On This Day in Sport for January 11
Events in Sport
- 1893 Jaap Eden skates world record 1500m (2:35)
- 1915 Jacob Ruppert and Colonel Tillinghast Huston purchase the New York Yankees for $460,000, Ruppert pays his portion in cash
- 1938 Bradman scores a second innings 113 v Qld after a ton in the 1st
- 1946 Bert Bell becomes second NFL commissioner, moves Chicago headquarters to Philadelphia
- 1953 J. Edgar Hoover declines 6 figure offer to become president of International Boxing Club
- 1959 Pakistani cricket batsman Hanif Mohammad smashes 499 for Karachi v Bahawalpur, then 1st class world record
- 1959 9th NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: Eastern Conference beats Western Conference, 28-21; MVPs: Frank Gifford, NY Giants, HB; Doug Atkins, Chicago Bears, DE
- 1960 LaMar Clark sets pro boxing record of 44 consecutive knockouts
- More Events in Sport
Rahul DravidWeddings in Sport
- 1976 NBA player Pete Maravich (27) weds college sweetheart Jackie Elliser in Metairie, Louisiana
More Weddings & Divorces in Sport
Deaths in Sport
- 1902 Johnny Briggs, English cricket all-rounder (33 Tests; 118 wickets @ 17.75), dies of complications from an epileptic seizure at 39
- 1941 Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868)
- 1965 Wally Pipp, American baseball first baseman (World Series 1923; AL HR leader 1916, 17; NY Yankees), dies from a heart attack at 71
- 1966 Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish long-distance runner (Olympic gold 1912), dies at 76
January in Sport History
'The Most Famous of All Streaks'
Erika Roe bounced into the history books on this day when, topless, she skipped onto the pitch at a rugby game to the roar of 60,000 cheering spectators.
January 2, 1982Squaring Up for Radio Commentary
This was the day when the BBC broadcast live sports commentary for the first time and introduced a novel way of involving listeners in the action.
January 15, 19271st Winter Olympics
Einar Landvik, Nordic skier from Norway, competes in the first-ever Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, 1924
January 25, 1924
