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 30. As a bonus, we place the jersey number worn at the time with the athlete as well.
30 November in Sports History
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Daily Digits November 30
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.
35 - 20 - 26 - 68 - 15 - 27 - 33 - 19 - 24 - 8
November 30, 1954 - 20th Heisman Trophy Award went to Wisconsin full back Number 35, Alan Ameche.
November 30, 1959 - 1960 NFL Draft Number 20, Billy Cannon from LSU became the first pick by Los Angeles Rams
November 30, 1961 - Billy Williams, Number 26, of the Chicago Cubs was voted NL Rookie of Year
November 30, 1963 - CFL Grey Cup, Empire Stadium, Vancouver: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeat BC Lions, 21-10; features controversial sequence involving American players Number 68, Angelo Mosca and Number 15, Willie Fleming
November 30, 1968 - CFL Grey Cup, CNE Stadium, Toronto: Ottawa Rough Riders defeat Calgary Stampeder, 24-21; MVP Number 27, Vic Washington's 79-yard TD run remains a Grey Cup record
November 30, 1976 - The 42nd Heisman Trophy Award was given to Pitt Panthers running back, Number 33, Tony Dorsett.
November 30, 1981 - NY Yankee Number 19, Dave Righetti wins AL Rookie of Year Award
November 30, 1993 - NFL formally announced its 30th franchise would be the Jacksonville Jaguars
November 30, 2015 - LA Lakers star , Number 24, Kobe Bryant announced his intention to retire at the end of the season. The Lakers retired not only the Number 24 but also the jersey Bryant wore earlier in his career Number 8.
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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 Alan Ameche of the Colts circa 1955 by Bowman Cards.
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