Sports Fact of the Day 1/27/2007

1/27/1978:
Franklin Jacobs sets a world indoor record for the high jump with a leap of 7'7-1/4" at the Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden. A sophomore at nearby Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey, Jacobs stands only 5'8" tall but is a marvel of compressed energy as he clears the record height on his final attempt. His effort falls only 1/2" shy of the world mark of 7'7-3/4", set outdoors by Vladimir Taschenko of the Soviet Union last year.

Birthdays:
Frankie Albert b. 1920
John Lowenstein b. 1947
Billy "White Shoes" Johnson b. 1952
Cris Collinsworth b. 1959
Marat Safin b. 1980