TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - DECEMBER 14TH

1901 - 1st table tennis tournament is held (London Royal Aquarium).
1915 - Jack Johnson is 1st black world heavyweight boxing champion.
1920 - Jack Dempsey KOs Bill Brennan in 12 for heavyweight boxing title in NYC.

1939 - Ernie [Ernest] Davis, American football player

1st African American to win Heisman Trophy (1961) is born.

1941 - 1st NFL division playoff, Bears beat Packers 33-14.

1947 - The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing

(NASCAR) is founded in Daytona Beach, Florida.

1950 - Baseball owners choose Lou Perini (Braves), Phil Wrigley (Cubs),

Del Webb (Yankees), & Ellis Ryan (Indians) to select new commissioner.

1953 - Brooklyn Dodgers sign pitcher Sandy Koufax.
1958 - Pat Summerall kicks game winning field goal for the

New York Giants against the Cleveland Browns at Yankee Stadium.

1960 - Washington Senators joins American League.

1965 - Craig Biggio, Smithtown NY, infielder (Houston Astros) is born.

1980 - Elston Howard, MVP catcher (NY Yankees), dies at 59.

1982 - Marcel Dionne, LA, becomes 9th NHLer to score 500 goals.

1985 - Roger Maris, HR hitter (61 in 61, NY Yankees), dies of cancer at 51.

1991 - 57th Heisman Trophy Award: Desmond Howard, Michigan (WR).
1992 - Lennox Lewis given WBC title, when Riddick Bowe refused to fight him.
1996 - 62nd Heisman Trophy Award: Danny Wuerffel, Florida (QB).

1997 - Phoenix Coyote Mike Gartner is 5th NHLer to score 700 goals.
1998 - 64th Heisman Trophy Award: Ricky Williams, Texas (RB).
2009 - 75th Heisman Trophy Award: Mark Ingram, Jr., Alabama (RB).