Rocky Marciano Retires As The Only Undefeated Heavyweight Champ-This Day 1956
On this day in 1956 Rocky Marciano announced he was retiring from boxing. He had turned professional in 1947 and retired with a record of 49-0-0. He had won the […]
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The Greatest Athlete To Wear #10 [Pele}
The Greatest Athlete To Wear #10 is Pele. A number of notable #10’s-in soccer- aka football- Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo, Robert Baggio… and Diego Maradona. It was hard picking between Pele and Maradona for ‘the […]
Omar Vizquel- Baseball Defensive Wizard- 46 Today
Omar Vizquel turns 46 today. Omar Vizquel is one of the finest defensive shortstops in baseball history. He won 9 Gold Gloves in a row and 11 total. He started […]
The Greatest Athlete To Wear #12 {Tom Brady}
The Greatest Athlete To Wear #12 is Tom Brady. A lot of great #12’s. in football of course that is a quarterback number- Roger Staubach of Dallas one of the […]
Baseball’s Winningest Left-Handed Pitcher- Warren Spahn-Born This Day 1921
Warren Spahn was born on this day in 1921. Warren Spahn won more games than any other left-handed pitcher in baseball history. His career record was 363-245. Warren Spahn won […]
Giant Pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm Homers In First At Bat In Majors- Only Home Run In 21 Year Career
On this day in 1952 Giants pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm hit a home run in his first major league at-bat. In his second big league game two days later he would […]
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