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On This Day in Sport (31 March 2011):
1872: Jack Johnson, the first black man to win the
world heavyweight boxing title, was born. Because of discrimination
in the United States, he had to go to Australia for his successful
title challenge against Tommy Burns.
1889: The world featherweight title fight between Ike
Weir and Frank Murphy was stopped by police after 80 rounds. It is
the longest world title contest under Queensberry Rules.
1928: Scotland's `Wembley Wizards' inflicted a 5-1
defeat on England. Alec Jackson scored a hat-trick.
1980: The legendary Jesse Owens, the athlete who once
set four world records in one day and won four gold medals at the
1936 Olympics in Berlin, died.
1995: Sunderland escaped a points deduction when they
were fined £2,500 by the Football League for playing
unregistered player Dominic Matteo in a First Division match at Barnsley.
2003: Peter Ridsdale resigned as chairman of
debt-ridden Leeds United PLC after five years and was succeeded by
Professor John McKenzie.
2005: Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was handed a
two-match touchline ban and fined 20,000 Swiss francs (around #9,000)
by UEFA's control and disciplinary body after comments concerning an
alleged meeting between Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard and referee
Anders Frisk during a Champions League clash between the teams. The
club were also fined 75,000 Swiss francs (£33,000).
2006: The Football Association confirmed all matches
planned for Wembley that year would be played at alternative venues
following more delays in the stadium's troubled construction project. |
