Tuesday, March 17, 2015

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - MARCH 17TH

1874 - Kincsem, horse that never lost a race is born.
1876 - First record High Jump over 6' (Marshall Jones Brooks).
1902 - Bobby Jones Jr, amateur golfer
(Grand Slam 1930), born in Atlanta, Georgia, is born.
1908 - Quickest world Heavyweight title fight
(Tommy Burns KOs Jem Roche in 88 seconds).
1914 - Sammy Baugh, Temple Texas,
NFL hall of famer QB (Washington Redskins) is born.
1919 - Hank Sauer, baseball player (NL MVP 1952) is born.
1963 - Bob Cousy plays his last NBA game.
1970 - Peter O'Malley becomes CEO of LA Dodgers.
1972 - Mia Hamm, Selma Alabama, soccer forward (Olympics-96) is born.
1981 - Kyle Korver, 3-Point Sharp-Shooter(Atlanta Hawks) is born.
1983 - 70th hat trick in Islander history-Mike Bossy.
1988 - Highest scoring NCAA basketball game;
Loyola-Marymont 119, Wyoming 115.
1994 - It is announced there is no smoking in Cleveland Indians new ballpark.
1996 - Montreal Canadian's 1st game in their new arena.
2006 - Ray Meyer, legendary DePaul Blue Demons coach (b. 1913) dies.

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