What happened in sport on this day..

August 20

 

year	Australian sporting history on this day
1974	Eddie Charlton retained his Australian Snooker Championship.
1981	Brett Finch, rugby league player, (Melbourne Storm) bornMaitland in New South Wales
1985	Hans Peter Beck of South Australia, finished his 3,875 mile, 51 day trip from Perth to Melbourne on a unicycle.
1996	Beverly Whitfield, swimmer, died; gold and bronze medallist at 1972 Olympics, gold medallist 1970.  She was born 15 June 1954.