Events in Sports History in 1987 (Part 2)

Events 201 - 284 of 284

• Sep 2 Houston outfielder Kevin Bass becomes 1st NL player to switch hit HRs in a game twice in one season in Astros 10-1 win v Cubs

• Sep 6 Douglas Wakiihuri wins marathon (2:11:48)
• Sep 6 Saskatchewan's Dave Ridgway kicks a CFL-record 60-yard field goal
• Sep 9 Largest US Tennis Open single night session (total) 21,016

• Sep 12 Vince Coleman steals his 100th base for 3rd straight year
• Sep 13 Tampa Bay quarterback Steve DeBerg establishes a franchise record with 5 touchdown passes in the Buccaneers 48-10 win over the Atlanta Falcons

• Sep 14 Toronto Blue Jays hit a record 10 HRs vs Baltimore Orioles

• Sep 16 Calif's Bob Boone catches record 1,919th major league game
• Sep 18 Detroit first baseman Darrell Evans hits home run #30 off Bill Wegman in 5th inning of Tigers' 7-6 win over the Milwaukee Brewers; first 40-year-old to hit 30 MLB HRs in a season

• Sep 20 San Francisco wide receiver Dwight Clark's NFL record streak of 105 consecutive games with a reception ends in 49ers 27-26 victory in Cincinnati

• Sep 22 NFL players go on strike for 24 days (2nd regular-season strike)
• Sep 26 Padres Benito Santiago sets rookie hitting streak to 28 games

• Sep 27 NFL players' strike begins in the US
• Sep 27 Ryder Cup Golf, Muirfield Village GC: Europe beats US, 15-13; after 13-0 unbeaten record spanning 60 years, US loses for first time on home soil

• Oct 3 San Diego catcher Benito Santiago's MLB rookie record 34-game hitting streak ends as Padres snap 9-game losing streak with a 1-0 victory v LA Dodgers
• Oct 4 First "Scab Sunday" of NFL football with replacement players as a result of players strike; chiefly related to the expiration of 1982 Collective Bargaining Agreement; players returned October 15
• Oct 4 Winnipeg CFL defensive back James Jefferson scores 2 TDs on interception returns without making an interception; scores both on laterals in Blue Bombers' 47-14 win v Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• Oct 10 Hartford center Doug Jarvis ends his career having played an NHL record 964 consecutive games as the Whalers lose 6-2 to the New York Rangers
• Oct 12 Minnesota Twins beat Detroit Tigers, 9-5 in ALCS Game 5 at Tiger Stadium for 4-1 series win; go on to win club's first Baseball World Series
• Oct 13 West Indies score 4-360 in 50 overs in Cricket World Cup v Sri Lanka
• Oct 14 MLB National League Championship: St. Louis Cardinals beat San Francisco Giants, 4 games to 3
• Oct 15 NFL Players Association orders an end to 24 day strike; union fails to achieve demands short-term with no collective bargaining agreement in place

• Oct 17 1st indoor World Series game (Minnesota Metrodome)

• Oct 25 Baseball World Series: Minnesota Twins beat St Louis Cardinals, 4-2 at HHH Metrodome for 4-3 series win and franchise first in Minneapolis; MVP: Twins pitcher Frank Viola

• Oct 31 A pair in Coventry, England, ties world record for longest singles tennis match at 80 hrs 21 minutes
• Oct 31 American jockey Chris Antley becomes first rider to win 9 races in a day (4 at Aqueduct / 5 at The Meadowlands)

• Nov 1 New York City Marathon: Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya wins men's race, 2:11:01; English runner Priscilla Welch women's champion, 2:30:17
• Nov 1 New York Jets retire Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Don Maynard's jersey #13
• Nov 1 New Zealand All Blacks create a rugby union international world record score when they beat Japan, 106-4 at the National Stadium in Tokyo

• Nov 4 Benito Santiago, Padres catcher, wins NL Rookie of Year
• Nov 4 NBA announces 4 new franchises; Charlotte & Miami for 1988 & Minneapolis & Orlando for 1989
• Nov 7 3rd College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 32-25 in South Bend

• Nov 10 Steve Bedrosian edges Rick Sutcliffe 57-55 to win NL Cy Young Award

• Nov 11 Football striker Mark Hughes plays for Wales and Bayern Munich in 2 countries on same day; appears for Wales in 2-0 European Championship loss to Czechoslovakia in Prague, then jets to Munich for 3-2 Cup win over Borussia

• Nov 15 Carla Beurskens runs Dutch female record marathon (2:26:34)
• Nov 17 George Bell is 1st Blue Jay ever to win the AL MVP

• Nov 21 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Hollywood Park; winners: Epitome, Ferdinand, Miesque, Sacahuista, Success Express, Theatrica, Very Subtle

• Nov 22 Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) ends his NBA free throw streak of 51 games
• Nov 22 NFL New England Patriots shutout Indianapolis Colts 24-0 at Sullivan Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts

• Nov 27 52nd Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 10-0 in Birmingham
• Nov 29 75th CFL Grey Cup, BC Place, Vancouver: Edmonton Eskimos 10th Championship; defeat Toronto Argonauts, 38-36 on Jerry Kauric's last second field-goal

• Nov 29 New Orleans Saints win, assuring their 1st winning NFL season
• Nov 29 Ranger's Bob Frosse becomes 2nd goalie to score a goal (vs NY Islanders). It is later ruled that he should not be credited with goal.
• Dec 2 "334" club forms as 334 brave Devil fans journey through 20" of snow to attend New Jersey Devils 7-5 NHL victory over Calgary at Meadowlands
• Dec 4 Defending champion Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia wins 3rd straight season-ending ATP Masters Grand Prix tennis title by defeating Mats Wilander of Sweden 6–2, 6–2, 6–3 in the final at Madison Square Garden, NYC
• Dec 5 53rd Heisman Trophy Award: Tim Brown, Notre Dame (WR)
• Dec 5 David Boon's 5th Test Cricket century, 143 v NZ at Brisbane

• Dec 9 Larry Bird ends streak of 59 consecutive free throws
• Dec 12 Mookie Blaylock sets NBA record of 13 steals in a game
• Dec 12 Okla's sets NCAA record of 33 steals vs Centenary

• Dec 19 NHL Boston Bruins Ken Linseman & St. Louis Blues Doug Gilmore set a record for the fastest two goals in league history, scoring 2 seconds apart
• Dec 20 76th Davis Cup: Sweden beats India in Gothenburg (5-0)
• Dec 23 Buffalo goaltender Tom Barrasso leads the Sabres to a 5-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings to record his 100th NHL victory; makes him the youngest player to reach milestone at just 22 years, 9 months
• Dec 27 Steve Largent sets all-time NFL record for career catches when he catches his 752nd pass
• Dec 29 Ballon d'Or: Milan's Dutch midfielder Ruud Gullit wins best football player in Europe award ahead of Paulo Futre (Porto/Atlético Madrid) and Real Madrid striker Emilio Butragueño

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