Sports Fact of the Day 4/28/2007

(Another sad one, yeesh!)
4/28/1974:
The New York Rangers even their Stanley Cup semifinal series with Philadelphia at two games apiece on an overtime goal by Rod Gilbert, but the glee at Madison Square Garden is tempered by a career-ending injury suffered only moments earlier by Flyers defenseman Barry Ashbee. Struck directly in the right eye by a slap shot, the resolute blueliner will lose all depth perception in that eye and be forced to retire. Three years from now, he'll die of leukemia at age 37. In 1975, his uniform No. 4 will be the first jersey ever retired by the Flyers.

Birthdays:
Pedro Ramos b. 1935
Tom Browning b. 1960
Mark Bavaro b. 1963
Barry Larkin b. 1964
John Daly b. 1966