THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - OCTOBER 7TH

1882 - First World Series (game 2), Chicago (NL) beats Cincinnati (AA) 2-0.
1922 - First radio link, WNJ (Newark) & WGY (Senectady) link for World Series.

1925 - Christy Mathewson, American baseball player (b. 1880) dies.

1936 - 7th-place Brooklyn Dodgers fire manager Casey Stengel.
1940 - Reds Bucky Walters is 1st pitcher in 14 years to homer in World Series.
1947 - Larry MacPhail resigns as Yank GM after final game of World Series.

1979 - Cleveland Browns' Dino Hall sets club records with 9 kickoff returns.

1984 - Walter Payton passes Jim Brown as NFL's career rushing leader.

1989 - Rickey Henderson steals a record 8 bases in a play off (5 games).

1990 - John "Cat" Thompson, basketball hall of famer, dies at 84.
1991 - Leo Durocher, baseball player and manager (Dodgers, Giants), dies at 86.

1991 - Scorecard Harry, Space Appeal & Cafe Lex in 9th race at Belmont, 

creating 2nd triple dead heat in NY thoroughbred racing history.
1992 - Tampa Bay Lightning become first NHL expansion team to win opener (7-2).

2000 - The last ever competitive soccer match at Wembley Stadium is a 

1-0 defeat of England by Germany and the last goal was scored by 

Liverpool's Dietmar Hammann. The match was Tony Adams' 60th 

at Wembley setting the record for most appearances at the stadium.