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Events in Sport

Results 1 - 27 of 27

1912 - England regains cricket's Ashes
1920 - National Negro Baseball League organizes
1923 - 1st Black pro Basketball team, "Renaissance," organizes
1937 - Bradman scores 123 SA v Queensland, 165 mins, 10-4s 1-6 in cricket
1937 - NFL Boston Redskins move to Wash DC
1940 - Bradman scores 209* in 161 minutes for South Aust at the WACA
1948 - Andy Ganteaume scores 112 for W Indies in only Test Cricket innings
1952 - Rocky Marciano defeated Lee Savold for his 39th straight win
1955 - Patty Berg wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open
1971 - Golfing VP Spiro Agnew hits 2 tee shots into crowd, injuring 2
1972 - 11th Winter Olympic games close at Sapporo, Japan
1974 - James "Cool Papa" Bell is named to baseball's Hall of Fame
1976 - Dorothy Hamill wins Olympic figure-skating gold, Innsbruck, Austria
1977 - Pam Higgins wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic
1979 - 2nd Emmy Sports Award presentation
1980 - NZ beats West Indies by one wicket in cricket at Dunedin
1983 - 33rd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-123 at LA
1983 - Australia beats NZ 2-0 to win World Series Cup
1983 - Donna White wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
1983 - World Boxing Council becomes 1st to cut boxing from 15 to 12 rounds
1988 - 15th Winter Olympic games opens at Calgary, Canada
1988 - Heike Dreschler long jumps world record indoor (7.37m)
1989 - Oklahoma football player Charles Thompson is charged with selling cocaine; he is later sentenced to 2 years in prison
1990 - Larry Bird (Celtics) ends NBA free throw streak of 71 games
1992 - West beats East 14 to 9 in Major Soccer League all star game
1993 - Sergei Bubka pole vaults indoor record (6.14 m)
1994 - 44th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 127-118 at Minneapolis

Birthdays in Sport

Results 1 - 53 of 53

1876 - Fritz Buelow, German-born American baseball player (d. 1933)
1883 - Harold "Hal" Chase, baseball player/manager
1908 - Sulo Nurmela, Finland, 4 X 100K relay skier (Olympic-gold-1936)
1912 - Jose de Capriles, US, fencer (Olympic-1936, 48, 52)
1918 - Helen Stephens, Fulton Mo, 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1936)
1918 - Patty Berg, Minneapolis MN, LPGA golfer (1938 US Amateur)
1919 - Eddie Robinson, winningest college football coach (Grambling)
1935 - Tommy Jacobs, golfer
1935 - Dr. Don Panoz, American entrepreneur and motorsports impresario (ALMS)
1936 - John Harris, British(?) cricket player
1936 - Leamon King, Tulare Calif, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-gold-1956)
1944 - Sal Bando, baseball player (Oakland A's)
1947 - Mike Krzyzewski, basketball coach
1950 - Leonard Pascoe, cricketer (dynamic Aussie quick 1977-82)
1952 - Freddy Maertens, Belgian cyclist
1956 - Liam Brady, British soccer player
1957 - Thelston Payne, cricket wicket-keeper (WI 1986)
1959 - Gord Hampson, Canadian ice hockey player
1960 - Kelly McCormick, Anaheim Calif, diver (Olympic-silver-1984)
1960 - Gary Patterson, American football coach
1961 - Kyi Hla Han, Yangon, Australasia golfer
1964 - Evi Strasser, Bavaria German, equestrian (Olympics-96)
1965 - Kenny Harrison, Milwaukee Wisc, triple jumper
1967 - Bas Roorda, soccer player (FC Groningen) [or Feb 21]
1967 - Eddie Pye, US baseball infielder (LA Dodgers)
1967 - Stanimir Stoilov, Bulgarian footballer and coach
1968 - Matt Mieske, US baseball outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers)
1970 - Kevin Stocker, US baseball infielder (Phila Phillies)
1970 - Ruben Brown, NFL guard (Buffalo Bills)
1970 - Vernon Patao, 141 lbs (64 kg) US weightlifter (alt-Olympics-1996)
1971 - Jim Reid, NFL tackle (Houston Oilers)
1971 - Mats Sundin, Bromma SWE, NHL center (Team Sweden, Toronto Maple Leafs)
1971 - Shelly Hammonds, NFL safety (Minn Vikings)
1971 - Todd Williams, US baseball pitcher (LA Dodgers)
1972 - Charlie Garner, NFL running back (Phila Eagles)
1972 - Juha Ylonen, Helsinki FIN, NHL forward (Oly-Bronze-1998, Phoenix)
1973 - Willie Smith, NFL linebacker (Detroit Lions)
1975 - Mark Gerald Keddell, Christchurch NZ, 200m (Olympics-96)
1977 - Randy Moss, American football player
1977 - Ben Collins, British racing driver
1979 - Rafael Márquez, Mexican footballer
1980 - Kristy Powell, Fla, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1980 - Sebastian Kehl, German footballer
1981 - Luisão, Brazilian footballer
1981 - Liam Miller, Irish footballer
1981 - Luke Ridnour, American basketball player
1982 - Michael Turner, Running Back for the San Diego Chargers
1985 - Alexandros Tziolis, Greek footballer
1985 - David Padgett, American basketball player
1986 - Luke Moore, English footballer
1986 - Jamie Murray, Scottish tennis player
1989 - Rhys Palmer, Australian footballer
1989 - Rodrigo Possebon, Brazilian Footballer

Deaths in Sport

Results 1 - 6 of 6

1945 - George Studd, cricketer (4 Tests with brother v Aus 1882-83), dies
1970 - Herbert Strudwick, cricketer (28 Tests for Engld, ct 60 stp 12), dies
1987 - M L "Curly" Page, cricketer (NZ Test capt 1933), dies
2003 - Kid Gavilan, Cuban boxer (b. 1926)
2005 - Nelson Briles, baseball player (b. 1943)
2005 - Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (b. 1917)