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Jim Calhoun

Born May 10, 1942, orn in Braintree, Massachusetts, was Basketball Hall of Fame Head Coach Jim Calhoun. His University of Connecticut team won the Men's College Basketball NCAA National Championships in 1999, 2004, and 2011. Calhoun's squads played in four Final Fours, won the 1988 NIT title, and won seven Big East tournament championships. With his team's 2011 NCAA title win, the 68-year-old Calhoun became the oldest coach to win a Division I men's basketball title. He won his 800th game in 2009 and finished his NCAA Division I career with 873 victories. Besides UConn he also coached at the University of Saint Joseph from 2018 through 2021.

February 7 Jersey Numbers

Here are some jersey numbers in team sport history that stuck out. February 7, 1949 - Number 5, Joe DiMaggio became the first ball player to earn $100,000 a yearas he did so under contract with the New York Yankees . February 7, 1958 - The Brooklyn Dodgers official...

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2025-02-06

February 6 Jersey Numbers

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. 31 - 9 - 14 - 83 - 7 - 16 - 22 - 80 - 11 - 84 - 10 - 83 - 12 February 6, 1926 - St Louis Browns acquire catcher Wally Schang from ...

2025-02-05

February 5 Jersey Numbers

Here is what happened in Sports Jersey History on February 5: Kareem hits a new NBA high, Hines hauls in a big one and Bob Douglas is honored. Our Sports Jersey Take of the Day is from historian Joe Ziemba. Listen in to learn more about sports history along with me from the unif...

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2025-02-05

The Oregon Agricultural Hard Court Stars

(image) Members of the 1922 Oregon Agricultural College men's basketball team. From left to rightː Gill (forward), Hjeite (enter), and Feraley (forward), from February 5, 1922. This image is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. We know the OAC by a different name today, Oregon State. The Oregon Ag...

2025-02-04

The 1897 Strathcona Hockey Team

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Formal portrait of Strathcona's First Hockey Team (1897). Stratchcona resides in British Columbian Province, and is the oldest residential neighbourhood of Vancouver, (image) Some players are labeled by number. 1. Bob Blain 2. Jim Blain 3. Billy Sharkles 4. Fred Richards 5. J. McIn...

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2025-02-04

February 4 Jersey Numbers

Here is what happened in Sports Jersey History on February 4 : We talk about the great goaltending of Grant Fuhr and Ray Durbin of Row One Brand stops by to to discuss two of his favorite number 40s. Listen in to learn more about sports history along with me from the uniforms and jers...

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The gridiron jersey's colorful evolution. ref. Football

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The jerseys of the hard courts have a great history all their own. ref. Basketball

Baseball

Tops in Professional Baseball: The Evolution of the Uniforms & Top Players by the Numbers they Wore ref. Baseball

Hockey

The great history of the Hockey sweater jersey and the players than made them famous. ref. Hockey

Auto Racing

When you want to just see who is the fastest, you catch a race! ref. Auto Racing

Soccer

The basics of the jersey Numbering in Association Football (Soccer) ref. Soccer

All Sports Jersey Dispatch Podcasts

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Uniform Numbers

The Jersey Numbers that make up the Hisory of Each Day of the Year ref. Uniform Numbers

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The historic sporting events where the fans went crazy ref. The Roar of the Crowd home page

Odds and Ends

The posts that are on the outskirts of sports jerseys and history but are relative all the same ref. Odds and Ends

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Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer

We invite you to take a ride through 1920's sports history in the audio drama that takes the listener through the sounds and legendary events of the era through the eyes of a young newspaper journalist. You will feel like you were there! Brought to you by Number 80 Productions and Pigskin Dispatch

Bears versus Cardinals: The NFL's Oldest Rivalry

Author Joe Ziemba the master historian of football in Chicago has released another beauty. It is titled Bears versus Cardinals: The NFL's Oldest Rivalry. _________________________

Hut! Hut! Hike! Book

Historian Timothy P. Brown has released another excellent book to help fill our football minds with knowledge. His latest is called Hut! Hut! Hike!: A History of Football Terminology.

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