September 29

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Contents

1 Events
- 1.1 1951
- 1.2 1983
2 Debuts
- 2.1 1923
3 Births
4 Deaths
- 4.1 1975
- 4.2 1981
- 4.3 1999
- 4.4 2001

[edit] Events

[edit] 1951

Woody Hayes gets his first victory as head football coach at Ohio State University - a 7-0 win over SMU.

[edit] 1983

Johnny Bench had a 2 run single in a pinch hit at bat in a game that the Cincinnati Reds would lose 11-7 to the San Francisco Giants. It was Bench's last career at bat. He spent the last two months of his career as a pinch hitter.

[edit] Debuts

[edit] 1923

Hack Wilson make his MLB debut for the New York Giants.

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

[edit] 1975

Casey Stengel, Major League Baseball player and manager, dies in Glendale, California.

[edit] 1981

Bill Shankly, professional soccer coach, dies.

[edit] 1999

Arnold Earley, Major League Baseball pitcher, dies in Flint, Michigan.

[edit] 2001

Bennie Goldberg, professional boxer, dies.

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