Monday, August 20, 2012

Throwback Sports News - This Day in Sports History...

THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY


1945 - Tommy Brown of the Brooklyn Dodgers became the youngest player to hit a home run in a major league ball game. Brown was 17 years, 8 months and 14 days old.


1949 - Cleveland’s Indians and Chicago’s White Sox played at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland before the largest crowd, 78,382 people, to see a nighttime major-league baseball game.


2005 - Thomas Herrion (San Francisco 49ers) collapsed and died after a preseason game in Denver.
 

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