Year 1995 in Sports History

Events in Sport

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• Jan 1 Raman Lamba (312) & Ravi Sehgal (216) put on an Indian 1st-class record opening partnership 464 in Delhi's innings & 310 run win over Himachal Pradesh in a Ranji Trophy cricket match in Delhi
• Jan 1 61st Orange Bowl: #1 Nebraska beats #3 Miami (FL), 24-17

• Jan 2 81st Rose Bowl: #2 Penn State beats #12 Oregon, 38-20
• Jan 2 61st Sugar Bowl: #7 Florida State beats #5 Florida, 23-17
• Jan 2 24th Fiesta Bowl: #4 Colorado beats Notre Dame, 41-24
• Jan 5 Bill Fitch becomes the 5th coach in NBA history to register 850 career victories with the LA Clippers' 95-93 home win over Philadelphia 76'ers at the LA Memorial Sports Arena

• Jan 7 Larry Brown posts his 500th career NBA coaching victory, following the Indiana Pacers' 88-83 road win at the Houston Rockets

• Jan 11 Birmingham Barracudas (based in Alabama) granted CFL franchise, experiment only lasts one season
• Jan 11 NHLPA & owners agree to end NHL strike

• Jan 13 26 HNL teams unanimously ratify agreement to end NHL strike
• Jan 13 America3 becomes 1st all-female crew to win an America's Cup race

• Jan 15 AFC Championship, Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh: San Diego Chargers beat Pittsburgh Steelers, 17-13
• Jan 15 NFC Championship, Candlestick Park, SF: San Francisco 49ers beat Dallas Cowboys, 38-28
• Jan 17 Australia beat Australia A 2-0 to win cricket's World Series Cup
• Jan 17 LA Rams announce that they are moving to St Louis
• Jan 20 1994-95 NHL Season begin after a lengthy strike
• Jan 25 Chicago Blackhawks beat Edmonton Oilers, 5-1 in the first NHL game in their new home, the United Center; defenseman Chris Chelios leads scoring with a goal and 2 assists
• Jan 26 With a record 6,254,427 ballots cast by fans in NBA All-Star Voting, Detroit's Grant Hill becomes the first rookie to lead all NBA players in All-Star votes received, earning #1 on 1,289,585 ballots
• Jan 27 Eric Cantona of Manchester United fined and banned from playing football after attacking a fan
• Jan 28 Memphis Mad Dogs granted CFL's 13th franchise

• Jan 29 Super Bowl XXIX, Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami, FL: San Francisco 49ers beat San Diego Chargers, 49-26; MVP: Steve Young, SF, QB

• Feb 1 Zimbabwe batsmen Andy (156) & Grant Flower (201) set world record brotherly stand of 269 to propel Zimbabwe to first ever victory in Test cricket in 1st Test against Pakistan in Harare

• Feb 2 Henry Olonga no-balled for throwing in Zimbabwe-Pakistan Test Cricket
• Feb 4 Australian cricketer Dean Jones completes 324* for Victoria v South Australia
• Feb 4 Zimbabwe's 1st Test Cricket victory, over Pakistan by an inning
• Feb 5 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 41-13; MVP: Marshall Faulk, Indianapolis Colts, RB, HI

• Feb 6 Greg Blewett scores his 2nd century in his 2nd Test Cricket

• Feb 10 Sun Cayun pole vaults female indoor world record (4.12m)
• Feb 11 Danyon Loader swims world record 400m freestyle (340.46)
• Feb 11 Mark Foster swims world record 50m butterfly (23.55 sec)
• Feb 11 US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
• Feb 12 45th NBA All-Star Game, America West Arena, Phoenix, AZ: West beats East, 139-112; MVP: Mitch Richmond, Sacramento Kings, SG

• Feb 12 Jeff Rouse swims world record 50m backstroke (24.37 sec)
• Feb 12 Sun Cayun pole vaults indoor female world record (4.13m)
• Feb 13 3rd ESPY Awards: Steve Young, Bonnie Blair win

• Feb 19 37th Daytona 500: Sterling Marlin wins for 2nd straight year; 3rd driver to achieve back-to-back titles (Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough)
• Feb 21 CFL's Sacramento Gold Miners become San Antonio Texans
• Feb 25 British super middleweight Nigel Benn puts opponent Gerard McClellan in hospital
• Mar 2 Joe Mullen becomes 2nd NHL player to appear in 300 NHL games with 3 different teams when he plays for the Penguins in a 6-3 loss in Buffalo; Pittsburgh 379, St. Louis 301, Calgary 345

• Mar 4 Replacement NY Yankees beat NY Mets 2-1
• Mar 9 Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays
• Mar 10 Chiel Meijering's "St Louis Blues" premieres in Arnhem
• Mar 12 Ice Dance Championship at Birmingham UK won by Gritshuk & Platov (RUS)
• Mar 12 42nd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #7 Wake Forest beats #4 North Carolina, 82-80 (OT)
• Mar 12 36th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Arkansas, 95-93 (OT)
• Mar 12 16th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Villanova beats Connecticut, 94-78

• Mar 18 In a final round title decider, England beats Scotland, 24-12 at Twickenham to claim the Five Nations Rugby Championship, Grand Slam, Triple Crown and Calcutta Cup
• Mar 19 Bonnie Blair skates female world record point total (156.450)
• Mar 19 Michael Jordan rejoins Chicago Bulls after 17 months, beats Pacers
• Mar 19 NBA NY Knicks beat NY Nets in 100th meeting (Knicks 53 Nets 47)

• Mar 26 Nabisco Dinah Shore Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Nanci Bowen wins her only major title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Susie Redman; her sole LPGA Tour victory
• Mar 28 Queensland beat S Aust to win 1st ever cricket Sheffield Shield

• Mar 31 Ranji Trophy Cricket Final, Wankhede Stadium, Bombay: Bombay (Sanjay Manjrekar 224 in 6/690) beats Punjab (Vikram Rathour 177 in 372) on 1st innings
• Mar 31 Federal judge Sonia Sotomayor of US District Court in NYC issues an injunction against Major League Baseball owners in move that effectively ends 232-day strike
• Apr 1 New York Islanders retire Swedish right wing Bobby Nystrom's uniform #23
• Apr 1 Blackburn Rovers striker Chris Sutton scores fastest goal in English Premier League history when he nets after 12.94 seconds in 2-1 win at Everton
• Apr 2 14th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Connecticut beats Tennessee, 70-64; Huskies' first NCAA title, completing first undefeated season since 1986 Texas

• Apr 2 Longest strike in American major league sports history (232 days) ends as MLB owners accept players’ offer to return to work without a contract; MLB is first major pro sports league to lose an entire postseason due to labor struggles

• Apr 3 57th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Arkansas, 89-78; Bruins' 11th national title
• Apr 7 Baseball exhibition season begins late due to strike

• Apr 8 American Bruce Seldon defeats by RTD over Tony Tucker in 7 rounds to win vacated WBA boxing title
• Apr 8 148th Grand National: Irish rider Jason Titley wins aboard 40/1 outsider Royal Athlete; trainer Jenny Pitman's second GN victory
• Apr 9 59th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Ben Crenshaw wins his 2nd Masters title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Davis Love III
• Apr 13 Yankees beat the Mets 2-0
• Apr 14 India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah

• Apr 17 99th Boston Marathon: Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya claims 3rd straight title in 2:09:22; Uta Pippig of Germany wins 2nd consecutive women's event in 2:25:11

• Apr 21 Boston Celtics final regular season game at Boston Garden, NY Knicks win 98-92
• Apr 22 George Foreman beats Axel Schulz in 12 for heavyweight boxing title in Las Vegas
• Apr 22 NFL Draft: Penn State running back Ki-Jana Carter first pick by Cincinnati Bengals
• Apr 24 Court orders Darryl Strawberry to pay back $350,000 in taxes
• Apr 26 Baseball season begins after lengthy strike
• Apr 29 KC Royal John Nonely is 70th to HR on his 1st at bat
• May 1 Future Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh scores career best 200 including 231 partnership with brother Mark (126) in 4th Test win over West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica
• May 1 Montreal Canadiens lose 2-0 at Buffalo to miss Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in 25 years
• May 3 Australia beat West Indies to regain the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy
• May 5 Last basketball game at Boston Garden; Celtics eliminated from playoffs by Orlando Magic, 95-92
• May 6 121st Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens on Thunder Gulch wins in 2:01.2

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Birthdays in Sport

• Jan 12 Motjeka Madisha, South African soccer defender (13 caps; Mamelodi Sundowns), born in Tembisa, South Africa (d. 2020)
• Feb 10 Lexi Thompson, American golfer (ANA Inspiration 2014), born in Coral Springs, Florida
• Feb 17 Madison Keys, American tennis player (US Open runner-up 2017), born in Rock Island, Illinois
• Feb 19 Nikola Jokić, Serbian basketball center (Serbian Player of the Year 2018; NBA All Star 2019; fastest NBA triple-double 14:33s 2018), born in Sombor, Serbia
• Feb 23 Andrew Wiggins, Canadian basketball small forward (2014 NBA Draft: #1 pick Cleveland Cavaliers), born in Toronto, Ontario
• Apr 12 Jennifer Brady, American tennis player (Australian Open 2021 runner-up), born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
• Apr 14 Baker Mayfield, American football quarterback (Heisman Trophy 2017, U of Oklahoma; 2018 NFL Draft #1 pick Cleveland Browns), born in Austin, Texas
• May 10 Missy Franklin, American swimmer (5 Olympic gold 2012, 16), born in Pasadena, California
• Jul 5 P.V. [Pusarla Venkata] Sindhu, Indian badminton player, first Indian woman to win a silver medal (2016), born in Hyderabad, India
• Jul 7 Ko Jin-young, South Korean golfer (ANA Inspiration, Evian C'ship 2019), born in Seoul, South Korea
• Jul 10 Ada Hegerberg, Norwegian football striker (first women's Ballon d'Or winner), born in Molde, Norway
• Jul 14 Kim Hyo-joo, South Korean golfer (Evian C'ship 2014), born in Seoul, South Korea
• Jul 20 Shaquem Griffin, American one-handed NFL player (Sea Hawks), born in St. Petersburg, Florida
• Jul 22 Ezekiel Elliott, American NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys), born in Alton, Illinois
• Jul 24 Travell Mazion, American boxer (WBC-NABF super welterweight title 2020), born in Austin, Texas (d. 2020)
• Aug 2 Kristaps Porziņģis, Latvian basketball center (NBA All-Star 2018; NY Knicks, Dallas Mavericks), born in Liepāja, Latvia

• Oct 4 Kim A-lim, South Korean golfer (US Open 2020), born in Seoul, South Korea
• Nov 2 Hanna Öberg, Swedish biathlete (Olympic gold 15k individual 2018; World C'ship gold 2019), born in Kiruna, Lapland
• Nov 3 Kelly Catlin, American road cyclist (Olympic silver 2016, World C'ship gold 2016-18), born in St, Paul, Minnesota (d. 2019)
• Nov 15 Karl-Anthony Towns, American basketball center (2015 NBA Draft: #1 pick Minnesota Timberwolves), born in Edison, New Jersey
• Nov 23 Ariya Jatanugarn, Thai golfer (British Open 2016, US Open 2018), born in Bangkok, Thailand
• Dec 31 Gabby Douglas, American gymnast (2012 Olympic champion), born in Newport News, Virginia

Weddings in Sport

• Apr 22 "Extra" TV co-host Arthel Neville (32) weds Carolina Panther running back Derrick Lassic (25) at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church

• Jun 10 Actress-singer Holly Robinson (30) weds NFL Philadelphia Eagle quarterback Rodney Peete (29) in Los Angeles

Divorces in Sport

Deaths in Sport

• Jan 2 Graham Sharp, British figure skater (World C'ship, European C'ship 1939), dies at 77
• Jan 7 Harry Golombek, British chess grandmaster, author (3-time British champion), dies at 83
• Jan 18 Ron Luciano, American baseball umpire in the American League (1969-79), dies at 57
• Jan 21 Philippe Casado, Moroccan/French cyclist, dies at 30
• Jan 26 Vic Buckingham, English soccer player/trainer (Ajax), dies at 79
• Jan 29 Richard Burnell, British rower (Olympic gold 1948), dies at 77
• Jan 30 George H Poyser, English soccer player (Manchester City), dies at 84
• Jan 31 Sir John Smith, English soccer administrator (chairman Liverpool F.C. 1973-90), dies at 74
• Feb 2 Fred Perry, English tennis player/broadcaster (8-time Grand Slam singles winner), dies of broken ribs at 85
• Feb 4 Roel Wiersma, Dutch soccer star (PSV), dies at 62
• Feb 4 Godfrey Brown, British athlete, 4 X 400m runner (Olympic gold 1936), dies at 79
• Feb 28 Keith Rigg, cricketer (8 Tests for Australia 1931-37), dies
• Mar 1 César Rodríguez Álvarez, Spanish soccer forward (12 caps; Barcelona) and manager (Zaragoza, Barcelona), dies at 74
• Mar 5 Gregg Hansford, Australian motorcycle and touring car racer, dies at 42
• Mar 9 Ruud van den Hende, Dutch sports reporter, dies at 63
• Mar 13 Leon Day, American baseball pitcher (Negro Leagues), dies of heart failure at 78

• Mar 20 Merv Harvey, Australian cricketer (scored 12 & 31 in Test Aus v Eng 46-47), dies at 76
• Mar 23 Davie Cooper, Scottish football player, dies at 39
• Mar 30 Graham Anthony Richard Lock, cricketer, dies at 65
• Mar 30 Tony Lock, English cricketer and left-arm spinner who took 174 wickets for England, dies at 65
• Apr 2 Harvey Penick, American golfer, coach, author (World Golf Hall of Fame), dies of degenerative arthritis at 90
• Apr 8 Maurice Allom, English cricketer (14 Test wickets-NZ debut hat-trick), dies at 89
• Apr 17 Anton Murray, South African cricket all-rounder (10 Tests; 1 x 100; 18 wickets), dies at 72
• Apr 20 R E S Wyatt, cricketer (England capt 16 times), dies
• Apr 21 Bob Wyatt, English cricketer (1927-37), dies at 93
• Apr 21 Stafford Heginbotham, British toymaker (Tebro Toys) and Football Club Chairman, dies at 61
• Apr 23 Howard Cosell, American sports journalist (Monday Night Football), dies at 77
• Apr 23 John Stennis, American politician (Sen-D-MS), dies at 93
• Apr 28 Peaches Davis, American baseball pitcher, dies at 89
• May 5 Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian influential world chess champion, dies at 83
• May 6 Noel Brotherston, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1956)
• May 9 Percy Mansell, South African cricketer (355 runs in 13 Tests for South Africa), dies at 75
• May 13 Robert Marley, Jamaican cricketer (WICBC pres 1971-74, Jamaican capt 1946), dies at 85
• May 25 Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player, dies at 46
• May 30 Bobby Stokes, soccer star, dies at 44
• May 30 Ted Drake [Edward Joseph Drake], English footballer, dies at 82
• Jun 9 Gordon Rowe, New Zealand cricket (scored 0 in only Test for NZ v Aust 1946), dies at 79
• Jun 10 Ron Morrisby, cricketer (prolific batsman for Tasmania 1931-52), dies
• Jun 10 Lindsey Nelson, American sportscaster (NY Mets), dies at 76
• Jun 23 Anatoly Tarasov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (considered as the father of Russian ice hockey), dies at 76
• Jun 24 Inshan Ali, West Indian cricketer (WI chinaman bowler 1971-77), dies at 45
• Jul 1 Bruce Mitchell, South African cricket opening batsman (42 Tests), dies at 86
• Jul 3 Eddie Mazur, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens), dies at 65
• Jul 3 Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player (US Nat C'ships 1948-49), dies of stomach cancer at 67
• Jul 4 (Richard) "Pancho" González, American tennis player (US Open, 1948-49; Wimbledon & French Open Doubles, 1949), dies of stomach cancer at 67
• Jul 15 Paula Myers-Pope, American platform diver, (2 silver, 1 bronze Olympics 1952-60), dies at 60
• Jul 16 Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine auto racer (World F1 champion 1951, 1954-57), dies of kidney failure at 84
• Jul 17 Herbert Hippauf, baseball player, dies at 56
• Jul 18 Fabio Casartelli, Italian cyclist (Olympic gold 1992), dies at 24
• Jul 19 James Smiddy, high school basketball coach (1,216 wins), dies at 71
• Jul 21 Jon Boulle, motorcyclist, dies at 59
• Jul 22 Harold Larwood, England cricket fast bowler (21 Tests, Bodyline Series v Australia 1932-33), dies at 90
• Jul 22 Roley Jenkins, English cricket spin bowler (9 Tests, 32 wickets), dies at 76
• Jul 27 Rick Ferrell, American Baseball Hall of Fame catcher (8 x MLB All Star; Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators), dies of arrhythmia at 89
• Aug 2 Brian Smith, British sportscaster, dies
• Aug 3 Harry Craft, American MLB baseball player and manager, dies at 80
• Aug 4 Dick Bartell, baseball player, dies at 87

• Aug 20 Von McDaniel, American baseball player, dies at 56
• Aug 20 William Kennedy, baseball player, dies at 76
• Aug 21 Ken Rickards, West Indies cricketer (104 runs at 34 66 for WI 1948-52), dies at 71
• Aug 21 Len Martin, sports broadcaster, dies at 76
• Aug 21 Manfred Donike, German cyclist and chemist drug test pioneer, dies at 61
• Aug 23 Johnny Carey, Irish professional footballer, dies at 76
• Aug 25 John Brunner, Britsih sci-fi author (100th Millennium), dies at 60
• Sep 3 Alex Brown, English snooker player, dies at 87
• Sep 6 Buster Mathis, American boxer (World Super Heavyweight title 1972), dies from heart failure at 52
• Sep 10 Molly Hide, English cricketer who captained England for 17 years, dies at 81
• Sep 11 Keith Odor, racing Driver, dies at 33
• Sep 13 Harold Sheperdson, soccer Trainer, dies at 76
• Sep 15 Gunnar Nordahl, Swedish soccer striker (33 caps; AC Milan; Olympic gold 1948), dies at 73
• Sep 17 Lucien Victor, Belgian road racing cyclist, dies at 64
• Sep 18 Oleg Tverdokhleb, Ukrainian athlete (b. 1969)
• Sep 20 Walter Haas Jr., American businessman & sports team owner (Levi Strauss & Co, Oakland A's), dies of prostate cancer at 79
• Sep 25 Dave Bowen, Welsh soccer wing-half (19 caps; Arsenal) and manager (Wales 1964-74; Northampton Town), dies at 67
• Oct 7 Louis Meyer, Indie 500 racer (3 wins), dies at 91
• Oct 9 Lord Home of Hirsel, cricket (Middlesex player later British PM), dies
• Oct 10 Edward Gill, baseball player, dies at 100
• Oct 13 Golfredo Corradetti, conductor, dies at 79

• Oct 26 Agha Saadat Ali, Pakistani cricketer (8 not out in 1 inn for Pak 1956), dies at 66
• Nov 1 Alun Pask, Welsh rugby union flanker (26 caps; British Lions 8 caps; Abertillery), dies at 58
• Nov 2 Bill Blair, American auto racer (NASCAR pioneer; 54 top-10 finishes), dies at 84
• Nov 10 Clairmonte Depeiaza, West Indian cricketer (world record partnership v Aust 1955), dies at 67
• Nov 14 Les Horvath, American College Football Hall of Fame quarterback and halfback (Heisman Trophy 1944; first Ohio State player to win the award; National C'ship 1942), dies of heart failure at 74
• Nov 20 Sergei Grinkov, Russian figure skater (Olympic gold pairs 1988, 94; World C'ship gold pairs 1986-87, 89-90), dies of heart attack at 28
• Nov 23 Frank Hammond, tennis umpire, dies of ALS at 66
• Nov 27 Giancarlo Baghetti, racing driver/journalist, dies at 60
• Nov 28 Brunhilde Hendrix, German relay runner (Olympic silver 1960), dies at 57
• Nov 30 Hopper Levett, Kent cricket wicket-keeper (1930-47, Test 1934), dies
• Dec 5 Bill Bruton, American MLB outfielder (NL stolen bases leader 1953-55), dies of heart attack at 70
• Dec 14 Rob Harris, American sky surfer, dies skydiving at 28
• Dec 23 Gabrielle Keiller, Scottish art collector, golfer, archaeological photographer, dies at 87
• Dec 25 Jimmy Boucher, cricketer (great Irish all-rounder 1929-54), dies
• Dec 27 Al Barlick, American Baseball Hall of Fame umpire (7 x World Series; 7 x MLB All Star games), dies at 80