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.
1 - 8 - 17 -18 - 24 -19 - 33
February 13, 1923 - The first all Black Pro Basketball team, the New York Renaissance, forms and organizes. Bob Douglas, known as the Father of Black Professional Basketball, and who was the eventual the first African American elected to Basketball Hall of Fame started the ball club for African Americans. At one point in the 1932 through 1933 season, they won 88 games in a row barnstorming across the country playing the likes of the Harlem Globetrotters and the Boston Celtics.
February 13, 1974 - James Cool Papa Bell, is selected to enter into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Bell who played mostly in the Negro Leagues of baseball wore Numbers 1, 8, 17, 18, and 24 accoding to historian Larry Lester.
February 13, 1982 - New York Islander legend Bryan Trottier, Number 19 tallies 5 goals against the Philadelphia Flyers in a single game.
February 13, 1990 - The amazing streak of games with a free throw made ends for celebrated Boston Celtic star, Number 33, Larry Bird after 71 games.
