On This Day in Sport for January 6
Events in Sport
- 1681 First recorded boxing match is engineered by Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle; his butler vs his butcher
- 1883 Ontario Rugby Football Union forms
- 1896 1st US women's 6-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden
- 1925 Paavo Nurmi, sets indoor record, 4:13.6 mile & 14:44.6 5,000m
- 1930 Australian cricket icon Don Bradman scores 452 not out for New South Wales v Queensland in Sydney; then world record individual score in a first-class match; runs scored in 415 minutes
- 1937 Bradman scores 270 Aust v England at the MCG, incl 110 singles
- 1942 Bob Feller, enlists in Navy & reports for duty to Norfolk Virginia
- 1951 Indianapolis Olympians beat Rochester Royals, 75-73 in NBA-record 6 overtimes; also the longest game in NBA history
- More Events in Sport
Ban Johnson
Darlene Hard
Nancy Lopez
Kapil DevDeaths in Sport
- 1907 Walter Read, cricketer (Engl batsman, 117 at no 10 v Aust 1884), dies
- 1908 George Dixon, Canadian boxer (World Bantamweight title 1892; World Featherweight champion 1891-97, 98-1901; first black athlete to win a World C'ship in any sport), dies of liver failure at 37
- 1915 Reginald Wood, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1886), dies
- 1928 Alvin Kraenzlein, American track and field athlete (4 Olympic gold 1900), dies at 51
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
