Events in Sport
Events 1 - 100 of 220
- Jan 1 Blockbuster Bowl 3: Stanford beats Penn State, 24-3
- Jan 1 79th Rose Bowl: #7 Michigan beats #9 Washington, 38-31
- Jan 1 59th Sugar Bowl: #2 Alabama beats #1 Miami, 34-13
- Jan 1 22nd Fiesta Bowl: #6 Syracuse beats #10 Colorado, 26-22
- Jan 1 59th Orange Bowl: #3 Florida State beats #11 Nebraska, 27-14
- Jan 3 "The Comeback", QB Frank Reich leads Buffalo Bills back from a 32-point deficit, to defeat the Houston Oilers 41-38 in overtime in a wild card playoff game, the greatest comeback ever in NFL history
- Jan 5 Brian Lara scores his maiden test century, 277 runs West Indies v Australia at cricket at the Sydney Cricket Ground
Hall of Fame
Jan 5 Reggie Jackson elected to Hall of Fame
Reggie Jackson
Event of Interest
Jan 8 Michael Jordan's game-high 35 points leads Chicago to 120-95 win over Milwaukee; gives him exactly 20,000 points in 620th game of his NBA career; 2nd-fastest to reach milestone after Wilt Chamberlain (499)
Michael Jordan
Event of Interest
Jan 12 NHL great Mario Lemieux announces that he has been diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma
Mario Lemieux
Event of Interest
Jan 14 Utah Jazz center Mark Eaton blocks 2 shots in a 96-89 win over Seattle SuperSonics; becomes only 2nd player in NBA history (along with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) to record 3,000 career blocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Event of Interest
Jan 23 Graham Gooch scores his 100th 100, on tour at Cuttack
Graham Gooch
- Jan 26 Everton scores a 3-1 away win over Wimbledon at Selhurst Park in London; lowest ever attendance at an EPL fixture, 3,039
Australian Open Women's Tennis
Jan 30 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 for her 3rd consecutive Australian singles crown
Monica Seles
Steffi Graf
- Jan 31 Super Bowl XXVII, Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA: Dallas Cowboys beat Buffalo Bills, 52-17; MVP: Troy Aikman, Dallas, QB
- Jan 31 Australian Open Men's Tennis: American Jim Courier retains title; repeats previous year's win over Stefan Edberg 6-2, 6-1, 2-6, 7-5
- Feb 3 Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments
NHL All-Star Game
Feb 6 44th NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC: Wales beats Campbell, 16-6; MVP: Mike Gartner, NY Rangers, RW
Mike Gartner
Boxing Title Fight
Feb 6 Riddick Bowe TKOs Michael Dokes in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
Riddick Bowe
Daytona 500
Feb 14 35th Daytona 500: Dale Jarrett, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, wins from Dale Earnhardt and Geoff Bodine
Joe Gibbs
- Feb 16 Sandra Völker swims world record 50m backstroke (28.33 sec)
- Feb 17 Mark Foster swims world record 50m free style (21.60 sec)
- Feb 17 Hartford right wing Pat Verbeek scores his 300th career NHL goal and adds his 300th career assist in a 5-3 Whalers' home loss to the Buffalo Sabres
- Feb 20 Florida Marlins open their 1st spring training camp
- Feb 20 NY Islanders retire Billy Smith's number 31
NBA All-Star Game
Feb 21 43rd NBA All-Star Game, Delta Center, Salt Lake City, UT: West beats East, 135-132 (OT); MVPs: Karl Malone, Utah Jazz F; John Stockton, Utah Jazz, PG
John Stockton
- Feb 21 Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.15 m)
- Feb 23 Sacramento Gold Miners admitted as CFL's 9th franchise (1st US team)
- Feb 25 Florida Marlins introduce their mascot "Billy"
- Feb 26 Allan Border beats Gavaskar's record for most Test Cricket runs 10,123
- Feb 28 Iolanda Chen triple jumps world indoor record hop step (14.46m)
Event of Interest
Mar 1 New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner is reinstated as general partner of the team; banned because of his relationship with convicted gambler Howie Spira
George Steinbrenner
- Mar 1 New expansion NHL team, owned in Anaheim, CA by Disney, receives its name, inspired by the 1992 Disney movie 'The Mighty Ducks'
Event of Interest
Mar 1 Pavel Bure scores twice to become the first player in Vancouver's 23 year history to record 50 goals in an NHL season as Canucks beat the Buffalo Sabres, 5-2 in Hamilton
Pavel Bure
- Mar 2 Mario Lemieux undergoes his 22nd and final radiation treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma, then joins the Pittsburgh Penguins in Philadelphia and has a goal and assist in a 5-4 loss to the Flyers
- Mar 2 Winnipeg Jets Finnish right wing Teemu Selänne breaks NHL record for goals by a rookie with a hat-trick in a 7-4 loss to the visiting Quebec Nordiques; passes Mike Bossy's mark of 52
- Mar 3 Howard Stern radio show premieres in Boston (WBCN 104.1 FM-evenings)
- Mar 4 1st ESPY Awards: Michael Jordan, Monica Seles win
Event of Interest
Mar 5 Boston Celtic Larry Bird undergoes backfusion surgery
Larry Bird
- Mar 5 Marlins beat Astros 12-8 in their 1st spring training game
- Mar 9 Pittsburgh Penguins begin NHL record 17 game winning streak
- Mar 14 40th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Georgia Tech beats #1 North Carolina, 77-75
- Mar 14 34th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats LSU, 82-65
- Mar 14 14th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Seton Hall beats Syracuse, 103-70
- Mar 19 Ice Dance Championship in Prague won by M Usova & A Zhulin (RUS)
- Mar 20 France beats Wales, 26-10 at Parc des Princes, Paris for it's 10th outright Five Nations Rugby Championship
- Mar 23 NY Knicks & Phoenix Suns get into a major brawl
PGA Players Championship
Mar 28 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Nick Price of Zimbabwe sets a scoring record of 270 (−18) to finish 5 strokes ahead of Germany's Bernhard Langer
Nick Price
Bernhard Langer
- Mar 28 Nabisco Dinah Shore Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Helen Alfredsson of Sweden wins her only major title, 2 strokes ahead of 3 runners-up; first non-American to win the event as a major
- Mar 29 Queensland all out for 75 v NSW in Sheffield Shield Final
- Mar 30 New South Wales beat Qld by eight wkts to win Sheffield Shield
- Mar 30 Punjab beat Maharashtra by 120 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
- Apr 1 Reigning NASCAR Winston Cup champion Alan Kulwicki perishes in a private plane crash en route to Bristol for the Food City 500
- Apr 2 Cleveland Cavaliers guard Mark Price has his consecutive free throw streak end at 77, during a 114-113 loss at Charlotte; falls 1 short of Calvin Murphy’s NBA record of 78 straight free throws
- Apr 3 147th Grand National: race declared void, after 30 of 39 runners carried on racing despite a false start; bookmakers forced to refund estimated £75 million in bets staked
- Apr 4 12th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Texas Tech beats Ohio State, 84-82; future Hall of Fame forward Sheryl Swoopes MOP
- Apr 4 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: Tom Shaw wins his lone career major title by 1 stroke from Mike Hill
- Apr 5 55th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Michigan, 77-71; Tar Heels' 3rd title
- Apr 5 73,293 see the NY Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians, 9-1 in the season opener at Cleveland Stadium
- Apr 5 A win and a loss for MLB expansion teams in their debut games; Florida Marlins beat LA Dodgers, 6-3 in Miami; the Colorado Rockies lose to Mets, 3-0 in NYC
- Apr 6 Florida Marlins 1st lost ever (4-2 to LA Dodgers)
- Apr 9 Colorado Rockies 1st home game & 1st victory, 11-4 over Mont Expos
- Apr 10 Ottawa Senators win 1st road game (Islanders) after 38 straight loses
- Apr 10 Pittsburgh Penguins win their NHL record 17 game winning streak
US Masters Golf
Apr 11 57th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Bernhard Langer of Germany wins his second green jacket by 4 strokes from Chip Beck
Bernhard Langer
- Apr 11 Jeff Rouse swims world record 100m backstroke (51.43 sec)
- Apr 18 PGA Seniors' Championship Men’s Golf, PGA National GC: American Tom Wargo pars second playoff hole to beat Bruce Crampton of Australia and take his first and only major title
- Apr 19 97th Boston Marathon: Cosmas N'deti of Kenya wins men's event in 2:09:33; Olga Markova of Russia repeats as women's champion in 2:25:27
- Apr 22 Seattle Mariner Chris Basio no-hits Boston Red Sox
- Apr 25 NFL Draft: Washington State quarterback Drew Bledsoe first pick by New England Patriots
- Apr 28 Zambian plane crashes at Libreville, Gabon, 30 soccer players die
Event of Interest
Apr 28 NY Islanders beat Wash Caps 4 to 1 in playoffs, Caps Dale Hunter attacks Pierre Turgeon after scoring, in hockey's worst cheap shot
Pierre Turgeon
- May 1 119th Kentucky Derby: Jerry Bailey wins aboard Sea Hero, the first of 2 Derby victories (1996 on Grindstone)
Boxing Title Fight
May 8 Lennox Lewis beats Tony Tucker in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
Lennox Lewis
Hall of Fame
May 10 Bill Walton is inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Bill Walton
- May 12 Parma of Italy win 33rd European Cup Winner's Cup against Royal Antwerp of Belgium 3-1 in London
Event of Interest
May 13 KC Royal George Brett hits his 300th HR
George Brett
- May 15 118th Preakness: Mike Smith aboard Prairie Bayou wins in 1:56.6
- May 22 Riddick Bowe TKOs Jesse Ferguson in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
- May 24 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: Montreal Canadians beat New York Islanders, 4 games to 1
- May 26 In Major League Baseball, Carlos Martinez famously hits a ball off Jose Canseco's head for a home run
- May 26 1st UEFA Champions League Final: Marseille beats Milan 1-0 at Munich
- May 29 Texas Ranger Jose Canseco pitches 8th inning in 15-1 loss to Red Sox, he gives up 3 runs on 2 hits & 3 walks, he damages his arm
- May 29 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Los Angeles Kings beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 3
- May 30 Indianapolis 500: Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi passes reigning F1 World Champion Nigel Mansell with 16 laps to go for his second race win
- Jun 4 Cricket's "Ball of the Century" - Australian spin bowler Shane Warne bowls England batsman Mike Gatting with his first ball of an Ashes series; Australia wins 1st Test at Old Trafford by 179 runs
- Jun 5 125th Belmont: Julie Krone aboard Colonial Affair wins in 2:29.8
French Open Women's Tennis
Jun 5 French Open Women's Tennis: Germany's Steffi Graf wins her 3rd of 6 French singles titles; beats Mary Joe Fernández of the US 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
Steffi Graf
- Jun 6 French Open Men's Tennis: Spaniard Sergi Bruguera prevents Jim Courier French three-peat; beats American 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
- Jun 7 Cricket's Graham Gooch dismissed handled the ball vs Australia at Old Trafford
- Jun 9 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Canadiens beat LA Kings, 4-1 for a 4-1 series win; Canadiens' 24th SC Championship
LPGA Championship
Jun 13 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Bethesda CC: Patty Sheehan wins her 4th major title by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Lauri Merten
Patty Sheehan
Birthdays in Sport
- Jan 21 Sei Young Kim, South Korean golfer (LPGA 72-hole scoring record 257), born in Seoul, South Korea
- Jan 29 Michelle Larcher De Brito, Portuguese tennis player, born in Lisbon, Portugal
- Feb 27 Jessica Korda, American golfer (5 LPGA Tour titles), born in Bradenton, Florida
- Mar 1 Michael Conforto, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 2017; New York Mets), born in Seattle, Washington
- Mar 6 Ning Zetao, Chinese swimmer (2015 World Championships, 2014 Asian Games), born in Zhengzhou, China
- Mar 11 Anthony Davis, American basketball center (2012 NBA Draft: #1 pick New Orleans Pelicans), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Mar 14 Anthony Bennett, Canadian basketball power forward (2013 NBA Draft: #1 pick Cleveland Cavaliers), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Mar 15 Paul Pogba, French football player (Manchester United, French national team), born in Lagny-sur-Marne, France
- Mar 20 Sloane Stephens, American tennis player (US Open 2017), born in Plantation, Florida
- Mar 30 Lee Mi-hyang, South Korean golfer (ANA Inspiration 2019 runner-up), born in Seoul, South Korea
- Apr 2 Keshorn Walcott ORTT, Trinidadian athlete (Olympic gold javelin 2012, bronze 2016), born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
- Apr 16 Mirai Nagasu, American figure skater, born in Montebello, California
- Apr 29 Justin Thomas, American golfer (PGA C'ship 2017), born in Louisville, Kentucky
- May 20 Caroline Zhang, American figure skater
- Jun 10 Scott McLaughlin, New Zealand professional racing driver, born in Hamilton, New Zealand
Jordan Spieth
Jul 27 Jordan Spieth, American golfer (US Masters, US Open 2015; British Open 2017), born in Dallas, Texas
Jordan Spieth
- Jul 29 Rayne Dakota "Dak" Prescott, American NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys), born in Sulphur, Louisiana
- Sep 3 Dominic Thiem, Austrian tennis player (runner-up French Open 2018, ATP Finals 2019), born in Wiener Neustadt, Austria
- Sep 10 Sam Kerr, Australian football player (Chicago Red Stars), born in East Fremantle, Australia
- Sep 21 Park Sung-hyun, South Korean golfer, (US Open 2017; Women's PGA C'ship 2018), born in Seoul, South Korea
- Oct 8 Garbiñe Muguruza, Spanish tennis player (French Open 2016, Wimbledon 2017), born in Caracas, Venezuela
- Oct 16 Caroline Garcia, French tennis player (French Open doubles 2016), born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
- Oct 25 Xander Schauffele, American golfer (British Open 2018, US Masters 2019 runner-up), born in San Diego, California
- Oct 30 Marcus Mariota, American football quarterback (Heisman Trophy 2014, U of Oregon; NFL: Tennessee Titans), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
- Dec 2 Kostas Stafylidis, Greek soccer left back (30 caps; 1899 Hoffenheim), born in Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece
Gabriel Medina
Dec 22 Gabriel Medina, Brazilian professional surfer (World Champion 2014), born in São Sebastião, São Paulo
Gabriel Medina
- Dec 31 Ryan Blaney, American auto racer (Daytona 500 2020 runner-up), born in Hartford Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
Jan 2 Supermodel Kim Alexis (32) weds ice hockey player Ron Duguay (35)
Kim Alexis
Wedding of Interest
Jun 26 NHL scoring champion Mario Lemieux (27) weds longtime girlfriend Nathalie Asselin at Notre Dame Basilica in Canada
Mario Lemieux
- Sep 4 Five-time U.S. national champion figure pair skater Jerod Swallow (26) weds his partner Elizabeth Punsalen
Wedding of Interest
Dec 3 Baseball player Darryl Strawberry (31) weds Charisse Simon (26)
Darryl Strawberry
Wedding of Interest
Dec 17 Tennis star Boris Becker (26) weds designer Barbara Feltus (27)
Boris Becker
Divorces in Sport
Divorce of Interest
Apr 22 Tennis great Björn Borg divorces Loredana Berte
Björn Borg
Divorce of Interest
Oct 15 Baseball player Darryl Strawberry (31) divorces Lisa Andrews after more than 8 years of marriage
Darryl Strawberry
Deaths in Sport
- Jan 4 Daniel H Craven, South African rugby coach, dies
- Jan 9 Alois Brunner, German/Syrian commandant of KZ-Lower Drancy, dies
- Jan 15 Henry Iba, basketball coach, dies at 88
- Jan 16 Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strength athlete (b. 1960)
- Jan 16 Freddie Cochrane, American boxer (World Welterweight champion 1941-1946), dies at 77
- Jan 17 Ger ter Horst, Dutch soccer trainer (Sparta), dies
- Jan 19 Chris Street, basketball player, dies at 20
- Jan 21 Charlie Gehringer, American Baseball Hall of Fame 2nd baseman (Detroit Tigers, 6-time MLB All Star), dies at 89
- Feb 5 Jack Young, English cricketer (8 Tests for England 1947-49, 17 wickets), dies at 80
Arthur Ashe
Feb 6 Arthur Ashe, American tennis player (3 Grand Slam singles titles), dies of AIDS related pneumonia at 49
Arthur Ashe
- Feb 10 Rip Repulski, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1956; World Series 1959), dies at 64
- Feb 11 Oksana Kostina, Russian gymnast, dies in an auto accident
- Feb 17 Leslie Townsend, cricket all-rounder (England in 4 Tests 1930-34), dies
- Feb 24 Bobby Moore, English football defender (108 caps; captain World Cup 1966; West Ham United), dies of bowel & liver cancer at 51
- Feb 24 Danny Gallivan, Canadian radio and television sportscaster, dies at 75
- Mar 7 Tony Harris, South African cricketer (8 Tests for South Africa 1947-49, 100 runs) and rugby union player (Springbok), dies at 76
- Mar 8 Don Barksdale, American basketball forward (Olympic gold 1948, NBA All Star 1953), dies of throat cancer at 69
- Mar 22 Cec Pepper, cricketer (NSW & Commonwealth XI leggie), dies
- Mar 22 Steve Olin, pitcher (Cleveland Indians), drowns at 27
- Mar 22 Tim Crews, pitcher (Cleveland Indians), drowns at 31
- Mar 26 Roy Riegels, University of California football player who ran wrong way, dies at 84
- Apr 1 Alan Kulwicki, American auto racer and owner (NASCAR Winston Cup drivers' and owners' champion 1992), dies in plane crash at 38
- Apr 1 Wayne Mack, American sportscaster (New Orleans Saints, Tulane University) and actor (Storyville), dies of cancer at 68
- Apr 3 Klaas Schenk, Dutch speed skater and coach (coach 1952, 56, 60 Winter Olympics; father of triple gold medallist Ard), dies at 86
- Apr 7 S C (Billy) Griffith, cricketer (England 1948-49, MCC sect), dies
- Apr 15 Harry "Bull" Alexander, Australian cricketer (Test for Aust 1933, avg 154), dies at 87
- Apr 21 Hal Schumacher, baseball pitcher, dies at 82
- Apr 22 Mark Koenig, American baseball player (NY Yankees), dies at 88
- Apr 28 Jim Valvano, American basketball coach (NC State), dies of cancer at 47
- Apr 30 Dave Waymer, American NFL safety (NO Saints), dies of a heart attack at 34
- Apr 30 Eric Rowan, cricketer (26 Tests for South Africa), dies
- Apr 30 Tommy Caton, English footballer (b. 1962)
- May 5 Dick Metz, American golfer (US Open 1938 runner-up; 10 PGA Tour titles), dies at 84
- May 12 Zeno Colò, Italian downhill skier (Olympic gold 1952), dies at 72
- May 13 Evert "Eef" Dolman, Dutch cyclist (Olympic gold 1964), dies at 47
- May 19 S W Sohoni, cricketer (4 Tests for India), dies
- May 28 Charles Barnett, cricketer (20 Tests for England), dies
- May 29 Billy Conn, American boxer, dies of pneumonia at 75
- Jun 2 Johnny Mize, American Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman (10-time MLB All Star), dies of cardiac arrest at 80
- Jun 3 Joe Fortenberry, American basketball forward (captain Olympic gold 1936), dies at 82
- Jun 7 Drazen Petrovic, NBA player (NJ Nets), dies in auto-accident at 28
- Jun 13 Gérard Côté, Canadian runner (b. 1913)
- Jun 15 James Hunt, English auto racer (Formula 1 World Drivers Champion 1976), dies of a heart attack at 45
- Jun 16 Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer (3073 runs in Tests), dies at 79
- Jun 24 Archie Williams, American athlete (Olympic gold 400m 1936 ), dies of a heart attack at 78
Roy Campanella
Jun 26 Roy Campanella, American Baseball Hall of Fame catcher (NL MVP 1951,53,55 Brooklyn Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 71
Roy Campanella
- Jul 3 Don Drysdale [Donald Scott], American Major League Baseball player, dies of a heart attack at 56
- Jul 8 Charles Adkins, American light welterweight boxer (Olympic gold 1952), dies at 61
- Jul 11 Denis Tomlinson, South African cricket leg-spinner, dies
- Jul 13 Davey Allison, American auto racer (Daytona 500 1992), dies in a plane crash at 32
- Jul 23 James Jordan, father of NBA star Michael Jordan, found dead near McColl, South Carolina
- Jul 27 Reggie Lewis, NBA star (Boston Celtics), dies of heart failure at 27
- Aug 1 Ewing Kaufman, founder/owner (KC Royals), dies of lung cancer at 76
- Aug 24 Professor D B Deodhar, cricketer (Ind non-Test bat o 30s), dies at 101
- Aug 26 Alan Wharton, English cricketer (England batsman once v NZ 1949, scored 7 & 13), dies at 70
- Sep 7 Guy Overton, New Zealand cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 3 Tests on 1953-54 SA tour), dies at 74
- Sep 8 Lorin "Whitey" Harrison, surfer, dies of a heart attack at 80
- Sep 15 Ethan Allen, American baseball center fielder (inventor Cadaco-Ellis board game All Star Baseball; Yale University), dies at 89
- Sep 16 Willie Mosconi, American world billiards champ, dies of heart attack at 80
- Sep 20 Loan Volkerijk, Dutch baseball coach (ADO), dies at 65
- Sep 26 John Pennel, American pole vaulter (James E Sullivan Award-1963), dies at 53
- Sep 26 Owen Aisher, English businessman and president (Royal Yachting Association 1970-75), dies at 93
- Oct 4 Jim Holton, Scottish soccer defender (15 caps; Manchester United, Coventry City), dies of a heart attack at 42
- Oct 9 C. R. Rangachari, Indian cricketer (4 Tests for India), dies at 77
- Oct 9 Geert de Vlaeminck, Belgian champion cyclist, dies at 26
- Oct 12 Tofik Bakhramov, Russian footballer (b. 1926)
- Oct 14 Bertie Clarke, cricketer (6 wkts for WI in 1939), dies
- Oct 19 Bert Schoofs, table tennis star, dies at 48
- Oct 21 Irving Torgoff, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers), dies at 75
- Oct 29 George Pope, cricketer (one Test for England, 8 runs not out), dies
- Oct 29 Roger Turner, American figure skater (7x US National Champion), dies at 92
- Nov 1 George Sheehan, American doctor, athlete and author ("Running & Being: The Total Experience," NY Times best seller), dies of prostate cancer at 74
- Nov 4 Cliff Young, pitcher (Cleveland Indians), dies in car accident at 29
- Nov 12 Bill Dickey, American Baseball Hall of Fame catcher (11 × MLB All-Star; 14 × World Series; NY Yankees) and manager (NY Yankees), dies at 86
- Nov 15 Theo Huizenaar, Dutch boxing trainer (Bep van Klaveren), dies at 93
- Nov 25 Burgess Whitehead, American baseball player (New York Giants), dies at 83
- Dec 9 Danny Blanchflower, North Ireland soccer/union coach, dies at 67
- Dec 28 Joop Vervoort, Dutch soccer referee, dies at 61