This Day In Sports History is part of the Sports History Network – The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport’s Yesteryear.
EPISODE SUMMARY
In 1985, Washington QB Joe Theismann suffered a career-ending injury in a Monday Night Football game against the New York Giants.
In 1982, South Korean Boxer Duk Koo Kim died after slipping into a coma following his fight with Ray Mancini five days earlier.
In 2017, South African boxer Zolani Tete recorded the quickest knockout in a title bout.
And in 1966, LA Dodger Sandy Koufax retired from baseball after winning his third Cy Young award.
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.