28 November in Sports History

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 28. As a bonus, we place the jersey number worn at the time with the athlete as well.

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.

4 - 8 - 16 - 12 - 21 - 24 - 20 - 16 - 41 - 43 - 11 - 13 - 9

November 28, 1929 - Chicago fullback , Number 4, Ernie Nevers set an NFL record for most points scored in a single game with all 40 in the Cardinals' 40–6 rout of Chicago Bears; Nevers has NFL record 6 touchdowns and 4 extra points

November 28, 1938 - 4th Heisman Trophy Award went to Texas Christian, Number 8, QB Davey O'Brien. 

November 28, 1944 - Detroit Tigers pitcher Number 16, Hal Newhouser was named AL MVP

November 28, 1955 - 1956 NFL Draft: Gary Glick, Number 12, from University of Colorado A&M first pick by Pittsburgh Steelers

November 28, 1957 - Milwaukee Braves' future HOF pitcher Number 21, Warren Spahn won the Cy Young Award

November 28, 1964 - 1965 NFL Draft: Tucker Frederickson, Number 24, from Auburn University first pick by New York Giants

November 28, 1964 - CFL Grey Cup, CNE Stadium, Toronto: BC Lions defeat Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 34-24; BC's Number 20, Bill Munsey scored 2 touchdowns in the 3rd quarter, one on offence and another on defense

November 28, 1967 - 33rd Heisman Trophy Award was won by UCLA QB, Number 16, Gary Beban.

November 28, 1969 - Number 41, Ted Sizemore became the 7th Dodger to win NL Rookie of Year

November 28, 1978 - 44th Heisman Trophy Award was earned by Oklahoma running back, Number 20, Billy Sims.

November 28, 1979 - LA Dodgers, Number 43, Rick Sutcliffe won the NL Rookie of Year

November 28, 1993 - CFL Grey Cup, McMahon Stadium, Calgary: Edmonton Eskimos defeat Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 33-23; Sean Fleming, Number 11, recorded a record tying 6 field goals in the contest.

November 28, 2010 - CFL Grey Cup, Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton: Montreal Alouettes retain Championship with 21-18 win over Saskatchewan Roughriders; Alouettes' quarterback, Number 13, Anthony Calvillo's 3rd title

November 28, 2015 - Jamie Vardy, Number 9, scored for Leicester City in a 1-1 draw against Manchester United at the King Power Stadium; EPL record 11th consecutive game in which Vardy scores

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 Ernie Nevers, Photo from Underwood & Underwood, Chicago.