TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JANUARY 30TH

1936 - New owners of Boston Braves ask newspapermen to pick a new nickname.

1943 - Davy Johnson, baseball manager (NY Mets) is born.

1955 - Curtis Strange, Norfolk VA, PGA golfer (1989 US Open) is born.
1957 - William Payne Stewart, Springfield MO, PGA golfer (1983 Walt Disney) is born.

1958 - Baseball announces players & coaches rather than fans pick all stars.
1971 - UCLA starts 88 basketball game win streak.

1978 - Addie Joss & Larry MacPhail elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.

1983 - Super Bowl XVII: Wash Red Skins beat Miami Dolphins,

27-17 in Pasadena Super Bowl MVP: John Riggins, Washington, RB.

1994 - Super Bowl XXVIII: Dallas Cowboys beat Buffalo Bills,

30-13 in Atlanta Super Bowl MVP: Emmitt Smith, Dallas, RB.
2000 - Super Bowl XXXIV: St. Louis Rams beat Tennessee Titans,

23-16 at the Georgia Dome Atlanta MVP: Kurt Warner, St. Louis, QB.

2009 - Ingemar Johansson, Swedish Heavyweight professional

boxing champion of the world (b. 1932) is born.