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6 April in Sports History

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Daily Digits April 6

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.

21 - 4 - 9

April 6, 1973 - The Pittsburgh Pirates officially retired Roberto Clemente's Number 21 posthumously after he passed away in a plane crash.

April 6, 1979 - Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver, Number 4 won his 1,000th game as a skipper, a 5-3 Orioles victory over the Chicago White Sox

April 6, 1980 - Legendary skater Gordie Howe, Number 9 completed his record 26th season in the NHL.

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A Very Special thanks to information obtained from the following brilliant internet sites: On This Day Sports, the Sports Reference's family of website databases & Stathead.com.

Banner photo is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons of the Roberto Clemente in 1971 from the United Press International.

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