
In 1953, Ben Hogan won the US Open in a year that he would win three of golf's major championships.In 1997, Detroit Red Wing Vladimir Konstantinov along with teammate Slava Fetisov and team masseur Sergei Mnatsakanov were involved in a car accident. Konstantinov suffered a head injury and has been confined to a wheelchair since. Fetisov returned to the ice. Mnatsakanov was paralyzed from the waist down.In 1935, James J. Braddock defeated Max Baer to win the heavyweight boxing title. He was a huge longshot and became known as 'The Cinderella Man.'In 1997, the Chicago Bulls won their fifth NBA Championship when Steve Kerr hit the game winning bucket.
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