April 1992 in Sport

Events in Sport

  • Apr 1 NFL decides to stay with 17 week schedule instead of expanded 18 games
  • Apr 1 NHL players begin 1st strike in 75-year history
  • Apr 1 WA beat NSW by 44 runs to win the Sheffield Shield Final
  • 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: Carl Llewellyn aboard Party Politics wins
  • Apr 5 11th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Western Ky 78-62

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Apr 5 4th Seniors Golf Tradition: Lee Trevino wins by 1 stroke from Jack Nicklaus

Golfer Jack Nicklaus
Golfer
Jack Nicklaus
  • Apr 5 Dana Lofland wins Las Vegas LPGA Golf International
  • 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
  • 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 Indians set team record for long game loss to Red Sox (19 inn - 6½ hr)

  • Apr 12 2nd lowest NBA scoring game - Detroit Piston 72, NY Knicks 61

Sport awardGolf Major

Apr 12 56th Masters Golf Tournament: Fred Couples wins, shooting a 275

Golfer and Masters Champion Fred Couples
Golfer and Masters Champion
Fred Couples
  • 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
  • Apr 15 NY Islander, Al Arbour, coaches most NHL games (1,438)
  • Apr 16 NY Rangers win team record 50th game
  • Apr 18 Start of South Africa's 1st Test Cricket since 1970 (v WI Bridgetown)
  • Apr 19 53rd PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Lee Trevino wins by 1 stroke from Mike Hill
  • Apr 20 96th Boston Marathon: Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya 1st man in 2:08:14 and Olga Markova of Russia 1st woman in 2:23:43

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Apr 24 George Steinbrenner drops his suits against baseball

New York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner
New York Yankees Owner
George Steinbrenner
  • Apr 26 Maggie Will wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
  • Apr 26 NFL Draft: University of Washington defensive end Steve Emtman from first pick by Indianapolis Colts
  • Apr 27 NY Mets trade David Cone to Toronto Blue Jays for Jeff Kent
  • Apr 28 Brewers beat Blue Jays 22-2 with AL record 31 hits in 9 innings

Birthdays in Sport

  • Apr 13 Mohammad Amir, Pakistani cricket bowler (5-year ban for spot-fixing), born in Changa Bangial, Pakistan

Weddings in Sport

  • Apr 18 Tennis ace Stefan Edberg marries Annette Olsen in Sweden

Deaths in Sport

  • Apr 1 Juanito, soccer star (Madrid Real 1977-87), dies at 37 in car crash
  • Apr 4 Samuel Reshevsky, Polish-American chess grandmaster, dies at 80
  • Apr 13 Walter Stuart Surridge, cricketeer (Capt of Surrey), dies at 74