year |
Australian sporting history on this day |
1932 |
Peter
Burge, cricketer, was born. (Queensland) |
1943 |
John
Warren was born - soccer player who played for Australia
62 times in 1960s and 1970s - Hall Of Fame Inductee in 1988.
Died November 6, 2004 |
1969 |
|
1970 |
A white pointer shark weighing
in at 1079 kilograms was landed by J Williams of Perth in
WA at Albany |
1976 |
Champion jockey Jim Johnson
retired from race riding. He rode 2158 winners. |
1983 |
1959 Cox Plate winner Noholme
died at Lasater Farm Stud in the USA at age 27. |