Thursday, December 25, 2014

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - DECEMBER 25TH

1862 - 40,000 watch Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, SC.
1881 - Joseph V McCarthy, baseball manager (NY Yankees) is born.
1888 - 1st indoor baseball game played at fairgrounds in Philadelphia.
1927 - Nellie Fox, White Sox infielder (AL MVP 1959), (d. 1975) is born.
1945 - Ken "The Snake" Stabler, NFL quarterback
(Oakland Raiders, Super Bowl XI) is born.
1946 - Larry Csonka, NFL running back (Miami Dolphins, NY Giants) is born.
1946 - Gene Lamont, American baseball player and manager is born.
1950 - Cleveland Browns beat LA Rams 30-28 in NFL Championship game.
1958 - Rickey Henderson, MLB outfielder
(stolen base king, A's, Yanks), Chicago, Illinois is born.
1971 - Longest NFL game (82m40s) as Dolphins beat Chiefs 27-24.
1989 - Billy Martin, NY Yankee manager, killed in a car accident at 61.

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