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September 7 Sports Birthdays – 2010 Edition – Jason Isringhausen , Bruce Armstrong, Bert Jones, Clyde Lovellette

This Day in History – 1963 – The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members – Sammy Baugh, Bert Bell, Joseph Carr, Dutch Clark, Harold “Red” Grange, “Papa Bear” George Halas, Mel Hein, Pete Henry, Cal Hubbard, Don Hutson, Curly Lambeau, Tim Mara, George Preston Marshall, John “Blood” McNally, [...]

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September 6 Sports Birthdays – 2010 Edition – Harry Danning; Vince DiMaggio; Ryan Clady; Ron Boone

This Day in History -
1620 – The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England, on the Mayflower to settle in North America.
1628 – Puritans settle Salem, which will later become part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Birthdays

Index of September 6 Sports Birthdays
MLB
Harry Danning      *All-Star*
Vince DiMaggio    *All-Star*
Derrek Lee              *All-Star*
Greg [...]

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September 5 Sports Birthdays – 2010 Edition – Bill Mazeroski; Leonard Davis; Billy Kilmer; Don Maloney

This Day in History – 1906 – The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
Birthdays

MLB
Rod Barajas
Jeff Brantley         *All-Star*
Randy Choate
Nap Lajoie                           *HOF*
Bill Mazeroski (Maz)  *All-Star*     *HOF*
Chris Young           *All-Star*
NFL
Don Chandler      *Pro Bowl*
Leonard Davis     *All-Pro*     *Pro Bowl*
Billy [...]

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September 4 Sports Birthdays – 2010 Edition – Mike Piazza, Terence Newman, Butch Bouchard, Bert Olmstead

This Day in History – 1781 – Los Angeles, California, is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of Porziuncola) by 44 Spanish settlers.
Birthdays

MLB
Doyle Alexander     *All-Star*
Ken Harrelson (Hawk)      *All-Star*
Mike Piazza        *All-Star*     *MVP*
Eddie Waitkus      *All-Star*     *MVP*
Frank White     *All-Star*     *MVP*
NFL
Jason [...]

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September 3 Sports Birthdays – 2010 Edition – Luis Gonzalez, Jevon Kearse, Chris Gatling, Doug Bentley

This Day in History – 1935 – Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph.
Birthdays

MLB
Tom Brewer     *All-Star*
Matt Capps     *All-Star*
Sandy Consuegra     *All-Star*
Luis Gonzalez (Gonzo)     *All-Star*
Eddie Stanky     *All-Star*
NFL
Bennie Blades     *Pro Bowl*
Jim Dunaway     *All-Pro*     *Pro Bowl*
Brad Edelman     *Pro [...]

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September 2 Sports Birthdays – 2010 Edition – Rich Aurilia, Al Spalding, Terry Bradshaw, Eric Dickerson, Nate Archibald, Glen Slather

This Day in History – 1901 – Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, “Speak softly and carry a big stick” at the Minnesota State Fair.
Birthdays

Index of September 2  – Sports Birthdays
MLB
Rich Aurilia                        *All-Star*
Rick Manning
Monte Pearson (Hoot)    *All-Star*
Jeff Russell    [...]

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September 1 Sports Birthdays – 2010 Edition – Tim Hardaway, Karl Mecklenburg, Clinton Portis, Jim O’Rourke

This Day in History -1897 – The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America. Later it would be called the Metropolitan Transit Authority, the subject of a song by the Kingston Trio called The M.T.A.
Birthdays

MLB
Rico Carty
Garry Maddox
Jim O’Rourke
Dean Stone
David West
NFL
Jerry Azumah
Pete Brewster
Ray Flaherty
Karl Mecklenburg
Hardy Nickerson
Clinton Portis
Sidney Rice “King Rice”
George [...]

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August 31 Sports Birthdays – 2010 Edition – Frank Robinson, Eddie Plank, Larry Fitzgerald, Jr., Jean Beliveau, Scott Niedermayer

This Day in History – 1803 – Lewis and Clark start their expedition to the west by leaving Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at 11 o clock in the morning.
Birthdays

Index of August 31 Sports Birthdays
MLB
Von Hayes
Danny Litwhile
Ray Mack
Hideo Nomo
Eddie Plank
Frank Robinson
Claudell Washington
NFL
Jim Finks
Larry Fitzgerald, Jr.
Carl Garrett
Gary Johnson
Joe O’Donnell
NBA
Chris Duhon
Mickey Johnson
NHL
Jean Beliveau
Scott Niedermayer
Kent Nilsson

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August 30 Sports Birthdays – 2010 Edition – Ted Williams, Robert Parish, Tug McGraw, Shaun Alexander, and more

This Day in History – 1967 – Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Birthdays

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August 29 Sports Birthdays – 2010 Edition – Roy Oswalt, Don Doll, Tony Greene, Aurele Joliat

This Day In History – 1869 – The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world’s first rack railway.
Mount Washington, New Hampshire -  The home of the World’s Worst Weather.
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