Celebrating the milestones in sports history made on January 4 throughout history, by remembering the athletes and the jersey numbers that they wore.
4 January in Sports History
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Sports Jersey Dispatch Daily Digits
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.
4 - 50 - 29 - 00 - 33 - 53 - 30 - 52 - 23 - 9
January 4, 1942 - The seven time National League batting champion Rogers Hornsby became the 14th player selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Hornsby wore multiple numbers on his jersey over his career but the one he put on most often was the Number 4 of the St Louis Cardinals.
The Number 4 is for Adrian Dantley who on January 4, 1984 while with the Utah Jazz, tied Wilt Chamberlain's record for the most free throws scored in an NBA game hitting on 28 of 29 from the line propelling the Jazz to a 116-111 victory over the Rockets.
The Number 50 is for the man they called the Admiral, David Robinson. On January 4, 1986 while playing for Navy the stalwart big man blocked an NCAA record 14 shots as the Midshipmen knocked off UNC Wilmington 76-61. Robinson also had 14 rebounds while scoring 21 points.
The Number 29 is for stud running back Eric Dickerson who on January 4, 1986 set an NFL post season record of 248 yards as he led the LA Rams to a 20-0 voctory over the Dallas Cowboys.
January 4, 1992 - Boston Celtic's Number 00, Robert Parish became the 5th player in NBA history to register 2,000 career blocks during Celtics' 100-96 loss at Minnesota - others Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Number 33), Mark Eaton (Number 53), Wayne Tree Rollins (Number 30) and George Johnson (Number 52)
January 4, 2001 - Washington Wizards forward Number 23, Michael Jordan became the 4th player in NBA history to score 30,000 career points; hits a free throw in 2nd quarter of an 89-83 win against his old team, the Chicago Bulls
January 4, 2018 - Liverpool and Egyptian forward Number 9, Mohamed Salah was named as the African Football Player of the Year
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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
The banner photo is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons of an image is from a 1921 Exhibits baseball card, showing Rogers Hornsby in a St. Louis Cardinals road uniform. Original image from Vintage Card Prices website
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