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Events in Sport

Results 1 - 19 of 19

1900 - NL decides to go with 8 teams They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville & Washington (in 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee)
1904 - Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick in his final Test Cricket match
1906 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Smiths Falls (Ont) in 2 games
1930 - Babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160,000 with NY Yankee GM Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth"
1936 - The first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1941 - 1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies)
1951 - Intl Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt (for refusing to play Israel)
1953 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open
1959 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open
1967 - New Orleans Saints begin selling season tickets (20,000 sold 1st day)
1968 - 6 year old Tommy Moore scores hole-in-one in golf (Hagerstown, Md)
1971 - Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali in 15, retains Heavyweight boxing title
1971 - Milwaukee Bucks win their 20th straight NBA game (team record)
1976 - 1,774 kg (largest observed) stony meteorite falls in Jilin, China
1981 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Arizona Copper Golf Classic
1986 - Martina Navratilova is 1st tennis player to earn $10 million
1987 - Jane Geddes wins LPGA GNA/Glendale Federal Golf Classic
1989 - Roger Kingdom runs indoor world record 60m Hurdles (7.37 secs)
1992 - Judy Dickinson wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic

Birthdays in Sport

Results 1 - 69 of 69

1854 - Tom Felix Horan, cricketer (Ireland Pioneering Aust all-rounder)
1930 - Bob Grim, American baseball player (d. 1996)
1931 - Neil Adcock, cricketer (South African pace bowler, 104 wkts 1953-62)
1934 - Marv Breeding, American baseball player (d.2006)
1939 - Jim Bouton, Newark NJ, pitcher (NY Yankees)/author (Ball Four)
1939 - Lydia Skoblikova, USSR, speed skater (Olympics-6 gold-1960, 64)
1940 - Theo Laseroms, [The Tank], Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord)
1942 - [Dick] Richie Allen, baseball player (AL MVP 1972)
1945 - Graeme Watson, cricketer (Australian opening batsman 5 Tests 1966-72)
1946 - Mohammad Nazir, Pakistani cricket off-spinner (14 Tests 1969-83)
1949 - Charles Lismont, Belgian marathon runner (Olympic-silver-1972)
1951 - Philippe Henri Edmonds, cricketer (in Zambia England slow left-arm)
1953 - Jim Rice, Boston Red Sox outfielder (AL MVP 1978)
1953 - Jim Rice, American baseball player
1953 - Don Werner, American baseball player
1954 - David Wilkie, England, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1976)
1954 - Karl Schnabl, 90m ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1976)
1955 - Don Ashby, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1981)
1956 - Laurie Cunningham, English former footballer (d. 1989)
1957 - Bob Stoddard, American baseball player
1958 - Andreas Maurer, West Germany, tennis star
1958 - Nick Capra, American baseball player
1960 - Buck Williams, NBA forward (Portland Trail Blazers, NY Knicks)
1961 - Larry Murphy, Scarborough, NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs)
1962 - Shaun Gayle, NFL strong safety (SD Chargers)
1962 - William Fuller, NFL defensive end (Phila Eagles, SD Chargers)
1963 - Gursharan Singh, cricketer (Indian batsman played one Test 1989-90)
1963 - Mike Lalor, Buffalo, NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars)
1964 - Lance McCullers, American baseball player
1965 - Kenny Smith, NBA guard (Houston Rockets)
1966 - Elliot Boult, Blenheim NZ, Australasia golfer
1966 - Laura McCabe, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
1967 - Brent Fedyk, Yorkton, NHL left wing (Dallas Stars)
1967 - Dale Joseph, CFL defensive back (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1967 - Joel Johnston, American baseball player
1968 - Clare Wood, Zululand South Africa, tennis star (1986 Futures-Lisbon)
1968 - Rob Zettler, Sept-iles, NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs)
1968 - Michael Bartels, German race car driver
1968 - Jim Dougherty, American baseball player
1970 - Harry Decheiver, soccer player (RKC)
1970 - Jason Elam, NFL kicker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1970 - Rhett Harty, Pasedena CA, US soccer player (Olympic-92)
1970 - Vadim Bekboulatov, NHL forward (Belarus, Oly-98)
1971 - Bob Boughner, Windsor, NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres)
1971 - Marc Tobert, CFL slot back (Edmonton Eskimos)
1971 - Kit Symons, Welsh footballer
1972 - Craig Johnson, St Paul Mn, NHL left wing (LA Kings/Oly-1994)
1972 - Pat Riley, NFL defensive end (Chic Bears, Seattle Seahawks)
1972 - Takuro Abe, WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals)
1972 - Georgios Georgiadis, Greek footballer
1973 - Kendell Watkins, NFL tight end (Dallas Cowboys)
1973 - Kurt Mollekens, Belgian racing car driver
1973 - Justin Thompson, American baseball player
1974 - Steve Sarkisian, CFL quarterback (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1974 - Toran James, linebacker (San Diego Chargers)
1974 - Mike Moriarty, American baseball player
1975 - Brett Conway, NFL kicker (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1975 - Kenny Wheaton, cornerback (Dallas Cowboys)
1976 - Juan Encarnacion, American baseball player
1976 - Hines Ward, American football player
1977 - Johann Vogel, Swiss footballer
1981 - Michael Beauchamp, Australian footballer
1982 - Nicolas Armindo, race car driver
1982 - Leonidas Kabantais, Greek footballer
1982 - Nicoleta Onel, Romanian gymnast
1982 - Craig Stansberry, American baseball player
1983 - Mark Worrell, American baseball player.
1988 - Armanti Edwards, American College Football player
1990 - Ben Tozer, English footballer

Deaths in Sport

Results 1 - 7 of 7

1937 - Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
1954 - Percy Twentyman-Jones, cricketer (pair in only Test for S Afr), dies
1963 - John Hartley, cricketer (bowl avg 115 in 2 Tests for Eng 1906), dies
1973 - Gordon Leggat, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ, 351 runs at 21 93), dies
1998 - Ray Nitschke, American football player (b. 1936)
1999 - Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player (b. 1914)
2007 - John Vukovich, American baseball player and coach.. (b. 1947)