A Couple of Firsts

Today we are marking a couple of firsts when the Sports World. The first was on July 9, 1877 in London, England. On that date the first Wimbleton tennis matches were played. For the first 7 years the mens singles was the only event. The first tournament only 22 players were entered.

Exactly 45 years later, a swimming first occured. American swimmer Johnny Weissmuller became the first swimmer to swim a sub 1 minute, 100 meter freestyle race. Weissmuller swam the course in 0:58.6.

The great thing about sports is that firsts and new records and interesting events can occur on any given day. Tomorrow we travel back to 1932 for a look at .....