TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - NOVEMBER 20TH

1866 - Pierre Lalemont patents rotary crank bicycle.

1866 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/1st commissioner of baseball is born.
1869 - Clark Griffith, Mo, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees) is born.
1902 - Geo Lefevre & Henri Desgrange create Tour de France bicycle race.

1928 - Boston Gardens opens, Mont Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0.

1942 - NHL abolishes regular season OT until WW II is over.
1952 - Cubs slugger Hank Sauer wins NL MVP.

1956 - Mark Gastineau, NFL end (NY Jets, Pro Bowl 1981-85) is born.

1962 - Mickey Mantle wins AL MVP.

1969 - Pele scores his 1,000th soccer goal.
1969 - SF Giant Willie McCovey edges Tom Seaver as NL MVP.

1977 - Steve Largent begins NFL streak of 177 consecutive game receptions.
1977 - Walter Payton (Bears) rushes for NFL-record 275 yards.

1985 - NY Yankee Don Mattingly easily wins AL MVP.
1989 - Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Robin Yount wins AL MVP.
1990 - Oakland's Rickey Henderson wins AL MVP.
1990 - Sacramento Kings last NBA win on the road for over a year.
1991 - Atlanta Braves Terry Pendleton wins NL MVP.

1993 - Heather Farr, golfer, dies of cancer at 28.

1997 - Flyers Eric Lindros tries to bite San Jose defenseman Marty McSorley.
1997 - Last original Florida Marlin, Jeff Conine, traded to KC Royals.

2006 - Andre Waters, American football player (b. 1962) dies

of a self inflicted gun shoot wound to the head.