TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - AUGUST 5TH

1901 - Peter O'Connor of Ireland, sets then Long Jump record at 24' 11 3/4".
1921 - First radio baseball broadcast Pirates-8, Phillies-0 (KDKA, Pitts).
1927 - Phillies Cy Williams hits for cycle in just 4 at bats.
1936 - At Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his 3rd Olympic medal.

1937 - Herb Brooks, Saint Paul Minnesota, American

ice hockey coach (Olympic Gold Medal 1980) is born.

1940 - St Louis Brown John Whitehead no-hits Detroit Tigers, 4-0 in 6 innings.
1948 - Cleveland Indians set club record for most double plays in a game (6).
1950 - Ezzard Charles KOs Freddie Beshore to retain HW boxing title.
1954 - Boxing Hall of Fame's 1st election selects 24 modern & 15 pioneers.

1957 - Brooklyn Sports Authority gets an engineering report on

50,000-seat stadium in downtown area for estimated $207 million.
1959 - Chicago Cardinals (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 55-26 in Toronto.
1961 - Chicago Bears (NFL) beat Mont Alouettes (CFL) 34-16 in Montreal.

1962 - Patrick Ewing, Kingston Jamaica, NBA center

(NY Knicks/Olympic-gold-92) is born.

1967 - First time an AFL team beats an NFL team, Broncos beats Detroit 13-7.
1973 - Atlanta Braves Phil Niekro no-hits SD Padres, 9-0.

1975 - Phillies first 8 batters get hits for a record, beat Cubs 13-5.
1978 - New Orlean Saints beat Philadelphia Eagles 14-7 in Mexico City (NFL expo).
1979 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Colgate European Golf Open.
1979 - Phillies Pete Rose collects NL record 2,427th career single.
1979 - Willie Mays, Warren Giles, & Hack Wilson inducted in Hall of Fame.
1980 - NY Met Doug Flynn ties record of 3 triples in a game.

1984 - Joan Benoit (US) wins 1st Olympic marathon for women (2:24:52).

1986 - Paula Creamer, American golfer is born.

1991 - Paul Brown, NFL founder (Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals), dies at 82.
1994 - Amy Sacks, producer (ABC sports, Disney), dies of Lupus at 39.

1996 - Dallas Cowboys play KC Chiefs in Monterrey Mexico.
2012 - General Motors signs a record breaking $559

million marketing deal with Manchester United.

2013 - Shawn Burr, Canadian ice hockey player,

dies from complications from a fall at 47.