1987

Recap of the year 1987 in sports.

Contents 1 Artistic Gymnastics 2 Auto Racing 3 Baseball 4 Basketball 5 Boxing 6 Cricket 7 Cycling 8 Dogsled racing 9 Field Hockey 10 Figure Skating 11 Football (American) 12 Football (Australian Rules) 13 Football (Canadian) 14 Football (Soccer) 15 Gaelic Athletic Association 16 Golf 17 Thoroughbred Horse Racing 18 Harness Racing 19 Ice Hockey 20 Rugby Union 21 Skiing 22 Snooker 23 Swimming 24 Tennis 25 General sporting events 26 Births 27 Deaths

[edit] Artistic Gymnastics

• World Artistic Gymnastics Championships:
  • Men's all-around champion: Dmitry Bilozerchev, USSR
  • Women's all-around champion: Aurelia Dobre, Romania
  • Men's team competition champion: USSR
  • Women's team competition champion: Romania

[edit] 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
• 24 hours of Le Mans: won by the team of Derek Bell / 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

[edit] Baseball

• January 14: Catfish Hunter 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 runs and a batting title.

• August 3: Minnesota Twins 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.

• 1987 World Series: Minnesota Twins 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

[edit] Basketball

• 1987 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament:
  • Indiana wins 74-73 over Syracuse
• NBA Finals:
  • Los Angeles Lakers won 4 games to 2 over the Boston Celtics

[edit] 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.

[edit] Cricket

• Cricket World Cup - Final: Australia beat England by 7 runs

[edit] Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Stephen Roche of Ireland
• Tour de France - Stephen Roche of Ireland
• World Cycling Championship: Stephen Roche of Ireland

[edit] Dogsled racing

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
  • Susan Butcher won with lead dogs: Granite & Mattie

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] Football (American)

• Super Bowl XXI: New York Giants won 39-20 over the Denver Broncos

[edit] 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)

[edit] Football (Canadian)

• Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos won 38-36 over the Toronto Argonauts
• Vanier Cup: McGill Redmen won 47-11 over the UBC Thunderbirds

[edit] Football (Soccer)

For fuller coverage, see: 1987 in football (soccer)

[edit] Gaelic Athletic Association

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

• Gaelic football
  • All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: Meath 1-14 d. Cork 0-11
  • National Football League: Dublin 1-11 d. Kerry 0-11

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

• Hurling
  • All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: Galway 1-12 d. Kilkenny 0-9
  • National Hurling League:

[edit] Golf

Men's Golf

• Major championship results:
  1. May - The Masters - Larry Mize
  2. June - US Open - Scott Simpson
  3. July - British Open - Nick Faldo
  4. August - PGA Championship - Larry Nelson

• PGA Tour leading money winner for the year: Curtis Strange - $925,941
• Champions Tour leading money winner Chi Chi Rodriguez - $509,145
• Ryder Cup: Europe 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
• Ayako Okamoto: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $466,034

[edit] 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:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Don't Forget Me
  2. Epsom Derby - Reference Point
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Reference Point

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Alysheba
  2. Preakness Stakes - Alysheba
  3. Belmont Stakes - Bet Twice

• Breeders' Cup:
  1. Breeders' Cup Classic - Ferdinand
  2. Breeders' Cup Distaff - Sacahuista
  3. Breeders' Cup Juvenile - Success Express
  4. Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies - Epitome
  5. Breeders' Cup Mile - Miesque
  6. Breeders' Cup Sprint - Very Subtle
  7. Breeders' Cup Turf - Theatrical

[edit] Harness Racing

• The North America Cup - Runnymede Lobell

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Righteous Bucks
  2. Little Brown Jug - Jaguar Spur
  3. Messenger Stakes - Redskin

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Mack Lobell
  2. Yonkers Trot - Mack Lobell
  3. Kentucky Futurity - Napoletano

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Lightning Blue
  • Trotters: Tussle

[edit] Ice Hockey

• Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers

• Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers

• Stanley Cup: 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

[edit] Rugby Union

• Rugby Union World Cup
  • First World Cup held in Australia and New Zealand, won by New Zealand

[edit] Skiing

• Alpine Skiing
  • The men's overall season champion: Pirmin Zurbriggen, Switzerland
  • The women's overall season champion: Maria Walliser, Switzerland

[edit] Snooker

• World Snooker Championship: Steve Davis beats Joe Johnson 18-14
• World rankings: Steve Davis remains world number one for 1987/88

[edit] Swimming

• Second Pan Pacific Championships held in Brisbane, Australia (August 13 – August 16)

[edit] Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Stefan Edberg
  2. French Open - Ivan Lendl
  3. Wimbledon championships - Pat Cash
  4. US Open - Ivan Lendl

• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open - Hana Mandlikova
  2. French Open - Steffi Graf
  3. Wimbledon championships - Martina Navratilova
  4. US Open - Martina Navratilova

• Davis Cup: Sweden won 5-0 over India in world tennis.

[edit] 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

[edit] Births

• January 1 — Lavra Babič, Slovenian freestyle swimmer
• January 25 — Maria Kirilenko, Russian tennis player
• February 2 — Håvard Bøkko, Norwegian speed skater
• February 8 — Carolina Kostner, Italian figure skater
• April 1 — Kate Haywood, British swimmer
• April 19 — Maria Sharapova, Russian tennis player
• April 23 — Amy Korner, Australian field hockey international
• April 24 — Duygu Ulusoy, Turkish skier
• April 24 — Kristopher Letang, Canadian Ice Hockey player
• May 1 — Shahar Peer, Israeli tennis player
• May 4 — Francesc Fabregas, Spanish soccer 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
• August 20 — Cătălina Ponor, Romanian gymnast
• November 13 — Dana Vollmer, American swimmer
• November 29 — Danni Miatke, Australian swimmer
• December 16 — Igor Chervynskyi, Ukrainian swimmer
• December 31 — Émilie Lepennec, French gymnast

[edit] 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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