Sunday, December 28, 2014

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - DECEMBER 28TH

1905 - Intercollegiate Athletic Association of US founded (becomes NCAA in 1910).
1946 - Hubie Green, golfer (US Open-1977, PGA-1985) is born.
1947 - Chic Cards beat Philadelphia Eagles 28-21 in NFL Championship game.
1948 - Jorge Velasquez, jockey (Kentucky Derby-1981, Preakness-1981) is born.
1952 - Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-7 in NFL Championship game.
1957 - CBS states it won't broadcast baseball where Minor League games are on.
1958 - "The Greatest Game Ever Played", Baltimore Colts beat New York Giants
23-17 in the first every sudden-death overtime game in NFL history
(17 future members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame were involved in the game).
1960 - Raymond Bourque, Saint-Laurent Quebec,
NHL defenseman (Team Canada, Boston) is born.
1975 - Red Army beats NY Rangers 7-3 at Madison Square Garden.
1991 - 8 are crushed to death at a RAP basketball game at City College, NYC.
2008 - The Detroit Lions finished the season 0-16 with a 31-21 lost to the
Green Bay Packers. The first time in National Football League history that a
team went winless in a 16-game season.

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