1927 in sports

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Years in sports:	1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
Years:	1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930

Contents 1 Baseball (Major League) 2 Baseball (Negro League) 3 Football (American) 4 Football (Australian) 5 Football (soccer) 5.1 England 5.2 Germany 5.3 Italy 6 Golf 7 Hockey (Ice) 8 Horse Racing 9 Billiards 10 Multi-sport events 11 Births 12 Deaths

[edit] Baseball (Major League)

• Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs, setting a major league record.

[edit] Baseball (Negro League)

• For the second straight year, the Chicago American Giants (NNL) defeat the Bacharach Giants of Atlantic City, New Jersey (ECL), 5 games to 3, in the Negro League World Series.

[edit] Football (American)

• New York Giants win National Football League title

[edit] Football (Australian)

• Victorian Football League
  • Collingwood wins the 31st VFL Premiership (Collingwood 2.13 (25) d Richmond 1.7 (13))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to Syd Coventry (Collingwood)

[edit] Football (soccer)

[edit] England

• First Division - Newcastle United win the 1926-27 title.
• FA Cup - Cardiff City beat Arsenal 1-0, the only time the FA Cup has been won by a club outside England.

[edit] Germany

• German Cup - 1. FC Nuremberg win the 1927 title after beating Hertha BSC Berlin in the final. The final was the first match to be broadcasted fully in the German radio.

[edit] Italy

• A.S Roma was founded with the union of Alba-Audace, Fortitudo-Pro Roma and Roman.

[edit] Golf

• First Ryder Cup held in Worcester, Massachusetts on June 4, 1927. United States beats Britain 9 1/2 to 2 1/2
• June 14-17 - U.S. Open - Tommy Armour
• July 11-14 - British Open - Bobby Jones
• November 5 - PGA Championship - Walter Hagen

[edit] Hockey (Ice)

• Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators defeat the Boston Bruins 2-0 in four games

• • April 7 Ottawa Senators 0 0 at Boston Bruins
  • April 9 Ottawa Senators 3 1 at Boston Bruins
  • April 11 Boston Bruins 1 1 at Ottawa Senators
  • April 13 Boston Bruins 1 3 at Ottawa Senators

[edit] Horse Racing

• May 14 - Whiskery wins the Kentucky Derby
• Grand National won by 8/1 favourite Sprig

[edit] Billiards

• First World Snooker Championship: Joe Davis beats Tom Dennis 20-11

[edit] Multi-sport events

• 8th Far Eastern Championship Games held in Shanghai, Republic of China

[edit] Births

• March 8 — Werner Potzernheim, German road bicycle and track cyclist
• March 15 — Brian Shenton, British track and field sprinter
• April 2 — Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer (d. 2006)
• April 20 — Phil Hill, American racing car driver
• April 24 — Josy Barthel, Luxembourg athlete (d. 1992)
• April 27 — Gerard Cieślik, Polish footballer
• May 25 — Leslie Claudius, Indian field hockey player
• June 30 — Shirley Fry, American tennis player
• July 26 — Lucas Sebastião da Fonseca, Mozambican-born Portuguese football player (d. 2000)
• August 27 — Ben Kniest, Dutch water polo player (d. 1992)
• September 2 — Tibor Csík, Hungarian boxer (d. 1976)
• September 6 — Frederick Parker, British hurdler
• October 23 — Dezső Gyarmati, Hungarian water polo player
• November 8 — Eduardo Lausse, Argentinian middleweight boxer (d. 1994)
• December 29 — Andy Stanfield, American track and field athlete (d. 1985)

[edit] Deaths

• January 22 — Ödön Bodor (44), Hungarian athlete (b. 1882)
• February 26 — Willie Simms, American Hall of Fame jockey
• March 27 — Joe Start, American Major League Baseball player (1871 - 1886)
• July 14 — Fritz Hoffmann (56), German athlete (b. 1871)
• July 29 - Freddie Welsh (Frederick Hall Thomas), boxer (b. 1886)