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Events in Sport

Results 1 - 27 of 27

1851 - 1st cricket 1st-class game in Australia, Tasmania v Vic, Launceston
1878 - 1st US bicycle club, Boston Bicycle Club, forms
1908 - Australia regain the Ashes with a 308 run cricket victory vs England
1928 - 2nd Winter Olympic games opens in St Moritz, Switzerland
1948 - Billy Griffith scores cricket century on debut Eng v WI, out for 140
1948 - Test Cricket debut of Frank Worrell, v England Port-of-Spain
1949 - Willie Pep recaptures world featherweight boxing title
1957 - NHL Players Assn forms (NYC), Red Wings' Ted Lindsay elected president
1959 - Vinoo Mankad ends his final Test Cricket (v WI at Delhi)
1965 - Braves propose to pay 5 cents from each ticket to bring a new team to Milwaukee
1966 - SF Giant Willie Mays signs highest contract, $130,000 per year
1969 - Diana Crump becomes 1st US woman jockey to ride against men, Hialelah
1970 - John Lennon pays £1,344 fines for 96 protesting South African rugby team playing in Scotland
1971 - Montreal Canadien John Believau scores his 500th NHL goal
1973 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Naples-Lely Golf Classic
1973 - Philadelphia 76ers lose their 20th NBA game in a row
1974 - Dick Woodson is 1st of 48 to invoke baseball's new arbitration rule
1974 - 1st baseball arbitration Twins pitcher Dick Woodson seeking $29,000 wins, Twins offered $23,000
1984 - Wayne Gretzky sets NHL short handed season scoring record at 11
1985 - Kent Hrbek signs 5-year, $6 million contract with Minn Twins
1985 - Wasim Akram takes 10 wickets in his 2nd Test Cricket, NZ still wins
1986 - Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1987 - England beat Australia 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1990 - 40th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 130-113 at Miami
1990 - James "Buster" Douglas KOs Mike Tyson to win heavyweight boxing crown
1996 - 46th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 129-118 at San Antonio
1997 - Bill Parcells becomes head coach of NY Jets

Birthdays in Sport

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1891 - J W Hearne, cricket leg-spinner (all-rounder for England in 24 Tests)
1891 - J.W. Hearne English cricketer (d. 1965)
1907 - E W Swanton, author & sports commentator
1909 - Max Baer, Omaha Nebraska, heavyweight boxing champ (1934-35)
1909 - Max Baer, American boxer and actor (d. 1959)
1919 - Gretchen Fraser, Tacoma Wash, slalom skier (Olympic-gold-1948)
1928 - Gerry Alexander, cricket wicketkeeper (WI of 50s & 60s)
1931 - Larry Merchant, author/boxing commentator (Showtime)
1934 - John Surtees, British race car driver
1937 - Bill Lawry, cricketer (dour Australian lefty opener, Can talk a bit)
1937 - Peter Lashley, cricketer (4 Tests for West Indies 1960-66)
1938 - Bevan Congdon, cricketer (NZ batsman of 60s & 70s)
1938 - Boris Majorov, USSR, ice hockey (Olympic-gold-1964)
1938 - Yevgeniy Majorov, USSR, ice hockey (Olympic-gold-1964)
1940 - Calvin Fowler, Pitts, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1968)
1944 - Bert Greene, golfer
1946 - Ian Porterfield, English footballer (d. 2007)
1950 - Clarence Ellis, NFLer
1959 - Corinne Shigemoto, US judo coach (Olympics-96)
1961 - Mary Docter, US, 3000m speed skater (Olympics-1980, 84, 88, 92)
1962 - Eric Vanderaerden, Belgian cyclist
1963 - Todd Benzinger, US baseball player (SF Giants)
1963 - José Mari Bakero, Spanish footballer
1965 - Angie Ridgeway, Wabash IN, LPGA golfer (1992 Sara Lee-8th)
1966 - Alexander Semak, Ufa Russia, NHL center (NY Islanders)
1966 - Anthony Parker, NFL cornerback (Minn Vikings, St Louis Rams, TB Bucs)
1966 - Patrick Kuhnen, West Germany, tennis star
1967 - Barbara Byrne, Princeton NJ, rower (Olympics-96)
1967 - Chris Reohr, Ridley Park Pa, fencer (Olympics-96)
1967 - Derek King, Hamilton, NHL left wing (NY Islanders)
1967 - John Patterson, US baseball infielder (SF Giants)
1969 - Bryan Eversgerd, US baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1969 - Joe Valerio, NFL outside corner/tackle (KC Chiefs)
1969 - Kevin King, US baseball pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
1969 - Mark Atkinson, cricket wicket-keeper (Tasmanian batsman)
1970 - Alistair Brown, cricketer (Surrey & England ODI opening batsman 1996)
1970 - Jason Allyn Scott, Iowa City Iowa, rower (Olympics-1996)
1971 - John Bock, NFL center (NY Jets, Miami Dolphins)
1971 - Linda Wild, Arlington Heights Ill, tennis star (1993 Melbourne Open)
1972 - Dennis Iliohan, Dutch soccer player (FC Lisse, ADO Den Haag)
1972 - Steve Mcmanaman, English footballer
1973 - Tom Tumulty, linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals)
1974 - Brian Newman, guard (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1974 - Ronnie Ward, linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
1974 - Wally Richardson, quarterback (Baltimore Ravens)
1975 - Chuck Watanabe, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
1975 - Jacque Vaughn, NBA guard (Utah Jazz)
1975 - Andy Lally, American race car driver
1976 - Tony Battie, NBA forward (Denver Nuggets)
1977 - Jessica Carlson, Kalamazoo Mich, archer (alt-Olympics-1996)
1977 - Stephanie Richardson, Toronto Ontario, 200m/800m swimmer (Olympics-96)
1980 - Titi Buengo, Angolan footballer
1980 - Cormac McAnallen, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (d. 2004)
1980 - Marco Bresciano, Australian soccer player
1981 - Scot Thompson, American soccer player
1983 - Rafael Van der Vaart, Dutch footballer
1985 - Mike Richards, Canadian ice hockey player

Deaths in Sport

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1959 - Marshall Teague, American race car driver (b. 1922)
1993 - Oksana Kostina, Russian gymnist, dies in an auto accident
1994 - Antonio Martin, Spanish cyclist, dies in cycling accident at 23
1996 - Cyril Poole, cricket (Notts 1946-62, England 1951-52 in 3 Tests), dies
2002 - Frank Crosetti, baseball player (b. 1910)