Events in Sport
- Jun 4 1st Ryder Cup Golf, Worcester CC: US beats Great Britain, 9½-2½; Walter Hagen first American captain; Ted Ray first GB skipper
- Dec 17 Australian cricketing prodigy Don Bradman scores 118 in his 1st-class debut for NSW against South Australia at the Adelaide Oval
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Vin ScullySports Stars Who Died in 1927
- Jan 19 Jim McLaughlin, American Hall of Fame thoroughbred jockey (Kentucky Derby 1881, Preakness Stakes 1885, 6 x Belmont Stakes), dies at 65
- Feb 6 Sam Maguire, Irish Republican and Gaelic footballer (b. 1879)
- Feb 26 Willie Simms, American jockey (US Champion Jockey by wins 1893, 94; Kentucky Derby 1896, 98; Preakness Stakes 1898; Belmont Stakes 1893, 94), dies at 57
- Mar 3 J.G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh motor-racing driver (b. 1884)
- Mar 27 Joe Start, American baseball player, dies at 84
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