TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - OCTOBER 2ND

1907 - Phillies Eddie Grant goes 7 for 7 in a doubleheader vs Giants.

1932 - Washington Redskins (as Boston Braves) play 1st NFL game, lose 14-0.

1932 - Maury Wills, baseball shortstop (LA Dodgers, NL MVP 1962) is born.
1936 - NY Yankees score World Series record 18 runs, beating Giants 18-4.
1936 - Tony Lazzeri becomes 1st Yank to hit a World Series grand slam.
1947 - Yankee Yogi Berra becomes 1st to pinch hit a World Series homer.
1949 - Yanks & Red Sox, tied for 1st place, play final game of season.

Yanks win 5-3 & clinch pennant #16.
1950 - Red Sox Dom DiMaggio leads AL with only 15 stolen bases.

1953 - Dodger Carl Erskine strikes out 14 Yankees in World Series.

1957 - NY Yankees appear in their 25th World Series.

1963 - Dodgers' Sandy Koufax strikes out World Series record 15 Yankees.

1966 - LA Dodgers Sandy Koufax clinches 3rd LA pennant in 4 years.

1972 - Mont Expos Bill Stoneman 2nd no-hitter beats NY Mets, 7-0.
1974 - Hank Aaron's 733rd career HR on his last NL at bat.

1978 - Yanks win 3rd straight AL East beating Red Sox 5-4 in a playoff game.

Guidry wins #25 aided by Dent's homer & Pinella's fielding.

1980 - Larry Holmes TKOs Muhammad Ali in 11 for heavyweight boxing title.
1983 - Art Monk begins NFL streak of 136 plus consecutive game receptions.

1986 - NY Met Dwight Gooden is 1st to strike out 200 or more in 1st 3 seasons.

1988 - Minnesota Twins are 1st AL club ever to break 3 million season attendance.

1991 - Eric Lindros refuses to sign with Quebec Nordiques.

1991 - Steffi Graf becomes the youngest woman

to win 500 professional tennis matches.
1991 - Toronto Blue Jays clinches AL East title

& becomes 1st team to draw 4 million fans.

2005 - NFL plays first regular season game outside United States when the

Arizona Cardinals defeat the San Francisco 49ers 31-14 in Mexico City, Mexico.