Saturday, August 10, 2013

THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - AUGUST 10TH

1877 - Phillies & Expos play a doubleheader that ends at 3:23 AM.
1900 - First Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in Boston (3-0).
1920 - William "Red" Holzman, NBA coach (NY Knickerbockers, 754 wins) is born.
1934 - Babe Ruth announces this is his final season as full time player.
1944 - Braves Red Barrett throws only 58 pitches to shut out Cincinnati Reds 2-0.
1954 - Sir Gordon Richards retires as a jockey with record 4,870 wins.
1971 - 16 baseball researchers form Society for American Baseball Research.
1981 - Pete Rose, 3,631 career hit, breaks Stan Musial's NL hit record.
1984 - Mary Decker trips on heel of Zola Budd during 3,000m Olympic run.
1991 - NFL sportscaster Paul Maquire suffers a heart attack at 53.
1997 - Atlanta Braves sign Greg Maddux to record 5 year, $575 Million deal.
2001 - Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager (b. 1917) dies.

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