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What happened in history on this day: March 15?
On March 15 in ...
- 1869 - Cincinnati Red Stockings become the first pro baseball team.
- 1877 - Commencement of first Test Cricket, Australia versus England at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- 1897 - First indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden.
- 1912 - Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins.
- 1935 - George Headley completes 270 in cricket versus England at Kingston.
- 1945 - Bert Shepard (one legged WWII veteran) tries out as a pitcher for Washington Senators.
- 1945 - Brooklyn Dodgers open spring training at Bear Mountain, New York.
- 1948 - Donald Bradman scores 115 for the Australian cricket team versus Western Australia.
- 1953 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship.
- 1953 - West Germany loses in soccer to Netherlands, 2-1.
- 1958 - Oscar Robertson of Cincinnati scores a NCAA midwest region-record 56 points.
- 1958 - Cincinnati Royals' basketball star Maurice Stokes collapses during a playoff game with encephalitis; he goes into a coma and is permanently disabled.
- 1959 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship.
- 1962 - Donald Jackson of Canada is first to land a triple lutz ice skate jump.
- 1962 - Wilt Chamberlain is first to score 4,000 points in an NBA season.
- 1968 - Bob Beamon sets indoor long jump record (27 feet 2.75 inches).
- 1975 - Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500 metre (37.99 seconds).
- 1978 - Oakland Athletics trade Vida Blue to San Francisco Giants for seven players and US$390,000.
- 1979 - New York Islanders' Bryan Trottier's 5th career hat trick.
- 1979 - Sarfraz takes 9-86 at Melbourne Cricket Ground as Australia lose 7-5 to lose the Test.
- 1981 - Patty Hayes wins LPGA Sun City Golf Classic.
- 1983 - Karnataka beats Bombay on first innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
- 1985 - Larry Holmes TKOs David Bey in ten rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1987 - Last day in Test cricket for Larry Gomes and Joel Garner.
- 1987 - New Zealand beats West Indies by five wickets in Jeremy Coney's last Test Cricket.
- 1987 - US Davis Cup team loses to Paraguay.
- 1988 - NFL's Saint Louis Cardinals officially move to Phoenix, Arizona.
- 1989 - New York Rangers retire goalie Eddie Giacomin's number 1 uniform.
- 1991 - Sergei Bubka pole vaults record 20.25 feet.
- 1992 - Brandie Burton wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship.
- 1993 - Vinod Kambli scores 227 versus Zimbabwe, his second consecutive Test 200.
- 1994 - Experts from American League certify Cleveland Indian's Jacobs Field is properly lit.
- 1997 - Pittsburgh Penguins' Joe Mullen is first American to score 500 NHL goals.
- 1998 - Welch's/Circle K Golf Championship.
- 2006 - (to March 26) The 2006 Commonwealth Games take place in Melbourne, Australia.
- 2009 - Alberta's Kevin Martin wins his fourth Canadian championship curling Brier title in Calgary, defeating Jeff Stoughton 10-4 in the final game.
Births of sports figures on March 15
- 1878 - Birth of Hanson Carter cricket player (Yorkshire Aussie wicketkeeper of early 20th century).
- 1920 - Birth of Ranganandhan Francis in India; field hockey (Olympics-gold-1948, 1952, 1956).
- 1926 - Birth of Norm Van Brocklin; NFL quarterback/coach (Los Angeles Rams), hall of famer.
- 1944 - Birth of Chi Cheng in Taiwan; sprinter/80 metre hurdler (Olympics-Bronze-1968).
- 1945 - Birth of Jörgen Sundelin in Sweden; yachtsman (Olympics-gold-1968).
- 1946 - Birth of Bobby Bond; baseball player (New York Giants, New York Yankees, etc).
- 1947 - Birth of David Colley; cricket player (New South Wales quickie, three Tests for Australia 1972).
- 1947 - Birth of Tomas Pettersson in Sweden; cyclist (Olympics-silver-1968).
- 1953 - Birth of Colin Croft; cricket player (West Indian fast bowler 1977-82).
- 1955 - Birth of Mohsin Khan; cricket player (Pakistani opening batsman late 70s early 80s).
- 1956 - Birth of Clay Matthews; NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons).
- 1959 - Birth of Eliot Teltscher in California, USA; tennis player (US Davis Cup team).
- 1959 - Birth of Harold Baines in Easton, Maryland, USA; outfielder (Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers).
- 1961 - Birth of Craig Ludwig Rhinelander; NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars).
- 1961 - Birth of Terry Cummings; NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks, Philadelphia 76ers).
- 1964 - Birth of Alison Johnson in Tustin, California, USA; WPVA volleyball player (US Open-4th-1993).
- 1964 - Birth of Ron Hall; NFL tight end (Detroit Lions).
- 1965 - Birth of Marianne Morris in Middletown, Ohio, USA; LPGA golfer (1995 McDonald's LPGA-third).
- 1966 - Birth of Karen Weiss in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; LPGA golfer (1995 Chick-fil-A Charity-7th).
- 1967 - Birth of Kirk Scrafford; NFL tackle (San Francisco 49ers).
- 1968 - Birth of Rob Anderson in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada; Canadian Tour golfer (British Columbia Amateur-1990, 1992).
- 1969 - Birth of Louis Riddick; NFL safety (Cleveland Browns, Atlanta Falcons).
- 1970 - Birth of Chris Dalman; NFL guard/center (San Francisco 49ers).
- 1970 - Birth of Diego Nargiso in Naples, Italy; tennis pro.
- 1970 - Birth of Eric Castle; NFL free safety (San Diego Chargers).
- 1970 - Birth of Paul Kruse in Merritt, British Columbia, Canada; NHL left wing (Calgary Flames).
- 1971 - Birth of Patrick Reidy in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; basketball forward (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Robbie Pratt; jockey.
- 1972 - Birth of David Rhodes; WLAF wide receiver (Rhein Fire).
- 1972 - Birth of Filip Dewulf in Belgium; tennis star.
- 1972 - Birth of Oliver Gibson; NFL defensive tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers).
- 1972 - Birth of Steve Danielson in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; field hockey defender (Olympics-1996).
- 1973 - Birth of Franca Fehlauer in Hamburg, Germany; golfer (Belgian International Jr champion 1991).
- 1974 - Birth of Imad Baba in Humble, Texas, USA; soccer midfielder (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1975 - Birth of Cornell Brown; linebacker (Baltimore Ravens).
- 1976 - Birth of Laurent Gras; hockey forward (Team France 1998).
- 1980 - Birth of Deidra Graham in Salt Lake City, Utah, gymnast (alternate-Olympics-1996).
- 1982 - Birth of Bobby Boswell; American pro soccer player.
- 1985 - Birth of Antti Autti; Finnish snowboarder.
Deaths of sports figures on March 15
- 1938 - Edmund Tylecote, cricket player (England keeper in six Tests 1882-86), dies.
- 1940 - Alfred Marr, cricket player (Test for Australia 1885, scored 0 and 5), dies.
- 1966 - Abe Saperstein, founder of Harlem Globetrotters, dies at age 63.
- 1971 - Jean-Pierre Monseré, Flemish cyclist, dies at age 22.
- 1975 - Antonino Rocca, professional wrestler/sportscaster, dies at age 49.
- 1990 - Tom Harmon, NFL tail back (Heisman Trophy), dies in Los Angeles at age 70.
- 1998 - Death of Benjamin Spock, American athlete, pediatrician, and author (born 1903).
- 2007 - Death of Bowie Kuhn, Major League Baseball Commissioner (born 1926).
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