Monday, March 24, 2014

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - MARCH 24TH

1913 - Netherlands soccer team's 1st victory over England.
1922 - Grand National at Aintree sees only 3 horses out of 32 starters finish.
1941 - LIU beats Ohio U 56-42 for NIT basketball championship.
1944 - Denny McLain, baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers, 31 wins in 1968) is born.
1959 - Renaldo Nehemiah, US, hurdler (110m at 12.93)/NFLer (SF 49ers) is born.
1961 - NY Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows.
1973 - Immaculata beats Queens College, 59-52 to win AIAW Basketball title.
1973 - SF 49er pres Lou Spadia proposes NFL expand to 30 teams.
1976 - Peyton Manning, Quarterback for the Denver Broncos is born.
1984 - Chris Bosh, Miami Heat basketball player is born.
1984 - IOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics.
1991 - Barcelona Dragons beat NY/NJ Knights 19-7 in their first WLAF game.
1999 - Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (b. 1912) dies.
2009 - George Kell, American baseball player (b. 1922) dies.

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