TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY

1903 Barney Dreyfuss and James Potter buy Philadelphia Phillies for $170,000.

1906 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver Seven sweep Queen’s University (Kingston, Ont.) in two games. 1929 Chicago Blackhawks lose record NHL 15th straight game at home.

1931 Canadian Rugby Union adopts the forward pass.

1940 First televised basketball game. College game at New York City’s Madison Square Garden: University of Pittsburgh beats Fordham University, 50-37.

1957 Jockey Johnny Longden’s 5,000th career victory.

1959 Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Barb Wagner and Bob Paul of Canada. 1959 NFL Chicago Cardinals trade Ollie Matson to Los Angeles Rams for nine players.

1960 U.S. wins Olympics hockey gold medal by defeating Czechoslovakia 9-4.

1960 VIII Olympic Winter Games in Squaw Valley, Calif. close.

1966 Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale begin a joint holdout against Los Angeles Dodgers.

1969 Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Colorado Springs won by Gabriele Seyfert, German Democratic Republic.

1971 53rd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at PGA National to win his second golf grand slam.

1981 Calvin Murphy (Houston Rockets) sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws.

1988 XV Olympic Winter Games close in Calgary.

1989 Red Schoendienst and Al Barlick elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.

1991 Don Mattingly named 10th New York Yankees’ captain.

1991 Noureddine Morceli runs world record 1,500 metre indoor in 3:34:16.

1998 Vancouver Canucks Mark Messier is fourth NHL player to record 1,600 points.

2010 The 2010 Winter Olympics close in Vancouver. Canada won 14 gold medals, most ever by a single nation at the Winter Games.

Canadian athletes march into B.C. Place for the closing ceremonies of the Vancouver Winter Olympics as winners of the most gold medals with 14 thanks to a final day men’s hockey thriller over the U.S.A., eight years ago today.