2013 Event Pro golfer Tiger Woods is named the PGA Tour Player of the Year, the 11th time Woods has been honored as the Tour's Player of the Year 2013 Event At the U.S. Open, tennis pro Serena Williams defeats Victoria Azarenka, winning Women's Singles for the fifth time 2013 Event Serbian tennis pro Novak Djokovic achieves a four-set victory over opponent Andy Murray, winning the men's singles at the 2013 Australian Open 2013 Event At the 2013 Australian Open, tennis pro Victoria Azarenka wins the women's singles event, after winning three sets in the final against Li Na 2012 Event Britain tennis pro Andy Murray wins the16th gold medal for Britain during the 2012 Summer Olympics after defeating Roger Federer in the men's singles final 2012 Event At the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, tennis pro Roger Federer beats Andy Murray three sets to one at the Men's Singles final 2012 Event Tennis pro Serena Williams beats Agnieszka Radwanska in the Women's Singles final at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships 2012 Event In Orlando, Golf pro Tiger Woods wins the Arnold Palmer Invitational tournament; this is his first PGA Tour victory since 2009 2004 Death Pat Tillman, soldier/pro football player, dies at 27 2000 Event NFL Pro Bowl 1999 Death Wilt Chamberlain, "Wilt ""The Stilt"" Chamberlain", basketball great/sometime actor, Record-smashing basketball player who scored over 70 points in several pro games, dies at 63 1999 Event Super Bowl XXXIII, Pro Player Stadium, Miami, Denver Broncos beat Atlanta Falcons 34-19 1998 Event NFL Pro Bowl Game, AFC beats NFC 29-24 1997 Event NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 26-23 (OT) 1996 Event NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 20-13 1995 Event NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 41-13 1995 Event AFC beats NFC 41-13 in the pro bowl 1994 Death Julius Boros, pro golfer (U.S. Open 1952), dies of heart attack at 74 1994 Event Colorado Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) 1st game 1994 Event 1st roster of Silver Bullets, all-female pro baseball team, announced 1994 Event NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 17-3 1993 Event NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 23-20 1992 Event NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 21-15 1991 Death Lex Karsemeijer, Dutch tenor/choral dir (Sweet 16, Pro Musica), dies 1991 Event Martina Navratilova ties Chris Evert, 157 pro tennis tournament wins 1991 Event Steffi Graf becomes the youngest woman to win 500 pro tennis matches 1991 Event Sandhi Ortiz-DelValle is 1st woman to officiate a men's pro basketball (USBL) game, game between New Haven Skyhawks and Philadelphia Spirit 1991 Event Former New York Jet Mark Gastineau wins 1st pro boxing fight in 12 seconds 1991 Event NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 23-21 1990 Event NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 27-21 1989 Event To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition and not a sport, in a New Jersey court 1989 Event NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 34-3 1988 Event NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 15-6 1987 Death Rewi Alley, New Zealand author, pro Chinese communist, dies at 90 in Beijing 1987 Event Salt Lake City Trappers begin pro baseball record 29 consec win streak 1987 Death Dean Paul Martin, musician/tennis pro, killed in plane crash at 29 1987 Event NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 10-6 1986 Event NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 28-24 1985 Event Curtis Strong is convicted for selling cocaine to pro baseball players 1985 Event Mike Tyson KOs Hector Mercedes in 1 round in his 1st pro fight 1985 Event Jim Kelly (Houston USFL) passes for pro football record 574 yards 1985 Event NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 22-14 1984 Event Steffi Graf plays her 1st pro tennis match 1984 Event Longest pro football game, Los Angeles Express beats Michigan Panthers 27-21 in USFL playoffs, games lasts 93 minutes 33 seconds 1984 Event NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 45-3 1983 Event 13th NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 20-19 1982 Event Earl Anthony becomes 1st pro bowler to win more than $1 million 1982 Event 12th AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 16-13 1982 Event NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 16-13 1981 Event Phillies minor leaguer Jeff Stone steals pro baseball record 121st base en route to 122 (Spartanburg (South Atlantic League)) 1981 Event 11th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 21-7 1981 Event NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 21-7 1980 Event Sadaharu Oh, 40, pro baseball's all-time home run run king with 868, retires 1980 Event NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 37-27 1979 Event Pro Football Researchers Association forms, Canton, Ohio 1979 Event 9th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 13-7 1979 Event NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 13-7 1978 Event 1st game of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL), Chicago Hustle vs Milwaukee Does 1978 Event 1st 6 teams of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL) granted-Iowa, New Jersey, Milwaukee, Chicago, Minnesota and Dayton 1978 Event NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 14-13 1977 Event Thomas Hearns KOs Jerome Hill in 2 rounds in his 1st pro fight 1977 Birthday Alejandro Hernandez, born in Tijuana, Mexico, tennis pro 1977 Event Sugar Ray Leonard beats Luis Vega in 6 rounds in his 1st pro fight 1977 Event NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 24-14 1976 Birthday Jennifer Capriati, born in Long Island, New York, tennis pro, 1992 Olympics gold 1976 Event 6th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 23-20 1976 Event NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 23-20 1975 Birthday Tiger Woods, born in Cypress, California, pro golfer, highest paid pro athlete, most successful golfer of all time 1975 Birthday Alberto Costa, born in Lerida, Spain, tennis pro 1975 Birthday Claude N'Goran, born in Adzope Ivory Coast, tennis pro 1975 Event 5th NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 17-10 1974 Birthday Mahesh Bhupathi, born in India, tennis pro 1974 Event 4th NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 15-13 1973 Event President Nixon signed into law a measure lifting pro football's blackout 1973 Event New York Jets trade pro footballs leading receiver Don Maynard to St. Louis 1973 Event 3rd NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 33-28 1972 Event Jet's Don Maynard becomes all time pro reception leader (632) 1972 Birthday Shinjiro Otani, born in Yamaguchi City, Japan, professional wrestler, WCW World Cruiserweight Champion, created Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE with Shinya Hashimoto, acting president of ZERO1 1972 Event Bernice Gera becomes 1st female umpire in pro baseball 1972 Event Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game 1972 Event 2nd AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 26-13 1972 Event NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 26-13 1971 Event 1st pro golf championship at Walt Disney World 1971 Event Indians Ken Harrelson retires from baseball to play pro golf 1971 Birthday Hiroyoshi Tenzan, born in Kyoto, Tokyo, professional wrestler, born Hiroyoshi Yamamoto, ring name Hiroyoshi Tenzan, works for New Japan Pro Wrestling 1971 Birthday Osamu Nishimura, born in Tokyo, Japan, professional wrestler, New Japan Pro Wrestling 1971 Event NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 27-6 1971 Event Cecil Partee elected president pro tem of Illinois state senate 1970 Birthday Nicolas Pereira, Salto Uruguay, tennis pro 1970 Birthday Satoshi Kojima, professional wrestler, born in Koto, Japan, works for New Japan Pro Wrestling, trained by Hiroshi Hase, Kensuke Sasaki 1970 Event Patricia Palinkas becomes 1st woman pro football player (Orlando) 1970 Birthday Diego Nargiso, Naples Italy, tennis pro 1970 Event NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 16-13 1970 Event AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-3 1969 Event AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-25 1969 Event NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 10-7 1968 Event U.S. pro soccer 14 teams merged into 1 all star team 1968 Birthday Akira Nogami, born in Narashino, Chiba, professional Japanese wrestler, actor, wrestled for the New Japan Pro Wrestling promotion, NJPW, in 1991, reigned as IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, in 2000, appeared in television show, Kamen Rider Kuuga, competed part-time after 2004, regularly wrestling with Keiji Mutoh's All Japan Pro Wrestling 1968 Event AFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 25-24 1968 Event NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-20 1967 Event United Soccer Association and National Pro Soccer League merge into NASL 1967 Event Pope Paul VI publishes constitution Pro comperto sane 1967 Event NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 20-10 1967 Birthday Manabu Nakanishi, born in Kyoto, Japan, professional wrestler, former IWGP Heavyweight Champion, wrestler for New Japan Pro Wrestling, competed in 1992 Summer Olympics 1967 Event AFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 30-23 1966 Birthday El Samurai, born in Hanamaki, Japan, professional wrestler, works for New Japan Pro Wrestling, trained by New Japan Dojo 1966 Birthday Takayuki Iizuka, born in Muroran, Hokkaido, Japanese professional wrestler, trained by New Japan Pro Wrestling Dojo 1966 Birthday Andrei Olhovskiy, born in Moscow, Russia, tennis pro 1966 Event AFL Pro Bowl: All-Stars beats Buffalo 30-19 1966 Event NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 36-7 1965 Birthday Andy Beal, Germany, Canadian Tour golfer, 1989 West of England Pro 1965 Birthday Akitoshi Saito, born in Sendai, Miyagi, Japanese professional wrestler, trained by Masashi Aoyagi and Yoshiaki Fujiwara, works for Pro Wrestling Noah 1965 Birthday Shinya Hashimoto, born in Toki Gity, Japan, professional wrestler, competed in New Japan Pro Wrestling in the mid 1980s and 1990s, nicknamed one of the 'Three Musketeers' 1965 Event AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-14 1965 Event NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 34-14 1964 Event Mickey Wright shoots a 62, lowest golf score for a woman pro 1964 Event AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 27-24 1964 Event NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 31-17 1963 Birthday Masahiro Chono, born in Seattle, Washington, professional wrestler, works for New Japan Pro Wrestling, trained by Stu Hart, Lou Thesz 1963 Event Pro Football Hall of Fame dedicated in Canton, Ohio 1963 Birthday Paul Way, born in Kingsbury, Middlesex, British golfer, won Brabazon Trophy, 1981, turned pro in 1982, won KLM Dutch Open while on the European Tour, second youngest Ryder Cup player in 1983, and 1985, finished in the top 100 in 1993, on the Order of Merit, after 1997, his participation in tournament golf waned 1963 Event AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 21-14 1963 Event NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 30-20 1962 Birthday Tracy Austin, born in Rolling Hills, California, tennis pro, U.S. Open 1979, 81 1962 Event NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 31-30 1962 Event Golfer Jack Nicklaus, 21, 1st pro appearance, he came in 50th 1962 Event AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 47-27 1961 Event Pro Baseball Rules Committee votes 8-1 against legalizing the spitball 1961 Birthday Hiro Hase, born in Oyabe, Japan, professional wrestler, worked for All Japan Pro Wrestling, transitioned to position of chairman for the PWF, in the Japanese parliament 1961 Event NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 35-31 1960 Event Virgil Thomson's "Missa Pro Defunctis," premieres in Potsdam, New York 1960 Birthday Ivan Lendl, born in Czechoslovakia, tennis pro, U.S. Open 1985-87 1960 Birthday Andres Gomez, Ecuador, tennis pro, Madrid Grand Prix-1990 1960 Event NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-21 1960 Event Lamar Clark sets pro boxing record of 44 consecutive knockouts 1959 Event NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 28-21 1958 Birthday Carlos Carson, born in Lake Worth, Florida, football player, wide receiver, played in ten National Football League seasons, from 1980 to 1989, all time Pro Bowl NFL player 1958 Event NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-7 1957 Event Supreme Court decides 6-3, baseball is only antitrust exempt pro sport 1957 Event NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 19-10 1957 Birthday Nancy Lopez Knight, Torrance California, pro golfer, 1981 Dinah Shore 1956 Birthday Mark Gastineau, NFL end, New York Jets, Pro Bowl 1981-85 1956 Event NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 31-30 1955 Birthday Norio Honaga, born in Japan, athlete, professional wrestler, junior heavyweight three-time, New Japan Pro Wrestling Champion in IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, retired and became referee in 1988 1955 Birthday Eric Money, born in Detroit, Michigan, athlete, former pro basketball player for the NBA, averaged 12.2 points per game 1955 Event NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-19 1954 Event 1st use of 24-sec shot clock in pro basketball (Rochester vs Boston) 1954 Birthday Chris Evert, Ft. Lauderdale, tennis pro 1954 Event 1st pro football game in Netherlands 1954 Event NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 20-9 1953 Birthday Kengo Kimura, born in Niihama, Japan, professional wrestler, worked for New Japan Pro Wrestling, trained by Antonio Inoki 1953 Event NFL Pro Bowl: National Conference beats American Conference 27-7 1952 Event NFL Pro Bowl: National Conference beats American Conference 30-13 1951 Event NFL Pro Bowl: 1st since 1942, Americans beat Nationals 28-27 1950 Birthday Osamu Kido, born in Kawasaki City, Japan, professional wrestler for New Japan Pro Wrestling, participated founding the Japanese-based Universal Wrestling Federation 1950 Birthday Jack Youngblood, born in Jacksonville, Florida, professional football player, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, voted into College Football Hall of Fame 1949 Event Ladies Pro Golf Association of America formed in New York City 1944 Birthday Terry Funk, born in Hammond, Indiana, pro wrestler, WWF/NWA, actor, Paradise Alley 1944 Birthday Charles Pasarell, tennis pro 1943 Birthday Billie Jean King, born in Long Beach, California, tennis pro 1943 Birthday Billie Jean King, Cal, tennis pro, Wimbledon 1968, 72, 73, 75 1943 Birthday Dennis W. Conner, yachting pro, 4-time America's Cup-winning skipper 1943 Birthday Arthur Ashe, tennis pro, 1968 U.S. Open, 1975 Wimbledon 1943 Birthday John Newcombe, Australia, tennis pro, Wimbledon 1967, 70, 71 1943 Event Mussert forms pro Nazi shadow cabinet (Netherlands) 1942 Event NFL Pro Bowl: NFL All-Stars beats Washington 17-14 1942 Birthday Karen Susman, tennis pro, Wimbledon 1962 1942 Birthday Margaret Smith Court, born in Australia, tennis pro, 1970 Grand Slam 1942 Birthday Nelson "Bo" Burton, Jr., bowler/sportscaster, Pro Bowlers Tour 1942 Event NFL Pro Bowl: Chi Bears beats NFL All-Stars 35-24 1941 Event Amateur tennis champ Bobby Riggs turns pro 1940 Event NFL Pro Bowl: Chi Bears beats NFL All-Stars 28-14 1940 Birthday Joe Gibbs, born in Enka, North Carolina, football coach, owner, NASCAR Championship team, Pro Football Hall of Fame, coached Washington Redskins for 12 seasons, producing 8 playoff appearances, 4 NFC Championship titles, 3 Superbowl Titles 1940 Event NFL Pro Bowl: Green Bay beats NFL All-Stars 16-7 1939 Event Renaissance Big 5 win 1st pro basketball championship 1939 Event 1st NFL pro bowl, New York Giants beat All Stars 13-10 in Wrigley Field 1936 Event 1st pro baseball game in Japan is played Nagoya defeats Daitokyo, 8-5 1930 Birthday Tony Trabert, tennis pro, 1955 Wimbeldon 1929 Birthday Dick Weber, pro bowler, 16, 300 games 1929 Birthday Don January, pro golfer, 1976 Vardon Trophy 1929 Event Chicago Cardinals become 1st pro football team to train out of town 1925 Event Pro football a hit in New York City; Grange and Bears beat Giants before 73,000 1924 Event California legalizes pro boxing (illegal since 1914) 1923 Event 1st Black pro Basketball team, "Renaissance," organizes 1922 Event American Pro Football Association renamed "National Football League" 1920 Event Pro football playoff game Akron and Buffalo 0-0 tie, title undecided 1920 Event 1st Pro football playoff game Buffalo-7, Canton-3 at Polo Grounds 1920 Event American Pro Football League's Chicago Tiger Joe Guyon punts 95 yards 1920 Event NFL (then American Pro Football Association) plays 1st games 1920 Event Preliminary meeting in Akron to form American Pro Football League 1918 Birthday Margaret Osborne DuPont, born in Joseph, Oregon, tennis pro, U.S. Open 1948-50 1914 Birthday Sammy Baugh, born in Texas, American football player, coach, inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame 1913 Event Jim Thorpe relinquishes his 1912 Olympic medals for being a pro 1912 Birthday Rene Gabriels, Belgian billiard pro, 7 World/9 European championships 1909 Event 1st pro baseball game, minor league, played under lights 1909 Event Jim Thorpe makes his pro baseball pitching debut for Rocky Mount (ECL) with 4-2 win, this will cause him to forfeit his Olympic medals 1905 Birthday Helen N Willis Moody, tennis pro, 8 Wimbledon titles 1927-1938 1904 Event Charles Follis is 1st black to play pro football 1904 Event Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League) 1903 Birthday Vincent Richards, hall of fame tennis pro, elected 1961 1902 Event 1st indoor pro football game, Syracuse beats Philadelphia 6-0 (MSG, New York City) 1902 Event Baseball's Philadelphia Athletics and Phillies form pro football teams, joining Pitts Stars in 1st attempt at a National Football League 1895 Event 1st pro football game played, Latrobe beats Jeanette 12-0 (Penn) 1895 Event 1st pro football game (quarterback John Brallier paid $10 and won 12-0) 1892 Event Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500, becomes 1st pro football player 1890 Birthday Jack Cusack, pro football pioneer, Canton Bulldogs 1890 Event 1st pro baseball game, New York Metropolitans beat Washington Nationals 4-2 in 5 innings at Polo Grounds in New York City 1889 Event 1st American International pro lawn tennis contest (Newport RI) 1889 Birthday Jessie Street, Austrialian pro womans/aborigine rights fighter 1883 Event New York Athletic Club hires Bob Rogers as 1st American pro sports trainer 1875 Event 1st recorded shutout in pro baseball, Chicago 1, St. Louis 0 1870 Event Cincinnati Red Stockings, 1st pro BB team, begin 8-mo tour of Midwest and East 1869 Event 1st pro baseball games-Cincinnati Reds 24, Cincinnati amateurs 15 1869 Event Cincinnati Red Stockings become the 1st pro baseball team 1860 Event 1st pro golf tournament held (Scotland) (Willie Park wins) 1849 Birthday Stephen C Massett opens at courthouse as 1st pro entertainer 1849 Event U.S. had no president, Polks term ends on a Sunday, Taylor couldn't be sworn-in, Senator David Atchison (President pro tem) term ended March 3rd 1844 Death Charles Bulfinch, 1st U.S. pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80 1786 Death Patience Wright, 1st U.S. woman pro artist, dies (birth date unknown) 1763 Birthday Charles Bulfinch, born in Boston, Massachusetts, 1st U.S. pro architect, Mass State House
