Saturday, December 27, 2014

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - DECEMBER 27TH

1897 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Victorias beat Ottawa Capitals, 15-2.
1919 - Red Sox owner Harry Frazee announces they will deal any player
except Harry Hooper, Hooper is sent to the White Sox after 1920 season.
1937 - German immigration officials with no explanation bar Juan Carlos Zabala
(Arg), 1932 Olympic marathon champion, from entering Germany.
1953 - Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-16 in NFL Championship game.
1959 - Baltimore Colts beat NY Giants 31-16 in NFL Championship game.
1964 - Cleveland Browns beat Baltimore Colts 27-0 in NFL Championship game.
1980 - Calvin Murphy (Rockets) begins longest NBA free throw streak of 78.
1981 - Oiler Wayne Gretzky becomes fastest NHLer to get 100 pts (38th game).
1987 - Steve Largent, Seattle Seahawks, sets all-time NFL
record for career catches when he catches his 752nd pass.
1991 - Bengals hire Dave Shula as youngest NFL coach (32).
1991 - Chuck Knox retires as Seattle Seahawk coach.
2003 - Iván Calderón, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1962) 
was murdered in a bar in Loiza, Puerto Rico.

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