TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1879 Northwestern League (minor baseball league) is organized, in Rockford, Illinois. 1909 First official Dutch 11-city skate (Minne Hoekstra winner in 13:50). 1911 Brooklyn Dodgers’ president Charles Ebbets announces purchase of grounds to build a new concrete-and-steel stadium to seat 30,000. 1918 NHL Montreal Wanderers disband after Westmount arena burns down. 1961 First AFL Championship Game, Houston Oilers beat Los Angeles Chargers 24-16. 1965 New York Jets sign quarterback Joe Namath. 1966 Green Bay Packers beat Cleveland Browns 23-12 in NFL championship game. 1971 A barrier collapses at Ibrox Park football ground at end of a soccer match in Glasgow, Scotland, killing 66. 1972 Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco 49ers 14-3 in NFC championship game. 1972 Miami Dolphins beat Baltimore Colts 21-0 in AFC Championship Game. 1977 Bowie Kuhn suspends Atlanta Braves’ owner Ted Turner for one year due to tampering charges in Gary Matthews free-agency signing. 1980 68th Australian Men Tennis: Guillermo Vilas beat John Sadri (7-6, 6-3, 6-2). 1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims female record 200 metre butterfly in 2:05.65. 1982 70th Australian Men Tennis: Johan Kriek beats S Denton (6-2, 7-6, 6-7, 6-4). 1982 San Diego Chargers beat Miami Dolphins, 41-38 in 13:52 of overtime. 1983 Ken Anderson of Cincinnati, Ohio completes record 20 consecutive passes. 1985 90th hat trick in New York Islanders’ history-Brent Sutter. 1985 Nevada-Las Vegas beats Utah 142-140, highest college basketball score. 1985 Undefeated Brigham Young University becomes college football champion. 1986 New York Islanders’ Mike Bossy scores his 500th goal. 1991 Colorado wins its first AP national title poll.