Sunday, March 16, 2014

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - MARCH 16TH

1876 - Nelly Saunders & Rose Harland fight first female boxing match (NY)
1939 - NHL record 10 goals in 1 period-NY Rangers (7), NY Americans (3) 
& a record 26 points in the 3rd period
1954 - Hollis Stacy, Savannah Ga, LPGA golfer (US Open 1977, 78) is born.
1957 - Toronto Maple Leafs tie NHL record 37 points beating NY Rangers 14-1
1964 - Paul Hornung & Alex Karras reinstated in NFL after 1 year suspension
1989 - Blake Griffin, Los Angeles Clippers basketball player is born.
1991 - NJ Net coach Bill Fitch is 4th coach to win 800 NBA games
1996 - Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 3rd round to gain Heavyweight title
1997 - NJ Devils' Dave Andreychuk is 26th NHL to score 500 goals
2005 - Todd Bell, Chicago Bears football player (b. 1958) suffered a fatal 
heart attack while driving his car in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. He was 46.

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