1991 in sports

See also: 1990 in sports, other events of 1991, 1992 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Auto Racing 2 Baseball 3 Basketball 4 Boxing 5 Cycling 6 Figure Skating 7 Football (Soccer) 8 Football (American) 9 Canadian Football League 10 Golf 11 Thoroughbred Horse Racing 12 Harness Racing 13 Ice Hockey 14 Skiing 15 Tennis 16 General sporting events 17 Births 18 Deaths

Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • Ernie Irvan[?] won the Daytona 500
  • NASCAR Championship - Dale Earnhardt
• Indianapolis 500 - Rick Mears[?]
• CART Racing - Michael Andretti[?] won the season championship
• Formula One Championship - Ayrton Senna of Brazil
• 24 hours of Le Mans: won by Volker Weidler[?] / Johnny Herbert[?] / Bertrand Gachot[?] driving a Mazda 787
• Rally racing - the team of Carlos Sainz[?] / Luis Moya[?] won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Toyota Celica GT4
• Drag racing - Joe Amato[?] won the NHRA "Top Fuel" championship.

Baseball

• July 28 - Dennis Martinez[?] of the Montreal Expos pitched the 13th perfect game in major league history beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0.

• World Series: Minnesota Twins win 4 games to 3 over the Atlanta Braves. The series MVP is Jack Morris[?] of Minnesota.

Basketball

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
  • Duke wins 72-65 over Kansas

• NBA Finals:
  • Chicago Bulls win 4 games to 1 over the Los Angeles Lakers to earn the franchise's first championship.

Boxing

• June 1 at Palm Springs, California: Terry Norris[?] knocked out Donald Curry in the 8th Round to win the WBC Super Welterweight Championship.

Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Franco Chiocciolo[?] of Italy
• Tour de France - Miguel Indurain[?] of Spain
• World Cycling Championship: Gianni Bugno[?] of Italy

Figure Skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Kurt Browning[?], Canada
  • Women's champion: Kristi Yamaguchi, United States
  • Pairs champions: Natalja Mishkutienok[?] & Artur Dimitrijev[?], Soviet Union

Football (Soccer)

• England - FA Cup: Tottenham Hotspur won 2-1 (aet) over Nottingham Forest

• FIFA Women's World Cup - United States won 2-1 over Norway

Football (American)

• Super Bowl XXV: New York Giants won 20-19 over the Buffalo Bills

Canadian Football League

• Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts win 36-21 over the Calgary Stampeders
• Vanier Cup: Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks[?] win 25-18 over the Mount Allison Mounties[?]

Golf

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. May - The Masters golf tournament - Ian Woosnam[?]
  2. June - US Open - Payne Stewart[?]
  3. July - British Open - Ian Baker-Finch[?]
  4. August - PGA Championship - John Daly[?]

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Corey Pavin[?] - $979,430
• PGA Champions Tour leading money winner: Mike Hill[?] - $1,065,657
• Ryder Cup: United States team won 14 1/2 - 13 ½ over the European team in world golf.

Women's Golf

• US Women's Open - Meg Mallon[?]
• LPGA Championship - Meg Mallon[?]
• Pat Bradley[?]: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $763,118.

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• Australia - Melbourne Cup - Let's Elope[?]
• Canada - Queen's Plate - Dance Smartly[?]
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Suave Dancer[?]
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Generous[?]

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Mystiko[?]
  2. Epsom Derby - Generous[?]
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Toulon[?]

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Strike the Gold[?]
  2. Preakness Stakes - Hansel[?]
  3. Belmont Stakes - Hansel[?]

Harness Racing

• North America Cup - Precious Bunny

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Silky Stallone[?]
  2. Little Brown Jug - Precious Bunny
  3. Messenger Stakes - Die Laughing[?]

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

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Mark Ranover[?]
  • Trotters: Fraggle Rock[?]

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: Brett Hull[?], St. Louis Blues

• Stanley Cup:
  • Pittsburgh Penguins win 4 games to 2 over the Minnesota North Stars

• World Hockey Championship
  • Men's champion: Sweden defeated Canada
  • Junior Men's champion: Canada defeated the USSR

Skiing

• Alpine Skiing
  • The men's overall season champion: Marc Girardelli[?], Luxembourg
  • The women's overall season champion: Petra Kronberger[?], Austria

Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Boris Becker
  2. French Open - Jim Courier[?]
  3. Wimbledon championships - Michael Stich[?]
  4. US Open - Stefan Edberg[?]

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

• Davis Cup: France won 3-1 over the United States in world tennis.

General sporting events

• Embassy World Snooker Championship[?]:
  • John Parrott[?] won 18-11 over Jimmy White[?]

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
  • Rick Swenson[?] won with lead dog: Goose

Births

Deaths

• January 3 - Luke Appling[?], Major League Baseball player (1930-1950)
• January 21 - Red Grange[?], National Football League great
• March 2 - James "Cool Papa" Bell[?], Negro League baseball star
• April 4 - Luc de Rijck[?], Belgian soccer player
• April 20 - Bucky Walters[?], Major League Baseball pitcher (1934-1950)
• April 25 - Theo Laseroms[?], Dutch soccer player
• May 6 - Chucky Mullins[?], United States soccer player
• May 20 - Pete Runnels[?], Major League Baseball player (1951-1964)
• June 8 - Mary Bacon[?], jockey
• September 15 - Smoky Burgess[?], Major League Baseball player (1949-1967)
• October 7 - Leo Durocher[?], MLB player (1925-1945), and manager
• November 26 - Bob Johnson[?] - ice hockey coach, Pittsburgh Penguins
• December 15 - Horatio Luro[?], race horse trainer including Northern Dancer
• December 25 - Mahmood Hussain[?], Pakistani cricketer