1993 in Sport

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• 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 led the 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 pro football history
• Jan 5 Brian Lara scores his maiden test century, 277 runs West Indies v Australia at cricket at the Sydney Cricket Ground

• Jan 6 Last day of Test cricket for Greg Matthews

• 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: 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 6 44th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 16-6 at Montreal

• Feb 7 NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 23-20
• Feb 7 Tammie Green wins LPGA Healthsouth Palm Beach Golf Classic
• Feb 10 Jani Sievinen swims world record 200m backstroke (1:55.59)
• Feb 13 Sergei Bubka pole vaults indoor record (6.14 m)
• Feb 14 35th Daytona 500: Dale Jarrett wins (154.972 MPH)
• 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 20 Florida Marlins open their 1st spring training camp
• Feb 20 Lisa Walters wins LPGA Itoki Hawaiian Ladies' Golf Open
• Feb 20 NY Islanders retire Billy Smith's number 31
• Feb 21 43rd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 135-132 (OT) at Salt Lake City
• 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)
• Mar 1 George Steinbenner is reinstated as owner of NY Yankees


• Mar 1 New expansion NHL team, owned by Disney, is named the Mighty Ducks
• 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 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 23 NY Knicks & Phoenix Suns get into a major brawl
• Mar 28 22nd Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Helen Alfredsson
• 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 4 12th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Texas Tech beats OH State 84-82
• Apr 4 5th Seniors Golf Tradition: Tom Shaw
• Apr 4 Trish Johnson wins Las Vegas LPGA at Canyon Gate Golf Tournament
• Apr 5 55th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: NC beats Michigan 77-71
• Apr 5 Colorado Rockies 1st game - lose to NY Mets 3-0
• Apr 5 Florida Marlins 1st game - beat LA Dodgers 6-3
• 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

• Apr 11 Jeff Rouse swims world record 100m backstroke (51.43 sec)
• Apr 18 54th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Tom Wargo
• Apr 18 Trish Johnson wins LPGA Atlanta Women's Golf Championship
• Apr 19 97th Boston Marathon: Cosmas N'deti of Kenya 1st man in 2:09:33 and Olga Markova of Russia 1st woman 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 2 Kristi Albers wins Sprint Golf Classic
• May 2 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Sprint Senior Challenge Golf Tournament

• May 9 Meg Mallon wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic

• 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 23 Val Skinner wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
• 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: Emerson Fittipaldi wins in 3:10:49.860 (253.000 km/h)
• Jun 5 125th Belmont: Julie Krone aboard Colonial Affair wins in 2:29.8

• 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: Montreal Canadiens beat LA Kings, 4 games to 1

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• 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
• Mar 6 Ning Zetao, Chinese swimmer (2015 World Championships, 2014 Asian Games), born in Zhengzhou, China
• 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
• Apr 3 Dakoda Dowd, American golfer
• Apr 16 Mirai Nagasu, American figure skater, born in Montebello, California
• May 20 Caroline Zhang, American figure skater
• Jun 10 Scott McLaughlin, New Zealand professional racing driver, born in Hamilton, New Zealand

• Sep 3 Dominic Thiem, Austrian tennis player (runner-up French Open 2018), born in Wiener Neustadt, Austria
• Sep 21 Park Sung-hyun, South Korean golfer, (2 LPGA major titles), 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

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

• 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 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 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 footballer, team captain (World Cup 1966), dies 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 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 NASCAR racer, dies in plane crash at 38
• Apr 1 Wayne Mack, sportscaster/actor (Storyville), dies of cancer at 68
• Apr 2 Klaas Schenk, Dutch speed skater, coach and father of 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, baseball shortstop (NY Yankees), dies at 88
• Apr 28 Jim Valvano, 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 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, baseball player, dies at 80
• Jun 7 Drazen Petrovic, NBA player (NJ Nets), dies in auto-accident at 28
• Jun 13 Gérard Côté, Canadian runner (b. 1913)
• Jun 16 Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer (3073 runs in Tests), dies at 79
• Jun 24 Archie Williams, American athlete (400m gold medal 1936 Olympics), dies of a heart attack at 78

• 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 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
• 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 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
• Oct 4 Jim Holton, Scottish footballer (b. 1951)
• Oct 9 C R Rangachari, cricketer (4 Tests for India), dies
• 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, cardiologist/marathoner, dies of prostate cancer at 74
• Nov 4 Cliff Young, pitcher (Cleveland Indians), dies in car accident at 29
• Nov 12 Bill Dickey, American Hall of Fame baseball catcher (NY Yankees, 1928-46) and manager, dies at 86
• Nov 15 Theo Huizenaar, Dutch boxing trainer (Bep van Klaveren), dies at 93
• Nov 20 Heather Farr, golfer, dies of cancer at 28
• 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

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