On This Day in Sport for September 29
Events in Sport
- 1793 Tennis is 1st mentioned in an English sporting magazine
- 1880 1st pro baseball game at Polo Grounds, NY Metropolitans beat Washington Nationals 4-2 in 5 innings
- 1908 Calgary Rugby Football Union forms
- 1913 MLB Washington Senator Walter Johnson wins his 36th game
- 1914 Boston Braves, who were in last place in mid-July, clinch NL pennant
- 1915 Philadelphia Phillies clinch their 1st pennant
- 1920 Yankees slugger Babe Ruth sets then-MLB home run season record at 54 with a 9th inning shot off Dave Keefe in New York's 7-3 win at the Philadelphia A's
- 1923 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Pelham CC: Defending champion Gene Sarazen beats Walter Hagan in 38 holes for 3rd of his 7 major titles
- More Events in Sport
Sebastian Coe
Kelly Robbins
Casey StengelWeddings in Sport
- 1933 NY Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig (30) weds Eleanor Twitchell in New Rochelle, New York
- 2007 Olympic downhill skier Lindsey Kildow (23) weds former Olympic skier Thomas Vonn (31) at the Silver Lake Lodge in Deer Valley, Utah
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
