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Events in Sport

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1876 - Al Spalding opens his sporting good shop
1899 - 1st 2-man team 6-day bicycle race in US begins, MSG, NYC
1908 - NY to Paris auto race (via Alaska & Siberia) begins in NYC George Schuster wins after 88 days behind the wheel
1909 - Robert Fowler runs world record marathon (2:46:52.6)
1926 - Barendrecht soccer team forms
1937 - Cleveland (now Los Angeles) Rams granted an NFL franchise
1956 - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Miami Beach Golf Open
1961 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open
1961 - Mushtaq Mohammad scores 1st Test Cricket century at 17 yrs 82 days
1964 - End of Richie Benaud's 63-Test Cricket career
1971 - Only Test Cricket for Ken Eastwood, who scored 5 & 0 Aust v England
1977 - Toronto Maple Leafs shutout Washington Capitals 10-0
1978 - Debbie Austin wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic
1980 - Richard Hadlee becomes NZ's top wicket-taker with 117
1981 - Arbitrator Goetz declares Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk a free agent
1982 - Wayne Gretzky scores 153rd point of season, tieing NHL record
1984 - Alice Miller wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
1984 - Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean skate "Bolero" at Olympics
1984 - West Indies beat Australia 2-0-1 to win cricket World Series Cup receiving all perfect scores for quality & gold medal
1985 - 37th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-4 at Calgary
1985 - West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win cricket World Series Cup
1986 - 1st-class cricket debut of Curtly Ambrose, Leeward Is v Guyana
1989 - 39th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 143-134 at Houston
1989 - 50th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Larry Mowry
1989 - Thursday's Child sets sailing record, NY-Cape Horn-SF, 80 d 20 h
1991 - North & South Korea form a joint team for table tennis competition
1994 - 17th Winter Olympic games opens in Lillehammer, Norway
1995 - 45th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 139-112 at Phoenix
1995 - Sun Cayun pole vaults indoor female world record (4.13m)
1998 - Dallas Cowboys sign Chan Gailey as their 4th head coach

Birthdays in Sport

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1831 - John Morrissey, boxer/developer of Saratoga Springs horse race track
1843 - John Graham Chambers, English athlete who wrote the Queensberry rules for boxing (d. 1883)
1857 - Bobby Peel, cricketer (great English lefty 1884-96)
1891 - Cecil Dixon, cricket off-spinner (1 Test for S Africa, 3-118, pair)
1903 - Chick Hafey, baseball player (d. 1973)
1911 - Charles Mathiesen, Norway, 1500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1936)
1912 - Eddie J Bush, golf professional
1918 - Dominic DiMaggio, baseball outfielder (Boston Red Sox)
1926 - Joe Garagiola, St Louis Mo, sportscaster/host (Today Show)
1934 - Bill Russell, Monroe La, NBAer (Boston Celtics, Oly-gold-56)
1935 - Ken Still, golfer
1937 - Charles Everett Dumas, Tulsa Ok, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1956)
1938 - Johnny Rutherford, auto racer
1941 - Ross Morgan, cricketer (NZ batsman in 20 Tests 1965-72)
1942 - Pat Dobson, American baseball player (d. 2006)
1944 - Charles Pasarell, tennis pro
1948 - Cindy Hill, LPGA golfer
1949 - Gundappa Viswanath, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 70s)
1949 - Len Randle, baseball player (NY Mets)
1955 - Daniele Masala, Italy, pentathelete (Olympics-1976)
1955 - Chet Lemon, American baseball player
1958 - Ingrid Klich, Whittier Calif, rower (Olympics-96)
1961 - Chris Heyne, Offenbach Germ, WLAF General Manager (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1962 - Jimmy Kirkwood, Irish-born field hockey player
1963 - Brent Jones, NFL tight end (SF 49ers)
1964 - Maurice Douglass, NFL safety (NY Giants)
1964 - Michel Petit, St Malo, NHL defenseman (Tampa Bay Lightning)
1964 - Milton Small, cricket pace bowler (WI v Australia 1984)
1965 - Ruben Amaro, US baseball outfielder (Cleveland Indians)
1967 - Andrew Dunkley, Kent England, golfer (1991-93 Co-Captain U of W Fla)
1968 - Todd Fanning, Saskatoon Sask, golfer (Manitoba Amat-1984, 90, 91, 92)
1969 - Colin Keely, Buffalo NY, water polo driver (Olympics-96)
1969 - Hong Myung-Bo, Korean footballer
1970 - Bryan Roy, Surinam/Dutch soccer star (Ajax)
1970 - Dell Demps, NBA guard (San Antonio Spurs)
1970 - Lamar Thomas, NFL wide receiver (Tampa Bay Bucs, Miami Dolphins)
1971 - Lincoln Kennedy, tackle (Oakland Raiders)
1971 - Romeo Bandison, NFL defensive tackle (Cleve Browns)
1971 - Shane Tonkin, Australian baseball pitcher (Olympics-1996)
1971 - Shante Carver, NFL defensive end (Dallas Cowboys)
1972 - Dulip Samaraweera, cricketer (Sri Lankan Test opening batsman 1993-)
1973 - Brendon Mark Cameron, Pirongia NZ, 4k pursuit cyclist (Olympics-96)
1974 - Ian Mcintyre, Montreal, NHL left wing (Vancouver Canucks)
1974 - Toranosuke Takagi, Japanese race car driver
1975 - Chris Szarka, CFL full back (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1975 - Matt Finkes, linebacker (NY Jets)
1975 - Scot Pollard, NBA center (Detroit Pistons)
1975 - Seth Payne, defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1976 - Christian Cullen, New Zealand rugby union footballer
1977 - Jimmy Conrad, American soccer player
1978 - Brett Hodgson, Australian rugby league footballer
1979 - Matt Mauck, American football player
1980 - Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spanish tennis player
1982 - Onil Joseph, Dominican baseball player
1982 - Louis Tsatoumas, Greek long jumper
1984 - Brad Keselowski, NASCAR Nationwide Series Driver

Deaths in Sport

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1889 - Andrew Greenwood, cricketer (batted in Eng's 1st 2 Tests 1877), dies
1896 - Isaac Murphy, jockey, 628 wins on 1,412 mounts (44.5%), dies at 35
1921 - Charles Leslie, cricketer (4 Tests England v Australia 1882-83), dies
1982 - Hal Hooker, cricket (307 partners with Kippax for last wicket), dies
1992 - Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren, boxing champ (Olympic-gold-1928), dies
2000 - Tom Landry, American football coach (b. 1924)