THIS WEEKEND IN SPORTS HISTORY
Saturday
1900 — Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks beat Winnipeg Victorias, 3 games to 1.
1936 — IV Olympic Winter Games close in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
1970 — Joe Frazier knocks out Jimmy Ellis in five rounds for undisputed heavyweight boxing crown.
1972 — First NBA player to score 30,000 points (Wilt Chamberlain in 940 games).
1984 — Bill Johnson becomes first American to win Olympics downhill skiing gold.
1985 — Livingston Bramble defeats Ray (Boom Boom) Mancini to win WBA champion.
1989 — Roger Clemens, Boston Red Sox pitcher signs record US$7.5 million, three-year contract.
1991 — U.S. female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding.
1992 — Los Angeles Lakers retire Magic Johnson’s No. 32 uniform.
1997 — At age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history.
2005 — The National Hockey League cancels its 2004-2005 season, becoming the first North American professional league to cancel a season due to a labour dispute.
Sunday
1923 — Ottawa Senators’ Cy Denneny becomes NHL’s all-time high scorer (143 goals).
1924 — Johnny Weissmuller sets 100-yard freestyle record (52.4 seconds).
1955 — Ice Pairs Championship at Vienna won by Frances Dafoe and Bowden of Canada.
1964 — 101st member elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame (Luke Appling).
1974 — 49 die in stampede for seats at soccer match in Cairo, Egypt.
1980 — Buddy Baker wins Daytona 500 (177.6 MPH/285.8 km/h).
1985 — Laffit Pincay Junior is third to ride 6,000th winners at Santa Anita.
1995 — Detroit Tigers’ manager Sparky Anderson takes unpaid leave due to baseball strike.
2008 — In Daytona, Fla., the 50th NASCAR Daytona 500 race is held. Winner is Ryan Newman of Penske Racing.
Family Day
1932 — Sonja Henie wins her 6th straight World Women’s figure skating title.
1936 — NHL record 62 points scored in a game, New York Americans (28) and Montreal Maroons (24).
1944 — Cincinnati Reds sign youngest baseball player, 15-year-old Joe Nuxhall.
1960 — The VIII Olympic Winter Games open in Squaw Valley, Calif.
1960 — Walter O’Malley, Los Angeles Dodgers’ owner, purchases Chavez Ravine for US$494,000.
1965 — Frank Gifford announces his retirement from football for broadcasting.
1967 — Softball pitcher Eddie Feigner strikes out six straight major league players.
1968 — X Olympic Winter Games close in Grenoble, France.
1978 — First Iron Man Triathlon is held in Kona, Hawaii.
1994 — Shreveport Pirates join CFL as fourth U.S. team.