Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore.
42 - 4 - 21 - 2 - 12
April 10, 1947 - This moment is even bigger! Jackie Robinson, Number 42 famously put his name in ink in front of Branch Rickey the General Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers to officially and bravely break the color barrier in Major League Baseball. Of course there was a minor transaction of the Dodgers buying out the contract of Mr Robinson from the Montreal Royals that occurred as well.
April 10, 1956 - At the Stanley Cup Finals played at the Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec. Star Center, Jean Beliveau, Number 4 netted a goal and 2 assists asthe Montreal Canadiens beat the Detroit Red Wings, 3-2 for a 4-1 series win
The website of NBA.com offers these nuggets of history for the day.
April 10, 1986 - In a game against the New Jersey Nets, Atlanta Hawks stalwart Number 21, Dominique Wilkins made 21 field goals, scoring a total of 57 points in the Hawks’ 126-117 victory. Wilkins won the NBA scoring title during that 1985-86 season, finishing with a 30.3 ppg average, edging out the Utah Jazz star Number 4, Adrian Dantley, and Denver Nuggets Number 2, Alex English.
April 10, 1991 - Dallas Mavericks guard Number 12, Derek Harper scored a game-high 34 points in the Mavericks’ 97-91 loss to the Jazz at the Salt Palace, becoming the first player in NBA history to improve his scoring average in each of his first eight seasons in the league, as he averaged 19.7 points per game.
