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.
7 - 5 - 9 - 31 - 16 - 66 - 99
April 12, 1909 - The city of Philadelphia's Shibe Park, later known as Connie Mack Stadium, has it's first MLB game played. The hometown Philadelphia Athletics claimed victory 8-1 against Boston Red Sox to open the ballpark venue in style.
April 12, 1970 - The New Yankees dedicated plaques to a couple of their former stars in Number 7, Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio, Number 5.
The website of NBA.com offers these nuggets of history for the day.
April 12, 1954 - The Minneapolis Lakers became the first team to win three NBA titles in a row by defeating the Syracuse Nationals 87-80 in Game 7 of the 1954 NBA Finals.
April 12, 1958 - Number 9, Bob Pettit poured in 50 points as the St. Louis Hawks, who missed the championship by a whisker a year earlier, beat the Boston Celtics 110-109 in Game 6 of the 1958 NBA Finals to dethrone the Celtics as NBA champions.
April 12, 1996 - Indiana’s Number 31, Reggie Miller hits 6-of-11 attempts from 3-point range during the Pacers’ 111-101 road win at Orlando, becoming the second NBA player to reach 1,200 career 33-pointers
Here are a couple of items from the Vintage Hockey Jerseys website
April 12, 1938 - The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 in game four of the Stanley Cup finals, to win the 1938 Stanley Cup championship. Eight American born players skated for Chicago, as they won their second Stanley Cup.
April 12, 1960 - The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 in game three of the Stanley Cup finals with Number 9, Maurice Richard scoring his 82nd NHL playoff goal. This was the last playoff goal of the "Rocket's" career.
April 12, 1992 - Blues Number 16, Brett Hull became the third fastest 300 goal scorer in NHL history after Number 99, Wayne Gretzky and Number 66, Mario Lemieux, scoring his 500th career point in a 1-1 tie between the St Louis Blues and the Minnesota North Stars.
