Celebrating the milestones in sports history made on January 6 throughout history, by remembering the athletes and the jersey numbers that they wore.
6 January in Sports History
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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.
24 - 20 - 19 - 51 - 45 - 29 - 7 - 8
Number 24 is the uniform of baseball pitcher Early Wynn who wore the number as a member of the the Chicago White Sox in 1959 when he won the Cy Young Award and the American League MVP. January 6, 1920 was his date of birth.
Don Sutton is our Number 20 and on January 6, 1998 the right handed pitcher most famously of the LA Dodgers was selected to enter into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
On January 6, 1995 Atlanta Hawks Coach Lenny Wilkens surpassed legend Red Auerbach in coaching victories with his 939th as the Hawks outlasted Washington 112-90. Wilkens of course as a player wore Number 19 for many of his seasons in the NBA.
January 6, 2015 - Randy Johnson (Number 51), Pedro Martinez (Number 45), John Smoltz (Number 29) and Craig Biggio (Number 7) were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
January 6, 2018 - Tennessee Titans quarterback Number 8, Marcus Mariota scored a touchdown off own pass in 22-21 victory over Kansas City Chiefs, second NFL quarterback to do so
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