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Events in Sport

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1874 - Baseball 1st played in England, at Lord's Cricket Grounds
1925 - Test Cricket debut of Clarrie Grimmett, who took 5-45 & 6-37 v England
1927 - For 2nd Sunday in a row golfers in SC arrested for violating Sabbath
1937 - Bradman scores 169 in 5th Test Cricket v England in 223 minutes
1955 - Betty Jameson wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open
1959 - Chicago Cards trade running back Ollie Matson to LA Rams for 9 players
1959 - Boston Celtic Bob Cousy sets NBA record with 28 assists Boston Celtics score 173 points against Minneapolis Lakers
1960 - US Olympic Ice Hockey Team beats USSR 3-2 en route to gold medal
1963 - Mickey Mantle of NY Yankees sign a baseball contract worth $100,000
1973 - Dick Allen signs a record $675,000 3-yr contract with White Sox
1973 - White Sox slugger Dick Allen signs 3-year $750,000 contract
1977 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic
1982 - Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), hits on 63rd consecutive free throw
1983 - Jan Stephenson wins Tucson Conquistadores LPGA Golf Tournament
1987 - Mike Conley triple jumps world indoor record (17.76m)
1987 - NCAA cancels SMU's entire 1987 football schedule for gross violations of NCAA rules regarding athletic corruption
1988 - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Orient Leasing Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
1988 - Bonnie Blair (US) wins Olympic 500m speed skating in record 39.1
1988 - Katarina Witt (GDR) wins 2nd consecutive Olympic figure skating
1992 - Larry Smith, named 9th Commissioner of the CFL
1992 - Tiger Woods, 16, becomes youngest PGA golfer in 35 years
1994 - 17th Winter Olympic games closes in Lillehammer, Norway

Birthdays in Sport

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1877 - Walter Briggs, Sr., American entrepreneur and sports team owner (d. 1952)
1898 - Allison Danzig, sports writer (Tennis Pictorial History)
1902 - Ethelda Bleibtrey, 100m/300m US swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1920)
1902 - Gene Sarazen, Harrison NY, PGA golfer (Masters 1935, US Open 1922, 32)
1903 - Reginald Gardiner, Wimbledon England, actor (Great Dictator)
1904 - André Leducq, French cyclist (d. 1980)
1904 - Chick Fullis, American baseball player (d. 1946)
1906 - Alexander Matheson, NZ cricket pace bowler (2 Tests 1930-31)
1910 - Ted Horn, American race car driver (d. 1948)
1920 - Reg Simpson, cricketer (prolific England opener 1948-55)
1924 - Norman Marshall, cricketer (brother of Roy, one Test for WI 1955)
1929 - Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer
1929 - Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league footballer and coach (d. 2008)
1933 - Raymond Berry, Texas, NFL hall of famer (Baltimore Colts)
1937 - L Jay Silvester, US, discus thrower (Olympic-silver-1972)
1939 - Lester King, cricketer (WI fast bowler, 2 Tests 1962-68, 9 wkts)
1939 - Peter Revson, auto racer (1971 Indianapolis pole winner)
1944 - Graeme Pollock, cricketer (South African batting prodigy)
1947 - Ashley Woodcock, cricketer (one Test Aust v NZ 1974, only knock 27)
1952 - Dwight Elmo Jones, Houston Tx, basketball player (Olymp-silver-1972)
1958 - Naas Botha, South African rugby union footballer
1960 - Andres Gomez, Ecuador, tennis pro (Madrid Grand Prix-1990)
1960 - John van Grinsven, soccer player (MVV)
1961 - James Worthy, NBA forward (LA Lakers, 1988 Playoff MVP)
1962 - Kory Tarpenning, Portland Oregon, pole vaulter
1962 - Veronica Ribot-Canales, Buenos Aires Argentina, US diver (Olympics-96)
1963 - Francesco Cancellotti, Italy, tennis star
1964 - April Heinrichs, Littleton Colo, US women's soccer coach (Olympic-96)
1964 - Richard de Vries, soccer player (De Graafschap)
1965 - Sandra Cecchini, Bologna Italy, tennis star (1995 Warsaw doubles)
1966 - Chris Howard, US baseball catcher (Seattle Mariners)
1966 - Pete Smith, US baseball player (Atlanta Braves, NY Mets)
1967 - Dallas Eakins, Dade City, NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets)
1967 - Robert Kron, Brno Cze, NHL right wing (Hartford Whalers)
1968 - Loy Vaught, NBA forward (LA Clippers)
1968 - Mike Sullivan, Marshfield, NHL center (Calgary Flames)
1968 - Ron Cox, NFL linebacker (Chic Bears)
1969 - Greg Stevenson, Sherbrooke Quebec, rower (Olympics-11-92, 96)
1969 - Robert Massey, NFL cornerback (NY Giants)
1969 - Robert Molenaar, Dutch soccer player (FC Volendam)
1969 - Willie Banks, US baseball pitcher (Chicago Cubs)
1970 - David White, NFL linebacker (Buffalo Bills)
1970 - Kent Desormeaux, American jockey
1971 - Ivan Robinson, Phila Pa, US boxer (Olympic-92)
1971 - Jaroslav Modry, Ceske-budejovice C, NHL defenseman (Ottawa Senators)
1971 - Rich Tylski, guard/center (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1973 - Terence Davis, WLAF wide receiver (London Monarchs)
1973 - Mark Taylor, Welsh rugby union footballer
1974 - Chris Dishman, guard (Arizona Cardinals)
1974 - Jim Maher, cricketer (Queensland lefty batsman victorious 1995 side)
1975 - Duce Staley, running back (Philadelphia Eagles)
1975 - Marcus Robinson, wide receiver (Chicago Bears)
1975 - Prodromos Korkizoglou, Greek decathlete
1976 - Tony Gonzalez, tight end (KC Chiefs)
1978 - James Beattie, English footballer
1983 - Devin Harris, American basketball player
1984 - Lotta Schelin, Swedish female footballer
1984 - David Noel, American basketball player
1985 - Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Russian Footballer

Deaths in Sport

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1921 - Schofield Haigh, cricketer (Eng all-rounder 11 Tests 1898-1912), dies
1947 - Mackinnon of Mackinnon, cricketer (Tests Eng v Aust 1879), dies at 89
1961 - Platt Adams, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1912), dies
1975 - Neville Cardus, writer/cricketer, dies
1986 - Jacques Plante, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
1996 - Pat Smythe, show jumper, dies at 67
2008 - Myron Cope, American sports broadcaster (b. 1929)