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Events in Sport

Results 1 - 47 of 47

Jan 3rd - Bradman scores 112 v England at MCG - his 1st Test century
Jan 25th - Bradman scores 340* for NSW v Victoria, 488 mins, 38 fours
Feb 4th - Archie Jackson scores 164 on Test Cricket debut v England at Adelaide
Feb 20th - Red Sox announce they will play Sunday games at Braves Field
Feb 28th - Chic Black Hawks lose record NHL 15th straight game at home
Mar 2nd - Chicago Black Hawks shut-out for NHL record 8th straight game
Mar 13th - Bradman scores 123 Aust v England at MCG, his 2nd Test Cricket ton
Mar 29th - Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep NY Rangers in 2 games
Apr 16th - NY Yankees become 1st team to wear uniform numbers
Apr 19th - 33rd Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:33:08.6
May 4th - Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive HRs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9
May 9th - NY Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pittsburgh Pirates
May 10th - 55th Preakness: Louis Schaefer aboard Dr Freeland wins in 2:01.6
May 10th - 64th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Muirfield Gullane
May 18th - 55th Kentucky Derby: Linus McAtee on Clyde Van Dusen wins in 2:10.8
May 18th - Dodgers beat Phillies 20-16 & lost 8-6 in 2nd game (record 50 runs)
May 24th - Detroit Tigers beats Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 21 innings
May 27th - 2nd Ryder Cup: Britain-Ireland, 7-5 at Moortown, England
Jun 8th - 61st Belmont: Mack Garner aboard Blue Larkspur wins in 2:32.8
Jun 16th - Otto E Funk, 62, ends marathon walk (NY to SF, 4165 miles in 183 days)
Jun 22nd - Mel Ott (Giants) homers off Leo Sweetland (Phillies) in doubleheader
Jun 30th - 33rd US Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 294 at Winged Foot CC NY
Jul 5th - 42nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (61 62)
Jul 6th - St Louis has 2, 10 run innings & beats Phillies 28-6
Jul 10th - In game between Pirates & Phillies 9 HRs hit 1 in each inning
Jul 28th - Chicago Cardinals become 1st NFL team to train out of state (Mich)
Jul 29th - Belgium Maurice Dewaele wins Tour de France
Aug 2nd - Phillies Don Hurst sets NL record of 6 consecutive games with a HR
Baseball Great Babe Ruth Aug 11th - Babe Ruth becomes 1st to hit 500 homers (off Willis Hudlin of Cleve)
Aug 24th - 43rd US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Phoebe H Watson (64 62)
Sep 14th - 49th US Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats Francis Hunter (36 63 46 62 64)
Sep 14th - A's clinch AL pennant with a 5-0 win over White Sox
Sep 18th - Pirates loss to Braves & clinch NL pennant for the Cubs
Oct 6th - 12th PGA Championship: Leo Diegel at Hillcrest CC Los Angeles
Oct 8th - A's Howard Ehmke (7-2) sets World Series record striking out 13 Cubs
Oct 12th - Cubs blow 8-0 World Series lead, A's score 10 in 1 inning
Oct 14th - Phila A's beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 1 in 26th World Series
Oct 14th - Philadelphia A's set World Series record of 10 runs in an inning
Nov 22nd - Bradman scores 157 for NSW against the MCC at cricket SCG
Nov 28th - Ernie Nevers scores all 40 pts for Chic Cards vs Bears (NFL record)
Nov 30th - 17th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Regina Roughriders, 14-3
Dec 3rd - Boston Bruins begins then NHL record 14 game winning streak
Dec 7th - Bradman scores 124 for Woodfull's XI against Ryder's XI 166 mins
Dec 7th - Leo Diegel wins PGA golf tournament
Dec 10th - Bradman scores 225 in 2nd inn of Test Cricket trial after 124 in 1st
Dec 16th - Chic Blackhawks 1st game at Chicago Stadium, beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-1
Dec 20th - Heinie Wagner replaces Bill Carrigan as Red Sox manager

Birthdays in Sport

Results 1 - 100 of 107

Jan 7th - Kenneth Henry, US, 500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1952)
Jan 17th - Jacques "Jake the Snake" Plante, Quebec, NHL goaltender (#1)
Jan 23rd - Ian Thomson, cricketer (England seam bowler v South Africa 1964-65)
Jan 28th - Richard Clement Charles Thomas, rugby international/journalist
Jan 29th - William McMillan, US, rapid pistol (Olympic-gold-1960) [or Jul 3]
Jan 30th - Hugh Tayfield, cricketer (celebrated South African off-spinner 1949-60)
Feb 3rd - Ken Shipp, American football coach
Feb 5th - Al Worthington, baseball player
Feb 6th - Sixten Jernberg, Sweden, skier (Olympic-gold-1956/60/64), (d. 2012)
Feb 9th - Lennox Butler, cricketer (1 Test WI v Aust 1955, 16 & 2-151)
Feb 15th - Graham Hill, London, auto racer (1962, 68 international racing champ)
Feb 16th - Gerhard Hanappi, Austrian footballer (d. 1980)
Feb 17th - Paul Meger, Canadian ice hockey player
Feb 22nd - Ryne Duren, near-sighted pitcher (NY Yankees)
Feb 23rd - Elston Howard, Yankee catcher (1st black NY Yankee/1963 AL MVP)
Feb 27th - Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer
Feb 27th - Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league footballer and coach (d. 2008)
Feb 28th - Hayden Fry, American football coach
Mar 5th - Erik Carlsson, Swedish rally driver
Mar 6th - David Sheppard, bishop (Liverpool)/cricketer (England batsman)
Mar 11th - Jackie McGlew, cricketer (dour South African opening bat of the 50')
Mar 12th - Bernard Costello, US, double sculls (Olympic-silver-1956)
Mar 13th - Walter Medio, race horse trainer
Mar 14th - Thomas Bell Jr, race horse trainer
Mar 21st - Maurice Catarcio, wrestler
Mar 24th - Cuan McCarthy, cricketer (36 Test wkts for South Africa, 1 career no-ball)
Mar 25th - Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (d. 2003)
Mar 28th - Paul England, Australian racing driver
Apr 1st - Bo Schembechler, American football coach (d. 2006)
Apr 13th - Marilynn Smith, Topeka KS, LPGA golfer (1972 Pabst Open)
Apr 19th - Edward Crook, Detroit Mich, Middleweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1960)
Apr 25th - Yvette Williams, NZ, long jumper (Oly-gold-52)
Apr 27th - Nina Ponomareva Romaschkova, USSR, discus thrower (Oly-gold-1952, 60)
Apr 29th - Mickey McDermott, American baseball player (d. 2003)
May 1st - Sonny Ramadhin, cricket spin bowler (great WI)
May 2nd - Sydney Gedye, cricketer (opening batsman in four Tests for NZ 1964)
May 7th - Dick Williams, baseball player, manager (including Seattle 1986-87)
May 7th - Babe Parilli, American football player
May 12th - Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player
May 14th - Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
May 15th - Jack Flavell, cricketer (England pace bowler in 4 Tests 1961-64)
May 21st - Paul Winslow, cricketer (big-hitter for South Africa, 108 v England 1955)
May 28th - Leslie Wight, cricketer (one Test WI v India 1953, scored 21)
Jun 2nd - Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player
Jun 8th - Ventappa Muddiah, cricketer (Indian off-spinner in 2 Tests 1959-61)
Jun 9th - Keith A St H Gardner, Jamaica, 4x400m runner (Olympic-bronze-1960)
Jun 14th - Alan Davidson, cricketer (mighty Australian lefty quick all-rounder)
Jun 21st - Agha Saadat Ali, cricketer (Paki bat in Test v NZ 1956, scored 8*)
Jun 27th - William Afflis, American wrestler (d. 1991)
Jun 29th - Peter George, Akron Ohio, weightlifter (Oly-gold/2 silver-48, 52)
Jul 4th - Al Davis, Brocton Mass, American businessman and NFL team owner (LA Raiders)
Jul 4th - Bill Tuttle, baseball player
Jul 4th - Chuck Tanner, baseball player
Jul 5th - Graham Anthony Richard Lock, cricketer
Jul 5th - Tony Lock, cricketer (highly successful England slow lefty bowler)
Jul 10th - Moe Norman, Kitchener Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1966 Quebec Open)
Jul 13th - Red Terrill Jr, horse trainer
Jul 18th - Dick Totten Button, Englewood NJ, figure skater (Olympic-gold-48, 52)
Gymnast Sofia Muratova (Jul 19th) Jul 19th - Sofia Muratova, USSR, gymnist,(Olympic-6 gold/3 silv/4 bronze-1952-60), (d. 2006)
Jul 20th - Mike Ilitch, American businessman and sports executive
Jul 21st - Bob Orton, American wrestler (d. 2006)
Jul 22nd - John Barber, British racing driver
Jul 24th - Alfred Binns, West Indian cricket wicketkeeper (1953-56)
Jul 31st - José Santamaria, Uruguayan footballer
Aug 6th - Anneliese Kuppers, German FR, Equestrian Dressage (Oly-silver-1956)
Aug 7th - Don Larsen, pitcher (NY Yankees), on what must have been a perfect day
Aug 7th - Don Larsen, American baseball player
Aug 12th - Charles Moore, Coatsville Pa, 400m hurdler (Oly-gold/silver-52)
Aug 14th - Dick Tiger, Nigerian boxer (d. 1971)
Aug 16th - Helmut Rahn, German footballer (d. 2003)
Aug 23rd - Peter Thompson, golfer
Aug 27th - Elizabeta Bagrintseve, USSR, discus thrower (Olympic-silver-1952)
Sep 3rd - Carlo Clerici, Swiss cyclist (d. 2007)
Sep 8th - Roger Byrne, English footballer (d. 1958
Sep 10th - Arnold Daniel Palmer, Latrobe PA, PGA golfer (1964 Masters)
Sep 17th - Stirling Moss, London England, race car driver
Sep 21st - Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (d. 1979)
Sep 25th - John Rutherford, cricketer (one Test for Australia 1956)
Sep 26th - Meredith C Gourdine, Newark NJ, long jumper (Olympic-silver-1952)
Oct 1st - Ken Arthurson, Australian rugby league identity
Oct 6th - Les Favell, cricketer (stoic Australian batsman late 50's)
Oct 8th - Valdir Pereira, Brazilian footballer (d. 2001)
Oct 14th - Yvon Durelle, Canadian boxer (d. 2007)
Oct 19th - Balbir Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1948-56)
Oct 22nd - Lev Jasjin, Russian soccer player (goalie)
Oct 22nd - Lev Yashin, Soviet footballer (d. 1990)
Oct 24th - James Brosnan, baseball player/writer (Long Season)
Oct 25th - Peter Loader, cricketer (England quick in 13 Tests 1954-59, later WA)
Oct 28th - Narotam Puna, cricketer (Bombay NZ off-spinner v England 1966)
Nov 4th - Jimmy Piersall, baseball player (Red Sox, Senators, Indians)
Nov 8th - Trevor McMahon, NZ cricket wicketkeeper (v India & Pak 1955-56)
Nov 8th - Bobby Bowden, American football coach
Nov 17th - Edgar White, US, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1952)
Nov 17th - Sumner White, US, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1952)
Nov 17th - Norm Zauchin, baseball player (d. 1999)
Nov 20th - Donald Ray January, Plainview TX, PGA golfer (1960 Tucson Open)
Nov 29th - Don January, pro golfer (1976 Vardon Trophy)
Dec 2nd - Lowell North, Springfield Mass, yachtsman (Olympic-Gold-1968)
Dec 9th - Bob Hawke, cricketer (no relation to Lord 12th man for Oxford U 1954)
Dec 11th - S P "Fergie" Gupte, cricketer (brilliant Indian leg-spinner)

Deaths in Sport

Results 1 - 15 of 15

Feb 17th - John Read, cricketer (batted in 17 Tests for Eng for 463 runs), dies
May 21st - V P F A Royle, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1879), dies
Jun 2nd - Charles Coventry, cricketer (13 runs in 2 Tests Eng v S Af 1889), dies
Jun 4th - Harry Frazee, Boston Red Sox owner from 1916-1923 (b. 1881)
Jun 7th - J E P McMaster, cricketer (Eng v S Af Test 1889 (out for 0), dies
Jul 11th - Billy Mosforth, English footballer (b. 1857)
Aug 1st - Syd Gregory, cricketer (Australian captain pre-WWI), dies
Aug 25th - Frederick Burton, cricketer (Australian wicketkeeper 1886-87), dies
Sep 25th - Miller Huggins, manager (NY Yankees), dies from blood poisoning at 49
Oct 21st - Owen Dunell, cricketer (two Tests for South Africa in 1889), dies
Oct 25th - James Lillywhite Jr, cricketer (two Tests for England 1877), dies
Nov 9th - Nicolaas Theunissen, South African cricket break bowler (2nd Test 1889), dies
Nov 14th - Joseph McGinnity, baseball pitcher (NY Giants), dies at 58
Nov 17th - A F A Lilley, cricketer (92 dismissals in 35 Tests 1896-1909), dies
Dec 9th - Willis Cuttell, cricketer (two Tests England v South Africa 1899), dies