Today in sports history, October 16

Oct. 16

Today in sports history

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1897: Michigan defeated Ohio State 34-0 at Ann Arbor in the first football game between the future Big Ten rivals.

1909: The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Detroit Tigers 8-0 in Game 7 to win the World Series, with rookie Babe Adams earning his third victory of the Series and securing Pittsburgh’s first championship.

1909: Heavyweight champion Jack Johnson recovered from a knockdown and knocked out middleweight champion Stanley Ketchel in the 12th round at Colma, California.

1912: The Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Giants 3-2 in 10 innings in the decisive eighth game of the World Series after Fred Snodgrass’ famous dropped fly ball helped Boston rally for two runs.

1946: Eighteen-year-old Gordie Howe scored his first NHL goal in his league debut as the Detroit Red Wings tied the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-3.

1962: Ralph Terry pitched a four-hit shutout and Bobby Richardson caught Willie McCovey’s line drive with two runners aboard for the final out as the New York Yankees edged the San Francisco Giants 1-0 in Game 7 of the World Series.

1964: At the Tokyo Olympics, Wyomia Tyus won the women’s 100 meters and Sharon Stouder set a world record in the women’s 100-meter butterfly, highlighting a record-setting day for American athletes.

1968: Tommie Smith won the Olympic 200 meters in a world-record 19.83 seconds, with Peter Norman taking silver and John Carlos bronze; Smith and Carlos later raised black-gloved fists during the medal ceremony in a protest against racial injustice.

1969: The New York Mets completed their stunning rise from expansion team to champion, defeating the Baltimore Orioles 5-3 in Game 5 to win their first World Series.

1971: Toronto Maple Leafs center Norm Ullman recorded two assists to become the fourth player in NHL history to reach 1,000 career points.

1976: Texas A&M’s Tony Franklin kicked field goals of 65 and 64 yards in a 24-0 victory over Baylor, becoming the first major-college player to make two field goals of at least 60 yards in one game.

1985: Jack Clark hit a two-out, three-run homer in the ninth inning as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-5 in Game 6 of the NLCS and advanced to the World Series.

1987: Undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson stopped previously unbeaten Olympic gold medalist Tyrell Biggs in the seventh round at Atlantic City.

1999: No. 4 Virginia Tech routed No. 16 Syracuse 62-0, producing the largest shutout of a ranked team in the history of the Associated Press college football poll.

2000: The New York Mets beat the St. Louis Cardinals to win the National League pennant and advance to their first World Series since 1986.

2003: Aaron Boone hit an 11th-inning walk-off home run off Tim Wakefield as the New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox 6-5 in Game 7 of the ALCS and advanced to the World Series.

2004: Lionel Messi, 17, made his competitive first-team debut for Barcelona as an 82nd-minute substitute in a 1-0 La Liga victory over Espanyol.

2005: José Contreras pitched a complete game as the Chicago White Sox defeated the Los Angeles Angels 6-3 in Game 5 of the ALCS and captured their first pennant since 1959.

2011: Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and 2005 IndyCar champion Dan Wheldon died at age 33 from injuries suffered in a multicar crash at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

2016: Canadian distance-running legend Ed Whitlock, age 85, became the oldest person to complete a marathon in less than four hours, finishing in 3:56:38.

— USA TODAY Network

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