Events in Sport
Event of Interest
1925 Red Grange plays final Univ of Illinois game, signs with Chicago Bears
Red Grange
Event of Interest
1934 NY Yankees buy Joe DiMaggio from SF Seals (Pacific Coast League)
Joe DiMaggio
- 1947 Bill Longson beats Lou Thesz in St Louis, to win National Wrestlingg Association world heavyweight title
- 1952 Dodgers pitcher Joe Black wins NL Rookie of Year
- 1968 Cin trades shortstop Leo Cardenas to Twins for pitcher Jim Merritt
- 1970 NY Knicks 1st game against Cleve Cavalier, Knicks win 102-94 at Madison Square Garden
- 1971 NY Rangers scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period
- 1972 Red Sox Carlton Fisk wins AL Rookie of Year, Mets Jon Matlack wins NL
- 1976 26th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Cale Yarborough wins
Event of Interest
1977 Orioles 1st baseman Eddie Murray wins AL Rookie of Year
Eddie Murray
- 1978 Bob Horner of Braves wins NL Rookie of Year Award
- 1980 Gene Michael named 25th New York Yankees manager, replacing Dick Howser, who resigns
- 1982 32nd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Darrell Waltrip wins
- 1987 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Hollywood Park; winners: Epitome, Ferdinand, Miesque, Sacahuista, Success Express, Theatrica, Very Subtle
- 1992 Jan Karlsson swims world record 50m butterfly (23.80 sec)
- 1992 Jani Sievinen swims world record 100m medley (53.78 sec)
- 1992 Louise Karlsson swims world record 50m freestyle (31.19 sec)
Event of Interest
1993 Top seeded German tennis player Steffi Graf wins WTA Tour Championship; beats Arantxa Sánchez Vicario of Spain 6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 at Madison Square Garden, NYC
Steffi Graf
Event of Interest
1993 German tennis star Michael Stich scores a 7–6, 2–6, 7–6, 6–2 win over American Pete Sampras to win his first and only ATP Tour World Championship title in Frankfurt, Germany
Pete Sampras
Event of Interest
1999 Repeat of previous year's final, but different result; American tennis star Lindsay Davenport beats Martina Hingis 6-4, 6-2 for the WTA Tour Championship at Madison Square Garden, NYC
Martina Hingis
Event of Interest
2004 Roger Federer of Switzerland wins back-to-back season-ending Tennis Masters Cup titles with a 6–3, 6–2 victory over Australian Leyton Hewitt in the final in Houston, Texas
Roger Federer
- 2012 Chelsea Manager Roberto Di Matteo is sacked and replaced by Rafael Benítez
Birthdays in Sport
- 1870 Joe Darling, cricketer (Australian lefty batsman at turn of century)
- 1870 Stanley Jackson, cricketer (captain of England, governor of Bengal)
- 1870 Sigfrid Edström, Swedish sports official (d. 1964)
- 1916 Esmond Kentish, cricketer (WI fast bowler in 2 Tests 1948 & 1954)
- 1916 Sid Luckman, NFL quarterback (Chicago Bears)
Stan Musial
1920 Stan Musial, American MLB outfielder (St Louis Cardinal, 7 times NL bat champ), born in Donora, Pennsylvania (d. 2013)
Stan Musial
- 1922 Abe Lemons, American basketball coach
- 1927 Georgia Frontiere, co-owner of the St. Louis Rams (d. 2008)
- 1932 Jim Ringo, NFL center (Green Bay, Philadelphia)
- 1934 Peter Philpott, cricketer (NSW & Australian leg spinner 1965-66)
- 1940 Javed Akhtar, cricketer (Pakistani off-spinner took 0-52 in 1962 Test)
- 1942 Afa Anoa'i, Samoan-American wrestler
- 1943 Jacques Laffite, French former racing driver
- 1944 Earl "the Pearl" Monroe, NBA Guard (NY Knicks, Balt Bullets), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1949 Basil Williams, cricketer (century on debut for West Indies 1978)
- 1949 Barbara Jo Rubin, American jockey, first women to win a race on a major US track, born in Highland, Illinois
- 1950 Alberto Juantorena, Cuba, 400m dash (Olympic gold 1976)
- 1950 Bruce Laird, cricketer (tough Australian opener 1979-82)
- 1952 Eamonn Coghlan, Irish 1500m runner (Olympic 4th 76)
- 1955 Cedric Maxwell, American basketball player
- 1956 Mariana Simionescu, Romanian tennis player (1st wife of Björn Borg), born in Tirgu Neamt, Romania
- 1958 Evert van Benthem, Dutch skater (11 Cities Skating Race, 1985, 86)
- 1958 Frank Edmonds, Canadian Tour golfer (1989 Alberta), born in Thunder Bay, Ontario
- 1958 Tim Robinson, cricketer (solid England opener in 29 Tests 1984-89)
- 1959 Colin Beashel, Australian star sailor (Olympics 1996)
- 1959 Tim Wilkison, American tennis player (6 ATP tiles), born in Shelby, North Carolina
- 1962 Sabine Busch, German athlete
- 1963 Peter Bosz, Dutch soccer star (Toulon/Feyenoord)
- 1964 Olden Polynice, NBA forward/center (Sacramento Kings)
- 1964 Thomas Everett, NFL safety (Tampa Bay Bucs)
- 1966 Jerry Fontenot, NFL center/guard (Chicago Bears, New Orleans Saints)
- 1966 Troy Aikman, NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys - Super Bowl 1992)
- 1967 Tripp Cromer, American baseball player, born in Lake City, North Carolina
- 1968 Andy Caddick, English cricket pace bowler (NZ 1993)
- 1968 Antonio Tarver, light heavyweight boxer (Olympics-br-96), born in Orlando, Florida
- 1969 Ken Griffey, Jr., Donora, Pennsylvania, American baseball center fielder (Seattle Mariners, MVP 1997)
- 1970 Jorgen Gustafsson, WLAF guard (Amsterdam Admirals)
- 1970 Justin Langer, cricketer (gutsy Australian lefty bat 1993- )
- 1970 Keith Crawford, wide receiver (St Louis Rams)
- 1971 Michael Strahan, NFL defensive end (NY Giants)
- 1971 Ramondo Stallings, NFL defensive end (Cin Bengals)
- 1971 Robert Flickinger, WLAF defensive end (Scottish Claymores)
- 1972 David Tua, Samoan boxer
- 1973 Brent Smith, tackle (Miami Dolphins)
- 1973 Danny Kanell, quarterback (NY Giants)
- 1974 Casey Patton, boxer (Olympics 1996), born in London, Ontario
- 1974 Tremain Mack, strong safety (Cincinnati Bengals)
- 1975 Chad Levitt, running back (Oakland Raiders)
- 1976 Saleem Elahi, cricketer (bro of Manzoor Pak, Test opener v Aust 1995)
- 1976 Martin Meichelbeck, German footballer
- 1976 Daniel Whiston, British ice skater
- 1977 Bruno Berner, Swiss footballer
- 1977 Jonas Jennings, American football player
- 1979 Vincenzo Iaquinta, Italian footballer
- 1979 Stromile Swift, American basketball player
- 1979 Alex Tanguay, Canadian hockey player
- 1980 Danielle Hartsell, pairs skater (& Steve Hartsell), born in Ann Arbor, Michigan
- 1980 Leonardo González, Costa Rican footballer
- 1980 Hank Blalock, American baseball player
- 1981 Wesley Britt, American football player
- 1981 Piet Rinke, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1981 Jonny Magallón, Mexican footballer
- 1982 Georgios Kalogiannidis, Greek archer
- 1983 Jamie Langley, English rugby player
- 1984 Álvaro Bautista, Spanish motorcycle racer
- 1985 Jesús Navas, Spanish footballer
- 1987 Brian Douwes, Dutch kickboxer and martial artist
Weddings in Sport
- 1983 NY Ranger Ron Greschner marries model Carol Alt
Deaths in Sport
- 1900 J. J. Ferris, Australian cricketer (48 wickets for Aust in 8 Tests in 1880's), dies at 33
- 1907 Harry Boyle, round-arm cricket bowler (12 of Aust's early Tests), dies
- 1925 Robert Wrenn, American tennis champ (US Open - 1893), dies at 52
- 1940 Geoffrey Legge, cricketer (WWII 196 Eng v NZ Auckland 1930), dies
- 1958 Mel Ott, NY Giant baseball star (1926-1947), dies at 49
- 1959 Max Baer, American heavyweight boxing champion (1934-35), dies at 50
- 1970 Newsy Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey (Montreal Canadiens) and lacrosse player, dies at 83
- 1980 Jim Parks Sr, Kent cricket all-rounder (only Test for England), dies
- 1985 Ramnath Kenny, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1958-60), dies
- 1988 Carl Hubbell, American baseball player (b. 1903)
- 1991 David "Sonny" Werblin, AFL owner (NY Jets), dies at 81
- 1991 Prior Jones, West Indian cricketer (WI pace bowler in 9 Tests 1948-52), dies at 74
- 1991 Sonny Werblin, NY sports impresario, dies at 81
- 2007 Tom Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1928)
- 2007 Noel McGregor, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1931)
- 2013 Vern Mikkelsen, American HOF basketball player, dies at 85
- 2015 Bob [Robert] Foster, American professional boxer "The Deputy Sheriff", dies at 76
- 2015 Ken Johnson, American MLB player - 1st pitcher to lose a complete game nine-inning no-hitter, dies at 82
November in History
Words That Echoed Down The Decades
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, delivered on this day, was as short and simple as it was immensely powerful and memorable.
November 19, 1863
Nuremberg War Trials Bring Nazis to Justice
The Trial of Major War Criminals began on this day, the first of a five-year series of hearings at Nuremberg where WW2 Nazis were held to account.
November 20, 1945
Bare Bones of the Great Ape-Man Hoax
On this day the Piltdown Man skull, which had been hailed as the missing link proving an evolutionary relationship between man and apes, was revealed as a hoax.
November 21, 1953
Grace Darling, the Lighthouse Heroine
Raging seas were no deterrent when lighthouse-keeper’s daughter Grace Darling determinedly set out in a rowing boat to rescue survivors of a shipwreck.
November 24, 1815