On This Day in Sport for September 27
Events in Sport
- 1879 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Scotsman Jamie Anderson wins by 3 shots from countrymen Jamie Allen & Andrew Kirkaldy; 3rd consecutive title
- 1881 Chicago Cubs beat Troy 10-8 before record small "crowd" of 12
- 1905 Boston's Bill Dinneen no-hits Chicago White Sox, 2-0
- 1914 Cleveland 2nd baseman Nap Lajoie collects his 3,000th hit
- 1917 EHC soccer team forms in Hoensbroek Neth
- 1919 Pitcher Bob Shawkey sets then Yank record with 15 strike-outs
- 1919 Boston Red Sox slugger Babe Ruth takes his MLB home run record to 29 with a 3rd inning blast in a 7-5 defeat at the Washington Senators' Griffith Stadium
- 1921 MLB NY Yankees beat Cleveland Indians 21-7 at Polo Grounds, NYC
- More Events in Sport
Kathy Whitworth
Mike Schmidt
Babe Didrikson ZahariasWeddings in Sport
- 1934 American baseball player and manager Leo Durocher (28) weds American socialite and businesswoman Grace Dozier; divorce in 1943
- 2009 Businesswoman and TV personality Khloé Kardashian (28) weds NBA basketball forward Lamar Odom (32) in Beverly Hills, California
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
