TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - OCTOBER 2ND

1921 - NY Yankee Babe Ruth hits then record 59th HR.
1932 - NY Yankees sweep Chicago Cubs in 29th World Series.

1932 - Maury Wills, baseball shortstop (LA Dodgers, NL MVP 1962) is born.
1932 - Washington Redskins (as Boston Braves) play 1st NFL game, lose 14-0.
1936 - NY Yankees score World Series record 18 runs, beating Giants 18-4.
1936 - Tony Lazzeri becomes 1st Yank to hit a World Series grand slam.

1942 - Steve Sabol, Moorestown New Jersey, filmmaker

(35 Emmy awards, founder of NFL Films) is born.
1947 - Yankee Yogi Berra becomes 1st to pinch hit a World Series homer.

1953 - Dodger Carl Erskine strikes out 14 Yankees in World Series.
1954 - NY Giants sweep Cleve Indians, in 51st World Series.

1957 - NY Yankees appear in their 25th World Series.
1963 - Dodgers' Sandy Koufax strikes out World Series record 15 Yankees.

1970 - Billy Martin named manager of Det Tigers.
1972 - Montreal Expos Bill Stoneman 2nd no-hitter beats NY Mets, 7-0.
1974 - Hank Aaron's 733rd career HR on his last NL at bat.

1977 - Dusty Baker 30th HR joins teammates Steve Garvey (33), Reggie Smith (32),

& Ron Cey (30) in make Dodgers 1st team to boast 4 30-HR hitters.

1980 - Larry Holmes TKOs Muhammad Ali in 11 for Heavyweight boxing title.
1983 - Art Monk begins NFL streak of 136 plus consecutive game receptions.

1988 - Minnesota Twins are 1st AL club ever to break 3 million season attendance.
1991 - Eric Lindros refuses to sign with Quebec Nordiques.
1991 - Steffi Graf becomes the youngest woman

to win 500 professional tennis matches.
1991 - Toronto Blue Jays clinches AL East title

& becomes 1st team to draw 4 million fans.

2005 - NFL plays first regular season game outside United States when the

Arizona Cardinals defeat the San Francisco 49ers 31-14 in Mexico City, Mexico.