1884 Canadian Rugby Football Union forms1893 Vanderbilt University claims it participated in the first organised intercollegiate basketball game at the Nashville YMCA Gymnasium; Vanderbilt beats
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1926 NFL rules college students ineligible until college classes graduates1926 St Louis Browns acquire catcher Wally Schang from NY Yankees1932 1st Olympic dog sled race
1921 Yankees purchase 20 acres in Bronx for Yankee Stadium1931 Malcolm Campbell sets world land speed record speed of 246.08 mph driving his famous Blue
1902 Stanley Cup, Winnipeg Auditorium, Winnipeg, Manitoba: Montreal HC beats Winnipeg Victorias, 2-1 for a 2-1 challenge series victory1903 Stanley Cup: Montreal HC beats Winnipeg
1876 Albert Spalding invests $800 to start sporting goods company, manufacturing first official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball and football1894 1st US steel sailing
1876 Baseball’s National League forms at the Grand Central Hotel, NYC with teams in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia and St Louis1892
1905 Dutch soccer club ADO Den Haag forms in The Hague; ADO represents the amateur branch of the club1914 Chicago White Sox and New York
1901 Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Winnipeg Victorias edge Montreal Shamrocks, 2-1 to sweep challenge series, 2-01923 Montreal Canadiens beat Hamilton Tigers, 5-4 at
1924 Great Britain clinch inaugural Olympic curling gold medal with a 46-4 win over France at the Chamonix Games1924 Norway’s Thorleif Haug claims first of
1900 American League organized in Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee and Minneapolis1940 Australian Championships Women’s Tennis: Nancye Wynne Bolton wins her 2nd