Wednesday, December 24, 2014

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - DECEMBER 24TH

1889 - Daniel Stover & William Hance patent bicycle with back pedal brake.
1940 - Paul Tagliabue, NFL commissioner (1989-2006 ) is born.
1950 - Cleveland Browns win NFL Championship, beat LA 30-28.
1961 - Houston Oilers beat San Diego Chargers 10-3 in AFL championship game.
1974 - Cardinals' Lou Brock is named Sportsman of the Year.
1982 - Chaminade, with a student body of only 850 students, beats
#1 ranked Virginia 77-72 in a Honolulu holiday basketball classic.
1990 - Expos trade Tim Raines to White Sox for Ivan Calderon & Barry Jones.
2004 - Johnny Oates, baseball player and manager (b. 1946) succumbes to a
brain tumor at age 58 at Virginia Commonwealth Univ. MC in Richmond.
 


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