Events in Sport
- Sep 1 1st US Open Women's Golf, Spokane CC: Patty Berg wins inaugural Open and only one played in match play format; takes 36-hole final 5 & 4 over Betty Jameson
- Sep 5 Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game
- Sep 6 All-American Football Conference plays 1st game (Clev 44, Miami 0)
- Sep 8 SF 49ers play 1st AAFC game, lose to NY Yankees 21-7
- Sep 8 66th U.S. Men's National Championship: Jack Kramer beats Tom Brown Jr. (9-7, 6-3, 6-0)
- Sep 8 60th U.S. Women's National Championship: Pauline Betz Addie beats Patricia Canning Todd (11-9, 6-3)
- Sep 13 Boston Red Sox clinch AL pennant
- Sep 15 Dodgers beat Cubs 2-0 in 5 inns, games called because of gnats
Boxing Title Fight
Birthdays in Sport
- Sep 7 Willie Crawford, American baseball player (d. 2004)
- Sep 8 L.C. Greenwood, American football player, (d. 2013)
- Sep 10 James R Hines, American athlete, 4X100m relayer (Olympic gold 1968), born in Dumas, Arkansas
- Sep 15 Fighting Mack, [Edwin Alberto], Antillian welterweight boxer
- Sep 17 Billy Bonds, English soccer defender and manager (Charlton, West Ham United), born in Woolwich, London, England
- Sep 18 Otis Sistrunk, American football player
- Sep 19 Brian Henton, English racing driver
- Sep 24 "Mean" Joe Greene, NFL tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers), Coke spokesman
- Sep 24 Pat Pocock, cricketer (intermittent England off-spinner 1968-85)
- Sep 25 Bishan Bedi, cricketer (mighty Indian slow left-armer 1966-79)
- Sep 25 Gilmer Bryan Morgan, Wewoka OK, PGA golfer (1977 BC Open)
- Sep 28 Majid Khan, cricketer (great Pakistani batsman 1964-82)
- Sep 30 Paul Sheahan, cricketer (dashing Australian Test batsman 1967-74)
Deaths in Sport
- Sep 17 Frank Burke, American baseball player (b. 1880)