THIS WEEKEND IN SPORTS HISTORY
Saturday 1907 The English Professional Football Player’s Association forms. 1922 Grey Cup: Queen’s University defeats the Edmonton Eskimos, 13-1. 1941 The New York Giants name Mel Ott as player-manager, replacing Bill Terry. 1947 Notre Dame quarterback Johnny Lujack wins the Heisman Trophy. 1948 Stan Musial is picked National League baseball’s Most Valuable Player. 1950 Vic Toweel knocks down Danny O’Sullivan 14 times in a title fight. 1951 The Philadelphia Eagles set an NFL record with 25 rushing first downs. 1958 Army halfback Pete Dawkins wins the 24th Heisman Trophy. 1961 In the first overtime Grey Cup game the Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 21-14. 1962 The Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat the Hamilton Tiger Cats, 28-27, in the Grey Cup in Toronto over two days in what became known as the Fog Bowl. 1963 The Major League Rules Committee bans oversized catcher’s mitts, effective in 1965. 1967 The Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeat the Saskatchewan Roughriders, 24-1, in Ottawa in the Grey Cup. 1972 The Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeat the Saskatchewan Roughriders, 13-10, in Hamilton in the Grey Cup. 1981 Fernando Valenzuela of the Los Angeles Dodgers wins National League Rookie of the Year. 1987 The “334” club forms as 334 brave New Jersey Devils fans journey through 20 inches of snow to attend a 7-5 victory over the Calgary Flames at Meadowlands Coliseum in New Jersey. 1989 Houston Oilers QB Andre Ware wins the Heisman Trophy. 1991 Bobby Bonilla signs a record $29-million, five-year pact with the New York Mets. Sunday 1901 The Milwaukee Brewers baseball team is dropped from the American League and replaced by the St. Louis Browns. 1921 The Toronto Argonauts defeat the Edmonton Eskimos, 23-0, in the Grey Cup. 1932 The Hamilton Tigers defeat the Regina Roughriders, 25-6. 1950 The Cleveland Browns are the last NFL team with a no-pass game (beating Philadelphia, 13-7). Horace Gillom sets a club record with 12 punts. 1956 Wilt Chamberlain scores 52 points in his first collegiate basketball game. 1961 Anton Geesink becomes the first non-Japanese judo world champion. 1967 Derek Clayton runs a world-record marathon in 2:09:36.4. 1968 Major League Baseball’s pitcher’s mound drops from 15 inches to 10 and the strike zone is reduced from knees to shoulders to top of knees to armpits to help the hitters. 1979 Southern California running back Charles White wins the Heisman Trophy. 1982 Tommy Hearns wins the WBC welterweight title in a decision over Wilfred Benitez. 1983 Nebraska running back Mike Rozier wins the Heisman Trophy. 1988 Oklahoma State running back Barry Sanders wins the Heisman Trophy.