TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - DECEMBER 13TH

1913 - Archie Moore, Benoit, Mississippi, light-heavyweight

boxing champ (1952-60), (d. 1998) is born.
1924 - Larry Doby, 1st African American in

baseball's AL (Cleveland Indians) is born.

1930 - George Sisler's career ends when Boston Braves release him.
1936 - Final Boston Redskin NFL game, lose to Packers 21-6, move to Wash DC.
1936 - Green Bay Packers win NFL championship with a

10–1–1 record under coach Curly Lambeau.
1942 - Washington Redskins defeat Chicago Bears 14-6, to win NFL title.
1956 - Dodgers trade Jackie Robinson to Giants for pitcher

Dick Littlefield & $35,000. Robinson will retire .

1977 - 14 University of Evansville basketball players die in plane crash.

1982 - 71st Women's Australian Open: Chris Evert-Lloyd

beats Martina Navratilova (6-3, 2-6, 6-3).

1990 - Alice Marble, California, tennis star, dies at 77.

1996 - Free agent Roger Clemens signs with Toronto Blue Jays.
1997 - 63rd Heisman Trophy Award: Charles Woodson, Michigan (CB).
1999 - 65th Heisman Trophy Award: Ron Dayne, Wisconsin (RB).
2003 - 69th Heisman Trophy Award: Jason White, Oklahoma (QB).

2006 - Lamar Hunt, American sports executive (b. 1932) dies.
2007 - The Mitchell Report is publicly released listing the names of

89 Major League Baseball players that have presumably used anabolic

steroids and human growth hormones. Notable players to be named

include Roger Clemens and Miguel Tejada.
2010 - 76th Heisman Trophy Award: Cam Newton, Auburn (QB).

2014 - 80th Heisman Trophy Award: Marcus Mariota, Oregon (QB).