Events in Sport on 6th February

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1926 - NFL rules college students ineligible until college classes graduates
1926 - St Louis Browns acquire catcher Wally Schang from NY Yankees
1932 - 1st Olympic dog sled race, Lake Placid, NY (demonstration sport)
1936 - 4th Winter Olympic games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
1947 - Compton & Arthur Morris both complete dual tons in same Test Cricket
1948 - Bradman retires hurt, 57 in his last Test Cricket innings in Australia
1953 - Ian Craig makes Test Cricket debut at 17 yrs 239 days, youngest Aussie
1958 - Ted Williams signs with Red Sox for $135,000, making him highest paid
1967 - Muhammad Ali TKOs Ernie Terrell in 15 for Heavyweight boxing title
1968 - 10th Winter Olympic games opens in Grenoble, France
1970 - NBA expands to 18 teams with Buffalo, Cleveland, Houston & Portland
1971 - 1st time a golf ball is hit on Moon (by Alan Shepard)
1983 - 13th NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 20-19
1983 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1986 - NJ Devil Peter McNab becomes 42nd NHLer to score 350 goals
1990 - Brett Hull becomes 1st son of NHL 50 goal scorer (Bobby) to score 50
1990 - Ground breaking begins on Baltimore Orioles' new $102 million stadium
1993 - 44th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 16-6 at Montreal
1993 - Riddick Bowe TKOs Michael Dokes in 1 for Heavyweight boxing title
1994 - Dawn Coe-Jones wins LPGA Healthsouth Palm Beach Golf Classic
1994 - Leonid Voloshin triple jumps world record 17.77m
1994 - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 17-3
1995 - Darryl Strawberry suspended from baseball for 60 days
1995 - Greg Blewett scores his 2nd century in his 2nd Test Cricket
1998 - Twins trade Chuck Knoblauch to NY Yankees for $3M & 4 minor leaguers
2005 - Super Bowl XXXIX, the New England Patriots win 24-21 over the Philadelphia Eagles

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