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It's November 11th and on this day in 1981, Fernando Valenzuela became the first rookie to win the Cy Young Award Like I'm sure you were.

I was saddened to learn about the passing of Fernando Valenzuela on October 22 at the age of 63.

Even though I was a die hard Atlanta Braves fan when Fernando debuted in the majors in 1981, I couldn't help but get caught up like everybody else in Fernando Mania.

He was a fresh faced 20 year old kid who went from obscurity to international fame, winning his first eight starts in 81 and five of those were complete game shutouts.

In fact, he went the full nine innings in his first eight starts of that year.

Also during that stretch he had a five ERA with 68 strikeouts.

Now to clarify, Fernando had been brought up to the majors at the tail end of 1980 and he saw action in 10 games for a total of 17.23 innings.

That may have been key in acclimating him to his surroundings, but it did not disqualify him from being listed as a Rookie in the 81 season with his smooth delivery to the plate that included his trademark look skyward.

He led the league with 25 starts, 11 complete games, 192 innings pitched and 180 strikeouts.

He finished the year 137 with an ERA of 2.48.

All of those numbers added up to Valenzuela being named the National League Cy Young Award winner, edging out Tom Seaver and becoming the first rookie in major league history to earn it.

He would also win the National League Rookie of the Year award along with the Silver Slugger Award as the best hitting pitcher.

On this day in 2017, Louisville quarterback and reigning Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson became the first college football player to pass for 3,000 yards and run for 1,000 in back to back seasons.

The Cardinals were at home against Virginia on this day.

Jackson started his afternoon off with a 68 yard touchdown run in the first quarter.

He then followed that up with three TD passes throughout the course of the game on the way to a 3821 win.

Jackson finished up with 15 completions for 195 yards and those three TD throws to go along with 15 carries for 160 yards and a rushing score.

He would finish out the year with more than 3600 yards passing and 1600 rushing yards and yet would finish third in the Heisman balloting.

Another guy who was rolling up big numbers on this day back in 1978 was Eddie Lee Ivory.

Ivory's Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets were on the road at Air Force.

It was a bone chilling cold day with snow flurries and wind in Colorado Springs that day.

And with a game time temperature of 22 degrees and a swirling wind of 16 miles per hour, it may have been tough for fans to get their carbureted engine started on this day.

But it had zero effect on Ivory's engine.

But just like a car may take some time to warm up before it really gets going, so did the Ramblin Rec running back.

After gaining just 11 yards on his first four carries, Ivory hit the accelerator and reeled off touchdown runs of 75, 80 and 57 yards.

He finished the day with 22 carries for a then NCAA record 356 yards rushing.

Ivory broke Eric Allen's seven year record of 350 yards.

Ivory's record would hold up for nearly a full six years until Washington State's Reuben Mays put up 357 yards rushing in October 1984.

From Ivory's one dimensional dominating performance, let's turn the clock back to 1911 when the multidimensional Jim Thorpe did just about everything to beat a tough Harvard Crimson team.

Prior to the start of this one, Thorpe was hobbling around on a heavily bandaged right leg.

It was never a question of if he would play, but more how effective would he actually be.

He answered that fairly early, flying around the field, making tackles on defense and carrying the football and offense.

He kicked a pair of field goals, but Harvard still managed a 96 lead at halftime in the second half, Thorpe mesmerized the 25,000 who'd gathered to watch with his relentless running.

He ripped off a long run only to be brought down at the two yard line.

And then he let Possum Powell take the ball in the next play into the end zone to give Carlisle a 159 advantage.

Thorpe added his fourth field goal of the day a little bit later on, which was fortuitous.

Harvard scored a late touchdown, but Carlisle pulled out the upset over Harvard.

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Carlisle, coached by the legendary Pop Warner, rolled through the 1911 season with an 111 record.

Their only blemish came the week after the Harvard win, losing 12 to 11 at Syracuse on this day in 1990, Kansas City Chief linebacker Derek Thomas was a major disrupter for the Seattle Seahawks.

Thomas was able to get to Seattle Seahawk QB Dave Craig and sack him seven times and that was enough to set the NFL record and it is still the record today for sacks by one player in a game.

But if only he'd picked up his eighth sack of the day, the outcome of this game would have been different.

The Hawks trailed the Chiefs 16 10.

In the final minute of this game, Craig dropped back to pass and once again it looked like Thomas was going to bring him down.

He just couldn't wrap him up.

When Craig wriggled free, he lofted a 25 yard pass into the end zone that was called for a tying touchdown.

The PAT gave Seattle the one point win despite Derrick Thomas heroic seven sack performance.

Moving on to what happened on this day in 2012 when former Chief and then Atlanta Falcon tight end Tony Gonzalez became the first tight end in NFL history to catch at least 100 touchdown balls.

Before Travis Kelce, before Gronk, before Antonio Gates, there was Tony Gonzalez.

Gonzalez brought a basketball player's ability to a position that is equal parts offensive lineman and pass catcher.

That's partly due to the fact that Gonzalez played basketball in college.

The guy could out muscle a linebacker like grabbing a rebound in the paint or outsky a defensive back to make a ballet like catch in the end zone and that set him apart from most others in the league.

Well, on this day his Atlanta Falcons were at home against New Orleans.

In the second quarter, Matt Ryan found Gonzalez for a two yard touchdown and with that Gonzalez became the first tight end in NFL history to reach 100 touchdowns in a career.

He'd add another one in the second half in what would be a 31:27 loss to the Saints.

He'd play one more season after this one and then wrap up his career with 111 touchdown receptions.

That was a list of one until Antonio Gates, another guy who used his basketball skills to catch passes as a tight end, reached the 100 touchdown plateau in 2015.

And on this day in 2007, Phil Mickelson may have had his oddest win as a professional golfer.

This was the final round of the HSBC Champions of China in Shanghai and the fun started when he made the turn.

Mickelson would later say it was the oddest back nine that he had ever played.

In the final nine holes, Mickelson was penalized six shots.

He had a three shot lead with seven to play, but would drop four shots in the next four holes and he trailed Ross Fischer by a shot.

When he came to the 18th, a 535 yard par 5.

Mickelson hit his approach into the water and he figured the tournament was lost.

But Fisher's shot from deep rough rolled through the green and found its way to the water hazard as well.

A penalty stroke, a chip and two putts and it was a double bogey for Fisher.

Mickelson actually had a 10 foot putt to win the tournament, but it slid by the cup and it was a three player playoff with Lee Westwood added to the mix.

Mickelson ended his roller coaster ride when he holed a four foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole to win his first pro tournament in a Phew.

That is seven stories from this day in sports history.

Nothing groundbreaking or earth shattering or game changing, but a really fun glimpse into the past nonetheless.

But it's time now for Today's Got Nothing to Do with Sports Fun Fact Lucille Ball tried out for the part of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind.

It was not her idea, but rather her studio who insisted.

On the day of her audition, her car broke down, causing her to walk six blocks in the rain.

When she got to the audition, she was drenched.

An assistant gave her a glass of brandy and put her by the fire to warm up.

And when it came time for the audition, she said, I'm not Scarlett O'Hara, I'm Lucille Ball and I want to go home.

Even though she did not land the part with that line, producer David O.

Selznick said, you were very interesting.

That's it for this edition, but as the name implies, I'll be back tomorrow with another this day in sports history.

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