Events in Sports History on July 26

  • 1914 12th Tour de France won by Philippe Thys of Belgium
  • 1928 In only his second and final defense of his world heavyweight boxing title, Gene Tunney scores an 11-round TKO win over Tom Heeney at Yankee Stadium, NYC
  • 1928 New York Yankees score 11 runs in 12th inning, beating Tigers 12-1 in Detroit
  • 1931 25th Tour de France won by Antonin Magne of France

International Lawn Tennis Challenge

1931 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Paris, France: Henri Cochet beats Fred Perry 6-4, 1-6, 9-7, 6-3 to give France 3-2 win over Great Britain and 5th straight title

  • 1931 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Midlothian CC: June Beebe beats Mrs. Melvin Jones, 3 & 2 for golf's only major title

Baseball Record

1933 Joe Dimaggio ends 61 game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League

  • 1939 Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs
  • 1947 46th Men's French Championships: Jozsef Asboth beats Eric Sturgess (8-6, 7-5, 6-4)

French Open Women's Tennis

1947 French Championships Women's Tennis: In an all-American final Patricia Todd wins her only major singles title beating Doris Hart 6-3, 3-6, 6-4

Sports History

1948 "Babe Ruth Story" premieres, Babe Ruth's last public appearance

Sports History

1948 Leo Durocher returns to Ebbets Field as manager of New York Giants

  • 1950 Dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits HRs twice in a game

Sports History

1952 Mickey Mantle hits his 1st grand-slammer

  • 1953 Tour de France: Louison Bobet of France wins first of 3 consecutive Tour general classification events
  • 1955 Last day as Test Cricket umpire for Frank Chester

PGA Championship

1955 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Meadowbrook CC: Doug Ford scores a 4 & 3 win over Cary Middlecoff in the Tuesday final; first of 2 majors (Masters 1957)

Sports History

1959 Chicago White Sox Larry Doby plays final MLB game; retires in 1962 after playing for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan

Baseball Record

1962 Milwaukee Brave Warren Spahn sets HR record of 31 by a pitcher

  • 1967 Twins beat Yanks 3-2 in 18

Baseball Record

1970 Reds catcher Johnny Bench, playing for the day in the outfield, goes 4 for 5 with 7 RBIs including 3 consecutive HRs off St. Louis Cardinals Steve Carlton in 12-5 win at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati

US Women's Golf Open

1981 US Open Women's Golf, La Grange CC: Pat Bradley shoots final round 66 (−6) to finish 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Beth Daniel; second of Bradley's 6 major titles

Sports History

1984 Bowie Kuhn announces pitcher Vida Blue is suspended for the rest of 1984 due to cocaine conviction

Sports History

1984 Expos Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with his 3,502nd single

  • 1987 74th Tour de France won by Stephen Roche of Ireland
  • 1987 Catfish Hunter Billy Williams and Ray Dandridge are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York

Baseball Record

1988 Mike Schmidt sets NL record appearing in 2,155 games at 3rd base, as Phillies & NY Mets end that game at 2:13 AM

  • 1990 US beats Soviet Union 17-0 in baseball at Goodwill Games
  • 1991 CFL assumes ownership of Ottawa Rough Riders
  • 1991 Expo's Mark Gardner no hits Dodgers for 9 innings, but loses in 10th

Baseball Record

1992 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 100th batter for the 23rd consecutive season

Tour de France

1992 Tour de France: Miguel Induráin of Spain defends his title by 4' 35" from Italian Claudio Chiappucci; Laurent Jalabert points winner

US Women's Golf Open

1992 US Open Women's Golf, Oakmont CC: Patty Sheehan wins an 18-hole Monday playoff over runner-up Juli Inkster, 72 to 74

US Senior Golf Open

1998 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Riviera CC: Hale Irwin wins by 1 stroke ahead of Vicente Fernández of Argentina

  • 2009 96th Tour de France won by Alberto Contador of Spain

Senior Open Championship

2009 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Sunningdale: American Loren Roberts wins his second Open Senior title in a playoff with Mark McNulty and Fred Funk

  • 2014 Brian Ortega makes his UFC debut against Mike De La Torre at UFC on Fox 12

Tour de France

2015 102nd Tour de France won by Chris Froome of Great Britain

Senior Open Championship

2015 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Sunningdale: American Marco Dawson wins by 1 shot from Bernhard Langer of Germany

  • 2019 Australian cricket captain Meg Lanning records T20 International world record individual score of 133 off 63 balls in 93-run win against England at Chelmsford; Southern Stars clinch Women's Ashes

Juventus Wins 9th Straight Serie A

2020 Italian football giants Juventus wins its 9th straight Serie A title with goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Federico Bernardeschiin in a 2-0 win over Sampdoria

Adam Peaty Wins Gold

2021 Dominant British breaststroke swimmer Adam Peaty successfully defends his 100m title at the Tokyo Olympics beating Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands and Italian Nicolò Martinenghi

  • 2021 Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz makes history becoming the first athlete from the Philippines to win gold at the Olympics in the 55kg class at the Tokyo Games