TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - OCTOBER 12TH

1853 - John Morrissey wins boxing title, when Yankee Sullivan

leaves ring after 36th round to slug Morrissey's fans.

1913 - John McGraw, after drinking, blames Wilbert Robinson's coaching

mistakes for World Series lose, Robertson blames McGraw & is fired.

1923 - NY Giant's Casey Stengel HR beats Yanks 1-0 in World Series.

1932 - Ned Jarrett, Conover, North Carolina, American race car

driver and announcer (50 Grand National victories) is born.
1936 - Tony Kubek, shortstop (NY Yankees)/sportscaster

(NBC-TV, Madison Square Garden) is born.

1967 - St Louis Cards beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 64th World Series

as Lou Brock steals a record 7 bases in 1 World Series.

1969 - Sonja Henie, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1928, 32, 36), dies at 57.

1975 - Marion Jones, track and field athlete/drug cheat (5 forfeited Olympic

medals), born in Los Angeles, California is born.

1977 - "Throwaway Game" Catfish Hunter loses WS 6-1 resting Yank pitchers.

1991 - Boxer Hector Comacho arrested for driving while getting oral sex.
1991 - Mike Lerch of Princeton ties NCAA record with 370 receiving yards.

1991 - Doug Flutie of BC Lions sets CFL passing record of 582 yards

despite losing to Edmonton 45-38 in overtime.
1992 - Brett "Hitman" Hart beats Ric Flair for WWF Heavyweight title.
1992 - Wash Redskin Art Monk sets NFL record with 820th reception.

1999 - Wilt Chamberlain, basketball player, dies of congestive heart failure at 63.

1999 - Pat LaFontaine retires from the NHL due to lingering concussion problems.

2003 - Willie Shoemaker, American jockey (b. 1931) dies.

2008 - Anna Kournikova and Andy Roddick defeat Martina Navratilova and

Jesse Levine in a match for charity, raising over $400,000 for the Elton John

AIDS Foundation and Atlanta AIDS Partnership Fund.
2013 - Timothy Bradley defeats Juan Manuel Márquez

to win the WBA Welterweight boxing title.