Events in Sports History on April 24

1880 Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England & Wales, is founded in Oxford, England

World Record 100km

1894 French cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in a world record time of 2:39:18

Cyclist and Founder of the Tour-de-France Henri Desgrange

1894 Lave Cross becomes 1st Philadelphia Phillies player to hit for the cycle in 22-5 win over the Bridegrooms at Eastern Park, Brooklyn
1901 First game in baseball's American League: Chicago White Stockings win against the Cleveland Blues 8-2, other games rained out

Jack Hobbs Debut

1905 First-class cricket debut of Sir Jack Hobbs, "The Master" for Surrey v the "Gentlemen of England" (18 & 88)

1905 Senators execute a triple-play & beat Yankees 4-3
1909 Harry Hillman and Lawson Robertson run 100m 3-legged race in 11 seconds
1917 NY Yankees left-handed pitcher George Mogridge no-hits Boston Red Sox, 2-1 at Fenway Park
1945 Albert B "Happy" Chandler is named 2nd baseball commissioner

Baseball Hall of Fame

1946 11 players named to the Baseball Hall of Fame: Tinker, Evers, Chance, Burkett, McCarthy, Waddell, Plank, Walsh, Jack Chesbro, Griffith and McGinnity

1956 AL umpire Frank Umont is 1st to wear glasses in a regular season game
1957 Chicago Cub pitchers walk NL record 9 Reds in 5th inning
1958 Lee Walls hits 3 HRs, as Cubs beat Dodgers 15-2

Baseball Record

1962 LA Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax's 2nd career 18-strikeout, in a 10-2 win over Cubs in Chicago

1963 17th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 2

Hall of Fame

1963 Future Basketball Hall of Fame point guard Bob Cousy plays his last NBA game for Boston as Celtics beat LA Lakers, 112-109 in Game 6 for their 5th straight NBA C'ship