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 7. As a bonus, we place the jersey number worn at the time with the athlete as well.
7 November in Sports History
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Daily Digits November 7
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.
44 - 39 - 1 - 32 - 14 - 30
November 7, 1933 - Pennsylvania voters overturn blue law, by permitting Sunday sports. In anticipation of this the NFL had already awarded franchises to both Pittsburgh and Philadelphia to start the season. The Eagles started the season with (4) Bye weeks and then two away games and a Wednesday evening home contest before having their first Sunday home game on November 12. The Steelers likewise played (4) Wednesday home games and two away games before hosting the Brooklyn Dodgers on Sunday November 12 at Forbes Field.
November 7, 1954 - Cleveland Browns' Number 44, Chet Hanulak set a franchise record with 7 punt returns. Cleveland won by their largest margin of victory (59 points) beating the Washington Redskins 62-3
November 7, 1957 - Phillies pitcher Number 39, Jack Sanford won the National League Rookie of Year
November 7, 1962 - Glenn Hall, Number 1 for the Chicago Black Hawks set the NHL record of 503 consecutive games as goalie
November 7, 1963 - New York Yankee catcher Elston Howard, Number 32 became the first African-American to be voted American League Most Valuable Player
November 7, 1978 - Boston Red Sox Jim Rice, Number 14 won the American League MVP
November 7, 1989 - Baltimore Orioles Gregg Olson, Number 30 became the first relief pitcher to win the American League Rookie of Year Award.
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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 1958 Chet Hanulak from the Topps American football cards.
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