Sports History on 19th of August

Born August 19, 1895 in Ottawa, Canada, was Hockey Hall of Fame Defenseman, Georges Boucher.  played for the Ottawa Senators, Montreal Maroons, and Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey Association and National Hockey League between 1915 and 1932. His father Tom was a championship winning Rugby player in Canada during the 1890s and Georges followed in his footsteps as he started his professional athletic career in football as halfback for the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League. After three seasons he turned his attention towards hockey.

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 August 19. As a bonus, we place the jersey number worn at the time with the athlete.