TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - OCTOBER 31ST

1888 - Scottish vet John Boyd Dunlop patents pneumatic bicycle tyre.

1900 - Carl Hubbard, Missouri, baseball & football Hall of Famer is born.

1920 - Dick Francis, Wales, jockey/detective writer (Whip Hand, High Stakes) is born.

1921 - Federation Sportive Feminine International forms

(1st woman track & field association).
1943 - Washington Redskin Sammy Baugh

passes for 6 touchdowns vs Brooklyn (48-10).

1947 - Frank Shorter, Munich, US marathoner (Oly-gold/silver-72, 76) is born.

1951 - Nick Saban, American college football coach is born.

1968 - Milwaukee Bucks win their 1st game beating Detroit 138-118 (6th game).

1983 - George Halas [Papa Bear], NFL pioneer and owner

of the Chicago Bears, dies of pancreatic cancer at 88.

1987 - First jockey to win 9 races in 1 day (Chris Antley at Belmont).

1988 - First Monday Night NFL game in Indianapolis, Colts beat Denver 55-23.

1993 - 25 people killed during Ghana-Ivory Coast soccer match.
1993 - US wins Nichirei International LPGA Golf Tournament.
1995 - NHL NJ Devils agree to stay in NJ.
1999 - Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months

of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.

2010 - Maurice Lucas, American basketball player (b. 1952) dies.

2014 - 2014 baseball HOF inductees: Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine,

Frank Thomas, Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa and Joe Torre.