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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JANUARY 21

1994  Dallas set an NBA record by losing its 19th consecutive home game
1987  Free agent Vida Blue signed with the Okland A's
1971  No one was elected to the Hall of Fame
1969  Stan Musial and Roy Campanella were elected to the Hall of Fame - Musial .331 average, 475HRs, 1951 RBI, 3 time MVP - Camanella .276 average, 242 HRs, 856 RBI in 10 seasons, 3 time MVP
1958  Bob Petit is the first member of a losing team to be named All-Star MVP - 28 points and 26 rebounds
1954  The first NBA All-Star game that went into OT - East won and Bob Cousy named MVP
1953  Joe DiMaggio fails to be named to Hall of Fame on his first try - elected were Dizzy Dean and Al Simmons - Dean 150 wins, 3.02 ERA - MVP 1934 with 30-7 record, 2.66 ERA and 195 K's - Simmons .334 average, 307 HR, 1827 RBI in 20 seasons

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