On This Day in Sport for November 9
Events in Sport
- 1907 Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club 1st game, loses to Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club 26-5 at Edmonton Exhibition Grounds
- 1950 Phillies skipper Eddie Sawyer selected as Manager of Year
- 1950 White Sox release Luke Appling, who had been a Sox since 1930
- 1953 Supreme Court rules Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws
- 1961 PGA eliminates caucasians only rule
- 1965 1st NY Knick game postponed (black-out) vs St Louis
- 1965 Willie Mays named NL MVP
- 1976 Oakland A's release Billy Williams, ending his Hall of Fame baseball career
- More Events in Sport
Birthdays in Sport
- 1882 Joe Hardstaff Sr., English cricket batsman and umpire (5 Tests; umpire 21 Tests), born in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (d. 1947)
- 1903 Edward van der Merwe, South African cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests in 30's), born in Rustenburg, Transvaal (d. 1971)
- 1921 Viktor Chukarin, Soviet gymnast (Olympic gold 1952, 56), born in Mariupol, Ukraine (d. 1984)
- 1923 Alice Coachman, American athlete (Olympic gold high jump 1948), born in Albany, Georgia (d. 2014)
Weddings in Sport
- 2012 Tennis player James Blake (32) weds publicist Emily Snider (37) Del Mar, California
More Weddings & Divorces in Sport
Deaths in Sport
- 1929 Nicolaas Theunissen, South African cricket break bowler (2nd Test 1889), dies
- 1944 Frank Marshall, American chess player (US Champion 1909-36), dies at 67
- 1957 Peter O'Connor, Irish athlete (1st recognised world long jump record 1901), dies at 85
- 1968 Wally Grout, Australian cricket wicketkeeper (51 Tests, 187 dismissals, 3 x 50s), dies from a heart attack at 41
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.
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