Tuesday, October 21, 2014

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - OCTOBER 21ST

1911 - Manitoba, Saskatchewan & Alberta Unions
form Western Canada Rugby Football Union.
1928 - Edward "Whitey" Ford, New York City New York,
hall of fame pitcher (NY Yankees) is born.
1964 - Braves ask NL to allow them to leave Milwaukee for Atlanta.
1973 - A's manager Dick Williams quits after A's beat Mets in World Series.
1973 - Fred Dryer of the then Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in
NFL history to score two safeties in the same game..
1975 - Red Sox Carlton Fisk's 12th inning HR beats Reds 7-6 in game 6 of WS.
1976 - NY Knicks retire 1st number, # 19, Willis Reed.
1979 - 10th NYC Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 2:11:42.
1979 - Ozzie Newsome begins NFL streak of 150 consecutive game receptions.
1980 - Phillies win their 1st World Championship in their 98-year history.
1989 - First black owners (Betram Lee & Peter Bynoe) to own a major
sports team, purchasing Denver Nuggets for $65m.
1990 - Esther Canseco calls Oakland A's manager Tony La Russa a "punk"
for not starting husband Jose in the World Series.
1997 - Cleve Marquis Grissom hit in his 15th straight World Series game
(streak ends at 15, he is 2nd to Hank Baur with 17).

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