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Events in Sport

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1863 - Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer, splitting with rugby
1869 - 1st American Steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY)
1887 - Detroit (NL) beats St Louis (AA) 10 games to 5 in World Series
1911 - Phila A's beat NY Giants, 4 games to 2 in 8th World Series
1934 - While Wash player-mgr Joe Cronin honeymoons with Mildred Robertson owner Clark Griffith's niece & adopted daughter, he is sold to Red Sox
1951 - Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden
1952 - Pakistan's 1st Test Cricket win Fazal Mahmood 12 wkts v India
1960 - AL approves Washington Senators move to become Minnesota Twins & announces franchises in LA & Wash DC for 1961
1969 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open
1974 - Cleveland Coliseum opens for NBA's Cavaliers & MISL's Crunch
1975 - Cuba beats Mexico for its 4th Pan Am Games Gold Medal in baseball
1975 - Mary Bea Porter wins LPGA Golf Inns of America
1980 - 11th NYC Marathon won by Alberto Salazar in 2:09:41
1980 - St Louis Cards sack Balt Colt QBs an NFL record tying 12 times
1981 - LA Dodgers beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 2 in 78th World Series
1985 - On a poor call in 6th game, umpire Don Deckinger starts a string of events costing Cardinals the World Series
1988 - Donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2,000,000 for 4 month advisory service
1993 - NFL announces new expansion team, Carolina Panthers in Charlotte
1993 - NJ Devils lose 2-0 to Montreal, after winning 1st 7 games of 1993
Businessman & T.V. Personality Donald Trump 1996 - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Lit de Justice, Storm Song, Jewel Princess, Da Hass, Boston Harbor, Pilsudski, Alphabet Soup at Woodbine
1997 - Bill Glasson wins Las Vegas Golf Invitational
1997 - Nichirei LPGA International
1997 - Raley's Gold Rush Senior Golf Classic
1997 - World Series: Fla Marlins beat Cleve Indians, 4 games to 3
2000 - NY Yankees defeat NY Mets 4-1 to win their 3rd straight World Series championship, MVP: Derek Jeter, NY Yankees
2005 - Chicago White Sox defeat Houston Astros 4-0 in baseball's World Series championship, MVP: Jermaine Dye, Chicago

Birthdays in Sport

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1861 - Richard D Sears, Boston, tennis champ, US Open (1881)
1902 - Hugh Chilvers, cricketer (great leggie of 30's for NSW but not Aust)
1902 - Joseph Paul Sharkey Zukauskas, boxer
1911 - Sid Gillman, NFL hall of fame coach (LA, San Diego, Houston)
1911 - Sid Gilman, American football player (d. 2003)
1915 - Golfredo Corradetti, conductor
1915 - Joe Fry, British racing driver (d. 1950)
1932 - Chinadorai Deshmutu, India, field hockey player (1952)
1937 - Dave Gavitt, formed Basketball's Big East Conference (1979)
1941 - Harald Nielsen, Denmark, soccer player (Olympic-silver-1960)
1947 - Ian Ashley, British racing driver
1949 - Kevin Sullivan, wrestler (WCW/ECW/SMW/NWA/Georgia/CWFI)
1950 - Chuck Foreman, NFL running back (Minnesota Vikings)
1950 - T E Srinivasan, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1981)
1954 - Vassilis Hatzipanagis, Greek footballer
1957 - Bob Golic, American football player
1960 - Brian Hansen, NFL punter (NY Jets)
1961 - Mark Bucek, Winter Pak FL, Nike golfer (1994 Gary Player Tour)
1962 - Roger Kingdom, Vienna Ga, 110m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1984, 88)
1963 - Tony Casillas, NFL defensive tackle (NY Jets, Dallas Cowboys)
1964 - Lawson Duncan, Asheville NC, tennis star
1964 - Vencie Glenn, NFL safety (NY Giants)
1965 - Gil Heredia, Nogales AZ, pitcher (Texas Rangers)
1965 - Ken Rutherford, cricketer (NZ Test batsman & latterly capt)
1965 - Mark McLoughlin, CFL kicker (Calgary Stampeders)
1965 - Wayne Martin, NFL defensive tackle (NO Saints)
1966 - Alex Pastoor, Dutch soccer player (FC Volendam)
1966 - David Miley, Milwaukee WI, Nike golfer (1992 Cleveland Open)
1966 - Olga Bicherova, gymnastics (won title at 15 yrs 33 days)
1966 - Jeanne Zelasko, American sportcaster
1967 - Bobby Houston, NFL linebacker (NY Jets)
1967 - Shelly Stokes, Sacramento California, softball catcher (Olympics-gold-96)
1968 - Chris Oldham, NFL cornerback (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1968 - Nico John Hoogma, soccer player (FC Twente)
1969 - Mark Sweeney, Framington Mass, outfielder (St Louis Cardinals)
1969 - Mike Pritchard, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, NFL wide receiver (Denver Broncos, Seattle Seahawks)
1970 - Bert Emanuel, NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons)
1970 - Jessie Armstead, NFL linebacker (NY Giants)
1970 - Tom Vano, Plainfield NJ, field hockey goalkeeper (Olympics-96)
1971 - Cinnamon Woods, Anderson Ind, diver (Olympics-96)
1971 - Ronnie Irani, cricketer (Essex all-rounder, England 1996)
1973 - Brian Smith, Cedar Rapids Iowa, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
1973 - Robert Petrovicky, Kosice CZE, NHL forward (Team Slovakia, Dallas)
1975 - Katja Riipi, ice hockey left wing (Finland, Oly-98)
1975 - Tammy Cleland, Sanford FL, synchronized swimmer (Olympics-gold-96)
1978 - Jimmy Aggrey, English footballer
1980 - Cristian Chivu, Romanian footballer
1982 - Adam Carroll, British racing driver
1983 - Dmitri Sychev, Russian football player
1983 - Francisco Liriano, Major League Baseball pitcher
1983 - Luke Watson, South African rugby player
1984 - Sasha Cohen, American figure skater
1984 - Jefferson Farfán, Peruvian footballer
1984 - Adriano Correia Claro, Brazilian footballer
1985 - Andrea Bargnani, Italian basketball player
1985 - Monta Ellis, American basketball player

Deaths in Sport

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1931 - Charles Comiskey, baseball team owner (b. 1859)
1961 - Edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies
1978 - George Grant, cricketer (WI Test captain through early 1930's), dies
1979 - Jackie Grant, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930-35), dies
1989 - Andrew Roberts, cricketer (7 Tests for New Zealand 1976), dies
1992 - Dottie Green, female baseball player (Peaches), dies of cancer at 71
1995 - Agha Saadat Ali, cricketer (8 not out in 1 inn for Pak 1956), dies
2004 - Bobby Avila, Major League Baseball player (b. 1924)
2007 - Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer (b. 1947)