Events in Sport
- 1889 Daniel Stover & William Hance patent bicycle with back pedal brake
- 1894 Soccer team Achilles '94 forms in Axes
- 1927 Test Cricket debut of Walter Hammond, who scored 51 & took 5-36 v S Af
- 1950 Cleveland Browns beat LA Rams 30-28 in NFL championship game
- 1961 Houston Oilers beat San Diego Chargers 10-3 in AFL championship game
- 1974 Cardinals' Lou Brock is named Sportsman of the Year
- 1982 Chaminade, with a student body of only 850 students, beats #1 ranked Virginia 77-72 in a Honolulu holiday basketball classic
Event of Interest
1990 Expos trade Tim Raines to White Sox for Ivan Calderon & Barry Jones
Tim Raines
Birthdays in Sport
- 1868 Emanuel Lasker, German world chess champion (1894-21)
- 1885 Arthur Dolphin, cricketer (Yorkshire & England keeper, later Test ump)
- 1898 Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1967)
- 1921 Bill Dudley, NFL halfback (Pittsburgh, Detroit, Washington)
- 1923 Michael DiBiase, American wrestler (d. 1969)
- 1924 Roy Miller, cricketer (WI all-rounder in one Test 1953, 23 & 0-28)
- 1924 Grigory Kriss, Russian Olympic champion fencer
- 1926 Ronald Draper, cricketer (South African batsman v Australia 1949-50)
- 1932 [Michael] Colin Cowdrey, English cricket player, born in Ootacamund British India
- 1937 Félix Miéli Venerando, Brazilian football player
- 1940 Paul Tagliabue, NFL commissioner (1989- )
- 1944 Erhard Keller, German FR, 500m speed skater (Olympic gold 1968, 72)
- 1949 Cameron Seward, LPGA golfer
- 1949 Warwick Brown, Australian racing driver
- 1951 John D'Acquisto, baseball player
- 1955 Anwar Khan, cricketer (bowled four overs for Pakistan 1979)
- 1959 Keith Deller, British darts player
- 1961 Jay Wright, American basketball coach
- 1963 Timo Jutila, Tampere FIN, hockey defenseman (Team Finland)
- 1963 Jay Bilas, American basketball analyst
- 1964 Elbert Shelley, NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons)
- 1964 Gary Muller, South Africa, tennis star
- 1964 Marcel van der Net, Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht)
- 1965 Erika von Heiland, Angeles City Phil, US badminton player (Olympics 1992,96)
- 1965 Michael Haynes, NFL wide receiver (New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Falcons)
- 1965 Nancy Reno, Elmhurst Ill, WPVA volleyballer (Olympics 1996)
- 1965 Winston Moss, NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks)
- 1967 Mikhail Shchennikov, Russian race walker
- 1968 Joe Scuderi, cricketer (South Australian all-rounder)
- 1968 Marleen Renders, Belgian athlete
- 1970 Filmel Johnson, NFL defensive back (Buffalo Bills)
- 1970 Marian Smerciak, Martin CZE, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia 1998)
- 1970 Michael Batiste, NFL/WLAF defensive tackle (Cowboys, Frankfurt Galaxy)
- 1970 Romeo Wouden, Dutch soccer player (Dordrecht '90, Heerenveen)
- 1971 Tamir Bloom, American fencer-epee (Olympics 1996), born in NYC, New York
- 1972 Alvaro Mesen, Costa Rican footballer
- 1973 Eddie Pope, soccer defender (Olympic gold 1996), born in Greensboro, North Carolina
- 1974 Marcelo Salas, Chilean footballer
- 1975 Natalie Ward, Australian softball shortstop/2nd baseman (Olympic bronze 1996)
- 1978 Yıldıray Baştürk, Turkish footballer
- 1985 David Ragan, American race car driver
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
1971 Professional boxer George Foreman (22) weds Adrienne Calhoun
George Foreman