On this day in sports: September 30

1. 1939 NBC broadcast the first televised American football game, between the Fordham Rams and the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets. Source
2. 1939 NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game. Source
3. 1947 The 1947 World Series begins. It is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field. Source
4. 1998 Born: Landon Dickerson, American football player Source
5. 2024 Died: Dikembe Mutombo, Congolese-American basketball player (born 1966) Source
6. 2024 Died: Pete Rose, American baseball player and manager (born 1941) Source

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