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The first teammates to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on the same day were Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford, of the New York Yankees, on August 12, 1974.

The only horse ever to defeat Man o' War was Upset, on August 13, 1919.

The first Sunday night major league baseball game was played in Houston, Texas on June 9, 1963 between the Houston Colt .45s and the San Francisco Giants.

John Elway was the first quarterback to play in five Super Bowl games.

The first pitcher to pitch a no-hitter in Yankee Stadium was Monte Pearson, on August 27, 1938.

The first regular season NFL overtime game was between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Denver Broncos on September 22, 1974.

The first NHL player to wear a helmet was George Owen of the Boston Bruins in 1928.

The last NHL player to play without wearing a helmet was Craig MacTavish of the St. Louis Blues in 1997.

Joe Namath was drafted by the NFL St. Louis Cardinals, but he signed with the AFL New York Jets.

The first player ever drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers was William Shakespeare, in 1936. He was a running back from Notre Dame.

The last Ivy League school to play in a major college football bowl game was Columbia University in 1934, when it defeated Stanford in the Rose Bowl.

The first major league baseball player to have his number retired by his team was Lou Gehrig, of the New York Yankees, in 1939.

Tunney Hunsaker was the opponent for Muhammad Ali in his first professional fight.

The only World Series in which both teams and the person elected president that year all were from the same state was the 1936 World Series between the New York Yankees and the New York Giants and former New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt was re-elected president.

The first player to win the Heisman Trophy twice was Archie Griffin of Ohio State, in 1974 and 1975.

On November 10, 2004, Liz Johnson became the first woman to qualify for a PBA (Professional Bowlers Association) Tour event.

The first NFL team to win a Super Bowl for two different cities was the Raiders, for Oakland in 1977 and 1981, and Los Angeles in 1984.

In 1971, Ed Marinaro of Cornell became the first Division 1-A college football player to average more than 200 yards per game rushing in a single season.

Touchdowns were called goals before they became known as touchdowns.

In 1961, Ernie Davis of Syracuse became the first black player to win the Heisman Trophy.

David "Deacon" Jones of the Los Angeles Rams originated the term "sack" for tackling a quarterback behind the line of scrimmage.