Friday, October 25, 2013

THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - OCTOBER 25TH

1621 - Govenor Bradford of US colony Plymouth disallows sports on Christmas Day.
1912 - Jack Kent Cooke, NFL team owner (Washington Redskins) is born.
1917 - Lee MacPhail, American baseball manager and league executive is born.
1926 - Lester Patrick becomes first coach & gm of NY Rangers.
1940 - Bobby Knight, college basketball coach (Indiana, Olympic-gold-1984) is born.
1948 - Dave Cowens, NBA forward (Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks) is born.
1953 - Cleveland Browns' QB Otto Graham sets club record with 4 fumbles.
1954 - Mike Eruzione, Winthrop Mass, hockey player (Olympics-gold-1980) is born.
1956 - White Sox manager Marty Marion resigns. AL Lopez replaces him.
1964 - Anton Geesink is first non-Japanese Olympic Judo gold medal winner.
1975 - Denver Nuggets first game at McNichols Sports Arena beat St Louis Spirits.
1978 - Padres Gaylord Perry is first to win Cy Young in both leagues (NL).
1990 - Evander Holyfield KOs Buster Douglas in 3 for Heavyweight boxing title.
1992 - Rene Lachemann hired as Florida Marlins first manager.
1995 - Bobby Riggs, tennis star, dies of prostate cancer at 77.

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