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Events in Sport

Results 1 - 68 of 68

Jan 31st - Joe Louis KOs Red Burman in 5 for Heavyweight boxing title
Feb 17th - Joe Louis KOs Gus Dorazio in 2 for Heavyweight boxing title
Feb 25th - Boston Bruins set NHL record of 23-game unbeaten streak (15-0-8)
Mar 1st - Elmer Layden becomes 1st NFL commissioner
Mar 4th - NHL Chicago goalie Samuel LoPresti stops record 80 of 83 Boston shots
Mar 8th - 1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies)
Mar 11th - Bronko Nagurski beats Ray Steele in Minn, to become wrestling champ
Mar 21st - Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 13 for Heavyweight boxing title
Mar 24th - LIU beats Ohio U 56-42 for NIT basketball championship
Mar 29th - 3rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Wisconsin beats Wash State 39-34
Apr 6th - 8th Golf Masters Championship: Craig Wood wins, shooting a 280
Apr 8th - Joe Louis TKOs Tony Musto in 9 for Heavyweight boxing title
Apr 9th - PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame
Apr 12th - Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games
Apr 19th - 45th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:30:38
Apr 20th - Dodgers start to wear liners in their caps
Apr 26th - A tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium (Chicago Cubs)
May 2nd - Ted Williams lowest average (.308) in year he hit over .400
May 3rd - 67th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway wins in 2:01.4
May 10th - 67th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway wins in 1:58.8
Yankee Clipper Joe DiMaggio May 15th - Joe DiMaggio starts 56-game hitting streak; Yanks lose 13-1
May 16th - 1st US/radio performance of Bennett's "Symphony in D for the Dodgers"
May 19th - Germany occupiers in Holland forbid bicycle taxis
May 20th - White Sox Taft Wright sets AL record of RBIs in 13 consecutive games
May 23rd - Joe Louis beats Buddy Baer on DQ in 7 for Heavyweight boxing title
May 25th - Ted Williams raises his batting avg over .400 for 1st time in 1941
May 28th - NY Yankees nip Wash Senators 6-5 in 1st night game at Griffith Stadium
Jun 5th - Sandor Szabo beats B Nagurski in St Louis, to become wrestling champ
Jun 7th - 45th US Golf Open: Craig Wood shoots a 284 at Colonial Club Fort Worth
Jun 7th - 73rd Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway win in 2:31 (triple crown)
Jun 18th - Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 13 for Heavyweight boxing title
Jul 1st - Joe DiMaggio on way to 56, ties Willie Keeler's 44 game hit streak
Jul 6th - NY Yankees unveil a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield
Jul 8th - 9th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-5 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit
Jul 13th - 24th PGA Championship: Vic Ghezzi at Cherry Hills CC Denver
Jul 16th - Joe DiMaggio goes 3 for 4, hitting in his 56th straight game
Jul 17th - NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland
Jul 24th - Red Sox Lefty Grove, 41, wins his 300th game
Jul 25th - Red Sox Lefty Grove becomes 12th to win 300 games (his last victory)
Aug 1st - NY Yankee Lefty Gomez walks most (11) in a shutout (Yanks 9, St L 0)
Aug 3rd - Browns pitcher Johnny Niggling gets Joe DiMaggio in 4 at bats to stop DiMaggio's streak of 74 games in reaching base
Aug 18th - Phillies commit 8 errors in a game
Aug 28th - 8th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 37, All-Stars 13 (98,203)
Aug 30th - St Louis Card Lon Warneke no-hits Cin Reds, 2-0
Sep 4th - NY Yankees, win earliest AL pennent (full season)
Sep 4th - Yanks beat Red Sox 6-3 & clinch their 12th & earliest pennant
Sep 6th - 55th US Womens Tennis: Sarah H Cooke beats Pauline Betz Addie (75 62)
Sep 6th - 61st US Mens Tennis: Robert L Riggs beats F Kovacs (2d 57 61 63 63)
Sep 7th - 61st US Mens Tennis: R L Riggs beats Francis Kovacs (2d 57 61 63 63)
Sep 17th - Cards' Stan Musial makes his major league debut, going 2-for-4
Sep 25th - Brooklyn Dodgers win their 1st pennant in 21 years
Sep 28th - Phillies lose club record 111th game
Sep 28th - Ted Williams ended the baseball season with .406 batting avg
Sep 29th - Joe Louis TKOs Lou Nova in 6 for Heavyweight boxing title
Sep 29th - Million jam downtown Brooklyn to cheer NL champ Dodgers in a parade
Oct 1st - Yankees beat Dodgers 3-2 at Yankee Stadium in opener of World Series
Oct 6th - NY Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 1, in 38th World Series
Oct 19th - 1st woman jockey in North America, Anna Lee Wiley in Mexico
Nov 25th - Lou Boudreau, 24, becomes Cleveland Indians player/manager
Nov 26th - Amateur tennis champ Bobby Riggs turns pro
Nov 27th - Joe DiMaggio is named AL MVP
Nov 29th - 29th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeat Ottawa Rough Riders, 18-16
Dec 1st - Last day of first-class cricket in Australia for 4 years
Dec 2nd - NY Giants name Mel Ott as player-manager, replacing Bill Terry
Dec 14th - 1st NFL division playoff, Bears beat Packers 33-14
Dec 21st - Chicago Bears Ray McLean makes last NFL drop kick for an extra point
Dec 21st - Chicago bears win the NFL championship
Dec 21st - Last NFL drop kick for an extra point (Ray McLean, Chicago Bears)

Birthdays in Sport

Results 1 - 100 of 116

Jan 5th - Bob Cunis, cricketer (New Zealand pace bowler of the late 60's)
Jan 5th - Mansur Ali Khan, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi, Indian batsman & capt)
Jan 11th - Gérson, Brazilian footballer
Jan 13th - Meinhard Nehmer, German DR, 2 man bobsledder (Olympic-gold-1976)
Jan 14th - C L "Gibby" Gilbert Jr, Chattanooga TN, PGA golfer (1976 Danny Thomas)
Jan 16th - Christine Janes, tennis player
Jan 19th - Pat Patterson, Canadian wrestler
Jan 25th - Elzie "Buddy" Baker, race-car driver
Jan 31st - Sharon Miller, LPGA golfer
Feb 1st - Anatoliy Firssov, USSR, ice hockey play (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72)
Feb 1st - Franco Nones, Italy, 30K cross country skier (Olympic-gold-1968)
Feb 3rd - Carol Mann, Buffalo NY, golfer (LPGA Hall of Fame 1977, 1965 US Open)
Feb 3rd - Gary Bartlett, cricket pace bowler (NZ in 10 Tests in the 1960's)
Feb 10th - John Hampshire, cricketer (of Yorkshire Century on debut for Eng 1969)
Feb 12th - Ross Morgan, cricketer (NZ batsman in 20 Tests 1965-72)
Feb 16th - Vitali Kuznetsov, USSR, Judo (Olympic-silver-1972)
Feb 17th - Heidi Biebi, German Fed Rep, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1960)
Feb 23rd - Robin Bynoe, cricketer (WI opening batsman in 4 Tests 1959-67)
Feb 23rd - Ron Hunt, baseball player
Feb 26th - Keith Thomson, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests NZ v India 1968)
Mar 9th - Jim Colbert, Elizabeth NJ, PGA golfer (1969 Monsanto Open)
Mar 10th - Sandra Palmer, Fort Worth TX, LPGA golfer (1986 Mayflower Classic)
Mar 20th - Carlos Lopez, jockey
Mar 20th - Pat Corrales, American baseball player
Mar 21st - Malcolm Francke, cricketer (leg-spinner, Ceylon 1956 to Qld 1984)
Mar 22nd - Gary Lewis, horse trainer
Mar 27th - Liese Prokop, Austria, pentathlete (Olympic-silver-1968)
Mar 28th - Jim Turner, American football player
Mar 30th - Sven Hamrin, Sweden, road race cycler (Olympic-bronze-1964)
Apr 1st - Ajit Wadekar, cricketer (stalwart Indian batsman & capt)
Apr 12th - Bobby Moore, English footballer (d. 1993)
Apr 14th - Pete Rose, Cincinnati Reds, Charlie hustle (most hits in majors)
Apr 27th - Lee Roy Jordan, American football player
Apr 28th - Lucien Aimar, French cyclist
May 2nd - Clay Carroll, American baseball player
May 5th - Aleksandr Ragulin, USSR, ice hockey play (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72)
May 5th - Howie Komives, NBA star (NY Knicks, Buffalo Braves)
May 7th - Grahame Bilby, cricketer (two Tests NZ v England 1966)
May 10th - Ken Berry, baseball player (White Sox, Angels, Brewers, Indians)
May 11th - Ian Redpath, cricketer (dependable Australian opening batsman 1964-76)
May 14th - Nasim-ul-Ghani, cricketer (Pakistani left-handed all-rounder 1958-73)
May 15th - Cyril Cooray, cricketer (Sri Lankan Test umpire on intl panel)
May 31st - Gil [Walter] Morgan, Haddock GA, PGA golfer (1990 Kemper Open)
Jun 5th - Duane Duke Sims, baseball player
Jun 5th - Robert Kraft, American owner of the New England Patriots
Jun 12th - Marv Albert, NYC, "Yes!" sportscaster (NBC-TV)/back biter
Jun 13th - Marcel Lachemann, American baseball player
Jun 24th - Graham McKenzie, cricketer (prolific Australian pace bowler 1961-71)
Jun 28th - Al Downing, American baseball player
Jun 29th - Margritta Gummel, German DR, shot putter (Olympic-gold-1968)
Jun 29th - John Boccabella, American baseball player
Jun 30th - John Jameson, cricketer (England batsman, 465 p/ship with Kanhai)
Jun 30th - Peter Pollock, cricketer (bro of Graeme/father of Shaun, S Af quickie)
Jul 1st - Rod Gilbert, Canada, NHL wing (NY Rangers)
Jul 9th - Takehide Nakatani, Japan, lightweight (Olympic-gold-1964)
Jul 11th - Clive Puzey, Zimbabwean racing driver
Jul 13th - Graeme Corling, Australian Cricket fast bowler (1964 England tour)
Jul 17th - Bob Taylor, cricketer wicket-keeper (too often in Knotty's shadow)
Jul 17th - Daryle Lamonica, Oakland Raider QB (AFL leading passer 1967)
Jul 18th - Marcia Jones Smoke, Oklahoma, 500m kayak (Olympic-bronze-1964)
Jul 22nd - Susie M Berning, Pasadena CA, LPGA golfer (US Women's Open-1972, 73)
Jul 22nd - Ron Turcotte, Canadian jockey
Jul 23rd - Richie Evans, 9 time NASCAR Modified Champion (died at Martinsville in 1985)
Jul 25th - Nate Thurmond, NBA star (Cleveland Cavaliers)
Aug 4th - Quincey Daniels, Biloxi Miss, boxer (Olympic-bronze-1960)
Aug 6th - Ray Culp, American baseball player
Aug 13th - Jim Barnes, Tuckerton Ark, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1964)
Aug 14th - Peter Truscott, cricketer (one Test NZ v Pakistan 1965, 3 & 26)
Aug 17th - Boog Powell, baseball player (AL MVP 1970)
Aug 18th - Matt Snell, NFL running back (NY Jets, Super Bowl III)
Aug 20th - Rich Brooks, American football coach
Aug 20th - Jo Ramirez, Mexican motor racing team manager and author
Aug 22nd - Bill Parcells, NFL coach (NY Giants, NY Jets, NE Patriots)
Aug 23rd - Gloria Ehret, LPGA golfer
Sep 2nd - Tommy Aycock, Edinburg TX, PGA golfer (1994 Las Vegas Senior-5th)
Sep 4th - Ramesh Sethi, East African cricketer
Sep 15th - Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer
Sep 16th - Tommy Carberry, jockey
Sep 17th - William Grut, Sweden, penthalete (Olympic-gold-1948), (d. 2012)
Sep 19th - Jim Fox, England, pentathlete (Olympics-1972)
Sep 23rd - Simon Nolet, French-Canadian ice hockey player
Sep 24th - John Mackey, NFL tight end (Baltimore Colts, San Diego Chargers)
Sep 27th - Roger J J Claessen, Belgian soccer star
Sep 27th - Peter Bonetti, English footballer
Sep 28th - Charley Taylor, NFL wide receiver/running back (Wash Redskin)
Sep 29th - David Steele, cricketer (England batsman, courageous v Lillee 1975)
Sep 29th - Kermit Zarley, Seattle WA, PGA golfer (1970 Canadian Open)
Oct 4th - Karl Oppitzhauser, Austrian racing driver
Oct 5th - Ricardo Hoffmann, marathon swimmer (299 miles)
Oct 13th - John Snow, cricketer (fiery England quickie Unpopular with Aussies)
Oct 14th - Art Shamsky, American baseball player
Oct 16th - Tim McCarver, baseball catcher (Phils, Mets)/sportscaster (ABC, CBS)
Oct 20th - Bob Panasik, Windsor Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1986 Canadian TPC)
Oct 23rd - Colin Milburn, cricketer (England bat whose career was cut short)
Oct 25th - Bobby Keetch, soccer player/entrepreneur
Oct 26th - Harald Nielsen, Denmark, soccer player (Olympic-silver-1960)
Oct 27th - Dick Trickle, American auto racer
Oct 29th - Brian Yuile, cricketer (NZ slow left-armer took 34 wkts in 17 Tests)
Oct 31st - Lucas Brown Jackson, San Marcos Tx, basketballer (Olympic-gold-1964)
Oct 31st - Derek Bell, British racing driver

Deaths in Sport

Results 1 - 12 of 12

Jan 6th - Charley O'Leary, American baseball player (b. 1882)
Feb 19th - Alexander Josiah Webbe, English Cricket keeper (v Aus 1879), dies
Apr 22nd - Arthur Briscoe, cricketer (South African batsman in 2 Tests), dies
Jun 2nd - Lou Gehrig, 1st baseman (NY Yankee), dies of ALS in Riverdale NY at 37
Jun 2nd - Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (b. 1903)
Jul 2nd - Mohammad Baqa Jilani, cricketer (Test for India), dies at 29
Aug 12th - Bobby Peel, cricketer (took 102 wickets for England), dies
Aug 23rd - Jack O'Connor, cricketer (four Tests for Aust 1908-09, 13 wkts), dies
Sep 1st - Benjamin Dwight, US tennis championship umpire, dies
Oct 20th - Ken Farnes (WWII) 15 Tests for England, cricketer (60 wickets), dies
Oct 29th - Harvey Hendrick, American baseball player (b. 1897)
Dec 1st - Horace Chapman, cricketer (2 Tests for South Africa, 39 runs, 1 wkt), dies