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December 4 ---------- 1943 - Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis announced that any club is free to employ black players, something the teams would not take advantage of until 1947. 1945 - Army's Doc Blanchard is the first junior to win the coveted Heisman Trophy. Blanchard is also the first to win both the Heisman and Sullivan awards in the same year. 1947 - Russia established its eligibility for the 1948 Olympic Games by becoming a member of the International Amateur Union. 1951 - Princeton's Dick Kazmaier won ...

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