Individual efforts that helped their teams on June 24 are our theme today. News from Professional FOotball, Jackie Robinson and Joe DiMaggio grace the ledger for this day.
24 June in Sports History
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Daily Digits June 24
Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore.
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June 24, 1922 - The 2 year old professional football league called the American Professional Football Association renamed itself the National Football League under the direction of President Joe Carr.
June 24, 1922 - The APFA/NFL franchise known as the Chicago Staleys was renamed to the Chicago Bears by team founder, owner, and head coach George Halas. In 1920 the team joined the inaugural season of the league as the Decatur Staleys.
June 24, 1936 - Yankees Rookie outfielder Joe DiMaggio, wearing Number 9 that year, tied a trio of MLB records in New York's 10-run 5th inning against the Chicago White Sox. DiMaggio hit 2 home runs for 8 total basesas he helped the Yankees beat Chicago, 18-4.
June 24, 1947 - Future Baseball Hall of Fame infielder, Jackie Robinson in his famous Number 42 jersey stole home for the first of 19 times in his career as the Brooklyn Dodgers beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-2.
June 24, 1955 - Washington Senators Slugger Harmon Killebrew, Number 12, hit his first career Home Run off of Billy Hoeff of the Detroit Tigers. The Tigers won the game though 18-7. Killebrew ended up with 573 HRs for his career in the MLB.
Credits
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, Taken approximately 1920, the photo shows the original grandstand that was destroyed during a windstorm in 1932. It is suspected that the football team in the photo is that of the Chehalis Bearcats before a Swamp Cup game with Twin City rival, Centralia. Notice the taunting writing on the bleachers, "Centralia's Here to Lose", taken by an unknown.
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