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.
13 - 9 - 4 - 7 - 23 - 17 - 19 - 66 - 13
March 2, 1974 - National Association of Professional Baseball Players officially adopts the batter's box; decide any player betting on his own team will be expelled; any player betting on any other team to forfeit his pay
March 2, 1918 - Joe Malone goes scoreless in Montreal Canadiens' 5-3 season-ending loss to Toronto Arenas; finishes the first NHL season with 44 goals, a record that stands until 1944-45
March 2, 1929 - George Hainsworth becomes first NHL goaltender to record 20 shutouts in one season when the Montreal Canadiens beat the visiting Boston Bruins, 3-0; ends season with 22
March 2, 1962 - Philadelphia center Wilt Chamberlain, Number 13 scored 100 points in the Warriors' 169-147 win over New York Knicks in Hershey, PA. The Big Man went 36-of-63 from field, 28-of-32 from free-throw line and set a record for the most ever points scored by an NBA player in a single game.
March 2, 1966 - Chicago Black Hawks right wing Number 9, Bobby Hull becomes the NHL's first 2-time 50-goal scorer when he strikes in a 5-4 win against the Detroit Red Wings at Chicago Stadium
March 2, 1966 - Jean Béliveau, Number 4 scored his 380th career NHL goal when his Montreal team tied Toronto, 3-3. This goal moved him ahead of Ted Lindsay into the #3 spot all time, behind Mr. Hockey, Gordie Howe and Maurice Richar.
March 2, 1969 - Boston center Phil Esposito, Number 7 became the first skater in NHL history to record 100 points in a season when on this day, he scored not one but two, 3rd-period goals in the Bruins' 4-0 win over the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins.
March 2, 1980 - Phoenix Suns point guard Mike Bratz, Number 23 had is NBA free throw streak end at 57 games with a miss in the Suns' 123-115 home win over the LA Lakers.
March 2, 1986 - Edmonton's right wing Jari Kurri, wearing Number 17 scored 2 goals, including the overtime wining lamp lighter, to lead the Oilers to a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers. Kurri, put up 100 points for the 4th straight NHL season.
March 2, 1988 - The flaming basketball is adopted as NBA franchise Miami Heat’s official logo from over 13,000 entries; Mark Henderson submits the winning entry
March 2, 1991 - On a day when his father Bobby made history some 25 years earlier, St. Louis right wing Brett Hull, Number 19 becomes a 70-goal scorer for the 2nd straight season and has 3 assists to help the Blues earn a 4-4 tie in Philadelphia; finishes season with NHL career-best 86 goals
March 2, 1993 - Number 66 of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Mario Lemieux undergoes his 22nd and final radiation treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma, then joined the Penguins in Philadelphia and has a goal and assist in a 5-4 loss to the Flyers.
March 2, 1993 - Winnipeg Jets Number 13, right wing Teemu Selänne, from Finland, breaks NHL record for goals by a rookie with a hat-trick in a 7-4 loss to the visiting Quebec Nordiques. In the effort he passed Mike Bossy's mark of 52
March 2, 1995 - Joe Mullen Number 7 of Pittsburgh, becomes second NHL player to appear in 300 NHL games with 3 different teams when he played for the Penguins in a 6-3 loss in Buffalo. His game count went something like this: 379 in Pittsburgh, St. Louis 301, and Calgary 345
