Today In Sports History 7/9

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

Baseball

• In 1963 All star MVP: Willie Mays (SF Giants).

Basketball

• In 1968 Wilt Chamberlain becomes the first reigning NBA MVP to be traded the next season when he moves from the Philadelphia 76’ers to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Football

• In 1933 the Frankford Yellowjackets are sold, rechristened the Philadelphia Eagles.

Golf

• In 2017 Thai amateur Atthaya Thitikul becomes youngest winner in a female professional golf event at 14 years, 4 months & 19 days at the Ladies European Thailand Championship.

Hockey

• In 2009 Joe Sakic retires after 21 seasons in the NHL with the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche franchise, finishing with 625 goals and 1,641 points.

Miscellaneous

• In 1939 a meeting of 6,000 Indians, held at the Indian Sports Ground in Johannesburg South Africa, launch the Passive Resistance Campaign against apartheid and racial policy in South Africa.

Olympics

• In 1991 South Africa is readmitted to Olympics.

Soccer

• In 2000 Police fired tear gas at fans during a World Cup qualifying soccer game between Zimbabwe and South Africa, setting off a stampede that killed twelve people in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Tennis

• In 1877 the first ever Wimbledon tennis championship begins, it’s the first official lawn tennis tournament, men’s singles only.