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FOOTBALL ( AMERICAN )

New York Giants win National Football League title

FOOTBALL ( AUSTRALIAN RULES )

Victorian Football League

--- Collingwood wins the 31st VFL Premiership (Collingwood 2.13 (25) d Richmond 1.7 (13))

--- Brownlow Medal awarded to Syd Coventry (Collingwood)

FOOTBALL (SOCCER)

England

First Division - Newcastle United win the 1926-27 title.

FA Cup - Cardiff City beat Arsenal 1-0, the only time the FA Cup has been won by a club outside England.

GOLF

First Ryder Cup held in Worcester, Massachusetts . United States beats Britain 9 1/2 to 2 1/2

defeat the Boston Bruins 2-0 in four games

--- April 7 Ottawa Senators 0 0 at Boston Bruins

--- April 9 Ottawa Senators 3 1 at Boston Bruins

--- April 11 Boston Bruins 1 1 at Ottawa Senators

--- April 13 Boston Bruins 1 3 at Ottawa Senators

SNOOKER

First beats Tom Dennis 20-11

GENERAL SPORTING EVENTS

8th Far Eastern Championship Games held in Shanghai , Republic Of China

BIRTHS

April 24 — Josy Barthel , Luxembourg athlete (d. 1992 )

April 27 — Gerard Cieślik , Polish football player

June 30 — Shirley Fry , American tennis player

July 26 — Lucas Sebastião Da Fonseca , Mozambican-born Portuguese football player (d. 2000 )

August 27 — Ben Kniest , Dutch water polo player (d. 1992 )

November 8 — Eduardo Lausse , Argentinian middleweight boxer (d. 1994 )

DEATHS

February 26 — Willie Simms , American Hall of Fame jockey

March 27 — Joe Start , American Major League Baseball player ( 1871 - 1886 )

July 14 — Fritz Hoffmann (56), German athlete (b. 1871 )