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12 February in Sports History

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Sports Jersey Dispatch February Daily Digits

The stars really shone bright on this day in sports jersey history! 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.

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February 12, 1958 - Boston Celtic's big man, Bill Russell who wore Number 6 during his player career, hauled in 41 rebounds to help the Celts to victory over Syracuse 119-101.

February 12, 1961 - Speaking of  the future Hall of Famer Russell, he had 40 rebounds in a win over the Philadelphia Warriors on this date.

February 12, 1982 Wayne Gretzky, Number 99 of Edmonton,  scored his 153rd point of the season, shattering the NHL record at the time.

February 12, 1989 - The Gret One, Number 99, Wayne Gretzky does it again! He set 2 records, his 45th hat trick & 10th 40+ goal season om this date

February 12, 1996 - Baltimore Orioles legend Cal Ripken Jr, Number 8, takes home a coveted ESPY Award at ESPN's annual athletic tribute.

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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 Basketball player of the Palace Club holding basketball upside down with one hand, Washington, D.C, taken by the National Photo Company.

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