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Sam Huff helped popularize pro football and was instrumental in the Giants reaching the NFL championship game six times in eight years.

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Barry Sanders retired as the number two NFL career rushing leader.

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Emmitt Smith is the NFL's all-time leading rusher. SportsCentury: Emmitt Smith airs Sunday, April 30 at 10 am ET.

Walter Payton runs for 154 yards to bring his career rushing total to 12,400 yards, breaking the mark of 12,312 held by Jim Brown, in the Bears' 20-7 victory over the Saints in Chicago.

Baltimore's Lenny Moore scores a touchdown in his 18th consecutive game, extending his NFL record, in the Colts' 35-16 victory over the Vikings.

Ray Lewis was voted Super Bowl XXXV MVP a year after he was charged with two murders.

Jim Brown and Vince Lombardi are among the seven inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

ESPN Classic catches up with former Heisman Trophy winner and Oilers/Saints powerful running back, Earl Campbell.

Emmitt Smith scores his record 25th touchdown of the season (all rushing) in the Cowboys' 37-13 win over the Cardinals in Tempe, Arizona.

Jim Brown is held to eight yards on seven carries as the Giants blank the Cleveland Browns, 10-0, in their playoff for the Eastern Conference title at Yankee Stadium.

December 1 Baseball 1924: St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Rogers Hornsby bats .424, the highest mark recorded in the 20th century, and doesn't even win the National League MVP. The award goes to Brooklyn right-hander Dazzy Vance, who leads the...

September 1 Chess: 1972: Bobby Fischer shows that his game is as grand as his ego as he becomes the first American to win the world chess championship. Fischer gains the title when defending champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union, in a losing p...

July 1 NFL 1974: 1974: With negotiations having broken off over what NFL players term "freedom issues," they go on strike. The players are seeking a bigger voice in trades and switching to other teams when their contracts expire. The owners said th...

November 1 Horse Racing: 1938: War Admiral, the 1937 Triple Crown winner, is the 1-4 favorite over Seabiscuit in their mile and three-sixteenths race for $15,000 in Baltimore. The following is famed sportswriter Grantland Rice's reporting: "A littl...