Monday, December 24, 2012

THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - DECEMBER 24TH

1889 - Daniel Stover & William Hance patent a bicycle with back pedal brake.
1894 - Soccer team Achilles '94 forms in Axes.
1940 - Paul Tagliabue, former NFL commissioner, was born on the day.
1950 - Cleveland Browns win NFL Championship, beat LA 30-28.
1961 - Houston Oilers beat San Diego Chargers 10-3 in AFL championship game.
1974 - Cardinals' Lou Brock is named Sportsman of the Year.
1982 - Chaminade, with a student body of only 850 students, beats #1 ranked Virginia 77-72 in a Honolulu holiday basketball classic.
1990 - Expos trade Tim Raines to the White Sox for Ivan Calderon & Barry Jones.
2000 - John Cooper, English race car designer, born in 1923, passes away.
2000 - The Texas 7 hold up a sports store in Irving, Texas. Police officer Aubrey Hawkins is shot during the robbery.

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