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 27. As a bonus, we place the jersey number worn at the time with the athlete as well.
27 November in Sports History
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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.
98 - 5 - 7 - 9 - 60 - 21 - 29 - 20
November 27, 1940 - 6th Heisman Trophy Award went to Michigan's legendary halfback, Number 98, Tom Harmon.
November 27, 1941 - New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio was named AL MVP, for the 2nd time
November 27, 1947 - Joe DiMaggio, Number 5 of the New York Yankees, won his 3rd MVP, beating Ted Williams by 1 vote
November 27, 1953 - Cleveland Indians 3rd baseman, Number 7, Al Rosen was unanimously named AL's MVP
November 27, 1956 - 1957 NFL Draft: Paul Hornung, Number 5 from University of Notre Dame first pick by Green Bay Packers
November 27, 1960 - Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings Number 9, became 1st NHL skater to score 1,000 points
November 27, 1961 - Gordie Howe became the 1st player in NHL history to play in 1,000 NHL games
November 27, 1965 - 1966 NFL Draft: Tommy Nobis, Number 60 from University of Texas first pick by Atlanta Falcons
November 27, 1974 - St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Number 21, Bake McBride wins NL Rookie of Year
November 27, 1985 - St Louis Cardinals Number 29, Vince Coleman won the NL Rookie of Year
November 27, 1994 - CFL Grey Cup, BC Place, Vancouver: BC Lions beat Baltimore FC, 26-23; first-ever championship in pro football history featuring a US v Canada matchup; Lions win on last second Number 5, Lui Passaglia field-goal
November 27, 1997 - Lions' Number 20, Barry Sanders becomes NFL's 2nd all-time rusher
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 Cleveland Indians third baseman Al Rosen in about 1953 by Bowman Gum..