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Events in Sport

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1874 - Mjr Walter Winfield patents game called "sphairistike" (lawn tennis)
1894 - Stanley Cup: Montreal AAA's awarded cup by trustees as Ottawa refuses to travel to Toronto to play
1906 - Tommy Burns beats Marvin Hart in 20 for Heavyweight boxing title
1934 - Casey Stengel becomes manager of Brooklyn Dodgers
1938 - Joe Louis KOs Nathan Mann in 3 for Heavyweight boxing title
1959 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open
1967 - Ted Workman replaces Senator Keith Davey as CFL commissioner
1968 - Wilt Chamberlain becomes 1st NBAer to score 25,000 points
1971 - Boston Bruins begin 13 NHL game win streak
1975 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
1980 - 13th Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, NY
1980 - Eric Heiden wins all 5 Speed Skating golds at Lake Placid Olympics
1985 - Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight throws a chair during a game
1986 - Despite losing, Red Sox Wade Boggs gets largest arbitration ($1.35M)
1986 - Mary Beth Zimmerman wins LPGA Standard Register/Samaritan Golf Classic
1987 - Dick Howser retires from managing KC Royals, due to brain tumor
1988 - Chicago gives Cubs right to install lights & play up to 18 night games
1991 - NC is 1st NCAA basketball team to win 1,500 games
1991 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
1992 - 16th Winter Olympic games closes in Albertville, France
1993 - Sacramento Gold Miners admitted as CFL's 9th franchise (1st US team)
1994 - Indians owner Richard Jacobs announces he will pay $10 million to name baseball field (Jacobs Field) at Gateway (becomes official 3/23)
1997 - American Express Senior Golf Invitational
1997 - Jeff Sluman wins Tucson Golf Classic
1997 - Tucson Chrysler Golf Classic

Birthdays in Sport

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1865 - Barney Dreyfuss, baseball owner (Pitts Pirates)
1891 - Harold Horder, Australian Rugby League player (d. 1978)
1909 - Frank Ward, cricketer (Australian leggie late 30s)
1913 - Charles Leonard, US, pentathelete (Olympic-1936)
1914 - Theofiel Middelkamp, Dutch cyclist (d. 2005)
1916 - George Abel, Canada, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1972)
1919 - Johnny Carey, soccer star
1923 - Dante Lavelli, AAFC/NFL end wide receiver (Cleveland Browns)
1925 - Ian Smith, cricket leg-spinner (S Afr 1947-58 avg 64.08)
1929 - Elston Howard, Yankee catcher (1st black NY Yankee/1963 AL MVP)
1930 - Harry Boldt, German Fed Rep, Equestrian Dressage (Olympic-gold-1976)
1933 - Lee Calhoun, Laurel Miss, hurdler (Olympics-gold-56, 60)
1933 - Lee Quencey Calhoun, Laurel MS, 110m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)
1937 - Tom Osborne, College Football coach
1939 - Josef Feistmantl, Austria, lugeist (Olympic-gold-1964)
1941 - Robin Bynoe, cricketer (WI opening batsman in 4 Tests 1959-67)
1941 - Ron Hunt, baseball player
1943 - Bobby Wayne Mitchell, Chatham VA, PGA golfer (1971 Cleveland Open)
1943 - Fred Biletnikoff, NFL wide receiver
1947 - Geoff Cope, cricketer (England off-spinner 1977-78)
1949 - Anna-Maria Muller, German DR, Luge (Olympic-gold-1972)
1951 - Ed "Too Tall" Jones, NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys)
1953 - Satoru Nakajima, Japanese racing driver
1959 - John Arthur Wilson, Ceres CA, PGA golfer (1994 Anheuser-Busch-4th)
1960 - Cindy Figg-Currier, Mt Pleasant MI, golfer (1994 Brit Open-6th)
1963 - Bobby Bonilla, NYC, outfielder (NY Mets, Balt Orioles, Marlins)
1964 - Byron Evans, NFL linebacker (Phila Eagles)
1965 - Helena Sukova, Prague Czech Rep, tennis star (1985 US Open's Double)
1966 - John Druce, Peterborough, NHL right wing (Phila Flyers, LA Kings)
1967 - Gord Murphy, Willowdale, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)
1967 - Steven C Stricker, Edgerton WI, PGA golfer (1994 Northern Telecom-2nd)
1969 - Ed McDaniel, NFL linebacker (Minn Vikings)
1969 - Michael Campbell, Hawera NZ, Australasia golfer
1969 - Marc Wauters, Belgian cyclist
1971 - Carin Hjalmarsson Koch, Kungalv Sweden, golfer (1995 Pinewild-7th)
1971 - Don Maxwell, Canadian cricketer
1972 - Greg Hill, NFL running back (KC Chiefs)
1972 - Jamie Watson, NBA forward (Utah Jazz)
1972 - Ryan Grigson, NFL guard/tackle (Detroit Lions)
1972 - Steve Papin, WLAF running back (Scotland Claymores)
1973 - Robert Pipkins, Staten Island NY, luger (Olympics-1994)
1974 - Herschelle Gibbs, cricketer (South African Test batsman 1996)
1974 - Kenyon Cotton, full back (Baltimore Ravens)
1975 - Bohdan Utihrach, Czech, tennis star
1975 - Chris Garner, NBA guard (Toronto Raptors)
1975 - Pat Barnes, quarterback (KC Chiefs)
1976 - Jeff O'Neill, Richmond Hill, NHL center (Hartford Whalers)
1976 - Scott Elarton, American baseball player
1977 - Angie Trostel, Oxford Ohio, diver (Olympics-96)
1977 - Dally Randriantefy, Antananarivo Madag, tennis star (1993 Marseille)
1978 - Karolina Rantamaki, ice hockey left wing (Finland, Oly-98)
1980 - Yvonne Tousek, Kitchener Ontario, gymnistic (Olympics-96)
1981 - Gareth Barry, English footballer
1981 - Charles Tillman, American football player
1983 - Mirco Bergamasco, Italian rugby player
1983 - Mido, Egyptian footballer
1986 - Jerod Mayo, American Football player

Deaths in Sport

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1913 - Jimmy Sinclair, cricketer (3 centuries in 25 Test S Afr career), dies
1937 - Claude Buckenham, cricketer (21 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies
1960 - Arthur Legat, Belgian racing driver (b. 1898)
1961 - Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies
1970 - Hirsch Jacobs, American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner (b. 1904)
1996 - Freddie Stocks, cricket (cent on debut & wkt on 1st ball, Notts), dies
2000 - Stanley Matthews, English footballer (b. 1915)
2006 - Telmo Zarraonaindía, Spanish footballer (b. 1921)
2007 - John Ritchie, British footballer (b. 1941)
2008 - Paul Frère, Belgian race car driver and motorsport journalist (b. 1917)