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What happened in history on this day: March 22?
On March 22 in ...
- 1888 - English Football League established.
- 1894 - Stanley Cup: Montréal AAA beat Ottawa Generals, 3-1 (first Cup game ever).
- 1896 - Charilaos Vasilakos wins first marathon (3:18).
- 1929 - 66 horses run in Irish Grand National Sweepstakes.
- 1934 - First Masters golf championship begins in Augusta, Georgia, USA.
- 1953 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open.
- 1958 - 20th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Seattle 84-72.
- 1959 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Nehi Golf Tournament.
- 1963 - Oregon State's Terry Baker becomes first and only Heisman Trophy winner.
- 1964 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open Invitational.
- 1967 - Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay] knocks out Zora Folley in 7 innings for heavyweight boxing title in first Madison Square Garden fight.
- 1969 - 31st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Purdue 92-72; UCLA wins its 5th national championship in six years.
- 1970 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic.
- 1972 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar named NBA Most Valuable Player.
- 1972 - Nick Mileti purchases Cleveland Indians for US$9 million.
- 1972 - New York Yankees trade Danny Cater to the Boston Red Sox for Sparky Lyle.
- 1975 - Delta State beats Immaculata for the women's AIAW championship.
- 1979 - NHL votes to accept four WHA teams (Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets, Quebec Nordiques, and Hartford Whalers).
- 1981 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Desert Inn Pro-Am Golf Tournament.
- 1981 - Toshihiko Seko runs world record 25km (1:13:55.8) and 30km (1:29:18.8).
- 1984 - New York Islanders' Bryan Trottier ties NHL record scores 5 seconds into game.
- 1986 - Andrea Ehrig skates ladies world record 5 km (7:00.99).
- 1986 - HBO launches boxing's heavyweight title unification tournament.
- 1986 - Karin Kania skates ladies world record 1500 metre (1:09.30).
- 1986 - Kurt Browning (Canada) becomes first skater to land a quadruple jump.
- 1986 - World Ice Dance Championship in Geneva won by Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin (USSR).
- 1986 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Gordeeva and Grinkov (USSR).
- 1986 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Debi Thomas (USA).
- 1986 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Brian Boitano (USA).
- 1986 - Trevor Berbick beats Pinklon Thomas in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1987 - Betsy King wins LPGA Circle K Tucson Golf Open.
- 1988 - Western Australia beats Queensland by five wickets to win the Sheffield Shield Final.
- 1989 - NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle announces retirement as NFL commissioner after 29 years.
- 1989 - Clint Malarchuk of the NHL Buffalo Sabres suffers an almost fatal injury when another player accidentally slits his throat.
- 1990 - The Major League Baseball umpires announce that they will boycott exhibition games.
- 1992 - Danielle Ammaccapane wins Standard Register Ping Golf Championship.
- 1992 - England beats South Africa in rain-ruined cricket World Cup semi final.
- 1992 - Joseph A Molloy elected New York Yankees general partner.
- 1994 - Mark Foster swims world record 50 metre butterfly (23.68 seconds).
- 1998 - Liselotte Neumann wins Standard Register PING Golf Tournament.
Births of sports figures on March 22
- 1914 - Birth of Cec Burke; cricket player (New Zealand leg-spinner versus Australia 1946, 1 and 3, 2-30).
- 1915 - Birth of George Cresswell; cricket player (3 Tests for New Zealand aged 35).
- 1927 - Birth of George Thoms; cricket player (one Test Australia against West Indies 1952, scored 16 and 28).
- 1928 - Birth of Ed Macauley; NBA player (Boston Celtics).
- 1933 - Birth of Chris Duckworth; cricket player (South African batsman versus England 1956-57).
- 1946 - Birth of Don Chaney; NBA player (Houston Rockets)/coach (Detroit Pistons).
- 1952 - Birth of Bob Costas in Queens, New York, USA; sportscaster/talk show host (Later).
- 1956 - Birth of Lyndsay Stephen in Donnybrook, Western Australia; Australasia golfer.
- 1958 - Birth of Joyce Lester; Australian softball catcher (Olympics-bronze-1996).
- 1962 - Birth of Diane Pavich in Melbourne, Australia; golfer (1993 T50 Alpine Australia Ladies).
- 1962 - Birth of Juan Aguilera in Spain; tennis star.
- 1962 - Birth of Tim Elliott in Perth, Western Australia; Australasia golfer.
- 1963 - Birth of Hannu Virta in Turku, Finland; hockey defenseman (Team Finland).
- 1963 - Birth of Rich Monteleone in Tampa, Florida, USA; pitcher (California Angels).
- 1964 - Birth of Jeffrey Wagner in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Australasia golfer.
- 1966 - Birth of Brad Edwards; NFL safety (Atlanta Falcons).
- 1966 - Birth of Brian Shaw; NBA guard (Orlando Magic, San Francisco Warriors).
- 1966 - Birth of Sean Berry in Santa Monica, California, USA; infielder (Houston Astros).
- 1966 - Birth of Todd Ewen in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; NHL right wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks).
- 1968 - Birth of Ramon Martinez in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; pitcher (Los Angeles Dodgers).
- 1969 - Birth of Russell Maryland; NFL defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys, Oakland Raiders).
- 1970 - Birth of Jason Rouser in Tucson, Arizona, USA; 200 metre/400 metre runner.
- 1970 - Birth of Reggie White; NFL nose tackle (New England Patriots).
- 1970 - Birth of Travis Richards in Crystal, Minnesota, USA; US hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994).
- 1971 - Birth of Richard Castillo; jockey.
- 1972 - Birth of Elvis Stojko in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada; ice skater (Olympics-silver-1994).
- 1972 - Birth of John Farquhar; tight end (New Orleans Saints).
- 1972 - Birth of Mikhail Sloutsky; WLAF linebacker (Scotland Claymores).
- 1972 - Birth of Shawn Bradley; NBA center (Dallas Mavericks, New Jersey Nets, Space Jams).
- 1973 - Birth of Joe Nedney; kicker (Arizona Cardinals).
- 1973 - Birth of Luther Elliss; NFL defensive end (Detroit Lions).
- 1974 - Birth of Marcus Camby; NBA forward (Toronto Raptors).
- 1974 - Birth of Tuomas Gronman; NHL defenseman (Team Finland Olympics-Bronze-1998, Pittsburgh Steelers).
- 1975 - Birth of Chris Bayne; safety (Atlanta Falcons).
- 1975 - Birth of Jiri Novak in Czechoslovakia; tennis star.
Deaths of sports figures on March 22
- 1871 - Johnny Cuzens cricket player (Australian aboriginal tourist 1868), dies.
- 1975 - Asa Smith Bushnell Jr, Secretary of US Olympics (1945-65), dies at age 75.
- 1993 - Cec Pepper, cricket player (New South Wales and Commonwealth XI leggie), dies.
- 1993 - Steve Olin, pitcher (Cleveland Indians), drowns at age 27.
- 1993 - Tim Crews, pitcher (Cleveland Indians), drowns at age 31.
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