The final day in February, for normal years brings out the best in athletes competing. May we present the compitiros that took the stage and made 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.
32 - 53 - 13 - 23 - 11
February 28, 1940 - The world's first televised basketball game as the University of Pittsburgh defeated Fordham University, 50-37. It would have been hard to appreciate the uniforms on the black and white broadcast.
February 28, 1960 - We touched upon it a bit the other day on the historic first Miracle on Ice as the US knocked off the USSR, but on this date the United States wins its first Olympic ice hockey gold medal at Squaw Valley before a home crowd, with 9-4 win over Czechoslovakia
February 28, 1966 - Los Angeles baseball pitching greats , Sandy Koufax, Number 32 and Number 53 Don Drysdale begin a joint holdout against Dodgers. They had some weight behind it to as this pair provided 49 wins for the Dodgers in 1965. Drysdale earned 23 W's and Joufax led the Majors with 26 in '65.
February 28, 1967 - Number 13, Wilt Chamberlain did the incredible once again when he drained his 35th consecutive shot in an NBA game
February 28, 1981 - Here is one man that you didn't want to foul and put on the line. Houston Rockets star guard, Calvin Murphy who wore Number 23, set an NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws over a span of games.
February 28, 1998 - Vancouver Canucks Mark Messier is fourth NHL skater to earn 1,600 career points. The legendary star center and left winger wore Number 11 for his entire career with 3 different NHL teams which included the Canucks, the New York Rangers and Edmonton Oilers.
