Today in Sports, August 11 - The Green Bay Packers football club is founded by George Calhoun and Curly Lambeau
1919 — Green Bay Packers football club founded by George Calhoun and Curly Lambeau - named after sponsor Indian Packing Company.1943 — Volo Song, driven by Ben White , wins the Hambletonian Stakes in the third heat.1974 — Lee Trevino beats Jack Nicklaus by one stroke to capture the PGA Championship.
1984 — Britain’s Sebastian Coe sets an Olympic record in the 1,500 meter with a 3:32.53 winning time. 2002 — Karrie Webb’s latest comeback establishes a new standard of excellence on the LPGA Tour: the Super Slam — winning the four tournaments currently regarded as majors as well as the du Maurier, which lost its major status in 2000 after 21 years. Webb shoots a 6-under 66, rallying from three strokes behind to the first three-time winner in the Women’s British Open.
2012 — Candace Parker scores 21 points and the heavily favored U.S. women’s basketball team wins a fifth straight Olympic gold medal with an 86-50 victory over France. 2016 — Michael Phelps wins his fourth gold medal of the Rio Olympics and 22nd overall with a victory in the 200-meter individual medley. It was the 13th individual gold and 26 medals overall.
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