On This Day in Sport for September 12
Events in Sport
- 1885 Highest score (35) recorded in any 1st-class soccer match is set
- 1895 Defender (US) beats Valkyrie III (England) in 10th America's Cup
- 1895 Annie Londonderry [Annie Kopchovsky] arrives in Chicago to complete first round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle in 15 months and collects her $10,000 prize
- 1911 Future Baseball Hall of Fame pitchers dual for final time; Boston Rustlers' Cy Young vs Christy Mathewson of the Giants; NY wins, 11-2
- 1914 Yankee shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh, 23, becomes youngest manager
- 1920 VII Summer Olympic Games close in Antwerp, Belgium
- 1922 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 5000m (14:35.4)
- 1924 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Philadelphia, PA: Bill Johnston & Bill Tilden clinch US 5th straight title beating Australians Pat O'Hara Wood & Gerald Patterson 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 for 3-0 lead; ends 5-0
- More Events in Sport
Jesse Owens
Wilfred Benítez
Peter Mark Roget
Jack KramerWeddings in Sport
- 2006 NBA basketball star Tracy McGrady (27) weds CleRenda Harris at the sandy beach in Los Cabos, Mexico
More Weddings & Divorces in Sport
September in Sport History
Woman Jockey Rides Into Record Books
Jockey Gay Kelleway is the only woman to ride a winner at England’s famous Royal Ascot. She was also the first jockey to wear a TV camera on her helmet.
September 6, 19921st Car Race in America
The winning vehicle, a Duryea Motor Wagon Company vehicle driven by Frank Duryea
September 28, 1895
