All posts tagged "this day in sports history"
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Prep Sports
/ 11 months agoTHIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY: 12/31
1918 – Kid Gleason replaces Pants Rowland as White Sox manager. 1950 – Jockeys Bill Shoemaker & Joe Culmone set record...
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Prep Sports
/ 11 months agoTHIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY: 12/30
1907 – Abraham Mills’ commission declares Abner Doubleday invented baseball. 1926 – Chicago Tribune reports the Tigers threw a 4-game series...
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Prep Sports
/ 11 months agoTHIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY: 12/29
1933 – New York Yankees refuses to release Babe Ruth to manage the Cincinnati Reds. 1934 – 1st collegiate basketball doubleheader...
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Prep Sports
/ 11 months agoTHIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY: 12/28
1905 – Intercollegiate Athletic Association of US founded (becomes NCAA in 1910). 1918 – Georges Vezina becomes the first NHL goalie...
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Prep Sports
/ 11 months agoTHIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY: 12/27
1942 – 5th NFL All Star Game, Shribe Park, Philadelphia: NFL All-Stars beat Washington Redskins, 17-14 1956 – Bill Sharman (Boston)...
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/ 11 months agoTHIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY: 12/26
1908 – Boxer Jack Johnson becomes the first African-American to win world heavyweight title; Johnson dominates before police stop the bout....