Events in Sport
- Sep 5 Phillies & Braves tie record of only 1 run in a double header, Phillies win 1st game 1-0, then a scoreless tie into 10th
- Sep 6 19th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jerry Travers
- Sep 14 Cubs Larry Cheney hurls record 14-hit shutout against Giants (7-0)
US Golf Open
Sep 20 US Open Men's Golf, The Country Club: 20-year old amateur Francis Ouimet wins his only Open title in an 18-hole playoff, 5 strokes ahead of Britons Harry Vardon & Ted Ray
Sports History
Sep 29 MLB Washington Senator Walter Johnson wins his 36th game
Birthdays in Sport
Jesse Owens (1913-1980)
Sep 12 American athlete (4 Olympic gold 1936), born in Oakville, Alabama
Alice Marble (1913-1990)
Sep 28 American tennis player (US Open 1936, 1938-40), born in Beckwourth, California
- Sep 29 Silvio Piola, Italian soccer striker (34 caps, 30 goals; Lazio), born in Robbio Lomellina, Pavia (d. 1996)
Deaths in Sport
- Sep 12 Major R B Stewart, cricketer (scored 4 & 9 in S Afr's 1st Test), dies
Baseball Players
Basketball Stars
Boxers
Footballers
NFL Stars
Tennis Champions