TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - OCTOBER 15TH

1910 - Stanley "Midnight Assassin" Ketchel,

heavy weight boxing champ, shot & killed.

1912 - Red Sox Tris Speaker's makes only world series

unassisted double play, from the outfield.

1923 - NY Yankees 1st World Series win beating NY Giants, 4 games to 2.

1928 - Walter Johnson signs a 3-year contract to manage the Senators.
1933 - Philadelphia Eagles play 1st NFL game, lose to NY Giants 56-0.
1935 - NHL's St Louis Eagles fold.

1945 - Jim Palmer, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles

1965-1984), born in NYC, New York is born.

1951 - Roscoe Tanner, Kiawah Island South Carolina,

tennis player (Wimbledon Finals 1979) is born.

1957 - Giants trade Minneapolis franchise to Red Sox

for SF Seals-franchises only, not the players.

1969 - Madison Square Garden TV Network begins (Rangers vs North Stars).

1969 - Oriole Earl Weaver becomes 1st manager ejected in a World Series.

1972 - Omni in Atlanta opens - Hawks beat NY Knicks 109-101.

1979 - NY Knicks retire 2nd number, # 10, Walt Frazier.

1980 - George Brett is forced out of World Series with hemorrhoids.

1987 - NFL Players Association orders an end to 24 day strike.
1988 - NCAA record rushing yardage (768 yards-Oklahoma).
1988 - With 2 outs in bottom of 9th, an injured Kirk Gibson hits dramatic 2 run

HR to gives Dodgers a 5-4 win in 1st game of World Series.

1989 - Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howes as NHL's all time top scorer.

1995 - Carolina Panthers win 1st game ever beating NY Jets 26-15.

2005 - Jason Collier, American basketball player (b. 1977) dies of a sudden

heart rhythm disturbance caused by an abnormally enlarged heart.