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Events in Sport

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1899 - Stanley Cup: Mont Shamrocks sweep Queens U (Kingston Ont) in 2 games
1900 - Ajax soccer team forms in Amsterdam
1909 - Boston Red Sox trade Cy Young, at 41, to Cleveland Naps
1919 - Cy Denneny of NHL Ottawa Senators scores record 52nd goals
1922 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis resigns his judgeship to work for baseball
1936 - NHL record 32 points scored, NY Americans (28) & Mont Maroons (24)
1943 - William D Cox buys Phila Phillies
1944 - Youngest baseball player, Cin Reds sign 15 year old Joe Nuxhall
1951 - 3 City College of NY basketball players admit to accepting bribes
1960 - 8th Winter Olympic games open in Squaw Valley, Colo
1962 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open
1967 - Bob Seagren sets pole vault record at 17'3"
1967 - Softball pitcher Eddie Feigner strikes out 6 straight major leaguers
1968 - 10th Winter Olympic games close at Grenoble, France
1973 - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Pompano Beach Golf Classic
1977 - Test Cricket debuts of Colin Croft & Joel Garner v Pakistan Bridgetown
1978 - 1st Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona, Hawaii
1979 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1983 - NBA Indiana Pacers begin a 28 game road losing streak
1986 - San Antonio's Alvin Robertson scores NBA 2nd quadruple double-20 pts, 11 rebounds, 10 assists & 10 steals against Phoenix
1989 - Sherri Turner wins LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open/Itoki Pro-Am
1990 - Jane Crafter wins LPGA Phar-Mor at Inverrary Golf Tournament
1991 - Edmonton Oiler goalie Grant Fuhr returns to NHL after season-long suspension for substance abuse & shuts out NJ Devils 4-0
1994 - Shreveport Pirates join CFL as 4th US team
1995 - Barb Thomas Whitehead wins Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
1996 - 1st full ODI for Kenya, Cricket World Cup v India
1996 - Tendulkar scores 127* in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya

Birthdays in Sport

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1853 - August Belmont Jr, breeder (Man 'O War)/founder (NY Jockey Club)
1909 - Matti Jarvinen, Finland, javelin thrower (Olympic-gold-1932)
1926 - Len Ford, NFL end (Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers)
1927 - Fazal Mahmood, cricketer (Pakistani medium-pace workhorse 1952-62)
1927 - Luis Arroyo, Puerto Rican baseball player
1928 - Jim McElreath, auto racer (1970 Ontario 500)
1928 - Tom Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player
1931 - Bob St. Clair, American football player
1933 - Bobby Robson, British soccer coach (PSV)
1937 - Jeff Farrell, US swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1960)
1938 - Barry Knight, cricketer (England all-rounder mid-60s)
1938 - Manny Mota, baseball outfielder (LA Dodgers)
1939 - Dal Maxvill, American baseball player
1945 - Judy Rankin, St Louis Mo, LPGA golfer (Vare Trophy 1976-77)
1947 - Carlos A Lopes, Portugal, marathon runner (Olympic-gold-1984)
1948 - Bruce Francis, cricketer (Australian opener in 3 Tests 1972)
1958 - Peter Koech, Kiliburani Kenya, 3K steeplechaser (Olympic-silver-1988)
1960 - Andy Moog, NHL goalie (Oilers, Bruins, Olympics-Canada-1988)
1960 - Roger Wijesuriya, cricketer (bowling avg 294 in 4 Tests for Sri Lanka)
1961 - Alycia Moulton, Sacramento CA, tennis star
1962 - Gary Reasons, NFL linebacker (NY Giants)
1962 - Simon Fletcher, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos)
1963 - John Gesek, NFL center (Washington Redskins)
1963 - Rob Andrew, English rugby player
1964 - Kevin Tapani, Des Moines IA, pitcher (Chic White Sox, Minn Twins)
1966 - Kris King, Bracebridge, NHL left wing (Winnipeg Jets)
1966 - Phillip De Freitas, cricket pace bowler (in Dominica England 1986-95)
1967 - Colin Jackson, Cardiff Wales, 100m hurdler (Olympic-silver-1988)
1967 - Matt Turner, US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins)
1969 - Alexander Mogilny, Khavarovsk, 1st soviet to defect to NHL (Sabres)
1969 - Igor Larionov, Voskresensk Russia, NHL forward (Team Russia, Detroit)
1970 - Tyler Green, US baseball pitcher (Phila Phillies)
1971 - George Teague, NFL safety (Miami Dolphins, Green Bay Packers)
1971 - Reggie Holt, WLAF safety (London Monarchs)
1971 - Constantin Popa, Romanian-Israeli basketball player
1972 - Marc Lillibridge, WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals)
1973 - Claude Makélélé, French footballer
1974 - Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Russia, tennis star
1974 - Jamey Carroll, American baseball player
1975 - Scott Tucker, Birmingham Ala, 400m/800m freestyle relay (Olympics-96)
1975 - Gary Neville, English footballer
1976 - Chanda Rubin, Lafayette LA, tennis star (1996 Australian Open doubles)
1976 - Jason Podollan, Vernon, NHL center (Florida Panthers)
1976 - Volker Schenk, WLAF RB (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1976 - Leilani Munter, American race car driver
1977 - Kátia, Brazilian footballer
1978 - Josip Šimunić, Croatian footballer
1979 - Julia Greville, Perth Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1980 - Alison Rachel Fitch, Hamilton NZ, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1980 - Nikolai Antropov, Kazakh ice hockey player
1981 - Andrei Kirilenko, Russian basketball player
1981 - Ivan Sproule, Irish footballer
1981 - Alex Rios, American baseball player
1983 - Jermaine Jenas, English footballer
1983 - Jason Maxiell, American basketball player
1985 - Anton Ferdinand, English footballer
1986 - Marc Torrejón, Spanish footballer

Deaths in Sport

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1911 - Bill Murdoch, cricketer, dies while watching Aust v S Africa Test
1933 - James Corbett, (Gentleman Jim), heavyweight box champ (1892-97), dies
1975 - Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (2 Tests for India, 4 wickets), dies
1998 - Harry Caray, sportscaster (Chicago Cubs), dies at 77
1998 - Robbie James, Welsh footballer (b. 1957)
2001 - Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (b. 1951)
2001 - Eddie Mathews, American baseball player (b. 1931)
2008 - Mickey Renaud, Canadian professional ice hockey player (b. 1988)