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December Sports History
3rd 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.
8th 1998 – The first female ice hockey game in Olympic history was played. Finland beat Sweden 6-0.
11th 1951 – Joe DiMaggio (New York Yankees) announced his retirement from the MLB DiMaggio only played for the Yankees during his 13-year career.
13th 1966 – The rights to the first four Super Bowls were sold to CBS and NBC for total of $9.5 million.
17th 2000 – Terrell Owens (San Francisco 49ers) caught an NFL -record 20 passes for 283 yards and a touchdown against the Chicago Bears.
19th 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.
23rd 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.
25th 1914 – During World War I, British and German troops observed an unofficial truce and played soccer together on the Western Front.
30th 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.