In this edition of the Sports Break, we cover the top events in sports history along with the players and athletes that were a part of them on December 16. As a bonus, we place the jersey number worn at the time with the athlete as well.
16 December in Sports History
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Daily Digits December 16
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.
55 - 7 - 8 - 14 - 13 - 32 - 12 - 5 - 9 - 18
December 16, 1922 - The Mutual Association of Eastern Colored Baseball Clubs formally organizes
December 16, 1946 - 1947 NFL Draft: Bob Fenimore, Number 55 from University of Oklahoma A&M first pick by Chicago Bears
December 16, 1958 - Ballon d'Or: Real Madrid's French midfielder Number 7, Raymond Kopa won the award for best football player in Europe ahead of German winger Number 8, Helmut Rahn and French forward Number 8, Just Fontaine
December 16, 1962 - New York Giants QB Number 14, Y A Tittle set an NFL season touchdown pass record at 33 with 6 touchdowns vs Dallas (41-31)
December 16, 1967 - Number 13, Wilt Chamberlain of Philadelphia 76ers scored 68 points vs Chicago
December 16, 1973 - Buffalo Bills running back, Number 32, O J Simpson became the 1st NFL running back to rush for 2,000 yards in a season
December 16, 1979 - Dallas QB Number 12, Roger Staubach threw for 3 TDs and 336 yards in his last NFL regular season game with the Cowboys, a 35-34 win over Washington Redskins at Texas Stadium
December 16, 2013 - 79th Heisman Trophy Award was won by Florida State Quarterback Number 5, Jameis Winston
December 16, 2019 - New Orleans Saint Number 9, Drew Brees broke Number 18, Peyton Manning's NFL record (539) for career touchdown passes as New Orleans Saints rout Indianapolis Colts, 34-7; Brees 29 of 30 for 307 yards & 4 TDs for record 96.7% pass completion
December 16, 2020 - US Major League Baseball announces it is elevating the Negro Leagues to Major League status
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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 "First colored world series, opening game Oct. 11, 1924, Kansas City, Mo. / photo by J.E. Mille[r], K.C.".
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