Jul 10, 2023 3 min read

ON THIS DATE

July 11

1911 – The St. Louis Cardinals baseball team survives a deadly train wreck at 3:35 a.m. on the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. The train crashes into a viaduct and plunges down an 18-football embankment near Bridgeport, Conn., killing 14 people and leaving 47 others injured. Nobody from the Cardinals is hurt and they labor for 15 hours to aid the survivors. The railroad pays the players $25 apiece for their efforts in the rescue and for their lost possessions.

1944 – In the first baseball all-star game played in Pittsburgh, Phil Cavaretta of the Chicago Cubs reaches base five times as the National League beats the American League 7-1 at Forbes Field.

1961 – Roberto Clemente’s 10th-inning single drives in Willie Mays with the winning run in the National League’s 5-4 victory in the all-star game in San Francisco.

1966 – Former University of Pittsburgh basketball player Dave Sauer is named head coach at Canon-McMillan High School.

1982 – Hollis Stacy shoots an even-par 72 before defeating Kathy Postlewait on the first hole of sudden death to win her second consecutive LPGA West Virginia Classic at Speidel Golf Course in Wheeling, W.Va.’s Oglebay Park.

1985 – Jack Lambert, middle linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers, retires from the NFL on his 33rd birthday. Lambert missed most of the 1984 season because of a dislocated big toe, an injury that has not healed.

1988 – Brendan Folmar completes 22 of 35 passes for 297 yards and 3 TDs as the Pittsburgh Gladiators rout the New York Knights 44-28 in the Arena Football League.

1989 – Quicksilver Golf Club owner Bob Muphy announces plans for the course to host a tournament on the PGA’s Ben Hogan Tour next spring.

2001 – After requesting to be traded, Jaromir Jagr is dealt by the Pittsburgh Penguins to the Washington Capitals in exchange for Kris Beech, Michal Sivek and Ross Lupaschuk. Jagr scored 439 goals for the Penguins. None of the players acquired by Pittsburgh have scored an NHL goal.

2006 – Before starting the fifth inning of the All-Star Game in Pittsburgh’s PNC Park, Vera Clemente is escorted onto the field by 1960 World Series hero Bill Mazeroski to accept the Commissioner’s Historic Achievement Award on behalf of her late husband. With the scoreboard showing Roberto’s replays, tears flowing from AL skipper Ozzie Guillen, and the heartfelt ovation from the crowd, the ceremony honoring the Pirates’ Hall of Famer becomes a truly memorable moment in the history of the All-Star Game.

HOLE-IN-ONE

Frank Famularo had a hole-in-one at Highland Springs Golf Course on July 6. Famularo aced the 149-yard No. 5 hole by using a 7-iron. The shot was witnessed by Bob Wardle and Greg Demark.