TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JANUARY 12

2009  Rickey Henderson elected to the Hall of Fame – MLB leader in stolen bases, runs, and leadoff HRs - .279 average, 1,406 stolen bases, 2,295 runs, 3,055 hits – in 1982 he stole 130 bases

2001  Affirmed died – Triple Crown winner – 29 stars, 22 wins, 5 seconds, one third

1999  Mark McGwire’s 70^th HR ball is sold for $2.7 million    

1994  Steve Carlton elected to Hall of Fame – 329 wins, 3.22 ERA, 4 time Cy Young winner – 254 complete games

1988  Willie Stargell elected to Hall of Fame - .282 average, 475 HRs, 1,540 RBI, MVP winner

1983  Brooks Robinson and Juan Marichal elected to the Hall of Fame –

Robinson: .267 average, 268 HRs, 1,357 RBI, 16 time Gold Glove winner, 15 time All-Star

Marichal: 243 wins, 2.89 ERA, 6 time 20 game winner, 9 time All-Star

1975  Super Bowl IX is won by Pittsburgh as they beat Minnesota 16-6 – Franco Harris is MVP with 158 rushing yards

1969  Super Bowl III is won by NY Jets as they beat Baltimore 16-7 – Joe Namath who guaranteed the win was MVP

1967  The Louisville draft board refuses an exemption to Muhammad Ali

1966  Red Auerbach gets his 1,000^th career win – regular and post season

1960  Dolph Schayes becomes the 1^st NBA player to score 15,000 points

1958  The NCAA adds 2 point conversions to football

1946  Ted Williams leaves the Marine Corps after 3 years of duty – in 1946 season he will win the MVP with a .342 average, 38 HRs, 123 RBI and lead the league with 142 runs and 156 walks

1944  Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier was born