Today In Sports History 3/22

Our past was shaped by many things in history including sports, here is what was written in the history books today.

Hockey has one of the longest histories in sports that dates back to the late 1800’s. On this day in 1894 at Victoria Rink in Montreal Quebec the Montreal Hockey Club beat the Ottawa Hockey Club 3-1 in a three team challenge tournament. Fast forward to 1984 when Bryan Trottier of the New York Islanders ties an NHL record when he scores five seconds into the game.

One sport that has one of the longest histories in all of sports is baseball. Right after the turn of the century, in 1903, the at the time New York Highlanders first tickets went on sale. The Highlanders would eventually become who we know today as the New York Yankees. Nearly a century later in 1990 the Major League umpires announce they are boycotting exhibition games.

As we enjoy the glory of college basketball with the first round of the men’s collegiate basketball tournament underway, the national basketball tournament touched the history books today. On this day in 1958 Kentucky beat Seattle 84-72 in the 20th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship game. Then in in 1969 UCLA earned their 5th national title in six years when the Bruins beat Purdue 92-72.

Women’s golf has a high mark in the history books since it’s conception with today being a special date for the Americans. Carol Mann earned the first of her two major titles at the 1964 LPGA Western Golf Open, finishing two shots ahead of Ruth Jessen and Judy Kimball.

As one of the most captivating professional athletes of all time, Muhammad Ali was able to dominate the sport of boxing. In 1967 Ali would knock out Zora Folley in seven rounds to take the heavyweight boxing title.