TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - OCTOBER 26TH

1863 - Football Association forms in England,

standardizing soccer, splitting with rugby.
1869 - 1st American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY).

1911 - Sid Gillman, Minneapolis, Minnesota,

NFL HOF coach/player (LA, San Diego, Houston) is born.

1931 - Charles Comiskey, baseball team owner (b. 1859) dies.

1934 - While Washington player-mamager Joe Cronin honeymoons with

Mildred Robertson owner Clark Griffith's niece & adopted daughter,

he is sold to Red Sox.
1951 - Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden.

1960 - AL approves Washington Senators move to become Minnesota Twins

& announces franchises in LA & Wash DC for 1961.
1968 - George Foreman wins gold for USA at

Mexico Olympic games (Heavyweight boxing).

1974 - Cleveland Coliseum opens for NBA's Cavaliers & MISL's Crunch.
1975 - Cuba beats Mexico for its 4th Pan Am Games Gold Medal in baseball.

1980 - St Louis Cards sack Baltimore Colt QBs an NFL record tying 12 times.

1982 - Steve Carlton became 1st pitcher to win 4 Cy Young awards.

1985 - Doug Harvey's #2 jersey is retired by the Montreal Canadiens.

1992 - Dottie Green, female baseball player (Peaches), dies of cancer at 71.

1993 - NFL announces new expansion team, Carolina Panthers in Charlotte.

2000 - NY Yankees defeat NY Mets 4-1 to win their 3rd straight

World Series championship, MVP: Derek Jeter, NY Yankees.
2005 - Chicago White Sox defeat Houston Astros 4-0 in baseball's

World Series championship, MVP: Jermaine Dye, Chicago.