This Day in Sport for 29th February

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Events in Sport

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1964 - NC high school basketball teams play to 56-54 score in 13 overtime
1972 - Hank Aaron becomes 1st baseball player to sign for $200,000 a year
1980 - Gordie Howe becomes 1st NHL player to score 800 career goals
1988 - Mark Greatbatch scores 107* v England on Test Cricket debut
1992 - Dawn Coe wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1996 - Kenya defeat West Indies (all out 93) in Cricket World Cup

Birthdays in Sport

Results 1 - 28 of 28

1904 - John "Pepper" Martin, baseballer (NL stolen base leader 1933,34,36)
1908 - Alf Gover, cricketer (bowled in 4 Tests for England/famous coach)
1924 - Al Rosen, American baseball player
1932 - Gavin Stevens, cricket (Australian bat on 59-60 India/Pakistan tour)
1932 - Masten Gregory, American F1 Driver (d. 1985)
1936 - Alwin Schockemohle, Germany, equestrian jumper (Olympic-gold-1976)
1936 - Henri "Rocket" Richard, NHL center (Montreal Canadiens)
1948 - Nikolai Pimenov, USSR, coxless pair rowers (Olympic-silver-1976)
1948 - Yuri Pimenov, USSR, coxless pair rowers (Olympic-silver-1976)
1952 - Raisa Smetanina, USSR, cross country skier (Olympic-gold-1976, 80, 92)
1964 - Henrik Sundstrom, Sweden, tennis star
1968 - Bryce Paup, NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers, Buffalo Bills)
1968 - Cary Conklin, NFL quarterback (SF 49ers)
1968 - Chucky Brown, NBA forward (Houston Rockets, Atlanta Hawks)
1972 - Chris Devine, Allentown Pa, diver (Olympics-96)
1972 - Cyrus Beasley, Rowe NY, rower (Olympics-1996)
1972 - Fabien Bownes, NFL wide receiver (Chic Bears)
1972 - Mark Farraway, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)
1976 - Bryan Gillooly, Auburn NY, diver (Olympics-96)
1976 - Terrence Long, American baseball player
1980 - Ruben Plaza, Spanish cyclist
1980 - Simon Gagné, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 - Taylor Twellman, American soccer player
1980 - Clinton Toopi, New Zealand rugby league footballer
1984 - Cam Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 - Darren Ambrose, English footballer
1984 - Adam Sinclair, Indian field hockey player
1988 - Scott Golbourne, English footballer