Scottish Sporting History

[Richard]

15th June 1973.
SQUASH.
John White.
White, born on this day in Australia, opted to represent Scotland at International level.
He is a former world No1 and is known for being one of THE hardest hitters of the ball in the sport of Squash.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_White_(squash_player)
http://no-let.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/ma ... white.html

15th June 1979.
CYCLING.
Mike Zagorski.
Born on this day, Zagorski became a 2x US National Track Champion and a 16x Hawaii State Champion.
He also represented Scotland in the UK National Points Series (Mountain Bike Racing).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Zagorski
http://pezcyclingnews.com/?pg=fullstory&id=2913&status=

[Richard]

16th June 1821.
GOLF.
(Old) Tom Morris.
Born on this day, Morris was a pioneer of professional Golf. We mentioned his son,
(Young) Tom Morris, previously on this thread.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Tom_Morris
http://golf.about.com/od/golfersmen/p/o ... morris.htm
http://www.worldgolfhalloffame.org/hof/ ... ember=1084

16th June 1978.
IRONMAN (Triathlete).
Scott Neyedli.
Born on this day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Neyedli
http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/triathlet ... /5706.html

16th June 1982.
IRONMAN (Triathlete).
Fraser Cartmell.
Born on this day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraser_Cartmell
http://www.frasercartmell.com/

[Richard]

17th June 1938.
CRICKET/RUGBY.
Thomas Anderson.
Died on this day, Anderson played both Rugby & Cricket for Scotland. Being more successful at the Cricket.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Anderson_(rugby)
http://stats.cricketscotland.com/bio/A/anderson_t.html

[Richard]

18th June 1956.
ATHLETICS (Running).
John Graham.
Graham, born on this day, is a former long-distance runner, who won the Rotterdam Marathon in 1981.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Graha ... nce_runner)

[Richard]

19th June 1943.
BOXING.
Jackie Paterson.
Paterson beat the world flyweight champion, on this day.
The Ayrshire Boxer was the first Southpaw to be World Flyweight Champion.
By successfully defending his British flyweight title, twice, he also won a Lonsdale Belt outright.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Paterson
http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=70&cat=boxer

[Richard]

20th June 1981.
BOXING.
Jim Watt.
One of Scotland's greatest ever Boxers, Watt, retired on this day after losing his World Lightweight title
to Alexis Arguello, in a 15 round decision in London. Watt retired with a record 38 wins (27 by knockout).
He had also won the title, a record by any Scot, 5 times. He was defeated 8 times (3 by knockout).
Like many retired Boxers, Watt now earns his living by doing TV work & after dinner speeches.
http://www.youtube.com/topic/KMpI8ng6A3E/jim-watt

[Richard]

21st June 1992.
GOLF.
Carly Booth.
Born on this day, she has a whole string of achievements behind her already, and she's only 20 years old,
(at the time of compiling this post).
The future of Scottish Ladies Golf looks to be in very capable hands, indeed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carly_Booth
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/golf/a ... n-No1.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/9 ... -Open.html
http://www.scotsman.com/sport/golf/carl ... -1-2362434
http://www.perthshireadvertiser.co.uk/p ... -31210152/

[Richard]

22nd June 1943.
RUNNING.
Joseph Laughlin Stewart.
'Lachie', born on this day, is a former distance runner.
His Gold medal performance in the 10,000 metres final at the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh,
is rated as one of THE most memorable moments in Scottish sport.
He out-sprinted the Australian runner, Ron Clarke, to win Gold on the first day of the games,
shaving 20 seconds off his previous best.
Clarke was a multiple world record holder and overwhelming red-hot favourite to win the race,
but Stewart had other ideas.
Stewart held numerous titles & records throughout his career and eventually took his rightful place in the
Scottish Sports Hall Of Fame.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachie_Stewart
http://www.ardbruach.org.uk/Lachie%20Stewart.htm
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1XsjPsN6IQ[/youtube]


22nd June 1973.
CYCLING.
Aileen McGlynn.
Born partially sighted on this day, she went on to become a Scottish Paralympic Tandem Cyclist.
She joined a cycling club at the age of 14 and hid her disability from her club mates. Eventually they found out
for themselves and have been fully supportive ever since. She also became a patron of an organisation called
'Crank It Up'. Their aim is to provide cycling for people of all abilities.
She is the proud owner of 3 Gold and 1 Silver medal, along with various other titles & records.
And as if that was not enough, she has a degree in Mathematics, Statistics & Management Science.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aileen_McGlynn
http://www.paralympiansclub.org.uk/athl ... &itemid=48
http://www.scotsman.com/news/aileen-mcg ... -1-1607323

[Richard]

23rd June 1996.
AMERICAN FOOTBALL.
The Scottish Claymores became World Bowl champions on this day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Claymores
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Scott ... res_season
http://dearscotland.com/2009/08/04/swee ... the-world/
http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id89.html

[Richard]

24th June 1960.
FENCING.
Fiona McIntosh.
McIntosh, born on this day, is a former Fencing champion with many achievements to her name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiona_McIntosh_(fencer)
http://www.sports-reference.com/olympic ... osh-1.html

[Richard]

26th June 1978.
BOXING.
Alex Arthur.
The former British, Commonwealth, EBU & WBO super Featherweight champion was born on this day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Arthur
http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer

[Richard]

27th June 1941.
SWIMMING.
Ian MacIntosh Black.
Born on this day, Black is a former swimming champion and BBC Sports Personality Of The Year.
He has 4 Gold & 2 Silver medals to his credit, along with several records to his name.
He is also a retired school teacher with an M.A. and a Certificate in Education.
His ancestors changed the family name, from MacGregor to Black, because of it's association with
Rob Roy MacGregor. They took the name Black from their hair colour.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Black_(swimmer)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/sportscot ... rint.shtml
http://www.scottishswimminghalloffame.c ... black.html