Events in Sport
- 1879 British Open 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
Baseball Record
1923 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 1st of his 493 HRs
Lou Gehrig
Golf Tournament
1930 34th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Bobby Jones
Bobby Jones
- 1930 White Sox 1st baseman Bud Clancy didn't handle ball at all in a 9 inning game vs St Louis Browns
- 1931 MLB's Lou Gehrig completes his 6th straight season, playing in every game (.3486) Jim Bottomley (.3481)
- 1935 Chicago Cubs win 21st consecutive game & clinch NL pennant
- 1936 1st baseman Walter Alston plays in his only major league game
- 1939 White Sox host 1st "day-night" doubleheader, lose to Cleve, 5-2 & 7-5
- 1942 NY Giants beat Wash Redskins 14-7 without making a 1st down
Event of Interest
1950 Heavyweight champion Ezzard Charles defeats Joe Louis in 15 in Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
Ezzard Charles
Joe Louis
- 1953 St Louis Browns play last game in Sportsman's Park, losing 100th game
- 1959 Braves & Dodgers finish in a tie (86-68)
- 1964 Despite 3 HRs by Johnny Callison, Phils are 14-8 losers to Braves
- 1964 Phillies 7th straight loses sends them into 2nd place
- 1967 Phillies Jim Bunning ties NL record of 5, 1-0 losses in a year
- 1968 Cardinals' super pitcher Bob Gibson's 13th shutout of year
- 1970 Ken Boswell sets 2nd baseman record of 85 games without an error
- 1972 1st game at Nassau Coliseum, Rangers beat Islanders 6-4 (exhibition)
Baseball Record
1973 Nolan Ryan strikes out 16 in 11 innings, for record 383 of season
Nolan Ryan
Event of Interest
1983 Tim Raines is 1st since Ty Cobb to steal 70 & drive in 70 runs
Tim Raines
Ty Cobb
World Record
1988 Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson is disqualified from the Seoul Olympics 100m after his urine sample found to contain steroid stanozolol; American Carl Lewis awarded gold medal and world record 9.92
Carl Lewis
- 1988 American diver Greg Louganis wins the 10m platform gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; wraps up diving double after also taking out the 3m springboard gold
- 1988 East German cyclist Olaf Ludwig wins the men's road race in 4:32:22 at the Seoul Olympics; beats West German pair Bernd Gröne & Christian Henn
- 1990 Tour de France champion Greg LeMond visits White House
- 1991 1st scheduled NHL exhibition game in St Petersburg Fla, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (NY Islanders vs Boston Bruins)
- 1992 LA Dodgers for 1st time in history clinch last place
- 1992 Nancy Scranton wins Los Coyotes LPGA Golf Classic
- 1992 Pittsburgh Pirates win their 3rd straight NL East title
- 1996 Baltimore Oriole Roberto Alomar spits in face of umpire John Hirschbeck
- 2005 Atlanta Braves clinch their 14th straight division title thanks to Philadelphia's loss to the New York Mets
Event of Interest
2008 Greg Maddux wins his final start of his career (#355)
Greg Maddux
- 2014 New Zealand clinch 3rd consecutive southern hemisphere Rugby Championship after bonus-point 34–13 win v Argentina in La Plata; first time NZ fail to win all their matches; fly half Beauden Barrett kicks 6/6
- 2014 New Zealand scores 4 tries to Pumas 1 to beat Argentina, 34-13 in La Plata and claim their 3rd straight Rugby Championship; All Blacks first five eighth Beauden Barrett kicks 4 conversions and 2 penalties
Birthdays in Sport
- 1881 William Clothier, American tennis player (US Open-1906) and 1st president of tennis hall of fame, born in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania (d. 1962)
- 1895 Woolf Barnato, British financier and racing driver, born in Spencer House, London (d. 1948)
- 1905 Ernst Baier, German figure skater (Olympic gold 1936), born in Zittau, Saxony, Germany (d. 2001)
- 1919 Johnny Pesky, American baseball player, (d. 2012)
- 1932 Geoff Bent, English footballer (d. 1958)
- 1934 Dick Schaap, sportscaster/author (Bo Knows Bo, Instant Replay)
- 1935 Jerome Shipp, American basketball (Olympic gold 1964)
- 1935 Mamie "Peanut" Johnson, American professional baseball player at 1st female pitcher to play in the Negro Leagues, born in Ridgeway, South Carolina (d. 2017)
- 1935 John Stanford, American college baseball coach/administrator (Middle Tennessee), born in Opelousas, Louisiana (d. 2013)
- 1935 Al MacNeil, Canadian NHL defenceman, coach (Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup 1970-71), born in Sydney, Nova Scotia
Kathy Whitworth
1939 Kathy Whitworth, American golfer (7 time LPGA Player of Year), born in Monahans, Texas
Kathy Whitworth
Mike Schmidt
1949 Mike Schmidt, MLB third baseman & HR hitter (Phillies), born in Dayton, Ohio
Mike Schmidt
- 1952 André Viger, French Canadian marathoner
- 1953 Benjamin Gene Brown, 4X400 runner (Olympic gold 1976), born in San Francisco, California
- 1953 Claudio Gentile, Italian footballer
- 1957 Bill Athey, cricketer (England batsman in 23 Tests 1980-88)
- 1957 Richard Vagg, Australian baseball infielder (Olympics 1996)
- 1959 Beth Heiden, American 3000m speed skater (Olympic bronze 1980), born in Madison, Wisconsin
- 1961 Christopher J Perry, Edenton NC, PGA golfer (1987 Kemper Open-2nd)
- 1962 Dennis Paulson, PGA golfer (1994 Freeport-McMoRan-4th), born in San Gabriel, California
- 1962 Gavin Larsen, cricketer (NZ medium-pace all-rounder)
- 1963 Caren Metschuck, German DR, 100m butterfly swimmer (Olympic gold 1980)
- 1965 Steve Kerr, American basketball guard/coach (8 NBA titles as player & coach), born in Beirut, Lebanon
- 1967 Jason Dungjen, pairs skater (& Kyoko Ina), born in Detroit, Michigan
- 1967 Uche Okechukwu, Nigerian international soccer player
- 1968 Mark Bradtke, Adelaide SA Aus, basketball center (Olympics 1988, 92, 96)
- 1968 Rob Moore, NFL wide receiver (NY Jets, Arizona Cardinals)
- 1968 Scott Conover, NFL tackle (Detroit Lions)
- 1969 Laura Wilson, cross country skier (Olympics 1994), born in Utica, New York
- 1969 Lester Holmes, NFL guard (Philadelphia Eagles)
- 1969 Robert Jones, NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys)
- 1970 Dwayne Davis, WLAF safety (Frankfurt Galaxy)
- 1971 Alonzo Spellman, NFL defensive end (Chicago Bears)
- 1971 Erik Smit, Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht)
- 1971 Ron Florine, NFL/WLAF tackle (KC Chiefs, Scotland Claymores)
- 1972 Clara Hughes, cyclist (Olympics 2 bronze-96), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
- 1972 Laurie Shepard, Cordele, GA, female pitcher (Colo Silver Bullets)
- 1972 Malachy Loye, cricketer (Northamptonshire & England "A" batsman)
- 1972 Sylvia Crawley, American basketball player
- 1973 Larry McSeed, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
- 1973 Tina Nicholson, WNBA guard (Cleveland Rockers)
- 1974 Edward Thomas, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
- 1975 Ed Gray, NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks)
- 1975 Tajama Abraham, WNBA center (Sacramento Monarchs)
- 1976 Francesco Totti, Italian footballer
- 1976 Jason Phillips, American baseball player
- 1977 Andrus Värnik, Estonian javelin thrower
- 1978 Jon Rauch, American baseball player
- 1979 Jon Garland, American baseball player
- 1979 Christian Jones, Australian racing driver
- 1979 Steve Simpson, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1981 Lakshmipathy Balaji, Indian cricketer
- 1981 Brendon McCullum, New Zealand cricketer
- 1982 Darrent Williams, American football player (d. 2007)
- 1984 John Lannan, American baseball player
- 1986 Ricardo Risatti, Argentine racing driver
- 1989 Park Tae-Hwan, South Korean swimmer
- 1991 Adam Chicksen, English Football Player
- 1991 Simona Halep, Romanian tennis player (French Open 2018, world #1), born in Constanța, Romania
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
1934 Baseball player and manager Leo Durocher (28) weds businesswoman Grace Dozier
Leo Durocher
Wedding of Interest
2009 Businesswoman and TV personality Khloé Kardashian (28) weds NBA basketball forward Lamar Odom (32) in Beverly Hills, California
Khloé Kardashian
Deaths in Sport
- 1919 Robert Gleeson, cricketer (one Test for South Africa 1895-96), dies
- 1956 Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American all-round athlete (10 LPGA majors, Olympic gold medals 80m hurdles, javelin 1932), dies of colon cancer at 45
- 1984 John Facenda, sportscaster (NFL Action), dies at 72
- 1998 Doak Walker, American football player (b. 1927)
- 1998 Narita Bryan, Japanese racehorse (b. 1991)
- 2010 George Blanda, American football player (b. 1927)
- 2013 Gates Brown, American MLB player (Detroit Tigers: 1963-75), dies at 74
- 2015 Frank Tyson, England Test cricket fast bowler/broadcaster (17 Tests, 76 wickets @ 18.56), dies at 85
September in History
'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
Major Effect of a Miniature Portrait
He fought many a battle but the warrior Clive of India, born on this day, was brought to his knees by a small picture of a beautiful woman.
September 29, 1725