December 1994 in Sports History

Events in Sport

Film Premiere

Dec 2 "Cobb" a film about baseball player Ty Cobb, starring Tommy Lee Jones premieres

Dec 3 3rd SEC Championship Game: #6 Florida beats #3 Alabama, 24-23
Dec 4 83rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats Russia in Moscow (4-1)

Sports History

Dec 8 Darryl Strawberry indicted on tax evasion charges

Dec 10 60th Heisman Trophy Award: Rashaan Salaam, Colorado (RB)
Dec 18 Darryl Strawberry pleads not guilty on tax evasion charges
Dec 20 Ballon d'Or: FC Barcelona's Bulgarian forward Hristo Stoichkov is named Europe's best football player ahead of Juventus striker Roberto Baggio and Milan defender Paolo Maldini
Dec 23 Baseball owners impose salary cap, fiercely opposed by players

Sports History

Dec 28 David Boon completes his 20th Test Cricket century (131 v England, MCG)

Sports History

Dec 29 Australian cricket's spin king Shane Warne dismisses England's Phil DeFreitas, Darren Gough and Devon Malcolm for a famous hat-trick in 2nd Test win in Melbourne

Birthdays in Sport

Dec 6 Giannis Antetokounmpo, Greek NBA player (Milwaukee Bucks), born in Athens, Greece
Dec 7 Yuzuru Hanyu, Japanese figure skater (Olympic gold men's singles 2014, 18; World C'ship gold 2014, 17), born in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Dec 8 Raheem Sterling, British-Jamaican football player (Manchester City, English national team), born in Kingston, Jamaica
Dec 19 Manny Franco, Puerto Rican jockey (Belmont Stakes 2020; Tiz the Law), born in Carolina, Puerto Rico
Dec 28 Adam Peaty, English swimmer (Olympic gold 100m breaststroke 2016, 21; World C'ship gold x 8), born in Uttoxeter, England
Dec 28 Jonna Sundling, Swedish cross-country skier (Olympic gold women's individual sprint 2022; World C'ship gold individual/team sprint 2021), born in Umeå, Sweden

Weddings in Sport

Dec 10 Former Senate Majority Leader Mitchell (61) weds sports marketing executive Heather MacLachlan (35) at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in New York City

Deaths in Sport

Dec 7 J.C. Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1939)
Dec 9 Alex Wilson, Canadian athlete (Olympic silver 800m, 2 x bronze 400m, 4x400m relay 1932), dies at 87
Dec 10 Alexander Wilson, Canadian athlete (b. 1905)
Dec 15 Mollie Phillips, British figure skater and judge (first woman to referee a world championship), dies at 87
Dec 26 Allie Reynolds, American MLB pitcher, 1942-54, 5X All-Star, 1952 AL ERA leader (Cleveland Indians,New York Yankees), dies from complications of lymphoma and diabetes at 77
Dec 27 Peter May, English cricket batsman (66 Tests, 4,537 @ 46.77, 13 x 100, 22 x 50; HS 285no; Surrey CCC), dies from a brain tumour at 64