1983 in sports

Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • Cale Yarborough[?] wins the Daytona 500
  • NASCAR Championship - Bobby Allison[?]
• Indianapolis 500 - Tom Sneva[?]
• CART Racing - Al Unser[?] won the season championship
• Formula One Championship - Nelson Piquet of Brazil
• 24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Vern Schuppan[?] / Al Holbert[?] / Hurley Haywood[?] won, driving a Porsche 956
• Rally racing - the team of Walter Rohrl[?] /Christian Geistdorfer[?] won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Lancia 037[?]
• Drag racing - Gary Beck[?] won the NHRA "Top Fuel" championship.

Baseball

• World Series: - Baltimore Orioles win 4 games to 1 over the Philadelphia Phillies

Basketball

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
  • North Carolina State wins 54-52 over Houston

• NBA Finals:
  • Philadelphia 76ers won 4 games to 0 over the Los Angeles Lakers

Boxing

• May 20 - For the first time ever, two world Heavyweight champions defend their titles the same night, at the same place: Larry Holmes retains the WBC title defeating future two time world champion Tim Witherspoon[?], and Michael Dokes[?] retains his WBA title with a 15 round draw (tie) against former world champion Mike Weaver[?].

• June 16 - Roberto Duran wins his third world title, knocking out WBA world Jr. Middleweight champion Davey Moore in eight rounds.

• November 10 - Marvin Hagler retains his unified world Middleweight title with a 15 round unanimous decision over Roberto Duran. It was 1983's most anticipated bout.

Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Giuseppe Saronni[?] of Italy
• Tour de France - Laurent Fignon[?] of France
• World Cycling Championship: Greg Lemond[?] of the United States

Figure Skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Scott Hamilton[?], (United States)
  • Women's champion: Rosalynn Sumners[?], (United States)
  • Pairs champions: Jelena Walowa[?] & Oleg Wassiljew[?], (Soviet Union)

Football (Soccer)

• England - FA Cup: Manchester United won 2 - 2 (aet); 4 - 0 (replay) over Brighton & Hove Albion[?]

Football (American)

• Super Bowl XVII: Washington Redskins won 27-17 over the Miami Dolphins

Canadian Football League

• Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts won 18-17 over the B.C. Lions[?]
• Vanier Cup: Calgary Dinos[?] won 31-21 over the Queen's Golden Gaels[?]

Golf

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. May - The Masters - Seve Ballesteros[?]
  2. June - US Open - Larry Nelson[?]
  3. July - British Open - Tom Watson[?]
  4. August - PGA Championship - Hal Sutton[?]

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Hal Sutton[?] - $426,668
• PGA Champions Tour leading money winner: Don January[?] - $237,571
• Ryder Cup: United States won 14 1/2 - 13 1/2 over Europe in world team golf.

Women's Golf

• US Women's Open - Jan Stephenson[?]
• LPGA Championship - Patty Sheehan[?]
• JoAnne Carner[?]:leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $291,404.

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• February 8 - the great Shergar was kidnapped from Ballymany Stud, near the Curragh in County Kildare, Ireland. No trace of the horse has ever been found.

• Australia - Melbourne Cup - Kiwi[?]
• Canada - Queen's Plate - Bompago[?]
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - All Along[?]
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Shareef Dancer[?]

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Lomond[?]
  2. Epsom Derby - Teenoso[?]
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Sun Princess[?]

• United States Triple Crown Races:
• Sunny's Halo[?] becomes on the second Canadian bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby.
  1. Kentucky Derby - Sunny's Halo[?]
  2. Preakness Stakes - Deputed Testamony[?]
  3. Belmont Stakes - Caveat[?]

Harness Racing

• Ralph Hanover[?] wins the United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Ralph Hanover[?]
  2. Little Brown Jug - Ralph Hanover[?]
  3. Messenger Stakes - Ralph Hanover[?]

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Duenna[?]
  2. Yonkers Trot
  3. Kentucky Futurity

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Gammalite[?]
  • Trotters: Scotch Notch[?]

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: New York Islanders win 4-0 over the Edmonton Oilers

• World Hockey Championship:
  • Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia
  • Junior Men's champion: USSR defetated Czechoslovakia

Skiing

• Alpine Skiing
  • The men's overall season champion: Phil Mahre[?], USA
  • The women's overall season champion: Tamara McKinney[?], USA

Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Mats Wilander
  2. French Open - Yannick Noah[?]
  3. Wimbledon championships - John McEnroe[?]
  4. US Open - Jimmy Connors

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

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

General sporting events

• January 18 - The International Olympic Committee restores the medals to the family of Jim Thorpe

• February 27 - In East Rutherford[?], New Jersey, Ireland's Eamonn Coghlan[?] set a new World Indoor Record for the mile, clocking 3:49.78.

• Alan Bond[?] and his team from of Australia defeated Dennis Conner and his team from the United States to capture the America's Cup of yacht racing. For 132 years, from 1850-1980, and through 25 challenges, the America's Cup had been held by the United States.

• Embassy World Snooker Championship[?]:
  • Steve Davis[?] won 18-6 over Cliff Thorburn[?]

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
  • Rick Mackey[?] won with lead dogs: Preacher & Jody

Births

Deaths

• Adios Butler - harness racing horse
• January 26 - Del Rice[?], Major League Baseball player
• January 26 - Paul "Bear" Bryant[?] college football coach at Alabama
• February 1 - Tullio Campagnolo[?], Italian bicycle manufacturer
• February 22 - Romain Maes[?], Belgian cyclist
• March 13 - Louison Bobet[?], French cyclist
• April 23 - Buster Crabbe, U.S. Olympic swimming gold medalist turned actor
• April 28 - Ron James[?], Australian cricketer
• April 17 - Dutch Leonard[?], Major League Baseball player
• June 27 - Don Ida[?], balloonist, killed during a race
• June 27 - Maxie Anderson[?], balloonist, killed during a race
• June 29 - Joe Delaney[?], football player, Kansas City Chiefs, a true hero, after rescuing one boy, he drowned while attempting to rescue 2 more
• July 7 - Vic Wertz[?], Major League Baseball player
• July 28 - Alec Marks[?], Australian cricketer
• August 12 - Henry Gifford Vivian[?], New Zealand cricketer
• September 08[?] - Antonin Magne[?], French cylist
• October 31 - George Halas[?], NFL coach, Chicago Bears
• November 15 - Charlie Grimm[?], Major League Baseball player