TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1873 — Columbia, Princeton, Rutgers, and Yale set rules for collegiate football.
1918 — NHL’s Quebec Bulldogs team is sold to Toronto businessman, P.J. Quinn.
1924 — Harold (Red) Grange plays finest collegiate football game (four long touchdown runs).
1930 — Joseph Sylvester becomes first jockey to win 7 races in one day.
1950 — Connie Mack retires as manager of the Philadelphia Athletics after 50 years.
1955 — Track and Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athlete. 1960 — Casey Stengel retired by New York Yankees (won 10 pennants in 12 years).
1963 — International Olympic Committee votes Mexico City to host 1968 Olympics.
1967 — Major League Baseball’s American League votes to allow the Athletics team to move from Kansas City to Oakland and expand the league to 12 teams in 1971 with Kansas City and Seattle teams. 1968 — Bob Beamon of U.S.A. sets the long jump record (29 feet 2.5 inches) in Mexico City.
1968 — Lee Evans sets world record of 43.8 seconds in 400 metre dash.
1968 — U.S. Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith and John Carlos for giving “black power” salute as a protest during victory ceremony.
1974 — Chicago Bulls’ Nate Thurmond becomes first in NBA to complete a quadruple double-22 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists and 12 blocks.
1977 — Reggie Jackson hits three consecutive homers tying Babe Ruth’s series record.
1977 — New York Yankees beat Los Angeles Dodgers 8-4 for 21st world championship, first in 15 years. 1980 — Detroit Pistons block 21 Atlanta Hawks’ shots setting NBA record (double).
1981 — New York Giants Joe Danelo ties NFL record of six field goals in a game.
1982 — The International Olympic Committee reinstates Jim Thorpe’s amateur status for 1909-12, allowing his 1912 Olympic gold medals to be posthumously returned.