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.
99 - 32 - 33
March 26, 1915 - In the Stanley Cup Final played at Denman Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia. Right winger Barney Stanley netted 5 goals as the Vancouver Millionaires defeated Ottawa Senators, 12-3 and completed a 3-0 sweep for the first Cup series that was non-challenged. Vancouver became the first PCHA champions.
March 26, 1945 - Big George Mikan, Number 99 scored 34 points to lead DePaul to the NIT championship title.
March 26, 1973 - UCLA Center Bill Walton, Number 32 won the Most Outstandinag player award at the NCAA men's tourney for the second consecutive year. He and his Bruins teammates coached by John Wooden won the tournament again, the seventh time in a row, by lknocking out Memphis 81-76.
March 26, 1979 - The NCAA basketball game with the highest television ratings of all time is played when Magic Johnson, Number 33 and the Michigan State Spartans were pitted against Larry Bird, Number 33 and the Indiana State Sycamores in the NCAA Men's Baseketball Championship game. The Spartans took the title 75-64.
