Friday, October 31, 2014

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - OCTOBER 31ST

1900 - Carl Hubbard, Missouri, baseball & football Hall of Famer is born.
1921 - Federation Sportive Feminine International forms
(1st woman track & field association).
1942 - Dave McNally, American baseball player (d. 2002) is born.
1943 - Washington Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs Bkln (48-10).
1947 - Frank Shorter, Munich Germany, US marathoner (Oly-gold/silver-72, 76) is born.
1968 - Milwaukee Bucks win their 1st game beating Detroit 138-118 (6th game).
1983 - George S Halas, NFL coach (Chicago Bears), dies at 88
1987 - 1st jockey to win 9 races in 1 day (Chris Antley at Belmont).
1988 - First Monday Night NFL game in Indianapolis, Colts beat Denver 55-23.
1993 - 25 people killed during Ghana-Ivory Coast soccer match.
1999 - Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months
of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.
2010 - Maurice Lucas, American basketball player (b. 1952) dies.

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