Events in Sport
- 1861 British Open Golf < Prestwick GC: Tom Morris Sr. beats Willie Park Sr. by 4 strokes
- 1867 British Open Golf, Prestwick GC: Tom Morris Sr. wins 4th title; beats rival Willie Park Sr. by 2 strokes; at 46, Morris remains oldest Open champion
- 1906 Pitts Lefty Leifield no-hits Phillies, 8-0 in 6 inning game
- 1908 Ed Ruelbach becomes the first person to pitch a doubleheader shutout in major league baseball
Golf Major
1925 8th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen wins at Olympia Fields, Illinois
Walter Hagen
Event of Interest
1954 Yogi Berra plays his only game at 3rd & Mickey Mantle plays shortstop
Yogi Berra
Mickey Mantle
Baseball Record
1961 Roger Maris hits HR #60 off Jack Fisher, tying Babe Ruth's record
Roger Maris
Jack Fisher
Event of Interest
1973 Wilt Chamberlain signs with ABA San Diego Conquistadors
Wilt Chamberlain
- 1975 Phillies & NY Mets play a doubleheader that ends at 3:15 AM
- 1976 Phillies clinch their 1st NL East Division title
- 1977 Cleveland Browns play their 1st overtime game, beat Patriots 30-27
- 1978 NY District Court Judge Constance Baker Motley rules that women sportswriters cannot be banned from locker rooms
- 1979 1984 summer LA Olympic coverage sold to ABC for $225 million
- 1983 Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks 56 yard field goal, a NY Giants record
- 1983 Australia II wins America's Cup yacht race - 1st non-US winner
- 1984 5,251 turn out to see Phillies play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
- 1987 Padres Benito Santiago sets rookie hitting streak to 28 games
- 1988 Soviet throwers sweep the medals in the hammer throw at the Seoul Olympics; Sergey Litvinov wins gold with an Olympic record 84.80m ahead of team mates Yuriy Sedykh & Jüri Tamm
Event of Interest
1992 Jimmy Connors beats Martina Navratilova, 7-5, 6-3
Jimmy Connors
Martina Navratilova
- 1992 1st time a positional player pitches for NY Mets, Phil Pecota, in 19-2 lose to Pirates
- 1993 Ryder Cup Golf, The Belfry: US beats Europe, 15-13; Davis Love III secures victory for the US beating Costantino Rocca at the 18th, 1 up
- 1993 Cubs bat out of order against Pirates in 2nd inning
- 1993 Indians win their last game at Cleveland Stadium, beating Brewers 6-4
- 1993 Kris Monaghan wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
- 1993 French Williams driver Alain Prost finishes 2nd in Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril to clinch his 4th F1 World Drivers Championship; after race Prost announces his retirement at the end of the season
- 1995 Earliest 1st-class cricket in Aust season (Qld v Western Prov)
- 1995 Sri Lanka complete 2-1 Test Cricket series win in Pakistan from 0-1
Baseball Record
1996 SF Giant Barry Bonds is 2nd player to hit 40 HRs & steal 40 bases
Barry Bonds
- 1997 Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey Jr hits his 56th HR of 1997
- 1999 Ryder Cup Golf, The Country Club, Brookline: US wins 14½-13½ after trailing 10-6 going into the singles; win first 6 matches to set up victory; poor American crowd & team behaviour heavily criticised
- 2004 Ed Whitlock becomes 1st person over 70 to complete a marathon in under 3 hours (2:54:48) at Toronto Marathon
Birthdays in Sport
- 1876 Charlie Llewellyn, South African cricketer (South African lefty all-rounder 1896-1912), born in Pietermaritzberg, Natal (d. 1964)
- 1884 J. P. Bickell, Canadian businessman and sports team owner (Toronto Maple Leafs), born in Molesworth, Ontario, Canada (d. 1951)
- 1891 Alfred Lane, American sharp shooter (Olympic gold 1912, 20), born in New York (d. 1965)
- 1905 Emilio Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball player, born in Patillas, Puerto Rico (d. 2011)
- 1907 Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren, Dutch boxing champ (Olympic gold 1928), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1992)
- 1909 Bill France, Sr., American auto racer (co-founder of NASCAR), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1992)
- 1925 Bobby Shantz, American baseball player (1952 AL MVP), born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania
- 1925 Norm Dussault, American-Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 2012)
- 1929 Meredith Gourdine, American long jumper (Olympic silver 1952), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1998)
- 1931 Vijay Manjrekar, Indian cricketer (father of Sanjay, reliable Indian batsman), born in Bombay, India (d. 1983)
- 1935 Bob Barber, English cricketer (dashing England lefty bat in 28 Tests 1960-68), born in Withington, Manchester
- 1942 Ingrid Mickler-Becker, German long jumper and relayer (Olympic gold 1972), born in Geseke, North Rhine-Westphalia
- 1943 Ian Chappell, Australian cricket captain, broadcaster (75 Tests), born in Adelaide, South Australia
- 1943 Tim Schenken, Australian racing driver, born in Gordon, Sydney, Australia
- 1947 Dick Roth, American swimmer (Olympic gold 1964), born in Palo Alto, California
- 1956 Steve Butler, American racing driver
- 1959 Rich Gedman, American baseball player
- 1960 Bret Erickson, Bennington Nebraska, US trap (Olympics 1996)
- 1962 Steve Moneghetti, Australian marathoner (Olympic 5th 1988, 92, 96)
- 1963 Douglas Wakiihuri, Kenyan athlete (World marathon champion 1987, Olympic silver 1988), born in Mombasa, Kenya
- 1964 Bobby Joe Edmonds, NFL running back (Tampa Bay Bucs)
- 1964 Dave Martinez, outfielder (Chicago White Sox), born in Manhattan, NYC
- 1964 Gerrie Slagboom, Dutch soccer player: Dordrecht '90
- 1964 Robin Hood, Mishawaka IN, LPGA golfer (1989 Planters Pat Bradley)
- 1966 Craig Heyward, NFL running back (Atlanta Falcons)
- 1966 Francisco Andreu, Dearborn Mich, road cyclist (Olympic 4th 1988, 96)
- 1967 Craig Janney, NHL center (Winnipeg Jets), born in Hartford, Connecticut
- 1968 Scott Schorer, Burke, Va, rower (Olympics 1996)
- 1969 Andy Petterson, Australian footballer
- 1969 Paul Warhurst, English footballer
- 1970 Paul Laus, Beamsville, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)
- 1970 Trevor Ruffin, NBA guard (Philadelphia 76ers)
- 1971 Elva Dryer, Durango Colorado, 1.5K/5K runner
- 1971 Patterson Thompson, cricketer (WI Test fast bowler v New Zealand 1996)
- 1972 Mark Haslam, cricketer (New Zealand slow left-armer 1992)
- 1973 David Richie, American NFL defensive tackle (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32), born in Orange, California
- 1973 Chris Small, Scottish snooker player
- 1973 Olga Vasdeki, Greek triple jumper
- 1974 Alison Davies, Australian rower (Olympics 1996)
- 1974 Gary Hall Jr, American 50m/100m/400m freestyle relay (Olympic gold/2 silver-96)
- 1974 Katie Kauffman, West Lawn Pa, field hockey midfielder (Olympics 1996)
- 1974 Martin Muursepp, NBA forward (Dallas Mavericks)
- 1976 Michael Ballack, German footballer
- 1978 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Kenyan long-distance runner
- 1979 Jaycie Phelps, American gymnast (World bronze 95, Olympic gold 1996), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
- 1979 Fuifui Moimoi, New Zealand (Tongan) rugby league footballer
- 1979 Jon Harley, English footballer
- 1980 Patrick Friesacher, Austrian race car driver
- 1980 Henrik and Daniel Sedin, Swedish ice hockey players
Serena Williams
1981 Serena Williams, American tennis player (23 Grand Slam singles singles), born in Saginaw, Michigan
Serena Williams
Weddings in Sport
- 1999 Actress-singer and former beauty queen Vanessa L Williams (36) weds Los Angeles Lakers' basketball player Rick Fox (30) at Church of the Holy Trinity in New York
Deaths in Sport
- 1944 Julien Cahn, cricketer (private cricket promoter during 30's), dies
- 1954 Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player, dies at 86
- 1960 William Ling, cricketer (South African batsman in 6 Tests 1921-23), dies
- 1965 Otto Nothling, Australian rugby union player and cricketer (did next to nothling in Aust), dies at 65
- 1982 Alec Hurwood, cricketer (Australian off-spinner v WI 1930-31), dies
- 1993 John Pennel, American pole vaulter (James E Sullivan Award-1963), dies at 53
Byron Nelson
2006 Byron Nelson, American PGA golfer (won 19 tournaments in 1945), dies at 94
Byron Nelson
- 2007 Bill Wirtz, American longtime Chicago Blackhawks owner, dies at 77
Paul Newman
2008 Paul Newman, American actor (Hud, Hombre, Hustler), racing car driver and charity food company founder (Newman's Own), dies of lung cancer at 83
Paul Newman
September in History
Airship Bomb Crew Meet their Match in Policeman
They dropped their bombs and planned to escape, but the German airship crew hadn’t reckoned on the tenacity of a lone British policeman on his bike.
September 24, 1916
'I Have Heard The Voice of Adolf Hitler . . .'
Hitler's speech threatening Czechoslovakia was broadcast on this day. Among those listening to the ‘mad dog of Europe’ was a journalist in an American hotel.
September 26, 1938
Fear as First Passenger Train Reaches 15mph
The steam engine Locomotion No. 1 took passengers for a ride on this day – the first in the world to do so and, for at least one person, at frightening speed.
September 27, 1825
And God Created Brigitte Bardot . . .
Brigitte Bardot, a leading sex symbol of the 1950s and 1960s, was born on this day. Such was her fame that she became widely known simply by her initials – BB.
September 28, 1934