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 - 73 - 13 - 40 - 1
February 22, 1860 - The first organized baseball game was played in San Francisco as the Eagles faced the vaunted the Red Rovers
February 22, 1959 - Lee Petty in his white Number 42 Oldsmobile and Johnny Beauchamp in the Number 73 Thunderbird cross finish line side by side at the inaugural Daytona 500. It was basically a photo finish as Beauchamp declared was unofficial winner on race day. The film was studied hard for almost three days and then the ruling was overturned 3 days later by NASCAR founder Bill France Sr who stated Petty was the victor by an estimated sliver. SO a trick trivia answer is that Beauchamp was the first winner of the Daytona 500.
February 22, 1962 - Philadelphia Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain, Number 13 set an NBA record with 34 free-throw attempts, banging home 19 of them in a Warriors 139-121 win over St. Louis Hawks at Philadelphia Civic Center. And they thought they could stop him from scoring by fouling the big man!
February 22, 1970 - Pete Hamilton, in his Blue Plymouth Superbird, Number 40 wins by just 3 car lengths over David Pearson 12th Daytona 500, after passing him with 9 laps to go
February 22, 1979 - Billy Martin was named the manager of the Oakland A's, Martin famously wore the Number 1 jersey when the skipper of the Yankees
