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Born on 7 February 1865 in Ballynahone Beg townland, outside Milford, County Armagh, William was the son of the linen millionaire Robert Garmany McCrum, JP, DL (1829–1915), and his wife, Anne Eliza Riddall (1840–1869), who was from Limavady, County Londonderry. [1]
Galway won Connacht's first All-Ireland Football title after a series of objections. 1926: The first radio broadcast of a GAA match took place when Galway play Kilkenny. 1927: The Railway Cup competitions were introduced. 1928: Kildare are the first county to win the Sam Maguire Cup. 1931: The name Cumann Lúthchleas Gael was adopted. 1933 ...
The first recorded football match in Argentina was played in 1867 by British railway workers at the Buenos Aires Cricket Club Ground. [44] The game was a blend of both association and rugby footballs, allowing the use of hands. [45] The first association football team in South America, Buenos Aires Football Club was created in Argentina that ...
The first FA rules still contained elements that are no longer part of association football, but which are still recognisable in other games (such as Australian football and rugby football): for instance, a player could make a fair catch and claim a mark, which entitled him to a free kick; and if a player touched the ball behind the opponents ...
The event featured the first-ever indoor pro football games. The first professional indoor game came on December 29, 1902, when the Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the "New York team" 5–0. Syracuse would go on to win the 1902 Series, while the Franklin Athletic Club won the Series in 1903. The World Series only lasted two seasons. [3] [225]
Sudocrem invented by Dublin pharmacist Thomas Smith. 1932: Disintegration of an atomic nucleus by artificially accelerated protons (splitting the atom) discovered by Ernest Walton. [53] 1946: Ejection seat – first live test of a reliable, successful modern ejection seat invented by James Martin. [54] 1947: Duty-free shopping invented by ...
Stars Scott Bakula and Kathy Ireland share memories from the making of "Necessary Roughness" as 1991 football comedy turns 30.
Juventus becomes the first club in the history of European football to have won all three major confederation competitions after defeating Liverpool 1–0 in that match, as well as the first in association football history to have won all possible international competitions [8] [9] [10] after defeating Argentinos Juniors 6–4 (2–2 a.e.t.) in ...