1927 FA Cup Final, Post match and aftermath
While some press reports claimed that Keenor had said that the team were lucky to have won, he refuted the claim, saying that Cardiff's defence had led them to victory. In 2012, a statue of Keenor lifting the FA Cup trophy was erected outside the club's Cardiff City Stadium in commemoration of his side's victory.


1927 FA Cup Final, Post match and aftermath
The Arsenal goalkeeper Lewis blamed a new jersey for the mistake that resulted in the goal, saying that the wool was greasy and allowed the ball to slip from his grip. As tradition ever since, Arsenal goalkeepers have always washed their jerseys before each game. The Cardiff captain Keenor later commented on his view of the goal: "He (Ferguson) put such a spin on it that it would have been difficult for the 'keeper to have saved cleanly. The ball twisted in his hands, bounced onto his chest and curled back into the net.


1927 FA Cup Final, Post match and aftermath
Len Davies was challenging and I think Lewis took his eye off the ball for a fatal second as he went down for it". When presented with his runner-up medal after the game, Lewis was reported to have thrown the award away before it was recovered by his teammates. Lewis was even accused by some supporters of deliberately throwing the game to allow a side from his home nation to win the competition.


1927 FA Cup Final, Post match and aftermath
The Arsenal captain, Buchan, praised the Cardiff team saying "My congratulations to Cardiff City on being the first club in history to take the Cup out of England. We did our very utmost to prevent them from doing so, but we did not succeed. As, however, the trophy is gone to Cardiff, there is no one who more heartily congratualtes them than the captain of the losers. Cardiff played an honest, clean game, each member of the team obviously striving to do his utmost and my final words are good luck to the City and good luck to Wales and its association football now that they have the Cup."


1927 FA Cup Final, Post match and aftermath
Less than a fortnight later, Cardiff beat Rhyl 2–0 in the final of the Welsh Cup to claim an unprecedented transnational cup double. Cardiff also qualified for 1927 FA Charity Shield, defeating amateur team Corinthian by two goals to one with the winning goal once again by Ferguson. They also adopted triangular corner flags to commemorate the win. Ferguson returned to his native Scotland two years later, joining Dundee. He sank into depression after struggling to find form and committed suicide less than three years after his winning goal in the 1927 final. Cardiff's fortunes declined quickly afterwards.


1927 FA Cup Final, Post match and aftermath
Within four years of the final, they had been relegated to the Football League Third Division South. Keenor remained captain during this period, and left the club after 19 years to transfer to Crewe Alexandra during the 1930–31 season. In 1934, Cardiff slipped further and were required to petition the Football Association to allow them to remain in the league after they finished last and were eligible to be removed from the competition. Cardiff's Ernie Curtis, who died in November 1992 at the age of 85, was the last surviving player from the final. He had been the youngest player in the match, aged 19 years and 317 days. Cardiff reached the FA Cup Final once more in 2008, where they lost by one goal to nil against Portsmouth.


1927 FA Cup Final, Post match and aftermath
Arsenal returned to the FA Cup Final in 1930, when they played Huddersfield Town, the former team of Arsenal's manager Herbert Chapman. They won the match by two goals to nil, marking the first major trophy to be won by the team. This began a period of success for the club, with two back-to-back league titles, first under Chapman and then under George Allison after Chapman's death. A further victory in the FA Cup followed in 1936 against Sheffield United.


1927 Far Eastern Championship Games
The 1927 Far Eastern Championship Games was the eighth edition of the regional multi-sport event, contested between China, Japan and the Philippines, and was held from 28–31 August 1927 in Shanghai, Republic of China. A total of eight sports were contested during the four-day competition. This was the last time the competition was held on a biennial schedule and the event subsequently changed to a quadrennial basis, being held in the even years between Olympic competitions.


1927 Far Eastern Championship Games
Women athletes appeared at the games. A demonstration volleyball match was held by an Eastern Chinese women's team. However, their appearance generated a negative reaction from some audience members, who began insulting and shouting at the women. The match was curtailed before the allotted time as a result.


1927 Far Eastern Championship Games
The football match between China and the Philippines caused further disruption as the two teams began brawling and the audience threw objects onto the pitch – some leaving the stands to join the melee. This soured relations among the delegations and at the post-games banquet, in response to loud antics of Filipino attendees, the Chinese head organiser, Shen Siliang, openly stated that Chinese and Japanese women should avoid the Filipino delegation.


1927 Far Eastern Championship Games
In the football competition, China was represented by South China AA, a Hong Kong-based team.


1927 Federal Capital Territory Soccer Football Association season
The 1927 Capital Football season was the second Capital Football season.


1927 Federal Capital Territory Soccer Football Association season, 1927 FCTSA League
The 1927 FCTSA League is the second season of the FCTSA League, the former top Australian professional soccer league in the Capital Football.


1927 Finnish Figure Skating Championships
1927 Finnish Figure Skating Championships were held in Helsinki on 13 February 1927.


1927 Finnish parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 July 1927. Although the Social Democratic Party remained the largest in Parliament with 60 of the 200 seats, Juho Sunila of the Agrarian League formed an Agrarian minority government in December 1927. It remained intact until December 1928. Voter turnout was 55.8%.


1927 Finnish parliamentary election, Background
Finland was governed during the 1927 election by a Social Democratic minority government led by Väinö Tanner. President Lauri Kristian Relander, an Agrarian, had supported the establishment of that minority government, after the Agrarian Prime Minister Kyösti Kallio's first government had been defeated in a vote of confidence in November 1926. He had advised Tanner to prepare a liberal and moderate government programme, which the Agrarians and Progressives could support. In April 1927 President Relander caught a cold which developed into a life-threatening pneumonia. He had to go on sick leave, and Tanner became the Acting President.


1927 Finnish parliamentary election, Background
He even received the centre-right Civil Guards' (Suojeluskunnat in Finnish;  a voluntary Finnish men's paramilitary defence organization) salute on the Defence Forces' Flag Day (then held on 16 May). The bourgeois (non-socialist) parties tried to get back into power by persuading enough Finnish voters to reject the Social Democratic minority government.


1927 Five Nations Championship
The 1927 Five Nations Championship was the thirteenth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship following the inclusion of France into the Home Nations Championship. Including the previous Home Nations Championships, this was the fortieth series of the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 1 January and 2 April. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.


1927 Florida Gators football team
The 1927 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 1927 Southern Conference football season. The season was Harold Sebring's third and last season as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. After suffering a 0–12 upset loss at the hands of the Davidson College Wildcats, the Gators rallied to defeat the Auburn Tigers 33–6, defeating the Tigers for the first time and ending a six-game losing streak, and to upset coach Wallace Wade's Alabama Crimson Tide 13–6. Sebring's 1927 Florida Gators finished 7–3 overall, and 5–2 in the Southern Conference, placing sixth of twenty-two teams in the conference standings.


1927 Florida Gators football team
The loss to Davidson featured captain Frank Oosterhoudt, who was later declared ineligible, and replaced at captain by Bill Middlekauff. With Middlekauff at captain, the Gators suffered just two further losses: to conference co-champions NC State; and to Georgia's "Dream and Wonder team". NC State was led by Hall of Famer and Gainesville native Jack McDowall.


1927 Florida Gators football team, Before the season
The 1926 season was the worst since the war. "The wolves began to clamor for Sebring's scalp as the 1926 season ended" wrote Pete Norton. With several newcomers, Sebring organized an Orange and Blue game.


1927 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 1: Florida Southern
The first game of the season occurred on September 24 at Fleming Field in Gainesville. The Gators defeated Florida Southern 26–7.


1927 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 2: Davidson
The second week brought the low point of the season–an upset by the Davidson Wildcats. Favored to win by two touchdowns and of superior weight, the Gators lost 12–0. They came within scoring just once, held at the 1-yard line. Despite a limp, Clyde Crabtree was twice sent into the game at crucial moments in hopes of a score. In his first year on the varsity and with a broken wrist, Rainey Cawthon played against Davidson.


1927 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 2: Davidson
On October 4, captain Frank Oosterhoudt was declared ineligible; his replacement by unanimous vote was Bill Middlekauff.


1927 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 3: at Auburn
Spurred on by a new captain, the Gators traveled to Auburn and  beat the rival Auburn Tigers for the first time 33–6. Bill Middlekauff and Clyde Crabtree were both cited as players of the game. Everett Strupper was referee. Crabtree scored two touchdowns and Middlekauff one Goof Bowyer made the first touchdown, a 44-yard run. Tommy Owens also had a touchdown. Auburn coach Dave Morey resigned.


1927 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 3: at Auburn
The Gators' freshmen team also beat Auburn's freshmen team that week.


1927 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 3: at Auburn
The starting lineup was: Hodges (left end), Bryan (left tackle), Allen (left guard), Kirschner (center), Reeves (right guard), Clemons (right tackle), Stanley (right end), Brumbaugh (quarterback), Bowyer (left halfback), Bishop (right halfback), Middlekauff (fullback).


1927 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 4: Kentucky
The Gators avenged last year's loss to the Kentucky Wildcats with a 27–6 victory in Jacksonville, outplaying the Wildcats in all but the second quarter. Carl Brumbaugh was sidelined with an injury.


1927 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 4: Kentucky
Florida's first touchdown came after some six minutes of play when Bill Middlekauff went over. Florida's final touchdown was on a triple-pass play of Middlekauff to Clyde Crabtree to Dale Van Sickel. In the last half, the Gators made 17 first downs to Kentucky's 11. Goof Bowyer scored a touchdown and drop kicked two extra points to seal the first victory over the Wildcats.


1927 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 4: Kentucky
The starting lineup was: DeHoff (left end), Bryan (left tackle), Reeves (left guard), Kirschner (center), Allen (right guard), Clemons (right tackle), Stanley (right end), Bowyer (quarterback), Beck (left halfback), Bishop (right halfback), Middlekauff (fullback).


1927 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 5: North Carolina State
In the fifth week of play, the Gators faced coach Gus Tebell's North Carolina State Wolfpack on Plant Field in Tampa, losing 12–6. Neither team scored until the final period.


1927 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 5: North Carolina State
A drive brought  the Wolfpack to the 3-yard line, the feature play of which was a 30-yard pass from their Hall of Fame captain, Gainesville native Jack McDowall to Childress. A pass from McDowall to Frank Goodwin got the score. The Gators then began passing desperately in an attempt to win. A pass bounced off the hands of a Florida back and into McDowall's, who returned the ball 75 yards for the deciding score. On the ensuing kickoff, Gator back Tommy Owens ran it back for an 88-yard touchdown.


1927 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 5: North Carolina State
Since McDowall had been turned down by his native University of Florida, legend has it just afterwards he mailed Sebring the game ball.


1927 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 5: North Carolina State
The starting lineup was: Van Sickel (left end), Bryan (left tackle), Allen (left guard), Kirschner (center), Reeves (right guard), Clemons (right tackle), Stanley (right end), Bowyer (quarterback), Beck (left halfback), Yancey (right halfback), Middlekauff (fullback).


1927 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 6: Mercer
For homecoming, some 9,000 watched Florida beat the Mercer Bears 32–6. Rainey Cawthon once completed a 53-yard pass during the game. Florida's five touchdowns were scored by: Bill Middlekauff, Willie DeHoff, Cecil Beck, Spic Stanley, and Goof Bowyer. Mercer's Phoney Smith had a 65-yard touchdown run. Middlekauff made the first score of the contest.


1927 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 7: Georgia
The "Dream and wonder team" beat the Gators 28–0 after leading just 7 to 0 at the half. "It was made by Georgia's famous touchdown pass that later wrecked Alabama and had wrecked Yale. This pass started out like a cross buck but finished with Johnson having tossed the ball to McCrary over the goal line."


1927 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 7: Georgia
Quarterback Goof Bowyer broke his leg in the game. Middlekauff entered the game with an injury, and aggravated it further.


1927 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 7: Georgia
The starting lineup was: Dehoff (left end), Bryan (left tackle), Allen (left guard), Kirchner (center), Reeves (right guard), Clemons (right tackle), Stanley (right end), Bowyer (quarterback), Brumbaugh (left halfback), Bishop (right halfback), Middlekauff (fullback).


1927 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 8: at Alabama
The Gators upset coach Wallace Wade's Alabama Crimson Tide 13–6 in Montgomery. Florida's yearbook remarked: "The South rocked under the great Orange and Blue victory." 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. Crabtree accounted for 271 yards.


1927 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 8: at Alabama
The starting lineup was: Stanley (left end), Bryan (left tackle), Allen (left guard), Kirschner (center), Reeves (right guard), Clemons (right tackle), Dehoff (right end), Van Sickle (quarterback), Crabtree (left halfback), Brumbaugh (right halfback), Middlekauff (fullback).


1927 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 9: Washington & Lee
Before a crowd of some 12,000 in Jacksonville, Florida beat coach Pat Herron's Washington & Lee Generals 20–7. Dale Van Sickel scored Florida's three touchdowns. The Gators 75-piece band made the trip.


1927 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 9: Washington & Lee
The starting lineup was: VanSickel (left end), Dehoff (left tackle), Allen (left guard), Kirschner (center), Reeves (right guard), Clemons (right tackle), Stanley (right end), Crabtree (quarterback), Owens (left halfback), Brumbaugh (right halfback), Cawthon (fullback).


1927 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 10: Maryland
In a cold and driving rain, a placekick for extra point by Dutch Stanley proved the difference in a 7–6 win over coach Curley Byrd's Maryland Terrapins. Six Gators played their final game.


1927 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 10: Maryland
"Playing on a sodden field, unfamiliar to both teams," Florida scored after Clyde Crabtree returned a punt to Maryland's 38-yard line. He and Carl Brumbaugh worked the ball further towards the goal, and Bill Middlekauff carried it over the goal line in the captain's final game. Roberts of Maryland had a 38-yard touchdown run through tackle. The pass for extra point failed, however.


1927 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 10: Maryland
The starting lineup was: Stanley (left end), Clemons (left tackle), Allen (left guard), Kirschner (center), Reeves (right guard), Bryan (right tackle), Van Sickel (right end), Crabtree (quarterback), Brumbaugh (left halfback), Bishop (right halfback), Middlekauff (fullback).


1927 Florida Gators football team, Postseason
Goof Bowyer was elected captain for next year. In no two seasons had Florida won as many conference contests as in 1927. Sebring resigned to get married and practice law. He graduated from the university's College of Law in 1928, and later became a circuit court judge and chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court. Many sports commentators believe that the team that Sebring recruited for 1928 would become the greatest Gators football squad until at least the 1960s.


1927 Florida Gators football team, Players, Depth chart
The following chart provides a visual depiction of Florida's lineup during the 1927 season with games started at the position reflected in parenthesis. The chart mimics a Notre Dame Box on offense.


1927 Fordham Rams football team
The 1927 Fordham Rams football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In its first year under head coach Frank Cavanaugh, Fordham compiled a 3–5 record and outscored opponents by a total of 139 to 82.


1927 Frankford Yellow Jackets season
The 1927 Frankford Yellow Jackets season was their fourth in the National Football League. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 14–1–2, winning only six league games to finish in seventh place in the league standings.


1927 Frankford Yellow Jackets season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1927 Free City of Danzig parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Free City of Danzig on 13 November 1927. The Social Democratic Party emerged as the largest party, receiving 34% of the vote and winning 42 of the 120 seats in the Volkstag. Voter turnout was 85%.


1927 French Championships (tennis)
The 1927 French Championships (now known as the French Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Francais in Saint-Cloud, France. The tournament ran from 27 May until 5 June. It was the 32nd staging of the French Championships and the second Grand Slam tournament of the year.


1927 French Championships (tennis)
Kea Bouman and René Lacoste won the singles titles. Bouman became the first foreign woman to win the women's singles event and the first, and to date only, Dutch woman to win a Grand Slam singles title.


1927 French Championships (tennis), Finals, Men's Singles
René Lacoste (FRA) defeated  Bill Tilden (USA) 6–4, 4–6, 5–7, 6–3, 11–9


1927 French Championships (tennis), Finals, Men's Doubles
Henri Cochet (FRA) /  Jacques Brugnon (FRA) defeated  Jean Borotra (FRA) /  René Lacoste (FRA) 2–6, 6–2, 6–0, 1–6, 6–4


1927 French Championships (tennis), Finals, Women's Doubles
Irene Peacock (RSA) /  Bobbie Heine (AUS) defeated  Peggy Saunders Mitchell (GBR) /  Phoebe Holcroft Watson (GBR) 6–2, 6–1


1927 French Championships (tennis), Finals, Mixed Doubles
Marguerite Broquedis (FRA) /  Jean Borotra (FRA) defeated  Lilí de Álvarez (ESP) /  Bill Tilden (USA) 6–4, 2–6, 6–2


1927 French Championships – Men's Singles
First-seeded René Lacoste defeated Bill Tilden 6–4, 4–6, 5–7, 6–3, 11–9 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1927 French Championships. The draw consisted of 75 player of which 16 were seeded.


1927 French Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. René Lacoste is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1927 French Championships – Women's Singles
Third-seeded Kea Bouman defeated Irene Bowder Peacock 6–2, 6–4 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1927 French Championships. She is the first and to date only Dutch women to win a Grand Slam singles title.


1927 French Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Kornelia Bouman is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1927 French Grand Prix
The 1927 French Grand Prix (formally the XXI Grand Prix de l'A.C.F.) was a Grand Prix motor race held at Monthlèry on 3 July 1927. The race was held over 48 laps of a 12.50 km course for a total distance of 600.00 km and was won by Robert Benoist driving a Delage.


1927 French Grand Prix, Background
The World Championship was carried out for the third time in 1927. The regulations remained more or less the same as in 1926 with minor changes reported for the 1927 World Championship. On October 27, 1926, the AIACR & CSI debated at their Paris meetings the regulations and announced for 1927  that the 1.5-liter formula would remain only until the end of 1927 because of the bad experiences made so far, to be relieved with the free formula for 1928. The minimum weight was increased from 600 to 700 kg.


1927 French Grand Prix, Background
The supercharger was allowed  and the two-seat body remained for 1927, though single-seat bodied cars would be allowed as long as the body showed a minimum width of 80 cm to be measured at the seat area for a height of not less than 25 cm. The minimum distance for the great international races was now fixed at 600 km.


1927 French Grand Prix, Classification
Note - Starting grid based on car number order, positions being drawn. 3x3 formation.


1927 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
The 1927 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented Fresno State Normal School during the 1927 college football season.


1927 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
Fresno State competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC). The 1927 team was led by head coach Arthur W. Jones in his seventh year at the helm. They played home games at Fresno State College Stadium on the campus of Fresno City College in Fresno, California. They finished with a record of three wins, three losses and two ties (3–3–2, 2–1–1 FWC). The Bulldogs were outscored by their opponents 45–79 for the season.


1927 Furman Purple Hurricane football team
The 1927 Furman Purple Hurricane football team represented Furman University during the 1927 college football season. Furman outscored its opponents 283 to 59.


1927 Furman Purple Hurricane football team
Quarterback Whitey Rawl scored three touchdowns in the victory over SIAA co-champion NC State, and the game's only touchdown in the win over The Citadel. In the season's only loss, to the "Dream and Wonder" team of Georgia, Furman was twice within Georgia's 5-yard line.


1927 Geneva Covenanters football team
The 1927 Geneva Covenanters football team was an American football team that represented Geneva College as a member of the Tri-State Conference during the 1927 college football season. Led by Bo McMillin in his third and final year as head ocach, the team compiled an overall record of 8–0–1 with a mark of 4–0 in conference play, winning the Tri-State title.


1927 George Washington Hatchetites football team
The 1927 George Washington Hatchetites football team was an American football team that represented George Washington University as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Harry W. Crum, the team compiled a 7–2 record.


1927 Georgetown Blue and Gray football team
The 1927 Georgetown Blue and Gray football team represented Georgetown University during the 1927 college football season. Led by Lou Little in his fourth season as head coach, the team went 8–1.


1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The 1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia in the sport of American football during the 1927 Southern Conference football season. This was the last season George Cecil Woodruff served as the head coach of the football team and the team's 34th season of college football. The Bulldogs posted a 9–1 record, and were retroactively selected as the 1927 national champion under the Berryman QPRS, Boand, and Poling systems.


1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team
Called the "dream and wonder team", the Bulldogs were ranked No. 1 in the US with one regular season game remaining, but were upset in the mud by in-state rival Georgia Tech (the next season's national champion). Georgia did not win the Southern Conference (SoCon) championship in 1927 as a result of its loss to Georgia Tech at season's end. Georgia Tech (7–0–1 SoCon), Tennessee (5–0–1 SoCon), and NC State (4–0–0 SoCon) all finished undefeated in conference play.


1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The season featured Georgia's first-ever win against Yale as well as six shutouts. The win over Yale propelled Georgia to the national spotlight. The team was anchored by two All-American ends,  captain Chick Shiver and consensus All-American Tom Nash.


1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Preseason
At the end of last season, one source described Georgia as "probably the hardest hit team in the Southern Conference, losing 14 letter men with the Thanksgiving game."


1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Preseason, Woodruff resignation
Coach Woodruff said he would quit after this season. Former Notre Dame back Jim Crowley and Notre Dame lineman Harry Mehre assisted Woodruff with his Notre Dame Box scheme.


1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Week 1: Virginia
To open the season, Herdis McCrary averaged a touchdown a quarter and the Bulldogs romped over the Virginia Cavaliers 32–0.


1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Week 1: Virginia
The starting lineup was: Nash (left end), Morris (left tackle), Jacobson (left guard), Boland (center), Smith (right guard), Stelling (right tackle), Shiver (right end), Broadnax (quarterback), Estes (left halfback), McTigue (right halfback), McCrary (fullback)


1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Week 2: at Yale
In the second week of play, Georgia defeated Yale by the score of 14–10, the school's first win over an Eastern power. Georgia was propelled into the national spotlight. Bobby Hooks threw a 59-yard touchdown pass to Frank Dudley.


1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Week 2: at Yale
The starting lineup was: Nash (left end), Stelling (left tackle), Smith (left guard), Boland (center), Jacobson (right guard), Morris (right tackle), Shiver (right end), Broadnax (quarterback), Estes (left halfback), McTigue (right halfback), McCrary (fullback)


1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Week 3: Furman
Georgia defeated the Furman Purple Hurricane 32–0, giving the Purple Hurricane its only loss this season. Furman twice was within Georgia's 5-yard line.


1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Week 3: Furman
However, Georgia's backs also ran well. Frank Dudley had a 55-yard run for a score shortly after the start of the second quarter, and Roy Estes placed the ball in scoring position in the third with a 52-yard run.


1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Week 3: Furman
The starting lineup was: Nash (left end), Morris (left tackle), Haley (left guard), Boland (center), Jacobson (right guard), Paitz (right tackle), Shiver (right end), Broadnax (quarterback), Estes (left halfback), McTigue (right halfback), McCrary (fullback).


1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Week 4: Auburn
In the fourth week of play, Georgia beat Auburn 33–0. Four touchdowns were scored in the second period, when coach Woodruff sent in his first-string backfield. A long pass from Hooks to McCrary got one touchdown.


1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Week 4: Auburn
The starting lineup was: Nash (left end), Morris (left tackle), Haley (left guard), Boland (center), Jacobson (right guard), Lautzenheizer (right tackle), Shiver (right end), Broadnax (quarterback), Estes (left halfback), Hooks (right halfback), McCrary (fullback).


1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Week 5: at Tulane
The Bulldogs traveled to New Orleans and beat Tulane 31–0. McCrary was kept on the bench as the halfbacks provided most of the scoring.


1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Week 6: at Florida
Georgia beat the Florida Gators 28–0 after leading just 7–0 at the half. Florida quarterback Goof Bowyer broke his leg. The starting lineup was: Nash (left end), Morris (left tackle), Jacobson (left guard), Boland (center), Smith (right guard), Lautzenheizer (right tackle), Shiver (right end), Broadnax (quarterback), Estes (left halfback), McTigue (right halfback), Rothstein (fullback).


1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Week 7: Clemson
McCrary scored three of the five touchdowns in the 32–0 victory over Clemson.


1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Week 7: Clemson
McTigue ran in the first score. Roy Estes threw a 51-yard touchdown pass to H. F. Johnston. McCrary  replaced Rothstein and added two touchdowns. The second team went in the second half, in which McCrary added another touchdown.


1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Week 7: Clemson
The starting lineup was: Nash (left end), Morris (left tackle), Jacobson (left guard), Boland (center), Haley (right guard), Lautenheizer (right tackle), Shiver (right end), Broadnax (quarterback), Estes (left halfback), McTigue (right halfback), Rothstein (fullback).


1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Week 8: Mercer
Georgia started the Mercer game with its second string and won 26–7. One report before the game reads: "Mercer's football team has about as much chance of beating Georgia as The Cluster has of having compulsory chapel abolished."


1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Week 8: Mercer
Mercer's Phoney Smith was the first southern player to cross the goal line against Georgia, on an 80-yard punt return.


1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Week 9: at Alabama
The game on November 24 against the Alabama Crimson Tide was the first game played in the newly completed Legion Field. The 20–7 Bulldog victory snapped a five-game losing streak against Alabama.


1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Week 9: at Alabama
Estes passed to 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 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Week 9: at Alabama
The starting lineup was: Nash (left end), Morris (left tackle), C. Smith (left guard), Boland (center), Jacobson (right guard), Lautenheizer (right tackle), Shiver (right end), Johnson (quarterback), McTigue (left halfback), Estes (right halfback), Hill (fullback).


1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Week 10: at Georgia Tech
Georgia was ranked number 1 by the Dickinson system. Grant Field was expected to be filled to capacity, the largest crowd ever in the south. One account read "And never in the history of athletics in the Southland has there been an occasion so momentous as this. The football championship of the South and as some may justifiably figure, the nation, will be decided on Saturday in the capital city and native sons will decide it."


1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Week 10: at Georgia Tech
In the rain, the Bulldogs were defeated by rival Georgia Tech for the SoCon championship 12–0. For the first time this year, neither Nash nor Shiver played particularly well.


1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Week 10: at Georgia Tech
Tech's first touchdown came on a pass from Warner Mizell to quarterback Bob Durant. The second one came shortly after Stumpy Thomason returned an interception 57 yards to Georgia's 22-yard line. Thomason scored on a 13-yard end run.


1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Week 10: at Georgia Tech
The starting lineup was: Nash (left end), Morris (left tackle), Jacobson (left guard), Boland (center), Smith (right guard), Lautenheizer (right tackle), Shiver (right end), Johnson (quarterback), Estes (left halfback), Dudley (right halfback), McCrary (fullback).


1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Postseason, Legacy
By season's end, both Georgia and Yale were national champions according to various selectors. Despite the loss to Tech, the Bulldogs were  retroactively selected as the 1927 national champion under the Boand, Poling, and Berryman QPRS systems. Walter Eckersall noted the progress of southern football as he reflected on Georgia's victory over Yale; "Old Eli, with its running attack, could do nothing against Georgia, which is represented by two of the finest ends in the country. Nash and Shiver would be valuable assets on any football team."


1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Players, Depth chart
The following chart provides a visual depiction of Georgia's lineup during the 1927 season with games started at the position reflected in parenthesis. The chart mimics a Notre Dame Box on offense.


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team
The 1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team represented the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1927 Southern Conference football season. A member of the Southern Conference (SoCon), Georgia Tech was coached by William Alexander in his eighth year as head coach, compiling a record of 8–1–1 (7–0–1 SoCon) and outscoring opponents 125 to 39. Georgia Tech played its home games at Grant Field.


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team
In what was considered the best Georgia Tech season since 1918, the Tornado shared the SoCon title with the Tennessee Volunteers and NC State Wolfpack. Tech clinched the SoCon in the season's final game: upsetting rival Georgia's previously undefeated "dream and wonder team" which was nonetheless picked as a national champion by some selectors. Coach Alexander notably instituted "The Plan" to beat the rival Bulldogs; for weeks saving his regulars for practice.


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team
The Tornado also upset the Alabama Crimson Tide, handing the Tide their first loss in over two seasons. One researcher ranks Tech as the year's best Southern defense. Tech suffered its only loss to Notre Dame, and held Vanderbilt to a scoreless tie.


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Before the season
Tech was coming off the weakest season in coach William Alexander's tenure.


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 1: V. M. I.
To open the season, Tech defeated VMI 7–0. The Cadets played strongly for two quarters, but were near collapse by game's end. Al Barnes starred for VMI and Stumpy Thomason starred for Tech. "The V. M. I. team tried every brand of football they knew. But it was useless against the Tech defense and offense." The lone score came from Warner Mizell.


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 1: V. M. I.
The starting lineup was: Crowley (left end), Thrash (left tackle), Martin (left guard), Pund (center), Drennon (right guard), Hood (right tackle), Waddey (right end), Smith (quarterback), Parham (left halfback), Horn (right halfback), Randolph (fullback).


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 2: Tulane
On a sloppy, wet field, the Tornado beat Tulane 13–6 despite many publications calling the game a "toss-up". Tech's first score came after a fumble recovery when Stumpy Thomason scored. In the second quarter, Bill Banker "zigzagged through the entire Tech defense" for an 80-yard touchdown. Rain fell at halftime and for the entire third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Thomason had another, 10-yard touchdown.


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 2: Tulane
On the 11th, 15,000 gathered at Grant Field to pay tribute to Charles Lindbergh.


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 2: Tulane
The starting lineup was: Crowley (left end), Watkins (left tackle), Westbrook (left guard), Rusk (center), Drennon (right guard), Speer (right tackle), Waddey (right end), Durant (quarterback), Mizell (left halfback), Thomason (right halfback), Randolph (fullback).


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 3: Alabama
In the biggest upset of the young Southern Conference season, Georgia Tech defeated Wallace Wade's defending national champion Alabama Crimson Tide 13–0. The loss snapped Alabama's 24-game unbeaten streak. Alabama's line was exceptionally heavy, averaging some 200 pounds.


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 3: Alabama
Alabama had the upper hand in the first quarter, advancing the ball steadily to Tech's 14-yard line before being stopped on downs. The Jackets tipped the scale with a drive in the second quarter, highlighted by a 30-yard touchdown run by Stumpy Thomason. After a scoreless, see-sawing second half, the last touchdown was scored by Warner Mizell in the final minute.


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 3: Alabama
The starting lineup was: Crowley (left end), Thrash (left tackle), Martin (left guard), Pund (center), Drennon (right guard), Hood (right tackle), Waddey (right end), Durant (quarterback), Parham (left halfback), Thomason (right halfback), Randolph (fullback).


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 4: North Carolina
In the fourth week of play, Tech defeated the North Carolina Tar Heels 13–0. Tech's defensive line had a stellar game, several times thwarting the Tar Heel as it approached the goal. The first touchdown came in the second quarter, after a drive using fullback Randolph on several line plunges. A lateral pass sent captain Ed Crowley over for the score. In the fourth quarter, Stumpy Thomason had a 75-yard touchdown.


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 4: North Carolina
The starting lineup was: Bullard (left end), Watkins (left tackle), Westbrook (left guard), Ruck (center), Martin (right guard), Hood (right tackle), Waddey (right end), Schulman (quarterback), Mizell (left halfback), Fitzgerald (right halfback), Devaughn (fullback).


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 5: at Notre Dame
At Carter Field, Knute Rockne's Notre Dame Fighting Irish easily defeated Georgia Tech 26–7 in one of the season's most important clashes. "Had Rockne willed it the score might have doubled;"  and "only the able punting of Mizell...prevented a greater victory for the Irish."


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 5: at Notre Dame
Rockne started the game with substitutes, and sent in his regulars to start the second quarter. A 12-yard off-tackle run, a 25-yard pass, and an 11-yard gain on a double pass preceded a touchdown. The Irish led just 6–0 at the half. In the second half the Irish poured it on; the lone score from Tech was by Stumpy Thomason after a blocked Irish punt.


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 5: at Notre Dame
The starting lineup was: Crowley (left end), Hood (left tackle), Martin (left guard), Pund (center), Drennon (right guard), Watkins (right tackle), Waddey (right end), Durant (quarterback), Thomason (left halfback), Mizell (right halfback), Randolph (fullback).


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 6: at Vanderbilt
A wet field and a strong defense, ranked by one researcher as best in the South, helped Tech reassert itself and held the Vanderbilt Commodores to a scoreless tie, despite the Commodores having the upper hand in play.


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 6: at Vanderbilt
With the recent loss to Notre Dame, Tech had been overshadowed before the game by rival Georgia and its national championship bid. A strong game had been predicted, showcasing each team's backfield stars in Stumpy Thomason of Tech and Bill Spears of Vanderbilt. The high-flying attack of quarterback Spears led one writer to say Vandy produced "almost certainly the legit top Heisman candidate in Spears, if there had been a Heisman Trophy to award in 1927."


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 6: at Vanderbilt
The starting lineup was: Crowley (left end), Thrash (left tackle), Drennon (left guard), Pund (center), Martin (right guard), Hood (right tackle), Waddey (right end), Durant (quarterback), Mizell (left halfback), Thomason (right halfback), Randolph (fullback).


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 7: LSU
Starting the game with second-string men only to send them in later and add 20 points, Tech crushed coach Mike Donahue's LSU Tigers 23–0. "The game was devoid of thrills". The first touchdown came late in the third quarter, when Randolph scored behind right tackle.


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 7: LSU
The starting lineup was: Bullard (left end), Thrash (left tackle), Lillard (left guard), Rusk (center), Westbrook (right guard), Hood (right tackle), Holland (right end), Smith (quarterback), Parham (left halfback), Horn (right halfback), Randolph (fullback).


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 8: Oglethorpe
The Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels led the Tornado through three quarters 7–6, threatening to upset Tech just as it had last year. Oglethorpe scored on a Stumpy Thomason fumble. Tech managed to survive the scare by pulling ahead 19–7 in the final quarter. Warner Mizell saved the day with two touchdowns.


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 9: Auburn
Tech easily beat the Auburn Tigers 18–0. Auburn did not win a game all year. Stumpy Thomason went over the line for the first score In the second half, Tech played its first string minus Thomason, and Tech scored two more touchdowns. Warner Mizell ran off tackle for 50 yards for the first, and had a 1-yard run for the second.


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 9: Auburn
The starting lineup was: Bullard (left end), Hood (left tackle), Westbrook (left guard), Rusk (center), Lillard (right guard), Thrash (right tackle), Holland (right end), Smith (quarterback), Parham (left halfback), Thomason (right halfback), Oltz (fullback).


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 10: Georgia
Georgia Tech faced the undefeated and top-ranked in-state rival Georgia Bulldogs for the conference crown. The Bulldogs were known as the "Dream and Wonder team" and gave Yale its only loss. In the rain, Tech won 12–0. For the first time this year, neither of Georgia's ends Tom Nash nor Shiver played particularly well.


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 10: Georgia
Prior to the game, Coach Alexander instituted "The Plan," splitting his team into two squads and playing mostly reserves for four weeks. The regulars practiced for the upcoming Georgia contest. Grant Field was expected to be filled to capacity, the largest crowd ever in the south. One account read "And never in the history of athletics in the Southland has there been an occasion so momentous as this. The football championship of the South and as some may justifiably figure, the nation, will be decided on Saturday in the capital city and native sons will decide it."


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 10: Georgia
Tech's first touchdown came on a pass from Warner Mizell to quarterback Bob Durant. The second one came shortly after Stumpy Thomason returned an interception 57 yards to Georgia's 22-yard line. Thomason scored on a 13-yard end run.


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 10: Georgia
The starting lineup was: Crowley (left end), Watkins (left tackle), Westbrook (left guard), Pund (center), Drennon (right guard), Speer (right tackle), Waddey (right end), Durant (quarterback), Mizell (left halfback), Read (right halfback), Randolph (fullback).


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Post season
The defeat of Georgia netted Tech the Southern title. Several Tech players received postseason honors. Tackle Frank Speer, Center Peter Pund, and Halfbacks Warner Mizell and Stumpy Thomason were all selected All-Southern.


1927 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Personnel, Depth chart
The following chart depicts Tech's lineup during the 1927 season with games started at the position shown in parenthesis. The chart mimics the offense after the jump shift has taken place.


1927 Georgia vs. Yale football game
The 1927 Georgia vs. Yale football game, played October 8, 1927, was a college football game between the Georgia Bulldogs and Yale Bulldogs at the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut. Both teams were picked by some selectors as national champion. Georgia won 14 to 10. Georgia was known as the "dream and wonder team" and it was the school's first defeat of northern power Yale which propelled the team in the national spotlight. Georgia had traveled to Yale each of the previous four seasons, each time coming up with a loss, and were outscored by a combined 101 to 13.


1927 Georgia vs. Yale football game
Walter Eckersall noted the progress of southern football as he reflected on Georgia's victory over Yale; "Old Eli, with its running attack, could do nothing against Georgia, which is represented by two of the finest ends in the country. Nash and Shiver would be valuable assets on any football team." "Georgia downed Yale on aggressiveness and the ability to carry on a successful forward pass attack. Costly fumbles and poor generalship by Yale were quickly converted into Georgia opportunities. Purdue upset Harvard the same week.


1927 German Ice Hockey Championship
The 1927 German Ice Hockey Championship was the 11th season of the German Ice Hockey Championship, the national championship of Germany. SC Riessersee won the championship by defeating SC Charlottenburg in the final.


1927 German football championship
The 1927 German football championship, the 20th edition of the competition, was won by 1. FC Nürnberg, defeating Hertha BSC 2–0 in the final.


1927 German football championship
For 1. FC Nürnberg it was the fifth national championship. It brought to an end Nuremberg's most successful era where the club won five titles in eight seasons, missing out on a sixth one in the inconclusive 1922 championship. Nuremberg would have to wait nine seasons, until 1936, to win its sixth of eight titles in the German championship era from 1903 to 1963. For Hertha BSC it marked the second consecutive final loss, a series the club would extend to four in the following seasons. Hertha would than go on to win back-to-back championships in 1930 and 1931 for a record six consecutive final appearances.


1927 German football championship
SpVgg Fürth's Andreas Franz was the top scorer of the 1927 championship with six goals.


1927 German football championship
Sixteen club qualified for the knock-out competition, two from each of the regional federations plus an additional third club from the South and West. In all cases the regional champions and runners-up qualified. In the West the third spot went to the third placed team of the championship while, in the South, the third spot was determined in a separate qualifying competition for runners-up and third placed teams.


1927 Giro d'Italia
The 1927 Giro d'Italia was the 15th edition of the Giro d'Italia, a cycling race organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 15 May in Milan with a stage that stretched 288 km (179 mi) to Turin, finishing back in Milan on 6 June after a 291.5 km (181 mi) stage and a total distance covered of 3,758.3 km (2,335 mi). The race was won by Alfredo Binda of the Legnano team. Second and third respectively were the Italian riders Giovanni Brunero and Antonio Negrini.


1927 Giro d'Italia
266 riders started the race, and 80 crossed the finish line of the final stage.


1927 Giro d'Italia
It was the first Giro with a modern design: in the same period of time of the previous Giro, three more stages were included, which replaced three days of rest. At the same time the stages became shorter (only one passed 300 km).


1927 Giro d'Italia
In 1927 Binda was at the apex of its career, and it triumphed winning 12 stages out of 15: a record still to be surpassed. Binda led the general classification from the first to the last stage (only Girardengo had already done it, in the 1919 Giro). In Binda's team there was also his brother Albino, as a support rider.


1927 Giro d'Italia
Giovanni Rossignoli, "virtual" winner of the first edition in 1909, participated for the last time. He was 45 years old and concluded the race in 44th place, about 7 hours behind Binda.


1927 Giro d'Italia, Participants
Of the 266 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 15 May, 80 of them made it to the finish in Milan on 6 June. Riders were allowed to ride on their own or as a member of a team. There were six teams that competed in the race: Aliprandi-Pirelli, Bianchi-Pirelli, Berettini-Hutchinson, Ganna-Dunlop, Legnano-Pirelli, and Wolsit-Pirelli.


1927 Giro d'Italia, Participants
The peloton was primarily composed of Italians. The field featured three former Giro d'Italia champions in three-time winner and reigning champion Giovanni Brunero, along with one-time winners Alfredo Binda and Giuseppe Enrici. Other notable Italian riders that started the race included Arturo Bresciani, Giovanni Rossignoli, and Domenico Piemontesi.


1927 Giro d'Italia, Final standings, General classification
There were 80 cyclists who had completed all fifteen stages. For these cyclists, the times they had needed in each stage was added up for the general classification. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the winner. Aristide Cavallini won the prize for best ranked independent rider in the general classification.


1927 Giro di Lombardia
The 1927 Giro di Lombardia was the 23rd edition of the Giro di Lombardia cycle race and was held on 30 October 1927. The race started and finished in Milan. The race was won by Alfredo Binda.


1927 Gold Coast general election
General elections were held in Gold Coast in August 1927, the first direct elections in the territory.


1927 Gold Coast general election, Background
The Guggisberg constitution was promulgated in May 1925, and provided for a 30-member Legislative Council with 16 official members and 14 unofficial members. Of the 14 unofficial members, three were Europeans appointed by the Governor to represent banking, mercantile and shipping interests, and two were Europeans elected by the Chamber of Commerce and Chamber of Mines.


1927 Gold Coast general election, Background
The remaining nine unofficial members were Africans, six of which were elected by the Provincial Councils (three by the Eastern Province Council, two by the Central Province Council and one by the Western Province Council) and three members representing the three municipalities of Accra, Cape Coast and Sekondi. Western Province Council refused to elect its member, who was substituted by Nana Ofori Atta from the Eastern Province by the Governor.


1927 Gold Coast general election, Background
In 1927 the constitution was amended to allow for the three municipal representatives to be directly elected. However, the franchise was severely limited, with only 1,816 people registered to vote in Accra from a population of 40,000, and 672 in Sekondi (less than 2% of the town's population).


1927 Gold Coast general election, Campaign
Having initially been opposed to the limited electoral representation, moderate African leaders agreed to participate in the elections following a meeting between the Governor and J. E. Casely Hayford, F. V. Nanka-Bruce and John Glover Addo. However, Kobina Sekyi and the Cape Coast branch of the Gold Coast Aborigines' Rights Protection Society (ARPS) continued to refuse to participate. Although Casely Hayford attempted to have Henry van Hien nominated as a candidate in Cape Coast, this was opposed by the local Omanhene and the ARPS, and no candidate was forthcoming.


1927 Gold Coast general election, Campaign
Prior to the elections, Casely Hayford attempted to form organisations to support himself and his followers. In Accra, the contest was effectively between the National Congress of British West Africa and the ARPS. Several former members of Congress formed the Accra Ratepayers Association in June 1927 with Glover Addo as their candidate. From the ARPS side, A. W. Kojo Thompson (who had been appointed to the Legislative Council in 1926) ran as the Mambii Party candidate, supported by the Mantsemei.


1927 Gold Coast general election, Campaign
However, Thompson's support was weakened by the breakaway Asere Kowulu Non-Party Society, which nominated K. Quartey-Papafio as a protest by the Asere people against Kojo Thompson's selection. Although Quartey-Papafio was not a serious contender in the election, his main aim was to take votes from Kojo Thompson. Neither major candidate had a manifesto, with the campaign instead focusing on their character. Ratepayers member Nanka-Bruce used his newspaper The Gold Coast Independent to denounce Thompson and the Mambii Party.


1927 Gold Coast general election, Campaign
In Sekondi, the Sekondi Municipal Electors Association was formed in June to discuss politics and educate voters. It proposed five candidates, but only two opted to contest the elections – Casely Hayford and George James Christian, a barrister who had immigrated from the West Indies. The main campaign issues were the candidates' political experience, their support from Europeans, and Christian's nationality. Christian used the campaign slogan 'Christian in name, sympathy and attitude.


1927 Gold Coast general election, Results
In Accra, Glover Addo was elected with 380 votes, defeating Kojo Thompson (238 votes) and Quartey-Papafio (147 votes); 765 of the 1,816 registered voters participated. In Sekondi, Casely Hayford easily defeated Christian by 146 votes to 25.


1927 Gold Coast general election, Results
When elections were eventually held in Cape Coast in 1928, Kobina Arku Korsah of the Ratepayers Association was returned unopposed. The Omahene and Sekyi filed a petition against the election, claiming it was not valid without his support. However, the judge ruled that the case "should never have been brought to this court".


1927 Gold Coast general election, Aftermath
Casely Hayford died in 1930. In the subsequent by-election, Christian defeated Roland Crowther Nicol by 90 votes to 57.


1927 Gonzaga Bulldogs football team
The 1927 Gonzaga Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Gonzaga University during the 1927 college football season. In their third year under head coach Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith, the Bulldogs compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored all opponents by a total of 154 to 59.


1927 Gonzaga Bulldogs football team
The team was led by quarterback Fanny Hunting. He ran 97 yards for a touchdown against Nevada. The team captain was Fred Baier. Baier's mother died in the grandstand at the start of Gonzaga's game against Washington State. Baier did not learn of his mother's death until he was taken out of the game in the fourth quarter due to an injury.


1927 Grand National
The 1927 Grand National was the 86th renewal of the world-famous Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 25 March 1927.


1927 Grand National
The race was won by Sprig, the 8/1 favourite ridden by jockey Ted Leader. Leader's father, Tom, trained the winner. It was Sprig's third attempt at winning the National — his owner, Mary Partridge, having kept him in training in memory of her son who died in World War I.


1927 Grand National
At Becher's Brook on the first circuit, Marsin and Lissett III fell and Silver Somme — a popular fancy — refused. Bovril III, a 100/1 outsider, finished in second place by one length, with Bright's Boy another length behind in third.


1927 Grand National
This was the first National to be covered on BBC Radio.


1927 Grand Prix season
The 1927 Grand Prix season was the third (and final) AIACR World Manufacturers' Championship season and the second run to a 1.5-litre engine limit. In a dominant display, the championship was won by Delage, with team driver Robert Benoist winning four of the five Grand Prix.


1927 Grand Prix season
The championship opened with the Indianapolis 500 – once again a contest between Duesenberg and Miller engines. Previous year's winner Frank Lockhart started on pole position and led for over half the race until his car suffered a broken con-rod. Rookie George Souders, driving Peter DePaolo’s 1925 race-winning Duesenberg, came through and took a comfortable victory with an eight lap margin. DePaolo went on to secure the season's AAA Championship with three wins and four second places.


1927 Grand Prix season
After major re-working over the close season to sort out the chronic exhaust and heating issues, the Delages proved unbeatable. They were the only manufacturer to enter the requisite three races to qualify for the championship. Bugatti and Talbot challenged them at the next Grand Prix, in France, but then the Talbot team was shut down. Three Americans, including Indy-winner George Souders, came over for the mandatory Italian round but their oval-track car-designs were unsuitable for European circuit-racing. The final round, the British Grand Prix attracted a bigger field, but once again Delage was able to romp to a dominating 1-2-3 victory.


1927 Grand Prix season
It was already readily apparent that the 1.5-litre formula was not attracting consistent manufacturer interest. The AIACR had stated, before the season started, that from 1928 it would not continue this racing format but instead run its Grands Prix to an open Formula Libre, as most other European races were already being done.


1927 Grand Prix season
The season had opened with the advent of a new road-race across northern Italy – the Mille Miglia was a race for touring cars from Brescia to Rome and back. Ferdinando Minoia led home a triumphant 1-2-3 for OM. In a rain-affected Targa Florio, Emilio Materassi kept control to win for Bugatti. His success continued and he went on to be the winner of Italy's inaugural Driver's Championship. The other significant event of the racing year was the opening of a major new racetrack in Germany. The Nürburgring was over 30 km of winding road with 172 corners, situated near the Ardennes Forest just across the border from the Belgian Spa-Francorchamps circuit. The opening race in June was won by Rudolf Caracciola in a 6.8-litre Mercedes sports-car.


1927 Grand Prix season, Manufacturers' World Championship
The Indianapolis 500 also counted towards the 1927 AAA Championship Car season held in the United States


1927 Grand Prix season, Teams and drivers
These tables only intend to cover entries in the Championship Grands Prix and the major non-Championship races, as keyed above. Sources:


1927 Grand Prix season, Teams and drivers, Significant Privateer drivers
Note: * raced in event as a relief driver. Those in brackets show, although entered, the driver did not race


1927 Grand Prix season, Regulations and Technical
The AIACR (forerunner of the FIA) kept with its 1.5-litre formula, despite the low manufacturer interest. The only modification to the regulations was that the minimum dry weight of the car was increased from 600 to 700kg. Although two seats were the usual, a single-seat was now also accepted if the seat was a minimum 80cm wide and 25cm high. This year, the European Grand Prix was awarded back to the Italian Automobile Club. Once again, each team had to compete in at least three of the races, including the mandatory Italian Grand Prix to qualify for the championship.


1927 Grand Prix season, Regulations and Technical
All races were supposed to be at least 600km long, however the Italian and British Grand Prix did not meet this, and there is no apparent explanation why. At its October 1926 meeting, the AIACR had faced its reality that the 1.5-litre formula had not worked. The committee therefore agreed that the current format would only extend for one more year, to be replaced in 1928 by an open engine regulation.


1927 Grand Prix season, Regulations and Technical
With the Targa Florio, the organisers reduced the classes to just three – up to 1100, to 1500 and over 1500. This put the 2-litre Bugattis in the same category as the bigger-engined Peugeot and Alfa Romeo. The 1100cc cars only ran three laps, while the rest did five laps (with a maximum of 9 hours). Two occupants were mandatory for all cars. This year, as part of the ongoing stipulations from Peugeot who had won the Coppa Florio in 1925, that race was not held in conjunction with the Targa Florio. Instead, the Coppa was raced in France as a sports and touring car event.


1927 Grand Prix season, Regulations and Technical
Motorsport now started getting political. Italian leader Benito Mussolini, a keen follower of motor-racing, saw it as a propaganda advantage and an opportunity to enhance national prestige. So, this year the Italian Automobile Club set up its first national championship. It was to comprise twelve events, including the major races of the Italian and Rome Grands Prix and the Targa Florio, with a view of increasing competition and experience of Italian drivers. To promote Italian car manufacturers, a new event was organised – the Mille Miglia (“1000 Miles”). The concept planned by four wealthy gentlemen-drivers from Brescia, it was a race for touring and sports cars on public roads from Brescia to Rome and back and would soon become an iconic annual event.


1927 Grand Prix season, Regulations and Technical, Technical Innovation
Ettore Bugatti had a winning formula with his Type 35 chassis and its variants, and changed little over the close-season aside from fitting a larger supercharger to the Type 39A grand prix car. However, after the exhaust debacle of the previous year, Delage set about making fundamental changes to their car. The two superchargers replaced by a single one, while the engine block was reversed and offset from centre to move the exhaust away from the driver. The result was a greatly improved car.


1927 Grand Prix season, Regulations and Technical, Technical Innovation
The Maserati Brothers developed their first model, the Tipo 26, as the 26B with its supercharged straight-8 engine bored out to 2.0-litres. Fiat had retired from racing at the end of 1924. Yet in September, the astonishing new 806 model appeared at the Italian Grand Prix weekend. Designed by Carlo Cavalli and Tranquillo Zerbi, the V12 1.5-litre engine had two 6-cylinder engine-blocks mounted side by side on a common crankcase and geared together. With the valves driven by three overhead camshafts it could develop 185 bhp at 8500rpm.


1927 Grand Prix season, Regulations and Technical, Technical Innovation
The engine unit itself was offset to the left with the driver in the right-hand seat and the fuel-tank beside him. The low profile gave it a blistering top speed of 250 km/h, easily 40 km/h faster than any of the current competition. That it only ever competed in one race left many commentators wondering what might have been.


1927 Grand Prix season, Regulations and Technical, Technical Innovation
In the US, Harry Miller continued developing his supercharged 1.5-litre engines. Bred for the oval tracks, his sleek single-seater was now putting out an incredible 230 bhp running on alcohol fuel – making it easily the most powerful racing engine across the world. During the year Eddie Rickenbacker, decorated war-hero and former racing driver, bought the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from Carl Fisher and Jim Allison for $700 000.


1927 Grand Prix season, Regulations and Technical, Technical Innovation
On 29 March, Henry Segrave became the first man to break the 200 mph land speed barrier in a Sunbeam 1000 hp Slug. Called Mystery, the car was powered by two 22-litre V12 aircraft engines.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The Italian road-races
A new event in March started the racing season. Four young gentleman-drivers (including Conte Aymo Maggi and Franco Mazzotti), wanting to restore Brescia's former pre-eminence in Italian motorsport, put a proposal to the government for a national road-race that was promptly approved. The race for touring and sports-cars harked back to the city-to-city races from the turn of the century. Called the Mille Miglia, as it covered a non-stop run across one thousand miles of public roads. It ran from Brescia to Rome via Bologna, before crossing the Apennines to Ancona and back to Brescia via Ferrara, Padua and Vicenza.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The Italian road-races
It attracted many of the top Italian drivers and captured the imagination of country. Aymo Maggi himself, driving an Isotta Fraschini with Alfieri Maserati, was the first away at 8 am as the largest car in the field. Although Gastone Brilli-Peri in his Alfa Romeo led into Rome, after 21 hours, it was Ferdinando Minoia who arrived at Brescia first. In OM's finest hour, their cars finished 1-2-3 in the inaugural race of this iconic event, made all the better as the cars were built in Brescia.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The Italian road-races
The Targa Florio, in April, was the opening round of the new Italian Championship. Peugeot and Bugatti returned to renew their rivalry. This year Peugeot only had a single 174 S 4-litre sports car for André Boillot. Former Targa winner Bartolomeo Costantini was now the Bugatti team manager and brought four cars. Caberto Conelli had a 1.5-litre Type 37A, while the other drivers, veteran Jules Goux and Ferdinando Minoia, Emilio Materassi and liqueur-heir André Dubonnet, had the new 2-litre Type 35C. They were supported by a squadron of seven privateers making up half the field.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The Italian road-races
In the absence of Fiat and Alfa Romeo, Italian honour would be upheld by Maserati. Alfieri Maserati drove the new Tipo 26B himself, while his brother Ernesto and Aymo Maggi had older Tipo26s. As the initial car was a non-starter, the first car left at 8:04 am. At the beginning Dubonnet and Boillot duelled for the lead. Conelli was first to arrive back at the line, but on elapsed time, Minoia had a five-second lead over Dubonnet with Materassi and female Czech driver Eliška Junková less than a minute behind. But going into the second lap, the order changed significantly.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The Italian road-races
A third of the way around, Junková slid off the road when the steering rod broke. Soon after, Minoia retired with a broken universal joint and Dubonnet was having engine problems. Materassi set a new lap record opening a 6-minute lead over Maserati (who pitted with a flat tyre) and Conelli. Three Bugattis were fighting with the three Maseratis with Boillot's Peugeot in seventh. Rain started falling on the fourth lap making the roads treacherous, and causing several drivers to go off the road.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The Italian road-races
But Materassi kept control throughout with he and Conelli getting a comfortable 1-2 victory for Bugatti, the third straight win for the team. Alfieri Maserati was twenty minutes back with Boillot in fourth, over fifty minutes behind the winner. Only six of the 22 starters were classified at the finish. Two weeks later, another race - the Coppa Messina - was held on the mountain roads of Sicily. Materassi crashed his Bugatti in practice but bought one of the works Maseratis to race instead. A Bugatti won again, but Alfieri Maserati was severely injured when he crashed, blinded by dust, overtaking two other cars. Several major newspapers mistakenly reported his death, however he did slowly recover despite losing a kidney.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, Indianapolis
Once again, the Indianapolis 500 would be a two-way contest between Duesenberg and Miller. All cars had either of those two engines. Harry Miller had dramatically developed his engine to an impressive 230 bhp. Rookie Charles ‘Dutch’ Bauman drove the works car, while a number of customer teams backed them up with experienced drivers like previous winners Frank Lockhart and Peter DePaolo, as well as Ralph Hepburn, Leon Duray, Harry Hartz and Eddie Hearne. The Duesenberg brothers had three works cars for Wade Morton and rookies Babe Stapp and Benny Shoaff.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, Indianapolis
Another ten rookies started this year's race including Wilbur Shaw, Louis Schneider, Cliff Bergere and Fred Frame. Two-time winner Tommy Milton had been working on Cliff Durant’s new Detroit-Miller Special, and when the latter was too ill to race, Milton qualified the car. Former racer and champion Earl Cooper built four Miller-powered front-wheel drive specials, sponsored by the Buick Motor Company. His drivers were Bennett Hill, Peter Kreis, Bob McDonogh and Jules Ellingboe.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, Indianapolis
In qualifying, the 1927 winner Frank Lockhart set a new lap record of 120.9 mph. Joining him on the front row were DePaolo and Duray. Lockhart dominated the race for 120 laps until he was put out by a broken con-rod. In a race of attrition only ten cars were flagged. Rookie George Souders drove a reliable race in his Duesenberg and came through for the victory. It was the same car that Peter DePaolo had won with in 1925 although Souders had denied that at the time.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, Indianapolis
Duesenberg was in line for a 1-2 finish until, with two laps to go, the rear gearing broke on Babe Stapp’s car that he was running relief for Benny Shoaff. Earl Devore inherited second place, finishing 12 minutes (effectively 8 laps) behind Souders. It was the largest winning margin since 1913 and Souders was the first driver to win the race without the help of a relief driver or a riding mechanic. There were several major incidents in the race. On lap 24, Norman Batten’s Miller caught fire. The driver stood up in his seat to drive it away from the pits to safety before jumping out. Soon after Jules Ellingboe was seriously injured when his car crashed into the wall and rolled.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, Indianapolis
In an abbreviated season of only 11 races, the 1927 AAA championship was won for the second time by Pete DePaolo, with 3 wins and 4 seconds. That consistency was better than second-placed Frank Lockhart's 4 wins alone. In 1926, after his mathematical work for college football, Professor Frank G. Dickinson at the University of Illinois developed a points system for the AAA. The 1927 championship used that, and the AAA retroactively calculated it on the previous seasons’ results going back to 1909 that would be published in their February 1929 bulletin.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The Championship in Europe
The start of the European leg of the World Championship was the French Grand Prix, held at Montlhéry. Ten cars were entered, from four manufacturers. Bugatti had their drivers from the Targa Florio – Materassi, Conelli and Dubonnet. The Delage cars had been considerably revised and upgraded over the close-season. The team drivers were Robert Benoist, Edmond Bourlier and André Morel. The third trio was the Talbot team of Albert Divo, veteran Louis Wagner and William Grover-Williams. The final entry was the Halford Special, recently sold by Frank Halford to George Eyston.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The Championship in Europe
Earlier in the weekend, Divo had won the Course de Formula Libre in his Talbot, while Wagner and Williams raced Sunbeams but retired. After race-practice, Ettore Bugatti withdrew his team saying his cars were too uncompetitive, much to the anger of the big French crowd. Despite that, there was a close race with Divo leading Benoist and Williams at the end of the first lap. Wagner's Talbot had been left on the start line, unwilling to start, and he lost five minutes getting going. On the fourth lap Benoist and Williams both passed Divo, taking turns setting the fastest lap.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The Championship in Europe
But when Williams joined Morel and Eyston in the pits with engine issues, Benoist was able to open up a 2-minute lead over Divo. Just before the halfway point, Divo retired with a failed supercharger and the Talbot challenge was blunted with Wagner now a lap behind. While all the other cars had assorted issues, Benoist kept circulating at a rapid pace. Benoist ran away to lead a 1-2-3 victory for Delage. After the French Grand Prix, Louis Wagner announced his retirement. After a notable career, he was the last active driver from the original 1906 Grand Prix.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The Championship in Europe
By the time of the next Grand Prix, in Spain, Talbot had withdrawn from motor-racing with the company facing an uncertain financial future. Bugatti did arrive to contest the race with Delage. The seventh and final starter was local Bilbao driver José Joaquín Palacio driving a Maserati Tipo 26. At noon, from a rolling start, Benoist took the lead. Palacio's Maserati was immediately in trouble and out of the race.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The Championship in Europe
Benoist and Materassi pulled away from the others, over a minute behind by lap 5. Materassi lost a minute when he skidded at a corner and bumped a wall, but pitted early to refuel to get him to the end of the race. At halfway Benoist had his fuel stop and came out less than a minute ahead of Materassi. Conelli was a further minute behind for Bugatti, now well ahead of Louis Chiron (reserve driver for Dubonnet) and Bourlier. When Benoist had to stop again five laps later to change spark plugs, Materassi took the lead.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The Championship in Europe
When he then stopped to change a wheel, Materassi came out barely a car-length ahead of Benoist. They duelled back and forth for thirty minutes until Materassi cut a corner too tight, went off the road and hit another wall. Although uninjured, this time his car's suspension was too damaged to continue. Benoist only narrowly missed both the Bugatti and a quarry-wagon. Chiron crashed with four laps to go, and was fortunate not to get a serious head injury as he had chosen to wear a hard crash-helmet. These left only three cars in the race, leaving Benoist to take another comfortable victory, ahead of Conelli's Bugatti, and teammate Bourlier's Delage.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The Championship in Europe
Bugatti failed to show, once again, at the nominally mandatory Italian Grand Prix. Fiat withdrew their entries for Pietro Bordino and Carlo Salamano, citing that the new cars were untested over a grand prix distance. But the Americans returned after a year away, with Indianapolis-winner George Souders in his Duesenberg, and Earl Cooper and Peter Kreis in front-wheel-drive Cooper-Millers. Delage confidence was such that only Benoist was entered. The American cars were designed for oval-racing and unsuited to the European road-courses. Compared to the five-speed gearboxes of the Delage, the Miller (used to rolling starts) only employed a two-speed gearing. It was ironic, that even though there were only six starters, the race had more manufacturers represented than in any GP race of the 2-year 1.5-litre formula.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The Championship in Europe
The race started in pouring rain, with Benoist jumping into the lead followed by Souders and Minoia. Cooper and Kreis crawled off the line and Morandi's OM would not start. The American cars were very disappointing: Kreis’ Miller did not finish the first lap, retiring with a broken crankshaft. Souders was running in second until he had to retire a dozen laps with rainwater in his fuel. Cooper was finding his car almost undriveable in the wet weather and stopped soon after to be relieved by Kreis.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The Championship in Europe
Meanwhile, Benoist had established his dominance, having lapped the field after ten laps and holding a 15-minute lead after thirty (300km). Benoist went on to win by over 20 minutes (4 laps) back to Morandi. Kreis had driven hard  and was able to get up to pass Minoia for third on the last lap.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The Championship in Europe
The British Grand Prix at Brooklands would be another Delage-Bugatti contest. This last race of the 1.5-litre formula provided the biggest entry list of any of the European rounds. Souders’ Duesenberg and the Fiats withdrew. The Bugatti team were Materassi, Conelli and Chiron. Delage's cars were driven by Benoist and Bourlier. Albert Divo was hired by Delage after the Talbot team was folded. British car company Alvis entered its latest front-wheel drive Grand Prix car for regular team driver Maurice Harvey. There were also three privateer Bugattis run by Malcolm Campbell, George Eyston and the Parisian-resident Romanian Prince Gheorghe Ghica-Cantacuzino.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The Championship in Europe
The final entrants were two Thomas Specials driven by Harold Purdy and William “Bomber” Scott. They were built by J.G. Parry-Thomas, based on the Leyland Eight luxury saloon chassis. The cars had been sold after Parry-Thomas was killed earlier in the year making a Land Speed Record attempt at Pendine Sands. For the sake of the neighbouring farms and houses, all the cars had to be fitted with noise-reducing exhaust mufflers.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The Championship in Europe
The Saturday was cold and wet. In the morning, Harvey's Alvis broke its oil-pump and could not take the start. The remaining eleven cars could be lined up in a single row across the wide Railway Straight. In the heavy rain, Bourlier could not start his Delage, leaving his mechanics working on the car as the flag dropped. Materassi jumped into the lead, yet by the second lap, Bourlier had caught up and taken the lead. After only ten of the 125 laps both Thomas cars had dropped out and Eyston was having the first of many stops for sparkplugs.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The Championship in Europe
The Delage team had taken control, with Divo leading Bourlier and Benoist. Around the halfway point, most drivers stopped to refuel but Conelli, running in fourth, ran out of petrol and spent half an hour pushing his car back to the pits in the lashing rain. Chiron inherited his place but was already six laps behind the leader. Louis Delage issued team orders for his cars to finish in numerical order, which by opportune pit-stops was what happened - with Benoist winning from Bourlier and Divo. Chiron finished the 125 laps nearly half an hour later, and Materassi was flagged off still a further seven laps back.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The Championship in Europe
The British drivers returned to Brooklands a fortnight later, in much better weather, for the JCC 200-miles. Campbell and Eyston both ran Bugatti T39As and had a terrific duel for the first half of the race until Eyston retired. This left Campbell to run away with a victory.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The other races and a single flash from Fiat
Throughout the year, a number of races had promising fields but then many drivers and teams would fail to show up for raceday. This frustrated the spectators, and early on in the season at the Provence Grand Prix, held at the Miramas oval, they expressed their displeasure. Heavy rain in the morning had delayed the qualifying races, then in the warm-up for the final, Robert Benoist crashed his Delage into two other cars forming up on the grid. Bruised and with a damaged car, he could not take the start.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The other races and a single flash from Fiat
When the Talbot team then withdrew from the final, the crowd's disappointment turned to anger. With inadequate communication and security from the organisers, spectators starting spilling onto the track by the third lap. Some drivers kept racing, until the race had to be flagged after the fifth lap when Chiron was in the lead. People got to the Talbot pit and vandalised the cars, forcing Divo and Moriceau to make a hasty exit. After this fiasco, the organising company soon went bankrupt and the circuit fell into disuse. The Marne Grand Prix, held just after the French GP, was a win for Bugatti to a future star: Philippe Etancelin.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The other races and a single flash from Fiat
The San Sebastián Grand Prix was held the week before the Spanish Grand Prix. Both were held on the 17km Lasarte road circuit in the Basque country of Spain. Run to Formula Libre rules, a big field of 34 was whittled down to 17 starters mainly of 2-litre Bugattis and 1.1-litre voiturettes. Emilio Materassi led home his three Bugatti works teammates leading from start to finish, with Charles Martin finishing almost an hour later in sixth in his works Amilcar, as the first voiturette home.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The other races and a single flash from Fiat
Throughout the year, the inaugural Italian Championship had attracted big fields of 20-30 cars and good crowds. The Rome Grand Prix, back on the calendar after a year's absence, was held in the city on a circuit just south of the River Tiber. It was significant as it gave future great racer Tazio Nuvolari his first major win in a car. Previously a motorcycle champion he, like many compatriots, were swapping over to four wheels. His skills in his regular Bugatti, not needing pit-stops, gave him victory over a number of more powerful supercharged Type 35s.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The other races and a single flash from Fiat
Unfortunately, there were several bad crashes when cars went off the road into spectators. They included Materassi, who crashed his Itala special, killing a young boy. Held on the same day as the Italian GP, the Milan Grand Prix saw the surprise appearance of a brand-new Fiat model. The 806 had a supercharged 1.5-litre engine, but Fiat chose not to enter it in World Championship race, despite its obvious power and speed.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The other races and a single flash from Fiat
In a strange format, the 50km final would include the top-three finishers from three heats (divided by engine-class) along with the top-three placings after the fifth lap of the Italian GP. Unsurprisingly, after running a 4-hour, 500km Grand Prix, none of those three qualifiers (Benoist, Souders and Minoia) chose to then run in the Milan GP final.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The other races and a single flash from Fiat
Despite a slow start, Pietro Bordino was able to bring that power to the fore to easily win the short race.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The new Nürburgring
The official opening of a major new racetrack in Germany happened in June. The Nürburgring was similar in concept to the 22km Solitudering near Stuttgart: a windy circuit in the hills centred around the local Nürburg castle, near Koblenz. It came from a project driven by the mayor of Cologne to draw tourism to the Ardennes area in the west, as well as creating work for many unemployed in the region. Despite a 2.2 km main straight, the track had 172 corners and comprised the main 23 km Nordschleife as well as the 8 km Sudschleife.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The new Nürburgring
The opening race used the combined track and was won by Rudolf Caracciola in a 6.8-litre Mercedes sports-car. A month later, the second German Grand Prix was held at the track. Held for sports cars again, it was won by Otto Merz in a similar car. In Berlin, the AVUS circuit was modified with an intimidating 43 degree banking built on the Nordkurve.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The new Nürburgring
Louis Delage had reportedly invested £36000 in improving his Grand Prix cars and announced his withdrawal from racing at the end of the season, selling the four cars. They continued to be very successful in voiturette racing well into the 1930s and beyond, last appearing in an F1 race in 1950. At Fiat, their pro-racing managing director, Guido Fornaca, died in January. The government-appointed board were shocked to discover the cost of developing the fantastic 806 and immediately closed down the racing department. They also ordered the 806, and earlier 804 and 805 models, destroyed instead of selling them to recover costs to a prospective queue of privateer racers. Italy's 1926 economic depression pushed many of the small manufacturers out of business.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The new Nürburgring
After a successful season running his own Maserati 26, Itala 55 special and Bugatti 35, Emilio Materassi was declared the first winner of the new Italian national championship. With the shutdown of the Sunbeam-Talbot racing team, Materassi bought the three works Talbot 700s to start his own racing team, the first of its kind. In the United States, Tommy Milton, 1921 AAA champion and two-time Indianapolis winner retired, taking up an engineering position at Packard. For Robert Benoist, with his unbeaten run in the World Championship, the reward was even greater – the president of France awarded him the country's highest honour, making him a Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur.


1927 Grand Prix season, Season review, The new Nürburgring
The end of the season marked the end of the 1.5-litre formula. Increasing development costs and poor competition had conspired to discouraged manufacturers from entering. The next year would see an open engine limit, although the chassis weight minimum remained to ensure structural integrity and safety.


1927 Grand Prix season, Championship final standings
The table lists the highest race position for each manufacturer. Only the best finishing car gained points for its manufacturer. Note: To be eligible for the championship, manufacturers had to take part in three of the five Grand Prix including the Italian GP. * non-participation disqualified the manufacturer from the championship


1927 Grand Prix season, Results of the season's major races
italics show the driver of the race's fastest lap. Only those drivers with a best finish of 6th or better are shown. Sources:


1927 Green Bay Packers season
The 1927 Green Bay Packers season was their ninth season overall and their seventh season in the National Football League. The team finished with a 7–2–1 record under player/coach Curly Lambeau earning them a second-place finish.


1927 Green Bay Packers season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1927 Guatemalan Constitutional Convention election
Constitutional Convention elections were held in Guatemala in June 1927. Lázaro Chacón González put 33 senior officers on the official list of candidates, and whilst civilian leaders of the Liberal Party were also on it, the fact that most of them were members of the armed forces suggested that González was determined to dominate the Convention.


1927 Gulang earthquake
The 1927 Gulang earthquake occurred at 6:32 a.m. on 22 May (22:32 UTC on 21 May). This 7.6 magnitude event had an epicenter near Gulang, Gansu in the Republic of China. There were more than 40,900 casualties. It was felt up to 700 km (435 mi) away.


1927 Gulang earthquake, Geology
The continental collision between the Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate has formed the Himalayas and the large uplifted area of the Tibetan Plateau. The northeastern part of Tibet is affected by the eastward lateral spreading of the Tibetan Plateau. This spreading is accommodated by a series of sinistral (left-lateral) strike-slip faults, including the Altyn Tagh, Haiuyan, Kunlun and Xianshuihe faults, combined with thrusting on the Longmenshan fault. The earthquake ruptured the complex thrust fault system in the Qilian Mountains transpressional zone, formed at a restraining bend on the Haiyuan fault. Another segment of the Haiyuan fault was responsible for the 1920 Haiyuan earthquake.


1927 Gulang earthquake, Damage
In the area of greatest intensity, all cave dwellings and 90% of houses were destroyed. In Gulang, almost the only thing left standing was a 20 m (66 ft) long section of the city walls and some decorated archways. In Gulang county 4,000 people and 30,000 domestic animals were killed. In Wuwei, most of the city walls collapsed as did many temples, towers and civilian houses, 35,000 people and 200,000 horses and oxen were killed. In the area around Yongchang many primary schools, forts, stockaded villages and temples were destroyed, killing 809 people. In Shandan County more than 5,800 houses were destroyed and many cave dwellings collapsed, leaving 886 people dead.


1927 Gulang earthquake, Damage
The ground was extensively fissured, with fissures up to 14 km (8.7 mi) in length, 6–13 m (20–43 ft) wide and 7 m (23 ft) deep. A large landslide at Dongchuan buried several villages and blocked the road for a year.


1927 Gulang earthquake, Characteristics
The magnitude of this earthquake has been variously calculated as 7.6 on the moment magnitude scale and 8.0–8.3 on the surface wave magnitude scale. The surface rupture caused by the earthquake was 23 km (14 mi) long.


1927 Hamburg state election
The 1927 Hamburg state election was held on 9 October 1927 to elect the 160 members of the Hamburg Parliament.


1927 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election
The 1927 Hamilton municipal election was held on December 5, 1927 to select one Mayor, one Hydro Commissioner, four Controllers, and sixteen members of the Hamilton, Ontario, City Council, two from each of the city's eight wards. Voters also cast ballots for trustees for the public school board, and in two bylaw referendum questions regarding an expansion to Hamilton's General Hospital and the city's sewer system.


1927 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mayor
The 1927 Mayoral contest in Hamilton saw the retirement of sitting two-term mayor Freeman Treleaven. On Nomination Day, Treleaven was nominated for a third term by two of his supporters, George Wild and T.H. Simpson. Speaking at city hall, Treleaven indicated he felt his two terms in office had been successful and expressed discomfort at potentially being elected to a third term, as only three other mayors in the city's history up to that point had served more than two terms in office.


1927 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mayor
With Treleaven declining to seek office, the race for the mayoralty became a two-candidate contest between sitting Controller Calvin Davis and former Controller William Burton. Prior to his nomination for the office of mayor, Burton had been considered a contender for the Hydro Commissioner's seat until November 21, when the Hamilton Spectator confirmed through a campaign supporter that the former Controller's political ambitions had shifted Burton's campaign was affiliated with the local Conservative Party establishment, despite assertions that partisan politics did not play a role in local government. Burton's campaign focused on lower taxes as an incentive to business, keeping municipal spending low, and improving local business façades to present a better local image.


1927 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mayor
Davis' campaign began much earlier, with speculation of his mayoral ambitions appearing in the Spectator on November 2. At the time of his candidacy, Davis was the dean of Hamilton City Council, having been elected as Ward 1 Councillor in 1918 and moving to the Board of Control the following year, which was a record for continuous service on council. Davis' campaign focused on continuing outgoing mayor Treleaven's work and highlighted the close working relationship between the two.


1927 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mayor
Despite providing various levels of support to candidates in the past, the city's largest newspaper, the Spectator, opted to not endorse either candidate, rather encouraging electors to consider each candidate's administrative abilities and personal political history.


1927 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mayor
On Election Day, despite campaigning for a single week, Burton secured a commanding majority, winning every ward in the city.


1927 Hartford Giants season
The 1927 Hartford Giants season was their fourth and final season in existence. The team played the prior season as the Hartford Blues of the National Football League. However, after the 1926 season, the NFL's owners voted to cut down the number of teams from 22 to 12. As a result, Hartford's franchise was eliminated. Blues' owner George Mulligan reorganized the team into a semi-pro team, the Hartford Giants. The data for the team's overall record is incomplete, however it is clear that posted a 7–1 record in the game results that are known. The Giants would disband for good after the season.


1927 Harvard Crimson football team
The 1927 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In its second season under head coach Arnold Horween, Harvard compiled a 4–4 record and was outscored by a total of 108 to 85. Charles A. Pratt Jr. was the team captain. The team played its home games at Harvard Stadium in Boston.


1927 Haskell Indians football team
The 1927 Haskell Indians football team was an American football that represented the Haskell Institute (now known as Haskell Indian Nations University) during the 1927 college football season. In its first year under head coach John Webster Thomas, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record. John Levi and Egbert "Egg" Ward were assistant coaches.


1927 Haskell Indians football team
Albert Hawley was the team captain. Five Haskell players were selected by Leslie Edmonds to his 1927 All-Kansas team: Dave Bible as a first-team tackle; Hawley as the first-team center; Fritz as a second-team tackle; Cross as a second-team halfback; and Ward as a third-team guard.


1927 Hawthorn Football Club season
The 1927 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 3rd season in the Victorian Football League and 26th overall.


1927 Hessian state election
The 1927 Hessian state election was held on 13 November 1927 to elect the 70 members of the Landtag of Hesse.


1927 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
The 1927 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In its ninth season under head coach Cleo A. O'Donnell, the team compiled a 6–3 record. The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.


1927 Hong Kong sanitary board election
The 1927 Sanitary Board Election was supposed to be held on 30 December 1927 for the one of the 2 unofficial seats in the Sanitary Board of Hong Kong.


1927 Hong Kong sanitary board election
Only ratepayers who were included in the Special and Common Jury Lists of the years or ratepayers who are exempted from serving on Juries on account of their professional avocations, unofficial members of the Executive or Legislative Council, or categories of profession were entitled to vote at the election.


1927 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 1927 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State College during the 1927 college football season. They competed as an independent. The 1927 season was their third season of existence and was the first one where they played against another college. In the 1924 and 1925 seasons they had only played against high school teams and the school did not field a team in 1926.


1927 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 1927 Lumberjacks were led by first-year head coach Fred Telonicher. Telonicher was the third head coach for the Lumberjacks in as many seasons. They played home games in Eureka, California. Humboldt State finished with a record of one win and two losses (1–2). The Lumberjacks outscored their opponents 41–37 in the three games.


1927 Ice Hockey European Championship
The 1927 Ice Hockey European Championship was the 12th edition of the ice hockey tournament for European countries associated to the International Ice Hockey Federation .


1927 Ice Hockey European Championship
The tournament was played between January 24, and January 29, 1927, in Vienna, Austria, and it was won by Austria.


1927 Icelandic parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 9 July 1927. Voters elected all 28 seats in the Lower House of the Althing and eight of the fourteen seats in Upper House. The Progressive Party emerged as the largest party in the Lower House, winning 13 of the 28 seats.


1927 Idaho Vandals football team
The 1927 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1927 college football season. The Vandals were led by second-year head coach Charles F. Erb and were members of the Pacific Coast Conference. Home games were played on campus in Moscow at MacLean Field.


1927 Idaho Vandals football team
Idaho compiled a 4–1–3 overall record and went undefeated in their four conference games at 2–0–2. They did not play the three California schools (Stanford, California, and USC) or Washington. (UCLA joined the conference the following year.)


1927 Idaho Vandals football team
In the Battle of the Palouse with neighbor Washington State, the Vandals tied 7–7 at Rogers Field in Pullman on Friday, November 11. The Cougars broke the Vandals' three-game winning streak (1923–25) in the rivalry game the previous year.