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5 March in Sports History

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The jersey numbers making history on March 5

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.

36 - 22 - 31 - 4 - 14 - 4

March 5, 1982 - Pitcher Gaylord Perry, Number 36 signed with the Seattle Mariners

March 5, 1985 - Mike Bossy, Number 22 of the New York Islanders became the first NHL skaters to score at least 50 goals in eight straight seasons

March 5, 1991 - Indiana Pacers star shooter Reggie Miller, who wore the Number 31 proudly, started a torid streak of making a free throw in 52 straight games

March 5, 1996 -  Former Orioles skipper Earl Weaver whose managerial Number 4 was retired by Baltimore and retired pitcher Jim Bunning who famously wore the Number 14  with the Detroit Tigrers are both selected to the reward of entering into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

March 5, 1997 - Tommy Lasorda,whose managerial Number 4 was retired by the Dodgers, Nellie Fox, Number 2 with the White Sox and  Number 4, Willie Wells also known as "Willie the Devil" were all inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame


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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 Chicago White Sox second baseman Nellie Fox circa 1953. The photo was cropped, and levels and saturation adjusted, taken by an unknown for Bowman Gum.


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