On this day in sports: October 31

1. 1903 The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team. Source
2. 2013 Died: Johnny Kucks, American baseball player (born 1933) Source
3. 2014 Died: Brad Halsey, American baseball player (born 1981) Source
4. 2018 Died: Willie McCovey, American baseball player (born 1938) Source

Share

From Wikipedia's "On this day" feed via the Wikimedia API (CC BY-SA). The text is Wikipedia's, filtered to sports items. Nothing was added.