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What happened in history on this day: March 17?
On March 17 in ...
- 1871 - National Association of Professional Base-Ball players organized.
- 1876 - First record high jump over 6 feet (Marshall Jones Brooks).
- 1877 - Bill Midwinter completes Test Crickets' first 5-wkt haul, 5-78 versus England.
- 1897 - British boxer Robert James Fitzsimmons knocks out American James Corbett in 14 rounds for the world heavyweight championship.
- 1900 - Stanley Cup of hockey: Montréal Shamrocks sweep Halifax Crescents in 2.
- 1902 - Stanley Cup: Montréal AAA beat Winnipeg Victorias, 2 games to 1.
- 1906 - Stanley Cup: Montréal Wanderers beat Ottawa Silver Seven, although both winning a game, Montréal outscores Ottawa 12-10.
- 1908 - Quickest world heavyweight title fight (Tommy Burns knocks out Jem Roche in 88 seconds).
- 1917 - First exclusively women's bowling tournament begins in Saint Louis, Missouri.
- 1918 - US Ladies' Figure Skating Championship won by Rosemary Beresford.
- 1918 - US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Nathaniel Niles.
- 1951 - Test Cricket debut of Brian Statham, England versus New Zealand Christchurch.
- 1953 - Bill Veeck says he will sell his 80 percent of Saint Louis Browns for US$2.475 million.
- 1955 - NHL hockey player Maurice "Rocket" Richard is suspended, sparks 7-hour riot in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
- 1961 - New York district attorney arrests professional gamblers who implicate Seton Hall players.
- 1963 - Bob Cousy plays his last NBA game.
- 1968 - Kathie Whitworth wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Orange Blossom Golf Open.
- 1969 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Open.
- 1970 - Peter O'Malley becomes CEO of Los Angeles Dodgers.
- 1974 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Bing Crosby Golf Classic International.
- 1975 - Valeri Muratov skates world record 1000 metre (1:16.92).
- 1976 - Malikov skates world record 1000 metre (1:15.76).
- 1977 - Australia wins cricket Centenary Test by 45 runs, same result as 1877.
- 1978 - Cincinnati Reds don green uniforms for Saint Patrick's Day.
- 1979 - World Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by N Linichuk and G Karponosov (USSR).
- 1979 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship at Vienna won by Tai Babilonia and R Gardner (USA).
- 1979 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Vienna won by Linda Fratianne (USA).
- 1979 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Vienna won by Vladimir Kovalev (USSR).
- 1981 - FC Lisse, Dutch soccer team, forms.
- 1983 - 70th hat trick in New York Islanders' history-Mike Bossy.
- 1985 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open.
- 1985 - Matti Nykanen of Finland set a world ski jump record of 623 feet.
- 1987 - Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an inning of 96 versus Pakistan.
- 1988 - Highest scoring NCAA basketball game: Loyola-Marymnt 119, Wyoming 115.
- 1990 - PBA National Championship Won by Jim Pencak.
- 1991 - Penny Hammel wins Desert Inn LPGA Golf International.
- 1994 - It is announced there is no smoking in Cleveland Indians' new ballpark.
- 1996 - Aravinda De Silva gets 107 and 3-42 in cricket World Cup victory.
- 1996 - Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship.
- 1996 - Mike Tyson beats Frank Bruno in third round to gain Heavyweight title.
- 1996 - Montreal Canadiens play first game in their new arena.
- 1996 - Sri Lanka wins the Cricket World Cup by storming to a Seven wicket victory against the tournament favourite Australia.
- 1998 - USA Women's Hockey Team beats Canada for first Olympic Gold medal.
- 2005 - During over 11 hours of the Committee on Government Reform hearing concerning major league player use of steroids, Mark McGwire refuses to talk about the past and does not deny taking performance enhancing drugs.
- 2009 - Martin Brodeur, goalie for the NHL's New Jersey Devils, wins his 552nd game, breaking the former NHL record.
Births of sports figures on March 17
- 1872 - Birth of Billy Quaife cricket player (England batsman 1899-1902).
- 1902 - Birth of Bobby Jones in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; PGA golfer (Grand Slam 1930).
- 1914 - Birth of Sammy Baugh in Temple, Texas, USA; NFL hall of famer quarterback (Washington Redskins).
- 1915 - Birth of William Roycroft in Austria; equestrian three day (Olympics-bronze-1976).
- 1919 - Birth of Hank Sauer; baseball player (National League Most Valuable Player 1952).
- 1921 - Birth of Mick Harvey; cricket player (in Newcastle Brother of Neil Test umpire).
- 1939 - Birth of Shahid Mahmoud; cricket player (opener scored 16 and 9 in only Pakistan Test).
- 1944 - Birth of Cito Gaston; Major League Baseball manager (Toronto Blue Jays).
- 1957 - Birth of Robin Cousins in Bristol, England; figure skater (Olympics-gold-1980).
- 1959 - Birth of Brian Douglas Jones in Auckland, New Zealand; tornado class yachter (Olympics-1996).
- 1959 - Birth of Danny Ainge; NBA coach (Phoenix Suns).
- 1962 - Birth of Patrick Thomas Burke in Hollywood, Florida, USA; PGA golfer (1992 BellSouth-6th).
- 1963 - Birth of Roger Harper; cricket player (Guyana and West Indies off-spinner Extraordinary field).
- 1964 - Birth of Alex Shoumidoub; NHL goaltender (Belarus, Olympics-1998).
- 1964 - Birth of Don Griffin; NFL cornerback (Cleveland Browns).
- 1964 - Birth of Ron Warren Jr; jockey (Bay Meadows).
- 1965 - Birth of Caitlin Bilodeaux in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; US fencer (Olympics-1992).
- 1965 - Birth of John Smiley in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA; pitcher (Cincinnati Reds).
- 1966 - Birth of Andrew Hudson; cricket player (South Africa, 163 on debut versus West Indies 1992).
- 1967 - Birth of Chris Luongo in Detroit, Michigan, USA; NHL defenseman (New York Islanders).
- 1967 - Birth of Kim Cathrein in Salinas, California, USA; LPGA golfer (1994 Rochester International-24th).
- 1967 - Birth of Melissa Allen in Portland, Oregon, USA; WPVA volleyball player (Reebok National-13th-1994).
- 1968 - Birth of Judy Mosley McAfee; WNBA forward (Sacramento Monarchs).
- 1968 - Birth of Tyrone Hill; NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers).
- 1969 - Birth of Andrew McMarlin in Vienna, Virginia, USA; rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Domenic "Filane" Figliomeni in Terrace Bay, Ontario, Canada; boxer (Olympics-1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Gilbert Schaller in Bruck, Austria; tennis star.
- 1970 - Birth of Shannan Mitchem in Decatur, Georgia, USA; female infielder (Colorado Silver Bullets).
- 1971 - Birth of Katrina Colleton; WNBA guard/forward (Los Angeles Sparks).
- 1971 - Birth of Tommy Thigpen; WLAF linebacker (Barcelona Dragons).
- 1972 - Birth of Mia Hamm in Selma, Alabama, USA; soccer forward (Olympics-1996, US Women's World Cup-1999).
- 1973 - Birth of Jerome Woods; safety (Kansas City Chiefs).
- 1974 - Birth of Eric Lane; running back (New York Giants).
- 1974 - Birth of John Hall; kicker (New York Jets).
Deaths of sports figures on March 17
- 1965 - Almos Alonzo Stagg, football coach (University of Chicago), dies in California at age 102.
- 1972 - Manny Martindale, cricket player (10 Tests for West Indies, 34 wickets), dies.
- 1978 - George Dickinson, cricket player (8 wickets in three Tests for New Zealand), dies.
- 1979 - Merv Inverarity, cricket player (father of John WA player 1925-40), dies.
- 1985 - Dattu Phadkar, cricket player (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), dies.
- 1988 - Reg Sinfield, cricket player (one Test for England versus Australia 1938), dies.
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