Back in Time: November 11

Author:
SI Staff
Publish date:
Nov 11, 2009

Back in Time: November 11

Fernando Valenzuela

Fernando Valenzuela becomes the first pitcher to win both the Rookie of the Year and the Cy Young Award in the same season.

Derrick Thomas

Kansas City linebacker Derrick Thomas sets an NFL record with seven sacks, but Seattle quarterback Dave Krieg somehow slips free of Thomas to throw a 25-yard, game-winning touchdown pass in the closing seconds as the Seahawks beat the Chiefs 17-16.

Drazen Petrovic

New Jersey retired the No. 3 jersey worn by the late Drazen Petrovic prior to a game at the Meadowlands Arena with Indiana. Petrovic was killed in an auto accident in Germany on June 7,1993.

Hakeem Olajuwon

Houston's Hakeem Olajuwon (pictured here with Clyde Drexler) scores 21 points in the Rockets' 119-97 victory over visiting Minnesota, becoming the ninth NBA player to collect 20,000 points and 10,000 rebounds in a career.

Barry Bonds

Barry Bonds becomes the first major league baseball player to win the league's Most Valuable Player title five times.

Born on this Day

Steve Young (1961, pictured) Roberto Hernandez (1964) Damion Easley (1969) Terrance Shaw (1973) Willie Parker (1980) Matt Garza (1983) Hilton Armstrong (1984)