1989 in sports
See also:
1988 in sports,
other events of 1989,
1990 in sports and the
list of 'years in sports'. Stock car racing:*Darrell Waltrip won the Daytona 500*NASCAR Championship - Rusty WallaceCART Racing - season championship won by Emerson Fittipaldi*Indianapolis 500 - Emerson FittipaldiFormula One Championship - Alain Prost of France 24 hours of Le Mans:*won by the team of Jochen Mass / Manuel Reuter / Stanley Dickens driving a Sauber-MercedesRally racing - Miki Biasion 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 IntegraleDrag racing - Gary Ormsby won the NHRA "Top Fuel" championship.
April 8 - One-handed pitcher Jim Abbott makes his major-league debut with the California Angels, without spending a single day in the minor leagues. He went on to a 12-12 record for the season. Giro d'Italia won by Laurent Fignon of FranceTour de France - Greg LeMond of the United States World Cycling Championship: Greg LeMond of the United States
November 16 - 24 - Eleventh Men's Champions Trophy held in Berlin, Germany won by Australia
World Figure Skating Championships:*Men's champion: Kurt Browning, Canada*Women's champion: Midori Ito, Japan*Pairs champions: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov, Soviet Union
Super Bowl XXIII: San Francisco 49ers won 20-16 over the Cincinnati Bengals
Victorian Football League* Hawthorn wins the 93rd VFL Premiership (Hawthorn 21.18 (144) d Geelong 21.12 (138))* Brownlow Medal awarded to Paul Couch (Geelong)
Grey Cup: Saskatchewan Roughriders won 43-40 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Vanier Cup: Western Ontario Mustangs won 35-10 over the Saskatchewan Huskies
England - FA Cup: Liverpool won 3-2 (aet) over Everton
Men's Golf Grand Slam of golf results:#May - The Masters - Nick Faldo#June - US Open - Curtis Strange#July - British Open - Mark Calcavecchia #August - PGA Championship - Payne Stewart
Women's GolfUS Women's Open - Betsy KingLPGA Championship - Nancy LopezBetsy King: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $654,132.
Australia - Melbourne Cup - Tawriffic Canada - Queen's Plate - With ApprovalFrance - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Carroll HouseIreland - Irish Derby Stakes - Old Vic Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins World Snooker Championship: Steve Davis beats John Parrott 18-3World rankings: Steve Davis remains world number one for 1989/90 Grand Slam in tennis men's results:#Australian Open - Ivan Lendl#French Open - Michael Chang#Wimbledon championships - Boris Becker#US Open - Boris Becker Births June 2 - Freddy Adu, soccer prodigy October 11 - Michelle Wie, golf prodigy
DeathsJanuary 9 - Bill Terry, Major League Baseball player (1923-1936)January 21 - Carl Furillo, Major League Baseball player (1946-1960)February 17 - Lefty Gomez, New York Yankees pitcher (1930-1943)February 10 - Dan Kelly, NHL sportscasterMarch 18 - Piet Kruiver, Dutch soccer playerApril 12 - Sugar Ray Robinson, boxing championJune 17 - John Matuszak 38, NFL player with Oakland RaidersJune 22 - Lee Calhoun, Olympic Gold Medal hurdler July 18 - Donnie Moore 35, Major League Baseball pitcher, suicideAugust 13 - Tim Richmond, NASCAR driverAugust 18 - Bert Oosterbosch 32, cyclist, world professional pursuit championSeptember 1 - A. Bartlett Giamatti, 7th Major League Baseball commissioner, heart attackSeptember 10 - Jeff Stollmeyer, President, West Indies Cricket Board, murderedSeptember 15 - Harry Cave, New Zealand cricketer October 4 - Secretariat, thoroughbred race horse, 1973 Triple Crown winner, two-time Horse of the YearOctober 4 - Norman Yardley, English cricketer November 13 - Victor Davis, 1984 Olympic and World swimming championDecember 25 - Billy Martin, New York Yankees manager, auto accidentDecember 26 - Doug Harvey, NHL superstar defenseman (1947-1969)
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