TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JUNE 4TH

1920 - Marion Motley, NFL running back (all-time leading AAFC rusher) is born.

1927 - First Ryder Cup: US beats England, 9½-2½

at Worcester Country Club (Worcester, Massachusetts, US).

1929 - Harry Frazee, Boston Red Sox owner from 1916-1923 (b. 1881) dies.

1940 - First NL night game at Sportsman's Park (Dodgers 10, Cardinals 1).
1940 - First night game at Forbes Field (Pirates 14, Braves 2).

1951 - Pirate's' Gus Bell hits for cycle helps beat Phillies 12-4.

1964 - LA Dodger Sandy Koufax 3rd no-hitter beats Phil Phillies, 3-0.

1972 - Record 8 shutouts pitched in 16 major league games (AL=5, NL=3).

1974 - NFL grants franchise to Seattle Seahawks.

1984 - Arnold Palmer fails to make US Open golf tournament 1st time in 32 yrs.

1988 - Rickey Henderson steals 2 bases for record 249 as a NY Yankee.

1990 - LA Dodger Ramon Martinez strikes out 18 Atlanta Braves.

1992 - Earvin Johnson III, son of NBA foward Magic Johnson is born.

2007 - Clete Boyer, American baseball player (b. 1937) dies.
2007 - Bill France Jr., NASCAR pioneer (b. 1933) dies.
2009 - Stanley Cup: Pittsburgh Penguins defeat Detroit Red Wings 4-3,

Evgeni Malkin 1st Russian to win MVP.

2010 - John Wooden, American basketball player and coach (b. 1910) dies.
2014 - Don Zimmer, American baseball manager, dies from heart failure

as a complication from cardiac surgery at 83.