On This Day in Sports - March 22

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• 1934 - First Masters golf championship begins in Augusta, Georgia, USA
  
  
  Horton Smith, Masters' first winner
  
  
• 1963 - Oregon State's Terry Baker becomes first and only Heisman Trophy winner
  
  
  
  
  
• 1967 - Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay] knocks out Zora Folley in 7 innings for heavyweight boxing title in first Madison Square Garden fight
  
  
  
  
  
• 1969 - 31st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Purdue 92-72; UCLA wins its 5th national championship in six years
  
  
  
  
  
  
• 1972 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar named NBA Most Valuable Player
  
  
  
  
  
  
• 1972 - New York Yankees trade Danny Cater to the Boston Red Sox for Sparky Lyle
  
  
  
  
  
• 1984 - New York Islanders' Bryan Trottier ties NHL record scores 5 seconds into game
  
  
  
  
• 1986 - Trevor Berbick beats Pinklon Thomas in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title
  
  
  
  
  
  
• 1989 - NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle announces retirement as NFL commissioner after 29 years
  
  
  
  
  
• 1989 - Clint Malarchuk of the NHL Buffalo Sabres suffers an almost fatal injury when another player accidentally slits his throat
  
  
  
  
• 1993 - Steve Olin and Tim Crews, pitchers (Cleveland Indians), drown at age 27 and 31 respectively
  
  

 

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• 1967 - Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay] knocks out Zora Folley in 7 innings for heavyweight boxing title

Zora did not have his fastball that day