TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - OCTOBER 8TH

1818 - Two English boxers are first to use padded gloves

1904 - 1st Vanderbilt Cup auto race (Hicksville, Long Island, NY)

1915 - Phillies win their 1st & only World Series game before 1980,

beating Red Sox, 3-1, with an 8th inning 2 run rally

1917 - Danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates) is born

1929 - A's Howard Ehmke (7-2) sets World Series record striking out 13 Cubs

1950 - Cleveland Browns play Pittsburgh for 1st time, beat Steelers 30-17
1951 - Ford C Frick replaces Happy Chandler as 3rd commissioner of baseball

Warren C Giles becomes president of baseball's National League

1953 - Birmingham Alabama, bars Jackie Robinson's Negro-White All-Stars

from playing there Robinson gives in & drops white players from his group

1955 - Bill Elliott, auto racer (Daytona-1978) is born
1956 - Don Larsen, NY, pitches only perfect World Series game, vs Brooklyn
1957 - Brooklyn Dodgers announce move to Los Angeles
1958 - Braves Eddie Mathews strikes out for World Series record 11th time

1965 - Matt Biondi, US 100m swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-84, 88, 92) is born

1972 - Harold Carmichael begins NFL streak of 127 consecutive game receptions

1978 - Jim Gilliam, coach (LA Dodgers), dies at 49

1982 - NJ Devils 1st victory, beating NY Rangers 3-2 at Meadowlands

1992 - Ottawa Senators 1st NHL game

1995 - Dolphin's Dan Marino breaks Tarkenton's NFL career completions record

2002 - Jacques Richard, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952) dies

2011 - Al Davis, American football executive, dies at 82
2013 - Andy Pafko, Americal baseball player, dies at 92