Monday, August 4, 2014

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - AUGUST 4TH

1910 - A's Jack Coombs & White Sox Ed Walsh pitch a 16 inn scoreless tie
1921 - Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Montreal Canadien (MVP-1947) is born
1934 - NY Giants Mel Ott sets record of 6 runs in game & beats Phillies 21-4
1945 - Golfer Byron Nelson records most tournament wins (18) in a season
1945 - Red Sox Tom McBride is 3rd to get 6 RBIs in an inning (4th)
1947 - Kenneth Dryden, NHL goalie (Montreal Canadiens, 6 Stanley Cups) is born
1949 - NBL & NBAA merge into National Basketball Association
1962 - Roger Clemens, Dayton OH, pitcher
(Red Sox, Blue Jays, Cy Young, MVP) is born
1971 - Jeff Gordon, American race car driver is born
1978 - Kurt Busch, American race car driver is born
1982 - NY Met Joel Youngblood singles in Chicago day game, he is traded,
then singles for Expos in Philadelphia night game
1984 - Carl Lewis wins gold medal in 100-meter dash at LA Summer Olympics
1985 - White Sox Tom Seaver is 17th to win #300, beating Yankees
1989 - Blue Jays Dave Steib's perfect game broken up in 9th
with 2 outs by NY Yankee Roberto Kelly
2013 - Art Donovan, American football player, dies from a respiratory ailment at 89

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