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ON THIS DATE
Dec. 11
1956 – Myron Pottios, Charleroi High School’s hard-hitting fullback, is selected to the Associated Press All-Pennsylvania Football team. Pottios is one of three WPIAL players named to the first team.
1965 – California State College sets a school basketball scoring record by blasting Bliss College of Columbus, Ohio, 155-84. The Vulcans score 94 points in the second half. Pat Hobart leads seven Cal players in double figures with 26 points.
1973 – The Pittsburgh Triangles of World Team Tennis sign two-time United States Open champion Ken Rosewall to a one-year contract to be player-coach.
1975 – The Pittsburgh Pirates acquire pitcher George “Doc” Medich in a trade with the New York Yankees. The Pirates give up second baseman Willie Randolph and pitchers Ken Brett and Dock Ellis.
1985 – Pitt hires Kansas’ Mike Gottfried as its head football coach replacing fired Foge Fazio.
1990 – The Pittsburgh Penguins acquire defensemen Larry Murphy and Peter Taglianetti in a trade with the Minnesota North Stars. The Penguins give up defensemen Jim Johnson and Chris Dahlquist.
1993 – Pervires Greene scores 25 points to lead five West Virginia scorers in double figures and the Mountaineers force 28 Pitt turnovers in beating the Panthers, 99-91.
1999 – Fort Cherry running back Mike Vernillo is named the Observer-Reporter Offensive Players of the Year and Waynesburg linebacker Lanfer Simpson is the Defensive Player of the Year.
2008 – Petr Sykora ends the longest streak in NHL history without a hat trick by a player who had at least two goals in a game, scoring three times to lead Pittsburgh to a 9-2 rout of the New York Islanders. Sykora previously had 38 games with two goals without getting a third, far surpassing the 28 games by Hall of Fame defenseman Larry Murphy.
2016 – Pittsburgh’s Le’Veon Bell scores three times and gains a franchise-record 236 yards rushing in a 27-20 win over the Buffalo Bills.