Sports Fact of the Day 3/4/2007

3/4/1972:
Completing one of hockey's foremost scoring combinations, the Buffalo Sabres acquire right wing Rene Robert from the Pittsburgh Penguins. Robert joins center Gilbert Perreault and left wing Rick Martin in the French Connection, a trio who will make the second-year expanion Buffalo franchise a viable force in the league. During the seven years that they skate together, Robert will score 222 goals.

Birthdays:
Knute Rockne b. 1888
Dazzy Vance b. 1891
Margaret Osborne duPont b. 1918
"Badger Bob" Johnson b. 1931
Kevin Johnson b. 1966