TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - OCTOBER 7TH

1916 - Georgia Tech, coached by John Heisman, defeat Cumberland 222-0,

the most lopsided score in the history of College Football.
1922 - First radio link, WNJ (Newark) & WGY (Senectady) link for World Series.

1925 - Christy Mathewson, American baseball player (b. 1880) dies.

1927 - Yank Herb Pennock retires 1st 22 Pirates in World Series game.

1936 - 7th-place Brooklyn Dodgers fire manager Casey Stengel.
1940 - Reds Bucky Walters is 1st pitcher in 14 years to homer in World Series.
1947 - Larry MacPhail resigns as Yank GM after final game of World Series

1950 - Whitey Ford wins his 1st World Series game 5-2..

1964 - NY Yankees make 14th appearance in last 16 & 29th in 61 World Series.

1979 - Frank Mahovlich formally retires from the NHL after

a failed comeback attempt with the Detroit Red Wings.

1984 - Walter Payton passes Jim Brown as NFL's career rushing leader.

1986 - Steve Yzerman is named captain of the Detroit Red Wings,

a title he would hold for over 1,300 games.
1988 - Jim Fregosi is fired as manager of White Sox.

1990 - John "Cat" Thompson, basketball hall of famer, dies at 84.
1991 - Leo Durocher, baseball player and manager (Dodgers, Giants), dies at 86.

1992 - Tampa Bay Lightning become 1st NHL expansion team to win opener (7-2).
1995 - Boston's Fleet Center opens, NY Islanders & Boston Bruins tie at 4-4.
2000 - The last ever competitive soccer match at Wembley Stadium is a 1-0

defeat of England by Germany and the last goal was scored by Liverpool's

Dietmar Hammann. The match was Tony Adams' 60th at Wembley

setting the record for most appearances at the stadium.