TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JUNE 26TH

1819 - Abner Doubleday, Mjr Gen (Union)/inventor (baseball) is born.

1903 - Floyd "Babe" Herman, Brooklyn Dodgers'

slugger (.324 lifetime average) is born.

1906 - Hongar Szisz wins 1st Grand-Prix (Le Mans, France).

1911 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias [Mildred Ella], Port Arthur,

Texas, American athlete (U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame) is born.

1916 - Cleveland Indians experiment with #s on their jerseys (one game).
1925 - 60th British Golf Open: Jim Barnes shoots a 300 at Prestwick Golf Club.

1944 - Yanks, Dodgers & Giants play unique 6 inn game for War Bonds,

each playing successive innings, final score Dodgers-5, Yanks-1 & Giants-0.

1959 - Ingemar Johansson TKOs Floyd Patterson in 3 for Heavyweight boxing title.

1961 - Greg LeMond, US professional road cyclist (Tour de France winner

1986, 1989, 1990), born in Lakewood, California.
1962 - Boston Red Sox Earl Wilson no-hits LA Angels, 2-0.

1968 - Shannon Sharpe, NFL tight end (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32) is born.

1970 - Frank Robinson hits 2 grand slams as Orioles beat Senators 12-2.

1974 - Derek Jeter, Pequanock NJ, shortstop (NY Yankees, ROY 1996) is born.

1980 - Michael Vick, American football player is born.

1987 - Losing 9-0 to Red Sox, Yanks score 11 in 3rd & win 12-11 in 10 inn.
1991 - Charlotte Hornets make Larry Johnson of UNLV, NBA's #1 draft pick.

1993 - NY Met Eddie Murray is 20th to get 1,600 RBIs.

1993 - Roy Campanella, 3xMVP catcher (Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 71.
1994 - Kirby Puckett pass Rod Carew with 2,088 hit as Twin's top hit leader.
1994 - FIFA World Cup: US loses to Romania 1-0.

1997 - Don Hutson, first NFL wide receiver, dies at 84.
2001 - Soccer (dog actor) (b. 1988) dies.

2007 - Joey Sadler, All Black rugby player (b. 1914) dies.

2012 - Ann Curtis, American Olympic swimmer, dies at 86.

2014 - Luis Suárez is expelled from the 2014 FIFA

World Cup following his biting incident.
2014 - Canadian Andrew Wiggins is selected as the No.1 draft pick

in the NBA by the Cleveland Cavaliers.