Sports Events, Teams and Athletes on the BC 150 Year Calendar

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