TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - FEBRUARY 2ND

1876 - Baseball's National League forms with teams in Boston,

Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, St Louis.
1892 - Longest boxing match under modern rules; 77 rounds

in Nameoki, Illinois between Harry Sharpe & Frank Crosby.

1895 - George S Halas, [Papa Bear], end/coach (Bears), co-founder NFL is born.

1908 - Clarence "Buster" Crabbe, California,

swimmer (Olympic-gold-1932)/actor is born.

1919 - Allie Reynolds, NY Yankee pitcher (1952 AL ERA leader (2.07)) is born.
1923 - Al "Red" Schoendienst, baseball manager/

2nd baseman (St Louis Cards) is born.
1943 - Cubs return to original uniform after experimenting with a vest.
1944 - Baseball meets in NYC to discuss postwar action.
1949 - Golfing champ Ben Hogan seriously injured in an auto accident.

1959 - Vince Lombardi signs a 5 year contract to coach Green Bay Packers.

1967 - Formation of American Basketball Association is announced.
1969 - Stan Coveleski & Waite Hoyt are voted into Baseball Hall of Fame.
1970 - Pete Maravich becomes 1st to score 3,000 college basketball points.

1987 - KC Royal pitcher Dennis Leonard (3X 20 game winner), retires.

2005 - Max Schmeling, German boxer

(1930-32 World Heavyweight Champion), dies at 99.

2012 - NHL player Sam Gagner becomes the first player to scores eight points

in one game for the Edmonton Oilers against the Chicago Blackhawks since 1989.
2014 - Super Bowl XLVIII: Seattle Seahawks defeat Denver Broncos 42-8,

most viewed television event in the United States with over 111 million viewers.