We are bringing you the top moments in sports history that occurred on December 5, the athletes who starred in the roles, along with the jersey numbers they may have worn.
5 December in Sports History
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Daily Digits December 5
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.
42 - 7 - 33 - 20 - 32 - 85 - 17 - 81
December 5, 1943 - The temporary merger of the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers was dissolved
December 5, 1948 - New York Football Giants, Number 42, Charley Conerly set an NFL record of 36 pass completions
December 5, 1968 - Future Hockey Hall of Fame center Phil Esposito, Number 7 of the Boston Bruins scores 2 goals in his goaltender brother Tony's (also HOF) NHL debut for the Montreal Canadiens; 2-2 tie
December 5, 1970 - LA Rams Number 33, Willie Ellison set an NFL record of 247 yards rushing
December 5, 1972 - 38th Heisman Trophy Award was won by Nebraska running back Number 20, Johnny Rodgers.
December 5, 1974 - NFL's Seattle Seahawks formed
December 5, 1981 - 47th Heisman Trophy Award was won by Southern Cal running back Number 32, Marcus Allen.
December 5, 1982 - Mel Gray, wearing Number 85 of the St Louis Cardinals had his NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions end
December 5, 1982 - Cleveland Browns' quarterback Number 17, Brian Sipe set a franchise record with 33 pass completions
December 5, 1987 - 53rd Heisman Trophy Award was won by Wide Receiver, Tim Brown, Number 81 of Notre Dame
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 The three Heisman Trophies of USMA contributed by Ahodges7.
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