Events in Sport
Donald Bradman
- 1940 Pittsburgh & Philadelphia play a penalty free NFL game
- 1945 College football's #1 Army beats #2 Notre Dame 48-0
- 1950 After 9 years, Cleveland Indians fire manager Lou Boudreau
- 1957 NFL record crowd (102,368), '49ers vs Rams in LA
- 1957 Cleveland Browns' Don Paul sets club record for longest fumble return with a 89-yard run (and TD), beating Pittsburgh 24-0
Event of Interest
1963 Gordie Howe takes over NHL career goal lead at 545
Gordie Howe
Boxing Title Fight
1978 Larry Holmes KOs Alfredo Evangelist in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
Larry Holmes
- 1983 'Marvelous' Marvin Hagler retains world middleweight boxing title with a 15-round unanimous points decision over Roberto Duran at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas; first time Hagler taken the distance as champion
- 1984 Australia all out for 76 v West Indies at cricket WACA, Holding 6-21
- 1984 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Hollywood Park; winners: Chief's Crown, Eillo, Lashkari, Outstandingly, Princess Rooney, Royal Heroine, Wild Again
- 1988 MLB All-Star team beats Japan 3-1 in Tokyo (Game 5 of 7)
- 1991 Bernie Kosar ends NFL record of 308 passes without an interception
- 1991 Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
Event of Interest
1991 Martina Navratilova ties Chris Evert with 157 pro tennis tournament wins
Martina Navratilova
Chris Evert
- 1991 South Africa's 1st cricket international since 1970 - one-day v India
- 1996 46th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Terry Labonte wins
- 2003 Kim Clijsters of Belgium becomes first female tennis player to earn $US4 million in a season when she overwhelms Amélie Mauresmo 6-2, 6-0 for the WTA Tour Championship at the Staples Center, Los Angeles
- 2012 22nd College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 21-6 in Chestnut Hill
- 2013 Spaniard Marc Márquez wins the 2013 MotoGP World Championship to become its youngest ever winner at 20
Birthdays in Sport
- 1896 Jimmy Dykes, American MLB infielder, manager (All Star 1933-34), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1976)
- 1918 Martin Hanley, South African cricketer (took 1-88 with off-spin in Test for South Africa), born in Aliwal North, Cape Province (d. 2000)
- 1919 Clyde "Bulldog" Turner, NFL center (Chicago Bears)
- 1930 Gene Conley, MLB player/NBA player
- 1933 Seymour Nurse, cricketer (prolific WI batsman, 258 v NZ 1969)
- 1934 Lucien Bianchi, Belgian auto racer
- 1934 Norm Cash, 1st baseman (Detroit Tigers), born in Eldorado, Texas
- 1943 George Sauer, Jr., AFL player (New York Jets), born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin (d. 2013)
- 1951 Morris Hatalsky, American professional golfer, born in San Diego, California
- 1952 Gerry DiNardo, American football coach
- 1955 Jack Clark, Penns, all star outfielder (Giants, Cards, Yanks, Padres)
- 1957 Jodi Anderson, US long jump champ (1978-81), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1959 Linda Cohn, American sports reporter
- 1960 Lee Cross Rinker, PGA golfer (1995 Greater Milwaukee-6th), born in Stuart, Flordia
- 1960 Dan Hawkins, American college football coach
- 1961 Ramona Pagel, shot putter, born in Los Angeles, California
- 1961 John Walton, English darts player
- 1962 Cathy Boswell, basketball player (Olympic gold 1984), born in Joliet, Illinois
- 1963 Michael Anthony Powell, American long jumper (world record 1991, Olympic silver 1988, 92), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1964 Keith Lockhart, infielder (KC Royals), born in Whittier, California
- 1964 Kenny Rogers, American MLB pitcher (perfect game 1994), born in Savannah, Georgia
- 1964 Tish Certo, LPGA golfer (1981 Erie County (NY Champ), born in Niagara Falls, New York
- 1964 Magnús Scheving, Icelandic athlete
- 1965 Eddie Irvine, Irish auto racer (runner-up World F1 Championship 1999), born in Newtownards, Northern Ireland
- 1965 Jamie Dixon, American basketball coach
- 1966 Kyle Kopp, water polo 2m offense (Olympics 1996), born in San Bernardino, California
- 1967 Jed Roberts, Canadian CFL defensive tackle (Edmonton Eskimos), born in Ottawa, Ontario
- 1968 Calvin Tiggle, CFL linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
- 1968 Jeffrey Kooistra, soccer player (SC Heerenveen/NEC)
- 1968 Lissa Maria Sneck, ice hockey goalie (Finland, Olympics 1998)
- 1968 Lonnie Marts, NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Bucs, Tennessee Oilers)
- 1969 Arjan van der Laan, Dutch soccer player (Sparta)
- 1969 Dan Farthing, CFL slot back (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
- 1969 Ed Ward, Edmonton, NHL right wing (Calgary Flames)
- 1969 Rod Milstead, NFL guard (SF 49ers)
- 1969 Faustino Asprilla, Colombian footballer
- 1969 Jens Lehmann, German footballer
- 1970 Trent Dimas, NM, gymnast (Olympic gold 1992, 96)
- 1970 Freddy Loix, Belgian rally driver
- 1971 Butch Huskey, infielder (NY Mets), born in Anadarko, Oklahoma
- 1971 Jennifer McFalls, US softball infielder (Olympic gold 1996)
- 1971 Kate Slatter, Australian rower (Olympics 1996)
- 1972 Dick Kooijman, Dutch soccer player (Heracles, FC Groningen, Az)
- 1972 Isaac Bruce, NFL wide receiver (St Louis Rams)
- 1972 Shawn Green, Des Plaines IL, outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
- 1972 Virag Csurgo, Siofok Hungary, tennis star (1993 Futures-Freeport)
- 1973 Cale Hulse, Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames)
- 1973 Darius Holland, NFL defensive tackle (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31)
- 1973 John Solomon, NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawks)
- 1973 Zahid Fazal, Pakistani cricket batsman (occasional Tests since 1992)
- 1973 Patrik Berger, Czech footballer
- 1976 Steffen Iversen, Norwegian footballer
- 1976 Shefki Kuqi, Finnish footballer
- 1977 Matt Cepicky, American baseball player
- 1980 Troy Bell, American basketball player
- 1980 Donté Stallworth, American football player
- 1981 Tony Blanco, American baseball player
- 1982 Clayton Fortune, English footballer
- 1983 Craig Smith, American basketball player
- 1984 Kendrick Perkins, American basketball player
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
1973 Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully (45) weds Sandra Hunt
Vin Scully
Deaths in Sport
- 1966 Evelyn Sears, American tennis player (US National 1907), dies at 91
- 1972 Charlie Hallows, English cricketer who scored 1000 runs in a single month in May 1928, dies at 77
- 1985 Pelle Lindbergh, goalie (Philadelphia Flyers), dies in drunk driving accident
- 1986 King Clancy, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and referee (b. 1903)
- 1992 Chuck Connors, American author, actor (The Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in Africa), professional basketball and baseball player, dies at 71
- 1995 Clairmonte Depeiaza, West Indian cricketer (world record partnership v Aust 1955), dies at 67
- 2009 Robert Enke, German football goalkeeper, dies at 32
- 2010 Dave Niehaus, American sportscaster (b. 1935)
- 2015 Pat Eddery, Irish jockey (won Epsom Derby 3x), dies at 63