THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JULY 15TH

1876 - Baseball's 1st no-hitter, St Louis' George W Bradley no-hits Hartford.
1909 - Ty Cobb hits 2 inside-the-park HRs.
1935 - Alex Karras, Gary Ind, NFLer (Detroit Lions)/actor 
(George-Webster), (d. 2012) is born.
1952 - Jesse Ventura, [James Janos], wrestler/actor (mayor-Brooklyn Pk-MN) is born.

1960 - Baltimore Orioles' Brooks Robinson goes 5 for 5 including the cycle.
1960 - Kim Alexis, Lockport NY, supermodel 
(Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover) and actress is born.
1961 - 90th British Golf Open: Arnold Palmer shoots a 284 at Royal Birkdale.

1973 - California Angel Nolan Ryan 2nd no-hitter beats Detroit Tigers, 6-0.

1980 - Johnny Bench hits his 314th HR as a catcher breaks Yogi Berra's record.

1991 - Sandhi Ortiz-DelValle is first woman to officiate a men's pro basketball 
(USBL) game, game between New Haven Skyhawks & Phila Spirit.
1994 - NJ Nets Derrek Coleman accused of rape in Detroit.

1999 - The inaugural game at the Seattle Mariners' 
Safeco Field was held in Seattle, Washington.
2003 - Tex Schramm, American football team president 
and general manager (b. 1920) dies.