On this day in sports: September 7

1. 1963 The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members. Source
2. 1988 Born: Kevin Love, American basketball player Source
3. 1990 Born: Libor Hudáček, Slovak ice hockey player Source
4. 1996 Born: Donovan Mitchell, American basketball player Source
5. 2011 Yak-Service Flight 9633, carrying the players and coaching staff of the ice hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, crashed on take-off near Yaroslavl, Russia, resulting in the deaths of 44 of the 45 people on board. Source
6. 2011 The Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team. Source

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