3 February in Sports History

Here is what happened in Sports Jersey History on February 3: A blockbuster deal for Carew goes down, The Iceman Cometh in the All-Star game and a dramatic 600th goal milestone is reached on the ice. Our Sports Jersey Take of the Day is from Mark Morthier of Yesterday Sports on Thurman Munson. Listen in to learn more about sports history along with me from the uniforms and jerseys the players wore. 

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.

21 - 29 - 44 - 12- 22 -10 -11

February 3, 1942 - It may sound odd to us today but on that day Baseball owners agreed to permit each club up to 14 night games during the 1942 season.

February 3, 1976 - At the NBA's 26th edition of the All-Star Game played at the old Spectrum, Philadelphia, the East squad defeated their West counterparts, 123-109 The games MVP was point guard Dave Bing of the Washington Bullets who wore Number 21 that season for his team. Bing was the 1966-67 seasons Rookie of the Year, was also a 7-time All-Star who made it to All-NBA status 3 times

February 3, 1979 - The Minnesota Twins and California Angels pulled off a major trade on this day. The Twins sent star ballplayer Rod Carew to the Halos for four players in this blockbuster deal. Carew wore Number 29 for his entire carer in the MLB. He was a League MVP, Rookie of the Year in 1967 and made it to the play onm the All-Star game an amazing 17 times. The Hall of Fame infielder hld a .328 batting average and stole 353 bases in his career..

February 3, 1980 - 30th NBA All-Star Game which was played at the Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland. The team from the East beat the West, 144-136 in an Overtime thriller. The game's MVP was George Gervin who played with the San Antonio Spurs that season as a strong forward who wore the Number 44. The Iceman was an NBA 4-time scoring champ that earned a spot on 12 different All-Star squads. He was also a 2-time All-ABA player and 7-time All-NBA.

February 3, 1991 - NFL Pro Bowl MVP was QB Jim Kelly of the Buffalo Bills who wore Number 12. 

February 3, 1998 - Florida Panther Dino Ciccarelli, who sported the Number 22 became 9th NHL player to score 600 career goals in his career. He did it in dramatic fashion too as the right winger slapped home the tying goal late in the third to help the Pantjers earn a 1 all tie with the Detroit Redwings.

February 3, 2002 - Number 12, Tom Brady wins the Super Bowl XXXVI Most Valuable Player award as he leads the Patriots to a stunning 20-17 win over the Rams.

February 3, 2008 - Eli Manning, Number 10 takes home MVP honors in Super Bowl XLII as the New York Giants upset the Patriots bid for an undefeated season 20-17.

February 3, 2013 - At Super Bowl XLVII, Joe Flacco who wore Number 5, became the game MVP as his Baltimore Ravens knock off the 49ers 34-31 to win the Brother Bowl

February 3, 2019 - At Super Bowl LIII, the New England Patriots beat Los Angeles Rams, 13-3 as wide receiver Julian Edelman, Number 11 was selected as the game's MVP.

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 courtesy of Wikimedia Commons of the  the Brighton Tigers Ice Hockey Team taken in the late 1930's. Author unknown. Found hanging on the wall of The Basketmakers Arms pub in Brighton on 06/02/2015. Takn by an unknown photographer.