• Home
• Birthdays
• Deaths
• Events
• By Date
• By Day
• Sports

Events in Sport

Results 1 - 26 of 26

1906 - Hongar Szisz wins 1st Grand-Prix (Le Mans, France)
1909 - 23rd US Womens Tennis: H Hotchkiss beats Maud Barger-Wallach (60 61)
1910 - 24th US Womens Tennis: H Hotchkiss Wightman beats L Hammond (64 62)
1910 - Hazel Hotchkiss wins US Lawn Tennis Association championship
1916 - Cleveland Indians experiment with #s on their jerseys (one game)
1937 - Test cricket debut of Len Hutton v NZ at Lord's, scores 0 & 1
1944 - Yanks, Dodgers & Giants play unique 6 inn game for War Bonds, each playing successive innings, final score Dodgers-5, Yanks-1 & Giants-0
1945 - England win the second Victory test cricket at Bramall Lane by 41 runs
1954 - Jim Peters runs marathon in 2:17:39.4
1955 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Western Golf Open
1959 - Ingemar Johansson TKOs Floyd Patterson in 3 for heavyweight boxing title
1962 - Boston Red Sox Earl Wilson no-hits LA Angels, 2-0
1966 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Waterloo Women's Golf Open Invitational
1970 - Frank Robinson hits 2 grand slams as Orioles beat Senators 12-2
1972 - Bob Massie takes 16 wickets (8-84 & 8-53) on Test cricket debut v Eng
1977 - Debbie Austin wins LPGA Hoosier Golf Classic
1979 - Rocker Nigel Olsson runs a stop sign, crashes & kills a driver
1983 - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
1987 - Losing 9-0 to Red Sox, Yanks score 11 in 3rd & win 12-11 in 10 inn
1988 - Kathy Postlewait wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
1991 - Charlotte Hornets make Larry Johnson of UNLV, NBA's #1 draft pick
1992 - Denmark upsets German 2-0, to win European Soccer championship
1993 - NY Met Eddie Murray is 20th to get 1,600 RBIs
1994 - Donna Andrews wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic
1994 - Kirby Puckett pass Rod Carew with 2,088 hit as Twin's top hit leader
1994 - US loses to Romania 1-0 in 1994 soccer world cup

Birthdays in Sport

Results 1 - 52 of 52

1819 - Abner Doubleday, Mjr Gen (Union)/inventor (baseball) [or 1/26]
1874 - Albert Relf, cricketer (England all-rounder in 13 Tests 1903-14)
1895 - George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1950)
1903 - Floyd "Babe" Herman, Brooklyn Dodgers' slugger (.324 lifetime average)
1907 - Debs Garms, American baseball player (d. 1984)
1913 - Babe [Mildred Ella] Didrikson, Port Arthur TX, hurdler (Oly-gold-32)
1932 - Henry Bromfield, cricketer (S Afr off-spinner in 9 Tests 1961-65)
1934 - John V Tunney, Heavyweight boxing champion/(Rep/Sen-D-California)
1945 - David Heyn, cricketer (Sri Lankan batsman 1975 World Cup)
1948 - Allen Michael Doyle, Woonsocket RI, PGA golfer (1991 Memorial-64th)
1951 - Breyson Cooper, jockey
1951 - Gary Gilmour, cricketer (exciting Aussie all-rounder 1973-77)
1952 - Gordon McQueen, soccer player
1960 - Jumpy Geathers, NFL defensive end (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1961 - Greg LeMond, US bicyclist (Tour de France winner-1986, 1989, 1990)
1962 - Jerome Kersey, NBA forward (Golden State Warriors, Sea Supersonics)
1963 - Wendy Lucero-Schayes, Denver Co, US diver (Olympic-92)
1964 - Pamela Wright, Scotland, LPGA golfer (1995 Jamie Farr Toledo-3rd)
1966 - Bryan Webb, horse trainer
1966 - Kirk McLean, Toronto, NHL goalie (Vancouver Canucks)
1966 - Paul Mokha, Erie Pa, rower (Olympics-1996)
1968 - Shannon Sharpe, NFL tight end (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1968 - Paolo Maldini, Italian footballer
1969 - Barry Kloeth, WLAF wide receiver (Amsterdam Admirals)
1969 - Harry Boatswain, NFL tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
1969 - Michael Myers, Cook County IL, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
1969 - Troy Auzenne, NFL tackle (Chic Bears)
1970 - Nicole Richardson, Australian softball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-96)
1971 - Carlton Gray, NFL cornerback (Seattle Seahawks, Indianapolis Colts)
1971 - Eddie Parenti, Montreal Quebec, 100m butterfly swimmer (Olympics-96)
1972 - Jai Taurima, Australian long jumper (Olympics-96)
1972 - Jerris McPhail, running back (Miami Dolphins)
1973 - Mischa Smoking, soccer player (Dordrecht '90)
1973 - Reggie Brown, NFL fullback (Seattle Seahawks)
Baseball Player Derek Jeter (1974) 1974 - Derek Jeter, Pequanock NJ, shortstop (NY Yankees, Rookie of Year 1996)
1974 - Jason Kendall, San Diego CA, catcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1975 - Umeki Webb, WNBA guard/forward (Phoenix Mercury)
1975 - Terry Skiverton, English football player
1976 - Ed Jovanoski, Windsor Ont, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)
1976 - Mpumelo Mbangwa, cricketer (Zimbabwe pace bowler v Pakistan 1996)
1976 - Chad Pennington, American football player
1979 - Ryo Fukuda, Japanese racing driver
1979 - Wálter Herrmann, Argentinian basketball player
1979 - Andy O'Brien, English footballer
1980 - Michael Vick, American football player
1980 - Chris Shelton, American baseball player
1984 - Elijah Dukes, American baseball player
1984 - Raymond Felton, American basketball player
1984 - Deron Williams, American basketball player
1984 - Jose Juan Barea, American basketball player
1987 - Carlos Iaconelli, Brazilian racing driver
1987 - Samir Nasri, French footballer

Deaths in Sport

Results 1 - 13 of 13

1923 - Edward Rae, cricketer (introduced cricket into Russian Lapland), dies
1944 - Billy Newham, cricketer (England Test 1887), dies
1959 - Audley Miller, cricketer (Test for England 1896), dies
1960 - John Brenden Kelly, rower (Olympic-gold-1920, 24), dies at 70
1964 - Leo Dandurand, American-born Canadian sports executive (b. 1889)
1967 - Errol Hunte, cricketer (WI batsman in 3 Tests v England 1930), dies
1986 - Laurie Fishlock, cricketer (4 Tests for England), dies
1987 - Glen Hall, cricketer (Test for South Africa 1965), commits suicide
1993 - Roy Campanella, 3xMVP catcher (Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 71
2001 - Soccer (dog actor) (b. 1988)
2002 - Jay Berwanger, American football player (b. 1914)
2003 - Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroon footballer (b. 1975)
2007 - Joey Sadler, All Black rugby player (b. 1914)