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.
5 - 44 - 28 - 13 - 9 - 78
March 14, 1954 - Number 5, of the Milwaukee Braves, Rookie Hank Aaron hitd his first homerun in an exhibition game. In his second seaon in the Big Leagues , Aaron would trade inthe Number 5 for the Uniform Number 44.
March 14, 1956 - Star Pitcher Satchel Paige signed a contract to play for and manage the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro National League. Paige was 50-years old at the signing. We do know from Larry Lester's Book on the Negro Leagues that Paige wore Number 29 for the Miami Marlins in 1956, but we are not sure what number he wore with the Black Barons.
March 14, 1960 - Number 13, Wilt Chamberlain of the San Francisco Warriors set and NBA record when he dropped in 63 points against Syracuse in a playoff game. The Warriors won the game 132-12 over the Nationals.
March 14, 1962- Detroit Red Wing skater Gordie Howe, Number 9 scored a goal to become just the second man in NHL history to have 500 goals scored in a career.
March 14, 1967 - Michigan State defensive end Bubba Smith became the first pick by Baltimore Colts. The NCAA Champion Spartans would feature an unprecdented 4 players in the top 8 spots of that year's NFL Draft. Bubba Smith would go on to wear the Number 78 with the Blue Horse Shoe.
