On This Day in Sport for October 28
Events in Sport
- 1890 "World Championship" Baseball Series, Washington Park, NY: Louisville Colonels beat Brooklyn Bridegrooms, 6-2 in Game 7 to tie series 3-3-1; deciding game never played
- 1900 II Summer (Modern) Olympic Games, Paris, France: competition ends after 5 months; no opening or closing ceremonies conducted
- 1924 White Sox beat NY Giants 8-4 in Dublin, less than 20 fans attend
- 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates play first of only 4 penalty free games in NFL history; Dodgers wins 21-3 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn
- 1951 Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina wins Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by taking out the Spanish Grand Prix at Pedralbes in an Alpha Romeo; wins by 6 points from Alberto Ascari of Italy
- 1953 Red Barber, resigns as Dodger sportscaster to join Yankees
- 1954 Major league owners vote down sale of A's to a Philadelphia syndicate
- 1959 American Football League awards Buffalo Bills franchise to Ralph C Wilson
- More Events in Sport
Bowie Kuhn
Lenny Wilkens
Red Auerbach
Trevor BerbickOctober in Sport History
Black Power Salute
Tommie Smith and John Carlos on the podium at 1968 Olympics
October 16, 1968Prince of Wales Gallops Out of Horseracing After Scandal
Once regarded as the ‘first gentleman of Europe’, the lifestyle of a former Prince of Wales caused revulsion, starting with a horseracing scandal on this day.
October 20, 1791
