On this day…
… in sports, December 16th.
First and foremost, defensive lineman for the Chicago Bears William “The Fridge” Perry was born today in 1962 in Aiken, South Carolina.
Today in 1929 the Black Hawks played their first home game at Chicago Stadium and won, 6-1.
1929
The Miami Dolphins recorded their undefeated season in the NFL at 14-0.
1972
On this day in 1973 Buffalo’s O.J. Simpson gained “200 yards against the Jets, breaking Jim Brown’s single-season rushing record. Brown had rushed for 1,863 yards, while Simpson became the first NFL player to rush for more than 2,000 yards when he scrambled for 2,003 yards in a single season.”
On this day in 1990 the Washington Post reported on that “after burning a good Kansas City defense for the second-greatest passing day in NFL history, Houston’s Warren Moon made no attempt at false modesty. ‘I am very proud of myself,’ said Moon, whose 527 yards in today’s 27-10 Oilers victory fell 27 yards shy of Norm Van Brocklin’s 39-year-old record. ‘To hear what people were saying about me as a quarterback coming out of high school and college, I really feel good about where I’ve gotten.’Moon went to the Canadian Football League from the University of Washington when he knew he was going to be ignored in the 1978 NFL draft.”
1990
Brawl at Madison Square Garden.
2001
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