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 16. As a bonus, we place the jersey number worn at the time with the athlete as well.
16 November in Sports History
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Daily Digits November 16
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.
6 - 13 - 21 - 24 - 29 - 12 - 33
November 16, 1957 - Boson Celtics' center Number 6, Bill Russell set an NBA record of 49 rebounds as Boston defeated the Philadelphia Warriors, 111-89 at the Boston Gardens
November 16, 1962 - San Francisco Warriors center Number 13, Wilt Chamberlain scored 73 points in 127-111 win over the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden
November 16, 1966 - Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Number 21, Roberto Clemente was named the National League MVP
November 16, 1976 - Rick Barry, Number 24 of the Golden State Warriors, had the then longest NBA free throw streak of 60 end
November 16, 1977 - Rod Carew, Number 29 wins AL MVP award
November 16, 1980 - Tampa Bay Buccaneer QB Number 12, Doug Williams threw for 486 yards
November 16, 1988 - Jose Canseco, Oakland A's Number 33, became the first unanimous AL MVP since Reggie Jackson
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 Former Boston Celtics player, Bill Russell, during his first years with the franchise, circa 1960., taken by an unknown.
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