On This Day in Sport for November 15
Events in Sport
- 1900 Dutch soccer club NEC is established in Nijmegen
- 1901 James J. Jeffries TKOs Gus Ruhlin in 6 for heavyweight boxing title in San Francisco
- 1901 6th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 17-0 in Tuscaloosa
- 1913 Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Perth: Australian Ernie Parker beats NZ namesake Harry Parker 2-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2
- 1946 Ted Williams is picked as AL MVP
- 1947 Bradman scores his 100th 100, 172 v Indians at the SCG
- 1947 Soccer team GVVV forms in Veenendaal
- 1951 1st-class cricket debut of future great Pakistani batsman Hanif Mohammad; scores 26 in drawn tour match, Pakistan XI v MCC, Lahore
- More Events in Sport
Birthdays in Sport
- 1874 Dimitrios Golemis, Greek athlete (d. 1941)
- 1903 Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricket batsman (10 Tests, 2 x 100s; Wellington CA, Leicestershire CCC, Warwickshire CCC), born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 1974)
- 1915 Bea Barrett, American golfer (Western Open 1938), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2002)
- 1930 Robert Cohen, French boxer (NYSAC, NBA, The Ring bantamweight titles 1954-56), born in Bône, Algeria (d. 2022)
Weddings in Sport
- 1986 Golfer Byron Nelson (74) weds advertising copy writer Peggy Simmons (42)
More Weddings & Divorces in Sport
Deaths in Sport
- 1933 Affie Jarvis, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (11 Tests, 18 dismissals; South Australia), dies at 73
- 1938 George Glover, cricketer (Test for South Africa 1895-96), dies
- 1959 Alex Kennedy, cricketer (31 wkts in 5 Tests for England 1922-23), dies
- 1963 Linus McAtee, American Hall of Fame jockey (Preakness Stakes 1916; Kentucky Derby 1927, 29; US Champion Jockey by earnings 1928), dies at 65
November in Sport History
First Official Cheerleader
Johhny Campbell coordinates a team to lead the crowd on a football game cheering for University of Minnesota team
November 2, 1898Garry Kasparov Becomes World Chess Champion
Garry Kasparov vs. Anatoly Karpov in Moscow on November 9, 1985
November 9, 1985Bulls Finally Spared 700 Years of Cruelty
The dangerous and despicably cruel “sport” of bull-running came to an end on this day in an English market town. It had been going on for 700 years.
November 13, 1839Lomu – The Unstoppable Gentle Giant
Jonah Lomu was a phenomenon in Rugby Union – a man-mountain who inspired fear and respect in equal measure among his opponents.
November 28, 2015
