Events in Sport on January 9

1942 Joe Louis KOs Buddy Baer in 1 for heavyweight boxing title

1952 Marines give notice that they will recall Ted Williams to active duty

1953 Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 116 pts in basketball game
1954 Bert Olmstead of the Montreal Canadiens, ties NHL record of 8 points in game

1958 In basketball Oscar Robertson (Cin) scores 56, Seton Hall team 54

1962 NFL prohibits grabbing of face masks
1967 NFL New Orleans' franchise takes name "Saints"
1972 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
1972 LA Lakers 33 game winning streak snapped by a loss to the Bucks 120-104
1975 Australia beat England by 171 runs in 4th Test to regain Ashes

1976 Bryan Trottier failed in 4th Islander penalty shot

1977 Super Bowl XI: Oakland Raiders beat Minnesota Vikings, 32-14 in Pasadena Super Bowl MVP: Fred Biletnikoff, Oakland, WR

1977 65th Men's Australian Open: Roscoe Tanner beats Guillermo Vilas (6-3, 6-3, 6-3)

1977 65th Women's Australian Open: Kerry Melville Reid beats Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat (7-5, 6-2)

1979 Bobby Orr's #4 jersey is retired by the Boston Bruins

1984 Braves pitcher Pascual Perez is arrested for cocaine possession
1985 Flames set NHL record 264th regular season game without being shut-out
1986 NY Islanders repeat their greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Pittsburgh Penguins

1989 Johnny Bench & Carl Yastrzemski elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1991 Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame for betting on baseball

2000 Dan Marino wins his last career NFL game (20-17 vs Seattle)

2012 Lionel Messi wins the FIFA Ballon d'Or for the second consecutive year