THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - SEPTEMBER 24TH

1895 - First round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months).
1903 - Bill Bradley becomes first Cleveland baseball player 
(Cleveland Naps) to hit for cycle.
1906 - St Louis Card Stony McGlynn no-hits Dodgers, 1-1 in 7 inning game.
1919 - Babe Ruth sets season homer mark at 28 off of Yankee Bob Shawkey.

1921 - Jim McKay, Phila Pa, sportscaster (ABC's Wide World of Sports) is born.
1927 - NHL's Toronto St Patricks become Maple Leafs.
1930 - Portsmouth beats Brooklyn in 1st NFL game played under floodlights.
1931 - Round-robin playoff among NYC's 3 major league teams, to raise money 

for unemployed, concludes with Brooklyn losing to both Giants & Yankees.
1934 - 2500 fans see Babe Ruth's farewell Yankee appearance at Yankee Stadium.

1938 - Don Budge becomes first tennis player to grand slam.

1941 - John Mackey, NFL tight end (Baltimore Colts, San Diego Chargers) is born.
1946 - Yankees set season attendance record of 2,309,029 besting 1929 Cubs.

1946 - "Mean" Joe Greene, NFL tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers), Coke spokesman is born.

1951 - Terry Metcalf, Seattle, NFL, CFL running back (St Louis, Toronto) is born.

1953 - Rocky Marciano TKOs Roland LaStarza in 11 for Heavyweight boxing title.
1957 - Brooklyn Dodgers play last game at Ebbets Field, defeat Pirates 2-0.

1979 - Pete Rose reaches 200 hits in a season for 10th time.

1982 - Tennis great Bjorn Borg retires at 26.
1983 - Braves Dale Murphy is 6th to hit 30 HRs & steal 30 bases in season.

1991 - Deion Sanders, left Braves July 31 to report to NFL Falcons, returns.