quarterback Ty Detmer passes NCAA record 11,606 yards

• Sep 8 US Open Men's Tennis: Stefan Edberg of Sweden wins his first US title; beats American Jim Courier 6-2, 6-4, 6-0
• Sep 9 Mike Tyson indicted for rape of Desiree Washington
• Sep 9 Only 1,695 fans watch Boston Red Sox play Cleveland
• Sep 10 Gail Devers runs US female record 100m hurdles (12.48 secs)
• Sep 11 NY Yankees final game at Baltimore Oriole's Memorial Stadium
• Sep 11 Atlanta Braves Kent Mercker, Mark Wohlers & Alejandro Pena pitched 1st combined no-hitter in NL, beating San Diego Padres, 1-0

• Sep 13 Kim Zmeskal is 1st American to win a medal at World Gymnastics Championships, she wins the gold with 39.848 pts
• Sep 14 San Diego State freshman running back Marshall Faulk rushes for NCAA record 386 yards and scores 7 touchdowns as the Aztecs beat Pacific, 55-34
• Sep 15 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Vancouver GC: Nancy Scranton wins by 3 shots from Debbie Massey
• Sep 15 US women's gymnastics team win 1st World Championships medal (silver)
• Sep 17 4,355 turn out to see Expos play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
• Sep 18 American Major League Baseball executive John Hart becomes general manager of Cleveland Indians
• Sep 18 NCAA places Tennessee on 2 years probation for football recruiting violations
• Sep 18 Robert Helmick resigns as president of US Olympic Committee
• Sep 21 USA Basketball announces "Dream Team" for the 1992 Olympics

• Sep 22 NY MTA yanks 6,000 ads for "Dr Tusch" (Dr Jeffrey Lavigne)

• Sep 25 3rd World Championships in Athletics: Carl Lewis wins gold in 100m
• Sep 27 1st scheduled NHL exhibition game in St Petersburg Fla, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (NY Islanders vs Boston Bruins)
• Sep 28 NY Yankees set record of 75 games without a complete pitched game

• Oct 2 Toronto Blue Jays clinch AL East title with a 6-5 win v California Angels; become first sport franchise in history to draw 4 million fans in one season

• Oct 4 San Jose Sharks play first NHL game in franchise history, a 4-3 loss in Vancouver; native Californian Craig Coxe scores club's first goal while Jeff Hackett makes an impressive 48 saves
• Oct 5 Fresno State ties NCAA football record with 49 points in a quarter (2nd), as they route New Mexico, 94-17 at Bulldog Stadium, Fresno
• Oct 6 NY Met David Cone ties NL record by striking out 19 Phillies
• Oct 6 Orioles' last game at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (vs Det Tigers)
• Oct 7 Scorecard Harry, Space Appeal & Cafe Lex in 9th race at Belmont, creating 2nd triple dead heat in NY thoroughbred racing history
• Oct 9 San Jose Sharks beat Calgary for their 1st NHL win, 4-3
• Oct 11 Chip Beck ties PGA record lowest 18 hole score of 59 during 3rd round of the Las Vegas Invitational at the Sunrise GC
• Oct 12 Boxer Hector Comacho arrested for driving while getting oral sex
• Oct 12 Mike Lerch of Princeton ties NCAA record with 370 receiving yards
• Oct 12 Doug Flutie of BC Lions sets CFL passing record of 582 yards despite losing to Edmonton Eskimos, 45-38 in overtime
• Oct 13 Blue Jay Cito Gaston is 1st manager ejected in a playoff game
• Oct 13 Minnesota Twins win AL pennant beating Toronto in 5 games
• Oct 13 MLB American League Championship: Minnesota Twins beat Toronto Blue Jays, 4 games to 1

• Oct 16 Dallas Mavericks Roy Tarpley becomes 7th to be banned from NBA for life under the league's anti-drug agreement

• Oct 17 MLB National League Championship: Atlanta Braves beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 4 games to 3
• Oct 19 Longest NCAA football game (3:52) as Rhode Island beats Maine, 52-30 (6 OT)
• Oct 19 Lonnie Glieberman purchased Ottawa Rough Riders from CFL

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