Champions Day

Champions Day is a special day that was set aside in 1936 to commemorate a number of sporting victories and accomplishments by Detroit, Michigan natives and teams in the early 1930s. April 18 was designated Champions Day in Michigan by the state Governor Frank Fitzgerald, and then specifically for Detroit by the Detroit City Council.[1] The first Champions Day was celebrated with a large party at the Detroit Masonic Temple, an event sponcered by the (now defunct) Detroit Times newspaper.

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Events commemorated

There were a number of individual and team accomplishment during this time, including:

City of Champions

Because of the many sporting accomplishments during this time frame, Detroit was given the nickname City of Champions.[1] No other city has held the championship for three of the four major North American sports at the same time.

References

  1. ^ a b Champions Day Campaign
  2. ^ a b c http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=91
  3. ^ http://www.checkerschest.com/checkers/banks.htm
  4. ^ http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=1935
  5. ^ http://www.detroitlions.com/team/history/all-time-results.html

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