Monday, March 4, 2013

THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - MARCH 4TH

1888 - Knute Rockne, Norwegian/US football player/coach (Notre Dame) is born.
1913 - NY Yankees are first to train outside US (Bermuda).
1941 - NHL Chicago goalie Samuel LoPresti stops record 80 of 83 Boston shots.
1968 - Joe Frazier TKOs Buster Mathis in 11 rounds for Heavyweight boxing title.
1970 - Jacksonville is first college basketball team to average 100+ points per game.
1970 - NY Rangers set then NHL record of 126 games without being shut-out.
1976 - SF Giants are bought for $8 million by Bob Lurie & Bud Herseth.
1984 - Pee Wee Reese & Rick Ferrell elected to the Baseball's Hall of Fame.
1990 - Hank Gathers, of Loyola Maramount,  collapses and dies of a heart-muscle disorder
 on the basketball court in a West Coast Conference Tournament game (b. 1967).
1995 - George Foreman loses WBA boxing title, refusing to fight Tony Tucker.

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