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April 14, 1930 (sentenced) Two counts of second-degree murder. 28–36 years imprisonment [ 215 ] Crane was convicted on September 25, 1929, of the murder of "his former sweetheart" [ 216 ] and on March 28, 1930, of the murder of the man accompanying her at the time of the shooting. [ 217 ] Trevor Crowe. Retired.
Known for. Media coverage about her death. Title. Lacrosse coach. Diane Alexis Whipple (January 31, 1967 – January 26, 2001) [2] was an American lacrosse player and college coach. She was killed in a dog attack in San Francisco on January 26, 2001. The dogs involved were two Presa Canarios. Paul Schneider, the dogs' owner, is a high-ranking ...
1936. August 8 – With five minutes remaining in extra time in an Olympic football match between Peru and Austria, a group of Peruvian fans, one brandishing a revolver, invaded the pitch and assaulted Austrian players, officials and stadium security; during the ensuing chaos, Peru scored two goals and won the match 4–2.
The WUSA Reorganization Committee was formed in September 2003, which led to the Women's Soccer Initiative, Inc. (WSII). The WSII's goal was "promoting and supporting all aspects of women's soccer in the United States", including a new professional league. [36] Initial plans were to play a scaled-down WUSA schedule in 2004.
While more money is pouring into the game every year, women’s soccer remains, broadly speaking, an amateur sport. The top-flight NWSL currently has 12 teams, while the semi-pro WPSL, which the ...
Death. Elizabeth Ann Duncan (born Hazel Lucille Sinclaira Nigh [1] (April 16, 1904 [2] in Kansas City, Missouri [3] – August 8, 1962) was an American murderer. She was convicted of orchestrating the murder of her daughter-in-law in 1958. She was the last woman to be executed in California before the United States Supreme Court suspended the ...
Originally called the United States Interregional Women's League, the USL W-League was formed in 1995 as the first national women's soccer league, [28] [29] [30] providing a professional outlet for many of the top female soccer players in the country. It also allowed college players the opportunity to play alongside established international ...
Billie Jean King (née Moffitt; born November 22, 1943), also known as BJK, is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. King won 39 Grand Slam titles: 12 in singles, 16 in women's doubles, and 11 in mixed doubles. King was a member of the victorious United States team in seven Federation Cups and nine Wightman Cups.