TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - DECEMBER 9TH

1913 - Heavyweight Jack Johnson-Jim Johnson fight to no decision in Paris.
1913 - John K Tener becomes president of baseball's National League.

1926 - USGA leagalizes steel shaft golf clubs.
1931 - Baseball cuts squad from 25 to 23 players

& NL continues to prohibit uniform numbers.

1934 - Al Kaline, baseball outfielder (Detroit Tigers), born in Baltimore.

1934 - NY Giants defeat Chicago Bears 30-13 for NFL championship.
1935 - 1st Heisman Trophy Award: Jay Berwanger, Chicago (HB).
1936 - AL OKs night baseball for St Louis.

1938 - [David] Deacon Jones, NFL defensive end

(LA, SD, Washington), (d. 2013) is born.

1942 - Dick Butkus, NFL HOF linebacker (Bears)/sportscaster, born in Chicago.

1949 - Thomas O Kite Jr, Austin TX, PGA

golfer (1978 BC Open, Crosby 1983) is born.

1949 - NFL merges Cleveland Browns, SF '49ers & Balt Colts from AAFC.

1965 - Frank Robinson is traded from Cincinnati to the Orioles.

1965 - Branch Rickey, American baseball executive (b. 1884) dies.

1968 - Kurt Angle, 220 lbs freestyle wrestler (Oly-gold-96), born in Pittsburgh.

1978 - 1st game of Women's Pro Basketball League

(WBL), Chicago Hustle vs Milwaukee Does.

1984 - LA Ram Eric Dickerson rushes 215 yards for season record 2,003 yards.

1985 - Jerry Rice begins NFL streak of 100+ consecutive games with a reception.
1987 - Larry Bird ends streak of 59 consecutive free throws.
1988 - NY Yankees sign 12-year television contract with MSG for $500M.

1990 - NFL NY Giant Otis Anderson becomes 8th to rush for 10,000th yard.

1992 - Carl Barger, baseball pres (Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins), dies at 62.

1992 - NJ Devils organization announces that it will change

its colors to black, red, & white for the 1992-93 season.

1998 - Archie Moore, American boxer, dies at 81.

2012 - Juan Manuel Márquez knocks out Manny Pacquiao

in round six for the WBO light welterweight title.
2013 - Mike Ditka's #89 jersey is retired by the Chicago Bears.