December Sports History

 3^rd 1950 – Tom Fears (Los Angeles Rams) caught an NFL record 18 passes against the Green Bay Packers. Terrell Owens (San Francisco 49ers) broke the record against the Chicago Bears on December 17, 2000. 

8^th 1998 – The first female ice hockey game in Olympic history was played. Finland beat Sweden 6-0. 

11^th 1951 – Joe DiMaggio (New York Yankees) announced his retirement from the MLB DiMaggio only played for the Yankees during his 13-year career. 

13^th 1966 – The rights to the first four Super Bowls were sold to CBS and NBC for total of $9.5 million. 

17^th 2000 – Terrell Owens (San Francisco 49ers) caught an NFL -record 20 passes for 283 yards and a touchdown against the Chicago Bears.

 19^th  1917 – The first games of the new NHL  were played. Five teams made up the league: Toronto Arenas, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, the Montreal Canadiens and the Montreal Wanderers. 

23^rd 1951 – A NFL championship game was televised nationally for the first time. The Los Angeles Rams beat the Cleveland Browns 24-17. The DuMont Network had paid $75,000 for the rights to the game. 

25^th 1914 – During World War I, British and German troops observed an unofficial truce and played soccer together on the Western Front. 

30^th  1978 – Ohio State University fired Woody Hayes as its football coach, one day after Hayes punched Clemson University player Charlie Bauman during the Gator Bowl. Bauman had intercepted an Ohio pass.