Celebrating the milestones in sports history made on January 5 throughout history, by remembering the athletes and the jersey numbers that they wore.
5 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 great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore.
42 - 22 - 24 - 44 - 30 - 6
Jackie Robinson of course is our Number 42 in the historic news as on January 5, 1957 he retired from Major League Baseball rahter than be traded to the New York Giants from the Brooklyn Dodgers.
The Number 22 is significant to January 5 as on this date in 1964, the AFL's San Diego Chargers had a running back Keith Lincoln, Number 22 rush for 206 yards and 2 touchdowns as the Bolts blew out the Boston Patriots 51-10 to win the AFL Championship.
January 5, 1991 - Kevin Bradshaw, Number 24, of US International Gulls team scored an NCAA Division 1 opponent record of 72 pts. Ironically the Gulls somehow lost the contest 186–140 loss to Loyola Marymount University.
The Number 44 is for legendary baseball slugger Reggie Jackson is elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame on January 5, 1993. Jackson wore a few different numbers including 9 and 31 in addition to 44 that he wore for at least 9 of his 21 seasons.
January 5, 2019 - Golden State and Sacramento combine for 41 3-pointers in Warriors' 127-123 win; set new NBA record for 3s in a game; Number 30, Stephen Curry hits 10 triples while Number 24, Buddy Hield leads Kings with 8, Number 44, Justin Jackson adds 5
January 5, 2021 - 86th Heisman Trophy Award: Number 6, DeVonta Smith, Alabama (WR)
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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
Banner photo is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons of Reggie Jackson signs with the New York Yankees, still image taken from a film dedicated to the public domain per archive.org about the life and times of George Steinbrenner from MLB and the New York Yankees
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