Wednesday, March 26, 2014

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - MARCH 26TH

1926 - Georges Vezina, NHL Hall of Fame goalie (Canadiens), dies.
1934 - Gino Cappelletti, ORFU, AFL running back (AFL Player of Year 1964) is born.
1937 - Joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice & replace his 40 with 36 oz bat.
1945 - De Paul wins NIT basketball championship, George Mikan scores 34.
1960 - Marcus Allen, NFL running back
(LA Raiders, KC Chiefs, Heisman 1981) is born.
1962 - John Stockton, Spokane Wash, NBA guard
(Utah Jazz, Olympics-gold-96) is born.
1973 - UCLA wins their 7th straight NCAA basketball title.
1974 - George Foreman TKOs Ken Norton in 2 for
Heavyweight boxing title in Caracas, Venezuela.
1992 - Mike Tyson sentenced to 10 years in rape of Desiree Washington.
1992 - NHL NY Rangers clinch 1st NHL regular season championship in 50 years.

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