Friday, January 17, 2014

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JANUARY 17TH

1916 - First PGA Championship: Jim Barnes at Siwanoy CC Bronxville NY.
1934 - Carl Hubbell, NL MVP winner, gets $18,000 contract by the NY Giants.
1942 - Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay], Louisville Kentucky, 
Heavyweight boxing champion (1964-7 74-8) is born.
1963 - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 67 points vs LA.
1970 - 357 Baseball Players are available in the free-agent draft.
1970 - Sporting News names Willie Mays as Player of the Decade for the 1960s.
1971 - Super Bowl V: Balt Colts-16, Dallas Cowboys-13 in Miami 
Superbowl MVP: Chuck Howley, Dallas, LB.
1982 - Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat basketball player is born.
1989 - Al Arbour wins his 600th NHL game as coach.
1989 - Phoenix Suns cancel game at Miami Heat, due to racial unrest in Miami.
1995 - LA Rams announce that they are moving to St Louis.
1997 - NBA suspends Dennis Rodman indefinitely for kicking cameraman.
2010 - Gaines Adams, Chicago Bears football player (b. 1983) dies at the age of 26 
of cardiac arrest due to cardiomyopathy, an enlarged heart.  

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