Events of great athletic feats occurred on the date of June 27. How about some European Soccer history, or two Home Runs in one inning by the same platyer? These are just some of the wonders of sports that occurred this day.
27 June in Sports History
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Daily Digits June 27
Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore.
6 - 25 - 44 - 41 - 10
June 27, 1963 - Philadelphia Phillies Johnny Callison, wearing Number 6 hit for cycle. In other news from the same game Phillie centerfielder Number 25, Tony Gonzalez's error ends his record 205 consecutive errorless games
June 27, 1977 - San Francisco Giants hitter Willie McCovey, Number 44 cleared the bases twice with a pair of HRs in a single inning for 2nd time. The previous rime was April 12, 1973.
June 27, 1980 - LA Dodgers' Jerry Reuss, Number 41 tossed a no-hit wonder against the San Francosco Giants for an 8-0 victory.
June 27, 1984 - UEFA European Championship Final played at Parc des Princes, Paris, France, Michel Platini, wearing number 10 and teammate Bruno Bellone each scored as France blanked Spain, 2-0.
June 27, 1986 - Dude take that refriderator off of your back! Second baseman Robby Thompson, Number 6 of the San Francisco Giants set a record as he was caught stealing 4 times in 1 game.
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A Very Special thanks to information obtained from the following brilliant internet sites: On This Day Sports, the Sports Reference's family of website databases & Stathead.com.
Banner photo is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons of the France - Italy, friendly football match, 20 february 1921 in Marseille.
France, dark jersey., taken by an unknown.
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