On this day in sports: August 1

1936 The Olympics open in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler. Source
2013 Died: Babe Martin, American baseball player (born 1920) Source
2013 Died: Wilford White, American football player (born 1928) Source
2020 Died: Rickey Dixon, American professional football player (born 1966) Source

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