THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - OCTOBER 31ST

1888 - John Boyd Dunlop patents pneumatic bicycle tyre.

1900 - Carl Hubbard, Missouri, baseball & football Hall of Famer is born.

1920 - Dick Francis, Wales, jockey/detective writer (Whip Hand, High Stakes) is born.

1921 - Federation Sportive Feminine International forms 

(First woman track & field association).
1943 - Washington Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs Brooklyn (48-10).

1947 - Frank Shorter, Munich Germany, US marathoner (Oly-gold/silver-72, 76) is born.
1951 - Nick Saban, American College Football coach is born.

1968 - Milwaukee Bucks win their first game beating Detroit 138-118 (6th game).

1983 - George S Halas, NFL coach (Chicago Bears), dies at 88.

1987 - First jockey to win 9 races in 1 day (Chris Antley at Belmont).
1987 - A pair in Coventry, England ties world record for longest 

singles tennis match at 80 hrs 21 minutes.
1988 - First Monday Night NFL game in Indianapolis, Colts beat Denver 55-23.

1993 - 25 people killed during Ghana-Ivory Coast soccer match.

1999 - Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months 

of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.

1999 - Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (b. 1975) was fatally injured in a 

violent crash on the tenth lap of the CART season finale, the Marlboro 500, 

at the California Speedway in Fontana, California.