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Events in Sport

Results 1 - 27 of 27

1903 - Barney Dreyfuss & James Potter buys Phila Phillies for $170,000
1906 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Queen's U (Kingston Ont) in 2 games
1912 - Victor Trumper's last Test Cricket innings c Woolley b Barnes 50
1929 - Chic Black Hawks lose record NHL 15th straight game at home
1931 - Canadian Rugby Union adopts the forward pass
1940 - 1st televised basketball game (U of Pitts beats Fordham U, 50-37)
1954 - Patty Berg/Pete Cooper wins LPGA Orlando Mixed Golf Tournament
1957 - Jockey Johnny Longden's 5,000th career victory
1958 - West Indies 1-504 in reply to Pakistan 328, day 3 of 3rd Test Cricket
1959 - NFL trade, Chicago Cards trade Ollie Matson to LA Rams for 9 players
1960 - 8th winter Olympic games close at Squaw Valley, Colo
1960 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
1960 - US wins Olympic hockey gold medal by defeating Czechoslovakia 9-4
1966 - Sandy Koufax & Don Drysdale begin a joint holdout against Dodgers
1967 - Wilt Chamberlain sinks NBA record 35th consecutive field goal
1970 - Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge
1970 - Caroline Walker runs world female record marathon (3:02:53)
1971 - 53rd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at PGA Natl FL Jack Nicklaus wins his 2nd golf grand slam
1981 - Calvin Murphy (Hou), sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws
1982 - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Arizona Copper Golf Classic
1986 - Peter Uberroth suspended 7 baseball players for 1 year, after they admitted in Curtis Strong's trial in September, they used drugs
1988 - 15th Winter Olympic games close at Calgary, Canada
1988 - Pat Verbeek becomes 1st NJ Devil to score 4 goals in an NHL game
1989 - Red Schoendienst & Al Barlick elected to baseball's Hall of Fame
1991 - Don Mattingly named 10th NY Yankee Captain
1993 - Iolanda Chen triple jumps world indoor record hop step (14.46m)
1998 - Vancouver Canucks Mark Messier is 4th NHLer to get 1,600 points

Birthdays in Sport

Results 1 - 71 of 71

1917 - Hans Deutgen, Sweden, world champion archer
1929 - Hayden Fry, American football coach
1930 - Frank Malzone, baseball player
1933 - Robert Grondelaers, Belgian cyclist (d.1989)
1935 - Clive Halse, cricketer (S Afr fast bowler on 1963-64 Aust/NZ tour)
1939 - Charles Brown, Cin Oh, featherweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1964)
1940 - Mario Andretti, race-car driver (1969 Indianapolis 500)
1942 - Dino Zoff, Italian footballer
1944 - Sepp Maier, German footballer
1945 - Charles "Bubba" Smith, Tx, NFLer (Balt Colts)/actor (Police Academy)
1946 - Graham Vivian, cricketer (son of Giff, 5 Tests for NZ 1965-72)
1951 - Gustavo Thoeni, Italy, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1972)
1951 - Karsan Ghavri, cricketer (Indian lefty medium pacer early 80s)
1952 - Melissa Babish, SC, swimmer (Olympic)
1953 - Ingo Hoffmann, Brazilian racing driver
1954 - Brian Billick, American football coach
1955 - Adrian Dantley, Wash DC, NBA forward (Olympic-gold-1976, Utah Jazz)
1956 - Jimmy Nicholl, Canadian-born Northern Irish footballer
1957 - Ian Smith, cricket wicket-keeper (NZ of the 80's)
1957 - Jeff Woodland, Papua New Guinea, Nike golfer (1991 Dakota Dunes Open)
1958 - Mark Pavelich, NHLer (NY Rangers)
1961 - Barry McGuigan, British(?) boxer
1961 - Wayne Smith, Albany WA, Australasia golfer
1961 - Eric Bachelart, Belgian racing driver
1962 - Angela Bailey, England, Canadian 4X100m relayer (Olympic-silver-1984)
1962 - Chunli Li, Auckland NZ, table tennis player (Olympics-96)
1963 - Claudio Chiappucci, Italian cyclist
1964 - Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, Uzbekistan cyclist
1965 - Duane Ferrell, NBA forward (SF Warriors, Indiana Pacers)
1965 - Mikko Makela, Tampere Finland, NHL right wing (NY Islanders)
1966 - Erik van Kessel, Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht)
1966 - Tim Goad, NFL defensive tackle (Cleve Browns)
1966 - Vincent Askew, NBA guard/forward (Seattle Supersonics, Trailblazers)
1966 - Paulo Futre, Portuguese footballer
1967 - Antone Davis, NFL tackle (Atlanta Falcons, Phila Eagles)
1967 - Jeff[rey] Pfaendtner, Detroit, rower (Olympics-bronze-1996)
1967 - Colin Cooper, English footballer
1968 - J T Snow, US baseball 1st baseman (NY Yankees, Calif Angels)
1968 - Mike Milchin, Knoxville TN, pitcher (Minn Twins)
1969 - Shawn McEachern, Waltham MA, NHL forward (Boston Bruins, Senators)
1969 - Butch Leitzinger, American race car driver
1970 - Noureddine Morceli, Algeria, 1500m runner (Olympics-gold-96)
1972 - Melisa Moses, Jacksonville FL, diver (Olympics-4th-96)
1972 - Scott Gragg, NFL tackle (NY Giants)
1973 - Demetrice Martin, WLAF cornerback (Scotland Claymores)
1973 - Eric Lindros, London Ontario, NHL center (Phila Flyers)
1973 - Gary Walker, NFL defensive tackle/defensive end (Houston Oilers)
1973 - Henry Bailey, NFL wide receiver/kick returner (Pitts Steelers)
1973 - Nicolas Minassian, French racing driver
1974 - Katie Allen, Australian field hockey full back/half back (Olympics-96)
1974 - Kevin Abrams, cornerback (Detroit Lions)
1974 - Michael Swift, WLAF CB (Rhein Fire)
1974 - Lee Carsley, Irish footballer
1975 - Azhar Mahmood, cricket pace bowler (Pakistani ODI 1996)
1975 - Mike Rucker, American football player
1976 - Angie Kennedy, Nambour QLD Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1977 - Aki-Petteri Berg, NHL defenseman (Team Finland Oly-Bronze-1998, Kings)
1978 - Benjamin Raich, Austrian Olympic skier
1978 - Jamaal Tinsley, American basketball player
1978 - Mariano Zabaleta, Argentine tennis player
1979 - Virginia Ledgerwood, Chester Va, rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-96)
1979 - Sébastien Bourdais, French racing driver
1979 - Ivo Karlović, Croatian tennis player
1980 - Pascal Bosschaart, Dutch footballer
1980 - Piotr Giza, Polish footballer
1980 - Lucian Bute, Romanian-born Quebec boxer
1980 - Tayshaun Prince, American basketball player
1981 - Brian Bannister, American baseball player
1981 - Florent Serra, French tennis player
1985 - Jelena Janković, Serbian tennis player
1987 - Kerrea Gilbert, English footballer

Deaths in Sport

Results 1 - 9 of 9

1912 - Bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies
1931 - Ban Johnson, created (baseball's AL), dies after a long illness
1953 - Jim Thorpe, decathlete (Olympics-gold-1912), dies at 64
1972 - Victor Barna, table tennis champ, dies
1980 - Ian Alexander Ross Peebles, cricketer (45 wkts for England), dies
1984 - Leslie Walcott, cricketer (Test for WI v England 1930), dies
1990 - Colin Milburn, cricketer (9 Tests for England, 654 runs), dies
1990 - Tuppy Owen-Smith, S Afr cricketer (batsman v England 1929), dies
1995 - Keith Rigg, cricketer (8 Tests for Australia 1931-37), dies