March 7 in Houston Astros History: The Houston Sports Association announces "Colt .45s" as the winner of the "Name That Team" contest. Entries (1961)

The Houston Sports Association announces "Colt .45s" as the winner of the "Name That Team" contest. Entries from as far away as Australia came in. Many had suggested "Colts" but the gun, rather than the horse, won out much to the later chagrin of Judge Roy Hofheinz.

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