TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1901 — Milwaukee Brewers baseball team is dropped from the American League and replaced by St. Louis Browns.
1921 — Ninth Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeat Edmonton Eskimos, 23-0.
1932 — 20th Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Regina Roughriders, 25-6.
1933 — Connie Mack sells Mickey Cochrane to Detroit Tigers for US$100,000.
1938 — Amateur Athletic Union decides to continue linear measuring system over metric.
1943 — Ninth Heisman Trophy award: Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame (quarterback).
1944 — NFL Chicago Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers merger dissolves.
1946 — 12th Heisman Trophy award: Glenn Davis, Army (halfback).
1950 — Cleveland Browns are last NFL team with no-pass game (beat Philadelphia 13-7). Horace Gillom sets club record with 12 punts.
1956 — Wilt Chamberlain’s first collegiate basketball game (scores 52 points).
1957 — 23rd Heisman Trophy award: John Crow, Texas A&M (halfback).
1961 — Anton Geesink becomes first not-Japanese judo world champion.
1968 — To help hitters, Major League Baseball pitcher’s mound drops to 10 inches from 15 inches and strike zone reduced from knees-to-shoulders to top of knees to armpits.
1979 — 45th Heisman Trophy award: Charles White, Southern California (running back).
1983 — 49th Heisman Trophy award: Mike Rozier, Nebraska (running back).
1988 — 54th Heisman Trophy award: Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State (running back).
1990 — National League batting champion Willie McGee signs as a free agent with San Francisco Giants.
1995 — 84th Davis Cup: U.S. beats Russia in Moscow (3-2).
1997 — Golden State Warriors guard Latrell Sprewell’s four-year, $32-million, contract terminated for attacking his coach PJ Carlesimo.
2003 — Mike Lowell signs a four-year, $32-million deal with the Florida Marlins.