Early agate
ON THIS DATE
Sept. 17
1961 – Allen Green kicks a 27-yard field goal with one second remaining to give the Dallas Cowboys a 27-24 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers. It’s the Cowboys’ first win as a member of the NFL.
1965 – Bob Mavrich scores three touchdowns, including two in the fourth quarter, as Canon-McMillan High School defeats visiting Braddock, 20-7.
1973 – The Pittsburgh Triangles of the 16-team World Team Tennis, sign three-time Grand Slam champion Evonne Goolagong. The 22-year-old Goolagong has won singles titles at Wimbledon, the French Open and United States Open.
1982 – John Hairston rushes for 195 yards and two touchdowns as Trinity ends a 12-game losing streak with a 35-7 victory over Southmoreland at College Field.
1982 – Mapletown (1-1-1) ends a 20-game winless streak with a 12-7 victory over German Township. Ed Pekar throws two touchdown passes for the Maples.
1987 – Jaguar Spur, with driver Dick Stillings, wins The Little Brown Jug, the second leg of pacing Triple Crown, at the Delaware (Ohio) County Fairgrounds.
1991 – Waynesburg High School hires Jim Hoy as its boys basketball coach. Hoy spent the last two years as head coach at Freedom in Beaver County. He repalces Glenn Kyle, who resigned after 10 years with the Raiders to become an assistant at California University.
1996 – Jim Leyland informs the Pittsburgh Pirates that he will resign at the end of the season, his 11th as the team’s manager.