1926–27 Northern Rugby Football League season, Challenge Cup
In the Challenge Cup tournament's final Oldham faced Swinton. It was the first radio broadcast of the Challenge Cup final by the BBC. Oldham won 26-7 in the final played at Wigan in front of a crowd of 33,448. This was Oldham’s fourth consecutive appearance in the final and their second win in that period. It was their seventh overall appearance in a Challenge Cup Final and their third success overall.


1926–27 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team
The 1926–27 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1926–27 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was George Keogan, coaching in his fourth season with the Fighting Irish. The team finished the season with a 19–1 record and were named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation. Captain John Nyikos was named a consensus All-American at the end of the season as well.


1926–27 Ottawa Senators season
The 1926–27 Ottawa Senators season was the club's tenth season of play in the NHL, 42nd overall. The Senators would win the Stanley Cup for the fourth time in seven years, and eleventh overall including the pre-NHL years.


1926–27 Ottawa Senators season, Pre-season
Prior to the start of the season, the Senators relieved head coach Alex Currie from his duties. General Manager Dave Gill would step behind the bench and become the head coach. Buck Boucher would take over the team captaincy from Cy Denneny.


1926–27 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season
The league would expand by three teams, as the Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Cougars and New York Rangers would all join the league to make it a ten-team league. The NHL also would divide the ten teams into two divisions, and the Senators were placed in the Canadian Division. This was also the first season that the Stanley Cup was awarded to the champion of the NHL.


1926–27 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season
The Senators would win 30 games and earn 64 points, both the highest in the NHL and capture the Prince of Wales Trophy, win the Canadian Division title, and earn a bye in the opening round of the playoffs. Also,


1926–27 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season
Denneny would go on to lead the club once again offensively, scoring 17 goals and 23 points, while Hooley Smith would have a team record 125 penalty minutes. Alec Connell would lead the NHL in wins (30) and be among the league leaders in GAA (1.49) and shutouts (13).


1926–27 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1926–27 Ottawa Senators season, Playoffs
The Montreal Canadiens would defeat their cross town rivals, the Montreal Maroons and face the Senators in a two-game total-goal series, and Ottawa would win it by a score of 5–1, and match up against the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup Final.


1926–27 Ottawa Senators season, Playoffs
Led by Cy Denneny and Alec Connell, the Senators would win a tough four game series over the Bruins, winning the Stanley Cup for the fourth time in seven years.


1926–27 Ottawa Senators season, Transactions
The Senators were involved in the following transactions during the 1926–27 season.


1926–27 Ottawa Senators season, Ottawa Senators 1927 Stanley Cup champions, Stanley Cup engraving
Eddie Gerard's name was misspelled when the ring was engraved as F. GERAD (MGR) instead of E. GERARD (MGR)on the 2nd version of the ring created in 1969. The mistake was repeated on the Replica Cup created in 1992–93.


1926–27 PHL season
The 1926–27 season was the first year for the Prairie Hockey League (PHL). The PHL was, in essence, a reorganisation of the Western Hockey League after it folded the previous year. Five teams each played 32 games.


1926–27 PHL season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = PointsTeams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold


1926–27 PHL season, Regular season, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


1926–27 PHL season, League championship
The Calgary Tigers won the Prairie Hockey League championship by forfeit over the  Saskatoon Sheiks. Saskatoon refused to continue the playoff series after complaining about the referee in game one, won by the Tigers 2–1.


1926–27 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) season
The 1926–27 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the second season of the Pirates ice hockey team in the National Hockey League.


1926–27 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals AgainstTeams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1926–27 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) season, Player stats, Regular season
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals      MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts;


1926–27 Polska Liga Hokejowa season
The 1926–27 Polska Liga Hokejowa season was the first season of the Polska Liga Hokejowa, the top level of ice hockey in Poland. Three teams participated in the final round, and AZS Warszawa won the championship.


1926–27 Port Vale F.C. season
The 1926–27 season was Port Vale's eighth consecutive season of football (21st overall) in the English Football League. Vale finished in eighth position for the third season running, obtaining 45 points, this time coming nine points off promotion to the top tier in English football. For the first time in the club's history, they played in a league above rivals Stoke City. Wilf Kirkham broke a club record by scoring 38 league goals, and 41 goals in all competitions. He scored six braces, four hat-tricks, and also scored four goals in one game.


1926–27 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Second Division
The pre-season additions included Stoke left-half Vic Rouse and Stockport County half-back George Whitcombe.


1926–27 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Second Division
The season started with just one defeat in the opening ten games, the defeat coming against relegation candidates Darlington. Going into October the club suffered from injuries, meaning that four of the five games that month ended in defeat, with just two goals scored. Goalkeeper Tom Fern was one of the injured, and so 44-year-old Howard Matthews was re-signed, having left the club nineteen years earlier. To boost the strike-force Stewart Littlewood and Jack Simms were signed from Luton Town and Leek Alexandra respectively. The week after a 6–2 defeat at Fulham, the "Valiants" returned to thrash Grimsby Town 6–1, Kirkham bagging a hat-trick.


1926–27 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Second Division
In January, Alfred Strange felt unsettled and so was transferred to The Wednesday in exchange for Harry Anstiss and an unknown sum of money. Strange would later win twenty caps for England in his 30s, whereas Anstiss settled in well at the Vale, scoring eleven goals in fifteen league games during his debut season. Meanwhile, injuries occasionally savaged the Vale team, with even Jack Lowe being forced to end his run of 123 consecutive games after spraining his ankle. As the season drew to a close secretary Joe Schofield was made manager, meaning he was better able to work with the younger players.


1926–27 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Finances
On the financial side, the club wished to move back to the Athletic Ground due to the lack of space to develop The Old Recreation Ground. However, the council would only offer £20,000 for the land at the Old Rec, and refused to waive the first option on a repurchase, thereby killing the club's ambitions.


1926–27 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Cup competitions
In the FA Cup, Vale made it through to the Fourth Round after taking Clapton Orient to a replay. This came just two weeks after playing the club twice during the Christmas period. They then faced First Division Arsenal, and following a draw at The Old Recreation Ground, the "Gunners" won 1–0 at Highbury, before going on to lose in the final. Vale's hard work in the tournament earned them over £4,000 in gate receipts. On 5 May 1927, Vale played Potteries derby rivals Stoke City in the North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary Cup, and lost an embarrassing 5–0 to the Third Division North champions. However £365 was raised for the local hospital.


1926–27 Prima Divisione
The 1926–27 Prima Divisione was the 1st edition of a second tier tournament of the Italian Football Championship which was organized at national level.


1926–27 Prima Divisione, The Carta di Viareggio
In 1926 the Viareggio Charter reformed the Italian football organization. This important document introduced in the Italian football the status of the non-amatour player receiving a  reimbursement of expenses. In this way FIGC managed to mislead FIFA, that defended strenuously sportive amateurism.


1926–27 Prima Divisione, The Carta di Viareggio
The fascist Charter transformed the old Northern League into an authoritarian and national committee, the Direttorio Divisioni Superiori, appointed by the FIGC. The second level championship, which took the diminished name of Prima Divisione, consequently had to be reformed to give space to a group of clubs from the southern half of Italy.


1926–27 Prima Divisione, Teams selection
The old Northern Seconda Divisione second-level championship had four local groups, so it was decided to reserve one of them for the clubs from Southern Italy in the new national Prima Divisione. More, some teams from the South were put in the first level championship too, so some Northern clubs were relegated from it. Consequently, solely half of the clubs of the old Northern second level joined the revamped cadet tournament, to give space to their Southern counterparts.


1926–27 Prima Divisione, Teams selection
In Southern Italy the situation was different. There, the previous reform of 1921-1922 did not take place, so the pyramid of 1912 had been maintained, with the Prima Divisione, former Prima Categoria, as the sole tournament above the regional level. So, in a lexical continuity, the old Prima Divisione remained the bulk of new one, excluding three promoted teams and the last relegated ones, but with the relevant difference of the elimination of the regional qualifications.


1926–27 Primera Fuerza season, Overview
It was contested by 7 teams, and América won the championship.


1926–27 Primera Fuerza season, League standings, Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.


1926–27 Rangers F.C. season
The 1926–27 season was the 53rd season of competitive football by Rangers.


1926–27 Real Madrid CF season
The 1926–27 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 25th season in existence. The club played some friendly matches. They also played in the Campeonato Regional Centro (Central Regional Championship) and the Copa del Rey..


1926–27 Rochdale A.F.C. season
The 1926–27 season saw Rochdale compete for their 6th season in the Football League Third Division North.


1926–27 Rugby Union County Championship
The 1926–27 Rugby Union County Championship was the 34th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time.


1926–27 Rugby Union County Championship
Kent won the competition for the third time after defeating Leicestershire in the final.


1926–27 SK Rapid Wien season
The 1926–27 SK Rapid Wien season was the 29th season in club history.


1926–27 Scottish Cup
The 1926–27 Scottish Cup was the 49th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Celtic who defeated East Fife in the final at Hampden Park.


1926–27 Scottish Districts season
The 1926–27 Scottish Districts season is a record of all the rugby union matches for Scotland's district teams.


1926–27 Scottish Division One
The 1926–27 Scottish Division One season was won by Rangers by five points over nearest rival Motherwell. Dundee United and Morton finished 19th and 20th respectively and were relegated to the 1927–28 Scottish Division Two.


1926–27 Scottish Division Two
The 1926–27 Scottish Second Division was won by Bo'ness who, along with second placed Raith Rovers, were promoted to the First Division. Nithsdale Wanderers finished bottom.


1926–27 Seconda Divisione
The 1926–27 Seconda Divisione was the first edition of a sub-national third level tournament within the Italian football championship.


1926–27 Seconda Divisione
In 1926 the ”Viareggio Charter” submitted the Italian football's organization to the fascist regime. The 60 best clubs of the country joined the two new national championships,  while the third level became the Seconda Divisione on sub-national bases. Clubs leagues were disbanded and substituted by some Authorities appointed by the fascists.


1926–27 Seconda Divisione, Regulations
The ”Northern Lower Divisions Directory”, which had its headquarters in Genoa, created a copy of the higher championship, the Prima Divisione. It was composed of three groups of ten clubs, a total of 30 teams. The winners of any group of the Northern Authority were promoted, while the last two teams should be relegated. A final for the title was planned.


1926–27 Seconda Divisione, Regulations
The ”Southern Lower Divisions Directory”, which had its headquarters in Rome, organized its 28 teams into four groups. The winners of any group of Southern Authority qualified to the final group. The winner of the final group was promoted.


1926–27 Seconda Divisione, Regulations
However, following numerous bankruptcies that involved every southern team in Prima Divisione except the Puglia's teams, were later promoted in Prima Divisione also Savoia and Tivoli. The other teams of the Second Division Southern League refused to be admitted in Prima Divisione.


1926–27 Seconda Divisione, Teams selection
The old Northern Terza Divisione third-level championship had a regional structure with inter-regional finals, so it was decided to take the best clubs of these finals with the clubs eliminated from the disbanded Northern League.


1926–27 Seconda Divisione, Teams selection
In Southern Italy the situation was different. There, the previous reform of 1921-1922 did not take place, so the pyramid of 1912 had been maintained, with the Seconda Divisione, former Seconda Categoria, as the first tournament at the regional level. So, in a lexical continuity, the old Seconda Divisione remained the bulk of new one, including six promoted teams and the clubs eliminated from the disbanded Southern League, but with the difference of the elimination of the regional boundaries to adopt the inter-regional structure as the Northern counterpart.


1926–27 Seconda Divisione, Championship Cup
The group winners of Northern Italy played for the national title, because they were considered evidently stronger than the Southern clubs by the FIGC. However, Carrarese retired from this cup.


1926–27 Serie A (ice hockey) season
The 1926–27 Serie A season was the third season of the Serie A, the top level of ice hockey in Italy. Two teams participated in the league, and Hockey Club Milano won the championship by defeating GSD Cortina in the final.


1926–27 Sheffield Shield season
The 1926–27 Sheffield Shield season was the 31st season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. South Australia won the championship for the first time since the 1912–13 season. Queensland joined the Championship for the first time and the method of deciding the title winners was based on average instead of points.


1926–27 Sheffield Shield season, Notable events
Victoria recorded the highest innings total in first-class cricket history, when scoring 1,107 against New South Wales at Melbourne in December 1926. Incredibly, in the return match against New South Wales at Sydney in January 1927 they were dismissed for an innings total of just 35.


1926–27 Slovenian Republic League
The 1926–27 Slovenian Republic League was the eight season of the Slovenian Republic League. Ilirija have won the league for the eight time in a row, defeating Rapid 4–3 in the final.


1926–27 Southampton F.C. season
The 1926–27 season was the 32nd season of competitive football by Southampton, and the club's fifth in the Second Division of the Football League. After having their worst year in the division the previous season, Southampton began the 1926–27 league campaign in strong fashion and found themselves in amongst the promotion hopefuls by the end of the year, just two points off front-runners Middlesbrough. However, following a lengthy run in the FA Cup the club's form began to deteriorate, ending with a series of 13 games which included just one win. The Saints dropped from as high as the top six of the Second Division table to a mid-table position, ending the season in 13th place with 15 wins, 12 draws and 15 losses – just one position and four points higher than their 14th-place finish the previous season.


1926–27 Southampton F.C. season
In the 1926–27 FA Cup, Southampton beat Third Division South side Norwich City in the third round, First Division clubs Birmingham and Newcastle United in the fourth and fifth rounds, respectively, and Third Division South side Millwall in the quarter-finals. They then faced top-flight side Arsenal in the semi-finals, who beat them 2–1 to advance to the final of the cup (they finished as runners-up). As usual, the club ended the season with the Hampshire Benevolent Cup and Rowland Hospital Cup fixtures against local rivals Portsmouth. Southampton won the former 4–1, while Pompey won the latter 5–1. The Saints also played four friendly matches during the campaign, beating Aldershot Command 4–0 and Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 1–0, drawing 1–1 with Exeter City, and losing 3–2 to Guildford United.


1926–27 Southampton F.C. season
Southampton used 22 different players during the 1926–27 season and had eleven different goalscorers. The club's top scorer was centre-forward Bill Rawlings, who scored 23 times in the league, five times in the FA Cup and twice in the Hampshire Benevolent Cup for a total of 30 goals. Irish inside-forward Dick Rowley, in his first season with the club after joining from Swindon Town in the summer, scored 20 goals across the same three competitions. Four new players were signed by the club during the campaign, with ten released and sold to other clubs. The average attendance at The Dell during the 1926–27 season was 9,728. The highest attendance was 21,408 against Newcastle United in the FA Cup fifth round on 19 February 1927; the lowest was 5,368 against Chelsea in the league on 4 April 1927.


1926–27 Southampton F.C. season, Background and transfers
Following the end of the 1925–26 season, Southampton underwent several major changes in playing personnel. The most significant was the departure of inside-right Arthur Dominy to join First Division club Everton, who had reportedly been trying to sign him since as early as 1920. In a 13-year career at The Dell which began before the First World War, Dominy made a total of 392 appearances for the Saints and scored 155 goals, which at the time placed him second on the club's list of all-time appearances and third on the club's list of top goalscorers.


1926–27 Southampton F.C. season, Background and transfers
He was replaced in the team by Sam Taylor, who joined from Mansfield Town in June 1926 for a club record fee of £950. Taylor soon switched to the left side, with fellow new arrival Dick Rowley taking over for the rest of the season after joining from Swindon Town. Alf Bishop and Billy Murphy signed in August, from St Albans City and Manchester City, respectively. Bishop remained only until January, when his contract was cancelled and he left to join Wellington Town.


1926–27 Southampton F.C. season, Background and transfers
In addition to Dominy, eight more players left Southampton in the summer of 1926.


1926–27 Southampton F.C. season, Background and transfers
Half-back Alec Campbell left the club for the third and final time in his career to join Southern League club Poole, Scottish winger Jimmy Carr signed for fellow Second Division side Swansea Town in May, centre-forward Les Bruton joined Peterborough & Fletton United of the Southern League in June, goalkeeper Len Hill left for Third Division North side Rochdale after just one season at The Dell, out-of-favour inside-forward Cliff Price remained in the Second Division with Nottingham Forest, and winger Sammy Meston joined Third Division South side Gillingham in August.


1926–27 Southampton F.C. season, Background and transfers
At the end of the 1925–26 season, inside-forward Ernest Turner temporarily retired from football and relocated to Canada, before returning to sign for Luton Town at the end of the year. Goalkeeper Harry Yeomans also left the club and retired from football altogether, joining the Southampton police force after less than four years as a professional player.


1926–27 Southampton F.C. season, Second Division
Southampton began their 1926–27 league campaign at Fratton Park against local rivals Portsmouth, who had finished two places above the Saints in the Second Division table the previous season. The home side took the lead after 21 minutes through Willie Haines, who scored again in the second half after Sam Taylor had equalised with a goal on his debut before the break. New signing Murdoch McKenzie also scored a debut goal late on to secure a 3–1 win for Pompey, sending them to the top of the league table.


1926–27 Southampton F.C. season, Second Division
Southampton's season picked up quickly after this opening loss, as they embarked on a short run of six games without a loss, including wins over mid-table sides Middlesbrough and Gateshead, and promotion hopefuls Chelsea, the latter of which included Bill Rawlings scoring his first hat-trick since the penultimate game of the 1923–24 season. After the first seven games of the season the club were eighth in the table, the highest position they had held in the division since finishing seventh in 1924–25.


1926–27 Southampton F.C. season, Second Division
Two more losses followed at the hands of Port Vale and Hull City, before the Saints went on another unbeaten run of seven games starting with a 2–2 draw at Wolverhampton Wanderers. During this period, the club beat recently relegated Manchester City 4–3 at Maine Road, as well as picking up home victories over mid-table Fulham 4–1 and promotion hopefuls Blackpool 5–3; in the latter two games, Rawlings scored his second and third hat-tricks of the campaign to bring his running total up to 15 goals.


1926–27 Southampton F.C. season, Second Division
The three goals scored against Blackpool on 20 November marked the last time Rawlings would score a hat-trick for the club. By late November, the team had reached sixth place in the Second Division league table – the highest they had been since finishing fifth in 1923–24. Two losses and a draw were followed by three more wins in December (one over Barnsley and two over Notts County, recently relegated from the First Division), ensuring that the club remained in the top six moving into the new year.


1926–27 Southampton F.C. season, Second Division
1927 started off extremely poorly for Southampton in the Second Division. Despite their ongoing success in the FA Cup, the club lost four league games in a row between 1 January and 5 February, failing to score a single goal in defeats against Reading (1–0), Portsmouth (2–0), Bradford City (2–0) and Preston North End (1–0). Still occupying a place in the top ten of the league table, the Saints bounced back to beat South Shields 6–2 in their next fixture, with two goals each for Rawlings and Dick Rowley, and one each for Bill Henderson and Sam Taylor.


1926–27 Southampton F.C. season, Second Division
This was followed by two 1–0 wins over Wolverhampton Wanderers and Darlington, both of whom were struggling in the bottom six of the table. After this, Southampton went on a run of eleven games without a win, including losses at the hands of clubs like Clapton Orient and Fulham who were fighting relegation. Following one more win and a 5–1 defeat at Barnsley, Southampton finished the season in 13th place with 15 wins, 12 draws and 15 losses.


1926–27 Southampton F.C. season, FA Cup
Southampton entered the 1926–27 FA Cup in the third round against Third Division South club Norwich City, who they beat 3–0 at The Dell thanks to a brace from Dick Rowley and a penalty from Michael Keeping. The fourth round was another home tie for the Saints, this time against First Division side Birmingham. The lower league team beat the Blues comfortably, winning 4–1 thanks to goals from Rowley, Bill Rawlings (two) and George Harkus; Birmingham's England international centre-forward Joe Bradford saw a penalty during the match saved by Tommy Allen.


1926–27 Southampton F.C. season, FA Cup
A tenth consecutive home fixture in the competition for the fifth round saw Southampton host another First Division side, Newcastle United, who were then top of the league table. The Magpies initially took the lead through a Tommy McDonald penalty following a handball by Keeping, but a second brace in three cup games for Rowley, as well as some "resolute defending", saw off the soon-to-be English Football League champions.


1926–27 Southampton F.C. season, FA Cup
In the quarter-finals, Southampton travelled to The Den to face Third Division South club Milwall on 5 March. The game ended in a goalless draw, forcing a replay at The Dell four days later which the Saints won, thanks to Rawlings' second brace in the competition. Wilf Phillips missed a penalty during the game for the hosts. In their second FA Cup semi-final in three years, the club faced First Division side Arsenal at Stamford Bridge, the home of Chelsea.


1926–27 Southampton F.C. season, FA Cup
The Gunners took the lead following an own goal by Saints right-back Ted Hough, and doubled their lead later through Charlie Buchan. Rawlings pulled one back for the Second Division side late on, before the game was shrouded in controversy. According to Southampton director A. A. Wood, the team were denied three penalties in the final minutes of the game. In the words of one London-based newspaper, there was at least one "palpable" penalty ignored by the referee which "robbed" Southampton of their first place in an FA Cup final in 25 years.


1926–27 Southampton F.C. season, Other matches
Outside of the league and the FA Cup, Southampton played six additional first-team matches during the 1926–27 season. The first was a friendly match against Southern League side Guildford United on 22 September 1926. Guildford won the match at home 3–2, with Billy Murphy and Bill Rawlings scoring for the visitors. A second friendly against Aldershot Command followed on 4 November, which the Saints won convincingly 4–0. On 25 April 1927, Southampton travelled to the nearby Dean Court to face Third Division South club Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic. The Saints won 1–0, thanks to a sole goal from Rawlings. A final friendly against Exeter City, also of the Third Division South, on 4 May ended in a 1–1 draw, Rawlings again scoring to make it four goals in the season's four friendlies.


1926–27 Southampton F.C. season, Other matches
Five days after the Exeter City draw, Southampton hosted local rivals Portsmouth in the annual Hampshire Benevolent Cup. Despite having secured promotion to the First Division two days earlier, Pompey were outclassed in a 4–1 win for the Saints. Rowley opened the scoring after 13 minutes and scored a second 20 minutes later, before Rawlings made it three before the half-time break. In the second half, Willie Haines scored a penalty before Rawlings responded with his second and Southampton's fourth. In the Rowland Hospital Cup two days later, Pompey picked up a similarly dominant win when they beat the Saints 5–1 at Fratton Park. Goals for the home side came from Haines (two), Frederick Cook, Jerry Mackie and Goodwin, while recent signing Fred Lohse scored the consolation for the visitors.


1926–27 Southampton F.C. season, Player details
Southampton used 22 different players during the 1926–27 season, eleven of whom scored during the campaign. The team played in a 2–3–5 formation throughout the campaign, using two full-backs, three half-backs, two outside forwards, two inside forwards and a centre-forward. Michael Keeping, first choice at left-back since the departure of Fred Titmuss at the end of the previous campaign, played in every league and FA Cup game of the season, missing only the Hampshire Benevolent Cup. Similarly, right-back Ted Hough (first choice following the sale of Tom Parker) appeared in all but one league match during the campaign.


1926–27 Southampton F.C. season, Player details
Goalkeeper Tommy Allen also featured in all league and FA Cup matches, missing only the two season-end fixtures against Portsmouth. Centre-forward Bill Rawlings finished as the season's top scorer with 23 goals in the league, five in the FA Cup and two in the Hampshire Benevolent Cup. New signing Dick Rowley scored 13 times in the league, five times in the FA Cup and twice in the Hampshire Benevolent Cup. George Harkus and Keeping were the club's highest-scoring half-back and full-back, respectively, each with a goal each in the Second Division and the FA Cup.


1926–27 Southern Branch Grizzlies men's basketball team
The 1926–27 Southern Branch Grizzlies men's basketball team represented the Southern Branch of the University of California during the 1926–27 NCAA men's basketball season and were members of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The Grizzlies were led by sixth year head coach Pierce "Caddy" Works. They finished the regular season with a record of 12–4, and were champions of their conference with a record of 9–1.


1926–27 Southern Branch Grizzlies men's basketball team, Previous Season
The 1925–26 Southern Branch Grizzlies finished with a conference record of 14–2 and won their conference with a record of 10–0 under third year head coach Caddy Works.


1926–27 Southern Football League
The 1926–27 season was the 29th in the history of the Southern League. The league consisted of Eastern and Western Divisions. Brighton & Hove Albion II won the Eastern Division and Torquay United won the Western Division. Brighton reserves were declared Southern League champions after defeating Torquay 4–0 in a championship play-off.


1926–27 Southern Football League
Four clubs from the Southern League applied to join the Football League, with Torquay being successful in a second round of voting. Five clubs (all reserve teams) left the league at the end of the season.


1926–27 Southern Football League, Eastern Division
A total of 17 teams contest the division, including 15 sides from previous season and two new teams.


1926–27 Southern Football League, Western Division
A total of 14 teams contest the division, including 13 sides from previous season and one new team.


1926–27 Southern Football League, Football League election
Four Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League this season, entering the ballot alongside the bottom two from the Third Division South. Although Watford were re-elected, Aberdare Athletic received the same number of votes as Southern League Torquay United, leading to a second round, in which Torquay won more votes. Aberdare took Torquay's place in the Southern League the following season.


1926–27 Southern Football League, Football League election
Aberdare's loss was controversial, as one ballot paper in the first round had been spoilt and Aberdare's secretary claimed that one of the scrutineers was 'an interested party'.


1926–27 St. Louis Soccer League season
Final league standings for the 1926-27 St. Louis Soccer League.


1926–27 Stoke City F.C. season
The 1926–27 season was Stoke City's 27th season in the Football League and the first in the Third Division North.


1926–27 Stoke City F.C. season
With relegation last season Stoke found themselves playing in the bottom tier of the Football League the Third Division North. Whilst there was obvious disappointment of the clubs failures it soon became clear that an instant return to the Second Division would be achieved as Stoke proved to be too good for their league opponents and ended the season as champions with 63 points and an impressive goal average of 2.3.


1926–27 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
After the trauma of two pretty bad seasons, there was to be a turn around in Stoke's fortunes in 1926–27 and from the outset there was never any doubt that promotion back to the Second Division would be achieved.


1926–27 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
There had been reservations regarding the midfield, but manager Tom Mather gambled and switched Harry Sellars to right-half, brought in Cecil Eastwood from Preston North End to occupy left-half and slotted Tom Williamson between them. Thanks to the consistent form of this trio Stoke were on top of the league throughout the season, achieving ten doubles over their opponents. During the season a number of teams made their one and only trip to the Victoria Ground these were Ashington who were beaten 7–0, Durham City 4–0, Nelson 4–1, Wigan Borough 2–0 and New Brighton who managed a 1–1. In the return fixture against New Brighton Stoke produced what was easily their worst display of the season and crashed to a 5–0 defeat.


1926–27 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
Stoke moved into April 1927 sitting on top of the table, but they were rocked by a 4–0 defeat to second place Rochdale. A 2–0 win over Tranmere Rovers eased the tensions but a 3–1 defeat at Doncaster Rovers on Good Friday put the celebrations on hold again, and although they beat Durham City 24 hours later, a goalless draw with Doncaster left Stoke with just a three-point lead over Rochdale. With three games remaining Stoke required four points to secure the title and with it promotion. However promotion was sealed in the next match against Accrington Stanley Stoke winning 1–0 thanks to a Jack Eyres goal and news that both Rochdale and Nelson had been beaten meant that Stoke took the title and returned to the Second Division at the first time of asking.


1926–27 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, FA Cup
In the FA Cup Stoke were embarrassed as Welsh League side Rhyl Athletic took Stoke to a second replay before winning 2–1.


1926–27 Sussex County Football League
The 1926–27 Sussex County Football League season was the seventh in the history of the competition.


1926–27 Sussex County Football League, Clubs
The league featured 12 clubs, 11 which competed in the last season, along with one new club:


1926–27 Swedish football Division 2, League standings, Division 2 Uppsvenska Serien 1926–27
Teams from a large part of northern Sweden, approximately above the province of Medelpad, were not allowed to play in the national league system until the 1953–54 season, and a championship was instead played to decide the best team in Norrland.


1926–27 Swedish football Division 2, League standings, Division 2 Uppsvenska Serien 1926–27
No teams from Uppsvenska Serien were allowed to be promoted to Allsvenskan, due to both geographic and economic reasons.


1926–27 Swiss Cup
The 1926-27 Swiss Cup was the second season of Switzerland's annual cup competition. The competition began on 6 September 1926 and ended on 11 April 1927. Grasshopper Club Zurich defeated FC Young Fellows Zürich 3-1 in the Final.


1926–27 Swiss International Ice Hockey Championship
The 1926–27 Swiss International Ice Hockey Championship was the 12th edition of the international ice hockey championship in Switzerland. HC Davos won the championship by defeating HC Rosey Gstaad in the final.


1926–27 Swiss International Ice Hockey Championship, First round, Eastern Series
The re-play of the game was not contested, and was awarded to HC Davos.


1926–27 Swiss International Ice Hockey Championship, Final
The final was played in Davos on February 20, 1927.


1926–27 Swiss National Ice Hockey Championship
The 1926–27 Swiss National Ice Hockey Championship was the 17th edition of the national ice hockey championship in Switzerland. HC Davos won the championship by defeating HC Rosey Gstaad in the final.


1926–27 The Citadel Bulldogs basketball team
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1926–27 The Citadel Bulldogs basketball team
The 1926–27 The Citadel Bulldogs basketball team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1926–27 NCAA men's basketball season. The Bulldogs were led by first year head coach Benny Blatt. They played as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association.


1926–27 The Citadel Bulldogs basketball team
The Bulldogs claimed their first Conference Tournament title, defeating Mercer in the championship game.


1926–27 Toronto St. Patricks season
The 1926–27 Toronto St. Patricks season was the tenth season and the last under the St. Patricks banner for the Toronto National Hockey League (NHL) franchise. In February 1927, Conn Smythe and investors purchased the St. Patricks and changed the name to the Toronto Maple Leafs. On the ice, the team finished in fifth place, out of the playoffs.


1926–27 Toronto St. Patricks season, Regular season
After being turned down by the St. Patricks as coach to start the season, Conn Smythe used the success of the New York Rangers team he had assembled, to get an invitation to take over the team. At first, Smythe turned down the offer, saying that he wanted to be an owner or part-owner of the club instead. The St. Pats were for sale, and partner J. P. Bickell offered Smythe a chance to become part-owner. The club had reached a tentative deal to sell the club for $200,000, making Bickell's share $40,000.


1926–27 Toronto St. Patricks season, Regular season
Bickell offered to hold onto his share, if Smythe could raise $160,000 to pay of the other share-holders and take over the team. On February 14, 1927, Smythe and partners paid $85,000 with the final $75,000 to pay off the club due within 30 days. Smythe renamed the team the Maple Leafs, a name and insignia he felt would be popular, more popular than St. Patricks.


1926–27 Toronto St. Patricks season, Regular season
The club played its final game as the St. Patricks against Detroit in Windsor, Ontario on February 15, 1927, and their first as the Maple Leafs at Arena Gardens on February 17, 1927. The Leafs wore new white uniforms with a green maple leaf and Toronto written on the sweater. The Leafs won their first game 4–1, under new coach Alex Romeril. Smythe took over as governor, but did not assume the management and coaching of the Leafs until 1927–28. He had commitments to coach the University of Toronto team and the Varsity Grads, a team of former U of T students who had played for the U of T team. He would coach the Grads to the Allan Cup title.


1926–27 Toronto St. Patricks season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1926–27 Torquay United F.C. season
The 1926–27 Torquay United F.C. season was Torquay United's sixth season in competitive football and their fifth season in the Southern League. The season ran from 1 July 1926 to 30 June 1927.


1926–27 Torquay United F.C. season, Overview
For the second season in succession, Torquay United found themselves competing in both the Southern League and the Western League. With the Professional Section of the Western League now expanded to include twelve teams, United had to play a total of 48 games spread across the two leagues. The Magpies certainly rose to the challenge in both competitions. In the Southern League, Percy Mackrill's men were particularly impressive at Plainmoor where only a shock Boxing Day defeat to Bath City prevented the team from achieving a 100% home record.


1926–27 Torquay United F.C. season, Overview
United also suffered just one home defeat in their Western League campaign, a 2–0 loss to eventual champions Bristol City Reserves. However, in the Southern League, it was the Magpies who prevailed over City's Reserves and Torquay United were crowned winners of the Western Section in April. As Western champions, Torquay met the winners of the Eastern Section, Brighton & Hove Albion Reserves, in the Southern League play-off final. However, United lost the game 4-0 making Brighton's Reserves the overall Southern League champions.


1926–27 Torquay United F.C. season, Overview
Following an impressive display against Third Division South side Reading in the previous season's FA Cup, Torquay were this season given a bye to the First Round proper. United again gave a good account of themselves against Football League opposition when, after holding Bristol Rovers to a 1–1 draw at Plainmoor, they were unfortunate to be beaten 1–0 in the replay at the Eastville Stadium in a game in which Torquay missed a penalty.


1926–27 Torquay United F.C. season, Overview
Having enjoyed such a successful season, Torquay United now made a second attempt to gain membership of the Football League. Although they hadn't received a single vote in their previous attempt to enter the Third Division South in 1922, United's bid was now far more credible and was reflected in the votes cast this time around.


1926–27 Torquay United F.C. season, Overview
At the Football League's meeting in London's Connaught Rooms on 30 May, one of the two current League clubs up for re-election, Watford, won a respectable 44 votes, while the other, Aberdare Athletic, found themselves tied with Torquay in second place on 21 votes each. Despite claims by Aberdare's secretary of a biased scrutineer, a second vote went in the Magpies favour with a 26–19 split meaning that Torquay United would now be taking the Welsh team's place in the 1927–28 season of the Third Division South.


1926–27 Torquay United F.C. season, Overview
After nearly thirty years of organised football and various team mergers and name changes, the town of Torquay finally had a Football League club of its own.


1926–27 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season
Tranmere Rovers F.C. played the 1926–27 season in the Football League Third Division North. It was their sixth season of league football, and they finished 9th of 22. They reached the First Round of the FA Cup.


1926–27 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season
The 1926–27 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season was the 32nd season of collegiate ice hockey in the United States.


1926–27 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team
The 1926–27 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1926–27 college basketball season. The team went 20–4—the best record in school history—and won the Southern Conference tournament championship. The team was coached by Josh Cody, and led by center Jim Stuart and guard John McCall. Cody had a variety of superstitions while coaching his basketball team, including not laundering jerseys during a winning streak until a game was lost, and starting contests with the same lineup.


1926–27 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
The 1926–27 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1926–27 NCAA college basketball season. Led by seventh-year head coach Hec Edmundson, the Huskies were members of the Pacific Coast Conference and played their home games on campus in Seattle, Washington.


1926–27 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
The Huskies were 15–4 overall in the regular season and 7–3 in conference play; tied for second place in the Northern division. In the season finale at Oregon, Washington defeated the division-winning Webfoots.


1926–27 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
The 1926–27 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State College for the 1926–27 college basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Karl Schlademan, the Cougars were members of the Pacific Coast Conference and played their home games on campus in Pullman, Washington.


1926–27 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
The Cougars were 11–10 overall in the regular season and 3–7 in conference play, fifth in the Northern division.


1926–27 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
Previously at the University of Kansas, Schlademan was the track and field coach for the Cougars until 1940, but was head basketball coach for only two seasons. He took over from Fred Bohler, then was succeeded in 1928 by alumnus Jack Friel, who led Washington State as head coach for three decades.


1926–27 Western Football League
The 1926–27 season was the 30th in the history of the Western Football League.


1926–27 Western Football League
The Division One champions this season were again Bristol City Reserves. The winners of Division Two were Poole Reserves. There was no promotion or relegation between the two divisions.


1926–27 Western Football League, Final tables, Division One
The number of clubs in Division One was increased from ten to twelve:


1926–27 Western Football League, Final tables, Division Two
Division Two was reduced from thirteen to ten clubs after Poole and Lovells Athletic were promoted to Division One, and Bath City Reserves, Paulton Rovers and Swindon Victoria all left the league. Two new teams joined the league:


1926–27 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team
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1926–27 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team
The 1926–27 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1926–27 season. Under the fourth year of head coach J. Wilder Tasker (who concurrently served as the head football and baseball coach), the team finished the season with a 7–8 record. This was the 22nd season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe. William & Mary played the season as an independent.


1926–27 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
The 1926–1927 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Walter Meanwell, coaching his thirteenth season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the Red Gym in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.


1926–27 Yorkshire Cup
The 1926–27 Yorkshire Cup was the nineteenth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition was held. Huddersfield won the trophy for the seventh time in total by beating Wakefield Trinity in the final by the score of 10–3. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 11,300 and receipts were £863.


1926–27 Yorkshire Cup, Background
The Rugby Football League's Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between (mainly professional) rugby league clubs from  the  county of Yorkshire. The actual area was at times increased to encompass other teams from  outside the  county such as Newcastle, Mansfield, Coventry, and even London (in the form of Acton & Willesden.


1926–27 Yorkshire Cup, Background
The Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final taking place in (or just before) December (The only exception to this was when disruption of the fixture list was caused during, and immediately after, the two World Wars).


1926–27 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and Results
This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, but last year's junior entrant Castleford had now turned (semi-)professional, and took part as a full league member; and so the total of entries remained the  same at fifteen. This in turn resulted in one byes in the first round.


1926–27 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and Results, Final - Replay, Teams and Scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points


1926–27 Yorkshire Cup, Notes
1 * The first Yorkshire Cup match  played by Castleford, newly elected to the league this season


1926–27 Yorkshire Cup, Notes
3 * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was  40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.


1926–27 in Belgian football
The 1926–27 season was the 27th season of competitive football in Belgium. This was the first season after the major reform of Belgian football. The Belgian Cup was first played since World War I and won by RCS Brugeois. They also won the Premier Division making the second double in Belgian football after Union Saint-Gilloise in 1912-13. R Liersche SK won the Division I now the second level of football and thus promoted for the next Premier Division along with the runner-up SC Anderlechtois. Both clubs replaced FC Malinois and CS La Forestoise at the highest level.


1926–27 in Belgian football
A third level of football was introduced, named Promotion and played in 3 leagues of 14 clubs. The leagues were won by Courtrai Sports, CS Tongrois and Fléron FC. All 3 clubs promoted to the Division I, while AS Herstalienne, Saint-Ignace SC Antwerpen and SRU Verviers were all relegated to the Promotion.


1926–27 in English football
The 1926–27 season was the 52nd season of competitive football in England.


1926–27 in English football, Overview
This was the season in which George Camsell scored an astounding 59 goals in 37 league appearances for Middlesbrough


1926–27 in English football, Honours
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition


1926–27 in English football, FA Cup
The 1927 FA Cup Final was won by Cardiff City, who beat Arsenal 1–0.


1926–27 in English football, National team
The England national football team had a successful season, drawing first place in the 1927 British Home Championship with Scotland and then winning all three matches of a tour to France and the Low Countries, scoring twenty goals and only conceding three in return.


1926–27 in Scottish football
The 1926–27 season was the 54th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 37th season of the Scottish Football League.


1926–27 in Scottish football, Scottish Cup
Last years runners-up Celtic were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 3–1 final win over East Fife.


1926–27 in Scottish football, Junior Cup
Rutherglen Glencairn were winners of the Junior Cup after a 2–1 win over Cambuslang Rangers in the final.


1926–27 in Scottish football, Scotland national team
Scotland were joint winners with England in the 1926–27 British Home Championship.


1926–27 in Swedish football
The 1926-27 season in Swedish football, starting August 1926 and ending July 1927:


1926–27 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Eric Jansson - Gunnar Casparsson, Douglas Krook - Åke Hansson, Arthur Bengtsson, Torsten Johansson - Algot Haglund, Gunnar Rydberg, Per Kaufeldt, Tore Keller, Bertil Appelskog.


1926–27 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Sigfrid Lindberg - Herbert Lundgren, Gunnar Zacharoff - Henning Helgesson, Nils Rosén, Verner Andersson - Rune Wenzel, Sven Rydell, Filip Johansson, Carl-Erik Holmberg, Knut Kroon.


1926–27 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Sigfrid Lindberg - Axel Alfredsson, Gunnar Zacharoff - Erik Persson, Gunnar Holmberg, Verner Andersson - Rune Wenzel, Gunnar Rydberg, Filip Johansson, Albin Dahl, Thorsten Svensson.


1926–27 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Sigfrid Lindberg - Axel Alfredsson, Gunnar Zacharoff - Torsten Johansson, Gunnar Holmberg, Verner Andersson - Rune Wenzel, Gunnar Rydberg, Filip Johansson, Albin Dahl, Thorsten Svensson.


1926–27 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Sigfrid Lindberg - Axel Alfredsson, Gunnar Zacharoff - Åke Hansson, Sven Friberg, Ivar Klingström - Rune Wenzel, Sven Rydell, Per Kaufeldt, Filip Johansson, Knut Kroon.


1926–27 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Thure Westerdahl - Douglas Krook, Helge Zachrisson - Sven Lindqvist, John Persson, Torsten Johansson - Evert Lundqvist, Sven Rydell, Per Kaufeldt, Albin Hallbäck, Knut Andersson.


1926–27 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Thure Westerdahl - Knut Sandegren, Helge Zachrisson - Sven Lindqvist, Åke Hansson, Torsten Johansson - Rune Wenzel, Harry Dahl, Per Kaufeldt, Albin Hallbäck, Bertil Johansson.


1926–27 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Sigfrid Lindberg - Axel Alfredsson, Gunnar Zacharoff - Henning Helgesson, John Persson, Torsten Johansson - Rune Wenzel, Sven Rydell, Per Kaufeldt, Albin Hallbäck, Knut Kroon ( Carl-Erik Holmberg).


1926–27 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Anders Rydberg - Axel Alfredsson, Douglas Krook - Henning Helgesson, Gunnar Holmberg, Ivar Klingström - Ernst Östlund, Sven Rydell, Albert Olsson, Carl-Erik Holmberg, Bertil Johansson.


1926–27 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Eric Jansson - Folke Andersson, Gunnar Zacharoff - Erik Andersson, Knut Lensing, Torsten Johansson - Algot Haglund, Gunnar Paulsson, Albert Olsson, Tore Keller, Bengt Carlsson.


1927
1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1927th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 927th  year of the 2nd millennium, the 27th  year of the 20th century, and the  8th   year of the 1920s decade.


1927 (album)
1927 is the self-titled album by the Australian rock band, 1927 released in November 1992. It reached No. 40 on the ARIA albums chart.


1927 (band)
1927 are an Australian pop rock band formed in 1987 with James Barton on drums, Bill Frost on bass guitar, his brother Garry Frost on guitar and keyboards, and Eric Weideman on vocals, guitar and keyboards. They were popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s with their major hit songs "That's When I Think of You", "If I Could", "Compulsory Hero" and "Tell Me a Story". Their multi-platinum number-one album, ...ish (1988) was followed by The Other Side (1990).


1927 (band)
At the ARIA Music Awards of 1989 they won two categories: Breakthrough Artist – Album for ...ish and Breakthrough Artist – Single for "That's When I Think of You". At the 1990 ceremony they won Best Video for "Compulsory Hero", which was directed by Geoff Barter. In 1992 the group released a third studio album, 1927, which reached the top 40; but they disbanded the following year. Weideman reformed 1927 in 2009 with a new line-up.


1927 (band), History, 1984–1987: Formation
In 1984 guitarist and keyboardist Garry Frost had left Sydney-based pop rockers, Moving Pictures, after their second album, Matinée. Frost had co-written Moving Pictures' 1981 number-one hit "What About Me?". In late 1986 Frost was writing songs at his home studio for an unformed band project. In 1987, he was watching Nine Network's variety series Hey Hey It's Saturday's talent segment "Red Faces" when Eric Weideman appeared and performed a cover of The Police's hit single, "Roxanne". Garry drove from Sydney to Melbourne, about 880 km (550 mi), to recruit Weideman on lead vocals, guitar, and keyboards.


1927 (band), History, 1984–1987: Formation
Prior to joining 1927 Weideman had played in various cover bands including, Mixed Feelings, before starting a brief solo career. He later recalled, "I had only just started performing on my own. I was playing at a pub in Melbourne ... Then a friend of mine dared me to go on 'Red Faces'". The pair were joined by Garry's brother Bill Frost on bass guitar and James Barton on drums and the band 1927 were officially formed. The band's name, 1927, was drawn from a hat of suggestions and was from a favourite saying by Garry, "I haven't done that since 1927".


1927 (band), History, 1988–1989:...ish
After a year of seeking a recording contract, 1927 were signed by Charles Fisher for his label, Trafalgar Productions in 1988. With Fisher producing, the group recorded their debut single, "That's When I Think of You", which was released in July 1988 and peaked at No. 6 on the ARIA Singles Chart in September 1988. In October 1988 the band released their second single, "If I Could", which peaked at No. 4 . In mid-November their debut album, ...ish was released. Rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, described it as "brimful of stirring, stately pop rock anthems".


1927 (band), History, 1988–1989:...ish
It peaked at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart for four weeks and stayed in the Top 50 for 46 weeks. It was awarded 5× platinum certification – for shipment of more than 350,000 copies. As of 2002, it was in the top 10 of the most successful debut albums by Australian artists.


1927 (band), History, 1988–1989:...ish
Two more top 20 singles from the album followed in 1989; "You'll Never Know" and "Compulsory Hero". In 1989 "That's When I Think of You" was released internationally, it peaked in the Top 50 on the United Kingdom Singles Chart, and just reached the United States Billboard Hot 100. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1989, 1927 won 'Breakthrough Artist – Single' for "That's When I Think of You" and 'Breakthrough Artist – Album' for ...ish. At the 1990 ceremony they won 'Best Video' for "Compulsory Hero", which was directed by Geoff Barter. The band added Charlie Cole on keyboards (ex-Moving Pictures) and toured Australia in support of the album and associated singles. By late 1989, they started work for their second album when Garry Frost announced he was leaving the band early the following year.


1927 (band), History, 1990–1993:The Other Side & 1927
1927's founder Garry Frost was replaced by Dave Dwyer on guitars and keyboards and the band recorded The Other Side with Weideman as main songwriter, and Fisher and Garry producing. The Other Side, which peaked at No. 3 in July 1990, provided a Top 20 hit with "Tell Me a Story". McFarlane described the album as "full of lush, ambitious arrangements and well-crafted pop, but it lacked the charm and rousing choruses" of ...Ish". Barton left in 1992 to be replaced on drums by Phillip Campbell, and in November they released their eponymous third album, 1927 produced by Mark Opitz. 1927 reached the Top 40 and the lead single, "Scars", reached the Top 50 but the second single, "It Ain't Love", was less successful. 1927 were suffering financial and internal problems and disbanded in 1993.


1927 (band), History, 1994–2008: Disbandment and The Very Best of 1927
In September 1996, a compilation album, The Very Best of 1927, was released, which included Weideman's debut solo single, "Nothing I Can Do". "Nothing I Can Do" peaked at No. 73 in Australia in 1997. Subsequently, Weideman performed as a solo artist.


1927 (band), History, 1994–2008: Disbandment and The Very Best of 1927
1927 reformed periodically including for the Here and Now '80s revival tour in the early 2000s, Weideman also continued with his solo career performing in pubs.


1927 (band), History, 2009–2018: Generation-i
In September 2009 the group re-issued ...ish as a digitally remastered edition featuring bonus live recordings of "Propaganda Machine" and "Compulsory Hero". The band, led by Weideman, reformed with Damien Cooper on drums, Craig Laird on lead guitar and backing vocals, and Simon Shapiro on bass guitar and backing vocals. On 17 June 2009 the band appeared on Mornings with Kerri-Anne and toured Australia during the latter half of the year into the start of 2010. In March they supported Simple Minds and followed in June with the second leg of the 20...ish Anniversary Tour.


1927 (band), History, 2009–2018: Generation-i
In early 2012, 1927 supported Roxette on The Australian leg of their Charm School tour and commenced pre-release orders for their forthcoming new studio album. In June, 1927 commenced their Generation-i Tour across the Australian east coast. In June 2013, The Essential 1927 was released and peaked at number 96. Generation-i was officially released through Sony in August 2013. A limited edition DVD featuring performances from the Roxette tour was included with the CD.


1927 (band), History, 2019: Paper Aeroplane
In October 2019, the group released a 3-track extended play, titled Paper Aeroplane and supported its release with an Australian tour.


1927 (band), Discography, Studio albums
Released: 14 November 1988Label: Trafalgar Productions (2354032), Atlantic Records (781986-2)Format: LP, cassette, CD


1927 (band), Discography, Studio albums
Released: 16 July 1990Label: Trafalgar Productions (9031-71369-2), Atlantic Records (82136-2)Format: LP, cassette, CD


1927 (band), Discography, Compilation albums
Released: 7 October 1996Label: East West Records/WEA (0630164952)Format: cassette, CD


1927 (band), Discography, Compilation albums
Released: 21 June 2013Label: Alberts/Sony Music Australia (88883713962)Format: CD, DD


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 5th Grand Prix of Endurance, was a motor race which took place at the Circuit de la Sarthe on 18 and 19 June 1927. The race was one of the most remarkable and dramatic pre-war Le Mans races. It is commonly remembered due to the infamous White House crash, a major accident that involved eight cars including all three of the widely tipped Bentley team's entries, and caused the retirement of two of them. The race was eventually won by the third which, although badly damaged, was able to be repaired by drivers Dudley Benjafield and Sammy Davis. It was Bentley's second victory in the endurance classic.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans
In a race missing many major manufacturers, the three Bentleys had been comfortably leading from the start, putting a lap on the rest on the field. The accident occurred about 9.40pm, as night was falling and a drizzle had started. A 2-litre Th. Schneider had spun at the White House curves blocking the road when the lead Bentley, unsighted, hit it at speed. Davis was able to extricate his damaged car and get back to the pits, resuming the race after a half-hour repair.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans
The French Ariès of Jean Chassagne and Robert Laly, the only other large-engined car in the race, had meanwhile taken the lead. They held it through a  very wet night and into the Sunday, until stopped with less than two hours to go by a broken distributor. Davis and Benjafield had pushed their mishandling car hard all the way to take a lauded victory, in the end by a considerable 20-lap margin.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Regulations
This year the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) lifted the minimum production required from 10 to 30 cars. A new dispensation for 1100 to 1500cc was to let them have only three seats. Crucially this removed 60kg of compulsory ballast from them.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Regulations
Once again the ACO adjusted the Index target distances; although for the first time there was a reduction in target – in the smallest-engined cars. Example targets included the following:


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Regulations
Grand Garage Saint-Didier, the large Parisian car-dealership sponsoring the Index competition, boosted its prize-money to a substantial FF50000.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Regulations
Concerned about the advent of specialised racing fuels with expensive high-octane ratings, the ACO now dictated that all cars had to use the same commercial-grade gasoline. This raised many complaints from the teams concerned about the effects on their highly tuned racing engines. The ACO provided the teams with 20-litre churns of Standard Oil's “Eco-Essence” gasoline. A chemist analysed the residual fuel of each car at the end of the event and confirmed that no fuel-modification had occurred.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Across Europe political unease and high inflation were having an impact. The automotive industry was heavily affected with mergers, bankruptcies and other financial worries amongst competitor manufacturers. After 41 cars started the previous year only 25 arrived this year. Peugeot, Chenard-Walcker, OM and Lorraine-Dietrich (winners of the event for the previous two years) all stayed away, and Rolland-Pilain withdrew a few weeks before the race. It was brought home when Ariès was the only French company now in the big-engine end of the field. Of the 13 places reserved for the qualifiers from the Biennial Cup only six were re-taken. However, there were three new teams from the small French manufacturers Fasto, SCAP and Tracta.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Thus, with a dearth of competition, Bentley were the pre-race favourites and they arrived with three cars. After a humiliating run of retirements since their victory in the 1924 event, W.O. Bentley decided to enter a strong team, despite the weakened opposition. Dudley Benjafield and Sammy Davis were again paired in the same 3-litre car, nicknamed “Old Number 7”, which they had crashed just an hour from the finish in the 1926 race.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Woolf Barnato’s financial investment had meant over 1400 3-litre models had now been built and a second 3 litre was entered for the French Baron André d'Erlanger and George Duller. A new prototype was also entered. The 4½ litre, (later nicknamed Old Mother Gun), had a four-cylinder version of the new Straight-Six model put into the long-wheelbase 3-litre chassis. While the 3-litre engines were now capable of 88 bhp the new model put out 115 bhp. The car was entrusted to the works driver, 1924-winner, Frank Clement with Leslie Callingham as co-driver. The drivers made a point of practicing putting up their car-hoods and the team filmed their pit-stop routines to further improve them.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Automobiles Ariès returned with its streamlined 3-litre “tank”, making up a much-reduced large-engine field. Once again it was driven by the experienced pairing of Jean Chassagne and Robert Laly. The company also entered two 1100cc cars – a 2-seater CC2 and a new 4-seateer CC4, burdened with an extra 120kg of ballast for the extra seats.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
After a successful introduction the previous year, Th. Schneider had put out a “Le Mans” variant for sale in 1927 with a torpedo-style bodywork. Two of the new 2-litre cars were entered for the race. Fabrique Automobile de St Ouen, or Fasto, was a Parisian manufacturer formed in 1926. A lightened version of their standard vehicle, the Type A3 Sport, came to Le Mans for its competition debut. Running a 2-litre engine, three cars were entered.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
The S.C.A.P. company had already been at Le Mans, as an engine manufacturer. This year it arrived with two cars of its own manufacture. The Type O was a 4-seater with the compact new 1.5-litre straight-8 engine. One was driven by Le Mans veterans Fernand Vallon (formerly driving for Corre La Licorne) and Lucien Desvaux (ex-Salmson and Chrysler) while the other had debutantes Albert Clément and Henri Guibert. This year S.A.R.A. also introduced a bigger model. The SP7 had a 6-cylinder 1.5-litre pushrod engine on a four-seat long-wheelbase convertible. The team also brought two of their standard 1100cc BDE cars, entered for the 1926-27 Biennial Cup.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Salmson brought three of their Grand Sport 2-seaters. Derived from their successful VAL-3 model, they had a double-overhead cam 1.1-litre engines. Virtually the same experienced works-team line-up returned with Georges Casse/André Rousseau, Jean Hasley/André de Victor. Only Lionel de Marmier had a new co-driver, running with Pierre Goutte. The 1100cc category made up over half the field. Along with Salmson, Ariès  and SARA, there were multicar teams returning from E.H.P. (Établissements Henri Precloux) and Gendron.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
A new team this year was Tracta. The company had only been founded in January, by engineers Jean-Albert Grégoire and Pierre Fenaille, bankrolled by Fenaille's wealthy entrepreneurial father. They brought two of their eye-catching, lowline Gephi models to Le Mans. Using a SCAP 1.1-litre engine the cars were unusual in being front-wheel drive and with a unique constant-velocity joint which they had patented. The in-line gearbox and final-drive gave it a long bonnet and low centre of gravity. The engineers both drove a car: Fenaille with his friend Etienne Boussod and Grégoire with Fenaille's chauffeur Roger Bourcier.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice
Once again the public roads were closed on Friday night from 10pm to 6am to allow private practice. Bentley experimented with fitting more powerful Italian Memini carburettors but Benjafield's car caught fire with them at Mulsanne corner. Fortunately, the damage was not severe and the engine was converted back for the race.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice
On the Friday night, Le Mans had its third fatality. Marcel Michelot, commercial director of Gendron & Cie, took his car out for some practice laps. Getting disorientated in thick fog between Mulsanne and Arnage corners, he went off the road at speed and ploughed into a tree. Marcel Gendron, mourning his friend and co-founder, withdrew the other team car he was due to race himself from the race.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice
On Saturday morning, the Tracta team-drivers were all injured in a bad road accident en route to the track. Boussod misjudged a corner near Arnage and the car fell off the road into a ditch at 60mph. While Boussod was badly shaken and Grégoire was bruised, the other two were in much worse shape: Bourcier had a crushed leg and Fenaille had a severe head injury, ending up in a coma. They were taken to hospital but Grégoire contrived to escape and made his way back to the track, determined to race for the sake of his new company. Appealing to race director Charles Faroux he put out a plea over the public address asking for a volunteer co-driver. Lucien Lemesle, a local mechanic answered and Grégoire had just enough time to explain the peculiarities of his unusual car before the start of the race.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start
After a lap of honour from the 1926-race winning Lorraine-Dietrich,  the cars were once again flagged away by Émile Coquille, co-organiser and representative of the sponsor Rudge-Whitworth. Once again, the Bentley drivers’ hood-raising practice proved itself as their three cars were first away with Clement leading Benjafield and d'Erlanger away in a Bentley 1-2-3 in the opening laps. The speed of the 4 ½ litre was underlined by Clement when he broke the circuit record in only the second lap of the race.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start
Over the following few laps he whittled this down still further, to only 8 minutes 46 seconds for the 10.7 mile (17.3 km) circuit. This early-race performance was yet more remarkable as, at the time, the cars were required to run with their hoods erected for the first twenty laps (about three hours) of the race.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start
After the first hour, the three Bentleys were well ahead of Laly's Ariès and the three Salmsons of de Victor, de Marmier and Casse running in formation. Then came the Fasto of Brosselin and Chantrel's Schneider rounding out the top-ten. Clement had lapped the whole field after only twelve laps (the Bentley team had calculated it would take thirteen laps) and made his first pit-stop and driver-change at 7pm with that comfortable lead. The other two Bentleys made theirs a quarter-hour later after themselves putting the fourth-placed Ariès a lap behind. Unlike the well-drilled Bentley team, Laly took six minutes to put his hood down and away. De Marmier's Salmson could not be restarted after the first pit-stops and was later disqualified for being push-started. It had been a routine race until about 9.40pm, in the late twilight.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, The White House crash
Pierre Tabourin's Th. Schneider had been delayed early in the race. Pushing to make up time, he was put off-line by an overtaking car and spun at the tricky Maison Blanche (“White House”) curves approaching the pit straight. The car hit the barriers and ended up broadside in the middle of the road, out of sight of the following drivers in the growing darkness. The S-sequence of curves was narrow and fast with the view of the exit obscured by the distinctive white farmhouse that gave the section its name.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, The White House crash
The first to arrive was the leader, Callingham, at high speed. Trying to avoid the car he slid off to the right into the roadside ditch at over 70 mph (110 kp/h), hitting with such force that the driver was thrown out into the middle of the road. George Duller arrived next, and seeing the danger, jumped over his steering wheel out of the car just before the impact. It slammed into Callingham's car, which rolled and left his on top of it. Subsequently, the other Schneider, one of the small Ariès and a SARA also suffered damage in the pile-up. Duller had staggered off dazed to warn other drivers, before realising he was on the other side of the roadside hedge and couldn't be seen.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, The White House crash
When Sammy Davis arrived on the scene he was alerted that all was not as it should be. Even tens of metres back up the road its surface was strewn with gravel and debris. and so entered the corner slower than would normally have been the case. Although already decelerating, he came around the corner to find the road completely blocked and insufficient time to brake to a halt. Rather than hitting the stationary cars head-on Davis put the big Bentley into a slide and hit them sideways, striking first with the right-hand front wing. Behind him, Thelussen's Fasto was also able to slow and only struck a glancing blow. Amazingly despite all the carnage, the only major injury was to the Schneider driver Tabourin, who suffered a broken arm and ribs.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, The White House crash
After finding his teammates and the other drivers had all survived, Davis was able to untangle his Bentley from the wreckage, squeeze through and limp onto the pits. There the team assessed the damage. The chassis and front suspension were bent, the fenders badly mangled and the right headlamp broken. Although he was the only one permitted to work on repairing his car (and only using tools carried on the car), with the advice of his mechanics and a lot of tape and string he was able to get the car mobile again.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, The White House crash
Half an hour later he drove out to complete six cautious laps before handing over to co-driver Benjafield on schedule. The steering pulled to the right and the braking was not synchronised between the wheels. The SARA was also able to continue after repairs, but ran into mechanical troubles over the night and was disqualified at half-time just three laps short of its 12-hour target distance. The second Th. Schneider ran only six further laps when it was withdrawn by the team following Tabourin's injuries.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Night
With the three leading cars taken out in the accident, the 3-litre Ariès, now driven by veteran Jean Chassagne, assumed the lead. Rain settled in during the night as the Frenchmen built a margin, with the Bentley gamely pursuing. However, as Benjafield got more used to the car he was able to pick up his pace and even close in on the Ariès. Just after midnight he was back on the lead lap until he had to stop to re-attach the useless right headlamp again. Affixing a strong flashlight to the windscreen upright he soldiered on. Davis also had to stop later to do more work on the right-hand fenders. Running third through the night was the Fasto of Brosselin/Thelussen (also repaired after the accident) followed by the two remaining Salmsons and the other two Fastos.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Night
At the six-hour mark, the two smaller Ariès were both disqualified for insufficient distance. Gabriel had repaired its damage from the crash earlier, but both had been delayed by engine issues. They were just finishing repairs when they were declared hors courseThe rain became a heavy thunderstorm and many drivers chose to pull over to wait out the worst of the squalls, which eventually abated around 5.30am as dawn arrived.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Morning
Through the morning Chassagne and Laly were able to maintain their 4-lap lead. The morning was hard on the new Fasto team. First their leading car, that had survived the White House crash and been running as high as third through the night was put out with magneto failure just after dawn. The second car only managed three further laps before a valve spring broke and their final car had a similar failure at midday.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Morning
But soon after midday the Ariès’ pit-stop had a fault with its ignition system. Twenty-five minutes were lost and by the time they were going again the Bentley was only four minutes (half-a lap) behind. Knowing they were facing a crippled car, Laly and Chassagne put in fast laps to rebuild his lead.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
Then at 2.30pm, after its last pit stop and on its 123rd lap the Ariès’ distributor system failed completely, stranding Chassagne out on the circuit. Davis and Benjafield immediately eased off to nursing the injured Bentley home. With a quarter-hour to go, Benjafield pulled in to swap with Davis to give him the honour of taking the finishing-flag. They finished 20 laps ahead of the two Salmsons of de Victor/Hasley and Casse/Rousseau. What looked on paper as a dominant victory had been anything but. There were only eight finishers in this race of attrition.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
Without Davis’ efforts, Salmson could have celebrated a most unlikely overall victory for the little 1.1-litre cars, which would easily be the smallest-engined cars to have won Le Mans. As it was they did secure the big prizes, with Casse and Rousseau winning the Biennial Cup, and their teammates the Index of Performance for the interim-year of the next Biennial Cup. Fourth was the SCAP of Desvaux and Vallon, passing their target by six laps while their teammates, although running at the end, missed their target by six laps and were not classified.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
Seventh and last classified finisher was the Tracta of Jean-Albert Grégoire, with arguably the most heroic drive of the race, having met its target distance by four laps. Despite being battered, bruised and driving with a bandage wrapped around his head under his helmet, Grégoire had driven fifteen of the first twenty hours. His volunteer co-driver, Lemesle, was not confident driving in the heavy overnight rain. Having already met the target distance by midday, he decided to stop the car and not risk any further danger.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
Not parking in the pits, where the public might see the car and conclude it was unreliable, the clerk of the course found him asleep beside his car parked among the trees between Mulsanne and Arnage. He thereafter continued to circulate periodically, although he knew the laps would not be counted as their average speed was too slow. His business partner, Pierre Fenaille, was in his coma for a fortnight and took two years to recover from partial paralysis and the severe head trauma.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
After this race's disappointment, the Fasto team had a complete change of fortune when all finished at the ensuing Spa 24-Hours including fourth overall for Thelussin/Brosseau. After a further class-victory at the Montlhéry 24-Hour race the team promptly retired from racing after just the three events.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
Despite the slower pace and shorter distance set than the 1926 Le Mans, the dramatic events surrounding the Maison Blanche crash meant that the race gained much wider press coverage than had been the case in previous years. In particular, Davis's honourable and heroic actions in searching the wreckage for his compatriots and rivals, before continuing the race in the teeth of adversity, gained him high praise. That such actions had been taken by a group of young men who had previously been much better known for their lavish parties and fast-living lifestyles only added to the popular appeal.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
Their determination seemed to embody much of what the British regarded as best in their national character, and on their return to the UK the team were greeted as national heroes. The Autocar magazine fuelled the Bentley team's reputation by hosting a grand post-race party at the Savoy Hotel in central London. Old Number 7, which had come so close to victory in 1926 and still coated with mud and damaged from the victory this year, was guest of honour.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
Clement's early-race efforts were also rewarded with two FF1000 prizes, from the French Automobile Club du Nord and Morris- Léon Bollée, for setting the fastest lap. Both Benjafield and Davis remained significant figures in British motorsport over the following few decades. Benjafield was a founder of the British Racing Drivers' Club, and Davis as sports editor of The Autocar and one of the founders of the Veteran Car Club.


1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, Official results, Finishers
Results taken from Quentin Spurring's book, officially licensed by the ACO Although there were no official engine classes, the highest finishers in unofficial categories aligned with the Index targets are in Bold text.


1927 AAA Championship Car season
The 1927 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 11 races, beginning in Culver City, California on March 6 and concluding in Salem, New Hampshire on October 12. There were also three non-championship races. The AAA National Champion was Peter DePaolo and the Indianapolis 500 winner was George Souders.


1927 Akron Zippers football team
The 1927 Akron Zippers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Akron in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1927 college football season. In its first season under head coach Red Blair, the team compiled a 5–3 record (4–3 against conference opponents) and outscored all opponents by a total of 145 to 79. Ben Baldwin was the team captain.


1927 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
The 1927 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1927 Southern Conference football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 34th overall and 6th season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The team was led by head coach Wallace Wade, in his fifth year, and played their home games at Denny Field in Tuscaloosa, at Rickwood Field and Legion Field in Birmingham and at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of five wins, four losses and one tie (5–4–1 overall, 3–4–1 in the SoCon).


1927 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
Alabama's 13-0 loss to Georgia Tech snapped a 24-game unbeaten streak, it was the team's first loss since an upset defeat to Centre on November 15, 1924. Alabama outgained Tech 188–144 in the game, but Tech scored a touchdown in the second quarter and scored another after recovering a fumble at the Alabama 1 with two minutes to go. It was the first time Georgia Tech had scored points on Alabama since 1922. Alabama came from behind in the fourth to beat Mississippi State 13–7 but limped home with three straight losses to end the year at 5–4–1. Four losses were one more loss than Bama had suffered in the previous four seasons combined.


1927 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
The loss to Georgia was the first football game Alabama ever played in Legion Field, which had been constructed the previous year, and which replaced Rickwood Field as Alabama's "home" stadium in Birmingham. Alabama would continue to schedule home dates at Legion Field for another 76 years, with the last being a 40–17 victory over South Florida in 2003.


1927 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Millsaps
Alabama opened their 1927 season against Millsaps College at Denny Field, and defeated the Majors 46–0. Highlights of the game included touchdowns scored on a 45-yard fumble return by Archie Taylor and an 80-yard run by Davis Brasfield. Other touchdowns were scored by Tony Holm (2), Tolbert Brown, William Hicks and Graham McClintock. The victory brought Alabama's all-time record against Millsaps to 2–0.


1927 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Millsaps
The starting lineup was Earl Smith (left end), Fred Pickhard (left tackle), James Bowdoin (left guard), George Dye (center), Ellis Hagler (right guard), Clark Pearce (right tackle), S. D. Beale (right end), Graham McClintock (quarterback), Tolbert Brown (left halfback), Davis Brasfield (right halfback), Tony Holm (fullback).


1927 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Southwestern (TN)
Alabama concluded their 1927 non-conference schedule against Southwestern Presbyterian University (now known as Rhodes College) at Denny Field, and defeated the Lynx 31–0. In the game, Alabama touchdowns were scored by Davis Brasfield (2), Tolbert Brown, William Hicks and Tony Holm. The victory brought Alabama's all-time record against Southwestern Presbyterian to 1–0.


1927 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU
Before 12,000 fans at a rainy and muddy Rickwood Field, Alabama played the LSU Tigers to a scoreless tie. The tie brought Alabama's all-time record against LSU to 9–3–2.


1927 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU
The starting lineup was Earl Smith (left end), Fred Pickhard (left tackle), James Bowdoin (left guard), Clark Pearce (center), Ellis Hagler (right guard), Molton Smith (right tackle), S. D. Beale (right end), Graham McClintock (quarterback), Tolbert Brown (left halfback), Davis Brasfield (right halfback), Tony Holm (fullback).


1927 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Georgia Tech
Against the Golden Tornado, Alabama suffered their first loss since their 1924 season with this 13–0 defeat at Grant Field and ended a 24-game unbeaten streak. After a scoreless first quarter, Tech took a 7–0 lead after Stumpy Thomason scored on a 30-yard touchdown run. The score remained the same through the fourth  quarter when Warner Mizell made the final score 13–0 with his one-yard touchdown run. The loss brought Alabama's all-time record against Georgia Tech to 5–8–2.


1927 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Georgia Tech
The starting lineup was Earl Smith (left end), Fred Pickhard (left tackle), James Bowdoin (left guard), George Dye (center), Ellis Hagler (right guard), Clark Pearce (right tackle), S. D. Beale (right end), Graham McClintock (quarterback), Davis Brasfield (left halfback), Tolbert Brown (right halfback), Tony Holm (fullback).


1927 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Florida
Alabama suffered its second upset of the season to the Florida Gators, 13–6 in Montgomery. Clyde Crabtree returned a punt 95 yards for a touchdown early in the second quarter Alabama's Molton Smith intercepted Crabtree's pass in the fourth quarter and ran for a 45-yard touchdown. After an Alabama penalty, Carl Brumbaugh ran across for the second and decisive touchdown. Crabtree also had two 55-yard kickoff returns, and gained more from scrimmage that afternoon than did the Tide, accounting for 271 yards.


1927 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Georgia
In the first game played at the newly completed Legion Field, the Tide lost to Georgia 20–7, snapping a five-game winning streak against Georgia.


1927 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Georgia
Roy Estes passed to Tom Nash. for the first score, and Estes ran the second score in himself. Another pass to Nash got a touchdown in the third quarter. In the final period, Alabama's Brasfield went back to pass, but saw no one open, and took off running. In the game's most sensational play, he dodged three tacklers behind the line, and evaded three more on his way to the endzone.


1927 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt
In the season finale, Vanderbilt's Bill Spears gained more than the entire Alabama backfield as the Commodores won 14–7. The highlight of Vanderbilt's first scoring drive was a pass from Spears to Jimmy Armistead of 20 yards, down to the 3-yard line, from which Armistead later ran it in.


1927 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt
On Alabama's scoring drive, Red Brown ran 23 yards on a reverse, down to the 4-yard line. Tony Holm eventually got the score. In the fourth quarter, Spears led the winning drive, once circling end for 34 yards, tackling by Starling just as he seemed to break free. He then passed to Larry Creson for 10 yards, ran for 6, and then 13 more around end to the 16-yard line. After Spears and Armistead worked it down to the 9-yard line, a pass to Gibson got the touchdown.


1927 All England Badminton Championships
The 1927 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Royal Horticultural Halls, Westminster, England from March 2 to March 6, 1927.


1927 All-Big Ten Conference football team
The 1927 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Big Ten Conference teams chosen by various selectors for the 1927 Big Ten Conference football season.


1927 All-Big Ten Conference football team, Key
UP = United Press, chosen by UP correspondent Clark B. Kelsey "in collaboration with a dozen football writers in Big Ten territory"


1927 All-Big Ten Conference football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selections of a majority of the AP, UP and Eckersall


1927 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1927 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 41st staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Kildare were the winners.


1927 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Results, Connacht Senior Football Championship
[Match abandoned following a disputed goal for Mayo after 12 minutes. Sligo withdrew from the championship and Mayo were awarded the tie.]


1927 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 1927 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the fortieth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1927 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


1927 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Kerry led 0-3 to 0-0 early on, but Kildare won with points by Paul Keogh, Paul Doyle (2), Bill "Squires" Gannon and Joe Curtis. Republican leader John Joe Sheehy hit the post late on, and Kildare held on for victory.


1927 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1927 was the 41st series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Dublin won the championship, beating Cork 4-8 to 1-3 in the final.


1927 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format
Semi-final: (1 match) The winners of the Munster championship were drawn to play Galway, who received a bye to this stage of the championship. One team was eliminated at this stage while the winning team advanced to the final.


1927 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format
Final: (1 match) The winners of the lone semi-final and the Leinster champions contested this game with the winners being declared All-Ireland champions.


1927 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 1927 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 40th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1927 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 4 September 1927, between Cork and Dublin. The Munster champions lost to their Leinster opponents on a score line of 4-8 to 1-3.


1927 All-Missouri Valley Conference football team
The 1927 All-Missouri Valley Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Missouri Valley Conference teams for the 1927 college football season. The selectors for the 1927 season included the Associated Press (AP).


1927 All-Pacific Coast football team
The 1927 All-Pacific Coast football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific Coast teams for the 1927 college football season. The organizations selecting teams in 1934 included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP).


1927 All-Pacific Coast football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by the AP and UP


1927 All-Pro Team
The 1927 All-Pro Team consists of American football players chosen by various selectors at the end as the best players at their positions for the All-Pro team of the National Football League (NFL) for the 1927 NFL season. Selectors for the 1927 season included the Green Bay Press-Gazette poll and the Chicago Tribune.


1927 All-Pro Team, Selectors and key
For the 1927 season, there are five known selectors of All-Pro Teams. They are:


1927 All-Pro Team, Selectors and key
GB = A poll conducted by the Green Bay Press-Gazette identified first and second teams. The selections were based on polling of league managers and reporters.


1927 All-Pro Team, Selectors and key
JR = Jack Reardon, a game official from New York


1927 All-Pro Team, Selectors and key
LA = LeRoy Andrews, head coach of the Cleveland Bulldogs


1927 All-Pro Team, Selectors and key
RS = Ralph Scott, head coach of the New York Yankees. Scott chose separate teams of "power" (RS-P) and "clever" (RS-C) players.


1927 All-Pro Team, Selectors and key
Players selected by three of the five selectors as first-team All-Pros are displayed in bold typeface. Players who have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are designated with a "†" next to their names.


1927 All-Southwest Conference football team
The 1927 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various sports writers and officials for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1927 college football season.


1927 All-Western college football team
The 1927 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1927 college football season.


1927 Allan Cup
The 1927 Allan Cup was the senior ice hockey championship for the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association for the 1926–27 season. According to CAHA president Frank Sandercock, the profit of C$16,000 from the 1927 Allan Cup exceeded the combined profits from 1923 to 1926.


1927 Allan Cup, Final
Toronto Varsity Grads beat Fort William 2-1, 1 tie on series.


1927 Argentine Primera División
The 1927 Argentine Primera División was the 36th season of top-flight football in Argentina. Thirty-four teams were eligible to play the tournament (8 from official AFA and 26 from dissident AAm). It was also established that the 14 founder members of AAm would not be relegated in case of finishing in the last position. Therefore, the last four teams at the end of the season (Tigre, San Isidro, Estudiantes (BA) and Porteño) remained in Primera.


1927 Argentine Primera División
The season began on March 19, 1927, and ended on April 8, 1928.


1927 Arizona Wildcats football team
The 1927 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In their 13th season under head coach Pop McKale, the Wildcats compiled a 4–2–1 record and outscored their opponents, 165 to 59. The team captain was Martin Gentry.


1927 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
The 1927 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1927 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Francis Schmidt, the Razorbacks compiled an 8–1 record (2–1 against SWC opponents), finished in third place in the SWC, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 218 to 76. The team's only loss came against Texas A&M by a 40–6 score.


1927 Army Cadets football team
The 1927 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1927 college football season. In their second season under head coach Biff Jones, the Cadets compiled a 9–1 record, shut out six of their ten opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 197 to 37. In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated the Midshipmen 14–9. The team's only loss came to national champion Yale by a 10 to 6 score.


1927 Army Cadets football team
Four Army players were recognized on the All-America team. Halfback Red Cagle was a consensus first-team honoree and was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Tackle Bud Sprague was selected as a first-team honoree by the Associated Press (AP), the International News Service (INS), and the Central Press Association (CP). End Charles Born was selected as a second-team honoree by the United Press (UP), Hearst newspapers, New York Sun, and Billy Evans. Tackle George Perry was selected as a first-team honoree by the New York Sun.


1927 Army Cadets football team, Players
The following players won varsity letters for their participation on the 1927 Army football team.


1927 Atlantic hurricane season
The 1927 Atlantic hurricane season featured no hurricane landfalls in the United States, in contrast to the four hurricanes that struck the United States in the previous season. Overall, the season was relatively inactive, with eight tropical storms, four of which became hurricanes. One of these became a major hurricane, which is Category 3 or higher on the modern day Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale. The first system, a tropical depression, developed on August 13, while the final cyclone, a tropical storm, merged with a cold front on November 21.