We are bringing you the top moments in sports history that occurred on December 11, the athletes who starred in the roles, along with the jersey numbers they may have worn.
11 December in Sports History
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Daily Digits December 11
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.
32 - 5 - 26 - 17 - 16 - 19 - 11 - 9
December 11, 1949 - Chicago Bears QB and former Heisman winner, Number 32, Johnny Lujack passes for 6 touchdowns versus the Chicago Cardinals by the score of 52-29.
December 11, 1951 - Joe DiMaggio, long time Number 5 of the New York Yankees, announced his retirement from baseball
December 11, 1966 - Al Nelson, Number 26, a defensive back of the Philadelphia Eagles set an NFL record when he returned missed field goal, 100 yards
December 11, 1993 - 59th Heisman Trophy Award was won by Florida State Quarterback Number 17, Charlie Ward.
December 11, 2000 - 66th Heisman Trophy Award was won by Florida State Quarterback Number 16, Chris Weinke.
December 11, 2002 - Joe Sakic, Number 19 of the Colorado Avalanche, scored his 500th career goal against Vancouver
December 11, 2004 - 70th Heisman Trophy Award was won by USC Quarterback, Number 11, Matt Leinart
December 11, 2021 - 87th Heisman Trophy Award was won by Alabama Quarterback, Number 9, Bryce Young
Credits
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 Photograph of Benny Friedman scoring Michigan's second touchdown against Wisconsin in October 1925 on a long kickoff return in the first quarter, taken by an unknown photographer.
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