| 7/11/2023 | Nikos Gioutsos, one of the greatest footballers of Olympiakos and Greek football, dies at the age of 81. His involvement in football began with the Greek refugee team in Hungary, Olympos, to be followed by Hungarian Csepel, in 1960. After four years, 36 appearances and 11 goals with Csepel, he moved to Olympiacos, in 1964, where he played for a decade and retired in 1974, having 276 appearances and 100 goals. From 1974 until 1976, he played for Ethnikos Piraeus (43 appearances, 2 goals). With the Greek National Team, he capped in 15 matches scoring 6 goals. | | 7/11/2021 | Greece’s Andreas Vazaios wins the silver medal at the 100 m with 51.72 and Anna Ntountounaki wins the silver medal at the 100 m butterfly event with 56.35 (new national record) at the European Short Course Championships held in the city of Kazan, Russia. | | 7/11/2019 | Periklis Vassilakis, one of the most well known greek international referees, dies of cancer at the age of 64. His first game was in 1983 (Panathinaikos – Apollon). | | 7/11/2011 | Joseph William "Joe" Frazier also known as Smokin' Joe, the Olympic (1964) and world heavyweight boxing champion, whose professional career lasted from 1965 to 1976, with a one-fight comeback in 1981, dies at the age of 63 years from liver cancer. Frazier emerged as the top contender in the late 1960s, defeating opponents that included Jerry Quarry, Oscar Bonavena, Buster Mathis, Eddie Machen, Doug Jones, George Chuvalo and Jimmy Ellis en route to becoming undisputed heavyweight champion in 1970, and followed up by defeating Muhammad Ali on points in the highly-anticipated "Fight of the Century" in 1971. Two years later Frazier lost his title when he was knocked out by George Foreman. | | 7/11/1999 | IAAF president Primo Nebiolo dies of heart attack at the age of 76 | | 7/11/1991 | Magic Johnson, the man who led the LA Lakers to 5 NBA titles, announces that he has HIV virus and retires. At the request of NBA fans he will play in the 1992 All-Star Game. His team, the West, will defeat the East 153-113 and Johnson will be voted MVP | | 7/11/1986 | 45-year-old Alex Ferguson becomes the manager of Manchester United | | 7/11/1985 | Rubin “Hurricane” Carter is set free after 19 years of imprisonment. 48-year-old heavy weight champion was convicted of a triple murder in 1966 and his story, ''The Hurricane'', will be filmed in 2000 by Norman Jewison, with Denzel Washington in the leading role. Meanwhile, in 1976, Bob Dylan released the song with the same title, included in his LP “Desire” | | 7/11/1978 | Gene Tunney, world heavyweight champion from 1926 to 1928 dies | | 7/11/1973 | New Jersey is the first state to allow girls into little league | | 7/11/1968 | The EOA organizes a special ceremony to honour the five olympic winners of Mexico: Galactopoulos, Moschidis, Karipidis, Papanikolaou and Kouligas | | 7/11/1959 | Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russel, NBA's top players meet in Boston. The Celtics beat Philadelphia 115-106. Chamberlain scores more points (30-22), but Russel dominates the rebounding (35-28) |
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