Back in Time: July 22

Author:
SI Staff
Publish date:
Jul 22, 2010

Back in Time: July 22

Sonny Liston and Floyd Patterson

Sonny Liston (pictured here in 1962) knocks out Floyd Patterson in the first round to retain the World Heavyweight Title.

Clay Dalrymple

Clay Dalrymple breaks up a no-hitter bid by Giants hurler Gaylord Perry with an eighth inning single.

Greg LeMond

Greg LeMond wins his third and final Tour de France.

O. J. Simpson

O. J. Simpson pleads "absolutely 100% not guilty" to the charge of murder.

Mike Coolbaugh

Tulsa Drillers' first base coach Mike Coolbaugh is killed instantly when struck in the head by a line drive in the top of the ninth inning. The 35-year old dad, who leaves behind a pregnant wife and two small sons, beomes the second on-the-field fatality in professional baseball history.

Born on this Day

Sparky Lyle (1944) Michael Spinks (1956) Dave Steib (1957) Alvin Robertson (1962) Tim Brown (1966) Sean Vanhorse (1968) Sergei Zubov (1970) Keyshawn Johnson (1972) Mike Sweeney (1973) Steven Jackson (1983)