Events in Sport
- Sep 1 St Louis Cardinals pitcher Vinegar Bend Mizell walks a NL record 9 batters in a 1-0 shutout of Cincinnati Reds
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 7 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Ashley Cooper outlasts fellow Australian Mal Anderson 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 10-8, 8-6 for his 3rd Grand Slam event win of the year
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 7 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Defending champion Althea Gibson beats Darlene Hard 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
Baseball Record
Sep 8 Pirate Roberto Clemente ties modern record of 3 triples in a game
Sports History
Sep 13 Braves Warren Spahn is 1st lefty to win 20 or more games 9 times
Sports History
Sep 14 Yankees win 24th pennant, & 9th under Casey Stengel
- Sep 20 Baltimore Oriole knuckleball pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm no-hits NY Yankees 1-0
- Sep 26 Columbia (US) beats Sceptre (Britain) in 18th America's Cup
Birthdays in Sport
- Sep 11 Don Slaught, American catcher (California Angels, NY Yankees), born in Long Beach, California
Wilfred Benítez
Sep 12 Wilfred Benítez, Puerto Rican boxer (youngest world champion at 17 years, 176 days [WBA Light Welterweight]), born in NYC, New York
Orel Hershiser
Sep 16 Orel Hershiser, American baseball pitcher (LA Dodgers, Cleveland Indians), born in Buffalo, New York
- Sep 16 Neville Southall, Welsh footballer, born in Llandudno, Wales
- Sep 17 Daniel Nunez, Cuba, weightlifter (Olympic gold 1980)
- Sep 18 John Aldridge, Irish soccer striker (69 caps, Republic of Ireland; Newport County, Oxford United, Liverpool, Real Sociedad, Tranmere Rovers), born in Liverpool, England
- Sep 19 Azumah Nelson, Ghanaian professional boxer, born in Accra, Ghana
- Sep 21 Rick Mahorn, NBA forward (Detroit Pistons)
- Sep 22 El Hadji Dia Ba, Senegalese hurdler (Olympic silver 1988), born in Dakar, Senegal
- Sep 23 Larry Mize, American golfer (US Masters 1987), born in Augusta, Georgia
- Sep 23 Marvin Lewis, American NFL coach (DC Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl 2000; Cincinnati Bengals 2003-18), born in McDonald, Pennsylvania
- Sep 28 Angella Issajenko, Jamaica, 4X100m relayer (Olympic silver 1984)
- Sep 30 Nona Garson, equestrian show jumper (Olympics 1996)
Deaths in Sport
- Sep 9 Charles Macartney, Australian cricket all-rounder (35 Tests, 2,131 runs @ 41.78, 7 x 100s, 45 wickets), dies at 72