August 1978 in Sport
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Months in 1978: January February March April May June July September October November December
Events in Sport
Results 1 - 12 of 12
1st - Braves stop Reds Pete Rose's hitting streak at 44 games
1st - Pete Rose goes hitless, ends his 44 game hitting streak (ties NL)
5th - New Orlean Saints beat Phil Eagles 14-7 in Mexico City (NFL expo)
6th - 60th PGA Championship: John Mahaffey shoots a 276 at Oakmont CC PA
6th - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Colgate Europea Golf Open
9th - Yanks score 5 in bottom of 9th beat Brewers 8-7
13th - Judy wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic Rankin
20th - Sandra Post wins LPGA Lady Stroh's Golf Open
25th - Baseball umps stage a 1 day strike
27th - Gerrie Knetemann becomes world cyclist champion
27th - Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
29th - USTA National Tennis Center opens in Flushing NY
Birthdays in Sport
Results 1 - 34 of 34
1st - Edgerrin James, American football player
1st - Andy Blignaut, Former Zimbabwean cricketer
2nd - Goran Gavrančić, Serbian footballer
2nd - Matt Guerrier, American baseball player
3rd - Mariusz Jop, Polish footballer
4th - Kurt Busch, American race car driver
5th - Kristin Link, Fairfax Va, diver (Olympics-96)
5th - Lorrie Fair, Los Altos CA, soccer defender (Olympics-96)
8th - Alan Maybury, Irish footballer
8th - Louis Saha, French footballer
10th - Daniel Allsopp, Australian footballer
10th - Chris Read, English cricketer
11th - Jermain Taylor, American boxer
12th - Hayley Wickenheiser, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
12th - Chris Chambers, American football player
13th - Benjani Mwaruwari, Zimbabwean footballer
14th - Anastasios Kyriakos, Greek footballer
15th - Stavros Tziortziopoulos, Greek footballer
15th - Lilia Podkopayeva, Ukrainian gymnast
16th - Eddie Gill, American basketball player
16th - Fu Mingxia, Chinese female diver
19th - Chris Capuano, American baseball player
20th - Sanna Lankosaari, ice hockey right wing (Finland, Oly-98)
21st - Reuben Droughns, American football player
21st - Jason Marquis, American baseball player
21st - Alan Lee, Irish footballer
21st - Lee Gronkiewicz, American baseball player
21st - Peter Buxton, English rugby union player
NBA Guard Kobe Bryant (23rd)
23rd - Kobe Bryant, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, NBA guard (LA Lakers)
24th - Melissa McElroy, Houston Tx, rhythmic gymnast (US team-96)
24th - Rafael Furcal, Dominican baseball player
29th - Celestine Babayaro, Nigerian footballer
30th - Cliff Lee, American baseball player
31st - Philippe Christanval, French footballer
Deaths in Sport
Results 1 - 2 of 2
21st - Vinoo Mankad, cricketer (44 Tests for India, 2,109 runs), dies
26th - José Manuel Moreno, Argentine footballer (b. 1916)
