Tuesday, January 15, 2013

THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JANUARY 15TH

1934 - Babe Ruth signs a 1934 contract for $35,000 ($17,000 cut).
1936 - Horace Stoneham elected president of the NY Giants.
1939 - First NFL Pro Bowl, NY Giants beat All Stars 13-10 in Wrigley Field.
1942 - Chicago Cubs, drop plans to install lights at Wrigley due to WW II.
1942 - FDR asks commissioner to continue baseball during WW II.
1957 - Brooklyn Dodgers sign a new 3 year lease for Ebbets Field.
1958 - NY Yankees sign million dollar plus deal to show 140 games on WPIX TV.
1964 - Baseball agrees to hold a free-agent draft in NYC.
1967 - Superbowl I: Green Bay Packers beat KC Chiefs, 35-10 in LA 
Superbowl MVP: Bart Starr, Green Bay, QB.
1970 - Milwaukee Brewers make their first trade (with Oakland A's).
1981 - Bob Gibson elected to the Baseball's Hall of Fame.
1983 - Hartford Whalers smallest crowd 4,812 (beat Devils) during blizzard.
1984 - Hana Mandlikova ends Martina Navratilova's 54-match winning streak.
1990 - 42 year old George Foreman KOs George Cooney in 2 rounds.
1997 - Chicago Bull Dennis Rodman kicks cameraman, Eugene Amosin the groin.

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