Events in Sport
- 1845 1st baseball team, NY Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code
- 1868 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Tom Morris Jr. beats his father, Tom Morris Sr. by 3 strokes; at 17 young Morris remains youngest Open champion
- 1873 Tom Allen beats Mike McCale for Heavyweight Boxing title
- 1892 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Harold Hilton wins by 3 shots from amateur John Ball, Sandy Herd & Hugh Kirkaldy
- 1908 Giant Fred (Bonehead) Merkle fails to touch 2nd, causes 3rd out in 9th & disallows winning run (game ends tied, Cubs win replay & pennant)
- 1914 Reds drop their 19th straight game, then beat Boston Braves
- 1925 Washington shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh is named AL MVP
Boxing Title Fight
1926 "Upset of the Decade" - Gene Tunney beats defending champion Jack Dempsey by 10-round unanimous decision at Sesquicentennial Stadium, Philadelphia for world heavyweight boxing title
Jack Dempsey
- 1933 Yanks commit 7 errors in 1 game but beat Boston 16-12
Event of Interest
1936 Giants Carl Hubbell notches his 16th en route to 24 consecutive wins
Carl Hubbell
Event of Interest
1949 Indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant
Bill Veeck
Boxing Title Fight
1952 Undefeated Rocky Marciano KOs defending champion Jersey Joe Walcott in the 13th round at Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia for the world heavyweight boxing title
Rocky Marciano
Jersey Joe
- 1955 Yanks clinch pennant by beating Red Sox, 3-2
- 1957 Milwaukee Braves clinch NL pennant by beating Cards 4-2
- 1962 LA Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills breaks Ty Cobb's 1915 MLB steals record, recording #97 on his way to 104
- 1979 St Louis MLB legend Lou Brock steals 938th & final base of his career
- 1983 Gerrie Coetzee KOs Michael Dokes in 10 for heavyweight boxing title in Ohio
Event of Interest
1983 Phillies Steve Carlton is 16th to wins 300 game (beating Cards)
Steve Carlton
Event of Interest
1984 SF 49er Joe Montana misses his 1st start in 49 games
Joe Montana
Event of Interest
1984 Sparky Anderson is 1st manager to win 100 games in both leagues
Sparky Anderson
José Canseco
- 1988 Portuguese world champion Rosa Mota runs 2:25:40 to score a famous Olympic marathon win over Australian Lisa Martin at the Seoul Games
- 1988 Americans Christopher Jacobs, Troy Dalbey, Tom Hunter & Matt Biondi swim world record 3:16.53 to win 4 x 100m freestyle relay at the Seoul Olympics
- 1988 East German swimmer Uwe Dassler sets world record 3:46.95 to win 400m freestyle gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; edges Australian Duncan Armstrong by 0.2s
- 1989 Blue Jays bat out of order against Brewers in 6th inning
- 1992 Bill Comrie purchases BC Lions from CFL
- 1992 1st female to play in a NHL exhibition game (Manon Rheaume, goalie) for Tampa Bay Lightning - gives up 2 goals on 9 attempts in 1 period
- 1997 Seattle Mariners break record for most HRs in a year (258)
Event of Interest
2017 US President Donald Trump withdraws invitation to the White House for NBA champions Golden State Warriors after Stephen Curry says he doesn't want to attend
Donald Trump
Stephen Curry
Golf Tournament
2018 Tour Championship Men's Golf, East Lake GC: Tiger Woods wins by 2 strokes from Billy Horschel; Woods' 80th PGA Tour win; first in 5 years; Justin Rose wins FedEx Cup crown, $10m bonus
Tiger Woods
Event of Interest
2018 39 year old New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees throws 17 yard pass to Michael Thomas to become NFL career pass leader, breaking Brett Favre's record of 6,300 completions; Saints beat Falcons 43-37
Drew Brees
- 2018 Alexander Zverev beats Kevin Anderson 6-7, 7-5, 10-7 in Chicago to complete a 13-8 win for Team Europe over Team World in the 2nd Laver Cup tennis tournament
Birthdays in Sport
- 1887 Alfieri Maserati, Italian auto racer and engineer (established Maserati Racing), born in Voghera, Italy (d. 1932)
- 1895 Johnny Mokan, American baseball player (d. 1985)
- 1917 Imry Nemeth, Hungarian hammer thrower (Olympic gold 1948)
- 1930 Don Edmunds, American auto racer and car builder (National Sprint Car HOF; built Evel Knievel's Snake River Canyon Sky cycle), born in Santa Ana, California (d. 2020)
- 1931 Ruud van den Hende, sports reporter
- 1934 John Mortimore, English soccer defender (Chelsea 249 games) and manager (Portsmouth, Benfica, Real Betis), born in Farnborough, England (d. 2021)
- 1938 Clifford Ann Creed, American golfer (Women's PGA C'ship runner-up 1965), born in Alexandria, Louisiana
- 1939 Henry Blofeld, English cricket commentator
Marty Schottenheimer
1943 Marty Schottenheimer, American football coach (Cleveland Browns, KC Chiefs; NFL Coach of Year 2004, San Diego Chargers), born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania (d. 2021)
Marty Schottenheimer
- 1945 Ray Batten, English rugby league back-rower (Great Britain 3, England 3 Tests; Leeds 434 games) and coach (Wakefield Trinity), born in York, England (d. 2020)
- 1956 Paolo Rossi, Italian soccer striker (48 caps; FIFA World Cup 1982 [Golden Boot, Golden Ball]; L.R. Vicenza, Juventus), born in Prato, Italy (d. 2020)
- 1957 Tony Fossas, Cuba, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
- 1958 Larry Mize, American golfer (US Masters 1987), born in Augusta, Georgia
- 1958 Marvin Lewis, American NFL coach (DC Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl 2000; Cincinnati Bengals 2003-18), born in McDonald, Pennsylvania
- 1962 Jack Warren Pierce, Cherry Hill NJ, hurdler
- 1962 John Harbaugh, American NFL coach (Super Bowl 2012, Baltimore Ravens 2008-20), born in Toledo, Ohio
- 1963 Gabriele Reinsch, German DR, discus thrower (world record 1988)
- 1964 Diane Dixon, American 4x400m runner (Olympic silver 1988), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1964 Leon Meijs, soccer player (Willem II)
- 1964 Clayton Blackmore, Welsh footballer
- 1965 Mark Woodforde, Australian tennis player (12 x Grand Slam doubles titles; 5 x GS mixed doubles titles; Olympic gold 1996) and broadcaster (Fox Sports, ESPN), born in Adelaide, South Australia
- 1966 Doug Widell, NFL guard (Detroit Lions)
- 1966 Pete Harnisch, pitcher (NY Mets), born in Commack, New York
- 1969 Jeff Cirillo, infielder (Milwaukee Brewers), born in Pasadena, California
- 1969 Tapio Laukkanen, Finnish rally driver
- 1970 Georgios Koltsidas, Greek footballer
- 1971 Eric Montross, NBA center (Detroit Pistons)
- 1971 Marcel Boudesteyn, soccer player (Excelsior/FC Groningen)
- 1973 Grant McDonald, Australian baseball outfielder (Olympics 1996)
- 1974 Doris Glenn Easterly, diver (Olympics 1996), born in Richmond, Virginia
- 1977 Matthieu Descoteaux, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 Ricky Davis, American basketball player
- 1979 Bryant McKinnie, NFL Offensive Tackle (Minnesota Vikings), born in Woodbury, New Jersey
- 1981 Robert Doornbos, Dutch race car driver
- 1984 Matt Kemp, American baseball player
- 1985 Brian Brohm, American football player
- 1985 Lukáš Kašpar, Czech ice hockey player
- 1985 Hossein Ka'abi, Iranian footballer
- 1985 Joba Chamberlain, American baseball player
- 1986 Martin Cranie, English footballer
- 1988 Juan Martín del Potro, Argentine tennis player (US Open 2009), born in Tandil, Argentina
- 1989 Brandon Jennings, American basketball player
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
1989 Tennis Ace Zina Garrison (25) weds businessman Willard Jackson (25) at the Windsor Village United Methodist Church in Houston
Zina Garrison
Deaths in Sport
- 1910 H J H "Tup" Scott, cricketer (Australian Test captain 1886), dies
- 1950 Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892)
- 1978 Lyman Bostock, MLB outfielder, 1975-78 (Minnesota Twins, California Angels), shot and killed by the estranged husband of a friend of a friend, at 27
- 1992 Bernice Gera, American 1st female baseball umpire (1969 NY-Penn League), dies of cancer at 61
- 1994 Jerry Barber, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1961), dies of mitral valve prolapse and stroke at 78
- 1996 Jack Newman CBE, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (3 Tests; Test selector 1958-63; president NZ Cricket Council 1964-67), dies at 94
- 1997 Abe Gibron, head coach (Chicago Bears), dies at 72
- 2000 Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican Major League Baseball player (b. 1947)
- 2001 Ron Hewitt, Welsh footballer (b. 1928)
- 2004 Billy Reay, Canadian ice hockey player and coach, dies at 86
- 2010 Bob Shaw, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox), dies at 77
- 2012 Corrie Sanders, South African boxer, shot dead at 46
Gale Sayers
2020 Gale Sayers, American College / Pro Football Hall of Fame halfback (4 x Pro Bowl; 5 x 1st Team All Pro; Chicago Bears), dies from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease at 77 [1]
Gale Sayers
