Episode 417

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17th Jan 2025

Jim O'Brien's Super Bowl Winner, Gary Anderson's first miss, and a College Basketball Scandal - This DiSH for Jan. 17

This Day In Sports History is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In 1971, Jim O'Brien kicked the game winner in an error-filled Super Bowl V.

In 1999, Minnesota's Gary Anderson picked a bad time to miss his first field goal in two years.

In 1988, Cleveland's Earnest Byner fumbled inside the five to give Denver the ball and the Browns missed out on a Super Bowl.

And in 1951, a points shaving scandal rocked college basketball.

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Relive the greatest moments in sports every day of the year. From the triumphs to the tragedies, the first to do it to the last time it happened, the unbelievable to the strange, This Day in Sports History is a 365-day journey remembering those significant events that made a lasting impact.

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This Day in Sports History
Remember and relive the greatest moments in sports history every day of the year.
Relive the greatest moments in sports every day of the year. From the triumphs to the tragedies, the first to do it to the last time it happened, the unbelievable to the strange, This Day in Sports History is a 365-day journey remembering those significant events that made a lasting impact. 

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