1995 in sports

Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • Sterling Marlin[?] won the Daytona 500
  • NASCAR Championship - Jeff Gordon[?]
• Indy Racing League -
• Indianapolis 500 - Jacques Villeneuve
• CART Racing - the season championship won by Jacques Villeneuve
• Formula One Championship - Michael Schumacher of Germany
• 24 hours of Le Mans: Yannick Dalmas[?] / J.J. Lehto[?] / Masanori Sekiya[?] won, driving a McLaren F1-GTR
• Rally racing: Carlos Sainz[?] /Luis Moya[?] won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Subaru Impreza 555
• Drag racing - Scott Kalitta[?] won the NHRA "Top Fuel" championship.

Baseball

• World Series: Atlanta Braves won 4 games to 2 the Cleveland Indians. The Series MVP was Tom Glavine[?], Atlanta

Basketball

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
  • UCLA wins 89-78 over Arkansas

• NBA Finals:
  • Houston Rockets win 4 games to 0 over the Orlando Magic

Boxing

• May 6 in Las Vegas, Nevada: Oscar De La Hoya scored a 2nd round TKO over Rafael Ruelas[?] to retain his Lightweight Championship.

Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Tony Rominger[?] of Switzerland
• Tour de France - Miguel Indurain[?] of Spain
• World Cycling Championship: Abraham Olano[?] of Spain

Figure Skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Elvis Stojko, Canada
  • Women's champion: Lu Chen[?], China
  • Pairs champions: Radka Kovariková[?] & Rene Novotny[?], Czechia

Football (Soccer)

• England - FA Cup: Everton won 1-0 over Manchester United

• FIFA Women's World Cup - Norway won 2-0 over Germany

Football (American)

• Super Bowl XXIX: San Francisco 49ers won 49-26 over the San Diego Chargers

Canadian Football League

• For the first time in history, the Grey Cup went to an American-based team.
• Grey Cup:
  • Baltimore Stallions win 37-20 over the Calgary Stampeders
• Vanier Cup:
  • Calgary Dinos[?] win 54-24 over the Western Ontario Mustangs[?]

Golf

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. May - The Masters - Ben Crenshaw[?]
  2. June - US Open - Corey Pavin[?]
  3. July - British Open - John Daly[?]
  4. August - PGA Championship - Steve Elkington[?]

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Greg Norman - $1,654,959
• PGA Champions Tour leading money winner: Jim Colbert[?] - $1,444,386
• Ryder Cup: Europe won 14 1/2 to 13 1/2 over the United States in world team golf.

Women's Golf

• US Women's Open - Annika Sörenstam
• LPGA Championship - Kelly Robbins[?]
• Annika Sörenstam: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $666,533

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• Australia - Melbourne Cup - Doriemus[?]
• Canada - Queen's Plate - Regal Discovery[?]
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Lammtarra[?]
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Winged Love[?]

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Pennekamp[?]
  2. Epsom Derby - Lammtarra[?]
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Classic Cliche[?]

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Thunder Gulch[?]
  2. Preakness Stakes - Timber Country[?]
  3. Belmont Stakes - Thunder Gulch[?]

Harness Racing

• North America Cup - David's Pass[?]

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Mattgrilla Gorilla[?]
  2. Little Brown Jug - Nick's Fantasy[?]
  3. Messenger Stakes - David's Pass[?]

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

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Golden Reign[?]
  • Trotters: Call Me Now[?]

Ice Hockey

• Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Jaromir Jagr, Pittsburgh Penguins

• Hart Memorial Trophy: for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Eric Lindros[?], Philadelphia Flyers

• Stanley Cup: New Jersey Devils win 4 games to 0 over the Detroit Red Wings

• World Hockey Championship
  • Men's champion: Finland defeated Sweden
  • Junior Men's champion: Canada defeated Russia

Skiing

• Alpine Skiing
  • The men's overall season champion: Alberto Tomba[?], Italy
  • The women's overall season champion: Vreni Schneider[?], Switzerland

Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Andre Agassi
  2. French Open - Thomas Muster
  3. Wimbledon championships - Pete Sampras
  4. US Open - Pete Sampras

• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open - Mary Pierce[?]
  2. French Open - Steffi Graf
  3. Wimbledon championships - Steffi Graf
  4. US Open - Steffi Graf

• Davis Cup: United States wins 3-2 over Russia in world tennis.

General sporting events

• Embassy World Snooker Championship[?]:
  • Stephen Hendry[?] won 18-9 over Nigel Bond[?]

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
  • Doug Swingley[?] won with lead dogs: Vic & Elmer

Births

Deaths

• Rambling Willie - harness racing horse
• February 2 - Fred Perry[?], English tennis star, Wimbledon champion[?]
• February 4 - Roel Wiersma[?], Dutch soccer star
• February 28 - Keith Rigg[?], Australian cricketer
• March 23 - Davie Cooper[?], Scottish soccer star
• April 8 - Maurice Allom[?], New Zealand cricketer
• April 20 - Sunil Jayasinghe[?], Sri Lankan star wicketkeeper, suicide
• April 20 - Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt[?], English cricketer
• April 23 - Howard Cosell[?], sportscaster
• May 7 - Gus Bell[?], Major League Basell[?] player (1950-1964)
• May 13 - Cecil Marley[?], Jamaican cricket player & executive
• May 17 - Toe Blake[?], NHL player and coach of the Montreal Canadiens
• May 30 - Bobby Stokes[?], England soccer star
• May 30 - Ted Drake[?], English soccer player/manager
• June 9 - Zoilo Versalles[?], Major League Baseball player (1959-1971)
• June 10 - Ron Morrisby[?], Tasmanian cricketer
• July 18 - Fabio Casartelli[?], cyclist, accident during the Tour de France
• July 27 - Rick Ferrell[?], United States Baseball Hall of Fame player (1929-1947)
• July 4 - Pancho Gonzalez[?], tennis star
• July 16 - Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentinian[?] Formula 1, race car champion
• August 4 - Dick Bartell[?], Major League Basell[?] player (1927-1946)
• August 13 - Mickey Mantle, MLB Hall of Fame player (1951-1968)
• August 23 - Johnny Carey[?], Irish-born soccer star
• September 6 - Buster Mathis[?], heavyweight boxer
• October 7 - Louis Meyer[?], Indie 500 racer
• October 10 - John Rodolph[?] 31, wheelchair-race world record holder
• October 21 - Vada Pinson[?], Major League Basell[?] player (1958-1975)
• October 25 - Bobby Riggs[?], tennis player
• November 20 - Sergei Grinkov[?] 28, figure skater, 2-time Olympic gold medalist