Events in Sport
Donald Bradman
Event of Interest
1976 Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million
Ted Turner
- 1980 Phil Flyers set NHL record of 35 straight games without a defeat
- 1980 AFC Championship Game: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Houston Oilers 27-13
- 1980 NFC Championship Game: Los Angeles Rams beat Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9-0
- 1984 Last day of Test cricket for Chappell, Marsh & Lillee
- 1985 AFC Championship Game: Miami Dolphins beat Pittsburgh Steelers 45-28
- 1985 NFC Championship Game: San Francisco 49ers beat Chicago Bears 23-0
- 1986 Last day in Test cricket for Bob Holland
- 1992 NY Yankees sign free agent Danny Tartabul
Event of Interest
1992 Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* v Australia at the SCG
Sachin Tendulkar
Event of Interest
1995 Atlanta Hawks' Lenny Wilkens becomes NBA's winningest coach (939)
Lenny Wilkens
- 1998 Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame
- 2013 The NHL reaches an agreement to end a 113 day lockout
- 2014 Zach Johnson wins the 2014 PGA Tournament of Champions
- 2014 16th BCS National Championship: #1 Florida State beats #2 Auburn, 34-31
- 2015 Randy Johnson, Pedro Martínez, John Smoltz and Craig Biggio are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
- 2018 Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota scores a touchdown off own pass in 22-21 victory over Kansas City Chiefs, second NFL quarterback to do so
Birthdays in Sport
- 1864 Ban Johnson, baseball founder (American League), born in Norwalk, Connecticut
- 1891 Ted McDonald, cricketer (great Australian quick of 20's)
- 1920 Early Wynn, Hartford Ala, baseball Hall of famer (pitcher)
- 1921 Cary Middlecoff, American golfer (1956 Vardon Trophy, 1955 Byron Nelson Award), born in Halls, Tennessee (d. 1998)
- 1926 Pat Flaherty, American racecar driver (d. 2002)
- 1926 Kid Gavilan, Cuban boxer (d. 2003)
- 1926 Ralph Branca, American baseball player (pitched the “Shot Heard Round the World”), born in Mount Vernon, New York (d. 2016)
- 1931 Graeme Hole, cricketer (Australian batsman of the fifties)
- 1936 Rubén Amaro, Sr., Mexican baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Nuevo Laredo (d. 2017)
Darlene Hard
1936 Darlene Hard, American tennis player, born in Los Angeles, California
Darlene Hard
- 1937 Lou Holtz, American football coach (NJ Jets)
- 1939 Murray Rose, Nairn Scotland, Australian Olympic swimmer (4x oly gold), (d. 2012)
- 1943 Terry Venables, British soccer player/manager
- 1944 Robert Landers, PGA golfer (Fort Worth-1976, 78, 80), born in Tarrant County, Texas
- 1944 Terry Venables, British soccer player/manager [or 1943]
- 1945 Barry John, Welsh rugby player
- 1946 Harold Jackson, Hattiesburg, MS, NFL wide receiver (LA, New Engl)
- 1947 Ian Millar, Canadian dressage rider (World Cup 1988, 89, Olympics 1996), born in Halifax, NS, Canada
- 1948 Dayle Hadlee, cricketer (brother of Richard, NZ medium-pacer of 70's)
- 1949 Michael Boit, Nandi Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic bronze 1972)
- 1951 Don Gullett, American baseball player
- 1954 Norbert Hahn, German DR, 2 man luge (Olympic gold 1976, 80)
Nancy Lopez
1957 Nancy Lopez, American golfer (3 Majors, 48 LPGA tour wins), born in Torrance, California
Nancy Lopez
- 1959 Nancy Rubin Sharff, New Kensington, LPGA golfer (1991 Jamie Farr-9th)
- 1960 Paul William Azinger, American PGA golfer (1987 Phoenix Open), born in Holyoke MA
- 1960 Paul Azinger, American PGA golfer, born in Holyoke, Massachusetts
- 1961 Howie Long, former NFL tackle/actor/broadcaster (Broken Arrow)
- 1962 Philip Brown, 4x400m runner (Olympic silver 1984), born in Birmingham, England
- 1962 Sean Landeta, NFL place kicker (NY Giants)
- 1963 Norm Charlton, Fort Polk LA, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
- 1964 Charles Haley, NFL defensive end (Dallas Cowboys)
- 1964 Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan athlete (d. 2005)
- 1964 Henry Maske, German boxer
- 1964 Jacqueline Moore, American wrestler
- 1965 Christine Wachtel, E German running star (world indoor record 800m)
- 1965 Jose Dejesus, American baseball pitcher (Kansas City Royals)
- 1965 Lindsay Burns, American rower (Olympic silver 1996), born in Big Timber, Montana
- 1965 Tim McDonald, NFL player (SF 49ers)
- 1966 Bob Kratch, NFL guard (NE Patriots)
- 1966 Donnell Woolford, NFL cornerback (Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Bears)
- 1966 Shahid Saeed, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in Test v India 1989)
- 1967 David Belcher, Australian rower (Olympics 1996)
- 1967 Larry Donald, US boxer (Olympic-92), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
- 1968 Jerry Crafts, NFL/WLAF tackle (Philadelphia Eagles, Amsterdam Admirals)
- 1968 Vlastimil Plavucha, Banska Bystrica CZ, hockey forward (Team Slovakia)
- 1969 Alvin Morman, Rockingham NC, pitcher (Houston Astros)
- 1969 Jason Childs, NFL tackle (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers)
- 1969 Nick A'Hern, Australian 20k walker (Olympics 22-92, 96)
- 1970 Daniel Naulty, pitcher (Minnesota Twins), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1970 Gabrielle Reece, Trinidad, volleyball star/model (Extremists)
- 1970 Geert Brusselers, soccer player (NAC)
- 1970 John Gerak, NFL tight end/guide (Minnesota Vikings, St Louis Rams)
- 1970 Keenan McCardell, NFL wide receiver (Cleveland Browns, Jaguars)
- 1970 Kerrin Petty, Townshend Vt, cross country skier (Olympics 1994)
- 1970 René Binken, soccer player (Volendam)
- 1971 Jed DeVries, NFL tackle (Cleveland Browns)
- 1971 Mike Wells, NFL defensive end (Detroit Lions)
- 1971 Myron Baker, NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears)
- 1972 Denis Montana, CFL receiver (Montreal Alouettes, Toronto Argonauts)
- 1972 Willie Clark, NFL cornerback (San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles)
- 1973 Sairaj Bahatule, cricketer (promising Bombay leg-spin all-rounder)
- 1974 Juan Roque, tackle (Detroit Lions)
- 1974 Marcus Crandell, CFL quarterback (Edmonton Eskimos)
- 1974 Paul Grant, NBA center (Minn Timberwolves)
- 1974 Daniel Cordone, Argentine footballer
- 1975 James Farrior, linebacker (NY Jets)
- 1975 Laura Berg, softball outfielder (Olympic gold 1996), born in Whittier, California
- 1976 Jeremy Linn, American 100m breaststroke (Olympics-silver/gold-96)
- 1976 Richard Zednik, Bystrica CZE, NHL forward (Team Slovakia, Wash)
- 1977 Stacey Gartrell, Australian swimmer (Olympics 1996), born in Sydney, New South Wales
- 1978 Steve Hartsell, pairs skater (& Danielle Hartsell), born in Ann Arbor, Michigan
- 1978 Casey Fossum, Major League Baseball player
- 1980 Steed Malbranque, French footballer
- 1981 Asante Samuel, National Football League Defensive Back
- 1982 Gilbert Arenas, American basketball player
- 1982 Brian Bass, American baseball player
- 1984 Sean O'Brien, Australian professional windsurfer
- 1984 A.J. Hawk, American football player
- 1985 RP Singh, Indian cricketer
- 1986 Paul McShane, Irish footballer
- 1991 Nikola Saric, Danish footballer
Deaths in Sport
- 1907 Walter Read, cricketer (Engl batsman, 117 at no 10 v Aust 1884), dies
- 1915 Reginald Wood, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1886), dies
- 1928 Alvin C Kraenzlein, track star (Olympic-4 gold-1900), dies at 51
- 1934 Herbert Chapman, Legendary Manager of Arsenal and Huddersfield Town (b. 1878)
- 1936 Charles A Stoneham, pres (NY Giants), dies
- 1939 Albert Ward, cricketer (England batsman in 7 Tests 1893-95), dies
- 1941 Charley O'Leary, American baseball player (b. 1882)
- 1967 Johnny Keane, baseball player/mgr (Cards, NY Yanks), dies at 55
- 1978 Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer (b. 1899)
- 2004 Charles Dumas, American athlete (b. 1937)
- 2007 Mario Danelo, American football player (b. 1985)
- 2011 Uche Okafor, Nigerian footballer (b. 1967)
- 2013 Neil Adcock, South African cricketer, dies from bowel cancer at 81