Events in Sport
Boxing Title Fight
1918 Jack Dempsey KOs Carl Morris in 14 seconds
Jack Dempsey
Donald Bradman
- 1929 Chic Blackhawks 1st game at Chicago Stadium, beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-1
Event of Interest
1930 Golfer Bobby Jones is the first to win the James E. Sullivan Award (best US amateur athlete)
Bobby Jones
- 1945 Cleveland Rams win NFL championship
- 1946 1947 NFL Draft: Bob Fenimore from University of Oklahoma A&M first pick by Chicago Bears
- 1958 Ballon d'Or: Real Madrid's French midfielder Raymond Kopa wins award for best football player in Europe ahead of German winger Helmut Rahn and French forward Just Fontaine
- 1962 NY Giant YA Title sets NFL season touchdown pass record at 33 with 6 touchdowns vs Dallas (41-31)
Event of Interest
1967 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia 76ers scores 68 points vs Chicago
Wilt Chamberlain
- 1972 Miami Dolphins become 1st undefeated NFL team (14-0-0)
Event of Interest
1973 O.J. Simpson becomes 1st NFLer to rush 2,000 yard in a season
O.J. Simpson
Event of Interest
1983 Yogi Berra named Yankee manager for 2nd time
Yogi Berra
Birthdays in Sport
- 1850 Fred Morley, cricketer (legendary Notts & England bowler 1880-83)
- 1882 Jack Hobbs, cricketer (1st-class runs, the most ever)
- 1882 John Berry Hobbs, England, 1st cricket played knighted (1953)
- 1897 Jacobus Petrus Duminy, cricketer (three Tests for South Africa 1927-29)
- 1907 Syd Curnow, cricketer (South African batsman in 7 Tests 1930-32)
- 1909 Lall Singh, cricketer (scored 15 & 29 in India's 1st Test match)
- 1910 Freddie Brown, Peru, cricketer ("Lettuces! Hearts as big as ")
- 1922 Pierre Chany, writer/cycling journalist
- 1929 Doug Ford, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (successful NSW of 50's), born in Maryville, New South Wales
Tom Brookshier
1931 Tom Brookshier, American football player and sportscaster, born in Roswell, New Mexico (d. 2010)
Tom Brookshier
- 1938 Frank Deford, American sportswriter
- 1945 Bobby George, English professional darts player
- 1947 Vincent Matthews, American 400m dash (Olympic gold 1972)
- 1950 Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist (d. 2006)
- 1952 Joel Garner, Christ Church, Barbados, West Indian cricketer (two-metre West Indian pace bowler 1977-87)
- 1952 Francesco Graziani, Italian footballer
- 1954 Joslyn Y Hoyte-Smith, Barbados, 4X400m hurdler (Olympic bronze 1980)
- 1955 Graeme Stevenson, cricketer (England medium pacer 1980-81)
- 1958 Bart Oates, NFL center (NY Giants, SF 49ers)
- 1960 Pat Van Den Hauwe, Belgian footballer
- 1962 William "The Refrigerator" Perry, NFL defensive back (Chicago Bears)
- 1963 Brian Clark, Brandon Man, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Morden Pro-Am)
- 1963 Cathy Johnston, American golfer, (du Maurier Classic 1990), born in High Point, North Carolina
- 1963 Silvio Diliberto, WLAF kicker (Amsterdam Admirals)
- 1964 Billy Ripken, 2nd baseman (Bal Orioles, Texas Rangers), born in Havre de Grace, Maryland
- 1964 Evelyn Conley, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-7th-1989), born in San Francisco, California
- 1964 Heike Drechsler, Gera German DR, sprinter (1988 world record)
- 1965 Brent Franklin, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Japan Open-2nd), born in Barrie, Ontario
- 1965 Chris Jones, outfielder (NY Mets), born in Utica, New York
- 1965 Moe Elewonibi, NFL/CFL tackle (Philadelphia Eagles, BC Lions)
- 1965 Page Dunlap, Harrisonburg VA, LPGA golfer (1994 Atlanta Women's-8th)
- 1965 Romallis Ellis, lightweight boxer (Olympic bronze 1988), born in Washington, D.C.
- 1966 Clifford Robinson, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Portland Trail Blazers)
- 1966 Dennis Wise, English footballer
- 1967 Donovan Bailey, Manchester Jamaica, Canada 100m runner (Olympic 2 gold-96)
- 1968 Darryll Lewis, NFL cornerback (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
- 1968 Wendy Doolan, Australian LPGA golfer (1991 British Amat Champ-2nd), born in Sydney, New South Wales
- 1969 Charles Mincy, NFL safety (Minnesota Vikings, Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
- 1969 Craig White, cricketer (England all-rounder 1994-95, AIS graduate)
- 1969 Martin Ulrich, hockey defenseman (Team Austria 1998)
- 1971 Catherine "Cathy" Symon, rower (Olympics 1996), born in Washington, D.C.
- 1971 Kristen Kane, diver (Olympics 1996), born in Jacksonville, Florida
- 1972 Charles Gipson, American baseball player
- 1972 Željko Kalac, Australian soccer player
- 1973 Kristie Boogert, Rotterdam Neth, tennis star (1996 Paris)
- 1975 Valentin Bădoi, Romanian footballer
- 1977 Sylvain Distin, French footballer
- 1977 Éric Bélanger, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1978 Gunter Van Handenhoven, Belgian footballer
- 1979 Trevor Immelman, South African golfer
- 1981 Gareth Williams, Scottish footballer
- 1982 Antrel Rolle, National Football League defensive back
- 1983 Kelenna Azubuike, English basketball player
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
1991 NBA center David Robinson (26) weds Valerie Hoggatt at a Baptist church ceremony in San Antonio, Texas
David Robinson
Wedding of Interest
2000 Tennis player Todd Martin (30) weds Amy Martin in New Jersey
Todd Martin
Deaths in Sport
- 1940 Billy Hamilton, American baseball player (b. 1866)
- 1944 Don Meyer Basketball coach Northern State, Lipscomb, and Hamline
- 1973 Syd Barnes, cricketer (13 Tests for Australia 1938-48), dies
- 1984 Debs Garms, American baseball player, dies at 77
- 1985 Dick Pollard, cricketer (England fast-medium bowler 1946-48), dies
- 1985 Merv Waite, cricketer (2 Tests for Aust 1938, 1 wkt avg 190), dies
- 1988 Hunter "Stork" Hendry, Australian cricketer (11 Tests for Australia 1921-29), dies at 93
- 1989 Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentine racing driver (b. 1913)
- 1992 Rinus Terlouw, Dutch soccer player/trainer (Sparta), dies
- 2004 Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (b. 1933)
- 2014 Ernie Terrell, American boxer (WBA champ 1965-7), dies at 75