On this day in sports: January 18

1. 1958 Willie O'Ree of the Boston Bruins played his first game in the National Hockey League, becoming the first black Canadian to compete in the NHL. Source
2. 1958 Willie O'Ree, the first Black Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins. Source
3. 1983 Thirty years after his death, the International Olympic Committee presented commemorative medals to the family of American athlete Jim Thorpe, who had been stripped of his gold medals for playing semi-professional baseball before the 1912 Summer Olympics. Source
4. 1983 The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family. Source
5. 1999 Born: Tee Higgins, American football player Source
6. 2016 Died: Johnny Bach, American basketball player and coach (born 1924) Source

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