TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JANUARY 19TH

1886 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of

The Hockey Association in England.

1938 - Curt Flood, American baseball player (d. 1997) is born

1947 - Detroit Tigers sell Hank Greenberg to Pirates (for $25-35,000)
1951 - NFL rules tackles, guards & centers ineligible for forward pass
1951 - NFL takes control of failing Baltimore Colts

1958 - 1st black in NHL (William O'Ree, Boston Bruins)

1961 - Mark Messier, Edmonton Alberta, NHL Center (Edmonton, NY Rangers) is born

1967 - Reese "Goose" Tatum, basketballer (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 45

1973 - Boston Red Sox sign Orlando Cepeda as 1st player signed as a DH
1976 - Super Bowl X: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Dallas Cowboys, 21-17

in Miami Super Bowl MVP: Lynn Swann, Pittsburgh, WR

1980 - Julius Peppers, Green Bay  football player is born
1983 - IOC restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals 70 years after

they were taken from him for being paid $25 in semipro baseball

1991 - Longest tennis match at the Australian Open, Boris Becker beats

Italy's Omar Camporese in 5 hours & 11 mins

1992 - NHL All Star Game - Campbell-10, Wales-6 (Brett Hull, MVP) at Philadelphia

1995 - Ron Luciano, American baseball umpire (b. 1937) dies

1998 - Boston Celtics retire Robert Parrish's #00

2008 - Georgia Frontiere, American football team owner (b. 1927) dies