Monday, March 10, 2014

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - MARCH 10TH

1896 - Charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins first modern marathon in 3:18 [OS].
1951 - FBI director J. Edgar Hoover declines post of baseball commissioner.
1957 - Thousands of soccer fans riot in Italy.
1959 - Dorothy Comiskey Rigney, sells 54% of White Sox to Bill Veeck.
1961 - Bobby Petrino, American football coach is born.
1961 - Pam Oliver, American sportscaster is born.
1962 - Due to its no black policy, Phillies leave Jack Tar Harrison Hotel & 
move to Rocky Point Motel, 20 miles outside Clearwater, Florida.
1963 - Pete Rose debuts with hits in his 2 1st at bats in spring training.
1963 - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 70 points vs Syracuse.
1965 - Rod Woodson, Fort Wayne, Indiana, NFL cornerback
kick returner (Pittsburgh Steelers, SF 49ers).
1972 - Matt Kenseth, American race car driver is born.
1977 - Shannon Miller, Rolla MO, gymnast (Oly2 gold-2 silver/3 bronze-92, 96) is born.
1983 - Walter Alston, Dodgers manager, elected to Hall of Fame.
1985 - Dallas Maverick coach Dick Motta is 4th NBA coach to win 700 games.
1991 - Eddie Sutton is first NCAA coach to lead 4 schools into playoffs.

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