On This Day in Sport
Events in Sport
- 1880 Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England & Wales, is founded in Oxford, England
- 1894 French cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in world record 2:39:18
- 1894 Phillies Lave Cross hits for cycle vs Bkln Dodgers
- 1905 1st-class Cricket debut of Jack Hobbs, Surrey v Gentlemen (18 & 28)
- 1905 Senators execute a triple-play & beat Yankees 4-3
- 1917 Yankee lefty George Mogridge no-hits Red Sox 2-1 at Fenway
- 1933 1st major league to get 4 consecutive doubles in 9 inn (Dick Bartell)
- 1938 Lindenheuvel soccer team forms
Birthdays in Sport
Sachin Tendulkar
45th Birthday
Lydia Ko
20th Birthday
Deaths in Sport
- 1924 George Street, English cricket wicket keeper (1 Test 1923), dies
- 1983 Rolf Stommelen, German race car driver (b. 1943)
- 1986 Bill Edrich, cricketer (39 Tests for England), dies
- 1988 E S "Bob" Newson, cricketer (South African fast bowler in 1930's), dies