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 23. As a bonus, we place the jersey number worn at the time with the athlete as well.
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Daily Digits November 23
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.
33 - 25 - 30 - 20 - 1 - 22 - 99 - 14
November 23, 1947 - Washington Redskins quarterback Number 33, Sammy Baugh passed for 6 touchdowns vs. Chicago Cardinals (45-21)
November 23, 1960 - LA Dodgers outfielder Number 25, Frank Howard was voted NL Rookie of Year
November 23, 1962 - LA Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills, Number 30 was named National League MVP
November 23, 1965 - The 31st Heisman Trophy Award went to USC running back, Number 20, Mike Garrett
November 23, 1966 - Chicago outfielder, Number 1, Tommie Agee was voted AL Rookie of Year
November 23, 1984 - Boston College QB Number 22, Doug Flutie passed for 472 yards, including game ending 48 yard TD (Hail Mary Pass) to end game & beat Miami 47-45
November 23, 1988 - Edmonton Oiler's Number 99, Wayne Gretzky scored his 600th NHL goal
November 23, 1991 - Brigham Young University quarterback Number 14, Ty Detmer finishes NCAA career with record 4,031 yards passed in a season, and 15,031 yards for career
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 1955 Topps Card of Sammy Baugh.
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