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Events in Sport

Results 1 - 29 of 29

1810 - Tom Cribb (GB) beats Tom Molineaus (US-Negro) in 1st interracial boxing championship (40 rounds)
1831 - "Spirit of the Times" begins publishing (weekly horse racing sheet)
1896 - 1st intercollegiate basketball game (Wesleyan beats Yale 4-3)
1918 - John A Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League
1922 - Pete Henry makes longest known NFL drop-kicked field goal, 45 yards
1924 - Aggrement reached on permanent rotation of World Series with each league, getting games 1, 2, 6, 7 in alternating years
1929 - Bradman scores 225 in 2nd inn of Test Cricket trial after 124 in 1st
1934 - NFL adopts player waiver rule; applies after 6th game of season
1935 - A's sell Jimmie Foxx to the Red Sox for $150,000
1935 - White Sox sell Al Simmons to the Tigers for $75,000
1938 - 26th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 30-7
1939 - Green Bay Packers win NFL Championship, beat NY Giants 27-0
1945 - Aust Services lose 3rd Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts
1954 - Philadelphia Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium
1965 - Test Cricket debut of Doug Walters v England at the Gabba
1968 - Joe Frazier beats Oscar Bonavena in 15 for Heavyweight boxing title
1970 - North American Soccer League awards NY & Toronto franchises
1973 - 1st time since 1885, tennis has 2 top males (S Smith & J Connors)
1978 - 67th Davis Cup: USA beats Great Britain in Rancho Mirage (4-1)
1982 - Heavyweight Michael Doakes KOs Mike Weaver in 1:03 in Las Vegas
1983 - 58th Australian Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats K Jordan (62 76)
1983 - Last NFL game at Shea Stadium; Steelers beat NY Jets 34-7
1986 - Atlanta Hawk Dominique Wilkins scores 57 points vs NBA-teams/chicago-bulls">Chicago Bulls
1988 - Washington Capitals 1st NHL scoreless tie, vs Mont Canadiens
1992 - NHL awards franchises to Mimai & Anaheim (for 1994-95)
1992 - NY Yankees sign free agent pitcher Jimmy Key
1995 - 1st meeting of NBA expansion teams, Raptors beat Grizzlies 93-81
1995 - Kelly Robbins & Tammie Green wins LPGA Diner's Club Golf Matches
1995 - Ricky Ponting makes 96 on Test Cricket debut (Aust v Sri Lanka, WACA)

Birthdays in Sport

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1870 - T R McKibbin, cricketer (NSW & Aust off-spinner late 19th century)
1886 - William Booth, cricketer (Yorks all-rounder, England before WW I)
1907 - Lucien Laurent, French footballer (d. 2005)
1918 - Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey coach (d. 1995)
1920 - Ragnhild Hveger, Denmark, 200m swimmer (Olympic-silver-1936)
1933 - Grenville Alabaster, cricketer (NZ tourist to Aust 1973-74)
1935 - Terry Allcock, English footballer
1937 - Don Bies, Cottonwood ID, PGA golfer (1975 Sammy Davis Jr)
1941 - Jeff Jones, cricketer (England left-arm pace bowler in 60's)
1947 - Sinaida Woronin, USSR, gymnist (Olympic-gold/silver/2 bronze-1968)
1949 - Linda Galloway, LPGA golfer
1950 - Simon Owen, Wanganui NZ, Australasia golfer
1959 - Mark Aguirre, NBA forward (Detroit Pistons)
1960 - Paul Assenmacher, Detroit MI, pitcher (Cleveland Indians)
1962 - John de Wolf, soccer player (Feyenoord)
1963 - Doug Henry, Sacramento CA, pitcher (NY Mets)
1963 - Gerald Sandel, soccer player (Sparta)
1963 - Michael Lofton, Montgomery Ala, fencer-sabre (Olympics-96)
1963 - Robin White, San Diego Cal, tennis player (US Open doubles 1988)
1964 - Luis Polonia, Santiago City Dom Rep, outfielder (NY Yanks, Orioles)
1965 - Jennifer Wyatt, Vancouver Canada, golfer (1992 Crestar-Farm Fresh)
1966 - Eric Naposki, WLAF linebacker (Barcelona Dragons)
1966 - Norberto Martin, Santo Domingo Dom Rep, infielder (Chic White Sox)
1968 - Rob Davis, NFL guard (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1969 - Darren Berry, cricketer (Victorian wicket-keeper since 1989-90)
1969 - Nadim Khan, cricketer (brother of Moin Pakistani lefty spinner 1993)
1969 - Rob Blake, Simcoe Ont, NHL defenseman (Team Canada, LA Kings)
1969 - Todd Furdyk, CFL tackle (BC Lions)
1970 - Bryant Stith, NBA guard (Denver Nuggets)
1971 - Amanda Hardy, Altona Australia, Badminton player (Olympics-96)
1971 - Manjula Munasinghe, cricketer (Sri Lankan ODI pace bowler)
1972 - Marcos di Palma, Argentine racing driver
1973 - Bernard Holsey, defensive tackle (NY Giants)
1973 - Marcus Wall, CFL receiver (Montreal Alouettes)
1973 - Rusty LaRue, NBA guard (Chicago Bulls)
1975 - Josip Skoko, Australian footballer
1980 - Ledley King, English footballer
1981 - Fábio Rochemback, Brazilian footballer
1983 - Habib Mohamed, Ghanaian footballer
1983 - Zé Kalanga, Angolan footballer
1985 - T. J. Hensick, American ice hockey player
1986 - Matthew Bates, English footballer
1987 - Gonzalo Higuaín, French-born Argentine footballer

Deaths in Sport

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1904 - James Cranston, cricketer (scored 16 & 15 in Test for England), dies
1936 - Robert Abel, cricketer (744 runs in 13 Tests for Eng 1888-1902), dies
1946 - Walter Johnson, great pitcher (Washington Senators), dies at 59
1959 - Charles Jones, cricket batsman (WI in 4 Tests 1930-35, 63 runs), dies
1977 - Adolph Rupp, American basketball coach (b. 1901)
1992 - Dan Maskell, English tennis commentator (b. 1908)