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What happened in sport on this day..

May 17


 

 

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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
Jockey Chris Munce was born - Melbourne Cup and Cox Plate winning jockey.
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.