On This Day in Sport for February 18
Events in Sport
- 1899 Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Victorias beat Winnipeg Victorias, 3-2 to sweep series, 2-0 for CAHL
- 1909 Boston Red Sox trade Cy Young, at 41, to Cleveland Naps
- 1919 Cy Denneny of NHL Ottawa Senators scores record 52nd goal
- 1922 Kenesaw Mountain Landis resigns his federal judgeship to give full attention to job as Major League Baseball Commissioner
- 1924 US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard
- 1924 US Men's Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger
- 1928 Sonja Henie of Norway wins the women’s figure skating gold medal at the St. Moritz Winter Olympic Games; her first of 3 consecutive titles in the event
- 1928 USA 2 beats USA 1 by 0.5s for the 5-man bobsleigh gold medal at the St. Moritz Winter Olympics; Germany 2 takes bronze
- More Events in Sport
Birthdays in Sport
- 1853 August Belmont Jr, breeder (Man 'O War)/founder (NY Jockey Club)
- 1895 George "The Gipper" Gipp, American football player (Notre Dame), born in Laurium, Michigan (d. 1920)
- 1909 Matti Jarvinen, Finland, javelin thrower (Olympic gold 1932)
- 1926 Len Ford, NFL end (Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers)
Weddings in Sport
- 1922 Football player George Halas (27) weds Minnie Bushing
- 1946 MLB baseball player Hank Greenberg (35) weds heiress Caral Gimbel in Sea Island, Georgia
- 1989 Baseball player Steve Garvey weds Candace Thomas while being accused of fathering children by two other women
More Weddings & Divorces in Sport
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