On This Day in Sport
Events in Sport
- 1886 Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England
- 1896 First college basketball game with 5 players on each side is conducted by the University of Iowa; invites student athletes from University of Chicago for an experimental game; Chicago beats Iowa 15-12
- 1938 Pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
- 1947 Detroit Tigers sell Hank Greenberg to Pirates (for $25-35,000)
- 1950 Indians pitcher Bob Feller, after 15-14 season, takes $20,000 salary cut to $45,000, pay cut is Feller's own suggestion
- 1951 NFL rules tackles, guards & centers ineligible for forward pass
- 1951 NFL takes control of failing Baltimore Colts
- 1951 1951 NFL Draft: Kyle Rote from SMU first pick by New York Giants
Birthdays in Sport
Peter Mark Roget
(1779 - 1869)
Mark Messier
57th Birthday
Deaths in Sport
- 1950 Horace Rice, Australian tennis player (Australasian C'ship 1907), dies at 77
- 1963 Johnnie Moyes, journalist and cricketer (S Aust batsman), dies
- 1967 Barney Ross, welterweight Boxing Champ (1934), dies at 57
- 1967 Reese "Goose" Tatum, basketballer (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 45