Today In Sports History 7/30

Our past has shaped the present by many things in history including sports, here is how sports marked our history today.

Baseball

• In 1874 the first baseball teams play outside US, Boston-Philadelphia in British Isles.

Boxing

• In 1884 Nonpareil Dempsey (John Edward Kelly) fights George Fulljames, possibly the first middleweight fight with boxing gloves.

Football

• In 1960 in the first AFL preseason game Boston Patriots defeat Bills in Buffalo 28-7.

Golf

• In 2017 at the British Senior Open Men’s Bernhard Langer of Germany wins his third Open Senior title by 3 shots from Corey Pavin.

Miscellaneous

• In 1980 American swimmers Mary T Meagher (2.06.37) and Craig Beardsley (1.58.21) both set 200m butterfly world records at the US National Swimming Championships at Irvine, California.

Olympics 

• In 1932 the X Summer Olympic Games open in Los Angeles, USA.

Soccer

• In 1930 the first FIFA World Cup Final, Uruguay beats Argentina, 4-2 in the inaugural event.