THIS WEEKEND IN SPORTS HISTORY
Saturday 1905 England Pilgrim Association beats All New York 11, 7-1, in soccer at the Polo Grounds. 1935 Hank Greenberg is unanimously selected as American League Most Valuable Player. 1973 The Oakland Athletics win the 70th World Series, defeating the New York Mets, 5-2, in Game 7. 1975 Boston Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk’s 12th-inning home run beats the Cincinnati Reds, 7-6, in Game 6 of the World Series. 1976 The Cincinnati Reds sweep the New York Yankees in the 73rd World Series. 1976 New York Knicks retire their first number, 19, belonging to Willis Reed. 1980 In Game 6 in front of 65,838 fans at Veterans Stadium, the Philadelphia Phillies win their first World Series in the 98-year history of the franchise by defeating the Kansas City Royals, 4-1. 1984 Steve Jones runs the Chicago Marathon in a world-record 2:08:05. 1989 Houston becomes the first major college football team to gain 1,000 yards in a game. 1998 The New York Yankees defeat the San Diego Padres to sweep them in the World Series. The Yankees had a magical season with 114 regular-season wins and 11 post-season victories (125 total — the most by any team in 123 years of Major League Baseball). 2007 Kimi Raikkonen is the world champion as the 2007 Formula One season ends at the Brazilian Grand Prix. Sunday 1845 The first known box score appears in the New York Morning News, a month after the first set of rules are written by Alexander Cartwright and some of his fellow Knickerbockers. 1950 — The Los Angeles Rams beat the Baltimore Colts, 70-27. 1972 — The Oakland Athletics win their first championship, beating the Cincinnati Reds four games to three in the 69th World Series. 1974 — The New York Yankees trade Bobby Murcer to the San Francisco Giants for Bobby Bonds. 1975 — The Cincinnati Reds beat the Boston Red Sox, four games to three in the 72nd World Series. 1984 — NFL quarterback Ken Stabler retires.