TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - DECEMBER 28TH

1887 - Sir John Layton Jarvis, 1st British race horse trainer knighted.
1905 - Intercollegiate Athletic Association of US founded (becomes NCAA in 1910).

1944 - Former Wash 3rd baseman Buddy Lewis wins Distinguished Flying Cross.
1947 - Chic Cards beat Philadelphia Eagles 28-21 in NFL championship game.
1952 - Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-7 in NFL championship game.

1958 - "The Greatest Game Ever Played", Baltimore Colts beat New York Giants

23-17 in the first every sudden-death overtime game in NFL history (17 future

members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame were involved in the game).

1960 - Raymond bourque, Saint-Laurent Quebec,

NHL defenseman (Team Canada, Boston) is born.

1968 - 57th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (4-1).

1972 - Adam Vinatieri, WLAF punter/kicker

(Amsterdam Admirals, NE Patriots) is born.
1974 - 4th Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma State beats #17 BYU, 16-6.

1975 - "The Hail Mary", with 32 seconds left in the NFC Divisional

Playoff Game, Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach throws a desperate

50-yard winning touchdown pass to Drew Pearson to defeat the Minnesota

Vikings, and the "Hail Mary" play is born.

1991 - 8 are crushed to death at a RAP basketball game at City College, NYC.
1993 - John Maclean passes Kirk Muller as all-time NJ Devils scorer (521 pts).

2008 - The Detroit Lions finished the season 0-16 with a 31-21 lost to the

Green Bay Packers The first time in National Football League history that a

team went winless in a 16-game season.