On this day in sports: July 24

1. 1980 The Australian swimming team, nicknamed the Quietly Confident Quartet, won the men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Moscow Olympics, the only time that the United States, which boycotted the games, has not won the event at the Olympics. Source
2. 1980 The Quietly Confident Quartet of Australia wins the men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay at the Moscow Olympics, the only time the United States has not won the swimming event at Olympic level. Source
3. 1983 George Brett, playing for the Kansas City Royals against the New York Yankees, has a game-winning home run nullified in the "Pine Tar Incident". Source
4. 2011 Died: Skip Thomas, American football player (born 1950) Source
5. 2014 Died: Dale Schlueter, American basketball player (born 1945) Source
6. 2023 Died: Trevor Francis, Britain's first "£1 million football player" (born 1954) Source

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