On This Day in Sport for July 20

Events in Sport

Baseball Record

1956 Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford ties AL record of 6 straight strike-outs

MLB Pitcher Whitey Ford — MLB Pitcher
Whitey Ford

1957 44th Tour de France won by Jacques Anquetil of France
1958 PGA Championship, Llanerch CC: Dow Finsterwald wins 1st PGA C'ship held in current stroke play format; wins by 2 from Billy Casper
1958 Betty Jameson/Mary Lena Faulk wins Homestead 4-Ball Golf Tournament
1958 Detroit Tigers pitcher Jim Bunning no-hits Boston Red Sox, 3-0

Golf Major

1963 18th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mary Mills

LPGA Golfer Mary Mills — LPGA Golfer
Mary Mills

1965 NY Yankee pitcher Mel Stottlemyre hits an inside-the-park grand slam
1969 56th Tour de France won by Eddy Merckx of Belgium
1970 Dodgers Bill Singer no-hits the Phillies 5-0, giving up no walks
1973 Chic's Wilbur Wood starts and loses both games of a doubleheader with NY Yankees, 12-2, & 7-0
1975 30th US Women's Open Golf Championship: American Sandra Palmer wins her second major (Titleholders Championship 1972)
1975 62nd Tour de France won by Bernard Thevenet of France

Baseball Record

1976 Hank Aaron hits 755th and last home run off Angels Dick Drago

Baseball Player Hank Aaron — Baseball Player
Hank Aaron

Golf Major

1980 British Open Golf, Muirfield: Tom Watson wins his 3rd of 5 Open titles, by 4 strokes from Lee Trevino

1980 67th Tour de France won by Joop Zoetemelk of Netherlands
1984 Uwe Hohn of East Germany throws javelin a record 104.8 m

Event of Interest

1991 Mike Tyson is accused of raping a Miss Black America contestant

Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson — Heavyweight Boxing Champion
Mike Tyson

Event of Interest

1994 O.J. Simpson offers $500,000 reward for evidence of ex-wife's klller

NFL Running Back and Convicted Criminal O.J. Simpson — NFL Running Back and Convicted Criminal
O.J. Simpson

1997 126th British Golf Open: American Justin Leonard shoots a 272 to win at Royal Troon
1997 Michele Redman wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Classic
2000 The leaders of Salt Lake City's bid to win the 2002 Winter Olympics are indicted by a federal grand jury for bribery, fraud, and racketeering
2003 132nd British Golf Open: Ben Curtis shoots a 283 at Royal St George's Golf Club
2008 137th British Golf Open: Pádraig Harrington shoots a 283 at Royal Birkdale Golf Club

Sports Awards

2008 16th ESPY Awards: Tiger Woods, Candace Parker win

2014 British Open Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland wins wire-to-wire by 2 from Sergio Garcia & Rickie Fowler
2015 British Open Golf, St. Andrews: American Zach Johnson wins in a 4-hole play-off with Australian Marc Leishman & Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa

Birthdays in Sport

1900 Maurice Leyland, prolific cricket left-handed batsman (England)
1901 Heinie Manush, American baseball player (d. 1971)
1909 Eric Rowan, South African cricketer (prolific batsman pre- & post-WWII)
1920 Lev Aronin, USSR, International Chess Grandmaster (1950)
1921 Frederick Schroeder Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1942)
1921 Ted Schroeder, American tennis player (US Open 1942, Wimbledon 1949), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2006)

Mike Ilitch

1929 Mike Ilitch, American businessman (founded Little Caesars Pizza, owner Detroit Red Wings, Tigers), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2017)

1931 Tony Marsh, English racing driver
1933 Nelson Doubleday, publisher (Doubleday)/owner (NY Mets)
1934 Doug Padgett, cricketer (England batsman twice in 1960)
1936 Butch Baird, PGA golfer (1961 Waco Turner Open), born in Chicago, Illinois
1938 Roger Hunt, English footballer
1943 Chris Amon, New Zealand Formula 1 racer, born in Bulls, New Zealand (d. 2016)
1944 Mel Daniels, professional basketball player (Hall of Fame 2012), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2015)
1945 Betty Burfeindt, LPGA golfer
1947 James Harris, Monroe La, NFL quarterback (Buffalo, LA, San Diego)
1948 Mary Dwyer, American LPGA golfer, born in California
1951 Larry Black, 4x100 runner (Olympic gold 1972), born in Miami, Florida
1953 Dan Shaughnessy, American sports writer
1956 Charlie Magri, world champ flyweight boxer (1983)

Mima Jausovec

1956 Mima Jausovec, Yugoslavian tennis player (French Open-1977), born in Maribor, Yugoslavia

1957 Larry Rinker, American professional golfer and coach, born in Stuart, Flordia
1960 Lauren Gregg, Rochester Minn, US women's soccer coach (Olympics 1996)
1962 Giovanna Amati, Italian racing driver
1963 Jenny Spangler, American marathoner (Olympics 1996), born in Monroe, Wisconsin
1963 Paula Ivan, Romanian runner (world record mile), born in Herăști, Romania
1964 Murray Craven, Medicine Hat, NHL left wing (Chicago Blackhawks)
1966 Beth Coats, biathelete (Olympics 1994), born in Albuquerque, New Mexico
1966 Carlo L'Ami, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
1966 Mike Pero, Picton Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1990 CPGA Winter)
1966 Tracey Mcfarlane, US breaststroke swimmer (US record 100m)
1967 Akihito Sugisawa, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1967 Ian Beckles, NFL guard (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1967 Jon Normile, fencer (Olympics 1996), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1968 Chris Tsangaris, CFL linebacker (BC Lions)
1969 Giovanni Lombardi, Italian cyclist
1970 Dean Wells, NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks)
1970 Shannon Baker, CFL receiver (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1970 Tom Sherrer, American professional golfer, born in Syracuse, New York
1971 Bernard Whittington, NFL defensive end (Indianapolis Colts)
1971 Charles Johnson, Fort Pierce Fla, catcher (US Olympics 1992, Marlins)
1971 Ed Giddins, cricketer (promising Sussex pace bowler, England A 1995)
1971 Ron Stone, NFLer (Dallas Cowboys)
1971 Tom Tovo, WLAF defensive tackle (London Monarchs)
1971 William Deering Jr, South Bend Indiana, pole vaulter
1972 Jay Barker, NFL quarterback (NE Patriots)
1972 Jozef Stumpel, NHL forward (Team Kazakhstan 1998, LA Kings)
1973 Peter Forsberg, Ornskoldsvik Swe, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche)
1973 Mads Rieper, Danish footballer
1974 "Big Money" Bengie Molina [Benjamin José Molina], Puerto Rican baseball player (Texas Rangers), born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
1975 Ray Allen, American basketball guard (10-time NBA All Star), born in Merced, California
1975 Erik Hagen, Norwegian footballer
1975 Aimee Mullins, American Paralympic athlete/official (US Olympic Chef de Mission 2012), born in Allentown, Pennsylvania
1976 Debashish Mohanty, Indian cricketer
1976 Alex Yoong, Malaysian racing driver
1977 Kiki Musampa, Congolese footballer
1977 Alessandro dos Santos, Brazilian-born Japanese footballer
1978 Jen Grubb, Elk Hart Indiana, soccer defender (Olympics 1996)
1978 Pavel Datsyuk, Russian ice hockey player
1978 Tamsyn Lewis, Australian athlete
1978 Will Solomon, American basketball player
1979 Miklos Feher, Hungarian football player (d. 2004)
1979 David Ortega, Spanish freestyle and backstroke swimmer
1981 Damien Delaney, Irish footballer
1984 Alexi Casilla, Dominican baseball player
1984 Troy Smith, American football player
1995 Shaquem Griffin, American one-handed NFL player (Sea Hawks), born in St. Petersburg, Florida

Weddings in Sport

Wedding of Interest

1975 "The Exorcist" writer William Peter Blatty (47) weds tennis player Linda Tuero (24) in Las Vegas

Writer & Filmmaker William Peter Blatty — Writer & Filmmaker
William Peter Blatty

Deaths in Sport

1893 Tom Kelly, cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1977-79, 64 runs), dies
1908 Demetrius Vikelas, Greek author, president of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1835)
1944 Heinz Burns, German (Olympic gold 1936), dies in bombing
1945 Arthur Seccull, South African cricketer (Test v England 1896), dies
1956 Ken Burn, cricketer (Tasmanian rep on 1890 Ashes tour, 2 Tests), dies
1976 Tom Lowry, cricketer (early New Zealand Test captain), dies
2007 Bill Flemming, American journalist and sportscaster (ABC's Wide World of Sports), dies at 80

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