Sunday, July 7, 2013

THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JULY 7TH

1902 - Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe, American baseball player (d. 2005) is born.
1906 - [Leroy] Satchel Paige, baseball pitcher, never look back is born.
1934 - Elizabeth Ryan wins her 12th Wimbledon doubles championship.
1948 - Cleveland Indians sign Leroy "Satchel" Paige.
1960 - Ralph Sampson, NBA center (Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets) is born.
1962 - Bill Hartack becomes 8th jockey to win 3,000 horse races.
1972 - Lisa Leslie, California, WNBA center (LA Sparks)/foward (Oly-gold-1996) is born.
1973 - 80th Wimbledon Womens Tennis and first all-US women's finals
Billie Jean King beats C Evert (60 75).
1980 - Michele Kwan, Torrance California, figure skater (Oly-94, Oly-silver-98) is born.
1993 - NY Met Anthony Young, loses his 26th straight game (goes to 27).
1995 - Memphis Mad Dogs 1st CFL home game (vs BC Lions).
1997 - Jerry Doggett, sportscaster (Bkln/LA Dodgers), dies at 80

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