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EPISODE SUMMARY
In 1950, the Cleveland Browns beat the Philadelphia Eagles without throwing a single pass.
In 1992, sprinter Butch Reynolds was awarded $27 million in a lawsuit against the IAAF. He still has not seen any of that money.
In 1956, Wilt Chamberlain made his collegiate debut for Kansas.
In 1966, Lew Alcindor, later known as Kareem Abdul Jabbar, made his collegiate debut at UCLA.
In 2000, for the first time in NFL history, four running backs ran for 200+ yards.
And in 2018, for the first time in a decade, a soccer player not named Messi or Ronaldo won the Ballon d’or.
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.