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Events in Sport

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1895 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Victorias awarded cup, as Queens University (Kingston Ont) loses to Montreal AAA, 5-1
1923 - NHL Championship: Mont Canadiens outscore Ottawa Senators, 3-2, in 2
1936 - Babe Ruth turns down Reds to make a comeback as a player
1946 - Ted Williams is offered $500,000 to play in Mexican League, he refuses
1952 - Heinz Neuhaus wins Europe Heavyweight Boxing title
1958 - George Yardley (Pistons) is 1st NBAer to score 2,000 points in season
1972 - Players on White Sox vote 31-0 in favor of a strike, if necessary
1979 - Bowie Kuhn orders baseball to give equal access to female reporters
1980 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Sunstar '80 Golf Tournament
1984 - Phila 76'ers block 20 Seattle shots tying NBA regulation game record
1984 - Tim Witherspoon beats Greg Page in 12 for Heavyweight boxing title
1986 - Juli Inkster wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1989 - Roger Kingdom runs world record 60m Hurdles indoor (7.36 sec)
1991 - Joe Dumaars (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 62 games
1993 - Pittsburgh Penguins begin NHL record 17 game winning streak
1995 - Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays
1997 - Senior Golf Slam
1997 - Steve Elkington wins Doral-Ryder Golf Open

Birthdays in Sport

Results 1 - 48 of 48

1885 - Ringgold "Ring" Lardner, baseball player
1887 - Phil Mead, cricketer (strong batsman for England pre- & post-WWI)
1922 - Herbert P Douglas Jr, Pitts, long jumper (Olympic-bronze-1948)
1927 - Jack Jensen, baseball player (AL MVP 1958)
1937 - Grahame Chevalier, cricketer (one Test for S Afr 1970, 0 & 0*, 5-100)
1937 - Brian Redman, English racing driver
1941 - Jim Colbert, Elizabeth NJ, PGA golfer (1969 Monsanto Open)
1944 - Geoff Arnold, cricketer (England medium-pacer in 34 Tests 1967-75)
1944 - Lee Irvine, cricketer (South African batsman, only Tests in 1970)
1950 - Danny Sullivan, Indy-car racer (over 10 wins)
1952 - Iuliana Semenova, USSR, basketball (Olympic-gold-1976)
1955 - Teo Fabi, formula-1 Indy-car racer (rookie of year-1983)
1956 - Mark Dantonio, Michigan State University American football coach
1957 - Jeff Senior, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer
1957 - Jon Engen, Oslo Norway, US biathelete (Olympics-1994)
1960 - Mike Leach, Minneapolis Minn, tennis star
1962 - Jan Furtok, Polish footballer
1963 - Kent Ferguson, Cedar Rapids Iowa, diver (Olympics-92, 96)
1963 - Terry Mulholland, Uniontown PA, pitcher (Phila Phillies)
1964 - Phil Housley, St Paul MN, NHL defenseman (NJ Devils, Team USA Oly-98)
1965 - Benito Santiago, Ponce Puerto Rico, catcher (Phila Phillies)
1965 - Brian Bosworth, NFL quarterback (Seattle)
1966 - Louis Oliver, NFL safety (Miami Dolphins)
1967 - Curt Schreiner, Albany NY, biathelete (Olympics-1994)
1967 - Eric Flaim, Pembroke Mass, short track skater (Olympics-1994)
1967 - Michael Kiselak, CFL corner (Toronto Argonauts)
1968 - Youri Djorkaeff, French footballer
1969 - Bryce Burnett, NFL/WLAF tight end (Broncos, Barcelona Dragons)
1969 - George Nimako, CFL safety (Toronto Argonauts)
1969 - Mahmoud Abdul Rauf, NBA guard (Sacramento Kings, Denver Nuggets)
1971 - Bev Oden, Millington Tenn, Volleyball middle blocker (Olympics-96)
1971 - Lou Benfatti, NFL defensive tackle (NY Jets)
1971 - Sean Holcomb, NFL linebacker (NE Patriots)
1973 - David Prinosil, Olmutz Czech, tennis star (1995 ATP Newport)
1973 - Josh LaRocca, WLAF QB (Rhein Fire)
1973 - Troy Bailey, WLAF DE (Scotland Claymores)
1974 - Mark Harrity, cricketer (promising South Aust left-arm fast bowler)
1975 - Adonal Foyle, NBA center (SF Warriors)
1975 - Roy Makaay, Dutch soccer player (Vitesse)
1975 - Juan Sebastián Verón, Argentine footballer
1977 - Radek Dvorak, Tabor Cze, NHL left wing (Florida Panthers)
1978 - Lucas Neill, Australian footballer
1981 - Antonio Bryant, American football player
1981 - Anders Nøhr, Danish footballer
1981 - Clay Rapada, American baseball player
1983 - Wayne Simien, American basketball player
1984 - Julia Mancuso, American Olympic gold medalist
1985 - Parthiv Patel, Indian Cricket Player

Deaths in Sport

Results 1 - 9 of 9

1916 - Ken Hutchings, cricketer (exciting England batsman, WW I), dies
1943 - Oskar Hêks, Czech marathon runner/antifascist, dies in Auschwitz
1947 - Stanley Jackson, cricketer (20 Tests for England 1893-1905), dies
1966 - Pablo Birger, Argentine racing driver (b. 1924)
1991 - Jim Hardin, former Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves pitcher (b. 1943)
1994 - Eddie Creatchman, Canadian wrestler manager (b. 1928)
1995 - Ruud van den Hende, Dutch sports reporter, dies at 63
2005 - István Nyers, Hungarian footballer (b. 1924)
2007 - Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921)