On This Day in Sport for August 8

Events in Sport

  • 1870 Magic (US) defeats Cambria (England) in 2nd running of America's Cup
  • 1900 1st Davis Cup tennis competition, named after Dwight Filley Davis, began at Longwood Cricket Club in Mass, & won by US 2 days later
  • 1902 2nd Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in New York (3-2)
  • 1903 3rd Davis Cup: British Isles beats USA in Boston (4-1)
  • 1922 Pirates set record of 46 hits in a doubleheader (against Phillies)
  • 1931 Wash Senator Bob Burke no-hits Boston Red Sox, 5-0
  • 1936 American Glenn Morris' decathlon total of 7,254 points is a world record; team mates Bob Clark & Jack Parker complete US sweep in the gruelling event at the Berlin Olympics
  • 1946 Dreyfuss family, owners of Pittsburgh Pirates since 1900, sells club to Frank McKinney & John Galbreath for $25 million
  • 1950 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA All-American Golf Open
  • 1961 Ham Tigercats (CFL) beat Buff Bills (NFL) 38-21 in Hamilton, Ontario
  • 1963 LA Dodgers F Howard & B Skowron are 3rd to hit consecutive pinch HRs
  • 1965 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Milwaukee Golf Open
  • 1970 NY Yankees honor Casey Stengel, retiring his number 37 (BTG was there)
  • 1971 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Pepsi Golf Open
  • 1976 Chicago White Sox suit up in shorts
  • 1977 Texas Rangers turn their 1st triple play (vs A's)

Sport awardGolf Major

1982 PGA Championship, Southern Hills CC: Ray Floyd wins 2nd PGA C'ship by 3 shots from fellow American Lanny Wadkins

Golfer and Four-Time Major Championship Winner Ray Floyd
Golfer and Four-Time Major Championship Winner
Ray Floyd
  • 1982 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic

Event of interestEvent of Interest

1983 1st Athletics World Championships: Carl Lewis wins gold in 100m

Olympic Sprinter and Long jumper Carl Lewis
Olympic Sprinter and Long jumper
Carl Lewis
  • 1984 Carl Lewis wins 3rd gold medal of the Los Angelese Olympics joining Kirk Baptiste and Thomas Jefferson in an American sweep of the 200m
  • 1984 Future 5-time America's Cup winner Russell Coutts of New Zealand wins the Finn Class sailing gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics
  • 1985 Baseball's new agreement permits 2 new NL teams in 1993
  • 1987 Brewers' Rob Deer struck-out 5 times in a game

Event of interestEvent of Interest

1988 9th U.S. Senior Golf Open: Gary Player

Golfer Gary Player
Golfer
Gary Player
  • 1988 Minnesota Twins pull 2nd triple-play of year & beat Cleve 6-2
  • 1988 Cubs & Phillies attempt to play 1st night game ever at Wrigley Field but are rained out in 4th inning with Chicago leading, 3-1
  • 1990 Balt Orioles pull their 10th triple play (1-6-3 vs Oakland)

Sports record brokenBaseball Record

1990 Carlton Fisk ties Johnny Bench hitting 327 HRs as a catcher

MLB Catcher Johnny Bench
MLB Catcher
Johnny Bench

Event of interestEvent of Interest

1990 Pete Rose begins 5-ms prison term at Marion (IL) Federal prison camp

MLB Player and Manager Pete Rose
MLB Player and Manager
Pete Rose
  • 1991 With two months left, White Sox set new home attendance (2,150,951)
  • 1992 The original US 'Dream Team' wins the basketball gold at the Barcelona Olympics 117-85 over Croatia; features superstars Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Scotty Pippen, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing
  • 1992 Bulgarian canoeist Nikolay Bukhalov completes the C-1 500 / 1,000 double winning the latter at the Barcelona Olympics
  • 1993 Dana Lofland wins McCall's LPGA Golf Classic Dormann at Stratton Mt
  • 1997 Mariners Randy Johnson strikes out 19 Chicago White Sox

Hall of fameHall of Fame

2004 John Elway is inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame

NFL Quarterback John Elway
NFL Quarterback
John Elway
  • 2008 29th Summer Olympic Games opens in Beijing, China

Birthdays in Sport

  • 1889 Jack Ryder, cricketer (athletic Australian all-rounder & captain)
  • 1892 Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Spanish footballer (d. 1922)
  • 1904 Achille Varzi, Italian auto racer (14 Grand Prix wins), born in Galliate, Italy (d. 1948)
  • 1909 Bill Voce, cricketer (England left-arm bodyline bowler)
  • 1921 Esther Williams, American swimmer and actress (Dangerous when Wet), born in Inglewood California (d. 2013)
  • 1927 Johnny Temple, American baseball player (d. 1994)
  • 1930 Jerry Tarkanian, basketball coach (California State, UNLV, 625-122)
  • 1936 Frank Howard, baseball player (NL Rookie of the Year 1960)
  • 1939 Viorica Viscopoleanu, Romania, long jumper (Olympic gold 1968)
  • 1940 Dilip Sardesai, cricketer (high scoring Indian batsman of 60's)

Person of interestKen Dryden

1947 Ken Dryden, Canadian politician and hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, 6 Stanley Cups), born in Hamilton, Ontario

NHL Goalie and Canadian Politician Ken Dryden
NHL Goalie and Canadian Politician
Ken Dryden
  • 1947 Jose Cruz, leftfielder (St Louis Cards, Houston Astros)
  • 1949 Ricardo Londoño, Colombian racing driver
  • 1951 Phil Carlson, cricketer (Australian all-rounder 1979)
  • 1952 Sudhakar Rao, Indian cricketer
  • 1953 "Sweet" Lou Dunbar, basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters)
  • 1954 Nigel Mansell, formula-1 racer (Portugal Grand Prix-1990)
  • 1955 Herbert Prohaska, Austrian footballer
  • 1956 Wes Chandler, Florida, WLAF wide receiver coach (Rhein Fire)
  • 1961 Bruce Matthews, NFL guard/center (Houston Oilers)
  • 1962 Charmaine Crooks, Canadian 800m runner (Olympics 1984, 88, 92, 96), born in Mandeville, Jamaica
  • 1962 Jim Sweeney, NFL center/guard (Seattle Seahawks, Pittsburgh Steelers)
  • 1963 Carol Lewis, Willingboro NJ, high jumper (Olympic-9th-1984)
  • 1963 Ron Karkovice, Union NJ, catcher (Chicago White Sox)
  • 1963 Stephen Walkom, Canadian ice hockey official and executive
  • 1964 Harry Lee "Butch" Reynolds, American 400m runner (world record)
  • 1964 Paul Taylor, cricketer (England left-arm pace bowler in one Test 1993)
  • 1965 Angus Fraser, cricketer (England right-arm pace bowler 1989- )
  • 1966 Chris Eubank, English boxer
  • 1966 John Hudek, American baseball player
  • 1967 Ben Fouchee, Kuruman South Africa, Canadian Tour golfer (1987 South African Amateur)
  • 1967 Howard Cross, NFL tight end (NY Giants)
  • 1967 Margo Malowney, Saint John New Brunswick, volleyball player (Olympics 1996)
  • 1968 Abey Kuruvila, cricketer (promising Bombay fast bowler)
  • 1968 Suzy Hamilton, US olympic 1500m runner
  • 1969 Jerome Henderson, NFL cornerback (NY Jets, Philadelphia Eagles)
  • 1970 Amaia Arruti, LPGA golfer
  • 1970 Catriona Fallon, Burlingame California, rower (Olympic 4th 1992, 96)
  • 1970 Trev Alberts, NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)
  • 1971 John Raposo, CFL defensive tackle (Toronto Argonauts)
  • 1971 Marcello Simmons, CFL defensive back (Toronto Argonauts)
  • 1971 Steve Hinton, Australian baseball infielder (Olympics 1996)
  • 1972 Axel Merckx, Belgian cyclist
  • 1973 Shane Lee, cricket all-rounder (NSW & Somerset, Australian ODI 1995-)
  • 1974 Andrei Mezin, NHL goaltender (Team Belarus, Olympics 1998)
  • 1974 Andy Priaulx, British race car driver
  • 1976 Seung-Yeop Lee, Korean baseball player
  • 1976 Jeff Simmons, American race car driver
  • 1977 Kurt Bernard, Costa Rican footballer
  • 1977 Szilard Nemeth, Slovak footballer
  • 1977 Rocky Thompson, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1977 Mohammad Wasim, Pakistani cricketer
  • 1978 Alan Maybury, Irish footballer
  • 1978 Louis Saha, French footballer
  • 1979 Rashard Lewis, American basketball player
  • 1980 Sabine Klaschka, German tennis player

Person of interestRoger Federer

1981 Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player (20 Grand Slam singles titles), born in Bottmingen, Switzerland

Tennis Champion Roger Federer
Tennis Champion
Roger Federer
  • 1984 Martrez Milner, American football player
  • 1985 Brayan Ruiz, Costa Rican football player
  • 1988 Danilo Gallinari, Italian basketball player
  • 1989 Sesil Karatantcheva, Bulgarian tennis player

Weddings in Sport


HeartWedding of Interest

1996 NBA Rockets star Hakeem Olajuwon (33) weds Dalia Asafi (18) in Houston, Texas

NBA Center Hakeem Olajuwon
NBA Center
Hakeem Olajuwon

Deaths in Sport

  • 1934 Wilbert Robinson, baseball manager (Bkln Dodgers), dies
  • 1966 Pierre Charles, Belgian heavyweight boxer, dies at 63
  • 1982 Eric Brandon, British racing driver, dies at 62
  • 1991 Julissa Gomez, American gymnast (b. 1972)
  • 1992 Arthur Lang, American boxer and businessman, dies at 115
  • 2005 Gene Mauch, American baseball player (b. 1925)
  • 2008 Orville Moody, American golfer (US Open 1969), dies of multiple myeloma at 74
  • 2009 Daniel Jarque, Spanish football player (b. 1983)