This Day In Sports History is part of the Sports History Network – The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport’s Yesteryear.
EPISODE SUMMARY
In 1967, the first Super Bowl was played in Los Angeles.
In 1997, Chicago Bull Dennis Rodman kicked a courtside camera guy.
In 1990, the origin of the ‘Trent Tucker’ Rule.
In 1878, Harvard’s Fred Thayer patented his new invention; the catcher’s mask.
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.