This Day in Sports History: November 7
Sports in November are all about the NBA and NHL seasons, the end-of-season college football games, the NASCAR Cup Series Championship, ATP World Tour Finals, UFC Fight Nights, and the…
Sports in November are all about the NBA and NHL seasons, the end-of-season college football games, the NASCAR Cup Series Championship, ATP World Tour Finals, UFC Fight Nights, and the start of college basketball. Over the years, Nov. 7 has witnessed many notable moments and stories involving sporting legends. Here are some of them.
Unforgettable Games and Remarkable Records
Great moments in sports history from Nov. 7 included:
- 1942: Fausto Coppi set a world hour record cycling 45.798 km.
- 1943: The Detroit Lions and New York Giants played out the last scoreless tie in the NFL.
- 1954: Chet Hanulak set a club record with seven punt returns for the Cleveland Browns, who also achieved their largest margin of victory, defeating Washington 62-3.
- 1957: Phillies pitcher Jack Sanford won the National League Rookie of the Year award.
- 1959: The U.S. golf team won the Ryder Cup.
- 1962: Goalkeeper Glenn Hall set an NHL record of 502 games played consecutively.
- 1963: New York Yankees' catcher Elston Howard became the first African-American to win the American League's most valuable player award.
- 1967: Cardinals infielder Orlando Cepeda was the first unanimous National League MVP.
- 1970: Carlos Monzon upset the defending champion Nino Benvenuti in a 12th-round knockout to win the WBC and WBA middleweight titles.
- 1978: Boston Red Sox player Jim Rice won the American League MVP award.
- 1979: Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Bruce Sutter won the National League Cy Young award.
- 1987: Notre Dame defeated Boston College 32-25 in the third college football "Holy War."
- 1988: Sugar Ray Leonard defeated Donny LaLonde by a technical knockout to win the WBC light heavyweight and inaugural WBC super middleweight titles.
- 1989: Baltimore Orioles player Gregg Olson was the first relief pitcher to win the American League's Rookie of the Year award.
- 1993: Alain Prost claimed his fourth F1 World Drivers' Championship.
- 1999: Dale Jarrett won the NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship.
- 2009: Jerry Sloan became the first coach in NBA history to achieve 1,000 wins with one team.
- 2010: Flavia Pennetta beat Coco Vandeweghe 6-1, 6-2 to win the third Federation Cup of Women's Tennis for Italy.
- 2017: Joseph O'Brien became the youngest trainer to win the Melbourne Cup with Rekindling, ridden by Corey Brown.
- 2021: Kyle Larson won his first NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race.
Three athletes who stood out on Nov. 7 were Glenn Hall, Orlando Cepeda, and Jerry Sloan.
Hall was a former ice hockey goalkeeper known for his durability, pioneering style, and numerous accolades. Cepeda was a powerful hitter, an 11-time All-Star, and 1967 National League MVP, which he won with the St. Louis Cardinals during their World Series-winning season. Sloan had a legendary NBA career with the Chicago Bulls and later as the highly successful and long-tenured head coach of the Utah Jazz.
