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Daily Digits October 16
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.
1 - 4 - 8 - 21 - 22 - 30 - 24 - 55 - 30
October 16, 1921 - Jimmy Conzelman, Number 1 took over as coach of Rock Island Independents from Frank Coughlin-only mid-game coaching change in NFL history. There is more on this story over at Pigskin Dispatch
October 16, 1936 - Lou Gehrig, Number 4 of the New York Yankees was voted American League MVP by Basball Writers Association
October 16, 1968 - Jim Dorey, Number 8 set a Toronto Maple Leaf penalty record of 48 mins on 9 penalties in a game & 44 minutes on 7 penalties in a period
October 16, 1969 - New York Met Number 21, Cleon Jones was awarded 1st base when shoe polish on ball proves he is hit by a pitch, he scores on a HR in World Series. The New York Mets a 100-1 long shot beat Baltimore Orioles, 5-3 at Shea Stadium for upset 4-1 series win; MVP: Mets 1B Number 22, Donn Clendenon
October 16, 1974 - Oakland As' Ken Holtzman, Number 30 who hadn't batted all season, belts 3rd inning home run in Game 4 & gets the win, 5-2
October 16, 1976 - Toronto Maple Leaf Lanny McDonald, Number 7 scored a hat trick, with all 3 goals occurring within 2 min 54 sec of each other
October 16, 1983 - World Series Game 5 action saw the Baltimore Orioles beat Philadelphia Phillies, 5-0 for 4 games to 1 series victory. MVP: Baltimore catcher Number 24, Rick Dempsey
October 16, 1988 - LA Dodger pitching phenon, Orel Hershiser, Number 55 became the first player to pitch a shutout in both an MLB playoff and a World Series game
October 16, 2004 - 17-year old Lionel Messi, wearing Number 30 made his league debut for FC Barcelona in a 1-0 win against cross-town rivals Espanyol at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona
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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 Jimmy Conzelman and Milwaukee Badgers teammate Bo McMillin posed before a game against the legendary Jim Thorpe and his Oorang Indians in 1922, from an unknown author.
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