TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1811 First Women’s Golf Tournament is held.
1903 Baseball’s National and American Leagues of baseball make peace.
1903 Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchase American League Baltimore franchise for $18,000 and move it to New York City (New York Yankees).
1942 Joe Louis knocks out Buddy Baer in one round for heavyweight boxing title.
1953 Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 116 points in basketball game.
1954 Bert Olmstead, Montreal Canadiens, ties NHL record of 8 points in game.
1962 NFL prohibits grabbing of face masks.
1967 The NFL New Orleans franchise takes the name “Saints.”
1977 Super Bowl XI: Oakland Raiders defeat Minnesota Vikings, 32-14, in Pasadena, Calif.; MVP: Fred Biletnikoff, wide receiver.
1982 Steve D’Innocenzo scores three goals in 12 seconds in Massachusetts high school hockey game.
1985 Calgary Flames set NHL record 264th regular season game without being shutout.
1988 U.S. male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano.
1989 Johnny Bench and Carl Yastrzemski elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
1990 Jim Palmer and Joe Morgan are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1991 Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame.
1991 Dean Smith of North Carolina is 6th to win 700 career coaching basketball games.
1998 Hockey News selects Wayne Gretzky best NHL player ever.