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 3. As a bonus, we place the jersey number worn at the time with the athlete as well.
3 December in Sports History
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Daily Digits December 3
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.
19 - 48 - 41 - 13 - 44 - 11 - 12 - 30 - 21 - 10 - 14 - 9
December 3, 1901 - At the MLB meeting, the Milwaukee Brewers franchise is officially dropped from the American League and replaced by the St. Louis Browns
December 3, 1933 - The Midnight Express, Joe Lilliard, Number 19, the quarterback of the Chicago Cardinals was the last African- American player to play in the NFL until 1946.
December 3, 1943 - 9th Heisman Trophy Award was won by Notre Dame Quarterback Number 48, Angelo Bertelli.
December 3, 1944 - Temporary merger of 2 NFL teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Cardinals, dissolves at finish of season; WWII ends before start of 1945 season, so both teams resume normal operations
December 3, 1946 - 12th Heisman Trophy Award was won by Army (HB), Number 41, Glenn Davis.
December 3, 1956 - Basketball icon Number 13, Wilt Chamberlain made his much anticipated varsity debut; scores 52 points and grabs 31 rebounds, breaking both all-time Kansas records in an 87–69 win against Northwestern
December 3, 1957 - 23rd Heisman Trophy Award was won by Texas A&M (HB), Number 44, John Crow
December 3, 1962 - 1963 NFL Draft: Terry Baker, Number 11, from Oregon State first pick by Los Angeles Rams
December 3, 1979 - 45th Heisman Trophy Award was won by Southern California (RB), Number 12, Charles White
December 3, 1983 - 49th Heisman Trophy Award was won by Nebraska (RB), Number 30, Mike Rozier
December 3, 1988 - 54th Heisman Trophy Award was won by Oklahoma State (RB), Number 21, Barry Sanders
December 3, 1999 - Ottawa Senators' right wing Number 11, Kevin Dineen becomes 5th player in NHL history to score 300 career goals and record 2,000 penalty minutes; picks up a misconduct penalty in 7-4 loss to NJ Devils
December 3, 2018 - Ballon d'Or: Real Madrid midfielder Number 10, Luka Modrić wins; first time since 2007 that either Number 10, Lionel Messi or Number 9, Cristiano Ronaldo doesn't win award; Norwegian striker Number 14, Ada Hegerberg is inaugural women's winner
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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 quarterback, Joe Lilliard, taken by an unknown.
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