1862 - 40,000 watch Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, SC.
1881 - Joseph V McCarthy, baseball manager (NY Yankees) is born.
1888 - 1st indoor baseball game played at fairgrounds in Philadelphia.
1927 - Nellie Fox, White Sox infielder (AL MVP 1959), (d. 1975) is born.
1945 - Ken "The Snake" Stabler, NFL quarterback
(Oakland Raiders, Super Bowl XI), born in Foley, Alabama (d. 2015).
1958 - Rickey Henderson, MLB outfielder
(stolen base king, A's, Yanks), born in Chicago, Illinois.
1971 - Longest NFL game (82m40s) as Dolphins beat Chiefs 27-24.
1976 - 6th Fiesta Bowl: #8 Oklahoma beats Wyoming, 41-7.
1977 - 7th Fiesta Bowl: #8 Penn State beats #15 Arizona State, 42-30.
1978 - 8th Fiesta Bowl: #8 Arkansas ties #15 UCLA, 10-10.
1979 - 9th Fiesta Bowl: #10 Pittsburgh beats Arizona, 16-10.
1989 - Billy Martin, NY Yankee manager, killed in a car accident at 61.
2008 - Phil Jackson becomes the sixth coach in NBA history to win 1,000 games.
1881 - Joseph V McCarthy, baseball manager (NY Yankees) is born.
1888 - 1st indoor baseball game played at fairgrounds in Philadelphia.
1927 - Nellie Fox, White Sox infielder (AL MVP 1959), (d. 1975) is born.
1945 - Ken "The Snake" Stabler, NFL quarterback
(Oakland Raiders, Super Bowl XI), born in Foley, Alabama (d. 2015).
1958 - Rickey Henderson, MLB outfielder
(stolen base king, A's, Yanks), born in Chicago, Illinois.
1971 - Longest NFL game (82m40s) as Dolphins beat Chiefs 27-24.
1976 - 6th Fiesta Bowl: #8 Oklahoma beats Wyoming, 41-7.
1977 - 7th Fiesta Bowl: #8 Penn State beats #15 Arizona State, 42-30.
1978 - 8th Fiesta Bowl: #8 Arkansas ties #15 UCLA, 10-10.
1979 - 9th Fiesta Bowl: #10 Pittsburgh beats Arizona, 16-10.
1989 - Billy Martin, NY Yankee manager, killed in a car accident at 61.
2008 - Phil Jackson becomes the sixth coach in NBA history to win 1,000 games.
No comments:
Post a Comment