Sports
Sports Events, Teams and Athletes – British Columbia Centric list
January:
2 – First game of the Patrick brothers’ Pacific Coast Hockey Association was played in
Victoria. 1912
February:
8 – Whistler snowboarder Ross Rebagliati won the first-ever Olympic gold medal in
snowboarding. 1998
15 – Nancy Greene of Rossland, BC, won the Olympic gold medal in the giant slalom.
1950
22 – Swimmer Elaine Tanner was born at Vancouver. 1951
March:
1 – Vancouver-born Karen Magnussen won the World Women’s Figure Skating
Championship. 1973
6 – Pentiction V’s won the World Hockey Championship. 1955
21 – Rick Hansen begins the Man in Motion Tour in Vancouver. 1985
26 – Vancouver Millionaires win Stanley Cup. 1915
30 – Victoria Cougars – last non-NHL team to win the Stanley Cup. 1925
April:
12 – Port Coquitlam’s Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope. 1980
May:
1 – Canadian soccer legend Bob Lenarduzzi was born at Vancouver. 1955
19 – Percy Williams, 1928 Olympic Gold Medallist in the 100m and 200m, was born at
Vancouver. 1908
24 – BC’s first documented “football” (soccer) match was played. 1862
June:
14 – The Canucks lost the Stanley Cup in Game 7, resulting in riots in Vancouver. 1994
19 – BC Place opened. 1983
29 – Frank Patrick, hockey player, builder and innovator, died at Vancouver. 1960
July:
2 – Vancouver won the bid for the 2010 Winter Olympics. 2003
6 – George Athans Jr. became the first non-American water ski World Champion. 1965
30 – Percy Williams won Olympic Gold in the 100m. 1928
August:
7 – The “Miracle Mile” was run at Empire Stadium at Vancouver. 1954
26 – Rick Hansen was born at Port Alberni. 1957
28 – Byron Bailey scored the first BC Lions touchdown. 1954
30 – Doug Hepburn won the World Weightlifting Championship. 1953
September:
8 – The Whitecaps won the North American Soccer League Championship. 1979
10 – The Vancouver Canadians won the Pacific Coast League Title. 1985
14 – Percy Williams came home from the Olympics to a remarkable homecoming. 1928
18 – The Vancouver Asahi played their last baseball game. 1941
October:
3 – Maple Ridge’s Larry Walker finished the season as the National League’s betting
champ. 1999
9 – The Canucks played their first NHL game. 1970
15 –Three BC athletes won gold at the Tokyo Olympics, the duo of George Hungerford
and Roger Jackson in rowing, and Harry Jerome in the 100m track final. 1964
21 – BC’s Sports Hall of Fame opened. 1971
November:
26 – Cranbrook’s Steve Yzerman scored his 600th goal. 1999
28 – The BC Lions won their 1st Grey Cup. 1964
30 – Vancouver’s Mary Stewart won gold at the Commonwealth Games in the 100m
butterfly. 1962
December:
1 – The Canucks were awarded an NHL franchise. 1969
7 – 100m world record holder Harry Jerome had a seizure on the Lion’s Gate Bridge in
Vancouver. 1982
31 – Amputee runner Steve Fonyo was named Canadian Newsmaker of the year. 1985