1892 - Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500, becomes 1st pro football player.
1920 - Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis elected 1st baseball commissioner.
1927 - Jack Butler, NFL hall of famer (Pittsburgh Pirates),
born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2013).
1933 - 1st game at NFL Pitts Pirate's Forbes Field, lose to Bkln Dodgers 32-0.
1944 - Al Michaels, American sportscaster (Miracle on Ice,
American Football), born in Brooklyn, New York.
1950 - Gene Roberts sets NFL NY Giant rushing record (218 yds) vs Chic Cards.
1952 - Phila A's pitcher Bobby Shantz wins AL MVP.
1952 - White Sox place Jim Rivera on 1 year probation after cleared of rape.
1953 - US district Judge Grim, rules NFL can black out TV home games.
1955 - E Arcaro, E Sande & G Woolf 1st inductees in Jockey hall of fame.
1959 - White Sox 2B Nellie Fox wins AL's MVP.
1950 - Gene Roberts sets NFL NY Giant rushing record (218 yds) vs Chic Cards.
1952 - Phila A's pitcher Bobby Shantz wins AL MVP.
1952 - White Sox place Jim Rivera on 1 year probation after cleared of rape.
1953 - US district Judge Grim, rules NFL can black out TV home games.
1955 - E Arcaro, E Sande & G Woolf 1st inductees in Jockey hall of fame.
1959 - White Sox 2B Nellie Fox wins AL's MVP.
1961 - Nadia Comaneci, [Gheorghe], Romania,
gymnist (1st 10/Olymp-gold-1976) is born.
1967 - Michael Moorer, boxing heavyweight champ
(defeated Holyfield-1994), born in Brooklyn, New York.
1968 - Sammy Sosa, Dominican Republic, outfielder (Chicago Cubs) is born.
1968 - Sammy Sosa, Dominican Republic, outfielder (Chicago Cubs) is born.
1970 - Tonya Harding, Portland Oregon, figure skater
(Oly-8th-1994/US Champ 1994) is born.
1975 - NY Mets Tom Seaver wins his 3rd Cy Young Award.
1975 - 25th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Richard Petty wins.
1975 - 25th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Richard Petty wins.
1986 - Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award unanimously.
1990 - "The Body Bag Game", in the days leading to the clash, Eagles
head coach Buddy Ryan threatened a beating so severe that "they'll have to
be carted off in body bags". Ryan's words were prophetic, as the Eagles
defense scored three touchdowns in a 28–14 win and knocked eight Redskins
out of the game, including two quarterbacks.
1992 - NY Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is reinstated for 8th time.
1993 - Bill Dickey, HOF baseball catcher (NY Yankees, 1928-46), dies at 86.
1994 - Wilma Glodean Rudolph, US sprinter (Olympics-3 gold-60), dies at 54.
1994 - Wilma Glodean Rudolph, US sprinter (Olympics-3 gold-60), dies at 54.
2012 - Joe Sakic, Mats Sundin, Pavel Bure and Adam Oates
are inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
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