On This Day in Sport for September 20
Events in Sport
- 1876 Ottawa Football Club forms
- 1902 Chicago White Sox pitcher Jimmy 'Nixey' Callahan no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-0
- 1907 Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Nick Maddox no-hits Brooklyn Superbas, 2-1 at Exposition Park, Pittsburgh
- 1908 Chicago White Sox Frank Smith 2nd no-hitter, beats Philadelphia 1-0
- 1911 Yanks set team record 12 errors in a double header
- 1913 US Open Men's Golf, The Country Club: 20-year old amateur Francis Ouimet wins his only Open title in an 18-hole playoff, 5 strokes ahead of Britons Harry Vardon & Ted Ray
- 1919 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Engineers CC: Defending champion Jim Barnes defeats Fred McLeod, 6 & 5 in the final
- 1919 Legendary baseball slugger Babe Ruth ties Ned Williamson's MLB mark of 27 home runs with a 9th inning blast in Boston Red Sox 4-3 win against Chicago White Sox
- More Events in Sport
Red Auerbach
Guy Lafleur
John TavaresDeaths in Sport
- 1931 Sam Morris, Australian cricket all-rounder (1 Test; 1st black & of West Indian origin to rep. Australia in a Test; Victoria CA), dies at 76
- 1989 Richie Ginther, American racing driver, dies from a heart attack at 59
- 1992 K W Stackpole, cricketer (good Victorian batsman), dies
- 1993 Loan Volkerijk, Dutch baseball coach (ADO), dies at 65
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
