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See also:
1985 in sports,
other events of 1986,
1987 in sports and the
list of 'years in sports'.
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
- February 17 - Red Ruffing[?], Major League Baseball pitcher (1924-1947)
- February 27 - Jacques Plante, NHL ice hockey star
- April 6 - Bill Cook[?], NHL star, New York Rangers
- June 19 - Len Bias[?], top draft pick of the Boston Celtics, cocaine-induced seizure
- June 27 - Don Rogers[?], football player, Cleveland Browns, cocaine poisoning
- July 2 - Peanuts Lowrey[?], Major League Baseball player (1942-1955)
- July 15 - Billy Haughton[?], Hall of Fame harness-racing driver
- July 25 - Ted Lyons[?], Major League Baseball pitcher (1923-1946)
- September 4 - Hank Greenberg, Detroit Tigers baseball great (1930-1947)
- October 12 - Norm Cash[?], Detroit Tigers baseball great (1958-1974)
- December 1 - Bobby Layne[?], football player, Detroit Lions
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