Events in Sport for Year 1985

Months in Year 1985: January February March April May June July August September October November December

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Jan 2nd - Nevada-Las Vegas beats Utah 142-140, highest college basketball score
Jan 2nd - Undefeated BYU becomes college football champions
Jan 5th - Bryan Trottier failed on 9th Islander penalty shot
Jan 7th - Lou Brock & Hoyt Wilhelm, elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
Jan 9th - Flames set NHL record 264th regular season game without being shut-out
Jan 13th - 23rd Tennis Fed Cup: Czech beats USA in Nagoya Japan (2-1)
Jan 13th - 99-yr-old Otto Bucher scores a hole-in-one at Spanish golf course
Jan 14th - M Navratilova is 3rd to win 100 Tennis Tournaments (Connors & Evert)
Jan 20th - Superbowl XIX: SF 49ers beat Miami Dolphins, 38-16 in Stanford Superbowl MVP: Joe Montana, San Francisco, QB
Jan 21st - Dennis Potvin ties Bobby Orr's career record of 270 NHL goals
Jan 26th - Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzky scores 50th goal in 49th game of season
Jan 27th - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic
Jan 27th - Mark Mckoy cycles world record 50m hurdles indoor (5.25)
Jan 27th - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 22-14
Jan 29th - Jari Kurri of Edmonton Oilers scores 100th pt of season in game 39
Feb 1st - Azharuddin scores 3rd Test century in 3rd Test Cricket (122 v Eng)
Feb 3rd - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
Feb 7th - NY Devil Don Lever becomes 57th NHLer to score 300 goals
Feb 8th - 1st-class cricket debut of Jimmy Adams (age 17), Jamaica v Barbados
Feb 8th - Bruce Morris, Marshall Univ, makes a 92' 5½" basketball shot
Feb 10th - 35th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 140-129 at Indiana
Feb 10th - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
Feb 11th - Kent Hrbek signs 5-year, $6 million contract with Minnesota Twins
Feb 11th - Wasim Akram takes 10 wickets in his 2nd Test Cricket, NZ still wins
Feb 12th - 37th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-4 at Calgary
Feb 12th - West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win cricket World Series Cup
Feb 16th - Largest NBA crowd to date, 43,816, sees Phila at Detroit
Feb 16th - Livingston Bramble defeats Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini to win WBA champ
Feb 16th - NJ Devils score their fastest hat trick in 42 seconds
Feb 20th - After defending his WBC flyweight championship, Sot Chitalada's check for $104,000 is stolen by a ringside pickpocket
Feb 21st - Largest NBA crowd to date 44,970 (Atlanta at Detroit)
Feb 21st - Tim Raines is awarded a $12 million salary for 1985 by arbitrator
Feb 23rd - Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight throws a chair during a game
Feb 24th - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Circle K Golf Open Tucson
Mar 1st - Milwaukee businessman Herb Kohl purchases the Milwaukee Bucks
Mar 3rd - Betsy King wins LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Golf Classic
Mar 3rd - Bill Shoemaker is 1st jockey to surpass $100 million
Mar 3rd - Willie Shoemaker becomes 1st jockey to win $100 million
Mar 5th - NY Islander Mike Bossy is 1st to score 50 goals in 8 straight seasons
Mar 6th - Enos Slaughter & Arky Vaughan are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson Mar 6th - Mike Tyson KOs Hector Mercedes in 1 round in his 1st pro fight
Mar 10th - Bonnie Lauer wins Uniden LPGA Golf Invitational
Mar 10th - Dallas Maverick coach Dick Motta is 4th NBA coach to win 700 games
Mar 10th - India beat Pakistan to win "World Championship of Cricket"
Mar 12th - Larry Bird scores Boston Celtic record 60 points
Mar 15th - Larry Holmes TKOs David Bey in 10 for Heavyweight boxing title
Mar 17th - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
Mar 18th - Commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstates Willie Mays & Mickey Mantle
Mar 19th - NSW wins cricket Sheffield Shield by beating Queensland by 1 wicket
Mar 21st - Arthur Ashe is named to Intl Tennis Hall of Fame
Mar 24th - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA GNA Golf Classic
Mar 24th - Norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Aust, Sharjah)
Mar 29th - Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 126th assist
Mar 31st - 4th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Old Dominion beats Ga 70-65
Apr 1st - 47th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Villanova beats Georgetown 84-75
NHL all-time top scorer Wayne Gretzky Apr 4th - Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal
Apr 7th - 14th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Alice Miller
Apr 9th - White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver starts a record 15th opening day game
Apr 12th - US Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of Moscow games
Apr 13th - "TASS" denounced US boycott of Moscow Olympics
Apr 13th - Katrin Dörre wins 1st female World Cup marathon (2:33:30)
Apr 14th - 49th Golf Masters Championship: Bernhard Langer wins, shooting a 282
Apr 14th - Ahmed Salah wins 1st World Cup marathon (2:08:09)
Apr 14th - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
Apr 15th - 89th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:14:05
Apr 20th - Carlos Lopes runs world record marathon (2:07:12)
Apr 21st - Ingrid Kristiansen wins London Marathon in a record 2:21:06
Apr 21st - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament
Apr 23rd - Brooklyn College soccer team wins Nepal's invitational
Apr 25th - For 2nd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Cup game
Apr 28th - Alice Miller wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
Apr 28th - Billy Martin named NY Yankee manager for 4th time
Apr 29th - Tony Tubbs TKOs Greg Page in 15 for Heavyweight boxing title
May 4th - 111th Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Jr on Spend A Buck wins 2:00.2
May 5th - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Moss Creek Women's Golf Invitational
May 11th - Dave Concepcion becomes 4th Cin Red teammate to get 2,000 hits, others include Pete Rose, Tony Perez & Cesar Cedeno
May 12th - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
May 15th - Everton wins 25th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam
Basketball Superstar Michael Jordan May 16th - Michael Jordan named NBA Rookie of Year
May 18th - 111th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Tank's Prospect wins in 1:53.4
May 19th - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
May 20th - Indians-Brewers game at Cleve Stadium is 1st rain-out of 1985, ends record string of 458 ML games since Opening Day without a rain-out
May 20th - Larry Holmes beats Carl Williams in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
May 22nd - Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as NL run scoring leader
May 22nd - Real Madrid wins 14th UEFA Cup at Madrid
May 26th - Danny Sullivan wins Indy 500 by 24 seconds following a spin
May 26th - Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
May 29th - Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
May 30th - Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Phila Flyers, 4 games to 1
May 31st - New Orleans Saints are sold for $70,204,000
Jun 1st - Viv Richards scores 300 in a day on the way to 322 v Warwicks cricket
Jun 2nd - 31st LPGA Championship won by Nancy Lopez
Jun 3rd - Brewers draft B J Surhoff #1
Jun 6th - 55th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Navratilova (63 67 75)
Jun 8th - 117th Belmont: Eddie Maple aboard Creme Fraiche wins in 2:27
Jun 8th - Pirates score 10 in top of 1st, but lose 15-11 to Phillies, as Steve becomes 1st Phillie to switch hit HRs in same game
Jun 9th - 39th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 4 games to 2
Jun 9th - 55th French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (36 64 62 62)
Jun 9th - Alice Miller wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
Jun 9th - Bernard Hinault wins Tour de France
Jun 14th - Earl Weaver comes out of retirement to manage Balt Orioles
Jun 15th - Pinklon Thomas KOs Mike Weaver in 8 for Heavyweight boxing title
Jun 16th - 85th US Golf Open: Andy North shoots a 279 at Oakland Hills CC Mich
Jun 16th - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
Jun 16th - T C Chen, ahead by 4 strokes in final round of US Open
Jun 16th - Willie Banks of USA sets triple jump record (58 feet 11 inches) in Indianapolis
Jun 18th - Boston Red Sox Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs
Jun 19th - Reggie Jackson hits his 513th HR to move into 10th place
Jun 23rd - Alice Miller wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
Jun 23rd - Laffit Pincay Jr becomes 2nd jockey to win $100 million
Jun 30th - Juli Inkster wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
Jul 7th - 92nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (46 63 62)
Jul 7th - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mazda Hall of Fame Golf Championship
Jul 8th - 99th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats K Curren (63 67 76 64)
Jul 11th - Astros' Nolan Ryan, 1st to strike out 4000 (Mets' Danny Heep)
American Baseball Player Roger Maris Jul 13th - NY Yankees retire Roger Maris (9) & Elston Howard (32) uniforms
Jul 14th - 40th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Kathy Baker
Jul 16th - 56th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-1 at Humphrey Metrodome, Minn
Jul 16th - All star MVP: LaMarr Hoyt (SD Padres)
Jul 21st - 114th British Golf Open: Sandy Lyle shoots a 282 at Royal St George
Jul 21st - Bernard Hinault wins his 5th & last Tour de France
Jul 21st - Judy Clark wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
Jul 28th - 13th du Maurier Golf Classic: Pat Bradley
Aug 4th - Penny Hammel wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
Aug 4th - White Sox Tom Seaver is 17th to win #300, beating Yankees
Aug 5th - Baseball Players go on strike for 2 days
Aug 6th - Major League Baseball Players Association go on strike
Aug 6th - Players' Association stages a midseason baseball strike (lasts 1 day)
Aug 7th - Baseball Players end a 2 day strike
Aug 8th - Baseball's new agreement permits 2 new NL teams in 1993
Aug 10th - Uno Lindstron of Sweden, juggles a soccer ball 13.11 miles
Aug 11th - 67th PGA Championship: Hubert Green shoots 278 at Cherry Hills Denver
Aug 11th - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic
Aug 11th - Rudolf Povarnitsin of USSR sets new high jump world record (7'10"12)
Aug 12th - 7th Emmy Sports Award presentation
Aug 12th - Balt Orioles W Gross & L Sheets are 6th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
Aug 18th - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Nestle World Championship of Women's Golf
Aug 18th - Muffin Spencer-Devlin wins MasterCard International Pro-Am Golf Tourn
Aug 22nd - 30th Walker Cup: US wins 13-11
Aug 23rd - Paul Hornung awarded $1,160,000 by a Louisville court against NCAA who barred him as a College Football analyst for betting on games
Aug 25th - Pat Bradley wins LPGA National Pro-Am Golf Tournament
Aug 26th - Balt Oriole Eddie Murray knocks in 9 RBIs in a game vs California Angels
Aug 27th - Mary Joe Fernandez, 14 years & 8 days old is youngest to win a US Tennis Open match (beats Sara Gomer in 1st round)
Aug 31st - Angel Cordero becomes 3rd jockey to ride horses earning over $100 M
Sep 1st - Cyclist Joop Zoetemelk becomes world champion
Sep 2nd - Betsy King wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
Sep 3rd - England regain Cricket Ashes by beating Australia at The Oval
Sep 3rd - NY Met Gary Carter hits 3 consecutive HRs in a game
Sep 4th - Igor Paklin of USSR set a new High Jump world record at 7-11 12
Sep 4th - NY Mets Gary Carter's 2 HRs ties record of 5 HRs in 2 games