1929 in Sport

• Jan 1 15th Rose Bowl: Georgia Tech beats California, 8-7 (Roy Riegels runs 60 yds the wrong way with fumble recovery)

• Jan 25 Bradman scores 340* for NSW v Victoria, 488 mins, 38 fours
• Jan 28 Australian Championships Women's Tennis, Adelaide: Daphne Akhurst retains title; beats Louise Bickerton 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
• Jan 28 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Englishman Colin Gregory wins his only Grad Slam title, beating Richard Schlesinger of Australia 6-2, 6-2, 5-7, 7-5
• Feb 4 Archie Jackson scores 164 in Test Cricket debut v England at Adelaide
• Feb 20 Red Sox announce they will play Sunday games at Braves Field
• Feb 28 Chic Black Hawks lose record NHL 15th straight game at home
• Mar 2 Chicago Black Hawks shut-out for NHL record 8th straight game
• Mar 13 Bradman scores 123 Aust v England at MCG, his 2nd Test Cricket century
• Mar 22 88th Grand National: Robert W. H. Everett aboard Gregalach wins
• Mar 29 Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep NY Rangers in 2 games
• Apr 16 NY Yankees become 1st team to wear uniform numbers
• Apr 19 33rd Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:33:08.6
• Apr 27 Ryder Cup Golf, Moortown GC: Great Britain beats US, 7-5 in bitterly cold and snowy conditions

• May 8 NY Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pittsburgh Pirates, 11-0
• May 10 54th Preakness: Louis Schaefer aboard Dr Freeland wins in 2:01.6

• May 18 55th Kentucky Derby: Linus McAtee on Clyde Van Dusen wins in 2:10.8
• May 18 Dodgers beat Phillies 20-16 & lost 8-6 in 2nd game (record 50 runs)
• May 24 Detroit Tigers beats Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 21 innings
• May 30 Indianapolis 500: Ray Keech wins in 5:07:25.458 (157.048 km/h)
• Jun 3 French Championships Men's Tennis: René Lacoste wins his 3rd French title, beating fellow Frenchman Jean Borotra 6-3, 2-6, 6-0, 2-6, 8-6

• Jun 8 61st Belmont: Mack Garner aboard Blue Larkspur wins in 2:32.8
• Jun 16 Otto E Funk, 62, ends marathon walk (NY to SF, 4165 miles in 183 days)
• Jun 22 Mel Ott (Giants) homers off Leo Sweetland (Phillies) in doubleheader

• Jul 6 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: In the first all-American final Helen Wills Moody beats Helen Jacobs 6-1, 6-2
• Jul 6 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Henri Cochet beats fellow Frenchman Jean Borotra 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 for his 2nd Wimbledon singles crown
• Jul 6 St. Louis Cardinals set MLB run record with 28 runs on 28 hits (28-6 v Phillies)
• Jul 10 In game between Pirates and Phillies 9 HRs hit 1 in each inning
• Jul 28 Chicago Cardinals become 1st NFL team to train out of state (Mich)
• Jul 28 24th Davis Cup: France beats USA in Paris (3-2)
• Jul 28 23rd Tour de France won by Maurice De Waele of Belgium
• Aug 2 Phillies 1st baseman Don Hurst sets NL record of 6 consecutive games with a HR in a 2-0 win v Pirates
• Aug 4 Cleveland Indians, trailing 6-5 in 9th with 2 outs score AL record tying 9 runs, beat NY Yankees 14-6

• Aug 11 Babe Ruth becomes 1st professional baseball player to hit 500 homers (off Willis Hudlin of Cleveland Indians)
• Aug 24 43rd U.S. Women's National Championship: Helen Wills Moody beats Phoebe Holcroft Watson (6-4, 6-2)
• Sep 14 A's clinch AL pennant with a 5-0 win over White Sox
• Sep 14 US Men's National Tennis Championship, Forest Hills NY: Bill Tilden wins 7th US title; beats Francis Hunter 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Sep 18 Pirates loss to Braves & clinch NL pennant for the Cubs

• Oct 8 A's Howard Ehmke (7-2) sets World Series record striking out 13 Cubs
• Oct 12 Cubs blow 8-0 World Series lead, A's score 10 in 1 inning
• Oct 14 Philadelphia A's beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 1 in 26th World Series
• Oct 14 Philadelphia A's set World Series record of 10 runs in an inning
• Nov 6 Providence Steam Roller become first NFL team to host a game at night under floodlights; lose 16-0 against the Chicago Cardinals at the Cycledrome, Providence, RI
• Nov 28 Chicago fullback Ernie Nevers sets NFL record for most points scored in a single game with all 40 in the Cardinals' 40–6 rout of Chicago Bears; Nevers has NFL record 6 touchdowns and 4 extra points
• Nov 30 CFL Grey Cup, AAA Grounds, Hamilton: Hamilton Tigers take their 4th title; beat Regina Roughriders, 14-3
• Dec 3 Boston Bruins beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-1, the first win of an NHL record 14-game winning streak, and a 22-game home winning streak
• Dec 7 Leo Diegel wins PGA golf tournament
• Dec 15 National Football League Championship: Green Bay Packers (12-0-1) win first past the past title
• Dec 16 Chic Blackhawks 1st game at Chicago Stadium, beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-1
• Dec 20 Heinie Wagner replaces Bill Carrigan as Red Sox manager

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 113

• Jan 7 Kenneth Henry, American 500m speed skater (Olympic gold 1952)
• Jan 17 Jacques "Jake the Snake" Plante, Canadian NHL goaltender (#1) who was the first to wear a goaltender mask, born in Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Quebec (d. 1986)
• Jan 20 Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, American auto racer (Daytona 500 1962), born in Tavares, Florida (d. 1964)
• Jan 23 Ian Thomson, English cricketer (England seam bowler v South Africa 1964-65), born in Walsall, United Kingdom
• Jan 28 Richard Clement Charles Thomas, rugby international/journalist
• Jan 29 William McMillan, American rapid pistol (Olympic gold 1960) [or Jul 3]
• Jan 30 Hugh Tayfield, cricketer (celebrated South African off-spinner 1949-60)
• Feb 3 Ken Shipp, American football coach
• Feb 5 Al Worthington, baseball player
• Feb 6 Sixten Jernberg, Swedish skier (Olympic gold 1956/60/64), (d. 2012)
• Feb 9 Lennox Butler, cricketer (1 Test WI v Aust 1955, 16 & 2-151)
• Feb 10 Hallgeir Brenden, Norwegian 15K/18K cross country (Olympic gold 1952, 56)
• Feb 15 Graham Hill, auto racer (1962, 68 international racing champ), born in London, England
• Feb 16 Gerhard Hanappi, Austrian footballer (d. 1980)
• Feb 17 Paul Meger, Canadian ice hockey player
• Feb 22 Ryne Duren, near-sighted pitcher (NY Yankees)
• Feb 23 Elston Howard, Yankee catcher (1st African American NY Yankee/1963 AL MVP)
• Feb 27 Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer, (d. 2013)
• Feb 27 Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league footballer and coach (d. 2008)
• Feb 28 Hayden Fry, American football coach
• Mar 5 Erik Carlsson, Swedish rally driver
• Mar 6 David Sheppard, bishop (Liverpool)/cricketer (England batsman)
• Mar 11 Jackie McGlew, cricketer (dour South African opening bat of the 50')
• Mar 12 Bernard Costello, American double sculls (Olympic silver 1956)
• Mar 13 Walter Medio, race horse trainer
• Mar 14 Thomas Bell Jr, race horse trainer
• Mar 21 Maurice Catarcio, wrestler

• Mar 24 Cuan McCarthy, cricketer (36 Test wkts for South Africa, 1 career no-ball)
• Mar 25 Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (d. 2003)
• Mar 28 Paul England, Australian racing driver, born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2014)
• Apr 1 Bo Schembechler, American football coach (d. 2006)
• Apr 10 Mike Hawthorn, English auto racer (F1 world champion 1958), born in Mexborough, England (d. 1959)
• Apr 13 Marilynn Smith, American golfer (Titleholders Championship 1963-64), born in Topeka, Kansas
• Apr 19 Edward Crook, American middleweight boxer (Olympic gold 1960), born in Detroit, Michigan
• Apr 25 Yvette Williams, New Zealand long jumper (Olympic gold 1952), born in Dunedin, New Zealand
• Apr 27 Nina Ponomareva Romaschkova, Soviet discus thrower (Olympic gold 1952, 60), involved shoplift scandal, born in Smychka (d. 2016)
• Apr 29 Mickey McDermott, American baseball player (d. 2003)
• May 1 Sonny Ramadhin, West Indian cricket leg spin bowler (43 Tests), born in St.Charles Village, Trinidad
• May 2 Graham Gedye, New Zealand cricketer (opening batsman in four Tests for NZ 1964), born in Otahuhu, Auckland (d. 2014)
• May 7 Dick Williams, American baseball player and manager (including Seattle 1986-87), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2011)
• May 7 Babe Parilli, American football player, born in Rochester, Pennsylvania (d. 2017)
• May 12 Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player
• May 14 Vladimir Antoshin, USSR, International Chess Grandmaster (1964)
• May 14 Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2007)
• May 15 Jack Flavell, cricketer (England pace bowler in 4 Tests 1961-64)
• May 21 Paul Winslow, cricketer (big-hitter for South Africa, 108 v England 1955)
• May 28 Leslie Wight, cricketer (one Test WI v India 1953, scored 21)
• Jun 2 Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player (Australian C'ship 1952), born in Adelaide, South Australia (d. 2007)
• Jun 8 V. M. Muddiah, Indian cricketer (Indian off-spinner in 2 Tests 1959-61), born in Bangalore, India (d. 2009)
• Jun 9 Keith A St H Gardner, Jamaica, 4x400m runner (Olympic bronze 1960)
• Jun 14 Alan Davidson, cricketer (mighty Australian lefty quick all-rounder)
• Jun 17 Tigran Petrosyan, USSR, world chess champion (1963-69)
• Jun 21 Agha Saadat Ali, cricketer (Paki bat in Test v NZ 1956, scored 8*)
• Jun 27 Dick the Bruiser [William Fritz Afflis], American professional wrestler, born in Delphi, Indiana (d. 1991)
• Jun 29 Pete George, American weightlifter (Olympic gold/2 silver-48, 52), born in Akron, Ohio

• Jul 4 Bill Tuttle, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers), born in Cramer, Illinois (d. 1998)
• Jul 4 Chuck Tanner, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), born in New Castle, Pennsylvania (d. 2011)
• Jul 5 Tony Lock, English cricketer and left-arm spinner who took 174 wickets for England, born in Limpsfield, Surrey (d. 1995)
• Jul 10 Moe Norman, Canadian Tour golfer (1966 Quebec Open), born in Kitchener, Ontario
• Jul 13 Red Terrill Jr, horse trainer
• Jul 18 Dick Button, American figure skater (Olympic gold 1948, 52), born in Englewood, New Jersey

• Jul 21 Bob Orton, American wrestler (d. 2006)
• Jul 22 John Barber, British racing driver
• Jul 24 Alfred Binns, West Indian cricket wicketkeeper (1953-56), born in KIngston, Jamaica (d. 2017)
• Jul 25 Eddie Mazur, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens), born in Winnipeg, Mnaitoba, Canada (d. 1995)
• Jul 31 José Santamaria, Uruguayan footballer, born in Montevideo, Uruguay
• Aug 6 Anneliese Kuppers, German FR, equestrian dressage (Olympic silver 1956)
• Aug 7 Don Larsen, American MLB pitcher (NY Yankees), born on what must have been a perfect day in Michigan City, Indiana
• Aug 12 Charles Moore, Coatsville Pa, 400m hurdler (Olympic gold/silver-52)
• Aug 14 Dick Tiger, Nigerian boxer (d. 1971)
• Aug 16 Helmut Rahn, German footballer (d. 2003)
• Aug 23 Peter Thomson, Australian golfer and 5-time Open Championship winner, born in Brunswick, Victoria (d. 2018)
• Aug 27 Elizabeta Bagrintseve, USSR, discus thrower (Olympic silver 1952)
• Sep 3 Carlo Clerici, Swiss professional road racing cyclist, born in Vaiano, Italy (d. 2007)
• Sep 6 Dow Finsterwald, American golfer (PGA Championship 1958), born in Athens, Ohio
• Sep 8 Roger Byrne, English footballer (d. 1958

• Sep 17 Stirling Moss, race car driver, born in London, England
• Sep 21 Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (Budapest Honvéd), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1979)
• Sep 25 John Rutherford, Australian cricketer (one Test for Australia 1956), born in Bruce Rock, Western Australia
• Sep 26 Meredith Gourdine, American long jumper (Olympic silver 1952), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1998)
• Oct 1 Ken Arthurson, Australian rugby league identity
• Oct 3 Andy Hebenton, Canadian NHL right wing (630 consecutive games; NY Rangers, Boston Bruins), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Oct 6 Les Favell, cricketer (stoic Australian batsman late 50's)
• Oct 8 Didi [Waldyr Pereira], Brazilian footballer, born in Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil (d. 2001)
• Oct 14 Yvon Durelle, Canadian boxer, born in Baie-Sainte-Anne, New Brunswick, Canada (d. 2007)
• Oct 19 Balbir Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic gold 1948-56)
• Oct 24 James Brosnan, baseball player/writer (Long Season)
• Oct 25 Peter Loader, English cricketer (England quick in 13 Tests 1954-59, later WA), born in Wallington, London
• Oct 28 Narotam Puna, cricketer (Bombay NZ off-spinner v England 1966)
• Oct 31 Eddie Charlton, Australian snooker player, born in Merewether, Australia (d. 2004)
• Nov 4 Jimmy Piersall, baseball player (Red Sox, Senators, Indians)
• Nov 8 Trevor McMahon, NZ cricket wicketkeeper (v India & Pak 1955-56)
• Nov 8 Bobby Bowden, American football coach
• Nov 14 Gilbert Rogin, American journalist and author (The New Yorker, Sports Illustrated), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2017)
• Nov 17 Edgar White, American yachtsman (Olympic gold 1952)

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• Jan 24 Wilfred Baddeley, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1891-2, 95), dies at 57
• Feb 14 Tom Burke, American runner (b. 1875)
• Feb 17 John Read, cricketer (batted in 17 Tests for Eng for 463 runs), dies
• May 21 V P F A Royle, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1879), dies
• Jun 2 Charles Coventry, cricketer (13 runs in 2 Tests Eng v S Af 1889), dies
• Jun 4 Harry Frazee, American MLB team owner (Boston Red Sox), dies of kidney failure at 48
• Jun 7 J E P McMaster, cricketer (Eng v S Af Test 1889 (out for 0), dies
• Jul 11 Billy Mosforth, English footballer (b. 1857)
• Aug 1 Syd Gregory, cricketer (Australian captain pre-WWI), dies
• Aug 25 Frederick Burton, Australian cricketer (Australian wicketkeeper 1886-87), dies at 63
• Sep 25 Miller Huggins, American Baseball Hall of Fame 2nd baseman, manager (NY Yankees WS 1923, 27-28), dies of pyaemia at 51
• Oct 21 Owen Dunell, cricketer (two Tests for South Africa in 1889), dies
• Oct 25 James Lillywhite Jr, cricketer (two Tests for England 1877), dies
• Nov 9 Nicolaas Theunissen, South African cricket break bowler (2nd Test 1889), dies
• Nov 14 Joseph McGinnity, baseball pitcher (NY Giants), dies at 58
• Nov 17 A F A Lilley, cricketer (92 dismissals in 35 Tests 1896-1909), dies
• Dec 9 Willis Cuttell, cricketer (two Tests England v South Africa 1899), dies

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