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First African-American baseball player to be named the Major League Baseball World Series MVP: Bob Gibson, St. Louis Cardinals [45] First African-American to join the Ladies Professional Golf Association: Althea Gibson; First African-American baseball player to be named the captain of a Major League Baseball team: Willie Mays, San Francisco ...
The Olympics were the de facto World Championship until FIFA decided to host its own tournament in between Olympics. With Uruguay winning the Gold Medals in 1924 and 1928, it was decided that the first men's football World Cup, the 1930 FIFA World Cup, was played in Uruguay, while there would be no football at the 1932 Games in Los Angeles ...
FINA Marathon Swim World Series: Individuals 2007 Marc-Antoine Olivier (2024) 2025 Annual Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series: Individuals 2009 Aidan Heslop 2025 Annual Archery: World Archery Championships: Individuals & Nations 1931: Winners in 4 events 2025: Biennial Archery World Cup: Individual recurve: 2006: Kim Woo-jin 2025: Annual
Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox, during the World Series. The history of sports in the United States reveals that American football, baseball, softball, and indoor soccer evolved from older British sports—rugby football, British baseball, rounders, and association football, respectively. Over time, these sports diverged significantly ...
William Webb Ellis was born in Salford, Lancashire, the youngest of three sons of James Ellis, a cornet in the 7th Dragoon Guards.The eldest son, James, died aged three and the second son, Thomas, of Dunchurch, Warwickshire, became a surgeon.
The United States' 2–1 victory against Norway in the final made it the first U.S. soccer team to win a World Cup. The team expected fanfare when it returned to the United States. This was not the case, however, and it was out of money. There was no training or games, and many players returned to college. [58]
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]
Australia beats American Samoa 31–0 in 2002 World Cup qualification, the world record in an international match. 2002 in football Brazil sets up a record fifth title in World Cup competition, the first ever to be played in Asia (also the first outside Europe and the Americas), defeating Germany 2–0 in the 2002 FIFA World Cup final.