On This Day in Sport for October 16

Events in Sport

Event of Interest

1936 Lou Gehrig, is voted AL MVP by BBWAA

Baseball Player Lou Gehrig — Baseball Player
Lou Gehrig

1942 National Boxing Association freezes titles of those serving in armed services
1949 1st NASCAR Sprint Cup: Red Byron wins
1962 Yanks (20th championship) beat SF Giants 4 games to 3 in World Series
1962 NY Yankees appear in 12 & win 9 of last 14 World Series
1964 US men's 4 × 100m medley relay team of Thompson Mann, Bill Craig, Fred Schmidt & Steve Clark swim world record 3:58.4 to beat Germany by 3.2s and win gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
1964 In an incredibly close women's 100m final at the Tokyo Olympics American sprinter Wyomia Tyus runs 11.4s to beat team mate Edith McGuire by 0.2s; Ewa Kłobukowska of Poland takes bronze with the same time as McGuire
1964 American swimmer Sharon Strouder sets world record 1:04.7 to beat Ada Kok of the Netherlands by 0.9s and win the women's 100m butterfly at the Tokyo Olympics

Black Power Salute

1968 Americans Tommie Smith (gold 19.83 WR) and John Carlos (bronze) famously give the Black Power salute on the 200m medal podium during the Mexico City Olympics
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*Tommie Smith and John Carlos on the podium at 1968 Olympics*

1968 Milwaukee Bucks play their 1st game losing 89-84 to Chicago Bulls
1968 Jim Dorey sets Toronto Maple Leaf penalty records (48 mins on 9 penalties in a game & 44 minutes on 7 penalties in a period)
1968 American Bob Seagren, Claus Schiprowski of West Germany and East German Wolfgang Nordwig all record 5.40m in the final of the pole vault at the Mexico City Olympics; Seagren awarded gold on countback
1969 T Agee & Ed Kranepool HR, Tommie Agee makes 2 great catches, New York Mets win Baseball World Series 4-1
1969 100-1 shot NY Mets beat Orioles 5-3 & win 66th World Series in 5
1969 Met Cleon Jones awarded 1st base when shoe polish on ball proves he is hit by a pitch, he scores on a HR in World Series
1976 Toronto Maple Leaf Lanny McDonald scores a hat trick in 2 min 54 sec

Event of Interest

1978 Test debut of Kapil Dev, India v Pakistan at Faisalabad

Cricketer Kapil Dev — Cricketer
Kapil Dev

Ryder Cup

1983 Ryder Cup Golf, PGA National GC: US wins 14½-13½; Bernard Gallacher's missed 3-foot putt for bogey gives Tom Watson 2 & 1 win and the US winning point

1983 Baltimore Orioles beat Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 3 in 80th World Series
1985 KC Royals & St Louis Cardinals win their league championships
1985 MLB National League Championship: St. Louis Cardinals beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 2
1985 MLB American League Championship: Kansas City Royals beat Toronto Blue Jays, 4 games to 3

Boxing Title Fight

1987 Mike Tyson TKOs Tyrell Biggs in 7 for heavyweight boxing title

Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson — Heavyweight Boxing Champion
Mike Tyson

1988 Orel Hirsheiser, 1st to pitch shutout in playoff & World Series
1990 Reds Eric Davis is 22nd player to homer in his 1st World Series at bat
1991 Dallas Mavericks Roy Tarpley becomes 7th to be banned from NBA for life under the league's anti-drug agreement
2000 MLB National League Championship: New York Mets beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 1
2003 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3

Event of Interest

2004 Lionel Messi, aged 17, makes his league debut for Barcelona against Espanyol

Football Star Lionel Messi — Football Star
Lionel Messi

Event of Interest

2005 Renault driver Fernando Alonso wins season-ending Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai International Circuit; first Spanish Formula 1 World Drivers champion; wins by 21 points from Kimi Räikkönen

Formula 1 Driver Kimi Räikkönen — Formula 1 Driver
Kimi Räikkönen

2005 MLB American League Championship: Chicago White Sox beat Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 4 games to 1
2011 MLB National League Championship: St. Louis Cardinals beat Milwaukee Brewers, 4 games to 2
2014 MLB National League Championship: San Francisco Giants beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 1
2016 Ed Whitlock at 85 becomes oldest person to complete a marathon under 4 hours, at Toronto Waterfront Marathon in 3 hours 56 minutes

Birthdays in Sport

1878 Maxey Long, American athlete (d. 1959)
1885 Dorando di Desiderio Pietri, Italian marathoner (Olympic-DQ gold-1908)
1900 [Leon] Goose Goslin, baseball hall of famer (AL bat champ 1928)
1906 George Lott, American tennis player (12 Grand Slam doubles titles), born in Springfield, Illinois (d. 1991)
1921 Matt Batts, MLB catcher (Red Sox), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 2013)
1929 Walt Michaels, American NFL linebacker, coach (5-time Pro Bowl; Cleveland Browns; head coach NY Jets 1977-82), born in Swoyersville, Pennsylvania (d. 2019)

Dave DeBusschere

1940 Dave DeBusschere, NBA forward (NY Knick)/last ABA commissioner, born in Detroit, Michigan

1941 Tim McCarver, baseball catcher (Phils, Mets)/sportscaster (ABC, CBS)
1944 Bob Cottam, cricketer (England fast-medium on 2 India/Pakistan tours)
1948 Leo Mazzone, American baseball coach
1953 Susan Pedersen, American 4 X 100m medley swimmer (Olympic gold 1968)
1953 Paulo Roberto Falcão, Brazilian footballer
1956 Melissa Belote, American 100m/200m swimmer (Olympics 3 gold-1972), born in Washington, D.C.
1956 Johnny Chavis, American football coach
1960 Val Skinner, American golfer (6 LPGA Tour wins), born in Hamilton, Montana
1961 Billy Taylor, Monticello FL, pitcher (Oakland A's)
1961 Chris Doleman, American Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end (8 × Pro Bowl; 3 × First-team All-Pro; Minnesota Vikings), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 2020)
1961 Wilfried Brookhuis, soccer player (NEC)
1962 Laura Coenen, team handball goalie (Olymp-1988, 92, 96), born in Neenah, Wisconsin
1962 Manute Bol, NBA center (Golden State Warriors)
1962 Tamara McKinney, slalom skier (Olympic-4th-1984), born in Lexington, Kentucky
1965 German Titov, NHL center (Calgary Flames, Olympic silver 1998), born in Moscow, Russia
1965 Lisa Bonder, tennis star, born in Columbus, Ohio
1966 Donovan Right, CFL linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1967 Joe Murphy, NHL right wing (Chicago Blackhawks), born in London, England
1967 Michael York, Australian field hockey fullback (Olympic silver 1992, 96)
1968 Scott Donie, Vicenza Italy, diver (Olympic 4th 1996)
1969 Darren McKenzie-Potter, cyclist (Olympics 1996), born in Auckland, New Zealand
1969 Doug Hocking, CFL linebacker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1969 Spencer McLennan, CFL safety (Montreal Alouettes)
1970 Adrian Murrell, NFL running back/kick returner (NY Jets)
1970 Mehmet Scholl, German footballer
1970 Kazuyuki Fujita, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter
1971 David Johnson, cricketer (Karnataka fast bowler, India 1996-)
1971 Greg Jeffries, NFL cornerback (Detroit Lions)
1971 Simon Shanks, NFL inside linebacker (Arizona Cardinals)
1971 Toni Foster, WNBA forward/center (Phoenix Mercury)
1972 Darius Kasparaitis, Elektrenai Lit, NHL defenseman (Islanders, Pitts)
1972 Darren Balmforth, Australian rower (Olympics 1996)
1972 Kordell Stewart, NFL quarterback/wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1972 Stephen O'Connor, Irish amateur snooker champ (1990)
1973 David Unsworth, English professional footballer
1974 Jermaine Lewis, wide receiver (Baltimore Ravens)
1974 Paul Kariya, NHL left wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Olympics 1998), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1975 Jacques Kallis, cricketer (South African Test all-rounder v England 1995)
1975 Jamila Wideman, WNBA guard (LA Sparks)
1975 Brynjar Gunnarsson, Icelandic footballer
1980 Sue Bird, American basketball guard (record 508 WNBA games, Seattle Storm; Olympic gold 2004, 08, 12, 16), born in Syosset, New York
1980 Timana Tahu, Australian Rugby League player
1981 Anthony Reyes, starting pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals
1981 Martin Halle, Danish footballer
1982 Frédéric Michalak, French rugby player
1985 Casey Stoner, Australian motorcycle racer and 2007 MotoGP World Champion
1988 Zoltán Stieber, Hungarian footballer
1992 Bryce Harper, American baseball player (Washington Nationals), born in Las Vegas, Nevada
1993 Caroline Garcia, French tennis player (French Open doubles 2016), born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France