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On This Day in Sport (28 September 2011):
1870: Thirteen-year-old Fred Archer rode his first
winner, partnering Athol Daisy to victory at Chesterfield. It was the
first of 2,748 winners for Archer who committed suicide at the age of 29.
1905: Germany's former world heavyweight champion Max
Schmeling was born. He died in 2005.
1951: Norm van Brocklin set an NFL record when he
passed for 554 yards playing for Los Angeles Rams.
1986: Great Britain's Lloyd Honeyghan stopped champion
Donald Curry in Atlantic City to win the world welterweight title and
become the first British holder of the belt since John H Stracey in 1976.
1996: Arsenal confirmed Arsene Wenger as their new manager.
2004: Wayne Rooney scored a hat-trick on his
Manchester United debut in the 6-2 Champions League victory over Fenerbahce.
2006: Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq was cleared of
ball tampering but found guilty of bringing the game into disrepute
and banned for four matches following the abandoned fourth Test
against England at The Oval. Umpire Darrell Hair, whose on-field
decision led to the charge, was omitted from the forthcoming ICC
Champions Trophy for ``safety and security'' reasons. |
