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11/1/2022Yokohama FC announces the contract extension of the oldest active professional footballer in the world, forward Kazuyoshi Miura. Unlike the previous 16 years, however, “King Kazu”, now a proud 54 years old, will not wear the Yokohama shirt but will be loaned to fourth division side Suzuka Point Getters for the 2022 season, where his brother Yasutoshi Miura, two years his senior, is the head coach.
11/1/2011Milan Ercegan, president of the International Wrestling Federation (FILA) for 30 years (1972-2002) and Honorary President of FILA dies at the age of 95
11/1/2008Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer, dies at the age of 88 years. On 29 May 1953 at the age of 33, he and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt.
11/1/2005Italian off road and rallying motorcycle racer, member of the KTM Factory Team, and winner of the Dakar Rally in 2001 and 2002, Fabrizio Meoni, dies of a heart attack after a crash on the 11th stage of the 2005 Dakar Rally. The next day’s 12th stage is cancelled for all motorcycles in honor of Meoni.
11/1/1999Dutch legend Johan Cruijff is named ''European Footballer of the Century''. The former Ajax striker beat Franz Beckenbauer and Alfredo di Stefano in a poll by the International Federation Of Football History & Statistics
11/1/1997Former captain of the scottish national football team George Young dies aged 74
11/1/1982Steve Davis becomes the first to make a ratified maximum break in a major tournament when he hits a 147 break
11/1/1963Giorgos Fotinos, former national team and Panathinaikos footballer dies of kidney failure at the age of 27 after a long stay at the hospital
11/1/1960Lamar Clarke sets a record in professional boxing with 44 consecutive knock-outs
11/1/1958Georgios Vichos, former shooting champion, becomes the first General Secretary of Sports in Greece
11/1/1947New regulations in the NFL. No more than 3 substitutions each time
11/1/1941German chess player and philosopher Dr Emanuel Lasker dies at the age of 73. In 1894 he became the second World Chess Champion by defeating Wilhelm Steinitz and maintained his title for 27 years, the longest unbroken tenure, when he lost it to Jose Raul Capablanca in 1921. Lasker was also a talented mathematician, and his Ph.D. thesis is regarded as one of the foundations of modern algebra. He was a first-class contract bridge player and wrote about this and other games, including Go and his own invention, Lasca.
11/1/189728 athletic clubs are assembled in Panellinios. The next day the decision is made and SEAGS (afterwards SEGAS) is founded
11/1/1569First recorded lottery in England, held in St Paul's Cathedral

 

             
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