This Day In Sports History is part of the Sports History Network – The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport’s Yesteryear.
EPISODE SUMMARY
In 2022, it was the end of an era as the Xavier and Texas A&M played in the final NIT Championship game at Madison Square Garden.
In 2001, Duke overcame a 22 point deficit against Maryland to win by double digits themselves and advance to the Championship game.
In 1985, golfer Calvin Peete scorched TPC Sawgrass to win the Players Championship with a record setting 14 under performance.
In 1975, UCLA won the NCAA Championship and Head Coach John Wooden retired.
In 1931, Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne was killed in a plane crash in Kansas.
In 1974, the Toronto Northmen of the brand new World Football League signed running backs Larry Czonka and Jim Kiick along with wide receiver Paul Warfield.
THIS DAY IN SPORTS BACKGROUND
Relive the greatest moments in sports every day of the year. From the triumphs to the tragedies, the first to do it to the last time it happened, the unbelievable to the strange, This Day in Sports History is a 365-day journey remembering those significant events that made a lasting impact.