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Events in Sport

Results 1 - 26 of 26

1926 - NFL rules college students ineligible until college classes graduates
1926 - St Louis Browns acquire catcher Wally Schang from NY Yankees
1932 - 1st Olympic dog sled race, Lake Placid, NY (demonstration sport)
1936 - 4th Winter Olympic games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
1947 - Compton & Arthur Morris both complete dual tons in same Test Cricket
1948 - Bradman retires hurt, 57 in his last Test Cricket innings in Australia
1953 - Ian Craig makes Test Cricket debut at 17 yrs 239 days, youngest Aussie
1958 - Ted Williams signs with Red Sox for $135,000, making him highest paid
1967 - Muhammad Ali TKOs Ernie Terrell in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1968 - 10th Winter Olympic games opens in Grenoble, France
1970 - NBA expands to 18 teams with Buffalo, Cleveland, Houston & Portland
1971 - 1st time a golf ball is hit on Moon (by Alan Shepard)
1983 - 13th NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 20-19
1983 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1986 - NJ Devil Peter McNab becomes 42nd NHLer to score 350 goals
1990 - Brett Hull becomes 1st son of NHL 50 goal scorer (Bobby) to score 50
1990 - Ground breaking begins on Baltimore Orioles' new $102 million stadium
1993 - 44th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 16-6 at Montreal
1993 - Riddick Bowe TKOs Michael Dokes in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1994 - Dawn Coe-Jones wins LPGA Healthsouth Palm Beach Golf Classic
1994 - Leonid Voloshin triple jumps world record 17.77m
1994 - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 17-3
1995 - Darryl Strawberry suspended from baseball for 60 days
1995 - Greg Blewett scores his 2nd century in his 2nd Test Cricket
1998 - Twins trade Chuck Knoblauch to NY Yankees for $3M & 4 minor leaguers
2005 - Super Bowl XXXIX, the New England Patriots win 24-21 over the Philadelphia Eagles

Birthdays in Sport

Results 1 - 67 of 67

1895 - George Herman (Babe) Ruth, Baltimore, baseball great (Yankees)
1903 - John Dunning, cricketer (NZ medium-fast bowler of 30's)
1910 - George H Poyser, English soccer player/manager (Brentford)
1911 - A W "Dooley" Briscoe, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests for S Africa 30's)
1919 - Lindsay Tuckett, cricketer (son of Len, 9 Tests for S Africa 1947-49)
1924 - Billy Wright, English soccer player
1927 - Smokey Burgess, baseball catcher (Pitts Pirates)
1929 - Sixten Jernberg, Sweden, skier (Olympic-gold-1956/60/64)
1931 - Fred Trueman, [Fiery Fred], English cricket player
1931 - Freddie Trueman, cricketer ("Fiery Fred", 307 wickets for England)
1940 - Jimmy Tarbuck, English comic/golfer
1947 - Charles Hickcox, US, 200m/400m medley swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1968)
1949 - Manuel Orantes, tennis champ (US Open-1975)
1949 - Richie Zisk, baseball player
1950 - Rich Glover, NFLer
1951 - Marco Antônio, Brazilian footballer
1952 - Richard Charsworth, Australian women field hockey head coach (Oly-96)
1953 - Susie Hutchison, Flintridge Calif, equestrian show jumper (Olymp-96)
1955 - Eric Money, NBAer
1958 - Bill Dawley, baseball player
1958 - Kelly Leadbetter, Phoenix AZ, LPGA golfer (1986 Hennessy French Open)
1958 - Mark Hamilton, Louisville KY, sprint kayak Olympics-96)
1958 - Simon Baker, Australian speed walker, (Olympics-84, 88, 96)
1961 - Bill Lester, American racecar driver
1963 - David Capel, cricketer (England all-rounder in 15 Tests 1987-90)
1963 - Mike Hough, Montreal, NHL left wing (Florida Panthers)
1964 - Matt Hayes, Australian soling yachter (Olympics-96)
1966 - Alex Antonitsch, Austria, tennis star
1966 - Tom Tupa, NFL punter/quarterback (Cleve Browns, NE Patriots)
1967 - Bennie Dekker, Dutch soccer player (NEC/AZ/De Graafschap)
1967 - Mike Evans, WLAF defensive tackle (Amsterdam Admirals)
1967 - Randy Hilliard, NFL defensive back (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1968 - Imtiaz Abbasi, UAE cricket wicket-keeper (World Cup 1996)
1968 - Malika Mahfoud, Copenhagen Denmark, golfer (Gippsland Ladies Amateur)
1968 - Richard Newbill, WLAF linebacker (London Monarchs)
1968 - Adolfo Valencia, Colombian footballer
1969 - Anna Acker-Macosko, Marshfield WI, LPGA golfer (1995 Gold Coast Tour)
1969 - Bob Wickman, Green Bay WI, pitcher (Chic White Sox, NY Yankees)
1969 - Greg Patrick, WLAF safety (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1969 - James Jones, NFL defensive tackle (Denver Broncos, Baltimore Ravens)
1969 - Kurt Abbott, US baseball player (Florida Marlins)
1969 - Rajindra Dhanraj, Trinidad cricket leg-spinner (WI 1994-95)
1970 - Mark Hutton, Adelaide Australia, pitcher (NY Yankees)
1970 - Per Frandsen, Danish footballer
1971 - Brad Hogg, cricketer (WA chinaman all-rounder, Australia v India 1996)
1971 - Carlos Rogers, NBA forward/center (Toronto Raptors)
1971 - Lance Bade, Vancouver BC, US double trap (Olympics-bronze-1996)
1971 - Mana Endo, Hiroshima Japan, tennis star (1996 3rd round Aust Open)
1972 - David Binn, NFL safety (SD Chargers)
1972 - Mark Labbrook, Australian 200m/400m runner (Olympics-96)
1972 - Shawn Respert, NBA guard (Milwaukee Bucks, Toronto Raptors)
1973 - Arie Obdam, Dutch soccer player (FC Volendam)
1973 - Fred Miller, tackle (St Louis Rams)
1973 - Lulama Masikazana, cricket wicket-keeper (Kwazulu for E Province)
1974 - Nathan Davis, defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
1974 - Olaf Lindenbergh, soccer player (Ajax, De Graafschap)
1975 - Chad Allen, Dallas Tx, baseball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-96)
1976 - Kim Zmeskal, Houston TX, US gymnist (Olympic-92)
1976 - Colin Teo, Singaporean Grand Prix driver
1977 - Jason Euell, English-born footballer
1983 - Brodie Croyle, American football player
1983 - S Sreesanth, Indian cricketer
1983 - Jamie Whincup, Australian racing driver
1984 - Darren Bent, English footballer
1985 - Kris Humphries, American basketball player
1986 - Brendan Taylor, Zimbabwean cricketer
1989 - Craig Cathcart, Irish footballer

Deaths in Sport

Results 1 - 11 of 11

1927 - Sam Maguire, Irish Republican and Gaelic footballer (b. 1879)
1958 - 7 Manchester United soccer players die in an air crash near Munich
1958 - David Pegg, English footballer (b. 1935)
1958 - Tommy Taylor, English footballer (b. 1932)
1958 - Geoff Bent, English footballer (b. 1932)
1958 - Roger Byrne, English footballer (b. 1929)
1958 - Mark Jones, English footballer (b. 1933)
1958 - Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist (b. 1913)
1964 - W L Cornford, England cricket wicket-keeper (4 Tests v NZ 1930), dies
2007 - Lew Burdette, American baseball player (b. 1926)
2008 - Tony Rolt, English racing driver (b. 1918)