Wednesday, July 2, 2014

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JULY 2ND

1902 - John J McGraw becomes manager of NY Giants (stays for 30 years).
1905 - Jean-Rene Lacoste, France, US Open (1926)/alligator shirt designer is born.
1921 - Jack Dempsey KOs George S Carpentier in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
first million dollar gate ($1.7m) boxing match (Dempsey KOs Carpentier).
1935 - Great Britain boxing team beat US team in 1st international Golden Gloves.
1937 - Richard Petty, auto race driver (Daytona 500-1979,81) is born.
1949 - "Red Barber's Clubhouse" sports show premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV.
1963 - Juan Marichal (Giants) beats Warren Spahn (Braves), 1-0
in 16 innings on a HR by Willie Mays.
1964 - Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, biggest NASCAR money winner, dies in crash.
1964 - Jose Canseco, Havana Cuba, outfielder
(Oak A's, Red Sox, 1988 AL MVP) is born.
1969 - Michael DiBiase, wrestler (b. 1923) dies.
1970 - NY Yankees Horace Clarke breaks up a
no-hitter in the 9th for 3rd time in 28 days.
1973 - Swede Savage, dies of injuries at Indianapolis 500.
1979 - Sam Hornish, Jr., American race car driver is born.
1984 - Johnny Weir, American figure skater is born.
1986 - After 14 wins, Roger Clemens suffer his 1st loss of year.
1993 - NY Met Anthony Young loses a record 25th straight game (goes to 27).
1994 - Andres Escobar, Colombia world cup soccer star, shot for losing to US.

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