On This Day in Sport for February 6
Events in Sport
- 1926 NFL rules college students ineligible until college classes graduates
- 1926 St Louis Browns acquire catcher Wally Schang from NY Yankees
- 1932 1st Olympic dog sled race at Lake Placid, New York (demonstration sport)
- 1936 IV Winter Olympic Games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
- 1947 Compton & Arthur Morris both complete dual tons in same Test Cricket
- 1948 Bradman retires hurt, 57 in his last Test Cricket innings in Australia
- 1948 World & European champion Barbara Ann Scott becomes the first Canadian to win a women's figure skating Olympic gold medal at the St. Moritz Winter Games
- 1948 Nils Karlsson wins the 50k cross country gold medal at the St. Moritz Winter Olympics; Swedish skiers win all 3 cross-country events at the Games
- More Events in Sport
James Braid
Babe Ruth
Arthur Ashe