Events in Sports History in April 1983

Sports History

Apr 2 New York Islanders right wing Mike Bossy scores in a 6-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins to become the first player in NHL history to score 60 goals in 3 consecutive seasons

Apr 3 2nd NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: USC beats Louisiana Tech, 69-67; Trojans' forward Cheryl Miller tournament MOP

Golf Major

Apr 3 Nabisco Dinah Shore Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: In strong winds, Amy Alcott wins by 2 strokes ahead of Kathy Whitworth and Beth Daniel; first year tournament regarded as a major title

Apr 4 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina State beats Houston, 54-52; Wolfpack win with buzzer-beating dunk by Lorenzo Charles off a desperation 30 foot shot from Dereck Whittenburg

Sports History

Apr 5 NY Met Tom Seaver's sets record 14th NL Opening Day assignment

Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher Tom Seaver

Apr 9 137th Grand National: Ben de Haan wins aboard 13/1 bet Corbiere; Jenny Pittman first female GN winning trainer

Sports History

Apr 10 Baltimore's Eddie Murray hits his 1,000 career hit

US Masters Golf

Apr 11 47th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Seve Ballesteros of Spain wins his 2nd Masters and 3rd major title, 4 strokes ahead of Ben Crenshaw and Tom Kite; Monday finish because of torrential rain

Golfer and Five-Time Major Winner Seve Ballesteros

Apr 13 Undefeated middleweight boxer Tony Ayala gets 35 years on sex assault
Apr 14 NY Islanders tie own record with 2 shorthanded playoff goals (vs NY Rangers)

Baseball Record

Apr 16 Steve Garvey sets NL record by playing in 1,118 consecutive games

Apr 17 Grete Waltz runs female world record marathon (2:25:29)

Baseball Record

Apr 17 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 3,500th batter

Apr 17 NY Islanders tie NHL record with 3 shorthanded playoff goals vs NY Rangers
Apr 18 87th Boston Marathon: American double; Greg Meyer men's champion in 2:09:00; Joan Benoit takes women's race in 2:22:43; her 2nd event title
Apr 22 Start of 1st Sri Lanka-Australia Test Cricket match (at Kandy)
Apr 23 David Hookes scores his only Test Cricket century, 143* v Sri Lanka