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February 7

Here are some jersey numbers in team sport history that stuck out.

February 7, 1949 - Number 5, Joe DiMaggio became the first ball player to earn $100,000 a yearas he did so under contract with the New York Yankees . 

February 7, 1958   - The Brooklyn Dodgers officially became the Los Angeles Dodgers. Lok back tomorrow for our special on the Dodgers uniform history

February 7, 1976 - Center Darryl Sittler, Number 27, of the Toronto Maple Leafs set an NHL record with 6 goals, 4 assists for 10 points in a Leafs' 11-4 victory over the Boston Bruins at Maple Leaf Gardens. 

February 7, 2010 - Number 9, Drew Brees, Quarerback of the New Orleans Saints was sgame MVP of Super Bowl XLIV. The New Orleans Saints knocked off the Indianapolis Colts, 31-17 in the NFL title game.

February 7, 1998 - The NHL's Dallas Stars franchise retired Neal Broten's Nunber 7 sweater.  Broten had played a total of 16 seasons for the Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars franchise.

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Special thanks to the banner photo above from an unknown photographer and contributor to the public domain of Wikimedia Commons. The Pic is of the 1913 Nebraska vs. Minnesota football game.

Of course we also could not have done the above stat research without the assistance of Hockey-Reference.com, Football Reference and Baseball Rference.com and Stathead.com resources.

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