SPORTS ILLUSTRATED - 1981
DATE ISSUE & COVER DESCRIPTION ISSUE
1/5/81 The Man Who Hit The Jackpot: Dave Winfield of Yankees on
Cover... Vol. 54 No. 01
1/19/81 Bring On The Eagles: Oakland's Mark van Eeghen on the
Cover... Vol. 54 No. 03
1/26/81 Bobby Knight (Cover) of Indiana: A Profile by Frank Deford...
Vol. 54 No. 04
2/2/81 Oh, What A Feeling! Super Bowl Hero Rod Martin on the Cover...
Vol. 54 No. 05
2/9/81 Flights of Fancy In Florida: Christie Brinkley on Captiva...
Vol. 54 No. 06
2/12/81 Special Issue: The Year in Sports - 1980... Vol. 54 No.
07
2/16/81 Anatomy of A Scandal: Boston College Point-Shaving Scheme...
Vol. 54 No. 08
2/23/81 Special Project: American Renewal... Bobby Carpenter on
the Cover... Vol. 54 No. 09
3/2/81 The Comeback Begins: Astro's J.R. Richard on the Cover...
Vol. 54 No. 10
3/9/81 The Magic Is Back: Earvin Johnson (Cover) Gives L .A. a
Lift... Vol. 54 No. 11
3/23/81 The Mighty Have Fallen:Rolando Blackman Shoots Down Oregon
State Vol. 54 No. 13
3/30/81 And Now, The Final Four: Ralph Sampson of Virginia on
the Cover... Vol. 54 No. 14
4/6/81 The Champs! Hoosier Hero Isiah Thomas on the Cover... Vol.
54 No. 15
4/13/81 Hotshots At The Hot Corner: MVP's George Brett & Mike
Schmidt... Vol. 54 No. 16
4/20/81 Master Tom: Tom Watson (Cover) Wins Again At Augusta...
Vol. 54 No. 17
4/27/81 Amazing A's & 5 Aces: Langford, MacCatty, Kingman,
Keough, Norris... Vol. 54 No. 18
5/4/81 The Contender: No. 1-Ranked Heavyweight Gerry Cooney on
Cover.. Vol. 54 No. 19
5/11/81 Boston Bounces Back: Kevin McHale, Larry Bird & Maurice
Cheeks... Vol. 54 No. 20
5/18/81 Unreal! Rookie Sensation Fernando Valenzuela on the Cover...
Vol. 54 No. 21
5/25/81 A.J. At Indy: Foyt Goes For a Fifth 500... A.J. Foyt on
the Cover... Vol. 54 No. 22
6/1/81 Chip Off The Old Champ? Marvis and Joe Frazier on the Cover...
Vol. 54 No. 23
6/8/81 The Sox' New Sock: Chicago Slugger Greg Luzinski on the
Cover... Vol. 54 No. 24
6/15/81 Awesome Again! Bjorn Borg (Cover) Wins His Sixth French
Open... Vol. 54 No. 25
6/22/81 STRIKE! The Walkout the Owners Provoked... Vol. 54 No.
26
6/29/81 The Merion Marvel: U.S. Open Champ David Graham on the
Cover... Vol. 55 No. 01
7/6/81 Countdown To The Showdown... Sugar Ray Leonard on the Cover...
Vol. 55 No. 02
7/13/81 So Bad, So Good: Wimbledon Champ John McEnroe on the Cover...
Vol. 55 No. 03
7/20/81 Starting Over: Quarterback Vince Ferragamo on the Cover...
Vol. 55 No. 04
7/27/81 Tom Seaver on the Cover... Vol. 55 No. 05
8/3/81 The Best Offensive Lineman of All Time: Patriot's John
Hannah Cover Vol. 55 No. 06
8/10/81 Here We Go Again! MVP's Mike Schmidt & George Brett
on Cover... Vol. 55 No. 07
8/17/81 A Big Hand For Baseball... All-Star Hero Gary Carter on
the Cover... Vol. 55 No. 08
8/24/81 Ramming Ahead... L.A.'s Wendell Tyler on the Cover...
Vol. 55 No. 09
8/31/81 College Football Issue... Georgia's Curry Kirkpatrick
on the Cover... Vol. 55 No. 10
9/7/81 Jim Plunkett (Cover)... The Comback Hero Who Says He Never
Was... Vol. 55 No. 11
9/14/81 The Showdown: Better Pray, Sugar Ray... Thomas Hearns
on Cover Vol. 55 No. 12
9/21/81 The Champ: John McEnroe (Cover) wins his third U.S. Open...
Vol. 55 No. 13
9/28/81 Super Rine! Sugar Ray (Cover) Batters Thomas Hearns...
Vol. 55 No. 14
10/5/81 Rolling Thunder: Marcus Allen (Cover) of USC Rumbles Past
Oklahoma Vol. 55 No. 15
10/19/81 Hook 'Em Horns: Texas Corrals Oklahoma...Baseball's Second
Chance Vol. 55 No. 16
10/12/81 The Great Gretzky: Wayne Gretzky, Best Player in NHL...
Brewers... Vol. 55 No. 16
10/26/81 Swinging Into The Series: Yankee Slugger Craig Nettles
on the Cover.. Vol. 55 No. 17
11/2/81 The World Series... Vol. 55 No. 19
11/9/81 Pro Basketball Issue: Larry Bird - The NBA's Best All-Around
Player... Vol. 55 No. 20
11/16/81 Back From The Brink: Holmes Comes off The Canavas To
Stop Snipes Vol. 55 No. 21
11/30/81 Colllege Basketball Issue: North Carolina is No. 1...
Dean Smith Cover Vol. 55 No. 23
12/7/81 Man On The Run: Tony Dorsett of the Dallas Cowboys on
the Cover... Vol. 55 No. 24
12/14/81 Nice Catch! Cincinnati's Rookie Receiver Chris Collinsworth
on Cover... Vol. 55 No. 25
12/21/81 Here Come The 49ers! Earl Cooper of Payoff Bound 49ers
on Cover.. Vol. 55 No. 26
12/28/81 Double Issue: Sportsman of the Year - Sugar Ray Leonard
on Cover... Vol. 55 No. 27