On This Date: March 4
1962: Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors registers his fifth straight 50-point game with 58 against the New York Knicks and sets a season scoring record with 3,921 points.
1968: Joe Frazier wins the vacant New York world heavyweight title with an 11th-round TKO of Buster Mathis at Madison Square Garden.
1981: Guy LaFleur of the Montreal Canadiens scores his 1,000th point with a goal in a 9-3 rout over the Winnipeg Jets.
Blow out the candles
1975: Ladislav Kohn (hockey)
1973: Brian Barber (baseball)
1972: Robert Smith (football)
1970: Dave Stevens (baseball)
1970: Keith Franklin (football)
1969: Ed Giovanola (baseball)
1969: Lee Tinsley (baseball)
1968: Giovanni Carrara (baseball)
1968: Brian Hunter (baseball)
1966: Kevin Johnson (basketball)
1964: Tom Lampkin (baseball)
1962: Greg Kragen (football)
1960: Reggie McElroy (football)
1936: Bob W. Johnson (baseball)
1897: Lefty O'Doul (baseball)
1891: Charles Dazzy Vance (baseball)