ON THIS DATE

1897: The first Boston Marathon is run. John J. Mcdermott wins in 2:55:10. (Last year’s winning time was 2:07:57).

1944: A Notre Dame quarterback with an Italian name — Angelo Bertelli — is the No. 1pick fo the NFL draft.

1947: Toronto and Montreal play the first all-canada Stanley Cup final since 1935. (There hasn’t been one since 1989; Calgary-montreal.)

1954: Clarence Demar, seven-time winner, runs his last Boston Marathon at age 65, finishing 78th.

1962: Two-time Indy 500 winner Al Unser Jr. is born in Albuquerque.

1964: Happy 56th birthday to Harris Barton, born this day in Sandy Springs, Georgia

1971: Russ Hodges, the first radio voice of the San Francisco Giants, dies of heart attack at age 60in Mill Valley.

1981: Pro football Hall of Famer Troy Polamalu and his hair are born in Garden Grove

1986: Two-time WNBA MVP Candace Parker is born in St. Louis.

1986: Larry Holmes (48-0) loses to Michael Spinks, falling one short of Rocky Marciano’s record for consecutive victories.

1987: Maria Sharapova, winner of five Grand Slam singles titles, is born in Nyagan, Russia

1990: With Bill Laimbeer and Charles Barkley leading the way, the Pistons and the 76ers engage in a five-minute brawl that results in $162,500in fines.

1997: The San Diego Padres play a home game in Hawaii in an effort to “plant a flag” in a new market. Aloha to that idea.

1997: Andre Agassi marries Brooke Shields in Monterey. Even though image is everything, he divorced her two weeks before their second anniversary.

2009: Doc Blanchard, the first junior to win the Heisman Trophy, dies of pneumonia at 84 in Bulverde, Texas.