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What happened in history on this day: December 12?
On December 12 in ...
- 1884 - First Cricket Test match played at the Adelaide Oval.
- 1898 - First first-class game between New South Wales and Tasmania.
- 1899 - George F Grant of Boston, Massachusetts, USA patents the wooden golf tee.
- 1930 - Baseball Rules Committee greatly revises the rule book, when a ball bounces into stands now a double, not a homerun.
- 1930 - Start of the first Australia versus West Indies cricket Test (at Adelaide).
- 1937 - Washington Redskins win NFL championship.
- 1949 - American League votes 7-1 rejecting legalizing the spitball.
- 1950 - 16th Heisman Trophy Award: Vic Janowicz, Ohio State (Half Back).
- 1950 - US Major League Baseball owners vote to drop four-year-old bonus and high school rule.
- 1952 - Dallas Texans (former Boston Yankees) play last game, last original team.
- 1958 - Fergie Gupte takes 9-102 with leggies versus West Indies at Kanpur.
- 1959 - (to December 17) In Bangkok, Thailand, the South-East Asia Peninsula Games are held.
- 1964 - Cleveland Browns' Frank Ryan sets club record of five touchdown passes.
- 1965 - Doug Walters makes maiden Test ton in first Test, goes on to 155.
- 1965 - Gale Sayers of Chicago Bears scores six touchdowns, ties NFL record.
- 1966 - US Supreme Court votes 4-3 allowing Braves baseball team to move to Atlanta.
- 1969 - Bill Toomey achieves track and field world record-score (8417 points).
- 1973 - Canada begins selling Olympic coins ($5 and $10 silver coins).
- 1973 - San Diego files anti-trust against National League (stopping San Diego Padres move to Washington DC).
- 1976 - Quarterback Joe Namath's last game with New York Jets.
- 1977 - New York Yankees purchase Andy Messersmith from Atlanta Braves.
- 1982 - 57th Australian Women's Tennis: Chris Evert beats Martina Navratilova (6-3, 2-6, 6-3).
- 1982 - Joanne Carner/John Mahaffey win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic.
- 1986 - David Boon's fourth Test century, 103 versus England at Adelaide.
- 1986 - James "Bone Crusher" Smith TKOs WBA champion Tim Witherspoon at Madison Square Garden.
- 1987 - Mookie Blaylock sets NBA record of 13 steals in a game.
- 1987 - Oklahoma sets NCAA record of 33 steals versus Centenary.
- 1987 - Rollermania at Madison Square Garden, Eastern Express beats Midwest Pioneers.
- 1991 - New Jersey Nets set NBA record of 22 blocks beating Denver Nuggets 121-81.
- 1991 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers' player Dexter Manley retires after failing drug test.
- 1992 - 58th Heisman Trophy Award: Gino Torretta, Miami Florida (quarterback).
- 1992 - New York Giants lose 19-0 to Phoenix Cardinals.
- 1995 - NBA referees return to work after striking.
- 1996 - Florida Marlins sign their 6th free-agent since November 22, Moises Alou.
- 1997 - Florida Marlins release Alex Arias, the last original Marlins player.
- 1997 - Boston Red Sox sign Pedro Martinez to record six year $69 million contract.
- 1998 - Pitcher Kevin Brown becomes baseball's first US$100+ million dollar man as he signs a seven-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers for US$105 million.
- 2021 - At Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, NHL regular season game: Vancouver Canucks beats Carolina Hurricanes by score 2-1.
- 2021 - At T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, NHL regular season game: Vegas Golden Knights beats Minnesota Wild by score 6-4.
- 2021 - At Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, USA, NHL regular season game: Colorado Avalanche beats Florida Panthers by score 3-2.
- 2021 - At Enterprise Center in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, NHL regular season game: Anaheim Ducks beats Saint Louis Blues by score 3-2.
- 2021 - At Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: Nashville Predators beats New York Rangers by score 1-0.
Births of sports figures on December 12
- 1904 - Birth of Jim Christy; righty cricket batter (Transvaal, Queensland and South Africa).
- 1914 - Birth of Denis Begbie; cricket player (South African batsman in five Tests 1948-50).
- 1925 - Birth of D G "Dattu" Phadkar; cricket player (pace bowling all-rounder for India).
- 1925 - Birth of Ghulam Guard; cricket player (lefty pace bowler in two Tests for India 1959).
- 1929 - Birth of Doug Ford; cricket wicket-keeper (successful New South Wales of 1950s).
- 1932 - Birth of Robert Pettit; NBA star (Saint Louis Bombers/1959 Most Valuable Player).
- 1936 - Birth of Iolanda Balas in Romanial high jumper (Olympics-gold-1960).
- 1946 - Birth of Emerson Fittipaldi in Brazil; Indy-car racer (over ten wins).
- 1949 - Birth of Ricardo Luís Carreras in New York City, New York, USA; bantamweight boxer (Olympics-bronze-1972).
- 1950 - Birth of Billy Smith in Ontario, Canada; NHL goaltender (New York Islanders).
- 1952 - Birth of Ajit De Silva; cricket player (Sri Lankan lefty spinner in four Tests 1982).
- 1952 - Birth of Cathy Rigby McCoy in Los Alamitos, California, USA; gymnast (Olympics-4th-1968, 1972).
- 1955 - Birth of Lenore Rittenhouse in Honolulu, Hawaii; LPGA golfer (1983 United Virginia Bank).
- 1959 - Birth of Krishnammachari Srikkanth; cricket player (big-hitting Indian opener).
- 1960 - Birth of Amal Silva; cricket player (Sri Lankan wicket-keeper in 9 Tests 1983-88).
- 1961 - Birth of Dale Sanderson; Canadian Football League guard (Hamilton Tiger Cats).
- 1962 - Birth of Nadeem Ghauri; cricket player (bowled in Test for Pakistan vs Australia 1990).
- 1962 - Birth of Ray Brown; NFL guard (Washington Redskins, San Francisco 49ers).
- 1962 - Birth of Tracy Austin in Rolling Hills, California, USA; tennis pro (US Open 1979, 1981).
- 1964 - Birth of Haywood Jeffires; NFL wide receiver (Houston Oilers).
- 1965 - Birth of Laurie Grover-Tavares in Newark, New Jersey, USA; biathlete (Olympics-1994).
- 1966 - Birth of Cheryl Dickey in Houston, Texas, USA; 100 metre hurdler.
- 1966 - Birth of Jim Sandlak in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada; NHL right wing (Vancouver Canucks).
- 1967 - Birth of David Szott; NFL guard (Kansas City Chiefs).
- 1967 - Birth of John Randle; NFL defensive tackle (Minnesota Vikings).
- 1967 - Birth of Masood Anwar; cricket player (one Test Pakistan versus West Indies 1990).
- 1968 - Birth of Chris Walsh; NFL wide receiver (Minnesota Vikings).
- 1968 - Birth of Kurt Schulz; safety (Buffalo Bills).
- 1968 - Birth of Laurie Williams; cricket player (West Indian ODI all-rounder versus New Zealand 1996).
- 1968 - Birth of Ray Ethridge; wide receiver (Baltimore Ravens).
- 1969 - Birth of Courtney Hawkins; NFL wide receiver (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Pittsburgh Steelers).
- 1969 - Birth of Doug Terry; NFL/WLAF safety (Kansas City Chiefs, Scotland Claymores).
- 1969 - Birth of Frank Dikstaal; soccer player (MVV).
- 1969 - Birth of Jane Robinson; Australian rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Kris Wirtz in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada; ice pairs (1994 Skate Canada).
- 1969 - Birth of Sebastian Savage; WLAF cornerback (Rhein Fire).
- 1970 - Birth of Ivano Newbill; NBA center (Vancouver Grizzlies).
- 1970 - Birth of Orlando Brown; NFL tackle (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens).
- 1971 - Birth of John Sacca; WLAF quarterback (Amsterdam Admirals).
- 1971 - Birth of Tito Wooten; NFL safety (New York Giants).
- 1971 - Birth of Toni Hodgkinson in Auckland, New Zealand; 800 metre (Olympics-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Greg Randolph in Denver, Colorado, USA; road cyclist (Olympics-74th-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Jamal Willis; NFL running back (San Francisco 49ers).
- 1972 - Birth of John Walsh; NFL quarterback (Cincinnati Bengals).
- 1972 - Birth of Oliver Quass; WLAF kicker (Amsterdam Admirals).
- 1973 - Birth of Michael DiVenuto; cricket player (exciting Tasmanian batsman).
- 1973 - Birth of Reinard Wilson; linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals).
- 1973 - Birth of Stanley Pritchett; running back (Miami Dolphins).
- 1978 - Birth of Derrick Delmore in Camp Springs, Maryland; figure skater (1996 Grand Prix champion).
- 1984 - Birth of Daniel Agger; Danish football (soccer) player.
Deaths of sports figures on December 12
- 1964 - H I "Sailor" Young, cricket player (left-arm bowler England versus Australia 1899), dies.
- 1968 - Walter Robins, cricket player (19 Tests for England 64 wickets), dies.
- 1991 - Ken Keltner, US baseball player (Cleveland Indians), dies at age 75.
- 1992 - Jasu Patel, cricket player (29 wickets for India, best 9-69 versus Australia), dies.
- 2006 - Death of Paul Arizin, American basketball player (born 1928).
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