THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - SEPTEMBER 26TH

1906 - Pittsburgh Lefty Leifield no-hits Phillies, 8-0 in 6 inning game.
1908 - Ed Ruelbach shuts-out Dodgers in a doubleheader.

1925 - Bobby Shantz, baseball player (1952 AL MVP) is born.

1947 - Happy Chandler announces Ford & Gillette to sponsor World Series.

1954 - Yogi Berra plays his only game at 3rd & Mickey Mantle plays shortstop.

1959 - Milwaukee Braves Warren Spahn becomes winningest NL lefty.
1959 - SF Giants Sam Jones 2nd no-hitter, beats St Louis Cards, 4-0.
1961 - Roger Maris hits HR #60 off Jack Fisher, tying Babe Ruth's record.

1973 - Wilt Chamberlain signs with ABA San Diego Conquistadors.

1978 - NY District Court Judge Constance Baker Motley rules that 

women sportswriters cannot be banned from locker rooms.
1979 - 1984 summer LA Olympic coverage sold to ABC for $225 million.
1981 - Houston Astro Nolan Ryan 5th no-hitter beats LA Dodgers, 5-0.

1981 - Serena Williams, Saginaw, Michigan, tennis player (13 grand slams) is born.

1992 - Jimmy Connors beats Martina Navratilova, 7-5, 6-3.

1996 - SF Giant Bobby Bonds is 2nd player to hit 40 HRs & steal 40 bases.
1997 - Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey Jr hits his 56th HR of 1997.

2006 - Byron Nelson, American golfer (b. 1912) dies.
2007 - Bill Wirtz, NHL sports team owner, Chicago Blackhawks (b. 1929) dies.