Events in Sport
Event of Interest
Sep 4 Charles Lindbergh visits Boise, Idaho, on his cross-country tour

Charles Lindbergh
- Sep 5 Red Sox beat Yankees 12-11 in 18 innings
- Sep 6 Red Sox beat NY Yankees 12-11 in 18 innings at Fenway Park
- Sep 9 Tony Lazzeri Day at Yankee Stadium
- Sep 10 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Philadelphia, PA: Henri Cochet beats Bill Johnson 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 to clinch a 3-2 win for France and break 7 title US win streak
- Sep 13 NY Yankees clinch AL pennant after 5-3 win over Cleveland Indians at Yankee Stadium; Babe Ruth hits HR #52 en route to MLB record 60
- Sep 13 Waite Hoyt became only 20 game winner of 1927 Yankees
- Sep 17 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills NY: Frenchman Rene Lacoste successfully defends title; beats Bill Tilden 11-9, 6-3, 11-9
Boxing Title Fight
Sep 22 "The long count" - in a famous boxing rematch, Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey by 10-round unanimous decision at Soldiers Field, Chicago to retain world heavyweight title; crowd 104,943; gate $2,858,660

Jack Dempsey
- Sep 22 Yanks Earle Coombs hits 3 triples
- Sep 24 NHL's Toronto St Patricks become Maple Leafs
- Sep 24 New York Yankees set a record of 106 victories
- Sep 29 Yankees slugger Babe Ruth ties MLB record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games; New York's 7-4 win v Philadelphia A's and 15-4 rout of Washington Senators
- Sep 30 Yankees slugger Babe Ruth smacks his MLB record 60th home run off Tom Zachary in 8th inning of New York's 4-2 win over Washington Senators at Yankee Stadium
Birthdays in Sport
Tommy Lasorda
Sep 22 Tommy Lasorda, American Baseball Hall of Fame manager (World Series 1981, 88; NL Manager of the Year 1983, 88; LA Dodgers 1976-96), born in Norristown, Pennsylvania (d. 2021) [1]

Tommy Lasorda
- Sep 22 Gordon Astall, English soccer forward (2 caps; Birmingham City 235 games, 59 goals), born in Horwich, England (d. 2020)
- Sep 25 Carl Braun, American basketball player (NY Knicks), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2010)
- Sep 29 Adhemar Ferreira da Silva, Brazil, triple jumper (Olympic gold 1952, 56)