Today In Sports History 3/27

Our past has shaped present by many things in history including sports, here is how sports marked our history.

Baseball

• 1931 – John McGraw says night baseball will not catch on.
• 1989 – Sports Illustrated magazine exposes baseball player Pete Rose’s gambling activities. The article alleges ‘Charlie Hustle’ bet from the Riverfront dugout using hand gestures with an associate.

Basketball

• 1939 – First NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: University of Oregon beats Ohio State 46-33.
• 1945 – 7th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats NYU 49-44.
• 1945 – DePaul beats Bowling Green for NIT title.
• 1951 – 13th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Kansas 68-58.
• 1971 – 33rd NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Villanova 68-62; this is UCLA’s 5th consecutive NCAA basketball title.
• 1972 – Adolph Rupp retires after 42 years of coaching University of Kentucky.
• 1978 – 40th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Duke 94-88.

Boxing

• 1879 – Longest championship fight takes place (136 rounds).
• 1942 – Joe Louis knocks out Abe Simon in six to retain heavyweight boxing title (New York City, New York).
• 1983 – Larry Holmes beats Lucien Rodriguez in 12 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.

Football

• 1991 – NCAA bans University of Minnesota football team from postseason play in 1992.

Golf

• 1960 – Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Royal Crown Golf Open.
• 1966 – Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Louise Suggs Delray Beach Golf Invitational.
• 1977 – Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Kathryn Crosby/Honda Civic Golf Classic.
• 1988 – Ok-Hee Ku wins Standard Register Turquoise Classic Golf Tournament.
• 1994 – 23rd Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Donna Andrews.

Hockey 

• 1962 – Jacques Plante ties record winning 6th NHL Vezina trophy.
• 1982 – Randy Holt sets Washington Capitals’ record of 34 penalty minutes.
• 1991 – Scotty Bowman and Neil Armstrong elected to NHL Hall of Fame.

Ice Skating

• 1928 – US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Maribel Vinson.
• 1928 – US Men’s Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner.
• 1988 – World Ice Dance Championship in Budapest won by Bestemianova and Bukin (USSR).
• 1988 – World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Budapest won by E Valova and O Vasiliev (USSR).
• 1988 – World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Budapest won by Katarina Witt (German Democratic Republic).
• 1988 – World Men’s Figure Skating Championship in Budapest won by Brian Boitano (USA).
• 1994 – World Ice Dance Championship in Chiba Japan won by Gritschuk and Platov (Russia).
• 1994 – World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Chiba won by Shishkova/Vadim Naumov (Russia).
• 1994 – World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Chiba won by Yuka Sato (Japan).
• 1994 – World Men’s Figure Skating Championship in Chiba won by Elvis Stojko (Canada).

Olympics

• 2009 – The International Olympic Committee decides to eliminate international torch relays ahead of future Olympic Games, due to protests held during previous Olympic torch relays.