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Nov. 21?
1954 – The Pittsburgh Pirates pay $4,000 to select 20-year-old outfielder Roberto Clemente of the Los Angeles Dodgers with the first pick in the minor-league draft. Clemente has only one year of professional experience.
1975 – Len Corazzi returns a first-quarter punt 40 yards for a touchdown and Barry Stotka adds a two-yard TD run in the fourth quarter to give Beth-Center a 13-0 victory over Kittanning in the WPIAL Class AA football championship game at Mt. Lebanon. Beth-Center finishes the season with a 12-0 record.
1987 – Washington & Jefferson rallies from an eight-point deficit with 50 seconds left to defeat Allegheny 23-17 in overtime in the first round of the NCAA Division III football playoffs at snow-covered Andrew W., Robertson Memorial Field in Meadville.
1992 – Chris Babirad rushes for 285 yards and three touchdowns as Washington & Jefferson routs Lycoming 33-0 in the first round of the NCAA Division III football playoffs. Babirad scores on runs of 5, 23 and 2 yards.
1994 – Professional basketball returns to Pittsburgh after a 22-year absence when the Quad City Thunder defeat the Pittsburgh Piranhas 108-85 in a Continental Basketball Association game before more than 3,000 at the A.J. Palaumbo Center. Tate George scores a game-high 20 points for Quad City.
2006 – Seven California University players score in double figures as the Vulcans rout Penn State-Fayette 132-47 in a men’s basketball game.
Nov. 22
1941 – Jefferson Township, under coach Ben Parker, defeats South Huntingdon 32-12 in the championship game of the Mid-Mon Valley Conference at Charleroi. The Jeffs score touchdowns on each of their first two offensive plays.
1942 – Pittsburgh defeats the Chicago Cardinals 19-3 to clinch the Steelers’ first winning season in team history.
1959 – Quarterback Bobby Layne leads a six-play, 83-yard scoring drive that ends with his 17-yard touchdown pass to Gern Nagler with 40 seconds left as the Pittsburgh Steelers win 21-20 at Cleveland, knocking the Browns out of first place in the NFL’s Eastern Conference.
1972 – The Pittsburgh Penguins set an NHL record by getting five goals from five different players in a span of 2:07 in a 10-4 victory over the St. Louis Blues.
1975 – Steve Geise runs 29 yards for the game-winning touchdown with 8:18 left in the game and Pitt’s Carson Long misses three field-goal tries in the final five minutes as Sugar Bowl-bound Penn State defeats Pitt 7-6 at Three Rivers Stadium.
1980 – Former California State College national wrestling champion Bill DePaoli wins his first international title by pinning Mark Jodoin to win the 126-pound title at the Canadian Open in Toronto.
1986 – Dana Zajicek scores 27 points, including two pivotal three-point field goals late in the game, as California University edges Shippensburg 81-75 in the debut of Vulcans coach Jim Boone.
1988 – On his 22nd birthday, Waynesburg College’s Darrin Walls scores 28 points in an 86-77 victory over West Virginia State to become the Yellow Jackets’ all-time scoring leader.
2003 – Bridgewater (Va.) overcomes a 17-point halftime deficit to defeat visiting Waynesburg 28-24 in the Yellow Jackets’ first NCAA Division III football playoff game. Waynesburg’s Jeff Dumm completes 21 of 47 passes for 295 yards and two scores but his incomplete pass on fourth-and-goal ends the game.