We are bringing you the top moments in sports history that occurred on December 4, the athletes who starred in the roles, along with the jersey numbers they may have worn.
4 December in Sports History
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Daily Digits December 4
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.
11 - 35 - 77 - 5 - 44 - 12 - 7 - 34 - 12 - 22
December 4, 1909 - Oldest still-operating NHL franchise is officially established as J. Ambrose O’Brien and Jack Laviolette create the “Club de Hockey Canadien,” known today as the Montreal Canadiens
December 4, 1927 - Pittsburgh Pirates future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder, eventual Number 11, Paul Waner won the National League MVP
December 4, 1945 - 11th Heisman Trophy Award is won by Army fullback, Number 35, Doc Blanchard
December 4, 1949 - Bob Gage, Number 77 of the Pittsburgh Steelers tied an NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run against the Chicago Bears
December 4, 1956 - 22nd Heisman Trophy Award is won by Notre Dame quarterback, Number 5, Paul Hornung
December 4, 1961 - 1962 NFL Draft: Ernie Davis, Number 44 from University of Syracuse first pick by Washington Redskins. It was soon after that he was traded to the Cleveland Browns.
December 4, 1963 - Boston Bruins' right wing, Number 12, Andy Hebenton set a new NHL record by playing in his 581st consecutive game in 2-2 tie with Chicago Black Hawks. The NHL skater would reache 630 straight games in his streak
December 4, 1979 - Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey Number 7, Bingo Smith
December 4, 1982 - 48th Heisman Trophy Award was won by Georgia running back, Number 34, Herschel Walker
December 4, 1988 - Edmonton Oilers center Number 12, Jimmy Carson becomes just the third player to score 6 NHL hat tricks before the age of 21 in the Oilers 10-6 win over the New York Rangers
December 4, 2007 - Ballon d'Or: Milan's Brazilian midfielder Number 22 of AC Milan, Kaká was named best football player in the world; first year in which players from clubs outside the UEFA federation eligible for nomination
December 4, 2009 - Montreal Canadiens retire Hall of Fame center Elmer Lach's jersey Number 16, as part of team's centennial celebration
December 4, 2018 - Ownership group Seattle Hockey Partners led by billionaire businessman Davis Bonderman is unanimously granted an NHL license by the Board of Governors; to start play 2020-21 season at KeyArena. The team would later be offically named the Seattle Kraken
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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 1933 Goudey baseball card of Paul Waner of the Pittsburgh Pirates #25. PD-not-renewed
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