Sports history is made every day of the year, and we tell it to you through the daily monumental events, and jersey numbers of the athletes that performed them. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore.
17 - 4 - 99 - 25
March 7, 1978 - The Vancouver Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer, Number 17 failed to send the puck home on 5th penalty shot against Islanders.
March 7, 1979 - Both legends Warren Giles, a pioneer executive and Hack Wilson who wore the Number 4 with the Brooklyn Dodgers after playing many season with the New York Giants before numbers were on uniforms were selected for entrance into the Baseball Hall of Fame
March 7, 1986 - The Great One, Number 99, Wayne Gretzky, breaks his own NHL records by registering his 136th assist in a season.
March 7, 1988 - Jim Abbott, Number 25 wins the James E. Sullivan Award for his playing performance. The amazing thing is that Abbott showed the world that a person with only one hand can do remarkable things at the highest levels of sport!
