Events in Sport
- 1916 Rodman Wanamaker organises a lunch to discuss forming a golfers association (later the PGA) at the Taplow Club, Martinique Hotel, New York City
Event of Interest
1933 Australian cricket batting champion Don Bradman takes only his 2nd Test wicket; bowls England's Walter Hammond for 85 during 338-run 3rd Test defeat in Adelaide
Donald Bradman
Contract of Interest
1934 Carl Hubbell, NL MVP winner, gets $18,000 contract by the NY Giants
Carl Hubbell
- 1934 NY Giants reward MVP pitcher Carl Hubbell with $18,000 contract
- 1937 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Patty Berg wins inaugural event by 3 strokes ahead of Dorothy Kirby
- 1939 Ed Barrow is elected Yankee president succeeding deceased J Ruppert
- 1952 1952 NFL Draft: Bill Wade from University of Vanderbilt first pick by Los Angeles Rams
- 1953 Australian Championships Women's Tennis: In an all-American final Maureen Connolly wins 1st leg of her Grand Slam; beats Julia Sampson 6-3, 6-2
Australian Men's Tennis Open
1953 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Ken Rosewall wins his first Grand Slam title; beats Mervyn Rose 6-0, 6-3, 6-4
Ken Rosewall
- 1954 4th NFL Pro Bowl, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: Eastern Conference beats Western Conference, 20-9; MVP: Chuck Bednarik, Philadelphia Eagles, LB
NFL Pro Bowl
1960 10th NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: Western Conference beats Eastern Conference, 38-21; MVPs: Johnny Unitas, Baltimore Colts, QB; Eugene Lipscomb, Baltimore Colts, DL
Johnny Unitas
NBA All-Star Game
1961 11th NBA All-Star Game, Onondaga County Coliseum, Syracuse, NY: West beats East, 153-131; MVP: Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati Royals, PG; at 22, youngest player to receive All-Star MVP honours, 23 points & 14 assists
Oscar Robertson
Event of Interest
1963 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 67 points vs LA
Wilt Chamberlain
Event of Interest
1970 Sporting News names Willie Mays as Player of the Decade for the 1960s
Willie Mays
Event of Interest
1982 Czech tennis star Ivan Lendl scores a 6–7, 2–6, 7–6, 6–2, 6–4 win over American Vitas Gerulaitis to claim his first of 5 ATP Masters Grand Prix titles at Madison Square Garden, NYC
Ivan Lendl
- 1986 Tim Witherspoon beats defending champion Tony Tubbs by majority decision in 15 rounds at The Omni, Atlanta for WBA heavyweight boxing title
AFC Championship
1988 AFC Championship, Mile High Stadium, Denver: Denver Broncos beat Cleveland Browns, 38-33; features infamous "The Fumble", Browns' Earnest Byner at Denver 3-yard line with 1:12 remaining
John Elway
- 1988 NFC Championship, RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.: Washington Redskins beat Minnesota Vikings, 17-10
- 1989 Al Arbour wins his 600th NHL game as coach
- 1989 Phoenix Suns cancel game at Miami Heat, due to racial unrest in Miami
- 1991 Andy Van Hellemond sets NHL record for most games worked by a referee when he appears in his 1,173rd regular season encounter as the St. Louis Blues host the Montreal Canadiens
- 1993 AFC Championship, Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami: Buffalo Bills beat Miami Dolphins, 29-10
- 1993 NFC Championship, Candlestick Park, SF: Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco 49ers, 30-20
Event of Interest
1994 Patrick Ewing becomes first New York player to reach the 15,000-point mark in his NBA career; scores a game-high 34 points in the Knicks' 106-94 win over visiting Minnesota
Patrick Ewing
Event of Interest
1996 Detroit center Steve Yzerman scores his 500th career NHL goal as the Red Wings beat Colorado, 3-2 at Joe Louis Arena and joins Gordie Howe as the only players to score 500 goals for Detroit
Steve Yzerman
Event of Interest
1997 NBA suspends Dennis Rodman indefinitely for kicking cameraman
Dennis Rodman
NBA Record
2012 LeBron James becomes youngest player in NBA history to record 20,000 career points during the Miami Heat's 92-75 victory over Golden State; James, 28 years, 17 days, passes Kobe Bryant, 29 years, 122 days
LeBron James
- 2015 American boxer Deontay Wilder wins the WBC heavyweight championship by unanimous decision over Bermane Stiverne at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas; Wilder first American to hold a heavyweight title since Shannon Briggs in 2007
Birthdays in Sport
- 1733 Thomas Linley the elder, English composer and tenor, born in Badminton, Gloucestershire (d. 1795)
- 1878 'Philadelphia' Jack O'Brien, American boxer (World light heavyweight champion 1905), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1942)
- 1901 Olin Dutra, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1932, US Open 1934), born in Monterey, California (d. 1983)
- 1903 Warren Hull, American actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World), born in Gasport, New York (d. 1974)
- 1905 Guillermo Stábile, Argentine footballer (d. 1966)
- 1905 Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (d. 2005)
- 1908 Cus D'Amato, American boxing manager (d. 1985)
- 1913 Yuvraj of Patiala, cricketer (scored 24 & 60 in only Test India v Eng)
- 1925 A H Kardar, cricketer (Pak 1st Test capt, prev played for India)
- 1926 Sir Clyde Walcott, West Indian cricket batsman (44 Tests @ 56.68; 15 x 100s) and administrator (ICC chairman 1997-2000), born in St Michael, Barbados (d. 2006)
- 1928 Ken Archer, cricketer (Australian batsman, 5 Tests early 50s)
- 1929 Jacques "Jake the Snake" Plante, Canadian NHL goaltender (#1) who was the first to wear a goaltender mask, born in Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Quebec (d. 1986)
- 1931 Don Zimmer, American baseball player (1949-66), and coach or manager (19671-2014), born in Cincinnati, Ohio, (d. 2014)
- 1939 Antao D'Souza, Pakistani cricket medium pace bowler (6 Tests, 17 wickets; Karachi, Peshawar), born in Nagoa, Goa, India
- 1939 Toini Gustafson, Swedish 5K/10K cross country skier (Olympic gold 1968)
- 1940 Kipchoge "Kip" Keino, Kenyan athlete (Olympic gold 1,500m 1968, 3k steeplechase 1972), born in Kipsamo, Kenya
- 1940 Leighton Rees, Welsh darts player (BDO World Champion 1978), born in Ynysybwl, Glamorgan, Wales (d. 2003)
Muhammad Ali
1942 Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay], American boxer (world heavyweight champion 1964-7 74-8), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2016)
Muhammad Ali
- 1949 Heini Hemmi, Swiss giant slalom (Olympic gold 1976), born in Churwalden, Switzerland
- 1951 Rolando Thoeni, Italian slalom (Olympic bronze 1972), born in Trafoi
- 1952 Darrell Porter, American baseball catcher (MLB All Star 1974, 78-80; World Series MVP 1982), born in Joplin, Missouri (d. 2002)
- 1953 Ted Thompson, American NFL linebacker (Houston Oilers) and executive (GM Green Bay Packers 2005-17), born in Atlanta, Texas (d. 2021)
- 1954 Janet Dykman, American archer (Olympics 1996), born in Monterey Park California
- 1957 Donna Stone, American fencer-epee (Olympics 1996), born in New Jersey
- 1957 Michel Vaarten, Belgian cyclist, born in Turnhout, Belgium
- 1960 Chili Davis, American-Jamaican baseball outfielder (California Angels), born in Kingston, Jamaica
- 1961 Maia Chiburdanidze, Soviet women's world chess champ, born in Kutaisi, USSR
- 1964 Jeff Tabaka, American baseball pitcher (San Diego Padres), born in Barberton, Ohio
- 1965 Nikos Nioplias, Greek footballer, born in Galatini, Greece
- 1965 Sylvain Turgeon, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Rouyn-Noranda, Canada
- 1966 Anna Ivan, American tennis player, born in Los Angeles, California
- 1966 Don Myrah, American cyclist (Olympics 20th-96), born in Oakland, California
- 1966 Trish Johnson, British golfer (3 LPGA Tour titles; 19 LET wins), born in Bristol, England
- 1967 Gregory Caccia, American team handball right back (Olympics 1996), born in Bayshore, New York
- 1968 Svetlana Masterkova, Russian athlete, born in Soviet Union
- 1970 Candace Murray, Canadian softball shortstop (Olympics 1996), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- 1970 Darnell Walker, American NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons, SF 49ers), born in St. Louis, Missouri
- 1970 Jeremy Roenick, American NHL center (Team USA, Blackhawks, Coyotes), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- 1970 James Wattana, Thai snooker player, born in Bangkok, Thailand
- 1971 Derek Plante, American NHL center (Buffalo Sabres), born in Cloquet, Minnesota
- 1971 Peter Winter, Australian decathlete (Olympics 1996), born in Melbourne, Victoria
- 1971 Tyler Houston, American baseball catcher (Atlanta Braves), born in Long Beach, California
- 1971 Richard Burns, English rally driver, born in Reading, England (d. 2005)
- 1971 Ann Wolfe, American boxer, born in Oberlin, Louisiana
- 1972 Wendall Gaines, American NFL tight end (Arizona Cardinals), born in Vernon, Texas
- 1973 Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Mexican footballer, born in Mexico City, Mexico
- 1973 Liz Ellis, Australian netball defender and captain (122 caps; World C'ship gold 1995, 99, 2007; C'wealth Games gold 1998, 2002), born in Windsor, Australia
- 1974 Derrick Mason, American football wide receiver (Tennessee Oilers), born in Detroit, Michigan
- 1974 Guillermo Mercedes, Dominican-American baseball infielder (Texas Rangers), born in La Romana, Dominican Republic
- 1974 Marcus Spriggs, American offensive tackle (Buffalo Bills), born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
- 1974 Sharon Marie Ferris, New Zealand sailor (Olympics 1996), born in Scarborough, Canada
- 1974 Yang Chen, Chinese footballer, born in Beijing, China
- 1977 Ali el Kattabi, Dutch soccer player (Sparta), born in Schiedam, Netherlands
- 1981 Warren Feeney, Northern Irish footballer, born in Belfast, United Kingdom
- 1982 Dwyane Wade, American basketball player (Miami Heat, Chicago Bulls), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1983 Alvaro Arbeloa, Spanish footballer, born in Salamanca, Spain
- 1983 Rick Kelly, Australian racing driver, born in Mildura, Australia
- 1983 Johannes Herber, German basketball player, born in Darmstadt, Germany
Divorces in Sport
Divorce of Interest
1990 NFL coach Jimmy Johnson (46) divorces Linda Kay Cooper after 26 years of marriage
Jimmy Johnson
Deaths in Sport
- 1933 John Hodges, Australian cricket fast bowler (2 Tests [first 2 played], 6 wickets; Victoria), dies at 77
- 1952 Walter O Briggs, American entrepreneur and sports team owner (Detroit Tigers 1935-52), dies at 74
- 1959 Abdul Aziz, cricket, dies at 17 struck by ball in fc match for Karachi
- 1970 Robert Lindley Murray, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1917-18), dies at 77
- 1976 Ad Verhoeven, soccer player (Xerxes/Sparta), dies in a car crash [or 1/18]
- 1981 Loukas Panourgias, Greek footballer (b. 1899)
- 1983 Bill Bonthron, American athlete (world 1,500m record 3:48.8 1934), dies at 70
- 1992 Frank Pullen, English businessman and racehorse owner, dies at 76
- 1993 Ger ter Horst, Dutch soccer trainer (Sparta), dies
- 1994 Klaas Peereboom, Dutch sports reporter (Het Parool), dies at 77
- 1994 Helen Stephens, American athlete (Olympic gold 100m & 4x100m relay 1936), dies at 75
- 2004 Harry Brecheen, American baseball player (b. 1914)
Bobby Fischer
2008 Bobby Fischer, American chess player (world champion (1972-75), dies of renal failure at 64
Bobby Fischer
- 2008 Ernie Holmes, American football player (b. 1948)
- 2010 Gaines Adams, American football player (b. 1983)
- 2012 Marty Springstead, American Major League baseball umpire and umpire supervisor, dies of heart attack at 74
- 2020 Pietro Anastasi, Italian soccer striker (25 caps; Juventus, Ascoli, Inter), dies from motor neurone disease at 71
- 2020 Bapu Nadkarni, Indian cricket all-rounder (41 Tests; top score 122; 88 wickets), dies at 86
- 2020 Morimichi Takagi, Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman (NPB All-Star 1966–67, 73, 79; Chunichi Dragons), dies at 78
