1968 - Andrean nips Hobart 7-6 at Gilroy Stadium in Gary to close out the campaign with a perfect 10-0 mark, a record they would achieve again the following season. 1979 - In what many call Brickie Bowl\'s greatest game, Hobart upsets #1 Penn, a team that would send six players from this game to play Division I football. In front of a reported…

1950 – The White Sox release Luke Appling, who had been a member of the team since 1930. Appling was a seven time All-Star and was voted into the Hall of Fame. 1953 – The US Supreme Court rules that Major League Baseball is exempt from antitrust laws. 1961 – The PGA eliminates its Caucasians only rule. 1962 – Hammond High football wins the…

1951 – Yankees catcher Yogi Berra wins the first of his three career MVP awards. 1966 – Orioles outfielder Frank Robinson wins the AL MVP award, making him the first player in MLB history to win both the AL and NL MVPs in his career. 1966 – President Lyndon Johnson signs anti-trust immunity to the AFL-NFL merger. 1968 – The Andrean 59ers football team…

1933 – Pennsylvania voters overturn a law that prohibited sports on Sunday. 1943 – The Detroit Lions and New York Giants play in the last scoreless tie in NFL history. 1963 – Yankees catcher Elston Howard is the first African-American player to win the AL MVP award. 1964 – The National League rules that the Braves have to stay in Milwaukee for the 1965…

1869 – The first collegiate football game is played between Rutgers and Princeton. 1929 – The first pro football game held at night takes place as the Chicago Cardinals defeated the Providence Steamrollers 16-0. 1956 – The Netherlands and Spain withdrew from the Olympics in protest of the Soviet Union’s actions in the Hungarian Revolution. 1967 – Gary Froebel football plays in the final…

1971 – Third year program Gary West closes out the season at 8-1, their best single season mark in history, with a 13-2 win over Andrean at the West Side Football Grounds. 1971 – In front of packed house on the campus of Hessville High, the Morton Governors win the city championship and improve to 9-0 with an 8-0 win over cross city rival…

1933 – The Chicago Bears’ 30-game unbeaten streak is snapped with a 10-0 loss to Boston. 1954 – Montreal Canadiens center Jean Beliveau scores three goals in 44 seconds for the second-fastest hat trick in NHL history. 1965 – Dyer Central plays the last game in program history, losing to Lowell 40-7. The school would become Lake Central. 1968 – Denny McLain of the…

1924 – The State of California legalizes professional boxing, which had been illegal since 1914. 1959 – Mr. Cub Ernie Banks is named NL MVP for the second straight season. 1973 – Blackhawks center Stan Mikita notches career point #1,000. 1977 – The Portage Indians football team wins the first sectional title in program history, beating Merrillville 3-0. 1987 – The NBA announces four…

1961 - The Andrean 59ers win the first ever \"Battle of Broadway\" by a 14-7 score over the Merrillville Pirates. 1972 - Munster kicks a field goal and Lowell doesn\'t, so Munster wins 3-0 down on Commercial Ave. 1978 - In a sectional championship battle of unbeatens, 10-0 Hammond High, led by quarterback Tommy Franks, uses the intimidation factor on the visiting Highland Trojans,…

1926 – Ty Cobb resigns as manager of the Detroit Tigers. He is replaced by George Moriarty who becomes the first person in baseball history to have been a player, umpire, scout, and manager. 1953 – The MLB Rules Committee restores the sacrifice fly rule, which was eliminated in 1939, saying that a sac fly is not charged as an official at bat. 1962…