Events in Sports History on November 21

1902 Baseball's Philadelphia Athletics & Phillies form pro football teams, joining Pitts Stars in 1st attempt at a National Football League
1905 1st match ever played in the Australian National Tennis Championships

Red Grange Signs

1925 Red Grange plays final Univ of Illinois game, signs with Chicago Bears

Joe DeMaggio

1934 NY Yankees buy Joe DiMaggio from SF Seals (Pacific Coast League)

Longson Defeats Thesz

1947 Bill Longson beats Lou Thesz in St Louis, to win National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight title

Veeck Sells Cleveland Indians

1949 Bill Veeck sells MLB Cleveland Indians for $22 million, to fund his divorce settlement

1952 Dodgers pitcher Joe Black wins NL Rookie of Year
1956 Don Newcombe wins NL MVP & 1st-ever Cy Young Award

Scheffing Signs to Tigers

1960 Bob Scheffing signs to manage Tigers after Casey Stengel turns it down

Baseball Hall of Fame Manager Casey Stengel

1968 Cin trades shortstop Leo Cardenas to Twins for pitcher Jim Merritt
1970 NY Knicks 1st game against Cleveland Cavaliers, Knicks win 102-94 at Madison Square Garden
1971 NY Rangers scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period
1972 Red Sox Carlton Fisk wins AL Rookie of Year, Mets Jon Matlack wins NL

Rose NL MVP

1973 Pete Rose (Cincinnati Reds) wins MLB's NL MVP

Yarborough Wins Sprint Cup

1976 26th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Cale Yarborough wins

Murray AL Rookie

1977 Baltimore Orioles 1st baseman Eddie Murray wins AL Rookie of Year

1978 Bob Horner of Braves wins NL Rookie of Year Award
1980 Gene Michael named 25th New York Yankees manager, replacing Dick Howser, who resigns

Waltrip Wins Sprint Cup

1982 32nd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Darrell Waltrip wins

1987 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Hollywood Park; winners: Epitome, Ferdinand, Miesque, Sacahuista, Success Express, Theatrica, Very Subtle
1992 Jan Karlsson swims world record 50m butterfly (23.80 sec)
1992 Jani Sievinen swims world record 100m medley (53.78 sec)
1992 Louise Karlsson swims world record 50m freestyle (31.19 sec)

Stich Wins ATP

1993 German tennis star Michael Stich scores a 7–6, 2–6, 7–6, 6–2 win over American Pete Sampras to win his first and only ATP Tour World Championship title in Frankfurt, Germany

Graf Defeats Vicario

1993 Top seeded German tennis player Steffi Graf wins WTA Tour Championship; beats Arantxa Sánchez Vicario of Spain 6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 at Madison Square Garden, NYC

Andrew Symonds

1994 1st-class cricket debut of Andrew Symonds (Queensland v NSW, SCG)

1998 63rd Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 31-17 in Birmingham

Sports History

1999 51st NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dale Jarrett wins

Davenport Wins WTA

1999 Repeat of previous year's final, but different result; American tennis star Lindsay Davenport beats Martina Hingis 6-4, 6-2 for the WTA Tour Championship at Madison Square Garden, NYC

2004 56th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Kurt Busch wins
2004 CFL Grey Cup, Frank Clair Stadium, Ottawa: Toronto Argonauts defeat BC Lions, 27-19; first Grey Cup game played on next-generation FieldTurf surface

Federer's Back-To-Back

2004 Roger Federer of Switzerland wins back-to-back season-ending Tennis Masters Cup titles with a 6–3, 6–2 victory over Australian Leyton Hewitt in the final in Houston, Texas

2012 Chelsea Manager Roberto Di Matteo is sacked and replaced by Rafael Benítez
2016 Adam Ondra completes the second free ascent of The Dawn Wall at El Capitan, leading every pitch in 8 days

Zverev's Second ATP

2021 Alexander Zverev of Germany captures his second ATP Finals men's tennis title defeating world #2 Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 6-4 in Turin

First Qatar Grand Prix

2021 British driver Lewis Hamilton wins 1st Qatar Grand Prix Formula One motor race at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar

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