1980

Recap of the year 1980 in sports.

[edit] Auto Racing

Stock car racing:
- NASCAR Championship - Dale Earnhardt
- Buddy Baker won the Daytona 500
CART Racing - Johnny Rutherford won the season championship
- Indianapolis 500 - Johnny Rutherford
Formula One Champion - Alan Jones of Australia
24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Jean Rondeau / Jean-Pierre Jaussaud won, driving a Rondeau M379B
Rally racing - Walter Röhrl in a Fiat won the World Rally Championship
- the team of Walter Röhrl / Christian Geistdorfer won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Fiat 131 Abarth
Drag racing - Shirley Muldowney won the NHRA Top Fuel championship.

[edit] Baseball

September 18: Outfielder Gary Ward become the sixth Minnesota Twins player to hit for the cycle. The Twins lose 9-8 to the Milwaukee Brewers, wasting Ward's effort. On May 26, 2004 his son, Daryle Ward, will repeat the feat guiding the Pirates' 11-8 victory over the Cardinals. Ward joined his father to become the first father-son combination in major league history to hit for the cycle.

Rollie Fingers breaks Hoyt Wilhelm's major league record of 227 career saves.

1980 World Series: The Philadelphia Phillies of the National League end 97 years of frustration by defeating the American League champion Kansas City Royals.

Japan's Sadaharu Oh retires from the Yomiuri Giants as the all time professional baseball home run king.

[edit] Basketball

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament:
- Louisville wins 59-54 over UCLA

NBA Finals:
- Los Angeles Lakers won 4 games to 2 over the Philadelphia 76ers

[edit] Boxing

March 14 - 22 members of the United States Olympic boxing team died in a plane crash near Warsaw, Poland
June 20- Roberto Duran defeats Sugar Ray Leonard by a 15 round decision to win boxing's WBC world Welterweight title.
August 2- Thomas Hearns defeats Jose Pipino Cuevas by a knockout in round 2 to win boxing's WBA world Welterweight title and Yasutsune Uehara knocks out Samuel Serrano in round six to win the WBA's world Jr. Lightweight title in Detroit
In Cincinnati, Aaron Pryor defeats Antonio Kid Pambele Cervantes by a knockout in round four to win the WBA's world Jr. Welterweight title.
October 2- Larry Holmes defeats Muhammad Ali by a knockout in round eleven to retain boxing's WBC world Heavyweight title, in what would be Ali's last world title bout.
November 25- In The No Más Fight, in Montreal, Quebec, Sugar Ray Leonard recovers the WBC's world Welterweight championship with an eight round technical knockout of Roberto Duran.

[edit] Cycling

Giro d'Italia won by Bernard Hinault of France
Tour de France - Joop Zoetemelk of the Netherlands
World Cycling Championship: Bernard Hinault of France

[edit] Field Hockey

Men's Champions Trophy in Karachi, Pakistan
- Gold Medal: Pakistan
- Silver Medal: West Germany
- Bronze Medal: Australia

Olympic Games (Men's Competition) in Moscow, Soviet Union
- Gold Medal: India
- Silver Medal: Spain
- Bronze Medal: Soviet Union

March 8 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium,England. England beat Scotland 2-0.
August - In the first ever Olympic women's Field Hockey Final, Zimbabwe are the Olympic champions.

[edit] Figure Skating

World Figure Skating Championships:
- Men's champion: Jan Hoffmann, Germany
- Women's champion: Anett Pötzsch, Germany
- Pairs champions: Marina Tscherkasowa & Sergej Schachrai, Soviet Union

[edit] Football (American)

Super Bowl XIV: Pittsburgh Steelers won 31-19 over the Los Angeles Rams

[edit] Football (Australian Rules)

Victorian Football League
- Richmond wins the 84th VFL Premiership (Richmond 23.21 (159) d Collingwood 9.24 (78))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Kelvin Templeton (Footscray)

[edit] Football (Canadian)

Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos win 48-10 over the Hamilton Tigercats
Vanier Cup: Alberta Golden Bears win 40-21 over the Ottawa Gee Gees

[edit] Football (Soccer)

European Championship: West Germany 2-1 Belgium
European Cup: Nottingham Forest 1-0 Hamburg
UEFA Cup: 2 legs, Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-2 Eintracht Frankfurt; Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 Borussia Mönchengladbach, 3-3 on aggregate, Frankfurt win on away goals
Cup Winners' Cup: Valencia 0-0 Arsenal (AET), Valencia won 5-4 on penalties
England - FA Cup: West Ham United won 1-0 over Arsenal

[edit] Gaelic Athletic Association

Camogie
- All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Cork
- National Camogie League: Kilkenny

Gaelic football
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: Kerry 1-9 d. Roscommon 1-6
- National Football League: Cork 0-11 d. Kerry 0-10

Ladies' Gaelic football
- All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Tipperary
- National Football League: Kerry

Hurling
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: Galway 2-15 d. Limerick 3-9
- National Hurling League:

[edit] Golf

Men's Golf

January - the Senior PGA Tour (Champions Tour) is founded.

Major championship results:
1. May - The Masters - Seve Ballesteros
2. June - US Open - Jack Nicklaus
3. July - British Open - Tom Watson
4. August - PGA Championship - Jack Nicklaus

PGA Tour leading money winner for the year: Tom Watson - $530,808
Champions Tour - In its first year, Don January is the leading money winner with earnings of $44,100.

Women's Golf

US Women's Open - Amy Alcott
LPGA Championship - Sally Little
Beth Daniel: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $231,000.

[edit] Horse racing

[edit] Thoroughbred Horse Racing

Australia - Melbourne Cup - Beldale Ball
Canada - Queen's Plate - Driving Home
France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Detroit
Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Tyrnavos

English Triple Crown Races:

United States Triple Crown Races:

[edit] Harness Racing

Superhorse, Niatross wins the United States Pacing Triple Crown races:

United States Trotting Triple Crown races:

Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
- Pacers: Koala King
- Trotters: Hano Direct

[edit] Ice Hockey

See 1980 in ice hockey

[edit] Radiosport

First Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championships held in Cetniewo, Poland.

[edit] Skiing

Alpine Skiing
- The men's overall season champion: Andreas Wenzel, Liechtenstein
- The women's overall season champion: Hanni Wenzel, Liechtenstein

January 12 - Canada’s Ken Read, the leader of the "Crazy Canucks" ski team, wins the Hahnenkamm downhill in Kitzbühel, Austria, becoming the first North American to ever win the classic race.

[edit] Snooker

World Snooker Championship: Cliff Thorburn beats Alex Higgins 18-16, becoming the first non-UK player to win the title
World rankings: Ray Reardon remains world number one for 1980/81

[edit] Tennis

Grand Slam in tennis men's results:

Grand Slam in tennis women's results:

Davis Cup World tennis - Czechoslovakia defeated Italy 4-1.

[edit] General sporting events

1980 Summer Olympics takes place in Moscow, USSR
- USSR wins the most medals (195), and the most gold medals (80).

1980 Winter Olympics takes place in Lake Placid, United States
- GDR wins the most medals (23), and the USSR wins the most gold medals (10).

Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
- Joe May won with lead dogs: Wilbur & Cora Gray

[edit] Births

[edit] January

January 3 — Angela Ruggiero, American ice hockey defenseman
January 12 — Akiko Morigami, Japanese female tennis player
January 14 — Taeke Taekema, Dutch field hockey player
January 19 — Jenson Button, British Formula 1-driver
January 19 — Matic Osovnikar, Slovenian track and field athlete
January 25 — Xavi Hernández, Spanish football (soccer) player
January 25 — Christian Olsson, Swedish athlete
January 27 — Sherzod Husanov, Uzbek boxer
January 27 — Marat Safin, Russian tennis player
January 27 — Jiří Welsch, Czech basketball player

[edit] February

February 2 — Kyle Pontifex, New Zealand field hockey goalkeeper
February 3 — Craig Victory, Australian field hockey player
February 9 — Angelos Charisteas, Greek football (soccer) player
February 10 — Gordon D'Arcy, Irish rugby player
February 11 — Karin Ruckstuhl, Dutch athlete
February 12 — Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spanish tennis player
February 16 — Miguel Espino, American professional boxer
February 20 — Imanol Harinordoquy, French rugby player
February 20 — Bram Som, Dutch athlete
February 24 — Roman Sloudnov, Russian swimmer
February 26 — Alex Fong, Hong Kong swimmer and actor
February 28 — Pascal Bosschaart, Dutch football (soccer) player

[edit] March

March 1 — Shahid Afridi, Pakistani cricketer
March 6 — Emma Igelström, Swedish swimmer
March 9 — Sofia Konoukh, Russian water polo player
March 12 — California Molefe, Botswanan athlete
March 15 — Deidra Graham, American gymnast
March 15 — Josefin Lillhage, Swedish swimmer
March 18 — Alexei Yagudin, Russian figure skater
March 21 — Ronaldinho, Brazilian football (soccer) player
March 27 — Toni Cronk, Australian field hockey goalkeeper
March 30 — Liriel Higa, American rhythmic gymnast
March 31 — Jenny Smith, Australian gymnast

[edit] April

April 1 — Maartje Scheepstra, Dutch field hockey player
April 2 — Suriya Prasathinphimai, Thai boxer
April 4 — Bekzat Sattarkhanov, Kazakhstani boxer
April 4 — Mark Tuitert, Dutch speed skater
April 6 — Tanja Poutiainen, Finnish alpine skier
April 9 — Kristin Lee, American rhythmic gymnast
April 10 — Andy Ram, Israeli tennis player
April 12 — Terence Parkin, South African swimmer
April 18 — Michael Lee, Canadian field hockey player
April 22 — Monica Flammer, American gymnast
April 25 — Phillip Burrows, New Zealand field hockey player

[edit] May

May 6 — Brooke Bennett, American swimmer
May 6 — Kasumi Takahashi, Australian rhythmic gymnast
May 7 — Johan Kenkhuis, Dutch swimmer
May 8 — Steven Ferguson, New Zealand swimmer and canoer
May 9 — Grant Hackett, Australian swimmer
May 9 — Angela Nikodinov, American figure skater
May 10 — Kate Walsh, English field hockey player
May 14 — Joe van Niekerk, South African rugby player
May 14 — Eugene Martineau, Dutch athlete
May 15 — Yvonne Hijgenaar, Dutch cyclist
May 16 — Nuria Llagostera Vives, Spanish female tennis player
May 18 — Michael Llodra, French tennis player
May 18 — Sam Rukundo, Ugandan boxer
May 23 — Sarah Catherwood, New Zealand swimmer
May 27 — Jessica Deglau, Canadian swimmer
May 31 — Edith Bosch, Dutch judoka

[edit] June

June 1 — Aghasi Mammadov, Azerbaijani boxer
June 2 — Shingo Suetsugu, Japanese track and field athlete
June 7 — Ed Moses, American swimmer
June 9 — Udonis Haslem, American basketball player
June 16 — Thijs Al, Dutch mountainbiker
June 17 — Brittney McConn, American figure skater
June 17 — Andee Pickens, American gymnast
June 17 — Venus Williams, American tennis player
June 19 — Sanjay Ayre, Jamaican athlete
June 23 — Manus Boonjumnong, Thai boxer
June 23 — Ramnaresh Sarwan, Guyanese cricketer
June 30 — Nourdin Boukhari, Moroccan-born footballe player

[edit] July

July 1 — Matthijs Brouwer, Dutch field hockey player
July 3 — Roland Mark Schoeman, South African swimmer
July 6 — Pau Gasol, Catalan NBA player
July 7 — Michelle Kwan, American figure skater
July 8 — Robbie Keane, Irish football player
July 10 — Adam Petty, fourth-generation NASCAR driver (d. 2000)
July 16 — Travis Brooks, Australian field hockey player
July 17 — Rashid Ramzi, Moroccan-born athlete
July 19 — Xavier Malisse, Belgian tennisplayer
July 21 — Tom Soetaers, Belgian football player
July 22 — Dirk Kuijt, Dutch football player
July 29 — Fernando González, Chilean tennis player

[edit] August

August 1 — Grant Schubert, Australian field hockey player
August 12 — Blair Hopping, New Zealand field hockey player
August 13 — Justus Scharowsky, German field hockey player
August 29 — Perdita Felicien, world champion track and field star
August 29 — Corina Ungureanu, Romanian gymnast
August 30 — Michael Boyce, Australian field hockey player
August 31 — Hayden Shaw, New Zealand field hockey player

[edit] September

September 1 — Ryan Archibald, New Zealand field hockey player
September 1 — Dawn Holden, English cricketer
September 6 — Samuel Peter, Nigerian heavyweight boxer
September 8 — Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African middle distance runner
September 10 — Timothy Goebel, American figure skater
September 10 — Tahar Tamsamani, Moroccan boxer
September 12 — Yao Ming, Chinese NBA player
September 13 — Daisuke Matsuzaka, Japanese baseball player
September 13 — Viren Rasquinha, Indian field hockey player
September 14 — Luis Horna, Peruvian tennis player
September 18 — Wendy Alcorn, Australian field hockey player
September 19 — Dimitri Yachvili, French rugby union player
September 20 — Vladimir Karpets, Russian cyclist
September 30 — Martina Hingis, Swiss tennis player
September 30 — Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz, Cuban boxer

[edit] October

October 2 — Amy Tran, American field hockey goalkeeper
October 3 — Sarah Collyer, English cricketer
October 4 — Tomas Rosicky, Czech footballer
October 7 — Andrei Kapralov, Russian swimmer
October 8 — Kasper Bøgelund, Danish football (soccer) player
October 10 — Megan Rivers, Australian field hockey player
October 13 — Scott Parker, English football player
October 15 — Tom Boonen, Belgian cyclist
October 19 — Anna-Karin Kammerling, Swedish swimmer
October 20 — Denise Durajski, Australian field hockey player
October 21 — Mike Danton, Canadian ice hockey player, accused of murder
October 26 — Christian Chivu, Romanian football (soccer) player
October 28 — Alfonso Gomez, Mexican boxer
October 31 — Geert-Jan Derikx, Dutch field hockey player

[edit] November

November 21 — Danielle Hartsell, American pairs skater
November 26 — Peter Manfredo, American boxer

[edit] December

December 2 — Nathan Eglington, Australian field hockey player
December 4 — Hicham Mesbahi, Moroccan boxer
December 4 — Sergio Mora, American boxer
December 18 — Marian Drăgulescu, Romanian gymnast
December 28 — Lomana LuaLua, Congolese football (soccer) player
December 29 — Andrea Lenders, Dutch gymnast

[edit] Deaths

January 1 — Frank Wykoff (70), American track and field athlete sprinter
January 12 — Hans Ebeling, Australian cricketer
January 25 — Peter Haughton, harness racing driver - auto accident
February 28 — Ian Peebles, English cricketer
March 1 — Dixie Dean, English footballer
March 18 — Herman Griffith, West Indian cricketer
March 21 — Marcel Boussac, French horse racing tycoon
March 31 — Jesse Owens, American athlete
April 2 — Dick Howorth, English cricketer
May 2 — Clarrie Grimmett, Australian cricketer
June 1 — Richard Marquard (90), US baseball pitcher
June 10 — Denys Morkel, South African cricketer
July 18 — Naoomal Jeoomal, Indian cricketer
August 2 — Verdun Scott, New Zealand cricketer
August 6 — Charles Urbanus (66), Dutch baseball player
August 21 — Jack Cheetham, South African cricketer
September 8 — Bruce Dooland, English cricketer
October 10 — Walter Keeton, English cricketer
October 25 — Victor Galindez, light heavyweight world champion boxing, in car race accident
December 4 — Stanisława Walasiewicz or Stella Walsh (69), Polish-American athlete (b. 1911)
December 5 — Don Taylor, New Zealand cricketer
December 28 — Amir Elahi, Pakistani cricketer
December 31 — Arthur Wellard, English cricketer

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