February 7

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[edit] Events

[edit] 1884

• Canadian Rugby Football Union forms

[edit] 1903

• VVV '03 Soccer team forms in Venlo

[edit] 1949

• Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (NY Yankees)

[edit] 1958

• Dodgers officially become the Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc

[edit] 1962

• Sam Snead wins PGA Royal Poinciano Plaza Golf Invitational

[edit] 1970

• US male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood
• US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn

[edit] 1976

• Darryl Sittler, Toronto, sets NHL record with 10 points in a game

[edit] 1979

• Toronto Maple Leafs Darryl Sittlerscores NHL record 10 pts (6 goals)

[edit] 1982

• Joanne Carner wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic

[edit] 1985

• NY Devil Don Lever becomes 57th NHLer to score 300 goals

[edit] 1986

• US female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas

[edit] 1987

• US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
• Dennis Conner and Stars and Stripes bring America's Cup back to US

[edit] 1988

• 38th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 138-133 at Chicago
• Heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson marries actress Robin Givens
• NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 15-6
• Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic

[edit] 1989

• 40th NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 9-5 at Edmonton
• Tennis superstar Bj”rn B”rg, apparently attempts suicide in Milan

[edit] 1991

• Bob Knight, Larry O'Brien, Tiny Archibald, Dave Cowens, Harry Gallatin and Larry Fleisher elected to NBA Hall of Fame

[edit] 1992

• Mike Tyson testifies in his rape trial

[edit] 1993

• NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 23-20
• Tammie Green wins LPGA Healthsouth Palm Beach Golf Classic

[edit] 1995

• Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Graham Gooch and Mike Gatting

[edit] 1998

• 18th Winter Olympic games open at Nagano Japan
• NHL's Dallas Stars retire Neal Broten's #7

[edit] Births

[edit] 1902

• Ethelda Blebtrey, Waterford NY, 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1920)

[edit] 1909

• Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Flem cyclist (champ sprinter 1932-37) [OS]

[edit] 1910

• Buster Crabbe, 400m US swimmer (Olympics-gold-1932)

[edit] 1919

• Ilse Pausin, Austria, figure skating pairs (Olympics-silver-1936)

[edit] 1921

• Athol Rowan, cricketer (brother of Eric, South African off-spinner)

[edit] 1928

• Al "Fuzzy" Smith, baseball player

[edit] 1938

• Juan Pizarro, baseball player

[edit] 1939

• Amos Bullocks, NFL running back, is born.

[edit] 1949

• Sunil Wettimuny, cricket (Sri Lanka open batsman 1975-79 World Cups)

[edit] 1950

• Burt Hooton, baseball player
• Dan Quisenberry, baseball pitcher (KC Royals)
• Marilyn Cochran, Burlington Vt, skier (Olympics-1972)

[edit] 1951

• Manfred Schumann, German FR, bobsled (Olympic-silver/bronze-1976)
• Benny Ayala, baseball player

[edit] 1953

• Robert Brazile, NFLer

[edit] 1955

• Charlie Puleo, baseball player

[edit] 1957

• Carney Lansford, baseball player
• Damaso Garcia, baseball player

[edit] 1959

• Sammy Lee, British soccer player

[edit] 1962

• Alan Sippy, cricketer (dashing Bombay lefty batsman of 1980's)

[edit] 1963

• Roland Lefebvre, cricket pace bowler (Glamorgan and Holland)

[edit] 1964

• Cynthia "Sippy" Woodhead, Riverside Calif, swimmer (Olympic-silver-84)
• Gretchen Magers, Pittsburgh PA/San Antonio TX, tennis star

[edit] 1965

• Reginald Thal, soccer player (MVV)
• Kristal Parker-Gregory, Columbus OH, LPGA golfer (1995 Hawaiian-20th)

[edit] 1968

• Martin Sinner, Koblenz Germany, tennis star (1990 Pretoria)
• Michael Stich, Germany, tennis star

[edit] 1969

• Bucky Richardson, US football quarterback (Houston Oilers)
• Fiona Robinson, Collie Western Aust, basketball player (Oly-bronze-96)

[edit] 1970

• Stanley Roberts, NBA center (LA Clippers, Minn Timberwolves)
• Chris Gardocki, NFL punter (Indianapolis Colts)

[edit] 1971

• Andrew Currey, Australian javelin thrower (Olympics-96)
• Marvin Graves, CFL quarterback (Montreal Alouettes)

[edit] 1972

• Aftab Habib, cricketer (Leicestershire righty batsman 1996)

[edit] 1973

• Tim Bowens, NFL defensive tackle (Miami Dolphins)
• Sonia Paquette, St-Janvier Quebec, hurdler (Olympics-96)
• Leanne Schuster, Mesa Az, WPVA volleyballer (National-9th-1995)
• Kristin Godridge, Traralgon Aust, tennis star (1993 Futures-Singapore)
• Juwan Howard, NBA forward/center (Washington Bullets/Wizards)
• Billy Baumhoff, St Louis MO, soccer midfielder/forward (Oly-gold-96)

[edit] 1974

• Ryan Phillips, linebacker (NY Giants)
• Steve Nash, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns)

[edit] 1975

• Marika Lehtimaki, ice hockey center (Finland, Oly-98)

[edit] 1977

• Christine Scheels, New Berlin Wis, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
• Hillary Wolf, Chicago, extra lightweight judoka (Olympics-96)

[edit] 1978

• Endy Chavez, MLB outfielder, is born in Valencia, Venezuela

[edit] 1979

• Eliezer Alfonzo, catcher San Francisco Giants is born in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela

[edit] Deaths

[edit] 1911

• Harry Graham, cricketer (6 Test for Australia 1893-96, 301 runs), dies

[edit] 1940

• Francis Ford, cricketer (5 Tests for Engld v Australia 1894-95), dies

[edit] 1959

• Napoleon Lajoie, baseball player, dies at 83
• Slim [Eddie Jones] Guitar, rocker, dies at 32

[edit] 1962

• Arthur Carr, cricketer (11 Tests for Eng 22-29), dies shovelling snow

[edit] 1985

• Uday Merchant, cricket (bro of Vijay, prolific scorer), dies

[edit] 1993

• Arthur Ashe, tennis star (Wimbledon 1975), dies of AIDS at 49

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