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 24. As a bonus, we place the jersey number worn at the time with the athlete as well.
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Daily Digits November 24
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.
32 - 13 - 7 - 14 - 16 - 8 - 12 - 2 - 1
November 24, 1957 - Cleveland Browns' fullback, Number 32, Jim Brown set a club record of 237 yds rushing
November 24, 1960 - Philadelphia center, Number 13, Wilt Chamberlain pulled down an NBA record 55 rebounds in Warriors 132-129 defeat to Boston Celtics at Philadelphia Civic Center
November 24, 1964 - 30th Heisman Trophy Award was given to Notre Dame Quarterback, Number 7, John Huarte.
November 24, 1964 - St Louis Cardinals' 3rd baseman Number 14, Ken Boyer was voted NL MVP
November 24, 1970 - 36th Heisman Trophy Award was earned by Stanford Quarterback, Number 16, Jim Plunkett.
November 24, 1971 - Braves catcher-infielder Number 32, Earl Williams, won the NL Rookie of Year
November 24, 1976 - Reds Number 8, Joe Morgan won his 2nd straight NL MVP Award
November 24, 1977 - Miami Dolphins quarterback, Number 12, Bob Greise passes for 6 touchdowns in a 55-14 win over Cardinals in St. Louis
November 24, 1982 - Baltimore Orioles Number 8, Cal Ripken was named AL Rookie of Year
November 24, 1996 - CFL Grey Cup, Ivor Wynne Stadium, Hamilton: MVP Number 2, Doug Flutie leads Toronto Argonauts to 13th title; beat Edmonton Eskimos, 43-37
November 24, 2013 - CFL Grey Cup, Taylor Field, Regina: Saskatchewan Roughriders win 4th title; defeat Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 45-23; Roughriders running back, Number 1, Kory Sheets MVP, sets Grey Cup record rushing for 197 yards with 2 TDs
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 Professional baseball player Ken Boyer circa 1957, taken by an unknown.
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