On this day in 1906 The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States was founded to set rules in amateur collegiate level sports. The IAA would go on to become the esteemed National Collegeiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 1910 which is now comprised of 1,281 institutions.
In 1931 one of the era's biggest sports celebrities, Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne, died in a fatal plane crash. In his 13 seasons of coaching, Rockne only lost 12 games and led the Fighting Irish to back-to-back undefeated championship seasons. Known affectionally as the Gipper, Rockne was portrayed on the silver screen by future president Ronald Reagan, coining one of the most famous sport's movie lines, "Win one for the Gipper."
In 1973 the world watched him float like a butterfly and sting like a bee, when Muhammed Ali wore a $10,000 robe with "The People's Champion" inscribed on it. Although he was dressed for success, Ali lost the fight to
Ken Norton.
2004 marked the end of an NFL dynasty. NFL owners adopted a 15 yard penalty for excessive celebrations. The penalty was added to the fines previously in place for choreographed and multiplayer celebrations. This included all gyrating, thrusting, tootsie rollin, moonwalking, backflippin, hand gun shootin, tail spinning and bootie bumping that had given the game extra pizzaz throughout the 90s.
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