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    • Jul 31, 1948
    Jim Reeves is released by the Lone Star League's Henderson Oilers more than three months after he last pitched for the team. It's the end of the line in baseball for Reeves, hobbled by an injury
    Oct 29, 1956
    Charley Pride pitches four innings of shutout ball, as the Negro League All-Stars beat the Major League All-Stars, including Hank Aaron and Willie Mays, 4-2
    Dec 27, 1956
    Elvis Presley plays touch football at Memphis' Dave Wells Community Center. Pictures of the game actually appear in the newspaper
    Dec 4, 1958
    South Carolina running back Alex Hawkins is named a third-team All-American by the Associated Press. In 1992, he will be listed as a co-writer on the Collin Raye country hit "That's My Story"
    Dec 27, 1959
    Running back Alex Hawkins plays in the NFL Championship Game at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore as the Colts defeat the New York Giants, 31-16. Hawkins will be credited as a songwriter on the 1992 Collin Raye country hit "That's My Story"
    Jan 8, 1960
    Elvis Presley's 25th birthday generates a party in Germany with 200 guests. Among his presents: a trophy proclaiming him "Most Valuable Player, Bad Nauheim Sunday Afternoon Football Association, 1959"
    Jul 21, 1960
    Elvis Presley receives a certificate designating him a first-degree black belt in karate
    Aug 20, 1960
    Marty Robbins crashes into two other racers when his micro-midget car, nicknamed the Big Iron Special, loses a wheel in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Robbins is uninjured
    Oct 16, 1960
    Elvis Presley breaks a finger playing touch football at Graceland Mansion in Memphis
    Mar 12, 1961
    After giving him a two-week tryout, Gene Autry's expansion Los Angeles Angels drop hopeful baseball player Charley Pride during spring training in Palm Springs



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