1999 in Sport
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Months in 1999: January February March April May June July August September October November
Events in Sport
Results 1 - 10 of 10
Jan 13th - Basketball player Michael Jordan announces his retirement only to return in 2001
Mar 28th - 18th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at San Jose
Mar 29th - 61st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at ThunderDome St Petersburg
Jun 20th - 99th US Golf Open: at Pinehurst CC NJ
Jul 6th - U.S. Army private Barry Winchell dies from baseball-bat injuries inflicted in his sleep the previous day by fellow soldiers for his relationship with transgendered showgirl and former Navy combat medic, Calpernia Addams.
Jul 11th - 20th US Seniors Golf Open: at Des Moines GC, W Des Moines, Iowa
Jul 15th - The inaugural game at the Seattle Mariners' Safeco Field was held in Seattle, Washington.
Jul 18th - 128th British Golf Open: at Carnoustie Scot Paul Lawrie wins after play off
Jul 25th - 54th US Women's Open Golf Championship
Oct 31st - Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.
Deaths in Sport
Results 1 - 26 of 26
Jan 12th - Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1961)
Jan 19th - Ivan Francescato, Italian rugby union footballer (b. 1967)
Jan 31st - Norm Zauchin, American baseball player (b. 1929)
Feb 21st - Wilmer David Mizell, baseball player (b. 1930)
Feb 22nd - Menno Oosting, Dutch tennis player (b. 1964)
Mar 6th - Dennis Viollet, former soccer player (b. 1933)
Mar 8th - Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player (b. 1914)
Mar 24th - Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (b. 1912)
Mar 25th - Cal Ripken, Sr., American baseball manager (b. 1936)
Apr 4th - Early Wynn, American baseball player (b. 1920)
Apr 25th - Lord Killanin, Irish International Olympic Committee president (b. 1914)
May 3rd - Joe Adcock, American baseball player (b. 1927)
May 3rd - Steve Chiasson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1967)
May 13th - Gene Sarazen, American golfer (b. 1902)
Jun 14th - Bernie Faloney, professional football player (b. 1932)
Aug 14th - Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player (b. 1918)
Sep 6th - René Lecavalier, French Canadian sportscaster (b. 1918)
Sep 9th - Catfish Hunter, American baseball player (b. 1946)
Sep 11th - Gonzalo Rodriguez, Uruguayan auto racing driver (b. 1972)
Yankee Clipper Joe DiMaggio (Mar 8th)
Sep 20th - Robert Lebel, Quebec ice hockey administrator (b. 1905)
Oct 8th - John McLendon, American basketball coach (b. 1915)
Oct 12th - Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player (b. 1936)
Oct 31st - Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (b. 1975)
Nov 4th - Malcolm Marshall, Barbadian West Indies cricketer (b. 1958)
Nov 8th - Leon Štukelj, Slovenian gymnast (b. 1898)
Nov 27th - Yasuhiro Kojima, wrestler (b. 1937)
