1902 Baseball’s Philadelphia Athletics & Phillies form pro football teams, joining Pitts Stars in 1st attempt at a National Football League1905 1st match ever played
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1866 French inventor Pierre Lallement patents rotary crank bicycle1915 CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Hamilton Tigers win 2nd title; beat Toronto Rowing Association, 13-71934
1906 London selected to host 1908 Olympics1932 Joe Kershalla scores 71 points in a college football game1939 Don Lash wins 6th straight AAU cross-country 10K
1905 10th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 30-0 in Birmingham1951 Former Cubs 1st baseman & future TV star of Rifleman Chuck Connors is 1st player
1869 Englishman James Moore wins 1st bicycle race, racing 13K Paris to Rouen1883 British Open Men’s Golf, Musselburgh Links: Willie Fernie beats defending champion Bob
1907 12th Iron Bowl: Auburn and Alabama tie 6-6 in Birmingham1909 Dutch football club FC Eindhoven is founded in southern part of the city; Eredivisie
1900 Dutch soccer club NEC is established in Nijmegen1901 6th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 17-0 in Tuscaloosa1913 Australasian Championships Men’s Tennis, Perth: Australian Ernie
1888 St Andrews Golf Club, Yonkers NY, opens with just 6 holes1943 Chic Bear Sid Luckman passes for 7 touchdowns vs NY Giants (56-7)1973 Canada
1875 Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms1900 Baltimore Orioles (now NY Yankees) enter baseball’s American League1906 C. W. Gregory out for 383
1885 Montreal & Britannia Football Clubs (QRFU) defeat Ontario Combined Team (ORFU) 3-0 in CRFU Championship game1892 Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500 to become first professional