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
Ashley Cooper
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
Darlene Hard
Althea Gibson
Baseball Record
Sep 8 Pirate Roberto Clemente ties modern record of 3 triples in a game
Roberto Clemente
- Sep 13 Braves Warren Spahn is 1st lefty to win 20 or more games 9 times
Event of Interest
Sep 14 Yankees win 24th pennant, & 9th under Casey Stengel
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
- 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
Orel Hershiser
- Sep 16 Neville Southall, Welsh footballer, born in Llandudno, Wales
- Sep 17 Daniel Nunez, Cuba, weightlifter (Olympic gold 1980)
- Sep 18 John Aldridge, Irish footballer, 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 cricketer (35 Tests 1907-26, 2131 runs 45 wkts), dies at 72