On This Day in Sport for May 25
Events in Sport
- 1868 Australian Aboriginal Cricket tour of England begins v Surrey Gentlemen
- 1876 4th Preakness: G. Barbee aboard Shirley wins in 2:44.75
- 1895 20th Preakness: Fred Taral aboard Belmar wins in 1:50.5
- 1899 33rd Belmont: R. Clawson aboard Jean Beraud wins in 2:23
- 1900 Retired London fire master Eyre Massey Shaw aged 70 reputedly becomes oldest gold medalist in Olympics for sailing (disputed)
- 1904 38th Belmont: George Odom aboard Delhi wins in 2:06.6
- 1906 After 20 straight wins, Boston Pilgrims lose to Chicago White Sox 3-0
- 1919 Casey Stengel releases a sparrow from under his baseball cap
- More Events in Sport
Bill SharmanWeddings in Sport
- 1940 MLB outfielder Stan Musial (19) weds his high school sweetheart Lillian Labash in Daytona Beach
- 1957 NFL coach Chuck Noll (25) weds first wife Marianne Noll
- 1965 Boxing champion Sugar Ray Robinson (44) weds Millie Bruce in Los Angeles
More Weddings & Divorces in Sport
Deaths in Sport
- 1916 Jack Marsh, Australian cricketer (Aboriginal bowler played for NSW 1900-03), dies in a pub brawl at 41 or 42
- 1958 Rolland Beaumont, South African cricket batsman (5 Tests; Transvaal), dies at 74
- 1981 Roy Brown, American R&B singer, songwriter ("Good Rockin' Tonight"), dies of a heart attack at 55
- 1983 Black Jack Stewart, Canadian NHL hockey player (b. 1917)
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
