The history is deep with great moments and awards in sports history for the day of December 14. We capture a sampling of some of these that we found to be significant.
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Daily Digits December 14
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 - 88 - 4 - 9 - 28 - 16 - 21 - 17 - 22 - 34 - 9 - 30 - 20
December 14, 1953 - Brooklyn Dodgers sign pitcher Sandy Koufax. The picher would wear the Number 32 for the Dodgers through the 1966 season.
December 14, 1958 - Number 88, Pat Summerall kicked the game winning field goal for the New York Giants against the Cleveland Browns at Yankee Stadium
December 14, 1968 - Number 4, Bobby Orr scores first career hat trick and it was against the Chicago Blackhawks.
December 14, 1980 - Minnesota Vikings Quaterback Number 9, Tommy Kramer threw for 456 yards against Cleveland Browns, winning 28-24 on a tipped pass that receiver Number 28, Ahamad Rashad caught for the game winner on the last play. The Miracle at the Met
December 14, 1982 - LA Kings' Number 16, Marcel Dionne became the 9th NHL skater to score 500 goals in a career. The Kings organization retired the Number 16 in Dionne's honor on November 8, 1990
December 14, 1991 - 57th Heisman Trophy Award was won by Michigan wide receiver, Number 21, Desmond Howard
December 14, 1996 - 62nd Heisman Trophy Award was won by Florida Quarterback, Number 17, Danny Wuerffel
December 14, 1997 - Phoenix Coyote winger Number 22, Mike Gartner became the 5th NHL skater to score 700 goals
December 14, 1998 - 64th Heisman Trophy Award was won by Texas running back Number 34, Ricky Williams
December 14, 2009 - 75th Heisman Trophy Award was won by Alabama running back, Number 22, Mark Ingram, Jr.
December 14, 2019 - 85th Heisman Trophy Award was won by Louisiana State University Quarterback Number 9, Joe Burrow. Burrow had the highest percentage of first place votes ever with 90.7%
December 14, 2021 - Steph Curry, Number 30 of the Golden State Warriors, made his 2,974th three-point shot to pass Ray Allen (Number 34 & Number 20) as the NBA's top career 3-point shooter during Golden State Warriors' 105-96 win over NY Knicks at Madison Square Garden
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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 American football player Pat Summerall on a 1955 Bowman card
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