Celebrating the milestones in sports history made on January 8 throughout history, by remembering the athletes and the jersey numbers that they wore.
8 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.
15 - 1 - 23 - 44 - 43 - 36 - 31 - 29 - 20 - 88 - 10
The Number 15 in today's historic lineup in Howie Meeker who as a rookie skater for the NHL's Totonto Maple Leafs on January 8, 1947 put 5 pucks between the pipes in a single game against the Chicago Black Hawks to carry the Leafs to a 10-4 win.
The roster Number 1 belongs to Glenn Resch the Goalie of the New York Islanders who on January 8, 1980 kept the Vancouver Canucks scoreless for his 20th career NHL shut out.
January 8, 1986 - San Francisco Giants Number 44, Willie McCovey was 16th elected to MLB Hall of Fame in his 1st year of eligibility
January 8, 1987 - Jack Sikma of the Milwaukee Bucks (Number 43) began an NBA free throw streak of 51 games.
January 8, 1991 - Gaylord Perry (Number 36), Fergie Jenkins (Number 31) & Rod Carew ( Number 29) elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
The uniform Number 23 is no suprise when it belongs to Michael Jordan who on January 8. 1993 he put up 35 points on the Milwaukee Bucks giving him 20,000 career NBA points in just his 620th game. That gave him second place on the speed to that milestone as Number 13, Wilt Chamberlain reached the same heights in just 499 games!
January 8, 1995 - Philadelphia Phillies 12-time All Star third baseman Number 20, Mike Schmidt was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
January 8, 2000 - "Music City Miracle", in AFC Wild Card Playoff, Tennessee Titans defeat Buffalo Bills 22-16 in last 16 seconds with Number 87, Kevin Dyson, running length of the field for a game-winning touchdown
January 8, 2012 - "The 3:16 Game" AFC Wild Card Playoff, underdogs Denver Broncos defeat Pittsburgh Steelers 29–23 with Number 15, Tim Tebow connecting with Number 88, Demaryius Thomas on an 80-yard touchdown pass on first scrimmage play of overtime
January 8, 2013 - Steve Nash, wearing Number 10 recorded his 10,000th career assist against Houston
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