The Curse of the Billy Goat was a sports curse that was supposedly placed on the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in 1945, by Billy Goat Tavern owner William Sianis. The curse lasted 71 years, from 1945 to 2016.

Oct 25, 2016 · The Cubs have attempted to rid their franchise of the Billy Goat curse, if one actually exists. Sam Sianis, William Sianis’s nephew, was invited to opening day with a goat who descended from...

Their final pennant would come in 1945, the year the Cubs faced the Detroit Tigers and a local Chicago saloon owner named William “Billy Goat” Sianis with his goat, Murphy. From 1876 to 1945, The Chicago Cubs were one of the most successful baseball teams in the country.

Oct 6, 2022 · It all started when Sianis, the owner of the Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago, decided to buy tickets and bring his goat to Game 4 of the 1945 World Series against the Detroit Tigers.

Aug 16, 2019 · In 1969, Tribune columnist David Condon wrote a couple of articles about a billy-goat curse. That was the year the Cubs looked like a sure thing. They were 74-43 and enjoyed a nine-game lead in the National League Eastern Division on August 13. But, Condon had warned in April, the curse was still in effect.

Oct 29, 2016 · Legend has it a Chicago tavern owner named Bill “Billy Goat” Sianis pronounced a curse on the club on October 6 – just a couple months after the end of the war. Sianis went to Wrigley to cheer on...

Oct 21, 2015 · The Chicago Cubs have not appeared in a World Series since 1945, when, legend has it, tavern owner Billy Sianis placed a curse on the team in retaliation for refusing stadium entry to his goat.

Nov 2, 2021 · The Curse of the Billy Goat was a long-standing "explanation" of why the Chicago Cubs did not win a National League pennant for decades. Supposedly, Bill Sianis, owner of the Billy Goat's Tavern, and his pet goat, were kicked out of Game 4 at the 1945 World Series after some other spectators complained about the goat's odor.

Nov 1, 2016 · The Curse of the Billy Goat. It’s one of the most infamous legends in American professional sports. On October 22, 2016, the Chicago Cubs defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and won the National League pennant for the first time since 1945, arguably breaking the curse.

On Oct. 6, 1945, during game four of the World Series, William Sianis and his goat were escorted from their seats by Wrigley Field security. Here’s a closer look at the man who cursed the Cubs.