Events in Sport on 16th December
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1892 - Commencement of 1st Sheffield Shield cricket game, SA v NSW
1922 - Mutual Association of Eastern Colored Baseball Clubs) formally organizes
1922 - NSW all out for 786 against South Australia Cricket
1926 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis renewed 7-years as baseball commissioner
1927 - Cricket 1st-class debut of Don Bradman, NSW v South Australia
1929 - Chic Blackhawks 1st game at Chicago Stadium, beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-1
1930 - Golfer Bobby Jones wins James E Sullivan Award
1938 - Bradman scores 143 South Aust v NSW, 11 fours 91 singles
1939 - Bradman scores 251* SA v NSW, 271 minutes, 38 fours 2 sixes
1940 - Joe Louis KOs Al McCoy in 6 for Heavyweight boxing title in Chicago
1945 - Cleveland Rams win NFL Championship
1962 - NY Giant YA Title sets NFL season touchdown pass record at 33 with 6 touchdowns vs Dallas (41-31)
1967 - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Phila 76ers scores 68 points vs Chicago
1972 - Miami Dolphins become 1st undefeated NFL team (14-0-0)
1973 - O J Simpson becomes 1st NFLer to rush 2,000 yard in a season
1975 - Bill Veeck buys 80% of White Sox from John Allyn
1979 - 68th Davis Cup: USA beats Italy in San Francisco (5-0)
1979 - QB Roger Staubach's last regular season game with the Dallas Cowboys
1983 - Yogi Berra named Yankee manager for 2nd time
1989 - Commencement of 1st Test Cricket play at Bellerive Oval, Hobart (v SL)
1991 - Fla Marlins sign their 1st player, 16 year old pitcher Clemente Nunez
