On this day in sports: November 1

1. 1959 After being struck in the face with a hockey puck, Jacques Plante played the rest of the game wearing a face mask, now mandatory equipment for goaltenders in ice hockey. Source
2. 1999 Died: Walter Payton, American football player and race car driver (born 1954) Source
3. 2012 Died: Pascual Pérez, Dominican baseball player (born 1957) Source
4. 2014 Died: Jean-Pierre Roy, Canadian-American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (born 1920) Source

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