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 7. As a bonus, we place the jersey number worn at the time with the athlete as well.
7 December in Sports History
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Daily Digits December 7
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.
4 - 82 - 34 - 22 - 9
December 7, 1939 - New York Yankees revered Number 4, Lou Gehrig, at age 36, was elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
December 7, 1949 - 15th Heisman Trophy Award was won by Notre Dame End, Number 82, Leon Hart
December 7, 1957 - Tony Kubek, Number 34 of the Yanks selected as AL Rookie of the Year
December 7, 1978 - Islander's Number 22, Mike Bossy's 1st career hat trick in a 7-1 new York win over the St.Louis Blues.
December 7, 1985 - 51st Heisman Trophy Award was won by Auburn legend Number 34, Bo Jackson.
December 7, 2017 - Ballon d'Or: Real Madrid forward Number 9, Cristiano Ronaldo won his 5th award to equal Lionel Messi's record; 2nd consecutive win for Ronaldo
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Banner photo is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons of Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig from Sports Exchange All-Stars trade cards circa 1946 (cropped).
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