Events in Sport
Event of Interest
1956 Hoboken dedicates a plaque honoring achievements of Alexander Cartwright in organizing early baseball at Elysian Field
Alexander Cartwright
- 1963 51st Women's Australian Championships: Margaret Court beats Jan Lehane O'Neill (6-2, 6-2)
Tennis Open
1963 51st Men's Australian Championships: Roy Emerson beats Ken Fletcher (6-3, 6-3, 6-1)
Roy Emerson
Hall of Fame
1972 Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, & Early Wynn elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Yogi Berra
- 1974 Notre Dame beats UCLA, ends NCAA-record 88-game basketball win streak
Hall of Fame
1977 Ernie Banks elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Ernie Banks
- 1978 Eddie Mathews elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Event of Interest
1981 Muhammad Ali talks a despondent 21 year old out of committing suicide
Muhammad Ali
- 1984 Francesco Moser bicycles world record time: 50,808 km
- 1990 Police break up protests in Johannesburg against the cricket players defying a boycott on playing in apartheid South Africa
- 1991 42nd NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 11-5 at Chicago
- 1996 NHL approves move of Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix
- 2002 "Tuck Rule Game" AFC Divisional Playoff Game; with under 2 minutes to play New England Patriots trail Oakland Raiders, 13-10 in a driving snowstorm, when a Tom Brady fumble ruled an incomplete pass. Patriots win 16-13 in overtime
- 2003 AFC Championship Game: Oakland Raiders beat Tennessee Titans 41-24
- 2003 NFC Championship Game: Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat Philadelphia Eagles 27-10
- 2013 The 2012-2013 NHL season begins after a 119-day lockout
Event of Interest
2013 Lance Armstrong admits to doping in all seven of his Tour de France victories
Lance Armstrong
Birthdays in Sport
- 1878 Herbert Chapman, English football player and manager (d. 1934)
- 1913 "Minnesota Fats", American billiards player (d. 1996)
- 1914 Bob Gerard, British racing driver (d. 1990)
- 1919 Dharam Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic gold 1964)
- 1922 Arthur Morris, Australian cricketer (great lefty opening batsman), born in Sydney, New South Wales (d. 2015)
- 1930 John Waite, cricket wicket-keeper (great South African)
- 1932 Joe Schmidt, NFL Hall of Fame linebacker (Detroit Lions) and coach, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mary Mills
1940 Mary Mills, American golfer (US Open 1963, PGA 1964, 73), born in Laurel, Mississippi
Mary Mills
- 1941 Pat Patterson, Canadian wrestler
- 1944 Dan Reeves, NFL Coach (NY Giants, Denver Broncos, Atlanta Falcons)
- 1949 Dennis Taylor, British professional snooker player and snooker commentator (1985 World Championship), born in Coalisland, United Kingdom
- 1954 Steve DeBerg, NFL quarterback (Broncos, Chiefs, Bucs, 49ers)
- 1957 Ottis "O J" Anderson, NFL running back (NY Giants)
- 1960 Alfrederick Joyner, American triple jumper (Olympic gold 1984), Eastern St Louis
- 1962 Chris Sabo, American baseball 3rd baseman (3-time MLB All Star), born in Detroit, Michigan
- 1962 Hans Daams, Dutch cyclist
- 1963 Adele Peterson, LPGA golfer
- 1963 Michael Adams, NBA guard (Charlotte Hornets)
- 1965 Ricky Reynolds, NFL cornerback (NE Patriots)
- 1966 Anthony Young, American baseball pitcher (NY Met, Chicago Cubs)
- 1966 Ronnie Williams, NFL tight end (Miami Dolphins)
- 1966 Stefan Edberg, Swedish tennis player (6 Grand Slam singles titles), born in Västervik, Sweden
- 1966 Sylvain Cote, Duberger, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
- 1968 Marty Conlon, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks)
- 1969 Andrew Murray Stone, Open 470 sailor (Olympics 1996), born in Auckland, New Zealand
- 1969 Junior Seau, NFL inside linebacker (San Diego Chargers), (d. 2012)
- 1969 Luc Longley, NBA center (Chicago Bulls)
- 1969 Orlando Palmeiro, Hoboken NJ, outfielder (California Angels)
- 1969 Predrag Mijatović, Yugoslavian footballer
- 1969 Steve Staunton, Irish footballer
- 1970 Rick Krivda, Mckeesport PA, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles)
- 1970 T J Mathews, Belleville IL, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
- 1970 Kathleen Smet, Belgian triathlete
- 1971 Jeff Juden, baseball pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies, SF Giants), born in Salem, Massachusetts
- 1971 Maurice Hofman, Dutch soccer player (MVV)
- 1971 Reggie Brooks, NFL running back (Washington Redskins)
- 1972 Tyrone Wheatley, NFL running back (NY Giants)
- 1973 Chris Stynes, infielder (KC Royals), born in Queens, New York
- 1973 Wang Junxia, Chinese long distance runner, born in Jiaohe, Jilin
- 1973 Yevgeny Sadovyi, Russian swimmer (Olympic gold 200fre/400fre/4x200m 1992), born in Volzhsky, Russia
- 1974 Amaury Telemaco, Higuey Dom Rep, pitcher (Chicago Cubs)
- 1974 Gregory Playfair, Suriname/Dutch soccer player (PSV)
- 1974 Tarik Oulida, soccer player (Ajax/Seville)
- 1974 Walter Jones, tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
- 1974 Jaime Moreno, Bolivian footballer
- 1975 Natalie Harvey, Australian 3k/5k runner (Olympics 1996)
- 1976 Sky Christopherson, cyclist (Olympics 1996), born in Tucson, Arizona
- 1976 Tarso Marques, Brazilian racing driver
- 1977 Anne Miller, Midland Mich, tennis star (1995 Darmstadt Germany)
- 1977 Lauren Etame Mayer, Cameroonian footballer
- 1979 Josu Sarriegi, Spanish/Basque footballer
- 1979 Svetlana Khorkina, Russian gymnast
- 1980 Jenson Button, English Formula One driver (World Championship 2009), born in Frome, England
- 1981 Asier Del Horno, Spanish footballer
- 1981 Lucho González, Argentine footballer
- 1982 Mike Komisarek, American ice hockey player
- 1984 Karun Chandhok, Indian racing driver
- 1984 Thomas Vanek, Austrian ice hockey player
- 1985 Benny Feilhaber, American soccer player
- 1985 Esteban Guerrieri, Argentine racing driver
- 1987 Edgar Manucharyan, Armenian footballer
- 1991 Tommy Fleetwood, British golfer (US Open runner-up 2018), born in Southport, England
- 1992 Shawn Johnson, American Gymnastics Champion
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
1957 Golfer Gary Player (21) weds Bobby Verwey's sister Vivienne Verwey
Gary Player
- 2013 Figure skater five-time world champion Michelle Kwan (32) weds Clay Pell at the First Unitarian Church of Providence, Rhode Island
Deaths in Sport
- 1939 Cliff Heathcote, American baseball player (b. 1898)
- 1964 Joe Weatherly, American auto racer (NASCAR Sprint Cup champion 1962-63), dies of head injuries in race crash at 41
- 1964 Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist who twice won the Tour de France (1919, 1922), dies at 77
- 1968 Ray Harroun, American race car driver (b. 1879)
- 1982 Marc Demeyer, Belgian cyclist (Paris-Roubaix '76), dies [or 1/20]
- 1984 Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
- 1993 Chris Street, basketball player, dies at 20
- 1999 Ivan Francescato, Italian rugby union footballer (b. 1967)
- 2004 David Hookes, Australian cricketer and coach, dies at 48
- 2006 Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricketer (gifted all-rounder for NZ in 1950's), dies at 84
- 2008 Don Wittman, Canadian sportscaster for CBC (b. 1936)
- 2009 José Torres, Puerto Rican boxer (world light-heavyweight champion), dies of a heart attack at 72
- 2010 Bill McLaren Scottish rugby commentator (b. 1923)
- 2013 Anatoly Bannik, Ukranian chess master, dies at 91
- 2013 Milt Bolling, American MLB shortstop, dies from complications from heart surgery at 82
Stan Musial
2013 Stan Musial, American MLB hall of famer, dies from Alzheimer's disease at 92
Stan Musial