5 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 5. 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.

82 - 4 - 1 - 24 - 14 - 17 - 22 - 6 - 2

November 5, 1950 - Cleveland Browns' Number 82, Tommy James intercepts 3 passes, club record

November 5, 1954 - Montreal Canadien center Number 4, Jean Béliveau scores 3 goals in 44 seconds on future Hall of Fame goaltender Terry Sawchuk, wearing Number 1 in the crease for 4-2 win v Boston Bruins; 2nd fastest NHL hat trick

November 5, 1961 - NFL St Louis Cardinals' Number 24, Bill Stacy, had two pick-six interceptions for TDs vs Dallas Cowboys

November 5, 1966 - BYU quarterback Number 14, Virgil Carter sets new NCAA single-game records with 513 passing yards and 599 yards of total offence in 53-33 win against Texas Western in Provo, Utah

November 5, 1968 - The first American League pitcher to win MVP, Denny McLain, Number 17 won the award unanimously.

November 5, 1976 - Baltimore Orioles Jim Palmer, Number 22 won the American League Cy Young Award

November 5, 1977 - NCAA passing record set at 571 yards as Number 6, Marc Wilson, of Brigham Young

November 5, 1996 - Yankees shortstop Number 2, Derek Jeter was the unanimous choice as AL Rookie of the Year

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 Trading card photo of Jean Beliveau as a member of the Montreal Canadiens. These cards were printed on the backs of Chex cereal boxes in the US and Canada from 1963 to 1965. Those collecting the cards cut them from the back of the boxes..