|
What happened in history on this day: October 29?
On October 29 in ...
- 1910 - Bob Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks record 11 singles in a game.
- 1920 - Edward Barrow is named New York Yankees' general manager.
- 1930 - First football game in eastern Canada played under floodlights.
- 1942 - Branch Rickey named president / general manager of Brooklyn Dodgers.
- 1950 - Wally Triplett averages 735 yards on three kickoff returns.
- 1959 - Ten-nation soccer league to play all games on New York's Randall's Island is announced.
- 1960 - Chartered C46 carrying California State's football team crashes, kills 16.
- 1960 - Cassius Clay's (Muhammad Ali's) first professional fight, beats Tunney Hunsaker in six rounds.
- 1972 - Don Cockroft of Cleveland Browns kicks 57-yard field goal.
- 1979 - Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Willie Mays severs all ties with Major League Baseball when he accepts a public relations job with Atlantic City casino.
- 1984 - Orlando Pizzolato (2:14:53) and Greta Weitz (2:29:30) win New York Marathon.
- 1987 - Thomas Hearns wins unprecidented fourth different weight boxing title.
- 1991 - Buck Showalter replaces Stump Merrill as the New York Yankees' manager.
Births of sports figures on October 29
- 1859 - Birth of Charles Ebbets (namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn).
- 1917 - Birth of Henry Carlsson in Sweden; soccer player (Olympic-gold-1948).
- 1953 - Birth of Denis Potvin in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; New York Islanders' defenseman (Norris trophy).
- 1959 - Birth of Jesse Barfield in Illinois, USA; outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees, 1986 home run leader).
- 1984 - Birth of Eric Staal; Canadian hockey player.
Deaths of sports figures on October 29
- 2006 - Death of Silas Simmons, at age 111 in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Simmons was the oldest baseball player who ever lived, playing in the Negro Leagues for 17 years for the Homestead Grays, New York Lincoln Giants, and Cuban All-Stars.
|
|
You can pick a particular day to view that day's events in history.
Bookmark this URL: http://thisdayinhistoryinfo.info/sports/ and revisit each day.
(this URL will automatically re-direct to the file containing the current day's events)
Or, visit my Timelines of History page.
Other web pages of interest:
Chronology of World History
Today in Disney History
Today in USA History
Today in Personal Computer and Video Game History
|
