1982–83 in English football, Football League, First Division
Third placed Manchester United had been on the losing side to Liverpool in the League Cup final and were very nearly beaten by a last minute Brighton goal in the FA Cup final, only for a Gary Bailey save to force a replay which United won 4-0. The top five was completed by Nottingham Forest and Tottenham Hotspur.


1982–83 in English football, Football League, First Division
FA Cup finalists Brighton & Hove Albion were relegated after four seasons in the top flight. Next to go down were Swansea City, whose second season among the elite was a complete contrast to their first, where they had finished sixth.


1982–83 in English football, Football League, First Division
The final relegation place was decided in dramatic fashion at Maine Road, where Luton Town had to beat their hosts Manchester City to stay up and send the home side (who had never been in the relegation zone at any point of the season until then, and had been safely in mid-table until the controversial sacking of manager John Bond in February, leading to a disastrous run of results under replacement manager John Benson) down. A late winner by Luton's Raddy Antic gave Luton survival, which manager David Pleat famously celebrated by galloping on the pitch, arms aloft, when the final whistle was blown.


1982–83 in English football, Football League, Second Division
A year after being runners-up in the FA Cup, Queens Park Rangers won the Second Division title and secured a return to the First Division after four years away. Runners-up spot went to Wolverhampton Wanderers, who had been saved from closure by former player Derek Dougan just before the start of the season, while Leicester City clinched the final promotion place, a point ahead of a Fulham side who came close to a second successive promotion under the management of former England striker Malcolm Macdonald. Another former England striker, Kevin Keegan, who was still playing, had an impressive first season at Newcastle United but could not quite inspire them to promotion, nor could World Cup winner Jack Charlton as manager of FA Cup semi-finalists Sheffield Wednesday.


1982–83 in English football, Football League, Second Division
Bolton Wanderers, Rotherham United and League Cup semi-finalists Burnley ended the season relegated, while Chelsea narrowly avoided the drop, as did Derby County after the return of former coach Peter Taylor to the club as manager.


1982–83 in English football, Football League, Third Division
Portsmouth's revival continued as they clinched the Third Division title to secure a second promotion in four seasons. Cardiff City won promotion back to the Second Division after suffering relegation the previous season, as well as Huddersfield Town, who like Portsmouth continued their revival by also securing a second promotion in four seasons. Newport County's collapse in the final weeks of the season cost them a place in the Second Division, a similar fate befalling Oxford United in the first full season of Robert Maxwell's ownership and Jim Smith's management. For the second season running, Lincoln City just missed out on promotion.


1982–83 in English football, Football League, Third Division
Chesterfield, Doncaster Rovers, Wrexham and Reading ended the season relegated.


1982–83 in English football, Football League, Fourth Division
Wimbledon set the Football League points record in the second season of three points for a win, gaining 98 points to win the Fourth Division title and their third promotion at this level since joining the Football League in 1977. They were joined by Hull City, Port Vale and Scunthorpe United.


1982–83 in English football, Football League, Fourth Division
Hereford United, Crewe Alexandra and Hartlepool United perhaps unsurprisingly propped up the league and had to apply for re-election, but the fourth club to suffer this humiliation were fallen giants Blackpool, of Stanley Matthews fame and 1953 FA Cup glory. However, all four clubs were successful in gaining re-election.


1982–83 in English football, Football League, Fourth Division
Crewe Alexandra built for the future by appointing Dario Gradi as manager, hoping that he could keep them clear of the Fourth Division's lower reaches and achieve some of the success with them that he had achieved in two promotion winning campaigns at Wimbledon (although he did not complete the second promotion campaign at Wimbledon).


1982–83 in English football, Famous debutants
1 January 1983: Tony Cottee, 17-year-old striker, scores on his debut for West Ham United in 3–0 win over Tottenham Hotspur at Upton Park.


1982–83 in English football, Famous debutants
26 February 1983: Ian Baird, 18-year-old striker, makes his debut for Southampton in 1–1 draw with West Ham United at Upton Park.


1982–83 in English football, Famous debutants
20 April 1983: Colin Hill, 19-year-old defender, makes his debut for Arsenal in 3–1 defeat by Norwich City at Carrow Road.


1982–83 in Scottish football
The 1982–83 season was the 86th season of competitive football in Scotland.


1982–83 in Scottish football, Overview
In a tightly fought contest Dundee United won their maiden Scottish league title. The league remained undecided until the last day of the season with Aberdeen, Celtic and Dundee United in contention. On the final day Celtic beat Rangers 4–2 and Aberdeen beat Hibernian 5–0, Dundee United held their nerve to win a historic first championship after beating local rivals Dundee 2–1 at Dens Park.


1982–83 snooker season
The 1982–83 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between August 1982 and May 1983. The following table outlines the results for ranking events and the invitational events.


1982–83 snooker season, Official rankings
The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.


1982–83 Úrvalsdeild karla
The 1982–83 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 32nd season of the Úrvalsdeild karla, the top tier men's basketball league on Iceland. The season started on 1 October 1982 and ended on 21 March 1983. Valur won its second title by posting the best record in the league with a win against Keflavík in the last day of the season.


1982–83 Úrvalsdeild karla, Competition format
The participating teams first played a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent twice "home" and twice "away" for a total of 20 games. The top team won the national championship whilst the bottom team was relegated to Division I.


1983
1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1983rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 983rd  year of the 2nd millennium, the 83rd  year of the 20th century, and the  4th   year of the 1980s decade.


1983
The year 1983 saw both the contested beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.


1983 (TV series)
1983 is a Polish crime drama streaming television series produced for and released by Netflix on 30 November 2018. The series, created and written by Joshua Long and based on an original idea by Long and Maciej Musiał, is set in an alternate timeline in which the fall of the communist Polish People's Republic never happened, and the Iron Curtain is still in place. It is Netflix's first Polish original series.


1983 (TV series), Premise
The series is set in 2003; a coordinated terrorist attack on multiple sites took place in Poland in 1983 which altered the course of history. The Iron Curtain is still in place and the Cold War did not end. Law student Kajetan (Maciej Musiał) and Milicja Obywatelska investigator Anatol (Robert Więckiewicz) uncover a conspiracy that could potentially start a revolution.


1983 (TV series), Setting
The directors create a gloomy and cold Warsaw, where old Soviet-style apartment blocks stand side by side with futuristic and imposing government and police buildings, equipped with modern instruments of control. The secret services of the SB now use computer surveillance mechanisms, tracking cell phones and digitizing citizens' data (classified according to their "level of danger").


1983 (TV series), Setting
Society is run by the "Party", a privileged elite who enjoy a good education and excellent economic status. The rest of the population is disinterested in politics and devote themselves to consumerism, at least as regards those goods that are not censored or prohibited. Opposing this system is the "Brigade of Light", a group of young people who carry out resistance to the dictatorship in clandestinity.


1983 (TV series), Setting
Poland is then imagined to have seen massive immigration from Indochina, and in particular from the socialist republic of Vietnam. Some night scenes - set in overcrowded Asian neighborhoods - seem like a reference to the Blade Runner movie.


1983 (TV series), Setting
There are very few explicit references to communism in the series (no statue of Lenin in the streets, no red star or revolutionary chant). The regime appears to have created an Orwellian state, whose sole ideological goal is the suppression of dissent and the control of individuals.


1983 (TV series), Production
On 6 March 2018, Netflix announced that the series was in production, consisting of 8 episodes. On 2 October 2018, the first teaser trailer was released, with the series set to premiere globally on 30 November.


1983 (album)
1983 is the debut studio album by American music producer Steven Ellison, under his moniker Flying Lotus, released on October 3, 2006, by Plug Research. The album title "1983" refers to Ellison's year of birth.


1983 (film)
1983 is a 2014 Indian Malayalam-language coming-of-age sports film directed by fashion photographer Abrid Shine, who wrote the story and co-wrote the script with Bipin Chandran. The film, produced under the banner of Shams Films, stars Nivin Pauly in the lead role. Anoop Menon, Nikki Galrani, Joy Mathew, Srinda Arhaan, Jacob Gregory, Saiju Kurup, Shine Tom Chacko, Dinesh, Sui Joseph, Neeraj Madhav and Sanju, make up the rest of the cast. Pradeesh Varma cranked the camera and the music director was Gopi Sunder, for which he received the 62nd National Film Awards for Best Background Score.


1983 (film)
The film is a family drama that revolves around cricket. It centers on Rameshan (Nivin Pauly) and his memories from 1983 when India won its first World Cup under Kapil Dev. 1983, which is also a tribute to cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, was released on 31 January and was the first success film of 2014. All the songs composed by Gopi Sunder became popular and one of them, "Olanjali Kuruvi", was a chartbuster.


1983 (film)
The film received three Kerala State Film Awards including Best Debut Director for Abride Shine, Best Actor for Nivin Pauly and Second Best Actor for Anoop Menon. It is widely regarded as one of the best movies  during the Malayalam New Wave.


1983 (film), Plot
In a remote village in Kerala named Brahmamangalam, the people have a passion for cricket. From India winning their first Cricket World Cup in 1983, to present times, the story follows the father-son relationship of two generations. As a teenager Rameshan (Nivin Pauly) is passionate about cricket and performs well in his academics. His father (Joy Mathew) wants his son to become an engineer one day. Rameshan is in love with Manjula (Nikki Galrani), who is studying in the same school.


1983 (film), Plot
He is part of a local cricket team, formed by his close friends, and wins many local tournaments with his above par performance in batting. However, with time his academic results turn very poor and he even fails his 12th Board exams. Even if he fails in his academics, his love for the game remains the same and his father continues to protest against this. His love interest, Manjula, is very good at her studies and joins another college for higher education.


1983 (film), Plot
Rameshan joins his father in running an electrical workshop and lives a modest life. His love for game continues all this while. Eventually, he loses his lover who marries an Indian-American. A depressed Rameshan is encouraged by his friends and family to marry a girl from the same village. His wife, Susheela (Srinda Arhaan), is ignorant about cricket to such an extent that she doesn't know Sachin Tendulkar. Rameshan is blessed with his son, Kannan (Bhagath Abrid), who shows an interest in cricket at a very young age. Rameshan still plays cricket and starts coaching his son.


1983 (film), Plot
Rameshan wants his son to become a cricketer. He takes his son to a former state cricket player Vijay Menon's (Anoop Menon) sports academy. Rameshan faces many financial problems to support his son's coaching. His wife helps him against his mother's (Seema G. Nair) wishes. After some days unfortunately Vijay wants to go to Chennai, as he was called by his senior coach Chandrakant and he wants Vijay to be with him to take responsibility of his cricket coaching club. For a better future for Kannan, Vijay advises Rameshan to join the cricket academy of his friend. But Kannan could get the selection in order to join the academy. But he fails to get the selection as the ball strikes on the back tail and he gets injured.


1983 (film), Plot
Rameshan's father and son play a vital role in his life and eventually his father gives him his support to pursue his love for cricket. At the end, Rameshan, with the help of his father, makes a bowling machine to help his son play pace. After many ups and downs, Kannan gets selected for the Under-14 district team. Like how he loved the cricket now his son also loves cricket. The movie ends with Rameshan talking about wanting to see his son wearing India's jersey.


1983 (film), Production
The film started its shoot in May 2013 in Ernakulam, produced by Shamsudheen under the banner of Shams films. The movie distribution was done by LJ Films, owned by director Lal Jose.


1983 (film), Soundtrack
All lyrics are written by Santhosh Varma except where noted; all music is composed by Gopi Sundar.


1983 (film), Reception
Entertainment site oneindia gave the film 3.5/5 stars and said "1983 is a thoroughly enjoyable entertainer which pleases your heart throughout. For almost all generations, it's a nostalgic revisit to those childhood memories, where you had played cricket with your friends, a tennis ball, wickets of stick, and a bat carved from leaf stalk".


1983 (film), Reception
IBTimes ranked Abrid Shine first in its list of the top 5 debutant Malayalam directors of 2014.


1983 (film), Box office
It was one of the biggest commercial successes of 2014 in Malayalam.


1983 (song)
"1983" is the second single from American rock band Neon Trees' debut album Habits. It was written by Tyler Glenn and produced by Tim Pagnotta. It was released on September 28, 2010. The song peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart and No. 28 on the Billboard Rock Songs chart in January 2011.


1983 ... Summer Breaks
1983 ... Summer Breaks was a various artists "hits" collection album released in Australia in 1983 on EMI (Catalogue No. GIVE 2009). The album spent 3 weeks at the top of the Australian album charts in 1983.


1983 1. deild
Following are the results of the 1983 season of the 1. deild, the second tier of football in the Faroe Islands, it was founded in 1942. The league is organised by the Faroe Islands Football Association.


1983 1. deild
It was contested by 8 teams, and GÍ Gøta won the championship.


1983 1. deild, Results
The schedule consisted of a total of 14 games. Each team played two games against every opponent in no particular order. One of the games was at home and one was away.


1983 1. deild karla
The 1983 season of 1. deild karla was the 29th season of second-tier football in Iceland.


1983 1. divisjon
The 1983 1. divisjon was the 39th completed season of top division football in Norway.


1983 1. divisjon, Overview
22 games were played with 2 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number eleven and twelve were relegated. The winners of the two groups of the 2. divisjon were promoted, as well as the winner of a series of play-off matches between number ten in the 1. divisjon and the two second-placed teams in the two groups of the 2. divisjon.


1983 1. divisjon, Relegation play-offs
The qualification play-off matches were contested between Brann (10th in the 1. divisjon), Pors (2nd in the 2. divisjon - Group A), and Strindheim (2nd in the 2. divisjon - Group B). Strindheim won and were promoted to the 1. divisjon.


1983 1000 km of Nürburgring
The 1983 1000 km of Nürburgring was an endurance race held at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. It was Round 3 of the 1983 FIA World Endurance Championship. The race was the last international race to be held at the Nordschleife until the 2015 FIA WTCC Race of Germany, and the following year, the new GP-Strecke track was completed and all international racing was held on that section of the track. It was also the race where West German driver Stefan Bellof recorded a then-record 6:11.13 around the track in his factory backed Rothmans Porsche 956, which was unofficially beaten in 2018.


1983 1000km of Silverstone
The 1983 Grand Prix International 1000 km was the second round of the 1983 World Sportscar Championship and 1983 European Endurance Championship. It took place at the Silverstone Circuit, Great Britain on 8 May 1983. The event was won by the No. 2 Rothmans Porsche Porsche 956 driven by Derek Bell and Stefan Bellof.


1983 12 Hours of Sebring
The 12 Hours of Sebring, The Coca-Cola Classic, was the third round of the 1983 IMSA GT Championship and was held at the Sebring International Raceway, on March 19, 1983. Victory overall went to the No. 9 Personalized Autohaus Porsche 934 driven by Wayne Baker, Jim Mullen, and Kees Nierop.


1983 2. divisjon
The 1983 2. divisjon was a Norway's second-tier football league season.


1983 2. divisjon
The league was contested by 24 teams, divided into two groups; A and B. The winners of group A and B were promoted to the 1984 1. divisjon. The second placed teams met the 10th position finisher in the 1.divisjon in a qualification round where the winner was promoted to 1. divisjon. The bottom three teams inn both groups were relegated to the 3. divisjon.


1983 2. divisjon, Promotion play-offs, Results
Strindheim won the qualification round and was promoted to the 1984 1. divisjon.


1983 24 Hours of Daytona
The Silver Anniversary Edition 24 Hour Pepsi Challenge was a 24-hour endurance sports car race held on February 5–6, 1983 at the Daytona International Speedway road course. The race served as the opening round of the 1983 IMSA GT Championship.


1983 24 Hours of Daytona
Victory overall and in the GTP class went to the No. 6 Henn's Swap Shop Racing Porsche 935 driven by Bob Wollek, Claude Ballot-Léna, Preston Henn, and A. J. Foyt. Victory in the GTO class went to the No. 7 Racing Beat Mazda RX-7 driven by Pete Halsmer, Bob Reed, and Rick Knoop. Victory in the GTU class went to the No. 92 Kent Racing Mazda RX-7 driven by Lee Mueller, Hugh McDonough, and Terry Visger.


1983 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 1983 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 51st Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 18 and 19 June 1983. It was also the fourth round of both the World Endurance Championship and European Endurance Championship.


1983 24 Hours of Le Mans
The win was fought right down to the line between the Rothmans Porsche 956s of Al Holbert (#3 car) and Derek Bell (#1). Bell was able to un-lap himself as the Holbert car was slowed by overheating (engine damage caused by an airflow blockage to the radiator that cooled the heads) and finally seized up on the last lap; luckily for Holbert it re-fired and made it to the end with smoke trailing from the exhaust. Holbert crossed the finish line 17 seconds ahead of a fast closing Bell.


1983 24 Hours of Le Mans
Vern Schuppan, after finishing third in 1975, and second in 1977 and 1982, became the first Australian driver to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans since Bernard Rubin won driving a  Bentley 4½ Litre in 1928.


1983 ABC Championship
The 1983 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Hong Kong from November 20 to November 29, 1983. Queen Elizabeth Stadium and Queen Elizabeth II Youth Centre were used for this tournament.


1983 ABN World Tennis Tournament
The 1983 ABN World Tennis Tournament was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Rotterdam Ahoy in the Netherlands. It was part of the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix circuit. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and was held from 14 March through 20 March 1983. Gene Mayer won the singles title.


1983 ABN World Tennis Tournament, Finals, Doubles
Fritz Buehning /  Tom Gullikson defeated  Peter Fleming /  Pavel Složil 7–6, 4–6, 7–6


1983 ABN World Tennis Tournament – Singles
First-seeded Guillermo Vilas was the defending champion of the singles event at the ABN World Tennis Tournament, but lost in the final against second-seeded Gene Mayer 6–1, 7–6(11–9).


1983 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1983 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Omni Coliseum from March 11–13. NC State defeated Virginia, 81–78, to win the championship. Sidney Lowe of NC State was named MVP. It was the first time the event was held in Atlanta.


1983 AFC Night Series
The 1983 Australian Football Championships Night Series was the 5th edition of the AFC Night Series, a VFL-organised national club Australian rules football tournament between the leading clubs from the VFL, the SANFL, the WAFL and State Representative Teams.


1983 AFC Night Series
A total of 17 teams from across Australia played 16 matches over five months, with matches held during the pre-season and midweek throughout the premiership season.


1983 AFC Women's Championship
The Asian Football Confederation's 1983 AFC Women's Championship was the fifth AFC Women's Championship. It was held from April 1983 in Thailand. Participating members were Thailand, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines. The tournament was won by Thailand in the final against India.


1983 AFC Women's Championship
Japan and Taiwan were expected to play but withdrew on short notice.


1983 AFC Women's Championship, Format
Eight nations were willing to take part; there was a draw with two groups. One group consisted of Singapore, Malaysia, Japan and Taiwan, the other of Hong Kong, India, Thailand and Philippines.


1983 AFC Women's Championship, Format
After Taiwan and Japan withdrew from the tournament, the six remaining teams were put in a single group and played a single round-robin tournament.


1983 ASFA Soccer League
The 1983 season of the ASFA Soccer League (now called the FFAS Soccer League) was the third season of association football competition in American Samoa. Nuu'uli FC won the championship, their first title.


1983 ATP Challenger Series
The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 1983 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprises 35 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $75,000.


1983 ATP Challenger Series, Statistical information
These tables present the number of singles (S) and doubles (D) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1983 ATP Challenger Series. The players/nations are sorted by: (1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); (2) a singles > doubles hierarchy; (3) alphabetical order (by family names for players).


1983 Adur District Council election
Elections to the Adur District Council were held on 5 May 1983, with one third of the council up for election. There was an additional vacancy in the Peverel ward and no elections for the Marine ward. Overall turnout climbed to 47.6%.


1983 Adur District Council election
The election resulted in the Alliance losing control of the council to no overall control.


1983 Adur District Council election, Ward results
+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.


1983 African Cup Winners' Cup
The 1983 season of the African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by El Mokawloon SC in two-legged final victory against OC Agaza. This was the ninth season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country's domestic cup. Thirty-four sides entered the competition, with Ajuda Sports withdrawing before the 1st leg of the first round.


1983 African Cup of Champions Clubs
The 1983 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 19th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region (Africa), the African Cup of Champions Clubs. It determined that year's club champion of association football in Africa.


1983 African Cup of Champions Clubs
The tournament was played by 36 teams and was used a playoff scheme with home and away matches. Asante Kotoko SC from Ghana won that final, and became for the second time CAF club champion.


1983 African Cup of Champions Clubs, Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1983 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:


1983 African Men's Handball Championship
The 1983 African Men's Handball Championship was the fifth edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held from 22 to 31 July 1983 at the Cairo International Stadium and the Police Arena in Cairo, Egypt.


1983 African Men's Handball Championship
It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.


1983 African Men's Handball Championship
In the final, Algeria win their second consecutive title beating Congo in the final game.


1983 African Women's Handball Championship
The 1983 African Women's Handball Championship was the fifth edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, held from 23 to 30 July 1983 at the Cairo International Stadium and the Police Arena in Cairo, Egypt.


1983 African Youth Championship
The African Youth Championship 1983 was contested through home and away matches. It also served as qualification for the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship.


1983 African Youth Championship, Teams
The following teams entered the tournament (and played at least one match):


1983 African Youth Championship, Preliminary round
1 Liberia initially won on aggregate against Guinea, but were disqualified for using ineligible players in both legs.


1983 African Youth Championship, Preliminary round
3 Ethiopia, Ghana, Central African Republic, Mauritius, Congo, Upper Volta and Libya all withdrew.


1983 African Youth Championship, First round
1 Swaziland withdrew after losing the first leg to Zimbabwe.


1983 African Youth Championship, First round
2 Equatorial Guinea were ejected from the competition for using five ineligible players in the first leg.


1983 African Youth Championship, Qualification to World Youth Championship
The two best performing teams qualified for the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship.


1983 Air Canada Cup
The 1983 Air Canada Cup was Canada's fifth annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, which was played April 17 – 24, 1983 at the Laval University Sports and Physical Education Pavilion (PEPS) in Ste-Foy, Quebec. The Regina Pat Canadians defeated the Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy to win the gold medal. The Andrew Maroons, representing the Thunder Bay District, captured the bronze medal. Tony Hrkac of the Andrews Maroons led the tournament in scoring, while Kirk McLean of the Don Mills Flyers was named the Top Goaltender. Other future National Hockey League players competing in this tournament were Alain Côté, Peter Douris, Brent Fedyk, Wade Flaherty, Ian Herbers, Dale Kushner, Scott Mellanby, and Don Sweeney.


1983 Air Canada Silver Broom
The 1983 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship, was held from April 11–17, 1983 in the Agridome in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.


1983 Air Canada Silver Broom, Teams
Skip : Keith WendorfThird: Hans Dieter KieselSecond: Sven SaileLead: Heiner Martin


1983 Air Canada Silver Broom, Teams
Fourth: Massimo AlveraThird: Franco SovillaSkip: Giuseppe Dal MolinLead: Stefano Morona


1983 Air Canada Silver Broom, Teams
Skip : Don CooperThird: Jerry van Brunt Jr.Second: Billy ShipstadLead: Jack McNelly


1983 Air Force Falcons football team
The 1983 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by fifth-year head coach Ken Hatfield and played its home games at Falcon Stadium. It finished the regular season with a 9–2 overall record and a 5–2 record in Western Athletic Conference games. The team was selected to play in the Independence Bowl, in which it defeated Ole Miss 9–3.


1983 Air Force Falcons football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
Chris Funk blocked a field goal in the final seconds to preserve the win for Air Force.


1983 Akron Zips football team
The 1983 Akron Zips football team represented Akron University in the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. Led by 11th-year head coach Jim Dennison, the Zips played their home games at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio. They finished the season with a record of 8–3 overall and 5–2 in OVC play to tie for second place.


1983 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team
The 1983 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team represented the University of Alabama in the 1983 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Crimson Tide played their home games at Sewell–Thomas Stadium, and were led by fourth-year head coach Barry Shollenberger. They finished as the national runner-up after falling to Texas in the 1983 College World Series Final.


1983 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team, Crimson Tide in the 1983 MLB Draft
The following members of the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball program were drafted in the 1983 Major League Baseball Draft.


1983 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
The 1983 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA", "Bama" or "The Tide") represented the University of Alabama in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 91st overall and 50th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ray Perkins, in his first year, and played their home games at both Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and four losses (8–4 overall, 4–2 in the SEC). Ray Perkins, who played as a wide receiver for Bear Bryant in the 1960s, was named as the new head coach at Alabama on December 14, 1982, to succeed Bryant after his 25-year tenure as Alabama's head coach.


1983 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
After opening the season with four consecutive wins and rising to #3 in the AP poll, The Tide suffered a controversial 34–28 loss to Penn State. Trailing 34-7 entering the 4th quarter, Alabama rallied and seemed to be an extra point away from victory after tight end Preston Gothard appeared to catch a game-tying touchdown pass with eight seconds left in the game. One official signaled a touchdown but was overruled by the back judge who ruled Gothard was out of bounds. Video replay indicated otherwise, however instant replay in college football was still decades away. Bama avenged the previous year's losses to LSU and Southern Miss but lost to Tennessee and Auburn again. The Crimson Tide completed their season with a 28–7 victory over SMU in the Sun Bowl.


1983 Alan King Tennis Classic
The 1983 Alan King Tennis Classic, also known as the Alan King-Caesars Palace Tennis Classic, was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, United States. It was the 12th edition of the event and was part of the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix circuit. The tournament was held from April 18 through April 24, 1983. First-seeded Jimmy Connors won the singles title and the accompanying $62,500 first-prize money. It was Connors' second consecutive singles title at the tournament and the fourth in total.


1983 Alan King Tennis Classic, Finals, Doubles
Steve Denton /  Kevin Curren defeated  Tracy Delatte /  Johan Kriek 6–3, 7–5


1983 Algerian Cup Final
The 1983 Algerian Cup Final was the 21st final of the Algerian Cup. The final took place on May 20, 1983, at Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers with kick-off at 19:00. MP Alger beat ASC Oran 4-3 after extra time to win their fourth Algerian Cup.


1983 All England Open Badminton Championships
The 1983 John Player All England Open Championships was the 73rd edition held in 1983, at Wembley Arena, London.


1983 All Japan Endurance Championship
The 1983 All Japan Endurance Championship was the inaugural season of the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The series champion was the #1 Trust Racing Team Porsche 956 driven by Australian Vern Schuppan, who earlier in the year had won the 1983 24 Hours of Le Mans.


1983 All-Big Eight Conference football team
The 1983 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The selectors for the 1983 season included the Associated Press (AP).


1983 All-Big Ten Conference football team
The 1983 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Ten Conference teams for the 1983 college football season. The 1983 Illinois Fighting Illini football team won the conference championship and had seven players selected as first-team player by either the Associated Press or United Press International. Iowa followed with six first-team selections, including quarterback Chuck Long and linebacker Larry Station. Michigan had five first-team players, including center Tom Dixon and guard Stefan Humphries.


1983 All-Big Ten Conference football team, Key
Bold = Selected as a first-team player by both the media (AP) and coaches (UPI)


1983 All-Big Ten Conference football team, Key
AP = Associated Press, "selected by a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the conference football scene"


1983 All-Big Ten Conference football team, Key
UPI = United Press International, selected by the Big Ten Conference coaches


1983 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
The 1983 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 52nd staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.


1983 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Dublin entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Leinster Championship.


1983 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
On 18 September 1983, Derry won the championship following an 0-8 to 1-3 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title overall and their first in 18 championship seasons.


1983 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
The 1983 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 53rd staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928.


1983 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
Tipperary entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final.


1983 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
On 4 September 1983, Galway won the championship following a 0-10 to 0-7 defeat of Dublin in the All-Ireland final. This was their first ever All-Ireland title.


1983 All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
The All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship of 1983 was the tenth staging of Ireland's secondary hurling knock-out competition. Kerry won the championship, beating London 2-8 to 1-7 in the final at Austin Stack Park, Tralee.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
The 1983 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was won by Cork, beating Dublin by a two-point margin in the final.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Arrangement
A record eleven counties participated in the championship, the highest number since the separation of senior and junior championships in 1968. Antrim withdrew from the championship and gave a walkover to Cork in their tie scheduled for June 19. Tipperary surprised fancied Galway in the quarter-final.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
Claire Kelleher scored the clinching goal for Cork five minutes from the end, carrying the ball round the hitherto impenetrable Dublin defence without having the ball tapped off her stick. That score left two points between the sides and although Dublin used all their resources they could not break down the resolute Cork defence. Cork shot a surfeit of wides in the first half and did not get their first score until the 12th minute, when Dublin were three points up. Val Fitzpatrick then hit a cracking shot which Yvonne Redmond could not hold to make it 1-1 to 0-3 and Mary Geaney went on to give Cork the lead for the first time.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
The 1983 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final was the 52nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1983 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, an inter-county camogie tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
Dublin led 1-4 to 1-3 at half-time, but a late Claire Kelleher goal gave Cork their fourth title in six years.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The 1983 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 April 1983 to determine the winners of the 1982–83 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 13th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Loughgiel Shamrocks of Antrim and St. Rynagh's of Offaly, with the game ending in a 1-8 to 2-5 draw. The replay took place at Casement Park on 24 April 1983. Loughgiel Shamrocks won that game by 2-12 to 1-12.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The All-Ireland final was a unique occasion as it was the first ever championship meeting between Loughgiel Shamrocks and St. Rynagh's. It remains their only championship meeting at this level. Both sides were hoping to win their first All-Ireland title.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
Victory for Loughgiel Shamrocks secured their first All-Ireland title. They became the 8th club to win the All-Ireland title, while they were the first, and to date only, Antrim representatives to claim the ultimate prize.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 97th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 15 May 1983 and ended on 18 September 1983.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Offaly entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Dublin in the Leinster final.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
On 18 September 1983, Dublin won the championship following a 1-10 to 1-8 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final. This was their 21st All-Ireland title and their first in six championship seasons.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Dublin's Barney Rock was the championship's top scorer with 6-27. Dublin's Tommy Drumm was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, also known as the Game of Shame (Irish: An Cluiche Náireach), was the 96th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Four players (three representing Dublin, one representing Galway) were sent off, earning the Dublin team the epithet "The Dirty Dozen". The game was marred by scenes of thuggery and ugliness. Galway had also lost to Dublin in their previous All-Ireland football final appearance in 1974. Earlier in the game, Barney Rock had scored an 11th-minute goal, but all was overshadowed by what followed.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Route to the final
Both Dublin and Galway were fortunate to have reached the final at all, as both needed late goals in the semi-finals to stay in the championship.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Route to the final
Dublin salvaged a draw with Cork thanks to a Barney Rock goal in injury time before beating them in a memorable replay in Páirc Uí Chaoimh. That replay was the first time an All-Ireland semi-final had been held outside Croke Park since 1941.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Route to the final
Galway overcame an unfortunate Donegal with a Val Joyce strike.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Route to the final
Supporters anticipated an eventful game. Both counties had a proud footballing tradition, and this was also the first final since 1977 that did not involve Kerry.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary
Conditions were terrible on the day of the match, with a gale-force wind and driving rain making it impossible for the players to play constructive football, and the physical battle was more intense than usual. The game was full of dangerous sliding tackles and players involved themselves in many heated exchanges.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary
It is impossible to locate the exact source of the disgraceful scenes which marred the final. There was no history of violence in previous clashes between the sides. Dublin's Barney Rock scored a bizarre goal from 40 yards after a poor free-out from Galway goalkeeper Pádraig Coyne. Galway objected. They claimed the goal should not have been allowed due to Dublin manager Kevin Heffernan interfering with play as he tended to the injured Joe McNally. Referee John Gough did not agree and the goal stood.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary
Soon after that, things began to go wrong for Dublin. After a tussle in midfield, Dublin legend Brian Mullins swung back his arm and struck Brian Talty, sending him crashing to the ground. The referee promptly sent Mullins off. Mullins said of his assault on Talty: "If I look back on it, a lot of thoughts run through my mind. It happened and I had to accept it".


1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary
Shortly before half-time several players clashed beneath the Hogan Stand and, to the crowd's astonishment, referee Gough sent off a player from each side — Ray Hazley from Dublin and Tomás Tierney of Galway. Stephen Joyce, who was also playing for Galway that day, said: "In my view neither player deserved to be given their marching orders".


1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary
The referee blew his whistle to end the first half, which brought a ceasefire of sorts. However, players continued to clash in the tunnel and — while rumours circulated for years about the incident — word of whatever happened in the tunnel remained there. Galway's Brian Talty did not return for the second half. Val Joyce said Mullins was the perpetrator: "Brian Mullins came in after for Brian Talty. I ran in and stood in his way". Whatever peace remained was swiftly dispensed with when, five minutes after the restart, Dublin's Kieran Duff lifted his foot towards the face of Pat O Neill, who lay stricken on the ground. The referee promptly sent Duff off.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary
Thus, it was fourteen-man Galway against twelve-man Dublin for most of the second half. Dublin's "Dirty Dozen", as they were to become known, sat back and defended against Galway's forward play. Dublin held out to win the game by a slim margin of just two points (1–10 to 1–08). But the circumstances overshadowed the achievement.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match
Martin Breheny interviewed the players from both teams in their dressing rooms. Journalists were permitted to do so at the time, and, on this occasion, were not prevented from going about their business by the dirtiness of the game, though the practice would later cease. While towelling himself down, one of the Dublin men sent off, Kieran Duff, quietly explained to Breheny what had happened: "I was provoked. I pleaded my case with the referee, but all he did was take my name and order me off without so much as a how's your father".


1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match
The following morning's newspapers coverage had very little to do with the actual game, but focused on the ugliness of the match and also reported on the poor supervision at exits and the terrible crushing in the Canal End and on Hill 16, where a fan was stabbed. There were reports of clashes amongst supporters after the match and of buses full of Galway fans being stoned as they left Dublin.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match
After the match some Galway officials deemed Dublin to be a squad of hitmen with no regard for decency or fair play.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match
The pressure was on the GAA authorities to act fast and deal with the controversy on the pitch, but it took weeks for the organisation to sort out all the disciplinary matters arising from the final. When the punishments were announced Dublin felt aggrieved believing they were handed far too much of the responsibility for the controversies. Ciaran Duff was banned for 12 months, Brian Mullins for 5 months, their manager Kevin Heffernan received a 3-month ban while Ray Hazley got a month. 2 players from Galway, Tomás Tierney and Peter Lee were both suspended for 1 month each. Both county boards were also fined.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match
The entire incident left a sour taste in the mouth of GAA fans, especially those of Galway and Dublin, of which a rivalry between the two was born. They did not meet in the competition again until the 2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match
The match and related incidents was given the Scannal treatment by RTÉ in 2007.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The 1983 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 97th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The draw for the 1980 fixtures took place in September 1979. The championship began on 29 May 1983 and ended on 4 September 1983.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
On 4 September 1983, Kilkenny won the championship following a 2–14 to 2–12 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final. This was their 23rd All-Ireland title and their second in succession.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Kilkenny's Billy Fitzpatrick was the championship's top scorer with 1-24. Kilkenny's Frank Cummins was the choice for Texaco Hurler of the Year.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format
The provincial championships in Munster and Leinster were all played on a knock-out basis as usual. In keeping with the rotation system for advancement to the All-Ireland final, the Leinster champions automatically qualified for the final of 1983. Galway, having no competition in the Connacht Championship, played the winners of a preliminary game between Kerry and Antrim. The winners of this quarter-final went on to play the Munster champions in a single All-Ireland semi-final.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Broadcasting
The following matches were broadcast live on television in Ireland on RTÉ.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 1983 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 96th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1983 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 4 September 1983, between Kilkenny and Cork. The Munster champions lost to their Leinster opponents for a second consecutive year on a score line of 2-14 to 2-12. Kilkenny were captained by Liam Fennelly.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final
The 1983 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final was the tenth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1983 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, an inter-county ladies' Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


1983 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final
Wexford led at half-time but Kerry fought back to draw level with seven minutes to go, and won by 8 points in the end.


1983 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
The 1983 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the 20th staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.


1983 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
Donegal entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Derry in the Ulster final.


1983 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
On 30 October 1983, Mayo won the championship following a 1-8 to 1-5 defeat of Derry in a replay of the All-Ireland final. This was their third All-Ireland title overall and their first title in nine championship seasons.


1983 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
The 1983 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the 20th staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964. The championship began on 20 April 1983  and ended on 11 September 1983.


1983 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
Cork were the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Clare in a Munster semi-final replay.


1983 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
On 11 September 1983, Galway won the championship following a 0-12 to 1-6 defeat of Tipperary in the All-Ireland final. This was their third All-Ireland title in the under-21 grade and their first in five championship seasons.


1983 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
The 1983 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final was a hurling match that was played at O'Connor Park, Tullamore on 11 September 1983 to determine the winners of the 1982 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, the 19th season of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion teams of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Galway of Connacht and Tipperary of Munster, with Galway winning by 0-12 to 1-6.


1983 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
The All-Ireland final between Galway and Tipperary was the ninth championship meeting between the two teams and their sixth in an All-Ireland final including one replay. Galway were appearing in their second successive final having been defeated by Cork in 1982, while Tipperary were appearing in their fifth final in six years.


1983 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
Galway's All-Ireland victory was their first since 1978. The win gave them their third All-Ireland title overall and put them in joint third position with Kilkenny on the all time roll of honour.


1983 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
Tipperary's All-Ireland defeat was their third ever and their first since last winning the title in 1981.


1983 All-Pacific Coast men's basketball team
The 1983 All-Pacific Coast men's basketball team consists of men's basketball players chosen by various organizations for the All-Pacific Coast teams in the 1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Below are the UPI selections.


1983 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team
The 1983 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific-10 Conference teams for the 1983 college football season.


1983 All-Pro Team
The 1983 All-Pro Team is composed of the National Football League players that were named to the Associated Press, Newspaper Enterprise Association, Pro Football Writers Association, Pro Football Weekly, and The Sporting News  in 1983. Both first- and second- teams are listed for the AP and NEA teams. These are the five teams that are included in Total Football II: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League. The NEA chose two inside linebackers for the first time, as a reflection of the 3-4 which was the common alignment for NFL defenses in the mid-1980s.


1983 All-Pro Team, Key
AP = Associated Press All-Pro team; AP-2 Associated Press Second-team All-Pro; PFWA = Pro Football Writers Association All-Pro team; NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association All-Pro team. ; NEA-2 Newspaper Enterprise Association Second-team All-Pro ; PFW = Pro Football Weekly All-Pro team; TSN = The Sporting News All-Pro team; t = players tied in selection


1983 All-SEC football team
The 1983 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season.


1983 All-SEC football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both AP and UPI


1983 Allan Cup
The 1983 Allan Cup was the Canadian national senior ice hockey championship for the 1982-83 Senior "A" season. The event was hosted by the Cambridge Hornets in Cambridge, Ontario. The 1983 playoff marked the 75th time that the Allan Cup has been awarded.


1983 Allsvenskan, Overview
The league was contested by 12 teams, with AIK winning the league and IFK Göteborg winning the Swedish championship after the play-offs.


1983 Allsvenskan, 1983 Allsvenskan play-offs
The 1983 Allsvenskan play-offs was the second edition of the competition. The eight best placed teams from Allsvenskan qualified to the competition. IFK Göteborg who finished third in the league won the competition and the Swedish championship after defeating Öster who finished fourth in the league.


1983 Aloha Bowl
The 1983 Aloha Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 26 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. The game pitted the Washington Huskies of the Pacific-10 Conference and the independent Penn State Nittany Lions.


1983 Aloha Bowl, Teams, Penn State
The defending national champion Nittany Lions began the season ranked #4 in the nation, but suffered through three straight losses, with two to ranked opponents (#1 Nebraska and #13 Iowa), which dropped them out of the polls. Penn State rebounded with five straight victories, beating #3 Alabama and #4 West Virginia before a match-up with #19 Boston College. The 27–17 loss to the Eagles was their last of the season, as they beat Brown and Notre Dame (while tying Pittsburgh) to finish with a 7–4–1 record. This was their 13th straight appearance in a bowl game and they were favored by one point.


1983 Aloha Bowl, Teams, Washington
Under head coach Don James, Washington began the season ranked #19 in the polls. They responded with victories over Northwestern and #8 Michigan to rise to ninth. A loss to LSU dropped them to #18, but the Huskies responded with four straight wins to get back to #11. A loss to UCLA hurt their chances at a Pac-10 title, though they won their next two games to get back to #15 and in the hunt for a shared title before a matchup with Washington State in the Apple Cup at Husky Stadium. The underdog Cougars won again to ruin Washington's chance at a conference title, as the Huskies finished second to UCLA. This was their fifth straight bowl game and sixth in seven seasons.


1983 Aloha Bowl, Game summary
Nick Gancitano kicked a 23-yard field goal to make it 3-0 Penn State to culminate their first possession. Later in the second quarter, Danny Greene returned a punt 57 yards for a touchdown to make it 7-3 Huskies with 8:51 to go in the half. With 36 seconds to go in the quarter, Jeff Jaeger culminated a 65 yard drive with his 39 yard field goal to make it 10–3 Washington at halftime.


1983 Aloha Bowl, Game summary
After a scoreless third quarter, Cancitano make it 10–6 on his 49 yard field goal, his longest of his career. Washington simply could not advance the ball the rest of the way, which gave Penn State the opportunity to try to win the game. They started their drive on the 49 with 6:54 to go. On nine plays, Penn State drove down the field for the score, with D. J. Dozier scoring the winning touchdown from 2 yards out to give the Nittany Lions the winning points. Washington had 18 first downs, 126 rushing yards on 33 carries and 153 passing yards (with 19-of-40 passing). Penn State had 15 first downs, 95 rushing yards on 40 carries, and 118 passing yards (with 14-of-34 passing and one interception).


1983 Aloha Bowl, Aftermath
The Nittany Lions reached four more bowl games in the decade, winning a championship in 1987. The Huskies reached five more bowl games in the decade. Penn State never reached the Aloha Bowl again, while Washington returned once more in 1997.


1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Combined, Final point standings
In Men's Combined World Cup 1982/83 all 5 results count.


1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Combined, Final point standings
Race 3, 4 and 5 races not all points were awarded (not enough finishers).


1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Combined, Men's Combined Team Results
Overall | Downhill | Giant/Super G | Slalom | Combined


1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Downhill, Final point standings
In Men's Downhill World Cup 1982/83 the best 5 results count. Deductions are given in ().


1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Downhill, Men's Downhill Team Results
All points were shown including individuel deduction. bold indicate highest score - italics indicate race wins


1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Downhill, Men's Downhill Team Results
Overall | Downhill | Giant/Super G | Slalom | Combined


1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Giant Slalom and Super G, Final point standings
In Men's Giant Slalom and Super G World Cup 1982/83 the best 5 results count. Deductions are given in ().


1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Giant Slalom and Super G, Men's Giant Slalom and Super G Team Results
All points were shown including individuel deduction. bold indicate highest score - italics indicate race wins


1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Giant Slalom and Super G, Men's Giant Slalom and Super G Team Results
Overall | Downhill | Giant/Super G | Slalom | Combined


1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Overall, Final point standings
In Men's Overall World Cup 1982/83 the best five downhills, best five giant slaloms/Super G, best five slaloms and best three combined count. The parallel slalom only counts for the Nationscup (or was a show-event). Deductions are given in ().


1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Overall, Final point standings
Overall | Downhill | Giant/Super G | Slalom | Combined


1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Slalom, Final point standings
In Men's Slalom World Cup 1982/83 the best 5 results count. Deductions are given in ().


1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Slalom, Men's Slalom Team Results
All points were shown including individuel deduction. bold indicate highest score - italics indicate race wins


1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Slalom, Men's Slalom Team Results
Overall | Downhill | Giant/Super G | Slalom | Combined


1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's Combined, Final point standings
In Women's Combined World Cup 1982/83 all 4 results count.


1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's Combined, Final point standings
Race 3 not all points were awarded (not enough finishers).


1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's Combined, Final point standings
Overall | Downhill | Giant/Super G | Slalom | Combined


1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's Downhill, Final point standings
In Women's Downhill World Cup 1982/83 the best 5 results count. Deductions are given in ().


1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's Downhill, Final point standings
Overall | Downhill | Giant/Super G | Slalom | Combined


1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's Giant Slalom and Super G, Final point standings
In Women's Giant Slalom and Super G World Cup 1982/83 the best 5 results count. Deductions are given in ().


1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's Giant Slalom and Super G, Final point standings
Overall | Downhill | Giant/Super G | Slalom | Combined


1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's Slalom, Final point standings
In Women's Slalom World Cup 1982/83 the best 5 results count. Deductions are given in ().


1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's Slalom, Final point standings
Overall | Downhill | Giant/Super G | Slalom | Combined


1983 America's Cup
The 1983 America's Cup was the occasion of the first winning challenge to the New York Yacht Club, which had successfully defended the cup over a period of 132 years. An Australian syndicate representing the Royal Perth Yacht Club fielded the Australia II, skippered by John Bertrand, against defender Liberty, skippered by Dennis Conner. Australia II won the match races after fighting back from a 3–1 deficit to win the America's Cup, ending the longest winning streak in sporting history and ending U.S. domination of the racing series.


1983 America's Cup, The defender: Liberty
Skippered by team principal Dennis Conner, Liberty won all the Defender trials and on 2 September 1983, the New York Yacht Club confirmed that Liberty was to represent the NYYC as defender of the America's Cup.


1983 America's Cup, The defender: Liberty
During the summer preceding the trials, Conner had been the focus of extensive media attention in the U.S. He was even featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine, a rare recognition for a sailor.


1983 America's Cup, The defender: Liberty
The crew included Connor as skipper, Tom Whidden, navigator Halsey Chase Herreshoff, Scott Vogel, and mainsheet trimmer John Marshall.


1983 America's Cup, The defender: Liberty
Liberty had competed with John Kolius' Courageous and Tom Blackaller's Defender in a defender series before being selected by the New York Yacht Club. Gary Jobson was the founder and tactician of the Courageous/Defender syndicate.


1983 America's Cup, The challenger: Australia II
Alan Bond arrived at Newport with Australia II, billed as one of the biggest threats to American dominance of the 12 Metre class. The boat was designed by Ben Lexcen and skippered by John Bertrand. The revolutionary "winged keel" of the Australian yacht was a subject of controversy from the outset of the challenger series, with the New York Yacht club alleging that the winged keel boat was not a legal 12 Meter, and that the keel design itself was the result of Dutch engineers, and not by Lexcen.


1983 America's Cup, The challenger: Australia II
This second point would have made Australia II illegal under the requirement that the boat be "designed and constructed in country" as the Deed of Gift that governed the competition stipulated. The boat was ruled a legal 12 Meter, and she was allowed to participate in the regatta. The speed of the new contender, along with the controversy and protests intensified international media attention to the series.


1983 America's Cup, The challenger: Australia II
Australia II dominated the challenger series and entered the America's Cup finals as the most promising contender to date.


1983 America's Cup, The races
The U.S. yacht won the first and second races by margins of more than a minute when the Australian yacht suffered equipment failure, but the Australia II took the third race, and came back to win the fifth and sixth races after Liberty won the fourth. This was the first time the America's Cup had needed a sixth race, let alone a seventh.


1983 America's Cup, The races
The cup title came down to the seventh and final race. For the seventh and deciding race on 26 September 1983 the wind was light at around eight knots. The pre-start was not a typical match race start. "Neither party wanted to make a mistake and end up in the protest room," Conner would explain later. Liberty won the start by eight seconds ahead of Australia II on paper but the Australians held a controlling position at the favoured end sailing toward the favoured side which gave them the early lead.


1983 America's Cup, The races
Australia II was subsequently overtaken by Conner who built up what seemed to be an unassailable margin. At the start of the penultimate leg (a square run) the America's Cup looked like it would stay in Newport. Conner failed to cover Australia II which allowed them to run deeper and faster assisted by breeze and windshifts allowing Australia II to overtake the Americans by the leeward mark. Conner then engaged Australia II in a spectacular tacking duel with nearly 50 tacks including a number of faked "dummy" tacks trying to break the Australians' cover.


1983 America's Cup, The races
Australia II held on until both boats reached the starboard layline in amongst the spectator fleet and tacked several boat lengths ahead of Liberty and sailed to the finish to take the race. Australia II crossed the finish line with a winning margin of 41 seconds, becoming the first successful challenger in the 132 years "since the schooner America won it in a race around England's Isle of Wight in 1851".


1983 America's Cup, Aftermath
The final race was televised in Australia in the early hours of 27 September 1983 (Australian time) just before dawn, and the victory was celebrated in public venues across Australia. Prime Minister Bob Hawke was interviewed at the dawn celebration at Royal Perth Yacht Club, Western Australia. After humorously fending off repeated questioning by journalists about whether he would declare a public holiday he admitted this was a state matter and outside his power as Prime Minister. He joked that he thought it should be and that any state Premiers who disagreed with him might "find themselves in a spot of bother". To rapturous laughter and applause he said with finality  "Any boss who sacks a worker for not turning up today is a bum".


1983 America's Cup, Aftermath
The loss of the 1983 America's Cup was considered a time of shame in U.S. sailing, as the U.S. had been able to defend the Cup for 132 years. Dennis Conner took the loss hard. Asked about how he felt initially after losing the Cup Conner said: "It was awful. I just did not want to get out of bed in the morning. I am usually full of life and energy... I just wanted to hide".


1983 America's Cup, Aftermath
The America's Cup was transferred from the New York Yacht Club to the Royal Perth Yacht Club located in Perth, Western Australia, which subsequently hosted its first, but unsuccessful, defense in the 1987 America's Cup. After losing the Cup the U.S. had been determined to bring it back. Conner went to work on the next US America's Cup Campaign. With the help of designers Britton Chance, Jr., Bruce Nelson and David Pedrick, the boat Stars and Stripes 87 was created which, after progressively gaining speed in a grueling challenger series, became the 1987 challenger.


1983 America's Cup, Aftermath
Stars and Stripes sailed against Kookaburra, the Australian defender, with Conner winning the 1987 America's Cup and returning it to the U.S. The 1992 film Wind portrays in large part the loss of the 1983 Cup and the journey to regain it at the 1987 Challenge. While parts of the film take some creative license with the actual events, Wind has generally been acclaimed as the single most accurate and realistic sailing film ever made, capturing not only the technical and physical challenges of sailing, but also the realistic and daily culture and lifestyle of professional yachtsmen and yachtswomen.


1983 America's Cup, Aftermath
In retrospect, Conner said that losing the Cup in 1983 had been good for the sport of sailing and the Cup itself: "Me losing after 132 years was the best thing that ever happened to the America's Cup and the best thing that ever happened to Dennis Conner... Before the win by the Australians, the America's Cup was only big in the minds of the yachties, but the rest of the world didn't know or care about it at all. But when we lost it... it was a little bit like losing the Panama Canal - suddenly everyone appreciated it. If I hadn't lost it, there never would have been the national effort... without that there never would have been the ticker-tape parade up Fifth Avenue in New York, lunch with the President at the White House and all the doors of opportunity that it opened".


1983 American League Championship Series
The 1983 American League Championship Series was played between the Chicago White Sox and the Baltimore Orioles from October 5 to 8.


1983 American League Championship Series
The Orioles won the series three games to one. Although the White Sox took Game 1 by a score of 2–1, the Orioles came back to win the last three games of the series. The Orioles went on to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies in five games in the 1983 World Series. In the regular season the White Sox won the West Division by 20 games with a 99–63 record. The Orioles won the East Division by six games with a 98–64 record.


1983 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Wednesday, October 5, 1983, at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland


1983 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Playing in their first postseason game since the 1959 World Series, the White Sox jumped out to a 1–0 ALCS lead behind a complete-game victory by LaMarr Hoyt, the American League Cy Young Award winner. In the third, Rudy Law singled with two outs and after another single, scored the game's first run on a Tom Paciorek infield single off of Scott McGregor.


1983 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
After a 42-minute rain delay in the fourth inning, the White Sox made it 2–0 when Paciorek walked to lead off the sixth, moved to third when Greg Luzinski reached on an Eddie Murray error and scored when Rookie of the Year Ron Kittle grounded into a double play. In the bottom of the ninth, Tito Landrum doubled with two outs before Cal Ripken Jr. denied Hoyt's shutout with two outs in the bottom of the ninth by driving in Landrum with a single for the Orioles' only run.


1983 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Thursday, October 6, 1983, at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland


1983 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Mike Boddicker evened the series with a dominant performance, striking out 14 batters while allowing just five singles and three walks in a shutout victory. Gary Roenicke doubled to lead off the second off of Floyd Bannister, then scored on an error on Ken Singleton's groundball. In the fourth, Roenicke walked with one out, then scored on Singleton's double. Roenicke capped the game's scoring with a two-run home run in the sixth to give the Orioles a 4–0 win.


1983 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Friday, October 7, 1983, at Comiskey Park (I) in Chicago, Illinois


1983 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
With the series shifting to Chicago, White Sox starter Rich Dotson was rocked for six runs, all earned, over five innings, as the Orioles pushed Chicago to the brink of elimination. Eddie Murray hit a three-run homer in the top of the first to start the scoring. Next inning, Rick Dempsey walked with two outs and scored on Al Bumbry's double. The White Sox scored their only run of the game in the bottom of the second off of Mike Flanagan when Ron Kittle hit a leadoff double and scored on Vance Law's single.


1983 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
In the fifth, a two-out hit-by-pitch and subsequent walk was followed by a two-run double by John Lowenstein. In the eighth, Todd Cruz's RBI single with two on off of Dick Tidrow made it 7–1 Orioles. In the ninth, the Orioles load the bases off of Jerry Koosman on a double and two walks. Dennis Lamp in relief walked Gary Roenicke to force in a run, then left fielder Jerry Hairston's error on Joe Nolan's fly ball allowed two more runs to score before Rich Dauer's sacrifice fly capped the scoring at 11–1 Orioles. Flanagan pitched five innings while Sammy Stewart pitched four shutout innings to close out the win.


1983 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Saturday, October 8, 1983, at Comiskey Park (I) in Chicago, Illinois


1983 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
After nine scoreless innings, Baltimore eliminated Chicago with a three-run outburst in the top of the 10th, advancing to the World Series for the first time since 1979. White Sox manager Tony LaRussa decided to save Hoyt for a potential Game 5 start and went with Britt Burns instead. Burns pitched nine shutout innings, but the Sox could not push across a run, with shortstop Jerry Dybzinski making a critical baserunning mistake that cost Chicago the potential winning run. With one out in the 10th, Tito Landrum hit a homer, ending Burns' night. Salome Barojas in relief allowed three straight singles, the last of which scored a run. Benny Ayala's sacrifice fly off of Juan Agosto capped the scoring at 3–0 Orioles.


1983 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Chicago scored one run in the final 30 innings of the series, hitting .211 as a team with no homers. Four of the team's starters, Harold Baines, Carlton Fisk, Vance Law and Greg Luzinski, hit below .200. Baltimore hit but .217 and had the same number of hits (28) as the White Sox did, but outscored them 19-3. The Orioles would go on to win the 1983 World Series, while the White Sox would not make the playoffs again until 1993. This would be the last postseason game in the Old Comiskey Park.


1983 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
The 1983 ALCS was the first post-season series in the Orioles' history in which they lost the first game--in their 11 post-season series going back to 1966 the team had always won Game 1. Similarly the O's would lose Game 1 of the 1983 World Series before coming back to sweep the remaining four games.


1983 American League Championship Series, Aftermath
The Orioles would finish off the job, beating a veteran Philadelphia Phillies ballclub in a competitive five games in the World Series.


1983 American League Championship Series, Aftermath, "Winning Ugly" 1983 White Sox
In the early 1980s, the sports scene in Chicago was not pretty. The White Sox had not been to the post-season since losing the 1959 World Series, the Cubs had not been to a World Series since losing in 1945, the Blackhawks had not won a Stanley Cup since 1961, the Bears had not won a championship since 1963, and the Bulls had moderate success with a defensive first approach under Dick Motta but they could never get over the hump against the more talented Lakers or Celtics -- they had also never won a championship.


1983 American League Championship Series, Aftermath, "Winning Ugly" 1983 White Sox
By 1983, the city was starved for a winner of any kind. The 1983 White Sox AL West division crown was the city of Chicago's first baseball championship of any kind (division, league, or world), since the White Sox themselves reached the World Series twenty-four years earlier. Their win ugly nickname was given to them by Texas Rangers manager Doug Rader. The club rattled off a modest win streak around the All-Star break, but according to Rader their success would be short lived. "They're not playing that well. They're winning ugly." Behind manager Tony La Russa, catcher Carlton Fisk, outfielder Harold Baines, and designated hitter Ron Kittle, the "Winning Ugly" Sox finished the season 60-25.


1983 American League Championship Series, Aftermath, "Winning Ugly" 1983 White Sox
However, the 1983 team's success was short lived. The team did not win 90 games again until 1990. By that time, Tony La Russa was winning pennants and managing the Oakland Athletics, Carlton Fisk was 42 years old still playing at a high level with the team, Harold Baines was in Texas playing for the Rangers, and Ron Kittle finished the season in Baltimore. 1990 was also the team's last year playing at Comiskey Park. The White Sox success in 1983, coupled with their lack of success in the seasons preceding and following it, put them in the conversation of one of baseball's best one-season wonders.


1983 American League Championship Series, Aftermath, "Winning Ugly" 1983 White Sox
34 years after being let go by the White Sox, Tony La Russa was hired to be the team's manager again in 2020 at the age 76 years old. In between those 34 years, La Russa won three World Series with the Oakland Athletics in 1989 and St. Louis Cardinals in 2006 and 2011. He was also inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014, so his return made him the first manager in baseball history to manage a team after being elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.


1983 American Soccer League
Statistics of the American Soccer League II for the 1983 season.


1983 Amstel Gold Race
The 1983 Amstel Gold Race was the 18th edition of the annual road bicycle race "Amstel Gold Race", held on Sunday April 23, 1983, in the Dutch province of Limburg. The race stretched 242 kilometres, with the start in Heerlen and the finish in Meerssen. There were a total of 156 competitors, and 57 cyclists finished the race.


1983 Amílcar Cabral Cup
The 1983 Amílcar Cabral Cup was held in Nouakchott, Mauritania.


1983 Anambra State gubernatorial election
The 1983 Anambra State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on August 13, 1983. The NPN nominee Christian Onoh won the election, defeating other candidates.


1983 Anambra State gubernatorial election, Electoral system
The Governor of Anambra State is elected using the plurality voting system.


1983 Anchorage runway collision
On 23 December 1983, Korean Air Lines Flight 084 (KAL 084), a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, collided during its takeoff roll with SouthCentral Air Flight 59 (SCA 59), a Piper PA-31-350, on runway 06L/24R at Anchorage International Airport, as a result of the KAL 084 flight crew becoming disoriented while taxiing in dense fog and attempting to take off on the wrong runway. Both aircraft were destroyed, but no fatalities resulted.


1983 Anchorage runway collision, Accident
At 1215 Yukon Standard Time, SCA 59 was cleared from Anchorage to Kenai in accordance with its filed flight plan; however, clearance delivery told the pilot to expect a delay until 1244 due to the heavy fog covering the airport, so the pilot shut down the aircraft and he and his passengers deplaned temporarily. After reboarding and recontacting the tower at 1234, SCA 59 was delayed for about an hour at its parking location due to the continued dense fog, before finally requesting and receiving a taxi clearance around 1339 as visibility began to improve. SCA 59 arrived at taxiway W-3 (which connects the main east-west taxiway to the approach end of runway 6L) at 1344, holding short of runway 6L until the runway visual range (RVR) reached 1,800 ft (550 m), the minimum required for the flight to take off.


1983 Anchorage runway collision, Accident
At 1357, the Anchorage ground controller cleared KAL 084 to taxi for a departure on either runway 6R or runway 32; the flight crew chose runway 32. The flight crew's selection of runway 32 was contrary to Korean Air Lines' operating specifications, as these required a visibility of at least one-quarter mile for takeoff on runway 32 at Anchorage, while the visibility at the time was only one-eighth of a mile.


1983 Anchorage runway collision, Accident
(The National Transportation Safety Board [NTSB], which investigated the accident, was unable to determine why the flight crew chose runway 32 instead of runway 6R, in part because the aircraft's cockpit voice recorder (CVR) was never recovered.) The proper taxi route from the north apron (where the DC-10 was parked) to runway 32 would have involved taxiing south to the east-west taxiway, then making a right turn onto the east-west taxiway and following it to the threshold of runway 32 before turning right again onto the runway.


1983 Anchorage runway collision, Accident
However, the flight instead taxied southwest on taxiway W-1 to runway 6L/24R and lined up on the latter runway, facing west.


1983 Anchorage runway collision, Accident
The heavy fog prevented the ground controller from being able to see the flight's taxi route and impaired the KAL 084 flight crew's ability to navigate around the airport; additionally, some of the lighted taxiway and runway designation signs along the flight's course were partially or fully burned out, making the signs less visually conspicuous and harder to see, and the intersections of taxiway W-1 with the east-west taxiway and with runway 6L/24R lacked signage to indicate the identity of either taxiway (the latter deficiency was rectified after the accident).


1983 Anchorage runway collision, Accident
The height above the ground of the DC-10's flight deck, about 30 ft (9.1 m), exacerbated the flight crew's difficulties, as it increased the slant range from the crew's eyes to the runway and taxiway signage and pavement markings.


1983 Anchorage runway collision, Accident
After taxiing into position on what the KAL 084 flight crew thought was runway 32, the captain expressed some uncertainty that the aircraft was on the correct runway, and briefly considered switching to runway 6R, but, reassured by his first officer's certainty that they were on runway 32, the captain reported at 1403 that KAL 084 was holding in position on runway 32, and, at 1404, the flight was cleared for takeoff. At no time did the flight crew, despite the uncertainty expressed by the captain, attempt to use their instruments to verify that the heading of the runway they were on matched that of runway 32; the NTSB was unable to determine the reason for this omission.


1983 Anchorage runway collision, Accident
At 1405:28, the Anchorage tower controller cleared SCA 59 to taxi into position and hold on runway 6L, as the RVR had risen to the required 1,800 feet; 50 seconds later, at 1406:18, KAL 084 radioed that it was starting its takeoff roll. Shortly afterwards, the pilot of SCA 59 saw headlights approaching, which he initially assumed to be from a truck on the runway. After realizing that the lights were in fact from an aircraft on its takeoff roll, he ducked down low and yelled for his passengers to do the same. Meanwhile, the KAL 084


1983 Anchorage runway collision, Accident
captain, seeing the PA-34 in his aircraft's path, applied up elevator and left rudder, lifting the DC-10's nose landing gear off the ground and causing its main body gear (mounted on the aircraft's centerline between the left and right wing gear) to swing to the right; as a result, the PA-34's fuselage was straddled by the DC-10's body gear and left wing gear, instead of being struck head-on by the body gear (which would likely have resulted in fatalities on board the smaller aircraft). After striking SCA 59, KAL 084 continued off the end of the runway at far below flying speed, crashed through seven non-frangible towers supporting the runway 6L approach lighting system, came to rest 1,434 ft (437 m) past the end of the runway, and immediately caught fire.


1983 Anchorage runway collision, Accident
Three of the passengers on board SCA 59 received minor injuries, while the remaining passengers and the pilot were uninjured, although the aircraft was destroyed by the impact (the left and right wings were sheared off by the DC-10's main landing gear, while the DC-10's nose gear caved in the right side of the cockpit roof and then tore off part of the PA-34's vertical stabilizer); the three flight crew of KAL 084 were seriously injured by impact forces, but managed to escape their aircraft before it was consumed by fire. (Some initial media reports erroneously listed seven injuries among the SCA 59 occupants and none aboard KAL 084.)


1983 Anchorage runway collision, Other runway collisions in December 1983
Coincidentally, the Anchorage accident was one of four runway collisions involving large air carrier aircraft in December 1983, all of which occurred in conditions of restricted visibility:


1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
The Andhra Pradesh  Legislative Assembly election of 1983 was held in January 1983 in 294 constituencies in Andhra Pradesh, India. The elections were conducted to elect the government in the state of Andhra Pradesh  for the following five years. The TDP secured a huge majority winning 202 seats. The Indian National Congress secured only 60 seats. The election was held in January 1983 instead of August 1983 as scheduled. NTR was sworn in as the 10th and the first non-Congress Chief Minister of the state on 9 January 1983 with ten cabinet ministers and five ministers of State.


1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Results
In Andhra Pradesh, the Vidhan Sabha, or Legislative Assembly, has 294 constituencies. 39constituencies are reserved for the Scheduled Castes candidates and 15 constituencies reserved for the Scheduled tribes candidates.


1983 Andorran local elections
The 1983 Andorran local elections were held on 12 December. Voters elected the council members of the seven parishes of Andorra. For first time since 1867, local elections were not hold on the same day as parliamentary elections. This was also the first time that the totality of the council seats were up for election (between 1867 and 1979 only half of the seats were renewed in each election).


1983 Andorran local elections, Electoral system
A referendum was held in 1982 to choose a new election system, but any option had a majority of the votes, and therefore the traditional majority system remained.


1983 Andorran local elections, Electoral system
Candidates were elected using a two-round plurality-at-large voting system with open lists. As parties were not legalised until 1993, all the lists were officially labelled as independent, although media classified them as government endorsed (if the list was supported by the outgoing government) or opposition (if candidates were part of the opposition). After the elections, the parish councils elected the consol major (mayor) and the cònsol menor (deputy mayor), which normally were the top candidates of the winning list.


1983 Andorran local elections, Candidates
In Canillo and Sant Julià de Lòria only one list was running. In la Massana, the top candidate of both lists was the same person.


1983 Andorran local elections, Candidates
Candidates by parish. The two top candidates are listed for each list:


1983 Andorran local elections, Results
Turnout was 77.7%, 14.6 pp higher than in the previous election. Turnout was lower in the parishes with only one candidacy (59% in Encamp and 66% in Sant Julià de Lòria). All candidates were elected on the first round.


1983 Arab Athletics Championships
The 1983 Arab Athletics Championships was the fourth edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries. It took place in Amman, Jordan from 19–22 August. A total of 39 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 16 for women. The men's 20 kilometres walk was dropped from the programme, having been initiated at the 1981 edition. Although the majority of the races were measured using fully automatic time systems, four track finals were only timed to the tenth of a second due to technical issues.


1983 Aragonese regional election
The 1983 Aragonese regional election was held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the 1st Cortes of the autonomous community of Aragon. All 66 seats in the Cortes were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.


1983 Aragonese regional election
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) came first in the election by winning exactly half the seats—33 out of 66—one short of an overall majority, with 46.8% of the vote. The People's Coalition, a coalition of centre-right parties including the People's Alliance (AP), the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Liberal Union (UL) came second with 18 seats and 22.6%, while the Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR) finished third with 20.5% and 13 seats. The Communist Party of Spain (PCE) and the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) both obtained 1 seat with between 3–4% of the vote each. The former ruling party of Spain, the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD), had chosen to dissolve itself in February 1983 and did not contest the election as a result.


1983 Aragonese regional election
The PSOE had initially obtained 34 seats, the absolute majority, but a new count in the constituency of Zaragoza after several claims resulted in the PSOE's 17th seat in the province being awarded to the People's Coalition by few votes. As a result of the election, PSOE candidate Santiago Marraco was elected by the Cortes as new president of the General Deputation of Aragon.


1983 Aragonese regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The Cortes of Aragon were the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Aragon, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution of 1978 and the regional Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.


1983 Aragonese regional election, Overview, Electoral system
Transitory Provisions First and Third of the Statute established a specific electoral procedure for the first election to the Cortes of Aragon, to be supplemented by the provisions within Royal Decree-Law 20/1977, of 18 March, and its related regulations. Voting for the Cortes was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Aragon and in full enjoyment of their civil and political rights.


1983 Aragonese regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The 66 members of the Cortes of Aragon were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of three percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Huesca, Teruel and Zaragoza, with each being allocated a fixed number of seats: 18 for Huesca, 16 for Teruel and 32 for Zaragoza.


1983 Aragonese regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The use of the D'Hondt method might result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the district magnitude.


1983 Aragonese regional election, Overview, Election date
The General Deputation of Aragon was required to call an election to the Cortes of Aragon within from 1 February to 31 May 1983. On 7 March 1983, it was confirmed that the first election to the Cortes of Aragon would be held on Sunday, 8 May, together with regional elections for twelve other autonomous communities as well as nationwide local elections, with the election decree being published in the Official Gazette of Aragon on 10 March.


1983 Aragonese regional election, Background
Aragon had been granted a pre-autonomic regime in March 1978, resulting in the appointment of the first General Deputation of Aragon with Juan Antonio Bolea at its helm. After the approval of the Spanish Constitution of 1978, the process for negotiating and approving a statute of autonomy for Aragon was initiated in September 1979, after local councils—with the support of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), the Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR) and the Communist Party of Spain (PCE)—started applying to meet the requirements set down in Article 151 of the Constitution for the "fast-track" procedure for autonomy.


1983 Aragonese regional election, Background
Political conflict arose as the governing Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD), concerned that all regions could attempt to achieve maximum devolution within a short timeframe, ruled in January 1980 that all autonomic processes other than those of the Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia were to be transacted under the "slow-track" procedure of Article 143; the difference between both procedures being the pace in the process of devolution.


1983 Aragonese regional election, Background
The decision caused outcry among opposition parties and led to the application process bogging down, as some Aragonese local councils had applied for Article 151, others clinged on to the route of Article 143 and many others did not specify any preference, resulting in an insufficient support for either of the two constitutional procedures for autonomy.


1983 Aragonese regional election, Background
Similar complications arose in the Valencian Country and the Canary Islands, and parties agreed to hold talks to re-activate the autonomy process, leading to an inter-party agreement in May 1981—which was not joined by the PAR—in favour of the application of Article 143, as long as Aragon was guaranteed an autonomy equivalent to that provided for in Article 151 within five years, and in the drafting of a regional Statute.


1983 Aragonese regional election, Background
Concurrently, the pre-autonomic General Deputation had seen a change in leadership in March 1981, when Juan Antonio Bolea was replaced by Gaspar Castellano. The former would end up leaving the party over disagreements with the regional government's policy both in the autonomic procedure to adopt—Bolea had been a staunch defender of Article 151's application from the beginning—and the so-called "Ebro mini-transfer" to Tarragona (Spanish: Minitrasvase del Ebro), opposed by Bolea.


1983 Aragonese regional election, Background
Further tensions within UCD over the electoral system to be established by the Statute led to an internal party crisis, which was aggravated after the split of former prime minister Adolfo Suárez's Democratic and Social Centre (CDS). The Statute would be finally approved on 10 August 1982, coming into force on 5 September. As a result of UCD securing a majority in the newly elected Provisional Assembly, its candidate Gaspar Castellano was re-elected, this time as the first president of the autonomous community of Aragon. After the UCD's collapse in the region in the 1982 general election, Castellano resigned as regional president, being replaced by Juan Antonio de Andrés, who maintained UCD's control over the regional government until the celebration of the May 1983 regional election.


1983 Aragonese regional election, Parliamentary composition
The composition of the Provisional Assembly was determined by the provisions of Transitory Provision Second of the Statute, which established that its members would be those designated by the various political parties based on a distribution which was to be made by applying the D'Hondt method to the provincial results obtained in the 1979 Spanish general election, to candidacies obtaining at least five percent of the valid votes cast in Aragon. As a result, the composition of the Provisional Assembly of Aragon, upon its constitution in September 1982, was established as indicated below:


1983 Aragonese regional election, Parliamentary composition
Unlike what happened in other autonomous communities, the composition of the Aragonese regional assembly did not change as a result of the 1982 general election, despite efforts from the PAR for the Second Transitory Provision to be applied extensively to recalculate the seat distribution according to the most recent general election's results.


1983 Aragonese regional election, Parties and candidates
The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within fifteen days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one-thousandth of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election—with a compulsory minimum of 500 signatures—disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.


1983 Aragonese regional election, Parties and candidates
Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:


1983 Aragonese regional election, Parties and candidates
The electoral disaster of the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) in the October 1982 general election and the outcome of its extraordinary congress held in December, in which the party's leadership chose to transform the UCD into a christian democratic political force, brought the party to a process of virtual disintegration as many of its remaining members either switched party allegiances, split into new, independent candidacies or left politics altogether.


1983 Aragonese regional election, Parties and candidates
Subsequent attempts to seek electoral allies ahead of the incoming 1983 local and regional elections, mainly the conservative People's Alliance (AP) and the christian democratic People's Democratic Party (PDP), had limited success due to concerns from both AP and UCD over such an alliance policy: AP strongly rejected any agreement that implied any sort of global coalition with UCD due to the party's ongoing decomposition, and prospects about a possible PDP–UCD merger did not come into fruition because of the latter's reluctance to dilute its brand within another party. By the time the UCD's executive had voted for the liquidation of the party's mounting debts and its subsequent dissolution on 18 February 1983, electoral alliances with the AP–PDP coalition had only been agreed in some provinces of the Basque Country and Galicia.


1983 Aragonese regional election, Parties and candidates
Together with AP, the PDP had agreed to maintain their general election alliance—now rebranded as the People's Coalition—for the May local and regional elections, with the inclusion of the Liberal Union (UL), a political party created in January 1983 out of independents from the AP–PDP coalition in an attempt to appeal to former UCD liberal voters. The Coalition had seen its numbers soar from late February as a result of many former members from the UCD's christian democratic wing joining the PDP.