In this edition of the Sports Break, we cover the top events in sports history along with the players and athletes that were a part of them on November 14. As a bonus, we place the jersey number worn at the time with the athlete as well.
14 November in Sports History
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Daily Digits November 14
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.
42 - 44 - 9 - 22 - 72 - 48 - 19
November 14, 1943 - Chicago Bears future Hall of Fame Quarterback Number 42, Sid Luckman had an amazing game when he tossed 7 touchdowns passes vs New York Football Giants in a 56-7 Bears victory.
November 14, 1957 - Milwaukee Braves Number 44, Hank Aaron won National League MVP
November 14, 1964 - Detroit Red Wings Number 9, Gordie Howe sets NHL record 627th career goal
November 14, 1973 - Orioles Number 22, Jim Palmer was named American League Cy Young winner
November 14, 1976 - Cleveland Browns' Number 72, Jerry Sherk set a franchise record with 4 sacks in a game
November 14, 1989 - Padres reliever Number 48, Mark Davis won the NL Cy Young Award
November 14, 1996 - Texas Ranger Number 19, Juan Gonzalez wins AL MVP
November 14, 2018 - New York Mets pitcher Number 48, Jacob deGrom won the National League Cy Young Award with his 10 wins, which was the fewest ever by a Cy Young winner in a non-strike-shortened season. The award was given on the merits of deGrom's MLB-leading 1.70 ERA and 29 consecutive start streak which was longest in MLB history
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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 1955 Sid Luckman, Topps American football card, illustrated by an unknown.
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