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Today in Sports History: Saturday, 15th February 1916 - NY Yankees buy Frank Home Run Baker from the Athletics for $37,500 1921 - Arthur Mailey completes 9-121 v England, Australian Test Cricket rec 1930 - Weona beats Toluca in Illinois Basketball Tournament in 10 overtimes 1931 - Spring training site of NY Yankees in St Petersburg is renamed Miller Huggins Field in honor of the teams late manager 1932 - 3rd Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, NY 1932 - Aust beat South Africa in cricket by an inn in 5 hrs 53 min playing time 1932 - US bobsled team member Eddie Eagan becomes only athlete to win gold in both Summer & Winter Olympics (1920 boxing gold) 1936 - Sonja Henie, Norway, wins 3rd consecutive Olympic Figure Skating gold 1959 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Tournament 1961 - Australia beat West Indies 2-1 in one of best Test Cricket series ever 1970 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Burdines Golf Invitational 1973 - Friendsville Academy (Tenn) ends 138-game basketball losing streak 1976 - 12th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria 1976 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic 1978 - England all out 64 for 1st loss to NZ in cricket (Boycott capt) 1978 - Leon Spinks beats Muhammad Ali in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1980 - Eric Heiden skates Olympic record 500m in 38.03 sec 1980 - Wayne Gretzy assists on NHL-record-tieing 7 goals 1981 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic Heavyweight Boxing Champion Muhammad AliHeavyweight Boxing Champion Muhammad Ali 1982 - Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), begins streak of 63 consecutive free throw 1986 - 44,180 largest NBA crowd to date-Phila at Detroit 1990 - Baseball owners lock out players 1991 - Troy State sets NCAA Div II record with 103 points in 2nd half routing DeVry Institute 187-117 1998 - Dale Eggeling wins Los Angeles Womens Golf Championship
Posted on: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 06:07:48 +0000

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