Events in Sports History in December 1926

  • Dec 4 CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators retain Championship with 10-7 win over U of Toronto Blues
  • Dec 9 USGA legalizes steel shaft golf clubs
  • Dec 11 Leo O'Connor is unbeaten on 143 as Queensland wins their first Sheffield Shield match by 5 wickets vs NSW at the Sydney Cricket Ground

Landis MLB Contract Renewed

Dec 16 MLB owners renew contract with Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis for a second 7-years term

  • Dec 19 National Football League Championship: Frankford Yellow Jackets (14-1-2) win first past the post title

Cardinals Trade Hornsby

Dec 20 St. Louis Cardinals trade future Baseball Hall of Fame infielder Rogers Hornsby to NY Giants for Frankie Frisch & Jimmy Ring; concerns over Hornsby's gambling

  • Dec 30 Chicago Tribune reports the Tigers threw a 4-game series to the White Sox in 1917 to help Chicago win the pennant (never substantiated)