Events in Sport
Appointment of Interest
1942 Branch Rickey named president and General Manager of Brooklyn Dodgers
Branch Rickey
- 1945 Happy Chandler resigns as US Senator, remains as baseball commissioner
- 1949 White Sox trade Joe Tipton to A's for Nellie Fox
- 1950 Detroit Lions Wally Triplett achieves a kickoff return yardage of 294 yards against the LA Rams, the second highest in a single-game in NFL history
- 1950 Cleveland Browns' Marion Motley sets record for highest avg gain in a game with 17.1 (10 attempts), Cleveland 45, Pittsburgh 7
- 1950 2nd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Bill Rexford wins
- 1959 10 nation soccer league to play all games on NY Randalls Is, announced
Event of Interest
1960 Cassius Clay's [Muhammad Ali] 1st professional fight; beats Tunney Hunsaker on points in 6 rounds in Louisville, Kentucky
Muhammad Ali
Event of Interest
1969 Tom Seaver voted NL Cy Young Award
Tom Seaver
- 1972 Don Cockroft of Cleveland Browns kicks 57-yard field goal
Event of Interest
1979 Billy Martin fired as Yankee manager (2nd time)
Billy Martin
- 1981 Bill Giles becomes CEO of Philadelphia Phillies
- 1984 Orlando Pizzolato (2:14:53) & Greta Weitz (2:29:30) win NY Marathon
- 1986 Kirk Muller scores NJ Devil record 6 point, beat Penguins, 8-6
- 1986 Padres pitcher LaMarr Hoyt is arrested at US-Mexico border for drugs
- 1986 Pakistan cricket leg-spin bowler Abdul Qadir takes 6-16 as the West Indies dismissed for 53 in 186 run defeat in 1st Test at Faisalabad
Boxing Title Fight
1987 Thomas Hearns wins unprecedented 4th different weight boxing title
Thomas Hearns
- 1989 Ozzie Newsome ends NFL streak of 150 consecutive game receptions
- 1991 Buck Showalter replaces Stump Merrill as NY Yankee manager
- 2005 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Belmont Park; winners: Saint Liam, Stevie Wonderboy, Pleasant Home, Shirocco, Intercontinental, Folklore, Artie Schiller, Silver Train
- 2008 World Series Baseball: Philadelphia beats Tampa Bay Rays, 4-3 in Game 5 at Citizens Bank Park for Phillies second title in their 126-year history; MVP: Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels
- 2014 World Series Baseball: San Francisco beats Kansas City Royals, 3-2 in Game 7 at Kauffman Field, KC to win Giants' 3rd title in 5 years; MVP: SF starter Madison Bumgarner
Event of Interest
2017 British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton finishes a distant 9th in Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez; good enough to clinch his 4th F1 World Drivers Championship
Lewis Hamilton
Event of Interest
2017 Danish tennis star Caroline Wozniacki beats American Venus Williams 6-4, 6-4 to win the WTA Finals title decider in Kallang, Singapore
Venus Williams
- 2018 Golden State shooting guard Klay Thompson breaks NBA record previously held by teammate Stephen Curry for most 3-pointers in a game with 14 in Warriors' 149-124 win over the Bulls in Chicago
Birthdays in Sport
- 1859 Charles Ebbets, American sports executive (co-owner of Brooklyn Dodgers 1897-1902), born in NYC, New York (d. 1925)
- 1877 Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer (Yorks & Eng SLA, played Tests 1899-1930), born in Kirkheaton, Yorkshire, England (d. 1973)
- 1908 Jimmy Thomson, Scottish golfer (US Open 1935, PGA C'ship 1936 runner-up), born in North Berwick, Scotland (d. 1985)
- 1909 Frank Wykoff, athlete (Olympic gold 4x100m relay 1928, 32, 36), born in Des Moines, Iowa (d. 1980)
- 1915 Dennis Brookes, English cricketer (one Test England v WI 1948, scored 10 & 7), born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England (d. 2006)
- 1917 Henry Carlsson, Swedish soccer (Olympic gold 1948), born in Falköping, Västra Götalands län, Sweden (d. 1999)
- 1925 Betty Evans Grayson, American softball pitcher (National Softball Hall of Fame 1959; Chicago Queens), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 1979)
- 1927 Frank Sedgman, Australian tennis player (5 Grand Slam singles titles, doubles Grand Slam 1951), born in Melbourne, Victoria
- 1932 Dick Garmaker, American basketball guard (NBA All Star 1957-60; Minneapolis Lakers), born in Hibbing, Minnesota (d. 2020)
- 1935 David Allen, English cricketer (England off-spinner of 60's), born in Horfield, Bristol, England (d. 2014)
- 1938 Wilbert McClure, American boxer (Olympic gold light middleweight 1960), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 2020)
- 1941 Brian Yuile, New Zealand cricketer (NZ slow left-armer took 34 wkts in 17 Tests), born in Palmerston North, New Zealand
- 1943 Norman Hunter, English soccer defender (28 caps; Leeds United, Bristol City, Barnsley; FIFA World Cup 1966), born in Gateshead, England (d. 2020)
- 1944 Claude Brochu, Canadian Major League Baseball executive (Montreal Expos), born in Quebec City, Quebec
- 1946 Anura Tennekoon, Sri Lankan cricketer (World Cup captain 1975-79), born in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
Denis Potvin
1953 Denis Potvin, Canadian born NHL defenseman (NY Islanders - Norris trophy), born in Vanier, Ontario
Denis Potvin
Mike Gartner
1959 Mike Gartner, NHL right wing (Toronto Maple Leafs), born in Ottawa, Ontario
Mike Gartner
- 1960 Michael Carter, American NFL nose tackle (Super Bowl 1984, 88, 89; Pro Bowl 1985, 87, 88; First-team All-Pro 1986, 87, 88; SF 49ers) and athlete (Olympic silver shot put 1984), born in Dallas, Texas
- 1961 Cornelia Oschkenat, German DR, hurdler (50m indoor)
- 1961 Joel Otto, Elk River MN, NHL center (Philadelphia Flyers, Team USA Olympics 1998)
- 1964 Greg Montgomery, punter (Baltimore Ravens)
- 1964 Jackie Pereira, field hockey center/forward (Olympics 1996), born in Perth, Australia
- 1964 May Allison, marathoner (Olympics 1996), born in Toronto, Ontario
- 1967 Greg Gohr, pitcher (Detroit Tigers), born in Santa Clara, California
- 1968 Johann Olav Koss, speed skater (Olympics 3 gold-1994)
- 1969 Peter Breen, American dance skater, born in Brockton, Massachusetts
- 1969 Giorgos Donis, Greek footballer
- 1970 Chris Thorpe, doubles luger (Olympics 1994), born in Waukegan, Illinois
- 1970 Dan Ratushny, Nepean, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)
- 1970 Edwin van der Sar, Dutch soccer goalkeeper (Ajax)
- 1970 Marquez Pope, NFL cornerback (SF 49ers)
- 1970 Phillip Cocu, Dutch soccer player (Vitesse, PSV)
- 1971 Greg Blewett, cricketer (Aust batsman, century on Test debut 1995)
- 1971 Matthew Hayden, cricketer (heavy scorer for Queensland, Aust 1994-96)
- 1972 Rhonda Blades, WNBA guard (NY Liberty)
- 1973 Adam Bacher, South African cricket batsman (19 Tests; 13 ODIs), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
- 1973 Robert Pirès, French footballer
- 1974 Mike Crawford, linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
- 1974 R A Dickey, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star, NL Cy Young Award, NL strikeout leader 2012; Gold Glove Award 2013; NY Mets, Toronto Blue Jays), born in Nashville, Tennessee
- 1974 Michael Vaughan, English cricketer
- 1978 Travis Henry, American football player
- 1980 B.J. Sams, American football player
- 1981 Amanda Beard, American swimmer (Olympic gold 100m medley 1996, 200m breaststroke 2004), born in Newport Beach, California
- 1983 Maurice Clarett, American football player
- 1983 Dana Eveland, American baseball player
- 1983 Jason Tahincioglu, Turkish racing driver
- 1984 Eric Staal, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 Severino Jefferson, Brazilian football player
Weddings in Sport
- 2011 Actress Eva Amurri (26) weds former Major League Soccer player Kyle Martino (31) in Charleston, South Carolina
Deaths in Sport
- 1905 Etienne Desmarteau, Canadian athlete (b. 1873)
- 1941 Harvey Hendrick, American baseball player (b. 1897)
- 1969 Vic Richardson, cricketer (Aussie capt 1935-36), dies
- 1993 Roger Turner, American figure skater (7x US National Champion), dies at 92
- 2007 Christian d'Oriola, French fencer (4-time Olympic gold foils 1948, 52, 56), dies at 79
- 2020 J. J. Williams, Welsh rugby union winger (30 caps Wales, 7 British & Irish Lions; Grand Slam 1976, 78), dies at 72
- 2020 Slaven Zambata, Croatian soccer forward (31 caps Yugoslavia; Dinamo Zagreb), dies at 80
