What happened in sport on this day..

February 29

 

 

year	Australian sporting history on this day
1876	Champion Tasmanian horse Strop won the Launceston Cup for the 4th time at the age of 14.
1956	Racehorse Ann Patrice won a race at the Laidley (Qld) race course starting at 200/1
1964	Guy Leech, Australian Ironman surf lifesaving champion, was born, won seven Uncle Toby's Super Series races and twice won The Coolangatta Gold, World Ironman Championships in Vancouver Canada 1986, won Australia's Celebrity Survivor Vanuatu 2006.