This Day in Sport for 19th February
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Events in Sport
Results 1 - 14 of 14
1928 - 2nd Winter Olympic games close at St Moritz, Switzerland
1942 - NY Yankees annouce 5,000 uniformed soldiers admitted free at each of their upcoming home games
1946 - Giants outfielder Danny Gardella is 1st major leaguer to announce he is jumping to the "outlaw" Mexican League
1953 - Ted Williams safely crash-lands his damaged Panther jet
1956 - Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open
1965 - NFL adds 6th official
1970 - AL Cy Young winner Denny McLain suspended for bookmaking
1980 - Botham a century & 13 wickets in Jubilee Test Cricket at Bombay
1980 - Eric Heiden skates Olympic record 1000m in 1:15.18
1984 - 14th winter Olympic games close at Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
1984 - 1st brother combo to win Gold & Silver in same event at Olympics (Phil & Steve Mahre-Slalom)
1994 - Marta Figueras-Dotti wins Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
1998 - US hockey team destroys their rooms at Olympic village in Japan
2007 - Three Salvadoran deputies to the Central American Parliament and their driver are murdered in Guatemala.
Birthdays in Sport
Results 1 - 45 of 45
1891 - J C "Farmer" White, cricketer (Somerset slow lefty 1909-37)
1909 - Charlie Walker, South Aust cricket wicket-keeper (toured but no Tests)
1916 - Eddie Arcaro, jockey (1958 Racing Hall of Fame, 2 triple crowns)
1924 - Bruce Norris, NHL owner (Detroit Red Wings)
1925 - Leslie Laing, Linstead Jamaica, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-gold-1952)
1937 - Norman O'Neill, cricketer (great Aussie bat of 60's Brilliant field)
1938 - Penny Zavichas, LPGA golfer
1945 - Jon Whiteley, actor (Moonfleet)
1954 - Socrates, Brazilian footballer
1956 - Steve Randell, Tasmanian cricket Test umpire (international panel)
1957 - Dave "Smoke" Stewart, Oakland Calif, pitcher (Oakland Athletic)
1961 - Justin Fashanu, English footballer (d. 1998)
1961 - Andy Wallace, English race car driver
1962 - Alvaro Espinoza, Venezuela, baseball shortstop (NY Yanks, NY Mets)
1962 - Hana Mandlikova, Prague Czechoslovakia, tennis player (1985 US Open)
1965 - John Commins, cricketer (South African Test batsman v NZ 1994-95)
1966 - Matthew Ryan, Port Jefferson NY, team Handball circle (Olympics-1996)
1966 - Paul Haarhuis, Eindhoven Neth, tennis star (1994 US/Austral doubles)
1966 - Peter Douris, Toronto, NHL right wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
1966 - William White, NFL safety (KC Chiefs, Atlanta Falcons)
1966 - Enzo Scifo, Belgian footballer
1967 - Roel Liefden, soccer player (Dordrecht '90, FC Groningen)
1968 - Rob Dimaio, Calgary, NHL right wing (Phila Flyers)
1970 - Garland Hawkins, NFL defensive end (Chic Bears)
1970 - Ruwan Kalpage, cricket off-spinner (Sri Lankan)
1971 - Glyn Milburn, NFL running back/kick returner (Den Broncos, Det Lions)
1971 - Richard Green, Australasia golfer
1971 - Wally Williams, NFL center/guard (Cleve Browns, Baltimore Ravens)
1971 - William Henderson, NFL running back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1973 - Masafumi Kawaguchi, WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals)
1973 - Terrence Rencher, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns)
1973 - Tommy Bennett, safety (Arizona Cardinals)
1974 - Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Sochi Russia, tennis star (1995 doubles-Hamburg)
1975 - Raymond Graanoogst, Suriname/Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht)
1975 - Mikko Kavén, Finnish footballer
1977 - Gianluca Zambrotta, Italian footballer
1978 - Michalis Konstantinou, Greek-Cypriot footballer
1979 - Clinton Morrison, Irish footballer
1979 - Steve Cherundolo, American soccer player
1980 - Mike Miller, American basketball player
1981 - Gil Reyes, American boxer
1981 - Nicky Shorey, English footballer
1986 - Kyle Chipchura, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 - Henri Karjalainen, Finnish racing driver
1986 - Marta, Brazilian footballer
Deaths in Sport
Results 1 - 7 of 7
1892 - Monty Bowden, cricket Capt (England v S Africa 1889), dies at 26
1941 - Alexander Josiah Webbe, English Cricket keeper (v Aus 1879), dies
1957 - Maurice Garin, French cyclist (b. 1871)
1977 - Mike González, Cuban baseball player (b. 1890)
1994 - Renske Vellinga, Dutch speed-skater, dies in auto-accident at 19
1996 - Charles O Finley, baseball owner (Oakland A's), dies at 76
1997 - Stanley Pearson, footballer, dies at 76
