Saturday, December 20, 2014

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - DECEMBER 20TH

1881 - Branch Rickey, baseball executive (Dodgers) is born.
1921 - AL votes to return to best-of-7 World Series, while NL votes best-of-9
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis casts deciding vote for best-of-7.
1929 - Heinie Wagner replaces Bill Carrigan as Red Sox manager.
1966 - NBA awards Seattle SuperSonics a franchise for 1967-68 season.
1973 - Montreal Canadien Henri Richard scores his 1,000th NHL point.
1980 - NBC broadcasts NY Jets' 24-17 win over Dolphins without audio.
1981 - Doug Small (Winnipeg Jets) ties NHL record scoring at 5 second mark.
1983 - Guy Lafleur, Montreal, became 10th NHLer to score 500 goals.
1985 - Denis Potvin passes Bobby Orr as NHL defenseman scorer (916 points).
1985 - Howard Cosell retires from television sports after 20 years with ABC.
1991 - NHL grants permanent membership to Tampa Lightning & Ottawa Senators.

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