On This Day in Sport for January 14

Events in Sport

Event of Interest

1968 Super Bowl II: Green Bay Packers beat Oakland Raiders, 33-14 in Miami Super Bowl MVP: Bart Starr, Green Bay, QB

NFL Coach and Sportscaster John Madden — NFL Coach and Sportscaster
John Madden

1969 Matt Busby retires from Manchester United
1969 19th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 123-112 at Baltimore
1973 Super Bowl VII: Miami Dolphins beat Wash Red Skins, 14-7 in LA, MVP: Jake Scott, Miami, S
1975 Anita Wold (Norway) sets women's ski jump distance record-98 m
1975 25th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 108-102 at Phoenix

Event of Interest

1976 Ted Turner becomes CEO of Atlanta Braves

Founder of CNN Ted Turner — Founder of CNN
Ted Turner

Event of Interest

1985 Martina Navratilova is 3rd to win 100 tennis tournaments (Connors & Evert)

Tennis Player Martina Navratilova — Tennis Player
Martina Navratilova

1987 Catfish Hunter and Billy Williams are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Event of Interest

1990 AFC Championship Game: Denver Broncos beat Cleveland Browns 37-21

NFL Quarterback John Elway — NFL Quarterback
John Elway

1990 NFC Championship Game: San Francisco 49ers beat Los Angeles Rams 30-3
1994 Inna Lassovskaya triple-jumps ladies world record (14.61m)
1996 Liselotte Neumann wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champions
1996 AFC Championship Game: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Indianapolis Colts 20-16
1996 NFC Championship Game: Dallas Cowboys beat Green Bay Packers 38-27

Event of Interest

1998 Charles Barkley pleads not guilty to an assault charge

NBA Power Forward Charles Barkley — NBA Power Forward
Charles Barkley

2001 AFC Championship Game: Baltimore Ravens beats Oakland Raiders 16-3
2001 NFC Championship Game: New York Giants beat Minnesota Vikings 41-0

Birthdays in Sport

1920 Bertus de Harder, Dutch soccer star (Bordeaux)
1920 Donald Beard, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in the 1950's)
1921 Ken Sailors, professional basketball player (popularized and may have invented the jump shot), born in Bushnell, Nebraska (d. 2016)
1927 Ivan Kalita, USSR, equestrian dressage (Olympic silver 1968)
1932 Don Garlits, American auto racer (1st drag racer over 200mph for 1/4 mile), born in Tampa, Florida
1936 John Paul Cain, Sweetwater TX, PGA golfer (1989 Greater Grand Rapids)
1936 Ludmila Pinayeva, USSR, 500m kayaker (Olympic gold 1964, 1968, 1972)
1936 Reiner Klimke, German FR, equestrian dressage (Olympic gold 1984)
1937 Ken Higgs, cricketer (effective England pace-bowler in 15 Tests 1965-68)
1937 Erland Kops, Danish badminton player
1941 C L "Gibby" Gilbert Jr, PGA golfer (1976 Danny Thomas), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee
1942 Ian Brayshaw, Australian cricketer and footballer
1942 Dave Campbell, American baseball player
1944 Graham Vivian Marsh, Kalgoorlie Australia, PGA golfer (1977 Heritage)
1947 Bill Weberniuk, Canadian snookers player
1951 Gil Pak Jong, Korea PR, judo (Olympic-1976)
1954 Jim Duggan, American wrestler
1959 Paul Terry, cricketer (in Germany Two Tests England v WI 1984)
1964 Sergei Nemchinov, NHL center (NY Islanders, Olympic silver 1998), born in Moscow, Russia
1964 Ernest Miller, American wrestler
1965 Dave Lowry, Sudbury, NHL left wing (Florida Panthers)
1966 Matt Brock, NFL defensive end/tackle (NY Jets)
1967 Terry Wooden, NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks, KC Chiefs)
1968 Fred[ric] Honebein, rower (Olympic 5th 1996), born in San Francisco, California
1968 Ruel Fox, English footballer
1969 David Webb, WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1969 Martin Bicknell, cricketer (England pace bowler 1993)
1969 Rico Smith, NFL wide receiver (Cleveland Browns)
1970 Eric Charron, Verdun, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
1970 Steve Cooke, Kanai Hawaii, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1970 Tyrone Hughes, NFL cornerback (New Orleans Saints, Chicago Bears)
1971 Antonios Nikopolidis, Greek footballer
1972 Kyle Brady, NFL tight end (NY Jets)
1972 Michael Davis, NFL cornerback (Cleveland Browns)
1972 Raimondas Rumšas, Lithuanian cyclist
1973 Ed Howard, NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons)
1973 Lethon Flowers, NFL defensive back (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1973 Rod Myers, Conroe TX, outfielder (KC Royals)
1973 Giancarlo Fisichella, Italian race car driver
1974 Hugues Legault, 50m swimmer (Olympics 1996), born in Montreal, Quebec
1974 Kevin Jefferson, NFL linebacker (Cin Bengals)
1974 Michael Dritlein, WLAF wide receiver (Rhein Fire)
1974 Nancy Napolski, Hinsdale Idaho, air rifle (Olympics 1996)
1975 Marcel Koning, soccer player (FC The Hague/NEC)
1977 Terry Ryan, St Johns, NHL left wing (Montreal Canadiens)
1978 Shawn Crawford, American sprinter
1980 Clive Clarke, Irish footballer
1980 Cory Gibbs, American soccer player
1980 Ossama Haidar, a Lebanese soccer player
1980 Byron Leftwich, American football player
1982 Léo Lima, Brazilian footballer
1982 Víctor Valdés, Spanish goalkeeper
1983 Maxime Monfort, Belgian cyclist
1984 Mike Pelfrey, American baseball player
1986 Cristina Aicardi, Peruvian badminton player

Weddings in Sport

Wedding of Interest

1954 NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio weds actress Marilyn Monroe (27) in her 2nd marraige at San Francisco City Hall

Baseball Player Joe DiMaggio — Baseball Player
Joe DiMaggio

Wedding of Interest

1974 US Senator Bill Bradley (30) weds professor Ernestine Schlant

Basketball Player/US Senator Bill Bradley — Basketball Player/US Senator
Bill Bradley

Wedding of Interest

1980 Actor Samuel L. Jackson (31) weds sports channel producer LaTanya Richardson (30)

Deaths in Sport

1966 Bill Carr, American athlete (b. 1909)
1970 John J "Johnny" Murphy, American baseball pitcher (NY Yankees), dies at 61
1978 Harold Abrahams, British athlete (b. 1899)

Ray Kroc

1984 Ray Kroc, American fast food entrepreneur (McDonald's) and owner of baseball's San Diego Padres, dies of heart failure at 81

2006 Mark Philo, English footballer (b. 1984)
2013 Giorgio Alverà, Italian bobsledder, dies at 69
2018 Daniel "Dan" Gurney, American race-car driver, coach and team owner (All American Racers), dies from complications of pneumonia at 86

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