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Events in Sport

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1910 - A's Jack Coombs & White Sox Ed Walsh pitch a 16 inn scoreless tie
1934 - NY Giants Mel Ott sets record of 6 runs in game & beats Phillies 21-4
1945 - Golfer Byron Nelson records most tournament wins (18) in a season
1945 - Red Sox Tom McBride is 3rd to get 6 RBIs in an inning (4th)
1949 - NBL & NBAA merge into National Basketball Association
1961 - 28th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Philadelphia 28, All-Stars 14 (66,000)
1963 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open
1967 - 34th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 27, All-Stars 0 (70,934)
1968 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Gino Paoli Golf Open
1974 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA George Washington Golf Classic
1980 - Seattle Mariners replace manager Darrell Johnson with Maury Wills
1982 - NY Met Joel Youngblood singles in Chicago day game, he is traded, then singles for Expos in Philadelphia night game
1984 - Carl Lewis wins gold medal in 100-meter dash at LA Summer Olympics
1985 - Penny Hammel wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
1985 - White Sox Tom Seaver is 17th to win #300, beating Yankees
1989 - Blue Jays Dave Steib's perfect game broken up in 9th with 2 outs by NY Yankee Roberto Kelly
1991 - 1st time Seattle Mariners are 9 games over .500
1991 - Deb Richard wins LPGA Phar-Mor in Youngstown Golf Tournament
1995 - Darryl Strawberry joins the NY Yankees
Baseball Player Darryl Strawberry 1996 - 24th du Maurier Golf Classic: Laura Davies
1996 - 26th Olympic games close at Atlanta, Georgia (sched)
1997 - 185,000 Teamsters union United Parcel Service Drivers walk off the job.

Birthdays in Sport

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1825 - Arthur Haygarth, cricketer (Middlesex & Surrey bat, famous biographer)
1865 - Gus Kempis, South African cricketer (d. 1890)
1867 - Jake Beckley, American baseball player (d. 1918)
1884 - Henri Cornet, French cyclist (d. 1941)
1890 - Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player (d. 1957)
1901 - Clarence Passailaigue, Jamaican cricketer (d. 1972)
1902 - Wild Bill Hallahan, American baseball player (d. 1981)
1904 - Joe Tate, English footballer (d. 1973)
1921 - Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Montreal Canadien (MVP-1947)
1928 - Udham Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1952, 56, 64)
1928 - Christian Goethals, Belgian racing driver (d. 2003)
1931 - Narendra Tamhane, dependable Indian cricket wicketkeeper (1950's)
1933 - Nathan Eugene Brooks, Cleve Oh, flyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1952)
1934 - Dallas Green, baseball manager (Phillies, Yankees)
1941 - Quincey Daniels, Biloxi Miss, boxer (Olympic-bronze-1960)
1942 - Cleon Jones, American baseball player
1943 - Rodney Stuart Pattison, British yachtsman (Olympics)
1945 - Fred Hansen, US, pole vaulter (Olympic-gold-1964)
1947 - Kenneth Dryden, NHL goalie (Montreal Canadiens, 6 Stanley Cups)
1949 - John Riggins, NFL running back (NY Jets, Wash Redskins)
1952 - Daniel Bautista, Mexico, 20k walker (Olympic-gold-1976)
1954 - Janet Coles, LPGA golfer
1957 - John Wark, Scottish footballer
1958 - Greg Foster, Maywood Ill, 110m hurdler (Olympic-silver-1984)
1958 - Mary Decker Tabb Slaney, NJ, olympic track star (mile record 4:16.71)
1959 - Deedee Lasker, LPGA golfer
1962 - Roger Clemens, Dayton OH, pitcher (Red Sox, Blue Jays, Cy Young, MVP)
1964 - B J Surhoff, Bronx NY, infielder (Baltimore Orioles)
1964 - Clyde Simmons, NFL defensive end (Az Cardinals, Jacksonville Jaguars)
1965 - Trena Trice, WNBA forward/center (NY Liberty)
1966 - Kensuke Sasaki, wrestler (WCW/NJPW/Calgary, Power Warrior)
1967 - Carrie Flemmer, Stettler Alberta, softball catcher (Olympics-96)
1967 - Marcelo Filippini, Uruguay, tennis star
1967 - Mike Marsh, US, 200m runner (Olympic-Gold-1992)
1968 - James Francis, linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals)
1969 - Lee O'Leary, Compton CA, outfielder (Boston Red Sox)
1969 - Norm Casola, CFL slot back (Toronto Argonauts)
1970 - Orlando Trustfull, soccer player (Feyenoord)
1970 - Owen McMahon, Australian 470 class yachter (Olympics-96)
1970 - Steven Jack, cricketer (South African pace bowler 1994-95)
1971 - Greg Frers, CFL safety (BC Lions)
1971 - Jeff Gordon, American race car driver
1973 - Alex Molden, cornerback (New Orleans Saints)
1973 - Eddie Cade, NFL full safety (NE Patriots)
1973 - Peter Tsekenis, Australian soccer midfielder (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1974 - Canute Curtis, linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals)
1974 - Kily González, Argentine footballer
1975 - Beau Morgan, running back (Dallas Cowboys)
1975 - Kaipo Spenser, Wailuku HI, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
1976 - Andrew McLeod, Australian footballer
1977 - Luís Boa Morte, Portuguese footballer
1978 - Kurt Busch, American race car driver
1979 - Brandi Siegel, Miami Fla, rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-96)
1979 - Robin Peterson, South African cricketer
1980 - Richard Dawson, English cricketer
1981 - Ben Scott, English cricketer
1985 - Mark Milligan, Australian footballer
1985 - Luis Antonio Valencia, Ecuadorean footballer
1985 - Ha Seung-Jin, Korean basketball player

Deaths in Sport

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1919 - D[ave] W Gregory, cricketer (brother of Ned, uncle of Syd), dies
1967 - Peter Smith, cricketer (Essex leggie, 3 wickets for England), dies
1995 - Dick Bartell, baseball player, dies at 87