Year 1992 in Sports History

Events in Sport

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• Jan 1 78th Rose Bowl: #2 Washington beats #4 Michigan, 34-14
• Jan 1 58th Sugar Bowl: #18 Notre Dame beats #3 Florida, 39-28

• Jan 1 21st Fiesta Bowl: #6 Penn State beats #10 Tennessee, 42-17
• Jan 1 58th Orange Bowl: #1 Miami (FL) beats #11 Nebraska, 22-0
• Jan 2 Australian cricket spin bowling great Shane Warne (145 Tests, 708 wickets; 194 ODIs) makes Test debut v India in 3rd Test at Sydney Cricket Ground
• Jan 3 Australian cricket batsman David Boon scores an unbeaten 129 in drawn 3rd Test against India in Sydney; his 11th Test century
• Jan 3 Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Jakob Hlasek beats Karel Nováček of Czechoslovakia 6-4, 6-4 for a 2-0 lead (ends 2-1) and Switzerland's first title
• Jan 3 English club Wigan pays Widnes a world record rugby league transfer fee of £440,000 for Great Britain international winger Martin Offiah

• Jan 5 Indian cricket all-rounder Ravi Shastri scores 206 in 3rd Test in Sydney before being Shane Warne's first Test wicket, the first of 708 for Australia
• Jan 6 NY Yankees sign free agent Danny Tartabul

• Jan 11 US female Figure Skating championship won by Kristi Yamaguchi

• Jan 12 NFC Championship, RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.: Washington Redskins beat Detroit Lions, 41-10
• Jan 12 Highest scoring NCAA basketball game; Troy State Trojans defeat DeVry Hoyas 258-149 in Troy, Alabama

• Jan 20 Australia beat India 2-0 to win cricket's World Series Cup; Australian opener David Boon scores the most runs in the series (432)
• Jan 20 Score begins selling international soccer cards

• Jan 25 Dan Jansen skates world record 500m in 36.41"

• Jan 26 Super Bowl XXVI, Metrodome, Minneapolis, MI: Washington Redskins beat Buffalo Bills, 37-24; MVP: Mark Rypien, Washington, QB
• Jan 26 Australian Open Men's Tennis: American Jim Courier wins 2nd career Grand Slam title and 1st Australian title; beats Stefan Edberg of Sweden 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2

• Jan 28 David Boon completes twelfth Test century, 135 v India at Adelaide
• Jan 28 St. Louis right wing Brett Hull becomes 2nd player (after Wayne Gretzky) in NHL history to record back-to-back seasons of 50 goals in 50 games; #50 comes in 3-3 Blues' tie in Los Angeles

• Feb 2 David Boon's 13 Test Cricket century, 107 v India at Perth
• Feb 2 Australian Kieren Perkins swims 1,500m freestyle short course world record, 14:32.40 at AIS, Canberra, Australia
• Feb 2 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: NFC beats AFC, 21-15; MVP: Michael Irvin, Dallas Cowboys, WR
• Feb 5 Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar
• Feb 5 Mike Whitney career-best 7-27 at WACA in Test Cricket win v India


• Feb 7 Mike Tyson testifies in his rape trial
• Feb 8 XVI Winter Olympic Games opens in Albertville, France

• Feb 9 Heike Henkel high jumps female indoor world record (2.07m)
• Feb 9 Jani Sievinen swims world record 400m medley (4:07.10)

• Feb 10 Mike Tyson convicted of raping Desiree Washington in Indiana

• Feb 13 West beats East 14 to 9 in Major Soccer League all star game
• Feb 14 Kieren John Perkins swims world record 800m freestyle (7:46.60)
• Feb 16 LA Lakers retire Magic Johnson's #32 uniform
• Feb 16 34th Daytona 500: Davey Allison joins father Bobby as a race winner; Richard Petty and A.J. Foyt's final drives in the event
• Feb 19 In a blockbuster NHL trade, Pittsburgh Penguins send Mark Recchi, Brian Benning & LA's 1st round 1992 pick (Jason Bowen) to the Philadelphia Flyers for Kjell Samuelsson, Rick Tocchet & Ken Wregget
• Feb 21 Kristi Yamaguchi of US wins Olympic gold medal in women's figure skating
• Feb 23 XVI Winter Olympic Games close in Albertville, France
• Feb 27 Larry Smith named 9th Commissioner of the CFL

• Mar 1 Jenny Thompson swims 100m freestyle world record 54.48s at the US Olympic Trials in Indianapolis, IN; passes famous GDR drug tainted record, Kristen Otto 1986 by 0.25s
• Mar 1 In a rematch of one of the most controversial decisions in boxing history, Ghana's WBC super featherweight champion Azumah Nelson KOs Australian Jeff Fenech in 8th round in Melbourne
• Mar 2 American swimmer Anita Hall breaks the 200m breaststroke world record twice in the one day at the US Swimming championships in Indianapolis; wins final in 2:25.35

• Mar 6 Yankee pitcher Pascual Perez suspended for 1 year due to cocaine
• Mar 7 Nicole Stevenson swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.78)
• Mar 7 England routs Wales, 24-0 at Twickenham for it's 2nd straight outright Five Nations Rugby Championship, Grand Slam and Triple Crown titles; fullback Jonathan Webb 2 penalties and 3 conversions

• Mar 14 NY Met Daryl Boston, Vince Coleman & Dwight Gooden accused of rape
• Mar 15 39th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #1 Duke beats #20 North Carolina, 94-74
• Mar 15 33rd SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Alabama, 80-54
• Mar 15 13th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Syracuse beats Georgetown, 56-54
• Mar 22 England beat South Africa in rain-ruined cricket World Cup semi final
• Mar 22 Joseph A Molloy elected NY Yankee general partner
• Mar 23 Florida Marlins begin selling tickets

• Mar 26 Mike Tyson sentenced to 10 years in rape of Desiree Washington
• Mar 26 NHL NY Rangers clinch 1st NHL regular season championship in 50 years
• Mar 29 Ice Dance Championship in Oakland, California won by Klimova & Ponomarenko (CIS)
• Mar 29 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Oakland, California won by Kristi Yamaguchi (USA)
• Mar 29 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oakland, California won by Viktor Petrenko (CIS)

• Mar 29 Nabisco Dinah Shore Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Dottie Pepper (Mochrie) wins the first of her 2 major titles in a sudden-death playoff with Juli Inkster with par on the 1st extra hole
• Mar 30 Man accidentally backs into Oakland A's Jose Canseco's $225,000 Lamborghini
• Mar 31 Ranji Trophy Cricket Final, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi: Delhi (Ajay Sharma 175 in 532) beats Tamil Nadu (449) on 1st innings
• Mar 31 Phoenix coach Cotton Fitzsimmons guides the Suns to a 128-111 home win over Portland to become the 6th coach in NBA history to record 800 career wins
• Apr 1 NHL players begin first strike in 75-year history; 10 day action earns large playoff bonus increase, more control over licensing of their likenesses and changes to free agency system
• Apr 1 Sheffield Shield Men's Cricket Final, Perth: West Australia beats NSW by 44 runs; Justin Langer 149
• Apr 3 1st exhibition game at Camden Field - Orioles beat NY Mets
• Apr 4 Game 1 of Mayor Challenge - NY Yankees beat NY Mets 6-4 at Yank Stad
• Apr 4 146th Grand National: 14/1 shot Party Politics, ridden by Welsh jockey Carl Llewellyn wins by 2½ lengths from Romany King
• Apr 5 11th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Western Kentucky, 78-62; Cardinal guard Molly Goodenbour MOP

• Apr 5 Game 2 of Mayor Challenge - NY Yankees sweep NY Mets 6-5 at Shea
• Apr 6 1st game at Camden Field, Balt-Orioles beat Indians 2-0
• Apr 6 54th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Duke beats Michigan, 71-51; back-to-back titles for Blue Devils and coach Mike Krzyzewski
• Apr 9 Florida drops rape charges against NY Mets Gooden, Boston & Coleman
• Apr 9 Record 18 golfers shoot in 60s in Masters round 1 (old record 12)
• Apr 10 NHL strike ends after 10 days
• Apr 11 MLB Cleveland Indians set team record for long game loss to Boston Red Sox (19 innings - 6½ hr)
• Apr 12 2nd lowest NBA scoring game - Detroit Pistons 72, NY Knicks 61

• Apr 12 MLB Boston Red Sox pitcher Matt Young no-hits Cleveland Indians, but loses 2-1
• Apr 12 NY Mets lose 1st 3 home games for 1st time since 1962
• Apr 13 Lou Carnesecca retires as coach of St John's basketball team
• Apr 13 Longest 2 undefeated baseball teams to meet (NY Yanks 5-0 vs Toronto Blue Jays 6-0); Yanks score 3 in top of 9th to win 5-2

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Birthdays in Sport

• Jan 1 Jack Wilshere, English soccer midfielder (34 caps; Arsenal, West Ham Utd), born in Stevenage, England
• Jan 8 Shahdon Winchester, Trinidadian soccer winger (27 caps; Murciélagos), born in Princes Town, Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2019)
• Jan 19 Shawn Johnson, American artistic gymnast, born in Des Moines, Iowa

• Feb 7 Miguel Andres Matienzo Guerra, Mexican athlete
• Feb 25 Libby [Elizabeth] Callahan, sport pistol (Olympics 1996), born in Columbia, South Carolina
• Feb 25 Hideki Matsuyama, Japanese golfer (US Masters 2021; US Open 2017 runner-up), born in Matsuyama, Japan

• Apr 13 Mohammad Amir, Pakistani cricket bowler (5-year ban for spot-fixing), born in Changa Bangial, Pakistan
• May 1 Matĕj Vydra, Czech Republic soccer striker (26 caps; Watford, Derby County, Burnley), born in Chotĕboř, Czech Republic
• May 18 Josh Phelps, Soccer Player
• May 25 Kendall Coyne Schofield, American ice hockey forward (Olympic gold 2018; World C'ship gold 2011, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19), born in Palos Heights, Illinois
• Jun 3 Mario Götze, German football player (Borussia Dortmund, German national team), born in Memmingen, Germany
• Jun 4 Earvin Johnson III, son of NBA forward Magic Johnson, born in Los Angeles, California
• Jun 5 Emily Seebohm, Australian Swimmer
• Jun 12 Philippe Coutinho, Brazilian football player (Barcelona), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Jun 15 Mohamed Salah, Egyptian soccer forward (Liverpool, Egypt), born in Gharbia, Egypt
• Jun 23 Bridget Sloan, American gymnast, born in Cincinnati, Ohio
• Jul 1 Aaron Sanchez, American MLB pitcher (All Star 2016), born in Barstow, California
• Jul 2 Nana Takagi, Japanese speed skater (Olympic gold mass start, team pursuit 2018), born in Makubetsu, Japan
• Jul 13 Elise Matthysen, Belgian swimmer
• Jul 21 Rachael Flatt, American figure skater (2010 US Champion), born in Del Mar, California
• Aug 11 Jose Ortiz Jr., Puerto Rican jockey (Belmont Stakes 2016), born in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico
• Aug 26 Yang Yilin, Chinese gymnast
• Aug 27 Carissa Moore, American surfer (WSL Women's World Tour Champion 2011, 13, 15, 19), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
• Oct 16 Bryce Harper, American baseball player (Washington Nationals), born in Las Vegas, Nevada
• Oct 20 Danielle Kang, American golfer (Women's PGA C'ship 2017), born in San Francisco, California
• Nov 3 Joe Clarke, English slalom canoeist (Olympic gold K1 2016), born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
• Nov 5 Odell Beckham Jr., American NFL player (New York Giants), born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Dec 1 Marco van Ginkel, Dutch soccer midfielder (8 caps; Vitesse, Chelsea, PSV), born in Amersfoort, Netherlands
• Dec 1 Javier Báez, Puerto Rican baseball infielder (MLB All Star 2018-19; Chicago Cubs), born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico
• Dec 2 Gary Sánchez, Dominican baseball catcher (MLB All Star 2017, 19; NY Yankees), born in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
• Dec 6 Johnny Manziel, American football quarterback (Heisman Trophy 2012, Texas A&M; NFL: Cleveland Browns), born in Tyler, Texas
• Dec 28 Lara van Ruijven, Dutch short track speed skater (World C'ship gold 500m 2019; Olympic bronze 3000m relay 2018), born in Naaldwijk, Netherlands (d. 2020)
• Dec 30 Carson Wentz, American NFL quarterback (Pro Bowl 2017; Philadelphia Eagles), born in Raleigh, North Carolina

Weddings in Sport

• Apr 18 Swedish tennis ace Stefan Edberg (26) marries Danish model Annette Olsen (27) in Sweden

Deaths in Sport

• Jan 1 M. J. Frankovich, American football player & film producer (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies at 82
• Jan 3 Ken Grieves, Australian cricketer (NSW & Lancashire leg-spin all-rounder), dies at 66
• Jan 10 Roberto Bonomi, Argentine racing driver (b. 1919)
• Jan 13 Josef Neckermann, German equestrian dressage (Olympic gold 1964, 68), dies at 79
• Jan 17 Frank Pullen, English businessman and racehorse owner, dies at 76
• Jan 21 Champion Jack [William Thomas] Dupree, American boxer and pianist, dies at 81

• Feb 7 Buzz Sawyer, wrestler (b. 1959)
• Feb 12 Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren, Dutch boxing champ (Olympic gold 1928), dies
• Feb 14 Roepie Kruize, hockey player (Olympic bronze 1948/silver-52), dies at 67
• Feb 26 Gerrit Schulte, Dutch road and track cyclist (World Champion Track Pursuit 1948), dies at 76
• Feb 26 Jean R Yawkey, owner (Boston Red Sox), dies of a stroke at 83
• Apr 2 Juanito, Spanish soccer forward (34 caps; Real Madrid 284 games, 85 goals), dies in car crash at 37
• Apr 4 Samuel Reshevsky, Polish-American chess grandmaster, dies at 80
• Apr 13 Stuart Surridge, English cricketer (Capt of Surrey), dies at 74
• Apr 20 Marjorie Gestring, American springboard diver (Olympic gold 1936), dies at 69
• May 6 Gaston Reiff, Belgian athlete (Olympic gold 1948), dies at 71
• May 8 Gul Mahomed, Pakistani cricketer (8 Tests for India & one for Pakistan), dies at 70
• May 12 Joe Burke, American baseball executive (president KC Royals 1981-92), dies from lymphatic cancer at 68
• May 14 Lyle Alzado, NFL defensive linesman (LA Raiders) and actor (Oceans of Fire, Hangfire), dies of cancer at 43
• May 15 Jovy Marcelo, Filipino race car driver (b. 1965)
• May 17 Warren Neal Boxer, dies of AIDS at 34
• May 25 Danny Biasone, persuaded NBA to use 24 second clock, dies at 83
• Jun 4 Carl Stotz, founder (baseball's little league), dies at 82
• Jun 6 Manfred Stengl, Austrian luger (Olympic gold men's doubles 1964), dies in a motorcycle accident at 46
• Jun 7 Bill France, Sr., American auto racer (co-founder of NASCAR), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 82
• Jun 15 Eddie Lopat, American baseball pitcher (NY Yankees), dies at 73
• Jun 15 Leo Halle, soccer goalie (Go Ahead, Orange), dies
• Jun 19 Kitty Godfree, English tennis player (Olympic gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze-1920, 24), dies at 96
• Jun 24 Len Darling, Australian cricketer (South Australian & Test batsman of 30's), dies at 82
• Jun 25 Jerome Brown, defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagle), dies in car crash at 27
• Jun 27 Sandy Amoros, Bkln Dodger, dies at 62 of pneumonia
• Jun 28 Mikhail Tai, World chess champion (1960-61), dies at 55
• Jul 7 Josy Barthel, Luxembourgish 1500m runner (Olympic gold 1952), dies at 65
• Jul 7 Clint Frank, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1937; unanimous All-American 1937; Yale), dies at 76
• Jul 13 Alex Wojciechowicz, NFLer (Philadelphia Eagles), dies at 76
• Jul 16 "Gorgeous" George [Arena], wrestler, dies at 84
• Jul 16 Buck Buchanan, NFL defensive lineman (KC Chiefs), dies at 51
• Jul 16 Johnny Martin, cricketer (NSW & Australian chinaman bowler), dies
• Aug 1 Stanley Dudek, US platform diver (watershows), dies
• Aug 8 Arthur Lang, American boxer and businessman, dies at 115
• Aug 13 Clifford Allison, US stock-car racer, dies in an accident
• Sep 1 Chick Harbert, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1954, Ryder Cup 1949, 55), dies of a cerebral haemorrhage at 77
• Sep 5 Billy Herman, American baseball hall of fame second baseman and manager (Dodgers, Cubs), dies at 83
• Sep 6 Pat Harder, American NFL fullback (Cardinals, Lions), dies at 70
• Sep 7 Leo van der Kar, masseur/businessman/founder (Sports Fund), dies at 79
• Sep 11 Frank McKinney, American swimmer (Olympic gold 4x100m medley), dies in a mid-air collision between 2 aircraft at 53
• Sep 14 S A Banerjee, cricketer (1 Test for India 1948, no runs, 5 wkts), dies
• Sep 20 K W Stackpole, cricketer (good Victorian batsman), dies
• Sep 22 Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player (b. 1948)
• Sep 23 Bernice Gera, American 1st female baseball umpire (1969 NY-Penn League), dies of cancer at 61
• Oct 4 Denny Hulme, New Zealand auto racer (F1 World Drivers' Champion 1967), dies of a heart attack driving in Bathurst 1,000 at 56
• Oct 6 Bill O'Reilly, cricketer (great leggie, 774 wickets at 16 60), dies
• Oct 22 Red Barber, sportscaster (Dodgers, Yankees), dies at 84
• Oct 26 Dottie Green, female baseball player (Peaches), dies of cancer at 71
• Oct 27 Roy Marshall, West Indian cricketer (143 runs for WI, 35725 runs overall), dies at 62
• Nov 5 Arpad Elo, Hungarian physicist (chess classification system), dies at 89
• Nov 8 Kees [Cornelis] Broekman, speed skater (Olympic silver 1952), dies
• Nov 10 Chuck Connors, American author, actor (The Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in Africa), professional basketball and baseball player, dies at 71
• Nov 14 Earnest FH Happel, East German soccer/trainer/coach, dies
• Nov 14 Joop Van Nellen, Dutch soccer forward (27 caps; DHC Delft), dies at 82
• Dec 9 Carl Barger, baseball pres (Pittsburgh Pirates, Fla Marlins), dies at 62
• Dec 10 Dan Maskell, English tennis commentator (b. 1908)
• Dec 12 Jasu Patel, Indian cricketer (29 wkts for India, best 9-69 v Aust), dies at 68
• Dec 16 Rinus Terlouw, Dutch soccer player/trainer (Sparta), dies
• Dec 23 Cyril Walters, Welsh cricketer (11 Tests for England, 784 runs), dies at 87
• Dec 25 Ted Croker, RAF-pilot/sect English soccer team (sponsoring), dies
• Dec 28 Sal Maglie, American MLB pitcher (NY Giants, 8th best won-lost pct), dies at 75