1902 - Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe, American baseball player (d. 2005) is born.
1906 - [Leroy] Satchel Paige, baseball pitcher, never look back is born.
1914 - Balt Orioles' (IL) owner Jack Dunn offers Babe Ruth, Ernie Shore
& Ben Egan for $10,000 to Connie Mack, who refuses, pleading poverty.
1921 - Ezzard Charles, Lawrenceville Georgia, world
Heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51) is born.
1906 - [Leroy] Satchel Paige, baseball pitcher, never look back is born.
1914 - Balt Orioles' (IL) owner Jack Dunn offers Babe Ruth, Ernie Shore
& Ben Egan for $10,000 to Connie Mack, who refuses, pleading poverty.
1921 - Ezzard Charles, Lawrenceville Georgia, world
Heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51) is born.
1934 - Elizabeth Ryan wins her 12th Wimbledon doubles championship.
1948 - Cleveland Indians sign Leroy "Satchel" Paige.
1955 - First LPGA Championship won by Beverly Hanson.
1960 - Ralph Sampson, NBA center (Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets) is born.
1962 - Bill Hartack becomes 8th jockey to win 3,000 horse races.
1969 - Joe Sakic, Burnaby British Columbia, NHL center
(Colorado Avalanche, Canada 98/02) is born.
1972 - Lisa Leslie, CA, WNBA center (LA Sparks)/foward (Oly-gold-1996) is born.
1974 - FIFA World Cup: West Germany beats the Netherlands
2-1 for football's 10th World Cup in Munich.
1974 - New Zealand imposes a blanket ban on sports teams from South Africa.
1980 - Larry Holmes TKOs Scott LeDoux in 7 for Heavyweight boxing title.
1980 - Michele Kwan, Torrance California, figure skater (Oly-94, Oly-silver-98) is born.
1992 - South Africa's national soccer team, Bafana Bafana,
win South Africa's first ever FIFA sanctioned match.
1995 - Memphis Mad Dogs 1st CFL home game (vs BC Lions).
1997 - Tiger Woods wins golf's Western Open.
1997 - Jerry Doggett, sportscaster (Bkln/LA Dodgers), dies at 80.
2000 - Kenny Irwin, Jr., American race car driver (b. 1969) during a practice
run at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway slammed head on into the wall,
causing his car to flip onto its side. Irwin died instantly of a basilar skull
fracture. He was 30 years old.
2013 - 127th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Andy Murray beats Novak Djokovic
(6-4 7-5 6-4) becoming the first British man to win a Wimbledon tennis title since 1936.
1948 - Cleveland Indians sign Leroy "Satchel" Paige.
1955 - First LPGA Championship won by Beverly Hanson.
1960 - Ralph Sampson, NBA center (Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets) is born.
1962 - Bill Hartack becomes 8th jockey to win 3,000 horse races.
1969 - Joe Sakic, Burnaby British Columbia, NHL center
(Colorado Avalanche, Canada 98/02) is born.
1972 - Lisa Leslie, CA, WNBA center (LA Sparks)/foward (Oly-gold-1996) is born.
1974 - FIFA World Cup: West Germany beats the Netherlands
2-1 for football's 10th World Cup in Munich.
1974 - New Zealand imposes a blanket ban on sports teams from South Africa.
1980 - Larry Holmes TKOs Scott LeDoux in 7 for Heavyweight boxing title.
1980 - Michele Kwan, Torrance California, figure skater (Oly-94, Oly-silver-98) is born.
1992 - South Africa's national soccer team, Bafana Bafana,
win South Africa's first ever FIFA sanctioned match.
1995 - Memphis Mad Dogs 1st CFL home game (vs BC Lions).
1997 - Tiger Woods wins golf's Western Open.
1997 - Jerry Doggett, sportscaster (Bkln/LA Dodgers), dies at 80.
2000 - Kenny Irwin, Jr., American race car driver (b. 1969) during a practice
run at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway slammed head on into the wall,
causing his car to flip onto its side. Irwin died instantly of a basilar skull
fracture. He was 30 years old.
2013 - 127th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Andy Murray beats Novak Djokovic
(6-4 7-5 6-4) becoming the first British man to win a Wimbledon tennis title since 1936.
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