Events in Sports History on October 19

AL Prohibits Boxing

1923 Ban Johnson persuades AL owners to prohibit boxing in their parks

  • 1933 Berlin Olympic Committee vote to introduce basketball in 1936
  • 1941 1st woman jockey in North America, Anna Lee Wiley in Mexico
  • 1943 New York Yankee 2nd baseman Joe Gordon announces his retirement
  • 1949 A's trade 2nd baseman Nellie Fox to White Sox for Joe Tipton

Sports History

1957 Montreal Canadien Maurice "Rocket" Richard, becomes the 1st NHLer to score 500 goals

F1 World Champion

1958 Stirling Moss wins season ending Moroccan Grand Prix at Ain-Diab but fellow Brit Mike Hawthorn takes World Drivers Championship from Moss by just 1 point by finishing second; first British world champion

  • 1964 American sprinter Edith McGuire runs an Olympic record 23.0 to win the women's 200m gold medal in Tokyo; minor place medallists Irena Szewińska of Poland and Australian Marilyn Black both record 23.1
  • 1964 In a blanket finish in the 80m hurdles at the Tokyo Olympics, Germany's Karin Balzer and Teresa Cieply of Poland both record 10.5s with Pam Kilborn of Australia 10.6; Balzer is awarded the gold medal
  • 1964 Tamara Press of the Soviet Union wins the women's discus with an Olympic record throw 57.27m in Tokyo; first of 2 gold medals at the Games (shot put)

Sports History

1966 Bobby Orr makes his NHL regular-season debut for the Boston Bruins against the Detroit Red Wings

  • 1967 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of USSR, sets then long jump record at 27' 4 3/4"
  • 1968 American swimmer Jan Henne in 1:00.0 leads American sweep of the women's 100m freestyle medals at the Mexico City Olympics; teammates Susan Pedersen & Linda Gustavson both swim 1:00.3 for minor medals
  • 1968 Australian swimmer Michael Wendon sets world record 52.2s to win the blue ribband men's 100m freestyle gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics
  • 1968 New Zealand scores an upset victory in the men's coxed four rowing final at the Mexico City Olympics; beats favoured East German crew by 2.58s; first ever rowing gold medal for the Kiwis
  • 1968 The West German crew beats Australia by just 0.9s to win the men's eights rowing gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics

F1 World Champion

1969 Scottish Matra-Ford driver Jackie Stewart finishes 4th in season ending Mexican Grand Prix to win his first F1 World Drivers Championship by 26 points from Jacky Ickx of Belgium

Sports History

1974 Australian tennis star Evonne Goolagong wins her first WTA Tour Championship; beats Chris Evert 6-3, 6-4 in the final at the Los Angeles Sports Arena

  • 1974 Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers in Portland (next win 6-1-90)
  • 1974 NHL Detroit Red Wing Mickey Redmond scores 1st hat trick against Washington Capitals
  • 1975 Cleveland Browns' Don Cockroft kicks club record 5 field goals
  • 1981 LA Dodgers beat Montreal Expos for NL pennant
  • 1981 MLB National League Championship: Los Angeles Dodgers beat Montreal Expos, 3 games to 2
  • 1983 NHL Philadelphia Flyers begin 13-game winning streak

Cricket History

1986 Allan Border scores the 1,000,000th run in all test cricket (vs India in Bombay)

Sports History

1987 Woody Woodward resigns as NY Yankee GM, Lou Piniella is named GM and Billy Martin is named NY Yankee manager for 5th & final time

  • 1991 Longest NCAA football game (3:52) as Rhode Island beats Maine, 52-30 (6 OT)
  • 1991 Lonnie Glieberman purchased Ottawa Rough Riders from CFL
  • 1996 Braves beat NY Yanks by record tying 11 runs, 12-1 in a World Series
  • 1997 700th World Series home run (Sandy Alomar, Cleveland Indians)
  • 1999 MLB National League Championship: Atlanta Braves beat New York Mets, 4 games to 2
  • 2005 MLB National League Championship: Houston Astros beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 2
  • 2006 MLB National League Championship: St. Louis Cardinals beat New York Mets, 4 games to 3
  • 2007 Patrick Kane scores his first NHL goal against José Théodore of the Colorado Avalanche
  • 2008 MLB American League Championship: Tampa Bay Rays beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3
  • 2013 MLB American League Championship: Boston Red Sox beat Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 2
  • 2022 Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Aaron Nola faces his brother San Diego Padres catcher Austin Nola in first MLB playoff sibling pitcher-batter battle; Austin goes 1-2, with rally starting RBI in 8-5 win at Petco Park, San Diego