Today in sports history
1926 NFL rules college students ineligible until graduate college classes.
1932 First Olympics dog sled race, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (demonstration sport).
1934 Cincinnati Reds purchase 43-year-old Dazzy Vance from the St. Louis Cardinals for $7,500.
1936 (to Feb. 16) The IV Olympic Winter Games are held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
1958 Seven soccer players of Manchester United die in an air crash at Munich, Germany.
1958 Ted Williams signs with Boston Red Sox for $135,000 US, making him highest paid.
1967 Heavyweight Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) TKOs Ernie Terrell in 15 rounds in Houston, Texas, for heavyweight boxing title.
1968 (to Feb. 18) The X Olympic Winter Games are held in Grenoble, France.
1970 NBA expands to 18 teams with Buffalo, Cleveland, Houston and Portland.
1971 First time a golf ball is hit on the moon (by Alan Shepard).
1973 Bernice Fekete skips her curling rink to second straight eight-ender, Edmonton.
1983 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic.
1986 New Jersey Devils’ Peter McNab becomes the 42nd NHL player to score 350 goals.
1987 U.S. female figure skating championship is won by Jill Trenary.
1990 Brett Hull becomes first son of NHL 50-goal scorer (Bobby) to score 50.
1990 Ground breaking begins on Baltimore Orioles’ new $102million stadium.
1991 Mouse Davis becomes the first coach of the New York-New Jersey Knights.
1993 44th NHL all-star game: Wales beats Campbell, 16-6, at Montreal.
1993 Riddick Bowe TKOs Michael Dokes in one round for the heavyweight boxing title.
1995 Darryl Strawberry suspended from baseball for 60 days.
1998 Minnesota Twins trade Chuck Knoblauch to New York Yankees for $3 million and four minor-league players.
2005 Super Bowl XXXIX: The New England Patriots win their second consecutive Super Bowl title, defeating the Philadelphia Eagles 24-21.