#OTD in 1961 #Baseball #Legend Willie Mays, who was sick the night before and wasn't planning on playing that day against the Braves, hits 4 HR's in a 14 - 4 win.

#SportsHistory
#GOAT
#BaseballHistory

Another item on the wishlist, would be for more of the news coverage surrounding the 1973 World Cup to be made more readily available

There are various listings in TV news archives for reports on games/teams, etc, but the majority of them are not available digitally.

#cricket #womenscricket
#sportshistory

With 2023 set to be the most high profile summer of women's cricket in England so far, hopefully there'll be a good amount of retrospective coverage to mark some of the landmark moments leading up this point.

At the very least, it would be great if the BBC could dust off their coverage of the 1993 WC final, and upload some highlights, as it's difficult to find even brief snippets of the game online.

#cricket #womenscricket
#sportshistory

Another notable milestone will be the 25th anniversary of the MCC voting to admit women members for the first time.

The process was started by Rachael Heyhoe Flint's application for membership in 1991.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBRJovfFf90&t=6s

#cricket #womenscricket
#sportshistory

Today in 1963, Dale Hawerchuk was born.
In 16 seasons in the NHL from 1981-1997, winning the Calder Trophy.
One of the best NHL players in history, he had 1,409 points in 1,188 games & topped 100 points 6 times, including 130 points in 1984-85.
He also won two Canada Cups.

#NHL #NHLHistory #Sports #SportsHistory #Canada #Canadian #Histodon #Histodons

Today in 2012, Janet Anderson died. Born in Montreal, she was one of 68 Canadians to play in the All-American Girls Professional League.
She later became a curler, winning the Western Canadian Ladies Curling Championship in 1953 & 3 provincial championships in 1953, 1959 & 1964

#womenshistory #baseball #sports #sportshistory #histodon #history #histodons #canada #canadian

"''A movie that should have been made long ago': New film celebrates cycling’s first Black World Champion"

Cycling Weekly, February 7, 2023

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/a-movie-that-should-have-been-made-long-ago-new-film-celebrates-cyclings-first-black-world-champion

#MajorTaylor #CyclingHistory #SportsHistory #BlackHistory

#OnThisDay, 16 Mar 1876, Rose Harland and Nelly Saunders step into the ring at Harry Hill's bar for the first all-woman boxing match in the USA.

[no illustration of their fight exists]

#WomenInHistory #SportsHistory #WomenInSport #Histodons #NYCHIstory

Almost 100 years after Major Taylor self-published his autobiography "The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World" (1928/29) it was reissued by Belt Publishing recently. An important document of international and Black sports history.

https://beltpublishing.com/products/the-fastest-bicycle-rider-in-the-world

#MajorTaylor #SportsHistory #BlackHistory #CyclingHistory #Fahrradgeschichte

1904 women's basketball game.
#SportsHistory
https://youtu.be/zy6zRKIGQ3Y

#BOTD #MichaelJordan #HappyBirthday ##NBA #Blackstodon #AirJordan #Basketball #Legend #Inspiration #SportsHistory

#Mashup

Michael Jordan (17/2/1963). Happy birthday to His Airness!!! 🎂 🥳
Jump, jump! 🎶 🔊 🔊

Happy birthday to Steve Nash, born today in 1974! Arguably the best basketball player to ever come from Canada, he played 18 seasons in the NBA, won two MVP awards and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

#Basketball #Sports #SportsHistory #Canada #History #HIstodon #Histodons

Until October 1975, women in the UK did not compete in marathons, nor were they allowed run in any other long-distance road races. They were banned from racing further than 6000m.

I'm giving a free talk on Monday 27th February about some of the women who challenged the rules & ran in men's races.

Register here:
https://www.history.ac.uk/events/i-thought-i-was-born-run-women-who-challenged-ban-long-distance-racing-uk

#WomensRunningHistory #WomensHistory #MarathonHistory #SportsHistory

Watched the Harold Ballard documentary last night. It was quite good

Ballard didn't win any championships when he owned the Toronto Maple Leafs but his Hamilton Tiger Cats did. As owner from 1979-1989, his team made the Grey Cup five times, winning once in 1986.

#Sports #SportsHistory #MapleLeafs #Canada #Hamilton #Toronto #CFL #Football #GreyCup #Histodon #Histodons

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Newsreel footage of the 3rd women's Test between Australia and England, which began #OnThisDay at the MCG in 1935.

#cricket #womenscricket
#sportshistory #womensports
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtULf5aGlBA

Brigid Kosgei is the current marathon world record holder for women running in a mixed-sex race. Her world-record was a time of 2:14:04 in October, 2019 at the Chicago Marathon.

Born in 1994 in Kenya, she won the 2018 and 2019 Chicago Marathons, the 2019 and 2020 London Marathons and the 2021 Tokyo Marathon. She had to withdraw from the London Marathon in September, 2022 due to a minor hamstring injury.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigid_Kosgei

#running #SportsHistory #

Photo: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool

Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to run the Boston Marathon in 1967. During her run, race manager Jock Semple assaulted her, trying to remove her from official competition. After a scuffle, however, she completed the race.

As a result of her run, the AAU banned women from competing in races against men, and it was not until 1972 that the Boston Marathon established an official women's race.

#running #SportsHistory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathrine_Switzer

Photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kathrine_Switzer,_una_delle_prime_donne_partecipanti_a_una_maratona_(Boston_1967).jpg

Ranking the 250 Greatest Canadians: 178 - Tim Horton

An icon of the Toronto Maple Leafs, with whom he won four Stanley Cups, Horton may now be more remembered for the donut shop that bears his name across Canada.

#NHL #TimHortons #TimHorton #MapleLeafs #NHLHIstory #HockeyHIstory #Hockey #Toronto #Canadian #Histodon #Histodons #Sports #SportsHistory

https://youtu.be/wRI3YXdKgc4

Today in 1905, after journeying by foot, dog sled, ship and train, the Dawson City Nuggets reached Ottawa to take on the Ottawa Silver Seven for the Stanley Cup. The team journeyed 4,200 km in total.

#Hockey #HockeyHistory #NHL #NHLHIstory #Ottawa #DawsonCity #Yukon #Histodon #Histodons #Sports #SportsHistory

https://canadaehx.com/2021/12/07/the-dawson-city-nuggets/

It is #SaveTheEaglesDay

Back in 1988, a British ski jumper nicknamed Eddie the Eagle captured hearts at the Calgary Olympics, even though he finished dead last.
After the Olympics, the IOC changed its rules to prevent someone like Eddie from competing again.

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#Canada #History #Olympics #Skijumping #Calgary #Sports #SPortsHistory #Histodon #Histodons