1987 In Sports

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AUTO RACING

Stock Car Racing :

--- Bill Elliott won the Daytona 500

--- NASCAR Championship - Dale Earnhardt

CART Racing - Bobby Rahal won the season championship

--- Indianapolis 500 - Al Unser, Sr.

Formula One Championship - Nelson Piquet of Brazil

/ Hans-Joachim Stuck / Al Holbert driving a Porsche 962C

Rally Racing - Juha Kankkunen in a Lancia won the World Rally Championship

---the team of Miki Biasion / Tiziano Siviero won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Lancia Delta HF 4x4

Drag Racing :

--- Dick LaHaie won the NHRA " Top Fuel " championship.

--- Darrell Gwynn won Top Fuel at the NHRA Winston Finals

BASEBALL

and Billy Williams are elected to the Baseball Hall Of Fame . Hunter made his name as the ace of the Oakland A 's staff in their championship years and made his fortune as one of the first free agents. Williams set an National League record by playing in 1,117 consecutive games and accumulating 426 Home Run s and a Batting Title .

pitcher Joe Niekro is suspended for 10 days for possessing a nail file on the pitcher's mound. Niekro claimed he had been filing his nails in the dugout and put the file in his back pocket when the inning started.

won 4 games to 3 over the St. Louis Cardinals . The Series MVP was Frank Viola , Minnesota

--- Lowest regular-season record of any World Series champion (85-77, .525)

--- First World Series game played indoors (Game 1 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome )

--- First World Series where the home team won every game

BASKETBALL

NCAA Men's Basketball Championship :

---Indiana wins 74-73 over Syracuse

NBA Finals :

--- Los Angeles Lakers won 4 games to 2 over the Boston Celtics

BOXING

March 7 in Las Vegas, Nevada , Mike Tyson adds the WBA heavyweight title to his WBC belt when he beats James Smith in a 12 round decision.

April 6 - Sugar Ray Leonard beats Marvin Hagler for boxing's world Middleweight championship.

CRICKET

beat England by 7 runs

CYCLING

Giro D'Italia won by Stephen Roche of Ireland

Tour De France - Stephen Roche of Ireland

of Ireland

DOGSLED RACING

Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion :

--- Susan Butcher won with lead dogs: ''Granite'' & ''Mattie''

FIELD HOCKEY

Men's European Nations Cup in Moscow , Soviet Union

--- Gold Medal: The Netherlands

--- Silver Medal: England

--- Bronze Medal: West Germany

Men's Champions Trophy in Amstelveen , The Netherlands

--- Gold Medal: West Germany

--- Silver Medal: The Netherlands

--- Bronze Medal: Australia

Pan American Games (Men's Competition) in Indianapolis , United States

--- Gold Medal: Canada

--- Silver Medal: Argentina

--- Bronze Medal: United States

Women's European Nations Cup in London , England

--- Gold Medal: The Netherlands

--- Silver Medal: England

--- Bronze Medal: Soviet Union

Women's Champions Trophy in Amstelveen , The Netherlands

--- Gold Medal: The Netherlands

--- Silver Medal: Australia

--- Bronze Medal: South Korea

Pan American Games (Women's Competition) in Indianapolis , United States

--- Gold Medal: Argentina

--- Silver Medal: United States

--- Bronze Medal: Canada

March 21 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium,England. England beat the United States of America 3-1.

FIGURE SKATING

World Figure Skating Championships :

---Men's champion: Brian Orser , Canada

---Women's champion: Katarina Witt , Germany

---Pairs champions: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov , Soviet Union

FOOTBALL ( AMERICAN )

won 39-20 over the Denver Broncos

FOOTBALL ( AUSTRALIAN RULES )

Victorian Football League

--- The West Coast Eagles and the Brisbane Bears join the league.

--- Carlton wins the 91st VFL Premiership (Carlton 15.14 (104) d Hawthorn 9.17 (71))

--- Brownlow Medal awarded to Tony Lockett ( St Kilda ) and John Platten (Hawthorn)

FOOTBALL ( CANADIAN )

won 38-36 over the Toronto Argonauts

won 47-11 over the UBC Thunderbirds

FOOTBALL ( SOCCER )

''For fuller coverage, see: 1987 In Football (soccer) ''

GAELIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

Camogie

---All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Kilkenny

---National Camogie League: Kilkenny

Gaelic Football

--- 1-14 d. Cork 0-11

--- 1-11 d. Kerry 0-11

Ladies' Gaelic Football

---All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Kerry

---National Football League: Kerry

Hurling

--- 1-12 d. Kilkenny 0-9

--- National Hurling League :

GOLF

Men's Golf

Major Championship results:

#May - The Masters - Larry Mize

#June - US Open - Scott Simpson

#July - British Open - Nick Faldo

#August - PGA Championship - Larry Nelson

- $925,941

Champions Tour leading money winner Chi Chi Rodriguez - $509,145

won 15-13 over the United States in world team golf.

Women's Golf

US Women's Open - Laura Davies

LPGA Championship - Jane Geddes

British Women's Open - Alison Nicholas

tour, earning $466,034

THOROUGHBRED HORSE RACING

Australia - Melbourne Cup - Kensei

Canada - Queen's Plate - Market Control

France - Prix De L'Arc De Triomphe - Trempolino

Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Sir Harry Lewis

English Triple Crown Races :

# Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Don't Forget Me

# Epsom Derby - Reference Point

# St. Leger Stakes - Reference Point

United States Triple Crown Races :

# Kentucky Derby - Alysheba

# Preakness Stakes - Alysheba

# Belmont Stakes - Bet Twice

Breeders' Cup :

# Breeders' Cup Classic - Ferdinand

# Breeders' Cup Distaff - Sacahuista

# Breeders' Cup Juvenile - Success Express

# Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies - Epitome

# Breeders' Cup Mile - Miesque

# Breeders' Cup Sprint - Very Subtle

# Breeders' Cup Turf - Theatrical

HARNESS RACING

The North America Cup - Runnymede Lobell

United States Pacing Triple Crown Races :

# Cane Pace - Righteous Bucks

# Little Brown Jug - Jaguar Spur

# Messenger Stakes - Redskin

United States Trotting Triple Crown Races :

# Hambletonian - Mack Lobell

# Yonkers Trot - Mack Lobell

# Kentucky Futurity - Napoletano

Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship :

---Pacers: Lightning Blue

---Trotters: Tussle

ICE HOCKEY

, Edmonton Oilers

, Edmonton Oilers

won 4 games to 3 over the Philadelphia Flyers

World Hockey Championship :

--- Men's champion: Sweden defeated the Soviet Union

--- Junior Men's champion: Finland defeated Czechoslovakia after a Bench Clearing Brawl occurs between Canada and Russia

RUGBY UNION

Rugby Union World Cup

---First World Cup held in Australia and New Zealand , won by New Zealand

SKIING

Alpine Skiing

---The men's overall season champion: Pirmin Zurbriggen , Switzerland

---The women's overall season champion: Maria Walliser , Switzerland

SNOOKER

beats Joe Johnson 18-14

remains World Number One for 1987/88

TENNIS

Grand Slam In Tennis men's results:

# Australian Open - Stefan Edberg

# French Open - Ivan Lendl

# Wimbledon Championships - Pat Cash

# US Open - Ivan Lendl

Grand Slam In Tennis women's results:

# Australian Open - Hana Mandlikova

# French Open - Steffi Graf

# Wimbledon Championships - Martina Navratilova

# US Open - Martina Navratilova

won 5-0 over India in world tennis.

GENERAL SPORTING EVENTS

Tenth Pan American Games held in Indianapolis , United States

Fourth All-Africa Games held in Nairobi, Kenya

Tenth Mediterranean Games held in Latakia , Syria

Fourteenth Summer Universiade held in Zagreb , Yugoslavia

Thirteenth Winter Universiade held in Strbske Pleso , Czechoslovakia

BIRTHS

January 25 — Maria Kirilenko , Russian tennis player

February 2 — Håvard Bøkko , Norwegian speed skater

April 19 — Maria Sharapova , Russian tennis player

April 23 — Amy Korner , Australian field hockey international

April 24 — Duygu Ulusoy , Turkish skier

May 1 — Shahar Peer , Israeli tennis player

May 15 — Andrew Murray , Scottish tennis player

May 21 — Tim Cuddihy , Australian archer

May 28 — Kate Hollywood , Australian field hockey international

August 1 — Karen Carney , English soccer player

November 13 — Dana Vollmer , American swimmer

DEATHS

March 11 — Woody Hayes , football coach at Ohio State University

March 23 — Dean Paul Martin (29), tennis pro killed in plane crash, son of singer Dean Martin

April 1 — Henri Cochet , French champion tennis player (b. 1901 )

April 15 — Northern Dancer , thoroughbred race horse

May 31 — Dequinha , Brazilian soccer player

May 31 — Jerry Adair , Major League Baseball player (1958-1970)

June 17 — Dick Howser , Major League Baseball player (1961-1968) and manager (1980-1986)

August 16 — Nick Vanos , NBA basketball player, died in a plane crash

November 7 — Arne Borg , Swedish swimmer (b. 1901 )

November 17 — Paul Derringer , Major League Baseball pitcher, (1931-1945)

November 18 — Jacques Anquetil , great French cyclist

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