Events in Sport
- 1857 National Association of Baseball Players founded in New York
- 1883 England completes 1st innings victory in Tests vs. Australia at Melbourne Cricket Grounds
- 1905 Dutchman Coen de Koning wins the 1,500m, 5,000m & 10,000m at World Allround Speed Skating Championships in Groningen, Netherlands to become 2nd Dutchman to win a world title
- 1948 Jim Laker takes 7-103 in his 1st Test Cricket innings v WI Barbados
- 1953 1953 NFL Draft: Harry Babcock from University of Georgia first pick by San Francisco 49ers
NBA All-Star Game
1960 10th NBA All-Star Game, Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Pa: East beats West, 125-115; MVP: Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia Warriors, C
Wilt Chamberlain
- 1960 Paul Pender beats Sugar Ray Robinson for middleweight boxing title
NFL Pro Bowl
1967 17th NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: East beats West, 20-10; MVPs: Gale Sayers, Chicago Bears, HB; Floyd Peters, Philadelphia Eagles, DT
Gale Sayers
- 1968 NBA announces expansion franchise licences awarded to Milwaukee (Bucks) and Phoenix (Suns)
Hall of Fame
1969 Roy Campanella & Stan Musial elected to baseball Hall of Fame
Roy Campanella
Stan Musial
Boxing Title Fight
1973 George Foreman TKOs Joe Frazier in 2 rounds to win WBC & WBA heavyweight boxing titles in Kingston, Jamaica; Frazier knocked down 3 times in both 1st & 2nd rounds
George Foreman
Joe Frazier
- 1980 West Indies beat England 2-0 to win cricket's 1st World Series Cup
- 1981 O A "Bum" Phillips becomes head coach of New Orleans Saints
- 1983 Houston is 1st NBA team to be held scoreless in an overtime Portland Trail Blazers out score them 17-0 & win 113-96
- 1983 NFC Championship, RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.: Washington Redskins beat Dallas Cowboys, 31-17
- 1984 Annette Kennedy of SUNY sets women's basketball record with 70 pts
- 1984 Super Bowl XVIII, Tampa Stadium, Tampa, FL: LA Raiders beat Washington Redskins, 38-9; MVP: Marcus Allen, Los Angeles, RB
Event of Interest
1984 PGA Seniors' Championship Men's Golf, PGA National GC: Arnold Palmer wins third of 5 Champions Your major titles by 2 strokes from Don January
Arnold Palmer
- 1987 Blizzard in NJ, as 334 attend Devils-Flame NHL game, NJ wins 7-5
- 1988 1st-class cricket debut of Brian Lara, Trinidad & Tobago v Leeward Is
- 1988 1st-class cricket debut of Hansie Cronje, OFS v Transvaal
Boxing Title Fight
1988 Defending champion Mike Tyson beats former titleholder Larry Holmes by TKO in round 4 at Convention Centre, Atlantic City to retain his undisputed heavyweight boxing title
Mike Tyson
Larry Holmes
Super Bowl
1989 Super Bowl XXIII, Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami, FL: San Francisco 49ers beat Cincinnati Bengals, 20-16; MVP: Jerry Rice, SF, WR
Jerry Rice
Super Bowl
1989 After winning his third Super Bowl as head coach of the San Francisco 49ers, Bill Walsh retires
Bill Walsh
Event of Interest
1998 Rickey Henderson, rejoins Oakland A's for 4th time
Rickey Henderson
- 1998 World League of American Football renamed as NFL Europe
NBA Record
2006 Kobe Bryant scores 81 points in a 122-104 Lakers victory over the Toronto Raptors; second-highest game total in NBA history, behind only Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game (1962)
Kobe Bryant
- 2006 AFC Championship, Mile High Stadium, Denver: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Denver Broncos, 34-17
- 2006 NFC Championship, Qwest Stadium, Seattle: Seattle Seahawks beat Carolina Panthers, 34-14
- 2012 AFC Championship, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough: New England Patriots beat Baltimore Ravens, 23-20
- 2012 NFC Championship, Candlestick Park, SF: New York Giants beat San Francisco 49ers, 20-17 (OT)
- 2017 NFC Championship, Georgia Dome, Atlanta: Atlanta Falcons beat Green Bay Packers, 44-21
- 2017 AFC Championship, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough: New England Patriots beat Pittsburgh Steelers, 36-17
Event of Interest
2018 New Orleans Pelicans' DeMarcus Cousins has 44 points, 24 rebounds & 10 assists in 132-128 double-OT win over Chicago Bulls; 1st player since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1972) with 40+ points, 20+ rebounds & 10+ assists
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Birthdays in Sport
- 1889 Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (Tour de France 1923), born in Paris, France (d. 1935)
- 1902 Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (d. 1970)
- 1907 Dixie Dean, English soccer striker (16 caps; Everton), born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England (d. 1980)
- 1915 Tom Burtt, cricketer (slow left-armer took 33 wickets for NZ)
- 1918 Elmer Lach, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Nokomis, Saskatchewan
- 1921 Andy Ganteaume, cricketer (WI batsman, 112 in his sole Test innings 1948), born in Port of Spain, Trinidad (d. 2016)
- 1927 Joe Perry, NFL Hall-of-Famer
- 1927 Lou Creekmur, American football player (Detroit Lions) and hall of famer, born in Hopelawn, New Jersey (d. 2009)
- 1931 Galina Zybina, USSR, discus thrower (15 world records between 1952-58)
- 1936 Noel Kelly, Australian rugby league hooker (25 Tests; Queensland, NSW, Western Suburbs) and coach (Western Suburbs, North Sydney), born in Ipswich, Australia (d. 2020)
- 1938 Altair, Brazilian footballer
- 1938 Corra Dirksen, South African rugby union winger (10 caps; Northern Transvaal), born in Vereeniging, South Africa (d. 2020)
- 1939 Luigi Simoni, Italian soccer midfielder (Napoli, Torino, Juventus, Brescia, Genoa) and manager (UEFA Cup 1998, Inter; Genoa, Torino, Napoli), born in Crevalcore, Italy (d. 2020)
- 1940 George Seifert, American football coach
- 1942 Mimis Domazos, Greek footballer
- 1949 Mike Caldwell, American baseball player
- 1951 Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater (d. 1989)
- 1953 Karen Moe, American swimmer (Olympic gold 200m butterfly 1972), born in Del Monte, Philippines
Mike Bossy
1957 Mike Bossy, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (Stanley Cup 1980-83; Conn Smythe Trophy 1982; 7 x NHL All Star; NY Islanders), born in Montreal, Quebec
Mike Bossy
- 1958 Nikos Anastopoulos, Greek football player & manager, born in Dafni, Greece
- 1958 Charles White, American College Football Hall of Fame running back (Heisman Trophy 1979, USC; Pro Bowl 1987, Cleveland Browns, LA Rams), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1963 Jeff Treadway, American baseball infielder (LA Dodgers), born in Columbus, Georgia
- 1963 Andrei Tchmil, Ukrainian-Belgian cyclist, born in Khabarovsk, Russia
- 1964 Stojko Vrankovic, Croatian NBA center (LA Clippers), born in Drniš, Croatia
- 1964 Wayne Kirby, American baseball outfielder (Cleveland Indians, LA Dodgers), born in Williamsburg, Virginia
- 1966 Carlton Haselrig, American football guard (Pro Bowl 1992; Pittsburgh Steelers) and wrestler (6 x NCAA titles; Pitt-Johnstown), born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania (d. 2020)
- 1966 Nishantha Ranatunga, Sri Lankan cricketer (bro of Arjuna Sri Lankan ODI allrounder), born in Gampaha, Sri Lanka
- 1967 Nicholas Gillingham, British swimmer (world record 200m freestyle), born in Walsall, England
- 1967 Ecaterina Szabo, Romanian gymnast, born in Zagon, Romania
- 1968 Brian Jones, American sports radio and television host and former NFL linebacker (New Orleans Saints), born in Iowa City, Iowa
- 1968 Mauricio Serna, Colombian retired footballer (Colombia national team 1993-2001), born in Medellín, Colombia
- 1968 Frank Lebœuf, French actor, sports commentator and former footballer (1998 FIFA World Cup), born in Marseille, France
- 1969 Keith Gordon, American baseball outfielder (Cincinnati Reds), born in Bethesda, Maryland
- 1969 Shelley Sandie, Australian basketball guard (Olympics 1988, 96), born in Melbourne, Australia
- 1969 Vinnie Clark, American NFL cornerback (Jacksonville Jaguars), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
- 1970 Abraham Olano, Spanish cyclist, born in Anoeta, Spain
- 1971 Bucky Brooks, American NFL wide receiver & sportswriter (Sports Illustrated; NFL Network and NFL.com), born in Raleigh, North Carolina
- 1971 Stan Collymore, English football player, born in Stone, United Kingdom
- 1972 Steve Scifres, American football offensive lineman (Dallas Cowboys), born in Colorado Springs, Colorado
- 1972 Toddrick McIntosh, American NFL defensive end (Tampa Bay Bucs), born in Tallahassee, Florida (d. 2014)
- 1972 Gonzalo Rodríguez, Uruguayan racing driver, born in Montevideo, Uruguay (d. 1999)
- 1973 Deon Minor, American 400m runner, born in Paris, Texas
- 1973 George Noga, CFL linebacker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
- 1973 Reggie Barlow, American football wide receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars), born in Montgomery, Alabama
- 1973 Rogerio Ceni, Brazilian footballer, born in Paraná, Brazil
- 1974 Stephanie Rottier, Dutch tennis player (1995 semi Prague), born in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
- 1975 Lee Maxwell Francis Vertongen, New Zealand cyclist (Olympics 1996), born in Palmerston North, New Zealand
- 1975 Felipe Giaffone, Brazilian racing driver, born in São Paulo, Brazil
- 1976 James Dearth, American football player, born in Fort Ord National Monument, California
- 1977 Hidetoshi Nakata, Japanese footballer, born in Kofu, Japan
- 1977 Jono Gibbes, New Zealand rugby union flanker (8 caps; Chiefs) and coach (Ulster, La Rochelle), born in Henderson, New Zealand
- 1978 Chone Figgins, American baseball player, born in Leary, Georgia
- 1980 Jake Grove, American football player, born in Johnson City, Tennessee
- 1980 Jonathan Woodgate, English footballer, born in Nunthorpe, United Kingdom
- 1981 Ibrahima Sonko, French footballer, born in Bignona, Senegal
- 1982 Fabricio Coloccini, Argentine footballer, born in Córdoba, Argentina
- 1982 Jason Peters, American football player, born in Queen City, Texas
- 1983 Shaun Cody, American football player, born in Whittier, California
- 1984 Maceo Rigters, Dutch footballer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1984 Ben Eager, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Ottawa, Canada
- 1984 Leon Powe, American basketball player, born in Oakland, California
- 1985 Mohamed Sissoko, Malian footballer, born in Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
- 1987 Astrid Jacobsen, Norwegian cross-country skier, born in Trondheim, Norway
- 1987 Shane Long, Irish soccer striker (fastest EPL goal 7.69s 2019), born in Gortnahoe, Republic of Ireland
- 1988 Greg Oden, American basketball player, born in Buffalo, New York
Deaths in Sport
- 1935 Horace Rawlins, English golfer (US Open 1895), dies at 60
- 1949 Henry Slocum, American tennis player (US Nationals 1888-89), dies at 86
- 1959 Mike Hawthorn, English auto racer (F1 world champion 1958), dies in road accident at 29
- 1959 Elizabeth Moore, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1896, 1901, 03, 05), dies from congestive heart failure at 82
- 1968 Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer, surfer (Olympic gold 100m freestyle 1912, 20; 4x200m freestyle relay 1920), dies of a heart attack at 77
- 1978 Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (54 Tests for England 4555 runs), dies at 83
- 1979 Ali Hassan Salameh [Abu Hassan], killed by car bomb; believed to have helped mastermind massacre of 1972 Munich Olympics athletes
- 1997 Ian Munro, British medical journalist, humanitarian and cricketer, dies at 73
- 1998 C. P. "Chilla" Christ, Australian cricketer (Qld spinner late 30's), dies at 86
- 2001 Tommie Agee, American baseball player (b. 1942)
- 2002 John Shea, American 500m/1500m speed skater (Olympic gold 1932), dies at 91
- 2005 César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1943)
- 2009 Billy Werber, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds), dies at 100
- 2012 Joe Paterno, American college hall of football coach (Penn State) and Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of 1986, dies from lung cancer at 85
- 2018 James "Jimmy" Armfield, British former-footballer, manager and pundit (BBC Radio Five Live), dies at 82
Hank Aaron
2021 Hank Aaron, American Baseball Hall of Fame right fielder (MLB record 755 HRs; NL MVP 1957; 25 × MLB All-Star; Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers), dies at 86 [1]
Hank Aaron
- 2021 Nick Drake-Lee, English rugby union prop (8 caps; Leicester Tigers), dies at 78
- 2021 Tony Jones, American NFL tackle (Super Bowl 1997, 98; Second-team All-Pro 1994; Pro Bowl 1998; Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos), dies at 54
- 2021 Luton Shelton, Jamaican soccer striker (75 caps; Vålerenga, Karabükspor, Sheffield United), dies from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 35
