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The jersey numbers making history on March 3

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.

20 - 26 - 27 - 22

March 3, 1951 - Bill Mikvy, Number 20 of the Temple University Owls scored an NCAA basketball record of 73 pts on one game

March 3, 1953 - Boston Braves, who own Milwaukee minor league franchise, block St Louis Browns attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee

March 3, 1968 - Jean Béliveau, Number 26 of the Montreal Canadians becomes 2nd NHL skater to score 1,000 points in his pro career.

March 3, 1968 - In a blockbuster trade, Toronto Maple Leafs send future Hockey Hall of Fame left wing Number 27, Frank Mahovlich to the rival Detroit Red Wings

March 3, 1981 - The New York Islander's Mike Bossy, Number 22 scored his 9th & final hat trick of season when he posted 4 goals

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 of the Edmonton Flyers hockey team at Edmonton Gardens from the Provincial Archives of Alberta, taken by an unknown.

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