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 26. As a bonus, we place the jersey number worn at the time with the athlete as well.
26 November in Sports History
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Daily Digits November 26
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.
12 - 14 - 5 - 32 - 36 - 19 - 20 - 10 - 36 - 13
November 26, 1917 - The NHL forms with Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, Toronto Arenas, Ottawa Senators & Quebec Bulldogs; National Hockey Association disbanded
November 26, 1960 - Minneapolis-St Paul baseball club took the name Twins
November 26, 1963 - Navy Quarterback, Number 12, Roger Staubach won the 29th Heisman Trophy Award.
November 26, 1963 - Cincinnati Reds 2nd baseman, Number 14, Pete Rose won the NL Rookie of Year
November 26, 1965 - LA Dodgers 2nd baseman, Number 5, Jim Lefebvre was voted as the NL Rookie of Year
November 26, 1968 - Southern Cal running back Number 32, O J Simpson took home the 34th Heisman Trophy Award.
November 26, 1969 - The35th Heisman Trophy Award went to Oklahoma Sooners running back, Number 36, Steve Owens
November 26, 1975 - Boston Red Sox center fielder, Number 19, Fred Lynn becomes the first rookie ever to be named American League MVP
November 26, 1980 - Mike Schmidt, Number 20 for the Phiilies was unanimous choice as NL MVP
November 26, 1984 - After 518 goals and 14 years with Montreal Canadiens, Number 10, Guy Lafleur retired abruptly. It was a few seasons later that he laced up the skates once more in the NHL with the New York Rangers.
November 26, 1989 - CFL Grey Cup, SkyDome, Toronto: Saskatchewan Roughriders defeat Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 43-40 on Number 36, Dave Ridgway's field goal winner was known as 'The Kick'
November 26, 1995 - Miami Dolphins QB, Number 13, Dan Marino set an NFL record with his 343rd career touchdown pass
November 26, 1999 - NHL legend Steve Yzerman, wearing Number 19 for the Detroit Red Wings, scored the 600th goal inhis NHL career
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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 Charles Dinsmore standing in Montreal Maroons hockey uniform circa 1925, taken by an unknown.
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