On This Day in Sport for November 5
Events in Sport
- 1886 British Open Men's Golf, Musselburgh Links: David Brown beats fellow Scot Willie Campbell by 2 strokes
- 1887 Ottawa College (ORFU) defeats Montreal Football Club (QRFU) 10-5 to win the Dominion championship
- 1927 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Cedar Crest CC: Defending champion Walter Hagen beats Joe Turnesa 1-up to win his 4th straight PGA title
- 1933 Chicago Bears 30 game unbeaten streak ends to Patriots (10-0)
- 1940 Walter Johnson, won 416 games for Washington Senators, loses Maryland congressional race (R)
- 1950 Cleveland Browns' Tommy James intercepts 3 passes, club record
- 1954 Montreal Canadien center Jean Béliveau scores 3 goals in 44 seconds on future Hall of Fame goaltender Terry Sawchuk in 4-2 win v Boston Bruins; 2nd fastest NHL hat trick
- 1957 Mrs Nellie McGrail wins $574,658 on a 2½ cent soccer pool ticket
- More Events in Sport
Weddings in Sport
- 2005 2004 Indianapolis 500 winner Buddy Rice (29) weds Michelle Noonan in Arizona
More Weddings & Divorces in Sport
Deaths in Sport
- 1937 Jack McAuliffe, Irish-American boxer and undefeated World Lightweight champion (1886-93), dies at 71
- 1951 Reggie Walker, South African athlete (Olympic gold 100m 1908), dies at 62
- 1969 Lloyd Corrigan, American actor (Papa Dodger, The Manchurian Candidate), dies at 69
- 1971 Sam Jones, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1955, 59; no-hitter 1955; Chicago Cubs), dies of neck cancer at 45
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