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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY FEBRUARY 20

2006  American sportscaster Curt Gowdy died
2002  Willie Thrower died – on October 18,1953 he became the 1st black QB to play in professional football – the following year and the remainder of his career he played in Canada                                                                 
2001  Mark Jackson of the Raptors gets his 9,062nd assist – moves into 4th place all-time
1998  American Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest gold medal winner at the Olympics – won the ladies figure skating title
1997  Hakeem Olajuwon scores his 23,000th points – 15th to do so – ends 26,946
1997  Philadelphia Phillies sign Danny Tartabull – injured on Opening Day and missed the entire season – retired
1996  John Stockton gets his 2,331st steal – passes Maurice Cheeks to become #1
1980  Billy Martin hired by the Oakland A’s
1963  Charles Barkley born – 23,757 points, 12,546 rebounds, 4,215 assists
1958  Eddie Arcaro wins his 4,000th horse race
1953  August Busch buys the St. Louis Cardinals for $3.75 million
1942  Phil Esposito born – NHL Hall of Famer – 771 goals and 873 assists

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