Friday, October 23, 2015

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - OCTOBER 23RD

1869 - John Heisman, American pioneering football
coach/trophy namesake, born in Cleveland, Ohio is born
1884 - 1st World Series OKed by AA, Providence (NL) beats NY Mets (AA) 6-0
1906 - Gertrude Ederle, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1924), born in NYC, NY is born
1920 - Chicago grand jury indicts Abe Attell, Hal Chase, & Bill Burns
as go-betweens in Black Sox World Series scandal
1921 - Green Bay Packers play 1st NFL game, 7-6 win over Minneapolis
1923 - Babe Ruth makes a postseason exhibition appearance in a Giants uniform
1931 - Jim Bunning, Southgate, Kentucky, baseball player
and politician (perfect Game vs Mets 1965)/(Rep. Senator-Ky)
1935 - Chi Chi Rodriguez, Rio Piedras PR, PGA golfer (1972 Byron Nelson) is born
1940 - Pelé [Edson Arantes do Nascimento], Três Corações, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
Brazilian footballer (Player of the Century - 1281 goals in 1363 games) is born
1945 - Jackie Robinson signs Montreal Royal contract
1955 - Dominican League moves to winter baseball for 1st time
1962 - Doug Flutie, CFL/NFL quarterback (Argonauts, Generals, Bears, Pats) is born
1964 - Japanese beat Russian for 1st Olympic Gold in woman's volleyball
1974 - Cubs trade future HOFer Billy Williams to A's
for Manny Trillo, Darold Knowles & Bob Locker
1984 - Cubs Rick Sutcliffe, selected as a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young
1988 - Boston Celtics play Spain in Madrid
1997 - Les Alexander, owner of Houston Rockets buys NHL's Edmonton Oilers
2000 - "Monday Night Miracle", down 30-7 at the end of the third quarter,
the New York Jets pulled together a rapid and improbable comeback with
4 touchdowns and a field goal in the fourth quarter, eventually defeating the
Miami Dolphins 40-37 in overtime
2001 - Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and racehorse owner (b. 1917) dies
2008 - Kevin Finnegan, British Middleweight Boxing Champion (b. 1948) dies
2008 - Joe Sakic scores his final career goal (#625) against the Edmonton Oilers

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