Saturday, November 8, 2014

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - NOVEMBER 8TH

1920 - Baseball meeting to depose Ban Johnson is set for Nov 12th.
1929 - Bobby Bowden, American football coach is born.
1942 - Angel Cordero Jr, jockey (won over 6,000 races) is born.
1950 - Walt Dropo of Boston Red Sox selected AL Rookie of Year.
1951 - NY Yankee Catcher Yogi Berra wins 1st of his 3 MVP awards.
1961 - Whitey Ford is voted Cy Young Award winner over Warren Spahn.
1964 - Orioles Frank Robinson unanimous choice as AL MVP.
1966 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signs anti-trust immunity to AFL-NFL merger.
1970 - Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks NFL record 63 yard field goal.
1989 - Cubs Jerome Walton wins the NL Rookie of Year.
1990 - Darryl Strawberry signs 5-year contract with LA Dodgers.
1991 - Paul Coffey sets NHL defensman soring mark with 311th goal.
1994 - Cleveland Cavaliers 1st game at Gund Arena, lose to Houston Rockets, 100-98.
1997 - Tampa Bay Devil Rays name their 1st manager Larry Rothschild.
2010 - Quintin Dailey, American basketball player (b. 1961) dies in his sleep in
Las Vegas at the age of 49 due to hypertensive cardiovascular disease.

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