2009 in Sport
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Events in Sport
Results 1 - 7 of 7
Mar 3rd - The Sri Lankan cricket team is attacked by terrorists while on their way to the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore for a Test match against Pakistan.
Jul 5th - Roger Federer wins a record 15th Grand Slam (tennis) in tennis, winning a five set match against Andy Roddick at Wimbledon.
Jul 23rd - Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox becomes the 18th pitcher to throw a perfect game in Major League Baseball history, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 5-0.
Oct 2nd - Rio de Janeiro is elected the host city of the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.
Nov 5th - US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan allegedly killed 13 and wounded 43 at Fort Hood, Texas in the largest mass Shooting ever at a US military installation.
Nov 9th - Joe Cada becomes the youngest champion of the World Series of Poker's main event.
Dec 11th - Tiger Woods announced an indefinite leave from professional golf to focus on his marriage.
Deaths in Sport
Results 1 - 50 of 50
Jan 4th - Giselle Salandy, Trinidad & Tobago female boxer (b. 1987)
Jan 16th - Joe Erskine, American boxer and long distance runner (b. 1930)
Jan 22nd - Billy Werber, American baseball player (b. 1908)
Jan 24th - Reg Gutteridge, British Boxing Journalist (b. 1924)
Jan 24th - Kay Yow, North Carolina State Univ. women's basketball head coach (b. 1942)
Jan 29th - Bill Frindall, English Cricket scorer and statistician (b. 1939)
Jan 30th - Ingemar Johansson, Swedish Heavyweight professional boxing champion of the world (b. 1932)
Feb 20th - Larry H. Miller, American businessman and owner of the Utah Jazz (b. 1944)
Feb 26th - Norm Van Lier, Basketball player and broadcaster (b. 1947)
Feb 26th - Johnny Kerr, Basketball player and Chicago Bulls broadcaster (b. 1932)
Mar 2nd - Chris Finnegan, British Olympic Boxing Gold Medallist (b. 1944)
Mar 4th - George McAfee, former American football player (b. 1918)
Mar 4th - Harry Parkes, English footballer (b. 1920)
Mar 21st - Walt Poddubny, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1960)
Mar 22nd - Leon Walker, Wakefield Wildcats Rugby Player (b. 1988)
Mar 23rd - Raúl Macías, A famous Mexican boxer (b. 1934)
Mar 24th - George Kell, American baseball player (b. 1922)
Mar 25th - Johnny Blanchard, American baseball player (b. 1933)
Mar 25th - Giovanni Parisi, Italian boxer (b. 1967)
Apr 6th - Shawn Mackay, Brumbies rugby player (b. 1982)
Apr 9th - Nick Adenhart, MLB pitcher (b. 1986)
Apr 13th - Bruce Snyder, American football coach (b. 1940)
Apr 13th - Mark Fidrych, American baseball player (b. 1954)
May 6th - Kevin Grubb, former NASCAR driver (b. 1978)
May 8th - Dom DiMaggio, American baseball player (b. 1917)
May 9th - Chuck Daly, American basketball coach (b. 1930)
May 15th - Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player (b. 1964)
May 29th - Karine Ruby, French snowboarder and Olympic champion (b. 1978)
Jun 9th - Dick May, Former NASCAR racecar driver
Jul 1st - Alexis Argüello, Nicaraguan professional boxer (b. 1952)
Jul 4th - Steve McNair, American football player (b. 1973)
Jul 11th - Arturo Gatti, Italian-Canadian professional boxer (b. 1972)
Jul 19th - Henry Surtees, British racing driver. (b. 1991)
Jul 25th - Vernon Forrest, Professional boxer, 2-division world champion (b. 1971)
Jul 28th - Jim Johnson, NFL Assistant Coach, Eagles Defensive Coordinator from 1999-2009 (b.1941)
Jul 31st - Sir Bobby Robson, English professional football player and manager (b. 1933)
Aug 8th - Daniel Jarque, Spanish football player (b. 1983)
Aug 11th - Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of Special Olympics, sister of John F. Kennedy (b. 1921)
Sep 14th - Darren Sutherland, Irish boxer (b. 1982)
Sep 16th - Myles Brand, NCAA President (b. 1942)
Oct 12th - Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist (b. 1974)
Oct 27th - David Shepherd, English Cricket umpire (b. 1940)
Nov 16th - Antonio de Nigris, Mexican footballer (b. 1978)
Nov 18th - Red Robbins, American basketball player (b. 1944)
Nov 24th - Abe Pollin, owner of the Washington Wizards (b. 1923)
Dec 2nd - Foge Fazio, American College Football coach (b. 1938)
Dec 14th - Alan A'Court, English footballer (b. 1934)
Dec 17th - Chris Henry, American football player (b. 1983)
Dec 22nd - Albert Scanlon, English footballer (b. 1935)
Dec 29th - "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, American former professional wrestler and football player (b. 1960)
