1989 in sports

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Deaths

• January 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 sportscaster
• March 18 - Piet Kruiver, Dutch soccer player
• April 12 - Sugar Ray Robinson, boxing champion
• June 17 - John Matuszak 38, NFL player with Oakland Raiders
• June 22 - Lee Calhoun, Olympic Gold Medal hurdler
• July 18 - Donnie Moore 35, Major League Baseball pitcher, suicide
• August 13 - Tim Richmond, NASCAR driver
• August 18 - Bert Oosterbosch 32, cyclist, world professional pursuit champion
• September 1 - A. Bartlett Giamatti, 7th Major League Baseball commissioner, heart attack
• September 10 - Jeff Stollmeyer, President, West Indies Cricket Board, murdered
• September 15 - Harry Cave, New Zealand cricketer
• October 4 - Secretariat, thoroughbred race horse, 1973 Triple Crown winner, two-time Horse of the Year
• October 4 - Norman Yardley, English cricketer
• November 13 - Victor Davis, 1984 Olympic and World swimming champion
• December 25 - Billy Martin, New York Yankees manager, auto accident
• December 26 - Doug Harvey, NHL superstar defenseman (1947-1969)