Tuesday, November 20, 2012

THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - NOVEMBER 20TH

1902 - Geo Lefevre & Henri Desgrange create Tour de France bicycle race.
1928 - Boston Gardens opens, Montreal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins, 1-0.
1934 - Eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig's HR, as Japan beats US 1-0.
1952 - Chicago Cubs slugger Hank Sauer wins the NL MVP.
1966 - Dallas sacks Pittsburgh quarterbacks an NFL record 12 times.
1969 - Soccer legend Pele, scores his 1,000th career soccer goal.
1977 - Chicago Bears great Walter Payton rushes for a NFL record 275 yards.
1983 - NY Giants Butch Woolfork ties NFL record of 43 attempts rushing.
1997 - Last original Florida Marlin, Jeff Conine, traded to the Kansas City Royals.
1997 - Dallas Mavericks' AC Green sets NBA record of 907 consecutive games played.


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