Events in Sports History in 1985 (Part 2)

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Contract of Interest

Oct 25 Angels announce that they will not offer Rod Carew a new contract

Baseball Hall of Fame Infielder Rod Carew

Sports History

Oct 26 Doug Harvey's #2 jersey is retired by the Montreal Canadiens

Oct 26 On a poor call in Game 6, umpire Don Deckinger starts a string of events probably costing St. Louis Cardinals the Baseball World Series; lose 2-1 to KC when leading series, 3-2

NYC Women's Marathon

Oct 27 15th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:34

Oct 27 16th NYC Marathon won by Orlando Pizzolato in 2:11:34
Oct 27 Anthony Carter begins NFL streak of 100+ consecutive game receptions
Oct 27 Baseball World Series: KC Royals rout St Louis Cardinals, 11-0 at Royals Stadium for 4 games to 3 series win; MVP: KC pitcher Bret Saberhagen

Sports History

Oct 27 Billy Martin is fired by Yankees for 4th time

Baseball Player and Manager Billy Martin

Oct 29 St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Joaquin Andújar is suspended by MLB for 10 games for bumping an umpire
Oct 31 Last day in Test cricket for Pakistan's Zaheer Abbas
Nov 2 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Aqueduct Racetrack; winners: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge
Nov 2 LA Kings score 5 goals in a span of 5:37, the fastest in NHL team history; rout Hartford Whalers, 8-1 at Hartford Civic Center
Nov 2 Tulsa's Gordon Brown (214) and Steve Gage (206) set NCAA football record for combined rushing yards in one game for 2 teammates who gained more than 200 yards each in 42-26 win at Wichita State

Sports History

Nov 3 Bill Elliott wins Atlanta Journal 500 at Atlanta Raceway to become first driver to win 11 super-speedway races in 1 season; also first driver to win $2m in prize money in a single season

Nov 3 French McLaren driver Alain Prost wins his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship, finishing 4th in the Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide; wins title by 20 points from Italian Michele Alboreto

Hadlee Takes 9-52

Nov 9 Richard Hadlee takes 9-52 New Zealand v Australia at the Gabba

Kasparov Youngest Chess Champion

Nov 9 Russia's Garry Kasparov (22) becomes the youngest ever World Chess Champion, with a 13-11 win over fellow countryman Anatoly Karpov

Garry Kasparov vs. Anatoly Karpov in Moscow on November 9, 1985

Nov 10 NHL Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Pelle Lindbergh smashes his Porsche into a retaining wall in Somerdale, New Jersey after a team party, suffering mortal injuries with two passengers critically hurt; his blood-alcohol level was over twice the legal limit, his family had him removed from life support when they arrived from Sweden
Nov 12 Richard Hadlee takes 15-123 for cricket match New Zealand v Australia at Brisbane

Gooden Cy Young Award

Nov 13 Dwight Gooden, youngest 20 game winner, wins Cy Young award

Nov 14 Brewers release 39-year-old pitcher Rollie Fingers

Waltrip Wins NASCAR

Nov 17 35th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Darrell Waltrip wins

Nov 17 NY Jets best offensive production beating Tampa Bay 62-28
Nov 18 Dwight Gooden (NL) & Bret Saberhagen (AL) win Cy Young

Mattingly AL MVP

Nov 20 New York Yankees Don Mattingly easily wins AL MVP

Baseball Player and Manager Don Mattingly

Nov 24 CFL Grey Cup, Olympic Stadium, Montreal: BC Lions defeat Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 37-24; final CFL game played with 25-yard long endzone
Nov 25 Chicago White Sox shortstop Ozzie Guillén is named AL Rookie of Year
Nov 27 Cards Vince Coleman wins NL Rookie of Year
Nov 30 50th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 25-23 in Birmingham

Chicago's Only Loss

Dec 2 Chicago Bears' head coach Mike Ditka and defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan almost come to blows at halftime in a 38-24 loss to the Miami Dolphins at the Orange Bowl, Miami; Chicago's only loss of the NFL season

Marino vs. Elway

Dec 2 NFL quarterback legends Dan Marino and John Elway (Denver Broncos) face each other for the first time, a 30-26 win for Marino's Miami Dolphins (390 yards and 3 TDs)

Živojinović Upsets McEnroe

Dec 4 Slobodan Živojinović of Yugoslavia upsets No. 2 seed John McEnroe 2-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4, 6-0 in the Australian Open quarter finals; leaves McEnroe without a major singles title for the first time since 1978

Trophy to Bo Jackson

Dec 7 51st Heisman Trophy Award: Bo Jackson, Auburn (RB)

NFL Running Back and Baseball Outfielder Bo Jackson

Navratilova Defeats Evert-Lloyd

Dec 7 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert-Lloyd 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 for her 3rd and final Australian singles crown

Edberg Wins First Grand Slam

Dec 8 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Stefan Edberg wins 1st career Grand Slam singles title; beats defending champion & fellow Swede Mats Wilander 6-3, 6-3, 6-3

Tennis Player and Seven-Time Major Champion Mats Wilander

Jerry Rice's Streak

Dec 9 SF 49ers wide receiver Jerry Rice begins NFL streak of 274 consecutive games with a reception in a 27-20 loss to LA Rams at Candlestick Park

Dec 11 NHL Record 62 points scored, Edmonton (36) beats Chicago (26) 12-9 & ties record of 21 goals

Boons' 1st Test Century

Dec 13 Australian cricketer David Boon's 1st Test century, 123 v India at Adelaide

Dec 13 Test debut of cricketers Merv Hughes, Geoff Marsh and Bruce Reid (v India)

Potvin Passes Orr

Dec 20 Denis Potvin passes Bobby Orr as NHL defenseman scorer (916 points)

Dec 20 Sportscaster Howard Cosell retires from television sports after 20 years with ABC
Dec 22 74th Davis Cup: Sweden beats Germany in Munich (3-2)

Ballon d'Or

Dec 24 Ballon d'Or: Juventus' French midfielder Michel Platini is named Europe's best football player for the 3rd consecutive time; beats Verona striker Preben Elkjær and Barcelona midfielder Bernd Schuster