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 1947 in sports - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
See also: 1946 in sports, other events of 1947, 1948 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.
April 15: Jackie Robinson, an African-American, takes the field at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers Major League Baseball team, breaking that sport's color line.
April 26 - Donna DeVarona, Olympic gold medalist in swimming, sports journalist, sports activist
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 Encyclopedia: Leo Durocher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In the spring of 1947, he let it be known that he wouldn't tolerate the dissent of those players on the team who opposed Jackie Robinson joining the club, stating: The Baseball color line was the unwritten policy which excluded African American United States before 1947.
He enjoyed perhaps his greatest success with the Giants, and possibly a measure of sweet revenge against the Dodgers, as the Giants won the 1951 NL pennant in a playoff against Brooklyn, triumphing on Bobby Thomson's historic game-winning home run.
See also: 1947 in sports, 1949 in sports and the list of years in sports.
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 1947   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
To India, this quake-savaged city is in "Pakistani-Occupied Kashmir," an area it insists was stolen from it in 1947.
1947 – the dawn of freedom, Partition and the birth of a new country.
June Young was living with her parents in the Tatapouri Hotel in March 1947 when the ten-metre tsunami hit the east coast after an earthquake off Poverty Bay.
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 1947 - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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April 9 - The Glazier-Higgins-Woodward Tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
The 1947 World Series brought in an estimated 3.9 million people, becoming television's first mass audience.
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 2003 in baseball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following are the events of the year 2003 that happened world-wide throughout the sport of baseball.
March 19 - Joe Buzas, 84, who spent more than 60 years in baseball as a player for the New York Yankees, managing in minor leagues, and who at the time of his death, had operated 82 minor league franchises in his 47 years as a owner.
November 5 - Dernell Stenson, 25, a promising young outfielder who played with the Cincinnati Reds, was found dead in Chandler, Arizona had been shot and apparently run over.
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 1947 In Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In another example of sports reflecting society, Latinos are now the largest minority...
An option to buy the Toledo Sports Arena and its surrounding property was handed...
The teams: Army 1945; Notre Dame 1947; Michigan 1947; Oklahoma 1956 and 1974...
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 1947   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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April 15 - In the United States, Jackie Robinson, an African-American, takes the field at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers major-league baseball team, breaking that sport's color line.
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 1947 In Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In 2002 sports, the underdog Anaheim Angels defeated the San Francisco Giants, 4-1...
Western Canada and was a tireless promoter of skiing and the Banff area until his death in 1947.
His hallmark was holiday cards using the names of Detroit sports figures.
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 1947 in sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
April 15 : Jackie Robinson an African-American takes the field at first base the Brooklyn Dodgers Major League Baseball team breaking that sport's color line.
Red Barber somehow managed to turn one of the most interesting topics in baseball history - the pivitol 1947 season in which Jackie Robinson ended racial segregation in baseball - into a rather bland book.
Don't listen to the music experts and their hair-splitting arguments: as a lover of Renaissance music I can tell you that this more than 80 minutes long recording by an all-male choir is simply wonderful and gives you the best of Western sacred music: vir...
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 Ebony: Women's hall of fame - African American athletes - Blacks in Sports: 1947-1992: The Legacy
The Black women athletes featured on these pages are recognized by sports authorities as hall of famers by any standard.
Thomas' mother drove the skater hundreds of miles a day between home, school and the ice rink in her quest to become a skating champion.
Their dedication paid off, however, when these uncommonly talented athletes climbed the victor's stand and took their rightful place in the sports legends hall of fame.
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 1947 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
June 23 - The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act.
October 14 - American test pilot, Captain Chuck Yeager flies a Bell X-1 faster than the speed of sound, the first man to do so in level flight.
October 20 - The Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 begins
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 1947 In Sports Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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 Hiram Bithorn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
His promising start, though, did not last once he returned from military service.
After going 6-5 in 1946 for the Cubs, he moved across town to the White Sox and only pitched two innings in 1947, developing a sore arm that ended his career.
In four seasons, Bithorn had a 34-31 record with 185 strikeouts, a 3.16 ERA, 30 complete games, eight shutouts, five saves, and 509 innings pitched in 105 games (53 as a starter).
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 1947 in sports -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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March 6 - (United States athlete who revolutionized the high jump by introducing the Fosbury flop in the 1968 Olympics (born in 1947)) Dick Fosbury, (A person trained to compete in sports) athlete (high jump)
January 20: (Click link for more info and facts about Josh Gibson) Josh Gibson, famed (Click link for more info and facts about Negro League) Negro League slugger, dies of a brain tumor at age 35.
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This car is probably the most memorable “Sports Rod” of the early days of the sports car movement in America, being a typical example of a late 1940s "California Hot Rod", carried a step beyond what the normal hot rodders were doing at the time.
In 1947, my late father, Philip Payne, drove across the States in a Brook- lands Riley, before working at Roger Barlow’s ‘International Motors’ in Los Angeles.
He became interested in the local sports car and hot rod scene and was an early member of the California Sports Car Club, as well as The Glendale Sidewinders (SCTA).
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 1947 - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about 1947
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 1947-48 NHL season   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The policy of having players raise their hockey sticks to signify that a goal was scored was also initiated in this season, with Habs forward Billy Reay being the first to do on November 13, 1947.
The season also saw Bostons Don Gallinger and the New York Rangers' Billy Taylor being suspended for life for gambling.
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 Florida State has used the Seminole nickname with the tribe's consent since 1947 - The Daily Orange - Sports
But it is safe to say the Seminole tribe of Florida is owed many thanks, not only from Florida State administration, but from college sports fans worldwide.
In an age of political correctness, the Seminole tribe of Florida has allowed FSU to use Seminoles as its nickname since 1947.
At each home football game, the tribe allows FSU to dress a person in full Seminole warrior attire, ride out onto the field on a horse and hurl a flaming spear at midfield - a tradition started in 1978.
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 Porsche Speedster: The Evolution of Porsche's Light-Weight Sports Car 1947 to 1994-356 and 911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In the Porsche 356 community, Carreras may be more exotic, but there's no denying it is the Speedster that is the star.
But for those loveable 50s tubs which show up over and over again in film and TV and advertising, this is the definitive work on an unmistakably unique automobile.
Blessed are they who Go Around in Circles, for they Shall be Known as Wheels.
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 Porsche Speedster: The Evolution of Porsche's Light-Weight Sports Car 1947 to 1994-356 and 911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Porsche Speedster: The Evolution of Porsche's Light-Weight Sports Car 1947 to 1994-356 and 911 Review: In the Porsche 356 community, Carreras may be more exotic, but there's no denying it is the Speedster that is the star.
The most recognizable by the non-Porschephile, the "bathtub" is the car that first mixed hot-rod lean performance with european engineering and the Southern California lifestyle.
Porsche Speedster: The Evolution of Porsche's Light-Weight Sports Car 1947 to 1994-356 and 911 Review: The book is filled with pictures, drawings and statistic material.
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 yp19- Newtown Rugby League, Newtown Bluebags versus South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugbly League 1947 Sydney Sports Ground ...
Below are five old pictures of the Sydney Sports Ground, now the Sydney football Stadium.
The pics were taken in 1947 in a game between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the mighty Newtown Bluebags Rugby League clubs.
Description: - Some great old pics from 1947 a game at the Sydney Sports Ground 1947 - Souths -v- Newtown.
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 1947 in sports - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
1947 in sports - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com
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 Texas gets 1st trip to Final 4 since 1947 - Daily Lobo - Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
SAN ANTONIO — The Texas Longhorns are the last No. 1 seed standing, headed to the Final Four for the first time in 56 years.
T.J. Ford had 19 points and 10 assists to lead Texas to the biggest victory in school history Sunday, sending the Longhorns past Michigan State 85-76 in the South Regional final — just 80 miles from their Austin campus.
With chants of “Texas Fight” and “Final Four” reverberating throughout the Alamodome, the Longhorns earned the school’s first trip to the Final Four since 1947, when the NCAA tournament field was eight teams.
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 Breaking the Barriers: A Houston Chronicle Special Section   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Fifty years after Jackie Robinson's historic debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers, fl athletes shine brightly throughout the sports world.
Branch Rickey's "Noble Experiment" paved the way for generations of fl athletes from Althea Gibson to Muhammad Ali to Michael Jordan.
On the anniversary of Robinson's landmark breakthrough, the Chronicle examines the fl presence in sports.
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 1946 1947 Items
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 Sports Shop - 1:25 Let's Go Red Wings- 1947 Dodge Die-Cast Truck - Buy Sports Collectibles - Collectibles and Figurines
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