On This Day in Sport for May 17
Events in Sport
- 1860 German football club TSV 1860 München is founded
- 1875 1st Kentucky Derby: Oliver Lewis aboard Aristides wins in 2:37.75
- 1881 7th Kentucky Derby: HOF jockey Jim McLaughlin aboard heavy favourite Hindoo wins in 2:40.00
- 1894 19th Preakness: Fred Taral aboard Assignee wins in 1:49.25
- 1895 W. G. Grace completes his 100th 100 v Somerset at Bristol
- 1903 Cleveland Indians beat NY Highlanders 9-2 in Columbus Ohio
- 1905 Waseda U of Tokyo defeats LA High School 5-3 in baseball
- 1911 36th Preakness: Eddie Dugan aboard Watervale wins in 1:51
- More Events in Sport
Cool Papa Bell
Sugar Ray Leonard
Harmon KillebrewWeddings in Sport
- 1947 NBA center George Mikan (22) weds college sweetheart Patricia Lu Daveny
More Weddings & Divorces in Sport
May in Sport History
The 100-year Football Curse that Appears to be Working
S.L. Benfica has failed to win a European Championship since 1962, when former coach Béla Guttmann placed a 100 year curse on the club. Is the curse working?
May 2, 1962All-Female Crew Triumphs in Whitbread
After New Zealand’s Peter Blake crushed all opposition in the 1989-90 Whitbread round the world race an all-female crew came home on this day, stealing the show
May 28, 1990
