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Events in Sport

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1860 - Organized baseball played in SF for 1st time
1888 - John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans (Yonkers NY)
1892 - Manitoba Rugby Football Union forms
1927 - ARC soccer team forms in Alphen on the Rhine
1956 - 1st British soccer match at Kunstlicht: Portsmouth vs Newcastle United
1957 - Jockey Ted Atkinson, 3,500th win
1957 - Walter O'Malley says Dodgers may play 10 exhibitions in Calif in 1958
1959 - 1st Daytona 500 auto race-Lee Petty wins (135.521 MPH)
1962 - Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record with 34 free throw attempts
1967 - Sling-shot goal post & 6' wide border around field are standard in NFL
1969 - Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st female jockey to win at a major US track
1976 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic
1980 - USA beats USSR in Olympic hockey 4-3 en route to a gold medal
1981 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Bent Tree Ladies Golf Classic
1984 - Brothers Anton & Peter Stastny score 8 pts each for NHL Quebec
1990 - 1st day India v NZ cricket at Auckland NZ 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps
1991 - Test Cricket debut of Sanath Jayasuriya, vs NZ at Hamilton
1992 - Lisa Walters wins LPGA Itoki Hawaiian Ladies Open Golf Tournament
1997 - Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open
1998 - 18th Winter Olympic games close at Nagano Japan

Birthdays in Sport

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1874 - Bill Klem, American baseball umpire (d. 1951)
1884 - Abraham "Abe" Attell, boxing hall of famer
1891 - Jan Wils, Holland, architect/designer (Amsterdam's Olympic Stadium)
1896 - Edvin Wide, Sweden, 10K runner (Olympic-silver-1924)
1911 - Bill Baker, American baseball player (d. 2006)
1915 - Gus Lesnevich, light heavyweight boxing champ (1947 fight of year)
1917 - Jack Robertson, cricketer (superb Engld batsman only played 11 Tests)
1918 - Charles O Finley, baseball team owner (Oakland A's)
1918 - Sid Abel, NHLer (1948-49 Hart Trophy)
1918 - Charlie Finley, American sports entrepreneur (d. 1996)
1922 - Jesús Iglesias, Argentine racing driver (d. 2005)
1929 - Ryne Duren, near-sighted pitcher (NY Yankees)
1933 - Bobby Smith, English footballer
1934 - George "Sparky" Anderson, SD, baseball manager (Reds, Tigers)
1937 - Noel Murphy, British(?) rugby player
1937 - Tommy Aaron, Gainesville GA, PGA golfer (1973 Masters)
1939 - Steve Barber, pitcher (Balt Orioles, NY Yankees)
1940 - Chet Walker, NBA all-star forward (Chicago Bulls)
1943 - Dick Van Arsdale, NBA all-star (NY Knicks, Phoenix Suns)
1943 - Tom Van Arsdale, NBA all-star (Detroit, Cincinnati, KC-Omaha, Phil)
1944 - Ranjit Fernando, Sri Lankan cricket wicketkeeper (1975 World Cup)
1944 - Tom Okker, tennis star
1948 - Dennis Awtrey, NBA center (Chicago Bulls, Suns)
1949 - Nikki Lauda, Austria, formula 1 auto racer (world champ 1975, 77, 84)
1949 - Olga Morozova, Russian tennis player
1950 - Julius Erving, ABA/NBA forward (Virg Squirers, NY Nets, Phila 76ers)
1952 - Wayne John Levi, Little Falls NY, PGA golfer (1983 Buick Open)
1955 - Tim Young, Canadian ice hockey player
1956 - Amy Alcott, Kansas City MO, LPGA golfer (1983 Nabisco Dinah Shore)
1961 - Mike Morris, NFL center (Minn Vikings)
1962 - Lisa Jacquin, equestrian show jumper (Olympics-96)
1963 - Dave Besteman, Madison Wis, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
1963 - Devon Malcolm, cricketer (in Jamaica England fast bowler 1989-95)
1963 - Vijay Singh, Lautoka Fiji, PGA golfer (1993 Buick Classic)
1964 - Gigi Fernandez, [Beatriz], San Juan PR, US tennis star (Olymp-gold-96)
1965 - Chris Dudley, NBA center (NY Knicks, Portland Trail Blazers)
1965 - Joe Reekie, Victoria, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
1965 - Pat LaFontaine, St Louis Mo, NHL center (NY Islanders, NY Rangers)
1966 - Brent Severyn, Vegreville, NHL defenseman (NY Islanders)
1967 - Marianne Ihalainen, ice hockey right wing (Finland, Oly-98)
1967 - Steve Broussard, NFL running back (Seattle Seahawks)
1968 - Abeyratne Samarasekera, UAE cricket all-rounder (1996 World Cup)
1968 - Jayson Williams, NBA center (NJ Nets)
1968 - Johanne Samarasekera, UAE cricket opening bowler (96 World Cup)
1968 - Reggie Rivers, NFL running back (Denver Broncos)
1969 - Kahryn Tough, Calgary Alberta, volleyball (Olympics-96)
1969 - Leslie Spalding, Billings MT, golfer (Montana Women's Amat-90, 91)
1969 - Mark Chmura, NFL tight end (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1969 - Shawn Jefferson, NFL wide receiver (SD Chargers, NE Patriots)
1969 - Brian Laudrup, Danish footballer
1970 - Adam Keefe, NBA forward (Utah Jazz)
1970 - Dominic Roussel, Hull, NHL goalie (Winnipeg Jets)
1971 - Gilbert Brown, NFL defensive tackle (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1971 - Jason Marshall, Cranbrook, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
1971 - Lisa Fernandez, Lakewood Calif, softball pitcher (Olympics-gold-96)
1971 - Max Lane, NFL tackle (NE Patriots)
1971 - Mohammed Sylla, soccer player (Willem II, FC Martigues)
1971 - Rico Mack, WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals)
1972 - Michael Chang, Hoboken NJ, tennis star (1989 French Open)
1973 - James Christensen, NFL guard (Atlanta Falcons)
1973 - Kate Sage, Australian field hockey forward (Olympics-96)
1973 - Ntala Skinner, Sun Valley Idaho, biathelete (Olympics-1994)
1973 - Juninho Paulista, Brazilian footballer
1973 - Claus Lundekvam, Norwegian footballer
1974 - Aaron Gavey, Sudbury, NHL center (Tampa Bay Lightning)
1974 - Kyoko Nagatsuka, Shizuoka Prefecture Japan, tennis star (1996 Hobart)
1975 - Charles O'Bannon, NBA guard (Detroit Pistons)
1976 - Faan Rautenbach, South African rugby player
1977 - Melanie Schnell, Radstadt Austria, tennis star (1994 semi Surabaya)
1977 - Hakan Yakin, Swiss footballer
1979 - Brett Emerton, Australian footballer
1981 - Fredson Camara, Brazilian footballer
1985 - Hameur Bouazza, Algerian footballer
1986 - Rajon Rondo, American basketball player
1988 - Przemysław Kazimierczak, Polish footballer

Deaths in Sport

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1968 - Omer CFL Tulippe, Belgian geographer, dies at 71
1977 - Jack O'Connor, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests for England 1929-30), dies
1983 - Romain Maes, Belgian bicyclist (Tour de France 1935), dies at 70
1996 - Helmut Schoen, soccer coach, dies at 80
1999 - Menno Oosting, Dutch tennis player (b. 1964)
2004 - Andy Seminick, American baseball player (b. 1920)
2004 - Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1917)
2007 - Dennis Johnson, American basketball player (b. 1954)