On This Day in Sport for November 21
Events in Sport
- 1902 Baseball's Philadelphia Athletics & Phillies form pro football teams, joining Pitts Stars in 1st attempt at a National Football League
- 1905 1st match ever played in the Australian National Tennis Championships
- 1925 Red Grange plays final Univ of Illinois game, signs with Chicago Bears
- 1934 NY Yankees buy Joe DiMaggio from SF Seals (Pacific Coast League)
- 1947 Bill Longson beats Lou Thesz in St Louis, to win National Wrestlingg Association world heavyweight title
- 1949 Bill Veeck sells Cleveland Indians for $22 million, to fund his divorce settlement
- 1952 Dodgers pitcher Joe Black wins NL Rookie of Year
- 1956 Don Newcombe wins NL MVP & 1st-ever Cy Young Award
- More Events in Sport
Stan Musial
Ken Griffey Jr.
Carl HubbellWeddings in Sport
- 1983 NY Ranger Ron Greschner marries model Carol Alt
- 2009 Ice skater Dorothy Hamill marries third husband John Alexander MacColl
More Weddings & Divorces in Sport
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
