25 January in Sports History

Celebrating the milestones in sports history made on January 25 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.

13 - 27 - 4 - 5 - 7 - 36 - 16 - 7 - 11 - 66 - 23 - 30 - 19 - 99 - 9 - 88 - 

January 25, 1960 - Once again Ole' Number 13 put up spme major points. Hall of Fame Center Wilt Chamberlain poured in 58 points, the most ever recorded by a rookie in the League, as the Philadelphia Warriors downed the  Detroit Pistons, 127-117 in a game played in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

January 25, 1961 - Frank Mahovlich, of the Toronto Maple Leafs lit the lamp twice in a contest on the ice against the Montreal Canadiens in which Toronto triumphed 5-3. The significance was that it was Number 27 Mahovlich's 39th tally of the season which set a Leafs record for goals scored.

January 25, 1972 - 25th NHL All-Star Game, East beats West, 3-2 at Metropolitan Sports Centre, Bloomington, Minnesota.The game's MVP selected was Boston, D, Number 4, Bobby Orr. 

January 25, 1975 - 10th hat trick in New York Islander history, Number 5, Denis Potvin's 1st

January 25, 1977 - 30th NHL All-Star Game, Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC: Wales beats Campbell, 4-3; MVP was Number 7,  Rick Martin, Buffalo Sabres, LW

January 25, 1978 - The San Diego Padres aquired Pitcher Gaylord Perry from the Texas Rangers in a trade for Dave Tomlin & $125,000. Perry who wore Number 36 for the Padres ended up having a tremendous season in San Diego, good enough to take home the Cy Young Award!

We also have a great tribute by Yesterday Sports Podcast host Mark Morthier on his favorite player on the podcast episode above. Her is Mark with his prize posession from this great athlete!

January 25, 1981 - Super Bowl XV, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA: Oakland Raiders beat Philadelphia Eagles, 27-10; MVP: Jim Plunkett, Number 16, Oakland, QB

January 25, 1986 - Edmonton Oilers Number 7, Paul Coffey set an NHL record for defensemen with a point in his 28th consecutive game, as the Oilers beat the visiting LA Kings, 5-2

January 25, 1987 - Super Bowl XXI, Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA: NY Giants beat Denver Broncos, 39-20; MVP chosen was NY Giants, QB, Number 11,  Phil Simms.

January 25, 1989 - Pittsburgh legend, Number 66, Mario Lemieux scored a goal and 3 assists in Penguins' 5-4 win over Winnipeg in Pittsburgh; sets NHL record by picking up a point in 14 consecutive games; record stands for 10 years

January 25, 1989 - Chicago Bulls superstar, Number 23, Michael Jordan scored his 10,000th NBA point in his 5th season

January 25, 1991 - St. Louis right wing, Number 16, Brett Hull scores twice in Blues' 9-4 win at Detroit, to give him 50 goals in 49 games; becomes 3rd player in NHL history with 50 goals in less than 50 games

January 25, 1998 - Super Bowl XXXII, Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA: Denver Broncos beat Green Bay Packers, 31-24; MVP selected was Denver's future Hall of Fame running back, Number 30, Terrell Davis

January 25, 2009 - 57th NHL All-Star Game, Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec: East beats West, 12-11, SO; MVP selected was Montreal Canadiens, RW, Number 27, Alexei Kovalev

January 25, 2015 - 60th NHL All-Star Game, Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH: Team Toews beats Team Foligno, 17-12; MVP: of the contest of Columbus Blue Jackets Center, Number 19,  Ryan Johansen

January 25, 2015 - NFL Pro Bowl, University of Phoenix, Glendale, AZ: Team Irvin beats Team Carter, 32-28; MVPs were Houston Texans, DE, Number 99, J. J. Watt, and Detroit Lions, QB, Number 9, Matthew Stafford.

January 25, 2020 - 65th NHL All Star Games, Enterprise Center, St. Louis, MI: Pacific All Stars win four-team, 3-on-3 tournament; MVP chosen was the LW Boston Bruins, Number 88, David Pastrnak

January 25, 2022 - Philadelphia Flyers defenseman, Number 3,  Keith Yandle becomes NHL's new "Iron Man" with his 965th consecutive regular-season game, breaking Number 21 (also 27 & 27), Doug Jarvis's all-time record, in a 4-3 loss at the New York Islanders

Here is what happened in Sports Jersey History on January 25 : Listen to our daily episodes in my mission to learn more about sports history from the uniforms and jerseys the players wore. Today we cover names like Wilt Chamberlain, Frank Mahovlich & Gaylord Perry as well as a great tribute by Yesterday Sports Podcast host Mark Morthier on his favorite player.

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A Very Special thanks to Mark Morthier and to other sources of information obtained from the following brilliant internet sites: On This Day Sports, the Sports Reference's family of website databases & Stathead.com

Banner Photo is coutesy of Wikimedia Commons of a trading card photo of Frank Mahovlich as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs. According to the seller, Ralston-Purina also printed trading cards on their pet food bags during the same 1963 to 1965 time period they were printing hockey trading cards on the backs of their Chex cereal boxes in the US and Canada. While the cereal box ones were on sturdier cardboard, the paper ones from the pet food bags had no such backing. Both styles of card were blank on the back, as the collector simply cut them from the box or bag.