Events in Sport on 26th December
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1908 - Jack Johnson TKOs Tommy Burns in 14 for Heavyweight boxing title, becomes 1st black heavyweight champion
1917 - 1st NHL defensemen to score a goal: Toronto Maple Leaf Harry Cameron
1918 - 1st day of 1st-class cricket in Aust after WW I (Vic v NSW)
1919 - Yanks & Red Sox reach agreement on transfer of Babe Ruth
1925 - NHL record 141 shots as NY Americans (73) beat Pitt Pirates (68) 3-1
1933 - Bradman scores 187* NSW v Victoria, 294 mins, 13 fours
1934 - Yomiuri Giants, Japan's 1st professional baseball team forms
1938 - Bradman scores 225 South Aust v Qld before Christ gets him out
1938 - Tom Goddard takes a cricket hat-trick for England v South Africa
1943 - Chicago Bears win NFL Championship
1946 - 35th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Melbourne (5-0)
1950 - Gillette & Mutual buy All Star & World Series rights ($6M for 6 yrs)
1954 - Cleveland Browns win NFL Championship, beating Detroit 56-10
1955 - Cleveland Browns win NFL Championship, beating Los Angeles Rams 38-14
1960 - Philadelphia Eagles beat Green Bay Packers 17-13 in NFL Championship game
1964 - Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 20-7 in AFL championship game
1965 - Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 23-0 in AFL championship game
1968 - Bruin Ted Green sets NHL penalty record of 3 minors, 2 majors & 2 game misconducts in a game against NY Rangers in NY's Madison Square Garden
1974 - Washington Capitals 1st NHL sellout
Baseball Great Babe Ruth
1975 - A crowd of 85661 attends the 1st day of the Aust-WI MCG Test Cricket
1981 - One of the great day's Test Cricket at the MCG Aust v WI
1983 - Test Cricket debut of Gregory Richard John Matthews, v Pakistan MCG
1985 - Test Cricket debut of Steve Waugh, v India at the MCG
1986 - Doug Jarvis, 31, sets NHL record of 916 consecutive games
1989 - ODI debut for Mark Taylor & Sanath Jayasuriya at cricket MCG
1990 - Reggie Williams becomes 1st GM of WLAF's NY-NJ Knights
1990 - Senior Professional Baseball Association folds
1991 - Chuck Knolls retires as NFL coach after 23 years
1991 - NY Islander Derek King ties NJ Devils 5-5 with ½ second left
1993 - Floyd, Nicklaus & Rodriguez wins Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Golf Tourn
1995 - Paul Adams becomes S Afr's youngest Test Cricket player, 18 yrs 340 ds
