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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

History of Sport

688 BC: Punching sport set to fly
11 September
688 BC: The Greek God Apollo has enthusiastically endorsed a new sport which involves two men beating each other up, saying he hopes the chief God, Zeus, will share his excitement.
APRIL 1930: Lindrum trash-talks his way to new billiards record
1 September
MANCHESTER - The sport of billiards is a tuxedo-wearing world in shock today after Walter Lindrum set a world record aggregate, while remorselessly trash-talking his opponent, Britain’s Willie Smith.
AUGUST 1953: Footballer achieves comedy breakthrough by wearing dress
19 August
A Victorian footballer has been lauded by peers and audiences alike for a revolutionary and bonza one-off gag which involved the burly player appearing on a Melbourne stage, wearing a dress.
AUGUST 1958: 'Remote' TV control might catch on
17 August
A Sydney man has labelled an experiment with a television “remote control” as a “cautious success”.
JULY 1985: Ellis-Michael hit each other “very hard”
30 July
Barry Michael has taken the IBF junior lightweight title off local hero Lester Ellis in a classic, bruising encounter at Melbourne’s Festival Hall, with both fighters hitting each other “very hard”.
JULY 1996: Unlikely hero Kieren Perkins cements his place in history
30 July
ATLANTA - Australian champion Kieren Perkins has won possibly his greatest gold medal, forced to swim through the poolside concrete to win the Olympic 1500 metre title.
NOVEMBER 1861: Long walk did Archer good, says trainer
1 July
The trainer of top racehorse Archer has denied that making the horse walk all the way from Nowra, NSW, to the inaugural Melbourne Cup will harm the horse’s chances.