1984 In Sports ,
Other Events Of 1985 ,
1986 In Sports and the
List Of 'years In Sports' .
- Rollie Fingers breaks Sparky Lyle 's American League career record of 232 saves.
- defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 4 games to 3, becoming the first team to win the World Series after losing the first two games at home.
- Books published:
- --- of the day. He revised the book into a new edition in 2001 .
- NBA Draft
- --- Patrick Ewing was drafted, adding the final piece of the puzzle to the NBA, increasing it's already immense popularity.
- The NASL announced that it was suspending operations and hoped to return in 1986; it never did.
- ---All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Kerry
- ---National Football League: Kerry
Men's Golf
- - $542,321
- - $386,724
- won 16 1/2 to 11 1/2 over the USA in world team golf
Women's Golf
- January 1 — Alex Danson , English field hockey player
- January 15 — Bahodirjon Sooltonov , Uzbek boxer
- January 18 — Joel Julio , Colombian boxer
- January 28 — Libby Lenton , Australian swimmer
- January 28 — Basharmal Sultani , Afghan boxer
- February 3 — Celina Lemmen , Dutch swimmer
- February 5 — Cristiano Ronaldo , Portuguese football (soccer) player
- February 6 — Joji Kato , Japanese speedskater
- February 13 — Hedwiges Maduro , Dutch football (soccer) player
- February 28 — Jelena Janković , Serbian tennis player
- March 11 — Kai Reus , Dutch cyclist
- March 16 — Teneal Attard , Australian field hockey player
- March 17 — Tugba Karademir , Turkish figure skater
- April 4 — Dudi Sela , Israeli tennis player
- May 2 — Sarah Hughes , American figure skater
- May 14 — Nicholas Sprenger , Australian freestyle swimmer
- May 15 — Antti Autti , Finnish snowboarder
- May 16 — Stefanie Luiken , Dutch swimmer
- May 21 — Susannah Harris , Australian field hockey player
- May 22 — Effiong Okon , Nigerian boxer
- June 4 — Anna-Lena Grönefeld , German tennis player
- June 6 — Sota Hirayama , Japanese football (soccer) player
- June 8 — Alexandre Despatie , French Canadian diver
- June 17 — Ozge Gurler , Turkish track running athlete
- June 28 — Phillip Bardsley , English football (soccer) player
- June 30 — Michael Phelps , American swimmer
- July 9 — Pawel Korzeniowski , Polish swimmer
- August 20 — Kobie McGurk , Australian field hockey player
- August 21 — Nicolás Almagro , Spanish tennis player
- August 5 — Salomon Kalou , Ivorian football player
- August 10 — Leisel Jones , Australian swimmer
- August 18 — Inge Dekker , Dutch swimmer
- September 1 — Larsen Jensen , US swimmer
- September 8 — Likar Ramos Concha , Colombian boxer
- September 15 — Denis Calincov , Moldovan football (soccer) striker
- October 12 — Boniface Kiprop , Ugandan track and field athlete
- October 17 — Collins John , Dutch football (soccer) player
- October 23 — Sadat Tebazaalwa , Ugandan boxer
- October 24 — Wayne Rooney , English football (soccer) player
- November 11 — Robin Uthappa , Indian cricketer
- November 30 — Madonna Blyth , Australian field hockey player
- December 3 — László Cseh , Hungarian swimmer
- December 15 — Jolly Katongole , Ugandan boxer
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