Events in Sport
- Sep 1 Future Baseball Hall of Fame 1st baseman Lou Gehrig hits his 3rd grand slam in 4 days & 6th homer in consecutive games in NY Yankees 5-1 win v Boston Red Sox
- Sep 10 51st U.S. Men's National Championship: Ellsworth Vines beats George Lott (7-9, 6-3, 9-7, 7-5)
- Sep 16 St Louis Cards repeat as NL champions with a 6-3 win over Phillies
- Sep 17 Red Sox Earl Webb sets record with 65 en route to 67 doubles
- Sep 19 14th PGA Championship: Tom Creavy at Wannamoisett CC Rumford RI
- Sep 19 Lefty Grove wins his 30th game of season over White Sox, 2-1
Event of Interest
Sep 20 Lou Gehrig's 4 RBIs break his old RBI mark of 175 en route to 184
Lou Gehrig
- Sep 24 Round-robin playoff among NYC's 3 major league teams, to raise money for unemployed, concludes with Brooklyn losing to both Giants & Yanks
- Sep 27 Lou Gehrig completes his 6th straight season, playing in every game (.3486) Jim Bottomley (.3481)
Birthdays in Sport
- Sep 3 Dick Motta, NBA coach (856 wins, Its not over 'til the fat lady sings)
- Sep 7 Al McGuire, American basketball coach (Marquette)
- Sep 13 Marjorie Jackson, Australia, sprinter (Olympic gold 1952) [or Feb 13]
- Sep 23 Ruud van den Hende, sports reporter
- Sep 26 Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (father of Sanjay, reliable Indian batsman)
- Sep 30 Ray Willsey, Regina Sask, WLAF def coordinator (Frankfurt, Scotland)