Events in Sport
- Sep 2 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills NY: Bill Tilden wins 5th straight US singles title; beats Bill Johnston for 3rd consecutive year 6-1, 9-7, 6-2
- Sep 10 New York Giants rip Boston Braves, 22-1 at the Polo Grounds; future Baseball HOF infielder Frankie Frisch goes 6-for-6 before grounding out
- Sep 12 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Philadelphia, PA: Bill Johnston & Bill Tilden clinch US 5th straight title beating Australians Pat O'Hara Wood & Gerald Patterson 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 for 3-0 lead; ends 5-0
- Sep 13 19th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Philadelphia (5-0)
Sports History
Sep 14 Walter Johnson selected as the American League MVP
PGA Championship
Sep 20 PGA Championship Men's Golf, French Lick CC: 1921 champion Walter Hagen beats Englishman Jim Barnes 2-up in the final
- Sep 20 Carl Mays is 1st pitcher to win 20 games seasons for 3 different teams
- Sep 20 Cub's Grover Cleveland Alexander beats NY Giants to win 300th game
- Sep 25 Malcolm Campbell sets world auto speed record at 146.16 miles per hour
- Sep 29 Senators clinch pennant, finishing 2 games in front of Yankees
Birthdays in Sport
Tom Landry
Sep 11 Tom Landry, American NFL player (NY Giants) and coach (Dallas Cowboys), born in Mission, Texas (d. 2000)
- Sep 14 Jerry Coleman, American MLB 2nd baseman, born in San Jose, California (d. 2014)
- Sep 22 Norvel Lee, American boxer (Olympic gold 1952), born in Eagle Rock, Virginia (d. 1992)
- Sep 24 Sammy Guillen, West Indian cricket wicket-keeper (5 Tests West Indies & 3 Tests New Zealand), born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago (d. 2013)
- Sep 24 Nina Bocharova, Soviet-Ukrainian gymnast (Olympic gold balance beam, team 1952), born in Suprunivka, Ukraine (d. 2020)
