On this day in sports: November 27

1. 1968 Penny Ann Early becomes the first woman to play in a major professional men's basketball league, for the Kentucky Colonels in an ABA game against the Los Angeles Stars. Source
2. 1997 Died: Buck Leonard, American baseball player and educator (born 1907) Source
3. 2007 Died: Sean Taylor, American football player (born 1983) Source
4. 2007 Died: Bill Willis, American football player and coach (born 1921) Source

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