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1819 - Tom Hyer, who beat Yankee Sullivan in 1849, in America's first widely publicized boxing match; in New York, NY
1857 - Tim Keefe, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher, in Cambridge, MA
1900 - Century Milstead, College Hall of Fame center who was an All-American at Yale in 1923; in Rock Island, IL
1907 - Norman Armitage, fencer who won 10 national championships and competed in six Olympics; in Albany, NY
1911 - Hank Greenberg, Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman; in New York, NY
1922 - Rocky Graziano, Boxing Hall of Famer whose autobiography, Somebody Up There Likes Me, became a movie that gave Paul Newman one of his first starring roles;; in New York, NY
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1927 - Doak Walker, College and Pro Football Hall of Fame halfback; in Dallas, TX
1936 - Willye B. White, International Women's Sports Hall of Fame (high jumper); in Money, MS
1933 - Ford Konno, Hall of Fame swimmer who won two Gold Medals and a Silver Medal at the 1952 Olympics; in Honolulu, HI
1948 - Madeline Manning, the first American woman to win a Gold Medal in the 800-meter run, in 1968; in Cleveland, OH
1955 - Lamarr Hoyt, White Sox pitcher who won the American League's Cy Young Award in 1983; in Columbia, SC
1967 - Derrick Thomas, 1988 Butkus Award winner and NFL linebacker; in Miami
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1923 - Wee Willie Keeler, the "hit 'em where they ain't" outfielder who batted .424 in for the Baltimore Orioles in 1897; at 50
1949 - William H. Lewis, the first black All-American, as a center at Harvard in 1892 and 1893; at 80
1968 - Swede Oberlander, College Hall of Fame halfback who threw 12 touchdown passes in 8 games for Dartmouth in 1925; at 63
1975 - Ken Loeffler, who coached LaSalle to the 1952 NIT championship and 1954 NCAA basketball championship; at 72
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1980 - Frank C. Wykoff, U. S. Olympic Hall of Fame sprinter, gold medalist in 1928, 1932, and 1936; at 70
1981 - Mauri Rose, the first race driver to win the Indy 500 three times, in 1941, 1947, and 1948; at 74
1986 - Marty Friedman, Basketball Hall of Famer whose playing career stretched from 1906 through 1927; at 96
1998 - Helen Wills Moody Roark, International Tennis Hall of Fame, winner of 31 grand slam tennis championships; at 92
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1965 - Joe Willie Becomes Broadway Joe
Sonny Werblin, the owner of the New York Jets, brought instant credibility to the AFL by signing Alabama quarterback Joe Namath to a $400,000 contract, the highest in sports history at that time.
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1977 - Ted Turner Suspended for Tampering
Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn announced that Ted Turner, owner of the Atlanta Braves, would be suspended for one year for tampering in the team's signing of free agent outfielder Gary Matthews.
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1982 - 20 Straight Completions for Anderson
Ken Anderson completed a record 20 consecutive passes as the Cincinnati Bengals beat the Houston Oilers, 35-27, in the last game of the NFL season. The streak enabled Anderson to set another record with a 70.6 completion percentage for the year.
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1989 - UCLA Stretches Bowl String
UCLA beat Arkansas, 17-3, in the Cotton Bowl to set an NCAA record with seven straight bowl victories.
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1995 - Frazier Rides to Nebraska's Rescue
Nebraska quarterback Tommy Frazier was on the bench with an injury for most of the game, but he came in to lead the Cornhuskers to two fourth-quarter touchdowns, a 24-17 victory, and a national championship. The win gave Nebraska a 13-0 record.
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