1992 In Sports

November 29 - Dennis Byrd of the New York Jets is paralyzed from a neck injury during an NFL game against the Kansas City Chiefs . He made a recovery that bordered on the miraculous; although he would never play again, he would walk unassisted several months later.

Australian Rules

Australian Football League

--- The West Coast Eagles win the 96th AFL premiership (West Coast Eagles 16.17 (113) d Geelong 12.13 (85))

--- Brownlow Medal awarded to Scott Wynd ( Footscray )

Canadian

won 24-10 over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers

win 31-0 over the St. Mary's Huskies

Soccer

June 26 - In Euro 1992 , Denmark surprising won 2-0 over Germany at Nya Ullevi , Gothenburg , Sweden .

1992 In Football (soccer)

GAELIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

Camogie

---All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Cork

---National Camogie League: Cork

Gaelic Football

--- 0-18 d. Dublin 0-14

--- 1-10 d. Tyrone 1-8

Ladies' Gaelic Football

---All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Waterford

---National Football League: Waterford

Hurling

--- 3-10 d. Cork 1-12

--- National Hurling League :

GOLF

Men's Golf

Major Championship results:

#May - The Masters - Fred Couples

#June - US Open - Tom Kite

#July - British Open - Nick Faldo

#August - PGA Championship - Nick Price

- $1,344,188

- $1,027,002

Women's Golf

LPGA Championship - Betsy King

Dottie Mochrie ; leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $693,335

HARNESS RACING

Pacer Artsplace voted "''Harness Horse of the Year''"

North America Cup - Safely Kept

United States Pacing Triple Crown Races :

# Cane Pace - Western Hanover

# Little Brown Jug - Fake Left

# Messenger Stakes - Western Hanover

United States Trotting Triple Crown Races :

# Hambletonian - Alf Palema

# Yonkers Trot -

# Kentucky Futurity - Armbro Keepsake

Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship :

---Pacers: Westburn Grant

---Trotters: William Dee

ICE HOCKEY

September 23 - goaltender, Manon Rheaume became the first woman to play in the National Hockey League and also the first woman ever to play in one of the Big Four Pro Sports.

, Pittsburgh Penguins

, New York Rangers

won 4 games to 0 over the Chicago Blackhawks

World Hockey Championship

--- Men's champion: Sweden defeated Finland

--- Junior Men's champion: Unified Former USSR defeated Sweden

--- Women's champion: Canada defeated the United States

RADIOSPORT

Sixth Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championsip held in Siófok , Hungary .

SKIING

Alpine Skiing

---The men's overall season champion: Paul Accola , Switzerland

---The women's overall season champion: Petra Kronberger , Austria

SNOOKER

beats Jimmy White 18-14

remains World Number One for 1992/93

TENNIS

Grand Slam In Tennis men's results:

# Australian Open - Jim Courier

# French Open - Jim Courier

# Wimbledon Championships - Andre Agassi

# US Open - Stefan Edberg

Grand Slam In Tennis women's results:

# Australian Open - Monica Seles

# French Open - Monica Seles

# Wimbledon Championships - Steffi Graf

# US Open - Monica Seles

won 3-1 over Switzerland in world tennis.

GENERAL SPORTING EVENTS

1992 Summer Olympics takes place in Barcelona , Spain

--- The Unified Team (former Soviet Union ) wins the most medals (112), and the most gold medals (45).

1992 Winter Olympics takes place in Albertville , France

--- Germany wins the most medals (27), and the most gold medals (10).

Seventh Pan Arab Games held in Damascus, Syria

BIRTHS

DEATHS

January 31 — Mel Hein , NFL player, New York Giants

February 12 — Bep Van Klaveren , Dutch boxer (b. 1907 )

May 14 — Lyle Alzado , NFL player

June 4 — Carl Stotz , founder American Little League Baseball

June 19 — Kitty McKane Godfree , tennis player, Wimbledon champion

June 25 — Jerome Brown , football player, Philadelphia Eagles

July 18 — Ben Kniest (64), Dutch water polo player (b. 1927 )

September 5 — Billy Herman , Major League Baseball player (1931-1947)

October 26 — Dottie Green , catcher, Rockford Peaches, All-American Girls Professional Baseball

November 10 — Chuck Connors , Major League Baseball player, actor

December 16 — Rinus Terlouw , Dutch soccer player

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