Year 1993 in Sports History

Events in Sport

Events 1 - 100 of 233

• 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 with 277 for the West Indies v Australia in drawn 3rd Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground

• Jan 8 Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Michael Stich beats Emilio Sánchez of Spain 7-5, 6-3 for a 2-0 win, and Germany's first title
• Jan 9 Franziska van Almsick swims world record 100m free style (53.33)

• Jan 17 AFC Championship, Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami: Buffalo Bills beat Miami Dolphins, 29-10
• Jan 17 NFC Championship, Candlestick Park, SF: Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco 49ers, 30-20
• Jan 18 West Indies beat Australia 2-0 win cricket's World Series Cup

• 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

• 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

• Feb 7 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 23-20; MVP: Steve Tasker, Buffalo Bills, WR
• Feb 10 Jani Sievinen swims world record 200m backstroke (1:55.59)
• Feb 13 Sergei Bubka pole vaults indoor record (6.14 m)

• 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

• 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 28 Iolanda Chen triple jumps world indoor record hop step (14.46m)

• Mar 1 New expansion NHL team, owned in Anaheim, CA by Disney, receives its name, inspired by the 1992 Disney movie 'The Mighty Ducks'

• 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

• 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 11 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Prague won by Kurt Browning CAN
• 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 Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (36.02 sec)
• 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

• 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 8 Indians' Carlos Baerga is 1st to switch hit HRs in same inn (vs Yanks)
• 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

• Apr 12 American Jeff Rouse swims world record 100m backstroke (51.43 sec) at Sheffield, England
• 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

• May 1 119th Kentucky Derby: Jerry Bailey wins aboard Sea Hero, the first of 2 Derby victories (1996 on Grindstone)

• May 12 Parma of Italy win 33rd European Cup Winner's Cup against Royal Antwerp of Belgium 3-1 in London

• 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 1st UEFA Champions League Final: Marseille beats Milan 1-0 at Munich
• May 27 Baseball player Dale Murphy ends his career after 398 HRs
• 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 1 Phoenix Suns guard Dan Majerle sets a then NBA Playoff record by sinking 8 three-pointers during the Suns’ 120-114 win over Seattle in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals
• 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

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Birthdays in Sport

• Jan 21 Sei Young Kim, South Korean golfer (PGA Women's C'ship 2020; 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; Players C'ship 2021), 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

• Jul 29 Rayne Dakota "Dak" Prescott, American NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys), born in Sulphur, Louisiana
• Sep 3 Dominic Thiem, Austrian tennis player (US Open 2020, ATP Finals 2019), born in Wiener Neustadt, Austria
• Sep 10 Sam Kerr, Australian football player (Chicago Red Stars), born in East Fremantle, Australia
• Sep 16 Bryson DeChambeau, American golfer (US Open 2020), born in Modesto, California
• 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

• Dec 31 Ryan Blaney, American auto racer (Daytona 500 2020 runner-up), born in Hartford Township, Trumbull County, Ohio

Weddings in Sport

• Sep 4 Five-time U.S. national champion figure pair skater Jerod Swallow (26) weds his partner Elizabeth Punsalen

Divorces in Sport

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

• 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, English cricket all-rounder (England in 4 Tests 1930-34), dies at 89
• 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 Stewart Cathie "Billy" Griffith, English cricketer (140 for England, 1948) and cricket administrator (MCC), dies at 78
• 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 19 Ranga Sohoni, Indian cricket all-rounder (4 Tests, top score 29 no, 2 wickets), dies from a heart attack at 75
• May 28 Charles Barnett, English cricketer (20 Tests for England), dies at 82
• 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 cricket batsman and captain (43 Tests; 3,073 runs @ 46.56; 10 x 100s) and broadcaster (ABC 1956-81), dies at 79
• Jun 24 Archie Williams, American athlete (Olympic gold 400m 1936), dies of a heart attack at 78

• Jul 3 Don Drysdale [Donald Scott], American MLB player (LA Dodgers-Cy Young 1962), 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 cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 9 wickets), dies at 74
• Sep 8 Lorin "Whitey" Harrison, surfer, dies of a heart attack at 80
• Sep 10 Josef Odložil, Czech Athlete (1500m Olympic silver 1964), dies after a fight with his son at 54
• 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 pool player (World C'ship pocket billiards 1941-57), 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 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 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