Monday, February 17, 2014

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - FEBRUARY 17TH

1893 - Wally Pipp, American baseball player (d. 1965) is born.
1908 - Walter L "Red" Barber, Miss, sports announcer (Bkln Dodgers, NY Yanks) is born.
1923 - Ottawa Senator Cy Denneny becomes NHL's all time scorer (143 goals).
1936 - Jim Brown, Ga, NFL full back (Cleveland Browns)/actor (Dirty Dozen) is born.
1941 - Joe Louis KOs Gus Dorazio in 2 for Heavyweight boxing title.
1943 - NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio, enlists into the US army.
1959 - Tim Mara, co-founder of NFL's NY Giants, dies.
1962 - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Phila Warriors scores 67 points vs St Louis.
1963 - Michael Jordan, NBA guard/forward (Chicago Bulls) and sports superstar is born.
1964 - 101st member elected to baseball's hall of fame (Luke Appling).
1965 - US-Japan baseball relations suspended over Masanori Murakami dispute.
1968 - Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield Mass, opens.
1974 - 49 die in stampede for seats at soccer match, Cairo, Egypt.
1982 - Nestor Chylak, American baseball umpire (b. 1922) dies.
1989 - Former baseball player/manager Leo Durocher injured in a car crash.
1989 - Lefty Gomez, pitching great (NY Yankees), dies at 80.
1995 - Tiger Manager Sparky Anderson takes unpaid leave due to baseball strike.
1998 - USA Women's Ice Hockey Team beats Canada and wins the first Olympic Gold medal.

No comments:

Post a Comment