TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JANUARY 12TH

1920 - Annual drafting of Baseball Players from minor leagues to be

done in inverse order of the final standings, agreed to.
1921 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis becomes 1st commissioner of baseball.

1944 - Joe Frazier, Beaufort South Carolina, HW boxer

(Olympic-gold-1964)/champ (1968-73) is born.

1946 - NFL champs Cleveland Rams given permission to move to LA.
1947 - Tom Dempsey, NFL record-holder (longest field goal, 63 yards) is born.

1958 - Syracuse National Dolph Schayes sets NBA record at 11,770 points.
1960 - Syracuse National Dolph Schayes is 1st NBA'er to score 15,000 points.

1966 - Red Auerbach wins his 1,000th game as coach of NBA Boston Celtics.
1967 - Louisville, Ky, draft board refuses exemption for boxer Muhammad Ali.
1969 - Super Bowl III: NY Jets beat Baltimore Colts, 16-7 in

Miami Super Bowl MVP: Joe Namath, NY Jets, QB.
1975 - Super Bowl IX: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Minnesota Vikings,

16-6 in New Orleans Super Bowl MVP: Franco Harris, Pittsburgh, RB.

1988 - Willie Stargell (Pittsburgh Pirate), elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.

1994 - Steve Carlton (Philadelphia Phillies) elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.

2000 - Bobby Phills, American basketball player (b. 1969) dies in an

automobile accident in Charlotte, North Carolina.
2001 - Affirmed, American racehorse (b. 1975) dies.