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Events in Sport

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1876 - Baseball's National League forms with teams in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, St Louis
1892 - Longest boxing match under modern rules; 77 rounds in Nameoki, Illinois between Harry Sharpe & Frank Crosby
1943 - Cubs return to original uniform after experimenting with a vest
1944 - Baseball meets in NYC to discuss postwar action
1949 - Golfing champ Ben Hogan seriously injured in an auto accident
1954 - Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 113 pts in basketball game
1958 - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Havana Biltmore Golf Open
1959 - Vince Lombardi signs a 5 year contract to coach Green Bay Packers
1962 - 1st Pole Vault over 16' (4.88m) (John Uelses-16', Melrose Games)
1964 - Sjoukje Dijkstra (Neth) wins Olympic gold for Figure Skating
1967 - Formation of American Basketball Association is announced
1969 - Stan Coveleski & Waite Hoyt are voted into Baseball Hall of Fame
1970 - Pete Maravich becomes 1st to score 3,000 college basketball points
1973 - Test Cricket debut of Richard John Hadlee, NZ v Pakistan, Wellington
1974 - Smallest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Golden State-1,641)
1975 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
1977 - Toronto's Ian Turnbull scores 5 goals, NHL REcord for a defenseman
1986 - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1986 - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 28-24
1987 - KC Royal pitcher Dennis Leonard (3X 20 game winner), retires
1988 - David Boon's 6th Test Cricket century, 184* v England at Sydney
1992 - Colleen Walker wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic
1992 - David Boon's 13 Test Cricket century, 107 v India at Perth
1992 - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 21-15
1995 - Henry Olonga no-balled for throwing in Zimbabwe-Pakistan Test Cricket
1997 - Mark O'Meara wins Pebble Beach National Golf Pro-am
1997 - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 26-23 (OT)
1997 - Royal Caribbean Senior Golf Classic

Birthdays in Sport

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1881 - Karl Frederick, pistol champ (Olympic-gold-1920)
1891 - Frank Foyston, NHL Hall of Famer (Seattle)
1893 - Raoul Riganti, Argentine racing driver (d. 1970)
1895 - George S Halas, [Papa Bear], end/coach (Bears), co-founder NFL
1900 - Asa Smith Bushnell Jr, Springfield Ohio, Sec of US Olympics (1945-65)
1900 - Willie Kamm, MLB third baseman (d. 1988)
1908 - Clarence "Buster" Crabbe, Calif, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1932)/actor
1908 - Wes Ferrell, All-Star MLB pitcher (d. 1976)
1915 - Stan Leonard, Canadian professional golfer (d. 2005)
1919 - Allie Reynolds, NY Yankee pitcher (1952 AL ERA leader (2.07))
1923 - Al "Red" Schoendienst, baseball manager/2nd baseman (St Louis Cards)
1937 - Martina Arroyo, NYC, opera soprano (NY Met)
1937 - Don Buford, All-Star MLB outfielder
1940 - Wayne Fontes, American football coach
1947 - Aleksandr Medved, USSR, wrestler (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72)
1950 - Osamu Kido, wrestler (NJPW/UWF)
1953 - Penny Pulz, LPGA golfer
1954 - Jayantha Amerasinghe, cricketer (2 Tests for Sri Lanka v NZ 1983)
1958 - Dexter Manley, NFLer (Wash Redskins)
1960 - Lee Chill, Cleveland Ohio, Canadian Tour golfer (1977 Ohio Jr)
1961 - Joey Benjamin, cricket pace bowler (in St Kitts England in 1994)
1962 - Ben Testerman, Knoxville Tenn, tennis star
1962 - Paul Kilgus, baseball player
1965 - Harry Swayne, NFL tackle (SD Chargers, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1965 - Carl Airey, English footballer
1966 - Andrei Chesnokov, Russia, tennis star
1966 - Bob Alan Estes, Graham TX, PGA golfer (1994 Texas Open)
1966 - Tony Plourde, Chibougamau Quebec, sabre (Olympics-96)
1966 - Victor Muhammad, WLAF running back (London Monarchs)
1968 - Paul McKenzie, Australian Finn class yachter (Olympics-96)
1968 - Sari Krooks, ice hockey right wing (Finland, Oly-98)
1968 - Scott Erickson, Long Beach CA, pitcher (Minnesota Twins, Balt Orioles)
1968 - Sean Elliott, NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs)
1968 - Steve Henson, NBA guard (Detroit Pistons)
1968 - Ventson Donelson, CFL cornerback (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1969 - Ijaz Ahmed Jr, cricketer (one Test Pakistan v Sri Lanka 1995)
1969 - Jeff Christy, corner (Minnesota Vikings)
1969 - Jody Hull, Cambridge, NHL right wing (Florida Panthers)
1969 - Valeri Karpin, Russian footballer
1969 - Tim Sherwood, English footballer
1970 - Chris Luneburg, WLAF T (London Monarchs)
1970 - Diego Martos, WLAF linebacker (Barcelona Dragons)
1970 - Erik ten Hag, soccer player (FC Twente, RKC, FC Utrecht)
1970 - Ivan Vukov, soccer player (FC Volendam)
1970 - Nikolaos Michopoulos, Greek footballer
1970 - Roar Strand, Norwegian footballer
1971 - Ken Dilger, NFL tight end (Indianapolis Colts)
1972 - Charlie Williams, NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys)
1972 - Ivan Droppa, Liptovsky Mikulas CZE, NHL defenseman (Chicago)
1972 - Lance Brown, NFL defensive back (Arizona Cardinals)
1973 - Dan Brandenburg, linebacker (Buffalo Bills)
1973 - Jose White, WLAF/NFL defensive tackle (Minn Vikings, Frankfurt Galaxy)
1973 - Patrick Jeffers, NFL wide reciever (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1973 - Radka Bobkova, Prague Czech Rep, tennis star (quarter Bournemouth)
1973 - Tim Denton, NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons)
1974 - David Buck, Honolulu Hawaii, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
1974 - J R Conrad, offensive tackle/guard (NY Jets)
1974 - Jeff Cassar, soccer goalkeeper (Olympics-gold-96)
1975 - Macey Brooks, wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys)
1975 - Todd Bertuzzi, Sudbury, NHL right wing (NY Islanders)
1975 - Ieroklis Stoltidis, Greek footballer
1975 - Vaggelis Koutsoures, Greek footballer
1976 - Steven Dewick, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1977 - Libor Sionko, Czech football player
1978 - Annabel Ellwood, Canberra Australia, tennis star (1995 Futures NC)
1978 - Barry Ferguson, Scotish football player
1979 - Lindsay Langston, Modesto Calif, archer (Olympics-1996)
1979 - Petra Cada, Prague Czech, Canadian Table Tennis player (Olympics-96)
1979 - Fani Halkia, Greek hurdler
1979 - Irini Terzoglou, Greek shot putter
1980 - Oleguer Presas, Spanish football player
1981 - Jason Kapono, American basketball player
1982 - Sergio Castaño, Spanish footballer
1982 - Kelly Mazzante, American basketball player
1987 - Gerard Piqué, Spanish football player

Deaths in Sport

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1918 - John L Sullivan, Mass, Heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 59
1959 - Frank DeCaires, cricketer (WI bat v Eng 1930, 3 Tests 232 runs), dies
1969 - Giovanni Martinelli, opera singer (NY Met), dies at 83
1976 - Harry Elliott, England cricket wicketkeeper (3 Tests 1927-34), dies
1979 - Jim Burke, cricketer (Australian opener), commits suicide
1983 - Bryan Valentine, cricketer (7 Tests for England, 454 runs), dies
1987 - Castilho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1927)
1989 - Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater (b. 1951)
1990 - Joe Erskine, Welsh boxer (b. 1934)
1995 - Fred Perry, English tennis star (Wimbledon 1934-36), dies at 85
2005 - Max Schmeling, German boxer (b. 1905)
2007 - Masao Takemoto, Japanese gymnast (b. 1919)