Saturday, December 28, 2013

THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - DECEMBER 28TH

1905 - Intercollegiate Athletic Association of US founded (becomes NCAA in 1910)
1947 - Chicago Cards beat Philadelphia Eagles 28-21 in NFL Championship game
1948 - Jorge Velasquez, jockey (Kentucky Derby-1981, Preakness-1981) is born.
1952 - Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-7 in NFL Championship game
1958 - What might be called greatest NFL game, Colts beat Giants 23-17
1960 - Raymond Bourque, Montreal, NHL defenseman (Team Canada, Boston) is born.
1972 - Adam Vinatieri, WLAF punter/kicker (Amsterdam Admirals, NE Patriots) is born.
1975 - Red Army beats NY Rangers 7-3 at Madison Square Garden
1991 - 8 are crushed to death at a RAP basketball game at City College, NYC
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.

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