19 January in Sports History

Celebrating the milestones in sports history made on January 19 throughout history, by remembering the athletes and the jersey numbers that they wore.

Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from at least 3 great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore.

9 - 90 - 18 - 74 - 22 - 56 - 16 - 32 - 8 - 24 - 14 - 41 - 10 - 12

January 19, 1932 - The NHL's Charlie Conacher became the first Toronto Maple Leaf player to score 5 goals in one contest. He started off strong too lighting the lamp just five seconds into the game! Conacher wore the Number 9 during his career with the Leafs.

January 19, 1937 - Cy Young , Tris Speaker, and Nap Lajorie elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

January 19, 1964 - 3rd AFL All Star Game, Balboa Stadium, SD: Western Division beats Eastern Division, 27-24; MVPs: LA Chargers, RB, Number 22, Keith Lincoln, and on defense was Oakland Raiders, LB, Number 56, Archie Matsos.

January 19, 1969 - Houston Oilers Linebacker George Webster earns the AFC All-Star game defensive MVP award at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida. George wore the Number 90 while on the roster of the Oilers. Western Division beats Eastern Division, 38-25; MVPs: ( Number 16) Len Dawson, KC Chiefs, QB;

January 19, 1969 - Old Number 18, Rams Quarterback, Roman Gabriel, was awarded the NFL Pro Bowl Offensive Most Valuable Player of the game., while Merlin Olsen ( Number 74), Los Angeles Rams, DT received the honor on defense

January 19, 1971 - 24th NHL All-Star Game, Boston Garden: Western Division beats Eastern Division, 2-1; MVP: Bobby Hull ( Number 9), Chicago, LW

January 19, 1972 - Sandy Koufax ( Number 32), Yogi Berra ( Number 8), and Early Wynn ( Number 24) were all elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame

January 19, 1977 - Ernie Banks ( Number 14) of the Chicago Cubs was elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

January 19, 1978 - Eddie Mathews ( Number 41) was elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

January 19, 1991 - 42nd NHL All-Star Game, Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL: Campbell beats Wales, 11-5; Vincent Damphousse ( Number 10), Toronto Maple Leafs, C

January 19, 1996 - NHL Board of Governors approves sale of Winnipeg Jets, officially clearing the way for the team to move to Phoenix, Arizona in time for 1996-97 season

January 19, 2002 - "Tuck Rule Game" AFC Divisional Playoff Game; with under 2 minutes to play New England Patriots trail Oakland Raiders, 13-10 in a driving snowstorm, when a ( Number 12) Tom Brady fumble ruled an incomplete pass. Patriots win 16-13 in overtime

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