Episode 974

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Published on:

13th Aug 2026

A Sports Travesty: Jesse Owens Banned for Life by Avery Brundage

This Day In Sports History is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In 1936, Olympian Jesse Owens, who'd just won 4 medals in the Berlin Olympics, was declared a professional and banned from competition for life.

In 1919, a horse name Upset beat Man o' War. It was the only race Man o' War lost in his career.

In 1989, Payne Stewart won the first of his three major golf tournaments.

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This Day in Sports History
Remember and relive the greatest moments in sports history every day of the year.
Relive the greatest moments in sports every day of the year. From the triumphs to the tragedies, the first to do it to the last time it happened, the unbelievable to the strange, This Day in Sports History is a 365-day journey remembering those significant events that made a lasting impact. 

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