THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - DECEMBER 18TH

1886 - Ty Cobb, American baseball player, Colo, batted .367, 

stole 892 bases (Detroit Tigers) (d. 1961) is born.

1930 - Bill Skowron [Moose], Chicago, Illinois, 

MLB First baseman (NY Yankees), (d. 2012) is born.

1932 - Chicago Bears beat Portsmouth Spartans 9-0 in first NFL playoff game.

1949 - Philadelphia Eagles beat LA Rams 14-0 in NFL Championship game.

1956 - Phil Rizzuto signs as NY Yankee radio-TV announcer.
1959 - Sammy Baugh named first coach of NY Titans (AFL).
1961 - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia Warriors scores 78 points vs LA.

1964 - Don Beebe, NFL wide reciever (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31) is born.

1971 - Bobby Jones Jr, amateur golfer (Grand Slam 1930), dies at 69.
1977 - Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey # 42, Nate Thumond.

1988 - Seattle Seahawks win their first ever division title with 9-7 record.
1994 - Darryl Strawberry pleads not guilty on tax evasion charges.