On this day in sports: February 9

1. 1971 Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro league player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame. Source
2. 2007 Born: Ryan Coleman-Williams, American football player Source
3. 2007 Died: Hank Bauer, American baseball player and manager (born 1922) Source
4. 2014 Died: Hal Herring, American football player and coach (born 1924) Source
5. 2018 Winter Olympics: Opening ceremony is performed in Pyeongchang County in South Korea. Source
6. 2020 Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu won the Four Continents Championships to become the only man to complete a Super Slam. Source

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