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Events in Sport

Results 1 - 29 of 29

1818 - Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun patents "draisine" (early bicycle)
1882 - 1st Test Cricket match played at Sydney Cricket Ground
1923 - Ottawa Senator Cy Denneny becomes NHL's all time scorer (143 goals)
1926 - Tennis star Suzanne Lenglen beats Helen Wills in their only match
1931 - 1st telecast of a sporting event in Japan (baseball)
1939 - Katwijk soccer team forms
1940 - Bradman scores 135 in a non-Shield match for SA v West Australia
1941 - Joe Louis KOs Gus Dorazio in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1943 - NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio, enlists into the US army
1953 - Baseball star/pilot Ted Williams uninjured as plane shot down in Korea
1953 - DSB soccer team forms in Eindhoven
1955 - Mike Souchak sets PGA 72-hole record of 257
1957 - Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open
1962 - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Phila Warriors scores 67 points vs St Louis
1963 - Toru Terasawa runs world record marathon (2:15:15.8
1964 - 101st member elected to baseball's hall of fame (Luke Appling)
1965 - US-Japan baseball relations suspended over Masanori Murakami dispute
1968 - Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield Mass, opens
1971 - England regains cricket Ashes with a 2-0 series win
1973 - Rodney Redmond scores 107 on debut v Pakistan, his only Test Cricket
1974 - 49 die in stampede for seats at soccer match, Cairo, Egypt
1974 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Naples Lely Golf Classic
1976 - NZ scores their 1st innings win in Test Cricket, v India
1976 - Richard Hadlee takes 7-23 v India, his 1st match-winning spell
1980 - Dot Germain wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
1982 - Commencement of Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket match, v England
1989 - Former baseball player/manager Leo Durocher injured in a car crash
1995 - Tiger mgr Sparky Anderson takes unpaid leave due to baseball strike
1996 - 1st full ODI for the Netherlands, v NZ, cricket World Cup Nolan Clarke makes ODI debut for Netherlands at age 47

Birthdays in Sport

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1885 - Steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943)
1893 - Wally Pipp, American baseball player (d. 1965)
1898 - Tom Lowry, cricketer (NZ batsman in seven Tests & their 1st Test capt)
1908 - Walter L "Red" Barber, Miss, sports announcer (Bkln Dodgers, NY Yanks)
1909 - Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist (champ sprinter 1932-37)[NS]
1916 - Don Tallon, cricketer (perhaps Australia's greatest wicket-keeper)
1916 - Alexander Obolensky, Russian prince and famed Rugby Union footballer who played for England.(d. 1940)
1919 - Joseph R Hunt, tennis champ (US Open-1943)
1922 - Marshall Teague, American race car driver (d. 1959)
1929 - Paul Meger, Canadian ice hockey player
1934 - Buddy Ryan, NFL coach (Phila Eagles, Phoenix Cardinals)
1936 - Barry Jarman, cricketer (Australian wicket-keeper in 60's)
1936 - Jim Brown, Ga, NFL full back (Cleveland Browns)/actor (Dirty Dozen)
1936 - Peter Walker, cricket all-rounder (Glamorgan did little for Eng 1960)
1940 - Dennis Gamsy, cricketer (S African bat in 2 Tests v Australia 1970)
1941 - Heidi Biebi, German Fed Rep, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1960)
1946 - Valdemar Bandolowski, Denmark, yachting (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
1952 - Guillermo Vilas, tennis player (1977 US Open)
1952 - Insook Bhushan, Seoul Korea, US US table tennis player (Olympic-92)
1952 - Karin Janz, East German gymnast
1958 - Karen Lende O'Connor, Concord Ma, equestrian 3-day (Oly-silver-96)
1959 - Ambrose "Rowdy" Gaines, US, 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1984)
1959 - Daniel Ray "Danny" Ainge, basketball & football star
1959 - Rowdy Gaines, US swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1984)
1961 - Deb[ra] Richardson, Minneapolis MN, beach volleyballer (Olympics-96)
1961 - Guy McIntyre, NFL guard (Phila Eagles)
1962 - Hennie Meijer, soccer player (Cambuur L, FC Heerenveen)
1962 - Tony Blain, cricketer (NZ Test wicket-keeper)
1963 - Michael Jordan, NBA guard/forward (Chicago Bulls) and sports superstar
1964 - Mike Campbell, Seattle WA, pitcher (Chic Cubs)
1964 - Buster Olney, American sports columnist
1965 - Jim Bowie, Japanese/US baseball infielder (Oakland Athletics)
1966 - Luc Robitaille, Montreal, NHL left wing (NY Rangers, Pitts Penguins)
1966 - Ioannis Kalitzakis, Greek footballer
1967 - Gary Shuchuk, Edmonton, NHL center (LA Kings)
1968 - Bryan Cox, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins, Chicago Bears)
1968 - Celita Schutz, Riverdale NJ, half-middleweight judoka (Olympics-96)
1969 - David Klingler, NFL quarterback (Oakland Raiders, Cin Bengals)
1969 - Joel Steed, NFL nose tackle (Pitts Steelers)
1969 - Levon Kirkland, NFL linebacker (Pitts Steelers)
1970 - Tommy Moe, Anchorage Alaska, nordic skiier (Olympic-gold/silver-1994)
1972 - Lloy Ball, Ft Wayne Ind, volleyball setter (Olympics-96)
1972 - Richard MacQuire, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1972 - Stephen Robinson, Arlington Va, rower (Olympics-1996)
1972 - Tony Lawson, NSA Australia, diver (Olympics-96)
1972 - Vladimir Vujtek, NHL forward (Team Czech Oly-Gold-1998, Tampa Bay)
1972 - William Floyd, full back (San Francisco 49ers)
1973 - Chris Robinson, NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies)
1973 - Drew Barry, NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks)
1973 - Frank Sanders, NFL wide receiver (Arizona Cardinals)
1973 - Raymond Jackson, NFL defensive back (Buffalo Bills)
1975 - Sung-Hee Park, Pusan Korea, tennis star (1993 Futures-Seoul)
1975 - Todd Harvey, Hamilton, NHL center (Dallas Stars)
1975 - Vaclav Prospal, NHL forward (Team Czech Oly-Gold-1998, Philadelphia)
1976 - Scott Williamson, American baseball player
1979 - Josh Willingham, American baseball player
1980 - Shanyn MacEachern, Brampton Ontario, gymnist (Olympics-96)
1980 - Klemi Saban, Israeli footballer
1980 - Al Harrington, American basketball player
1981 - Donielle Thompson, Wheatridge CO, gymnast (World-bronze-95, Oly-96)
1981 - Lisa Skinner, Queensland Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1982 - Adriano, Brazilian footballer
1982 - Brian Bruney, American baseball player
1983 - Gérald Cid, French footballer
1983 - Marios Kaperonis, Greek boxer
1984 - AB de Villiers, South African cricketer
1986 - Joey O'Brien, Irish footballer

Deaths in Sport

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1929 - John Read, cricketer (batted in 17 Tests for Eng for 463 runs), dies
1959 - Tim Mara, co-founder of NFL's NY Giants, dies
1982 - Nestor Chylak, American baseball umpire (b. 1922)
1989 - Lefty Gomez, pitching great (NY Yankees), dies at 80
1990 - Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1901)
1993 - Leslie Townsend, cricket all-rounder (Engld in 4 Tests 1930-34), dies
2001 - Bob Geary, Canadian football player and manager (b. 1933)
2005 - Omar Sivori, Argentine footballer (b. 1935)
2008 - Brian Harris, English footballer (b. 1935)