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 October 22. As a bonus, we place the jersey number worn at the time with the athlete as well.
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Daily Digits October 22
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 - 38 - 1 - 25 - 14 - 24 - 12 - 51 - 31
October 22, 1885 - John Ward & several teammates secretly form Brotherhood of Professional Base Ball Players, which in essence was the first baseball players union
October 22, 1966 - Ice hockey legend, Number 4 for the Boston Bruins, Bobby Orr scored his first career goal (vs Montreal Canadiens)
October 22, 1972 - World Series: Oakland A's beat Reds, 3-2 in Cincinnati for a 4-3 series win; A's first C'ship since 1930, first in Oakland: MVP: A's catcher Number 38, Gene Tenace
October 22, 1974 - The New York Yankees traded outfielder Bobby Murcer, Number 1 to the San Francisco Giants for outfielder Bobby Bonds, Number 25
October 22, 1975 - World Series: Cincinnati Reds beat Boston Red Sox, 4-3 at Fenway Park for 4 games to 3 series win; MVP: Reds switch hitter Number 14, Pete Rose
October 22, 1976 - Rick Barry, Number 24 of the San Francisco Warriors franchise, began the then longest NBA free throw streak of 60 made shots from the charity stripe
October 22, 1984 - Future Pro Football HOF quarterback Ken Stabler, Number 12 retires after 17 seasons in the NFL with Oakland Raiders, Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints
October 22, 1996 - New York Yankee Bernie Williams, Number 51 hit a record tying 7th post season HR, as Yanks tie record of 6th straight post season road win (en route to 8)
October 22, 1999 - NHL goaltender Number 31, Grant Fuhr wins his 400th career game (vs Florida Panthers)
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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 John Montgomery Ward, Captain and Shortstop, New York, from 19th century ads for Old Judge Cigarettes Goodwin & Company, Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, and P.H. Mayo and Brother Tobacco. Circa 1890.
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