On This Day in Sports - March 18

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• 1892 - Lord Frederick Arthur Stanley of Preston proposes silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup)
  
  
  
  
  
• 1922 - First US intercollegiate indoor polo championship (Princeton versus Yale)
  
  
  
  
  
• 1945 - Maurice "Rocket" Richard becomes the first NHL player to score 50 goals
  
  
  
  
• 1953 - National League approves Boston Braves' move to Milwaukee (first shift since 1903)
  
  
  
  
  
  
• 1972 - Memphis Pros' Larry Miller sets ABA record of 67 points in a game
  
  
  
  
  
  
• 1985 - Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstates Hall of Famers Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays. The two had been banned from associating with major league baseball due to their employment with Atlantic City casinos
  
  
  
  
  
• 1990 - A Tampa Florida little league player dies after being struck by a pitch
  
  
• 1991 - Mike Tyson beats Razor Ruddock in the 7th round
  
  
  
  
• 1991 - Philadelphia '76ers retire Wilt Chamberlain's #13 jersey
  
  
  
  
  
  
• 1995 - Basketball superstar Michael Jordan announces he's returning to basketball with his former team, the Chicago Bulls.
  

 

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1953 - National League approves Boston Braves' move to Milwaukee (first shift since 1903)

That move started a landslide with almost half the teams in baseball changing cities in six years
Boston-Milwaukee
St Louis Browns- Baltimore Orioles
Philadelphia As to KC
Brooklyn Dodgers to LA
NY Giants to SF
Washington Senators to Minnesota Twins