TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - DECEMBER 6TH

1903 - Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player (d. 1946) is born.

1913 - White Sox beat Giants 9-4 in exhibition game in Tokyo.

1921 - Otto Graham, Waukegan IL, NFL Quarterback (Cleveland Browns) is born.
1925 - Record 73,000 pay to watch Chicago Bears beat NY Giants 19-7.

1955 - NY psychologist Joyce Brothers won "$64,000 Question" on boxing.

1955 - Honus Wagner, all-time great baseball player, dies at 81.
1960 - AL grants Gene Autry a franchise, LA Angels.

1968 - Baseball dismisses Commissioner William Eckert after 3 years.
1970 - Cleveland Cavaliers 1st home victory, beating Buffalo Braves 108-106.
1973 - NL votes to move San Diego Padres to Washington DC (doesn't happen).

1982 - Robbie Gould, Chicago Bears placekicker is born.

1985 - Burleigh Grimes, US baseball pitcher, dies at 92.

1988 - Milwaukee Bucks win their 1,000th NBA game (2nd fastest).
1988 - Agnes Neil Williams purchases Baltimore Orioles

for $70 million Eli Jacobs becomes CEO of Baltimore Orioles.
1990 - NHL grants conditional membership to Tampa Bay Lightning.

1992 - San Francisco 49ers Jerry Rice catches NFL record 101st touchdown.
1992 - SF Giants renege on $43 million pact with Barry Bonds.

1996 - [Alvin] Pete Rozelle, NFL commissioner, dies of brain cancer at 70.

2001 - Charles McClendon, Hall of Fame college football coach (b. 1923) dies.