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Events in Sport

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1899 - Pelham Warner scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (Eng v SA Johannesburg)
1900 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks beat Winnipeg Victorias, 3 games to 1
1912 - VSV soccer team forms in Ijmuiden
1926 - Suzanne Lenglen defeats Helen Wills in Tennis at Cannes France
1936 - 4th Winter Olympic games close at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
1950 - Writers fail to elect anyone to Baseball's Hall of Fame
1952 - Hall of Famer Honus Wagner, 77, retires; Pirates retire his #33
1952 - Ian Craig makes NSW cricket debut aged 16 years 249 days (NSW record)
1958 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open
1962 - US Open Tennis: Jimmy Bostwick defeats brother Pete to win
1966 - End of Wally Grout's Test Cricket career, 187 dismissals as Aust WK
1970 - Joe Frazier TKOs Jimmy Ellis in 5 for Heavyweight boxing title
1972 - 1st NBA to score 30,000 points (Wilt Chamberlain in 940 games)
1972 - Test Cricket debut of Lawrence Rowe WI v NZ Kingston, 214 & 100
1972 - Wilt Chamberlain hit 30,000 point mark during a game with Phoenix Suns
1975 - Washington Capitals 1st NHL shutout, beating KC Scouts 3-0
1980 - Eric Heiden skates 5k in 7:02.29 (Olympic Record)
1984 - Bill Johnson becomes 1st American to win Olympic downhill skiing gold
1984 - NJ Devils 1st OT goal, Jan Ludvig beats Hartford Whalers 6-5
1985 - Largest NBA crowd to date, 43,816, sees Phila at Detroit
1985 - Livingston Bramble defeats Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini to win WBA champ
1985 - NJ Devils score their fastest hat trick in 42 seconds
1989 - Roger Clemens, Red Sox pitcher signs $7.5M-3 year contract
1992 - LA Lakers retire Magic Johnson's #32 uniform
1997 - GTE Suncoast Senior Golf Classic
1997 - Paul Stankowski wins Hawaiian Golf Open
1997 - Terry-Jo Myers wins LPGA Los Angeles Women's Championship
2003 - Michael Waltrip wins motor racing's Daytona 500 after rain stops the race for a second time at lap 109
2004 - The Pittsburgh Penguins lose their 12th consecutive home game, a NHL record
2005 - 2004-05 NHL season is canceled by league commissioner Gary Bettman. This was the first time that a North American professional sports league had to cancel a season due to a labor dispute

Birthdays in Sport

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1866 - William "Sliding Billy" Hamilton, NJ, hall of fame baseball player
1880 - Frank Burke, American baseball player (d. 1946)
1886 - Andrew Ducat, cricketer (Test for Eng 1921 (3 & 2) Soccer intl)
1904 - Ellis Achong, cricketer (West Indian SLA, 8 wickets in 6 Tests)
1921 - Jean Behra, auto racer
1929 - Gerhard Hanappi, Austrian footballer (d. 1980)
1931 - Gamini Goonesena, cricket leg-spinner (all-rounder for Ceylon, Notts)
1934 - Marlene Bauer Hagge, Eureka SD, LPGA golfer (1950 Woman Athlete)
1941 - Vitali Kuznetsov, USSR, Judo (Olympic-silver-1972)
1944 - Richard Ford, US author (Sportswriter)
1946 - Aleksandr Shaparenko, USSR, 1K kayak (Olympic-gold-1972)
1952 - Barry Foote, Major League Baseball player
1953 - Andre St Lauren, NHLer
1953 - George Martin, NFLer (NY Giants)
1953 - Mike Ford, NYC, Canadian Tour golfer (1976 Port Jefferson Open)
1954 - Michael Holding, cricket fast bowler (Whispering Death-Awesome for WI)
1955 - George Martin, NFL defensive back (NY Giants)
1958 - Herb Williams, NBA center (Toronto Raptors, NY Knicks)
1958 - John Paul Morse, Marshall MI, PGA golfer (1995 United Airlines)
1959 - John P McEnroe, tennis player (US Open 1979-81, 84 Wimb 1981, 83, 84)
1959 - Kelly Tripuka, Glenn Ridge NJ, NBA forward (Det Pistons, Utah Jazz)
1964 - Mark Price, NBA guard (Cleveland Caveliers)
1964 - Bebeto, Brazilian footballer
1966 - Eric Uptagrafft, Spokane Wash, prone rifle (Olympics-1996)
1967 - Robert Massey, NFL cornerback (Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions)
1967 - John Valentin, Mineola NY, infielder (Boston Red Sox)
1967 - Keith Gretzky, former hockey player; brother of Wayne Gretzky
1968 - Cecil Gray, NFL tackle (Arizona Cardinals)
1968 - Erik Regtop, Dutch soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
1969 - Claude Lambert, Montreal Quebec, boxer (Olympics-96)
1969 - Fermin Cacho, Barcelona Spain, 1500m (Olympics-2 gold-92, 96)
1969 - Tim Costo, US baseball infielder (Cincinnati Reds)
1970 - Angelo Peruzzi, Italian footballer
1971 - Anthony Abrams, NFL defensive tackle (KC Chiefs)
1971 - Chi Kredell, Long Beach Ca, Water Polo driver (Olympics-96)
1971 - Larry Jones, NFL running back (Washington Redskins)
1971 - Marco Sas, Dutch soccer player (NAC)
1971 - Mike Hubbard, Lynchburg VA, catcher (Chic Cubs)
1971 - Van Tuinei, defensive end (San Diego Chargers)
1972 - Jerome Bettis, running back (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1973 - Cathy Freeman, Mackay Aust, 100m/200m/400m (Olympics-silver-92, 96)
1973 - James Young, Australian Water Polo player (Olympics-96)
1973 - Nikos Kostakis, Greek footballer
1973 - Christian Bassedas, Argentine former footballer
1974 - Jevon Langford, defensive end (Cincinnati Bengals)
1974 - Kathy McCormack, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-Silver-98)
1974 - Fanis Katergiannakis, Greek footballer
1975 - Casey Barrett, Montreal Quebec, 200m Butterfly (Olympics-96)
1975 - Marty Murray, Deloraine, NHL center (Calgary Flames)
1975 - Vanina Ickx, Belgian racing driver
1976 - Eric Byrnes, American baseball player
1977 - Alexei Morozov, NHL forward (Team Russia Oly-Silver-1998, Pittsburgh)
1977 - Trina Jackson, 4X200m freestyle swimmer (Olympics-gold-96)
1977 - Ahman Green, American football player
1978 - Caroline Hunt, Chic Ill, rhythmic gymnast (US team-96)
1978 - Wasim Jaffer, Indian Cricketer
1980 - Ashley Lelie, American football player
1981 - Jay Howard, British racing driver
1981 - Jerry Owens, American baseball player
1981 - Qyntel Woods, American basketball player
1988 - Denílson Pereira Neves, Brazilian footballer

Deaths in Sport

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1933 - Archie Jackson, cricketer (of TB, Aus bat too briefly Avg 47.4), dies
1936 - Tommy Ward, S African cricket wicket keeper (23 Tests), electrocuted
1945 - Billy Frank, cricketer (Test S Afr v Eng 1896, 5 & 2, 1-52), dies
1950 - David Denton, cricketer (England batsman in 11 Tests 1905-10), dies
1973 - Pieter Van der Bijl, cricketer (outstanding S Af bat in 1938-39), dies
2001 - Bob Buhl, baseball player (b. 1928)
2006 - Ernie Stautner, German-born American football player (b. 1925)
2010 - Wan Chi Keung, Hong Kong soccer player and actor. (b. 1956)