Sports History on 20th of April

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. 9 - 15 - 14 - 22-  33 - 23 - 7 - 4 April 20, 1910 - Cleveland Naps, pitcher Addie Joss, tossed his second career no-hitter, a...

Born April 20, 1891, in Sioux City, Iowa, was Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop and manager, Dave Bancroft. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, New York Giants, Boston Braves and the Brooklyn Robins between 1915 and 1930. Bancroft was part of the Giants' World Series championship teams in 1921 and 1922. He was also a part of the National League pennant-winning teams of 1915 and 1923. Bancroft was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1971. 

Born April 20, 1958, in Moscow, Russia , was Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman Viacheslav Fetisov. He played for HC CSKA Moscow for 13 seasons before joining the National Hockey League, where he played with the New Jersey Devils and Detroit Red Wings.