Tuesday, February 4, 2014

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - FEBRUARY 4TH

1912 - Byron Nelson, Fort Worth Tx, PGA golfer (won 19 tournaments in 1945) is born.
1943 - Frank Calder, first NHL president, dies
1952 - First black executive of a major TV station (Jackie Robinson-WNBC NY).
1959 - Lawrence Taylor, [LT], NFL's greatest linebacker (NY Giants) is born.
1962 - Russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game.
1968 - Bowie Kuhn replaces William Eckert as 5th commissioner of baseball.
1969 - John Madden is named head coach of NFL's Oakland Raiders.
1971 - Baseball announces a special hall of fame wing for blacks.
1973 - Oscar De La Hoya, Los Angeles California, US boxer (Olympic Gold 92) is born.
1987 - Stars & Stripes beats Australia's Kookaburra 3, sweeps America's Cup.
1990 - St Petersburg Pelicans beat West Palm Beach Tropics 12-4.
 to win first Senior Professional Baseball Association Championship
1991 - Hall of Fame's board of directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose.
1993 - Marge Schott suspended from baseball for 1 year due to racism.
1997 - Mario Lemieux is 7th NHL player to score 600 goals.
2007 - Super Bowl XLI: Indianapolis Colts beat Chicago Bears, 29-17 
at the Dolphin Stadium MVP: Peyton Manning, Indianapolis, QB.

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