1963 Year Richmond, Va. native Arthur Ashe became the first African-American selected for the U.S. Davis Cup team.

46 All-time Virginia Tech career sacks record, held by Bruce Smith (1981-84). Smith also holds the school's single-season sacks record of 22 (1983).

13 Age Lawrence Taylor was permitted by his mother to play for the Williamsburg (Va.) City League football team. He went on to play 13 seasons at linebacker for the New York Giants and in 1999 was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

12:10 Hour of the morning on March 30, 1970 when Secretariat was foaled at The Meadow stud farm in Doswell, Va. to Bold Ruler, the greatest sire of his generation, and Somethingroyal, one of the nation's preeminent broodmares.

50 Consecutive victories to which Moses Malone led Petersburg (Va.) High during the school's back-to-back state basketball championship seasons in 1973 and '74.

20 Dollars a month earned by golfer Sam Snead from 1934 to '35 when he worked cleaning and repairing clubs at the Cascades Golf Course in Hot Springs, Va. The club was a mile and a half down the road from the Snead family home, Chesnut Rail Farm.

1888 Year orange and blue were adopted as the University of Virginia's official athletic colors. UVa athletic teams had previously worn silver gray and cardinal red, but when it became apparent that those colors did not stand out on a muddy football field, a student movement was prompted to change them.

0 Number of days spent in the minor leagues by pitcher Eppa Rixey of Culpeper, Va. before joining the Philadephia Phillies. A star at the University of Virginia, Rixey's 266 wins (1912-33) with Phillies and Reds stood as the National League lefty record for more than 40 years.