THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - FEBRUARY 15TH

1916 - NY Yankees buy Frank "Home Run" Baker from the Athletics for $37,500.

1931 - Spring training site of NY Yankees in St Petersburg is renamed 

Miller Huggins Field in honor of the team's late manager.

1932 - US bobsled team member Eddie Eagan becomes only athlete to win gold

 in both Summer & Winter Olympics (1920 boxing gold).

1936 - Sonja Henie, Norway, wins 3rd consecutive Olympic Figure Skating gold.

1964 - Ken Hubbs, 2nd baseman (Chicago Cubs), dies in plane crash at 22.

1978 - Leon Spinks beats Muhammad Ali in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
1980 - Eric Heiden skates Olympic record 500m in 38.03 sec.
1980 - Wayne Gretzy assists on NHL-record-tieing 7 goals.

1982 - Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), begins streak of 63 consecutive free throw.

1990 - Baseball owners lock out players.