1990

Recap of the year 1990 in sports.

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

[edit] Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • Derrike Cope won the Daytona 500
  • NASCAR Championship - Dale Earnhardt
• CART Racing - Al Unser, Jr. won the season championship
  • Indianapolis 500 - Arie Luyendyk
• Formula One Championship - Ayrton Senna of Brazil
• 24 hours of Le Mans:
  • won by the team of John Nielsen / Price Cobb / Martin Brundle driving a Jaguar XJR-12.
• Rally racing - Carlos Sainz in a Toyota won the World Rally Championship
  • the team of Didier Auriol/Bernard Occelli won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Lancia Delta HF Integrale
• Drag racing - Joe Amato won the NHRA "Top Fuel" championship.

[edit] Baseball

• Bobby Thigpen saves 57 games for the Chicago White Sox, breaking Dave Righetti's record of 46.
• 1990 World Series: The Cincinnati Reds win 4 games to 0 over the Oakland Athletics - Series MVP: Jose Rijo, Cincinnati
• See also 1990 in baseball

[edit] Basketball

• NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament:
  • UNLV wins 103-73 over Duke
• NBA Finals:
  • Detroit Pistons won 4 games to 1 over the Portland Trail Blazers
• FIBA World Championship
  • Yugoslavia World Champion

[edit] Boxing

• February 11 - James Buster Douglas defeated Mike Tyson by a knockout in round 10 to win the world's unified Heavyweight title, in what many consider boxing's biggest upset ever.

• March 31 - Thunder Meets Lightning: Julio Cesar Chavez defeated Meldrick Taylor to unify boxing's world junior welterweight title.

[edit] Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Gianni Bugno of Italy
• Tour de France - Greg Lemond of the United States
• World Cycling Championship: Rudy Dhaenens of Belgium

[edit] Dogsled racing

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
  • Susan Butcher won with lead dogs: Sluggo & Lightning

[edit] Field Hockey

• Men's World Cup in Lahore, Pakistan
  • Gold Medal: The Netherlands
  • Silver Medal: Pakistan
  • Bronze Medal: Australia

• Men's Champions Trophy in Melbourne, Australia
  • Gold Medal: Australia
  • Silver Medal: West Germany
  • Bronze Medal: The Netherlands

• Women's World Cup in Sydney, Australia
  • Gold Medal: The Netherlands
  • Silver Medal: Australia
  • Bronze Medal: South Korea

• March 24 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium, England. England drew 0-0 with The Netherlands but The Netherlands beat England 4-3 on penalty strokes.

[edit] Figure Skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Kurt Browning, Canada
  • Women's champion: Jill Trenary, United States
  • Pairs champions: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov, Soviet Union

[edit] Football (American)

• January 28 - Super Bowl XXIV - San Francisco 49ers won 55-10 over the Denver Broncos

[edit] Football (College)

• The Colorado Buffaloes are named the AP Poll champion.
• The Georgia Tech Yellowjackets are named the UPI Poll champion.

[edit] Football (Australian Rules)

• Australian Football League
  • The Victorian Football League is renamed the Australian Football League
  • Collingwood wins the 94th AFL premiership (Collingwood 13.11 (89) d Essendon 5.11 (41))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to Tony Liberatore (Footscray)

[edit] Football (Canadian)

• Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers 50-11 over the Edmonton Eskimos
• Vanier Cup: Saskatchewan Huskies win 24-21 over the St. Mary's Huskies

[edit] Football (Soccer)

• West Germany won the Football World Cup in Rome, Italy, defeating defending champion Argentina 1-0 in the final.

For fuller coverage, see: 1990 in football (soccer)

[edit] Gaelic Athletic Association

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

• Gaelic football
  • All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: Cork 0-11 d. Meath 0-9
  • National Football League: Meath 2-7 d. Down 0-11

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

• Hurling
  • All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: Cork 5-15 d. Galway 2-21
  • National Hurling League:

[edit] Golf

Men's Golf

• Major championship results:
  1. April - The Masters - Nick Faldo
  2. June - US Open - Hale Irwin
  3. July - British Open - Nick Faldo
  4. August - PGA Championship - Wayne Grady

• PGA Tour leading money winner for the year: Greg Norman - $1,165,477
• Champions Tour leading money winner: Lee Trevino - $1,190,518

Women's Golf

• US Women's Open: Betsy King
• LPGA Championship - Beth Daniel
• Beth Daniel: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $863,578

[edit] Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• Australia - Melbourne Cup - Kingston Rule
• Canada - Queen's Plate - Izvestia
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Saumarez
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Salsabil

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Tirol
  2. Epsom Derby - Quest For Fame
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Snurge

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Unbridled
  2. Preakness Stakes - Summer Squall
  3. Belmont Stakes - Go and Go

• Breeders' Cup:
  1. Breeders' Cup Classic - Unbridled
  2. Breeders' Cup Distaff - Bayakoa
  3. Breeders' Cup Juvenile - Fly So Free
  4. Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies - Meadow Star
  5. Breeders' Cup Mile - Royal Academy
  6. Breeders' Cup Sprint - Safely Kept
  7. Breeders' Cup Turf - In the Wings

[edit] Harness Racing

• North America Cup - Apaches Fame

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Jake And Elwood
  2. Little Brown Jug - Beach Towel
  3. Messenger Stakes - Jake And Elwood

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Harmonious
  2. Yonkers Trot -
  3. Kentucky Futurity - Star Mystic

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Thorate
  • Trotters: Real Force

[edit] Ice Hockey

• Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Wayne Gretzky, Los Angeles Kings

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

• Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers won 4 games to 1 over the Boston Bruins

• World Hockey Championship
  • Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Sweden
  • Junior Men's champion: Canada defeated Russia
  • Women's champion: in the inaugural event, Canada defeated United States

[edit] Lacrosse

• The 6th World Lacrosse Championship is held in Perth, Australia. The United States win, and Canada is the runner-up.
• The Philadelphia Wings beat the New England Blazers 17-7 in the Major Indoor Lacrosse League Championship.
• The Brooklin­ Redmen win the Mann Cup.
• Orangeville wins the Founders Cup.
• The St. Catharines Athletics win the Minto Cup.

[edit] Radiosport

• The first World Radiosport Team Championship held in Seattle, Washington, USA. Gold medals won by John Dorr K1AR and Norm Grant K1DG of the United States.
• Fifth Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championship held in Strbske Pleso, Czechoslovakia.

[edit] Skiing

• Alpine Skiing.
  • The men's overall season champion: Pirmin Zurbriggen, Switzerland
  • The women's overall season champion: Petra Kronberger, Austria

[edit] Snooker

• World Snooker Championship: Stephen Hendry beats Jimmy White 18-12
• World rankings: Stephen Hendry becomes world number one for 1990/91

[edit] Tennis

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

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

• Davis Cup: United States won 3-2 over Australia in world tennis.

[edit] Volleyball

Italy wins his first World Volleyball Championship, by defeating 3-1 Cuba in Rio de Janeiro.

[edit] General sporting events

• Asian Games held in Beijing, China

• Winter Asian Games held in Sapporo, Japan

• Commonwealth Games held in Auckland

• Summer Goodwill Games held in Seattle, United States

• Third Gay Games held in Vancouver, Canada

[edit] Births

• August 9 — Laura Czarnotta, Polish figure skater

[edit] Deaths

• January 1 — Joe Hardstaff, Jr., English cricketer
• January 7 — Bronko Nagurski, National Football League Pro Football Hall of Fame
• February 14 — Graeme Hole, Australian cricketer
• February 24 — Tony Conigliaro, MLB baseball player, Boston Red Sox
• February 26 — Leslie Ames, English cricketer
• March 6 — Joe Sewell, Major League Baseball player (1920-1933)
• March 15 — Tom Harmon, National Football League player, Heisman Trophy winner
• March 20 — Lev Yashin, Soviet football (soccer) goalkeeper
• April 21 — Johnny Beagley, Major League Baseball pitcher
• May 22 — Rocky Graziano, boxer
• June 18 — Dennis Dyer, South African cricketer
• August 28 — Larry Jackson, Major League Baseball pitcher (1955-1968)
• August 29 — Luigi Beccali, Italian athlete (b. 1907)
• September 9 — Doc Cramer, Major League Baseball player (1929-1948)
• October 7 — John "Cat" Thompson, Basketball Hall of Fame
• October 10 — Wally Moses, Major League Baseball player (1935-1951)
• November 16 — Northern Dancer, racehorse
• December 13 — Alice Marble, tennis player, Wimbledon champion
• December 31 — George Allen, National Football League coach

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