Monday, February 25, 2013

THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - FEBRUARY 25TH

1933 - Major NFL rule changes (hash mark 10 yds in, posts on goal line).
1933 - Thomas Yawkey purchases Boston Red Sox.
1941 - Boston Bruins set NHL record of 23-game unbeaten streak (15-0-8).
1951 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins Orlando Florida 2 Ball Golf Tournament.
1957 - Supreme Court decides 6-3, baseball is only antitrust exempt pro sport.
1961 - Niagara ends St Bonaventura's 99-game home basketball win streak.
1964 - Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) TKOs Sonny Liston in 7 rounds for Heavyweight boxing title.
1969 - Pension plan for baseball is agreed to.
1972 - Lopsided trade, Cardinals trade Steve Carlton to Phillies for Rick Wise.
1974 - Veronica & Colin Scargill (England) begin tandem bicycle ride 
a record 18,020 miles around the world, completed on August 27, 1975.
1977 - New Orleans' Pete Maravich sets NBA record for a guard with 68 points.
1987 - LaMarr Hoyt is banned from baseball for 1987, due to drug abuse.
1987 - Michael Jordan, scores Chicago Bull record 58 points in a game.
1989 - Dallas Cowboys' new owner fire coach Tom Landry after a 29-year career.
1994 - Phil Rizzuto elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.

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