Events in Sport for Year 1977

Months in Year 1977: January February March April May June July August September October November December

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Jan 2nd - Bowie Kuhn suspends Braves owner Ted Turner for one year due to tampering charges in Gary Matthews free-agency signing
Jan 4th - Mary Shane hired by Chic White Sox as 1st woman TV play-by-play
Jan 9th - Superbowl XI: Oakland Raiders beat Minnesota Vikings, 32-14 in Pasadena Superbowl MVP: Fred Biletnikoff, Oakland, WR
Jan 11th - Cubs trade outfielder Rick Monday to Dodgers for Bill Buckner
Jan 11th - France releases Abu Daoud, a Palestinian suspected of involvement in massacre of Israeli athletes at 1972 Munich Olympics
Jan 15th - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament
Jan 17th - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 24-14
Jan 26th - Soviet figure skaters Sergei Shakrai & Marine Tcherkasova are 1st to perform a quadruple twist lift, Helsinki
Jan 31st - Joe Sewell, Amos Rusie, & Al Lopez elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Feb 1st - Hillsdale High School defeats Person High School 2-0 in basketball
Feb 2nd - Toronto's Ian Turnbull scores 5 goals, NHL REcord for a defenseman
Feb 4th - 30th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-3 at Vancouver
Feb 12th - Toronto Maple Leafs shutout Washington Capitals 10-0
Feb 13th - Pam Higgins wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic
Feb 18th - Test Cricket debuts of Colin Croft & Joel Garner v Pakistan Bridgetown
Feb 20th - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
Feb 25th - New Orleans' Pete Maravich sets NBA record for a guard with 68 pts
Feb 27th - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic
Mar 17th - Australia wins cricket Centenary Test by 45 runs, same result as 1877
Mar 27th - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Kathryn Crosby/Honda Civic Golf Classic
Mar 28th - 39th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Marquette beats NC 67-59
Apr 1st - NFL decides to experiment with a 7th official in some preseason games
Apr 2nd - Mont Canadiens set NHL record of 34 straight home games without a lose
Apr 3rd - 6th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Kathy Whitworth
Apr 3rd - Boston Bruin Jean Ratelle scores his 1,000th NHL point
Apr 6th - Kingdome opens, Seattle Mariners 1st game, loses to Angels 7-0
Apr 7th - German Federal Prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light.
Apr 10th - 41st Golf Masters Championship: Tom Watson wins, shooting a 276
Apr 10th - Beverly Klass wins LPGA Women's International Golf Satellite
Apr 10th - Cleveland Indians set club record for longest, 9 inn game (3:17)
Apr 15th - 1st baseball game at Montreal's Olympic Stadium
Apr 17th - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament
Apr 18th - 81st Boston Marathon won by Jerome Drayton of Canada in 2:14:46
Apr 18th - Eddie Murray hits his 1st HR
Apr 21st - Billy Martin pulls Yankee line-up out of a hat, beats Blue Jays 8-6
Apr 23rd - ADO The Hague soccer team forms
Apr 24th - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA American Defender Golf Tournament
Apr 25th - Cin Reds tie record of 12 runs in 5th inning beating Braves 23-9
May 1st - Chantal Langlace runs female world record marathon (2:35:15.4)
May 1st - Debbie Austin wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
May 7th - 103rd Kentucky Derby: Jean Cruguet on Seattle Slew wins in 2:02.2
May 8th - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
May 11th - Hamburger SV wins 17th soccer Europe Cup II
May 11th - Ted Turner manages an Atlanta Braves game
May 14th - KC Royals Jim Colborn no-hits Texas Rangers, 6-0
May 14th - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games
May 15th - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic
May 16th - Muhammad Ali beats Alfredo Evangelist in 15 for Heavyweight boxing title
May 18th - Juventus wins 6th UEFA Cup at Bilbao
May 21st - 103rd Preakness: Jean Cruguet aboard Seattle Slew wins in 1:54.4
May 21st - SD Padres beat Mont Expos, 11-8, in 21 innings
May 22nd - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic
May 22nd - Red Sox (6) & Brewers (5) tie single game HR record of 11
May 25th - Liverpool wins 22nd Europe Cup 1 in Rome
May 29th - A J Foyt wins Indianapolis 500 for a record 4th time
May 29th - Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
May 29th - Janet Guthrie becomes 1st woman to drive in Indy 500
May 29th - Sue Press is 1st woman golfer to hit consecutive holes-in one
Jun 1st - SC Heerenveen soccer team forms in Heerenveen
Jun 3rd - Balt Orioles pull their 6th triple play (9-6-4-6-6 vs KC Royals)
Jun 5th - 31st NBA Championship: Port Trailblazers beat Phila 76er, 4 games to 2
Jun 5th - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Talk Tournament '77 Golf Tournament
Jun 5th - LA Dodgers retire Walt Alston's #24
Jun 6th - Doobie Brothers sponsor a Golf Classic & Concert for United Way
Jun 7th - White Sox draft Harold Baines #1
Jun 8th - Nolan Ryan notches his 4th career 19-strikeout game
Jun 11th - 109th Belmont: Jean Cruguet aboard Seattle Slew wins in 2:29.6
Jun 12th - 23rd LPGA Championship won by Chako Higuchi
Jun 15th - NY Mets trade Tom Seaver to Reds for Pat Zachry
Jun 16th - Ron Guidry's 1st complete game, 7-0 over KC Royals
Jun 18th - Billy Martin & Reggie Jackson get into a dug out altercation
Jun 19th - 77th US Golf Open: Hubert Green shoots a 278 at Southern Hills Tulsa
Jun 19th - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
Jun 19th - Red Sox set 3 game record of 16 HRs, all against Yanks
Jun 26th - Debbie Austin wins LPGA Hoosier Golf Classic
Jul 1st - 84th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Virginia Wade beats B Stove (46 63 61)
Jul 1st - FC Volendam soccer team forms in Volendam Neth
Jul 2nd - 91st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Connors (36 62 61 57 64)
Jul 3rd - 5th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Judy Rankin
Jul 4th - Cubs use fielder Larry Bittner as a pitcher
Jul 4th - Red Sox wallop a major league-record 8 HRs beating Toronto 9-6
Jul 9th - 106th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 268 at Turnberry Scotland
Jul 10th - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Bankers Trust Golf Classic
Jul 17th - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic
Jul 19th - 48th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-5 at Yankee Stadium, NY
Jul 19th - All star MVP: Don Sutton (LA Dodgers)
Jul 24th - 32nd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Hollis Stacy
Jul 24th - Pete Rose passes Frankie Frisch as switch-hit leader with 2,881
Jul 28th - Test Cricket debut of Ian Botham v Aust Trent Bridge, 5-74 1st innings
Jul 31st - Debbie Austin wins LPGA Pocono Northeast Golf Classic
Aug 1st - SF Giant Willie McCovey hits NL record 18th grand slammer
Aug 6th - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Colgate European Women's Golf Open
Aug 8th - Texas Rangers turn their 1st triple play (vs A's)
Aug 9th - NHL refuses merger of 6 WHA clubs
Aug 14th - 59th PGA Championship: Lanny Wadkins shoots a 282 at Pebble Beach Cal
Aug 14th - Debbie Austin wins LPGA Long Island Charity Golf Classic
Aug 15th - England regain cricket Ashes by taking a 3-0 series lead over Aust
Aug 18th - Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton throws his NL record tying 5th one-hitter
Aug 21st - Debbie Austin wins LPGA Wheeling Golf Classic
Aug 28th - Bonnie Lauer wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
Aug 28th - NY Yankee Ron Guidry faces just 28 men & beats Texas Rangers 1-0
Aug 28th - Nolan Ryan strikes out 300 batters for 5th straight year
Aug 28th - NY Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders, 2-1, at Civic Stadium in Portland Ore, winning their 2nd North American Soccer League championship
Aug 29th - St Louis Cardinal Lou Brock eclipses Ty Cobb's 49-year-old career stolen bases record at 893 as Padres win 4-3
Sep 3rd - Japan's Sadaharu Oh hits 756th HR to surpass Hank Aaron's total
Sep 4th - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Rail Muscular Dystrophy Golf Classic
Sep 5th - Cleveland Indians stage 1st "I hate the Yankee Hanky Night"
Sep 6th - Angels acquire Dave Kingman from Padres for cash 9 days later Yankees buy Kingman (started with Mets) who plays in all 4 divisions in 1977
Sep 10th - 91st US Womens Tennis: Chris Evert L Mills beats W Turnbull (76 62)
Sep 10th - Blue Jays beat Yankees 19-3 with 20 hits
Sep 10th - Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon (2:34:47.5)
Sep 11th - 97th US Mens Tennis: Guillermo Vilas beats Jimmy Connors (26 63 75 60)
Sep 11th - Joanne Carner wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open
Sep 13th - 2nd Test Cricket of Space Shuttle Enterprise
Sep 15th - Orioles forfeit to Blue Jays when mgr Earl Weaver pulls team off field in 5th citing hazardous condition (small tarpaulin on bullpen mound)
Sep 17th - 22nd Ryder Cup: US, 12½-13½ at Royal Lytham & St Annes England
Sep 18th - Courageous (US) sweeps Australia (Aust) in 24th America's Cup
Sep 18th - Joanne Carner/Judy Rankin wins LPGA National Team Golf Championship
Sep 22nd - Minn Twin Bert Blyleven no-hits California Angels, 9-0
Sep 24th - Ken Hinton of CFL British Columbia Lions returns a punt 130 yards
Sep 25th - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament
Sep 26th - Cleveland Browns play their 1st overtime game, beat Patriots 30-27
Sep 27th - Phillies clinch 2nd straight NL East Division title
Sep 29th - Eva Shain is 1st woman to referee a Heavyweight championship
Sep 29th - Muhammad Ali beats Earnie Shavers in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
Brazilian Football Legend Pele Oct 1st - Brazilian soccer great Pele' retires with 1,281 goals in 1,363 games
Oct 2nd - Vivian Brownlee wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
Oct 2nd - Dusty Baker 30th HR joins teammates Steve Garvey (33), Reggie Smith (32), & Ron Cey (30) in make Dodgers 1st team to boast 4 30-HR hitters
Oct 6th - Yankees win AL pennant by rallying for 3 runs in 9th to beat KC Royals 5-3 in 5th & deciding playoff game
Oct 8th - Largest baseball crowd in Penns, 64,924 see Dodgers beat Phillies 4-1 in 4th NL championship game (Dodgers win pennant)
Oct 9th - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Houston Exchange Clubs Golf Classic
Oct 14th - Linda Ronstadt sings national anthem at World Series
Oct 18th - NY Yankees win their 21st World Championship, 4 games
Oct 18th - Reggie Jackson hits 3 consecutive homers tying Ruth's series record
Oct 18th - Yanks beat Dodgers 8-4 for 21st world championship, 1st in 15 years
Oct 23rd - 8th NYC Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 2:11:38
Nov 2nd - Phillies' Steve Carlton wins 2nd Cy Young Award
Nov 3rd - Debbie Massey wins LPGA Mizuno-Japan Golf Classic
Nov 5th - NCAA passing record set at 571 yards (Marc Wilson, Brigham Young)
Nov 6th - 1st Emmy Sports Award presentation
Nov 10th - Major Indoor Soccer League officially organized (NYC)
Nov 13th - Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open
Nov 19th - Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 3rd penalty shot against Islanders
Nov 20th - Steve Largent begins NFL streak of 177 consecutive game receptions
NFL Running Back Walter Payton Nov 20th - Walter Payton (Bears) rushes for NFL-record 275 yards
Nov 21st - Orioles 1st baseman Eddie Murray wins AL Rookie of Year
Nov 27th - 65th CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 41-6
Dec 4th - Hollis Stacy/Jerry Pate wins Pepsi-Cola Mixed Team Golf Championship
Dec 4th - NFL's 5,000th game, Cincinnati beats KC 27-7
Dec 12th - Yanks purchase Andy Messersmith from Braves