On This Day in Sport for October 7

Events in Sport

Event of Interest

1916 Georgia Tech, coached by John Heisman, defeat Cumberland 222-0, most lopsided score in the history of US college football

American Football Coach John Heisman — American Football Coach
John Heisman

1922 First radio link, WNJ (Newark) & WGY (Senectady) link for World Series
1922 Landis insists Game 4 of World Series be played despite heavy rain
1927 Yank Herb Pennock retires 1st 22 Pirates in World Series game
1933 NY Giants beat Washington Senators, 4 games to 1 in 30th World Series
1935 Detroit Tigers beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2 in 32nd World Series
1936 7th-place Brooklyn Dodgers fire manager Casey Stengel
1940 Reds Bucky Walters is 1st pitcher in 14 years to homer in World Series
1947 Larry MacPhail resigns as Yank GM after final game of World Series
1950 NY Yankees sweep Philadelphia Phillies in 47th World Series

Event of Interest

1950 Whitey Ford wins his 1st World Series game 5-2

MLB Pitcher Whitey Ford — MLB Pitcher
Whitey Ford

1950 Yanks win 13th world championship sweeping Phillies
1952 NY Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 3 in 49th World Series
1952 Yankees tie their own record of 4 consecutive World Series wins

1961 15th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Chicago 3-1 at Chicago
1962 8th LPGA Championship won by Judy Kimball
1964 NY Yankees make 14th appearance in last 16 & 29th in 61 World Series
1972 1st season game at Nassau Coliseum, Flames-3, Islanders-2
1973 Scotsman Jackie Stewart wins his 3rd World Formula 1 Drivers title despite withdrawing from the season ending US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen; wins title by 16 points from Emerson Fittipaldi
1975 Players' Association files a suit on behalf of Dodgers' Andy Messersmith
1975 MLB National League Championship: Cincinnati Reds beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3 games to 0
1975 MLB American League Championship: Boston Red Sox beat Oakland Athletics, 3 games to 0
1978 LA Dodgers win the pennant
1978 MLB National League Championship: Los Angeles Dodgers beat Philadelphia Phillies, 3 games to 1
1978 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Kansas City Royals, 3 games to 1
1979 Cleveland Browns' Dino Hall sets club records with 9 kickoff returns

Event of Interest

1979 Frank Mahovlich formally retires from the NHL after a failed comeback attempt with the Detroit Red Wings

NHL Legend Frank Mahovlich — NHL Legend
Frank Mahovlich

1979 Ferrari driver Jody Scheckter retires with tyre trouble in US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen; becomes first South African to claim World Formula 1 Drivers title; wins by 4 points from race winner Gilles Villeneuve
1981 In 1st Eastern Division championship Yanks beat Brewers 5-3
1984 Striking umps return for Game 5 of NLCS, San Diego Padres win pennant

Event of Interest

1984 Walter Payton passes Jim Brown as NFL's career rushing leader

NFL Running Back Walter Payton — NFL Running Back
Walter Payton

NFL Legend Jim Brown — NFL Legend
Jim Brown

1984 MLB National League Championship: San Diego Padres beat Chicago Cubs, 3 games to 2

Event of Interest

1986 Steve Yzerman is named captain of the Detroit Red Wings, a title he would hold for over 1,300 games

NHL Legend Steve Yzerman — NHL Legend
Steve Yzerman

1988 Jim Fregosi is fired as manager of White Sox

Event of Interest

1989 Howard Stern's US Open Sores Tennis match

Radio shock jock Howard Stern — Radio shock jock
Howard Stern

Baseball Record

1989 Rickey Henderson steals a record 8 bases in a play off (5 games)

MLB Outfielder Rickey Henderson — MLB Outfielder
Rickey Henderson

1991 Scorecard Harry, Space Appeal & Cafe Lex in 9th race at Belmont, creating 2nd triple dead heat in NY thoroughbred racing history
1992 Tampa Bay Lightning become 1st NHL expansion team to win opener (7-2)
1995 Boston's Fleet Center opens, NY Islanders & Boston Bruins tie at 4-4
2000 Last ever competitive soccer match at Wembley Stadium, England defeated 1-0 by Germany, last goal scored by Liverpool's Dietmar Hammann. Match is Tony Adams' 60th at Wembley, the record for most appearances at the stadium.
2012 New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees breaks Johnny Unitas' NFL record for consecutive games with a TD pass (48) when he connects with Devery Henderson in Saints 31-24 win over San Diego at the SuperDome
2017 New Zealand clinch their 5th Rugby Championship with 25-24 win over South Africa at Cape Town; All Blacks undefeated in 6 games

Birthdays in Sport

1857 Moses Walker, American baseball catcher (first African-American to play MLB), born in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio (d. 1924)
1868 Fred H Hovey, tennis champ (US Open-1895)
1887 A C "Jack" Russell, cricketer (prolific England batsman post-WWI)
1896 Cyril Allcott, cricketer (NZ all-rounder in their early Tests)
1901 Frank Boucher, Canadian all-star NHL center (NY Rangers), born in Ottawa, Ontario (d. 1977)
1904 Chuck Klein, American Baseball Hall of Fame right fielder (Triple Crown 1933 Philadelphia Phillies), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1958)
1913 Victor Trumper Jr, Australian cricketer (son of Mr & Mrs Trumper NSW 1940-41), born in Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia (d. 1981)
1922 Grady Hatton, American baseball player, (d. 2013)
1934 Willie Naulls, NBA star (NY Knicks)
1937 Col Guest, cricketer (Test Aust v England 1963, scored 11 took 0-59)
1938 Ann Jones, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1969), born in Birmingham, England
1943 José Cardenal, Cuban baseball player
1949 Catherine Duggan, LPGA golfer
1952 Graham Yallop, cricketer (Australian capt in 7 Tests, won 1 lost 6)
1952 Ludmila Tourischeva, USSR, gymnast (Olympic gold 1972)
1956 Julio Pezua, Pervian-American jockey
1957 Jayne Torvill, English ice dancer (Torvill & Dean, Olympic gold 1984), born in Nottingham
1959 Penny Graeber, Australian golfer (1990 6th Vic Open), born in Sydney, New South Wales
1961 Tony Sparano, American NFL coach (Miami Dolphins 2008-11), born in West Haven, Connecticut (d. 2018)
1964 Rich Delucia, pitcher (SF Giants), born in Reading, Pennsylvania
1964 Stuart Hendley, Canadian Tour golfer (1989 Manitoba Open), born in Houston, Texas
1964 Paul Stewart, British footballer (Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool), born in Manchester, England
1965 Juul Ellerman, soccer player (PSV, FC Twente)
1966 Trent Brown, CFL defensive back (Edmonton Eskimos)
1967 Mariana Perez-Roldan, Argentina, tennis star
1968 Erick Anderson, NFL linebacker (Washington Redskins)
1968 Randy Bartz, Roseville Minn, short track skater (Olympics 1994)
1969 Brent Dorman, Ocala Florida, Canadian Tour golfer
1969 Martin Haywood, cricketer (NSW opening batsman)
1970 Daniel Collins, Australian canoeist (Olympics 1996), born in Sydney, New South Wales
1970 Dwayne Provo, cornerback (New England Patriots)
1970 Harold Ellis, NBA forward (Denver Nuggets)
1970 Le'Shai Maston, NFL running back (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1970 Vaughn Hebron, NFL running back (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
1971 Dexter Dawson, CFL receiver (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1971 Johnnie Morton, NFL wide receiver (Detroit Lions)
1971 Paul Hannam, 470 sailor (Olympics 1996), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1972 John Hyden, Tustin California, volleyball outside hitter (alt-Olympics 1996)
1972 Rahsaan Giddings, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
1973 Gerald McBurrows, safety (St Louis Rams)
1973 Priest Holmes, running back (Baltimore Ravens)
1973 Dida, Brazilian footballer
1974 Benjamin Oberman, pairs skater (& Naomi Grabow), born in Denver, Colorado
1974 Shannon MacMillan, American soccer forward (Olympics 1996), born in Syosset, New York
1975 Billy Walsh, soccer midfielder (Olympic gold 1996), born in Summit, New Jersey
1976 Santiago Solari, Argentinian footballer
1976 Gilberto Silva, Brazilian footballer
1976 Charles Woodson, American football player
1976 Marc Coma, Spanish motorcycle racer
1977 Clayton Miller, trap shooter (Olympics 1996), born in Toronto, Ontario
1978 Zaheer Khan, Indian cricketer
1979 Simona Amânar, Romanian gymnast
1982 Madjid Bougherra, Algerian footballer
1982 Jermain Defoe, English footballer
1982 Robby Ginepri, American tennis player
1984 Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketer
1985 Evan Longoria, American baseball player
1986 Lee Nguyen, American soccer player
1986 Gunnar Nielsen, Faroese footballer
1987 Jeremy Brockie, Australian footballer