Events in Sports History on March 5

  • 1840 2nd Grand National: Bartholomew Bretherton wins aboard 16/1 Jerry; a then smallest field of 13
  • 1845 7th Grand National: William Loft aboard outsider Cure-All wins in record time of 10 minutes, 47 seconds
  • 1910 Stanley Cup, Dey's Arena, Ottawa, ON: Montreal Wanderers beat Ottawa Senators, 3-1

Bradman's Last 1st Class Innings

1949 Bradman plays his last innings in 1st-class cricket, gets 30

  • 1955 2nd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: NC State beats Duke, 87-77
  • 1960 7th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Duke beats Wake Forest, 63-59
  • 1960 Ice Dance Championship at Vancouver won by Denny & Jones (GRB)
  • 1960 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Vancouver won by Alain Giletti (FRA)
  • 1960 Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champions in Vancouver won by Carol E Heiss (USA)
  • 1964 Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr, announces a baseball team is moving there
  • 1965 Ernie Terrell beats Eddie Machen by unanimous points decision over 15 rounds in Chicago, Illinois to win vacant WBA heavyweight boxing title
  • 1966 13th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Duke beats NC State, 71-66
  • 1966 Bob Seagren pole vaults 5.19m indoor world record
  • 1966 Player reps elect Marvin Miller as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association
  • 1972 Dutch speed skater Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes Women's Allround World Champion at Heerenveen, Netherlands, her second title in 3 years
  • 1973 Yankee pitchers Peterson & Kekich announce they swapped wives
  • 1977 24th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats Virginia, 75-69

Sports History

1981 Ice Dance Championship at Hartford won by Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean (Great Britain)

Sports History

1981 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Hartford won by Scott Hamilton (USA)

Sports History

1982 MLB pitcher Gaylord Perry (with 297 wins) signs with Seattle Mariners

  • 1983 NSW beat Western Australia by 54 runs to win Sheffield Shield

Sports History

1985 NHL New York Islanders Mike Bossy is 1st to score 50 goals in 8 straight seasons

  • 1991 Reggie Miller (Indiana Pacers) begins NBA free throw streak of 52 games

Sports History

1993 Boston Celtic Larry Bird undergoes backfusion surgery

  • 1993 Marlins beat Astros 12-8 in their 1st spring training game

Baseball Hall of Fame

1997 Tommy Lasorda, Nellie Fox and Willie Wells inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame

  • 2011 David Silva scores 38' winner as Manchester City scores 1-0 win over Wigan at City of Manchester Stadium to start EPL record 20 home game winning streak; streak ends 31/3/12

Sports History

2022 Caitlin Clark scores 41 points in the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament for Iowa against Nebraska

  • 2023 Caitlin Clark records 30 points, 17 assists, and 10 rebounds in the Big Ten tournament final for Iowa against Ohio State