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Events in Sport

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1876 - Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods co, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, & football
1894 - 1st US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath, Me
1937 - Bradman scores 212 (in 441 minutes!) in 5th Test Cricket v England
1942 - Baseball owners agree to permit each club up to 14 night games in 1942
1947 - Bradman bowled by Alec Bedser for a duck in 4th Test Cricket
1951 - Largest purse to date in horse racing, $144,323, won by Great Circle
1956 - Toni Sailor becomes 1st Olympic skier to sweep 3 alpine events
1957 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Havana Golf Open
1962 - John Uelses pole vaults record 489 cm
1963 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational
1965 - Braves offer Milwaukee $500,000 to terminate their lease a year earlier, the proposal is turned down
1972 - 11th Winter Olympic games opens in Sapporo, Japan (1st in Asia)
1974 - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
1976 - 26th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 123-109 at Philadelphia
1979 - Minnesota Twins trade Rod Carew to California for 4 players
1980 - 30th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 144-136 (OT) at Washington
1980 - Larry Holmes TKOs Lorenzo Holmes in 6 for Heavyweight boxing title
1981 - Australia beats NZ 3-1 to win World Series Cup
1985 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1987 - SD Yacht Club celebrates return of America's Cup
1989 - Bill White named NL president; 1st black major-league sports head
1989 - Start 1st Test Cricket, NZ v Pak, washed out
1990 - Darryl Strawberry enters Smither Center for Alcohol rehabilitation
1990 - Jockey Billy Shoemaker (58), retires after 40,350 horse race
1990 - NY Met Darryl Strawberry voluntarily enters Alcohol rehab center
1991 - Meg Mallon wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic
1991 - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 23-21
1998 - Fla Panther Dino Ciccarelli's is 9th NHLer to score 600 career goals
1998 - NY Yankees replace general manager Bob Watson with Brian Cashman
2002 - Super Bowl XXXVI: New England Patriots beat St. Louis Rams, 20-17 at the Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans MVP: Tom Brady, New England, QB

Birthdays in Sport

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1851 - Lord Harris, cricketer (4 Tests for England MCC big-wig)
1872 - Lou Criger, American baseball player (d. 1934)
1879 - Charles Follis, 1st black NFLer (Shelby, Ohio)
1883 - Camille Bombois, French circus wrestler/painter
1895 - Izak Buys, cricketer (one Test for S Africa 1922, 0 & 4*, 0-52)
1899 - Forrest "Red" DeBernardi, basketball hall of famer (elected 1961)
1908 - Oddbjorn Hagen, Norway, cross country jumper (Olympic-gold-1936)
1913 - Richard Seaman, British racing driver (d. 1939)
1920 - Stan Ockers, Belgian bicyclist (Tour de France 1955, 56)
1920 - Tony Gaze, Australian racing driver
1926 - Arthur Arfons, auto racer/designer (Green Monster 1964-536.71 MPH)
1928 - C V Gadkari, cricketer (Indian batsman in 6 Tests 1953-55)
1929 - Ken Shipp, American football coach
1932 - J P "Pom-Pom" Felloes-Smith, cricketer (S Afr batsman v England 1960)
1936 - Bobby Simpson, cricketer (great Australian batsman/capt/coach/slip)
1936 - Robert Simpson, Australian Cricket player/manager
1938 - Emile Griffith, US Virgin Islands professional boxer
1940 - Fran Tarkenton, Richmond Va, NFL QB (NY Giants, Minn Vikings)
1941 - Carol Mann, Buffalo NY, golfer (LPGA Hall of Fame 1977, 1965 US Open)
1941 - Gary Bartlett, cricket pace bowler (NZ in 10 Tests in the 1960's)
1945 - Bob Griese, NFL quarterback (Miami Dolphins, 1971 Player of Year)
1947 - Joe Coleman, baseball pitcher (Washington, Detroit)
1949 - Hennie Kuiper, Dutch cyclist
1951 - Felipe Munoz, Mexico, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1968)
1952 - Fred Lynn, Chicago, baseball outfielder (Boston, Calif, Baltimore)
1954 - Tiger Williams, Canadian ice hockey player
1956 - John Jefferson, American football player
1959 - Molly Killingbeck, Jamaica, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-silver-1984)
1960 - Kerry Von Erich, American wrestler (d. 1993)
1960 - Marty Jannetty, American Wrestler
1962 - Joe Handle, US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins)
1965 - Dorcas Wonsavage, Madison Wis, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
1966 - Danny Morrison, cricket pace bowler (NZ since 1987)
1966 - Sean Patrick Wade, Houston Texas, NZ marathoner (Olympics-96)
1967 - Aurelio Vidmar, soccer player (Standard Luik, Feyenoord)
1967 - Jason Morris, Scotia NY, half-middleweight judoka (Oly-silver-92, 96)
1967 - Natalie Hunter, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1967 - Bob Taylor, English footballer
1968 - Frantisek Kucera, Prague Cze, NHL defenseman (Vanc Canucks, Oly-G-98)
1968 - Leroy Thompson, NFL running back (KC Chiefs)
1968 - Mark Koevermans, Netherlands, tennis star
1968 - Vlade Divac, Yugoslavia, NBA center (Charlotte Hornets, LA Lakers)
1969 - Casey Weldon, NFL quarterback (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1969 - Jeff Christy, NFL center (Minn Vikings)
1969 - Robert Pack, NBA guard (Washington Bullets, Dallas Mavericks)
1969 - Terry Bradshaw, US baseball outfielder (St Louis Cardinals)
1969 - Retief Goosen, professional golfer
1970 - Alonza Barnett, WLAF safety (Amsterdam Admirals)
1970 - Eric Curry, NFL defensive end (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1970 - Jason Muzzatti, Toronto, NHL goalie (Hartford Whalers)
1970 - Keith Carney, Providence, NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks, Team US)
1970 - Oscar Cordoba, Colombian footballer
1971 - Eric Owens, Danville VA, outfielder (Cin Reds)
1971 - Marcus Buckley, NFL linebacker (NY Giants)
1971 - Roman Cechmanek, NHL goaltender (Team Czech Oly-Gold-1998)
1971 - Sean Dawkins, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts)
1972 - Jermaine Smith, NFL defensive tackle (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1972 - Keith Elias, NFL running back (NY Giants)
1972 - Tyrone Poole, NFL cornerback (Carolina Panthers)
1972 - Mart Poom, Estonian football player
1973 - Jim Campbell, Worcester, NHL center (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
1973 - Kyle Richardson, WLAF punter (Rhein Fire)
1976 - Dwayne Rudd, linebacker (Minnesota Vikings)
1981 - Maurice Ross, Scottish footballer
1982 - Alan Gurr, Australian V8 Supercar driver
1989 - Slobodan Rajković, Serbian footballer

Deaths in Sport

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1925 - Jaap Eden, Dutch World champion bicyclist/speed skating, dies at 51
1956 - Johnny Claes, Belgian racing driver (b. 1916)
1976 - Neville Lindsay, cricketer (S Afr batsman in Test v Aust 1921), dies
1984 - Anne Townsend, lacrosse/tennis/field hockey star, dies