Events in Sport on 15th February

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1916 - NY Yankees buy Frank "Home Run" Baker from the Athletics for $37,500
1921 - Arthur Mailey completes 9-121 v England, Australian Test Cricket rec
1930 - Weona beats Toluca in Illinois Basketball Tournament in 10 overtimes
1931 - Spring training site of NY Yankees in St Petersburg is renamed Miller Huggins Field in honor of the team's late manager
1932 - 3rd Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, NY
1932 - Aust beat S Africa in cricket by an inn in 5 hrs 53 min playing time
1932 - US bobsled team member Eddie Eagan becomes only athlete to win gold in both Summer & Winter Olympics (1920 boxing gold)
1936 - Sonja Henie, Norway, wins 3rd consecutive Olympic figure skating gold
1959 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Tournament
1961 - Australia beat WI 2-1 in one of best Test Cricket series ever
1970 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
1973 - Friendsville Academy (Tenn) ends 138-game basketball losing streak
1976 - 12th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria
1976 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
1978 - England all out 64 for 1st loss to NZ in cricket (Boycott capt)
1978 - Leon Spinks beats Muhammad Ali in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1980 - Eric Heiden skates Olympic record 500m in 38.03 sec
1980 - Wayne Gretzy assists on NHL-record-tieing 7 goals
1981 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
1982 - Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), begins streak of 63 consecutive free throw
1986 - 44,180 largest NBA crowd to date-Phila at Detroit
1990 - Baseball owners lock out players
1991 - Troy State sets NCAA Div II record with 103 points in 2nd half routing DeVry Institute 187-117
1998 - Dale Eggeling wins Los Angeles Women's Golf Championship

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