Events in Sport
- Sep 2 Ralph Houk signs 3-year contract to manage New York Yankees at $65,000 a season, then the biggest salary in MLB
- Sep 7 Scottish Matra-Ford driver Jackie Stewart wins the Italian Grand Prix at Monza to clinch his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship; his 6th F1 win of the season
- Sep 8 US amateur Men's Tennis: Stan Smith beats Bob Lutz (97 63 61)
Tennis Open
Sep 8 US Open Women's Tennis: Australian Margaret Court wins her 3rd US title and 16th Grand Slam singles event; beats Nancy Richey 6-2, 6-2
Nancy Richey
- Sep 9 Smallest US Tennis Open single session-131 (men's doubles final only)
Tennis Open
Sep 9 US Open Men's Tennis: Rod Laver beats fellow Australian Tony Roche 7-9, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 to claim his record second Grand Slam
Rod Laver
Tony Roche
Event of Interest
Sep 20 Ryder Cup Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: US, Great Britain tie, 16-16; great sporting gesture, America's Jack Nicklaus concedes missable 3-foot putt to Tony Jacklin at the 18th hole for the draw
Jack Nicklaus
Baseball Record
Sep 22 SF Giant Willie Mays, becomes second player to hit 600 home runs
Willie Mays
Birthdays in Sport
- Sep 1 Florence Descampe, LPGA golfer (1992 McCall), born in Brussels, Belgium
- Sep 1 Henning Berg, Norwegian footballer
- Sep 2 Russell Freeman, NFL tackle (Oakland Raiders)
- Sep 2 Shani Waugh, Bunbury Aust, LPGA golfer (Aust sub-jr champ-1986, 87)
- Sep 2 Stephen Peall, Zimbabwean cricketer
- Sep 3 Keith Traylor, NFL defensive tackle (KC Chiefs, Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
- Sep 5 Maurice Miller, CFL linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)
- Sep 5 Leonardo Araujo, Brazilian footballer, born in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Sep 5 Mark Ramprakash, English cricketer, born in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England
- Sep 6 Aaron Pierce, American NFL halfback (NY Giants), born in Seattle, Washington
- Sep 6 Doug Pirini, New Zealand decathlete (Olympics 1996), born in Auckland, New Zealand
- Sep 6 Ben Finegold, American chess player, born in Detroit, Michigan
- Sep 6 Michellie Jones, Australian triathlete (won two ITU Triathlon World Championships), born in Fairfield, New South Wales, Australia
- Sep 7 Darren Bragg, American outfielder (Seattle Mariners), born in Waterbury, Connecticut
- Sep 8 Oswaldo Ibarra, Ecuadorian footballer
- Sep 8 Lars Bohinen, Norwegian footballer
- Sep 8 Gary Speed, Welsh footballer
- Sep 9 Christine Smith, Darien Conn, rower (Olympics 1996)
- Sep 9 Sean Rooks, NBA center (LA Lakers)
- Sep 10 Bob Spitulski, NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks)
- Sep 10 Matt Geiger, NBA center (Charlotte Hornets)
- Sep 11 Tracy Scroggins, American NFL linebacker (Detroit Lions), born in Checotah, Oklahoma
- Sep 11 Eduardo Perez, American baseball player, born in Cincinnati, Ohio
- Sep 12 Ángel Cabrera, Argentine professional golfer, born in Córdoba, Argentina
- Sep 12 Shigeki Maruyama, Japanese golfer, born in Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan
- Sep 13 Shane Warne, Australian cricketer (leg spin bowler) , born in Melbourne, Victoria
- Sep 16 Andrew Borodow, 130 kg freestyle wrestler (Olympic 5-92, 96), born in Montreal, Quebec
- Sep 16 Chester McGlockton, NFL defensive tackle (Oakland Raiders)
- Sep 16 Marthijn Pothoven, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
- Sep 17 Rob Zamuner, NHL forward (Tampa Bay Lightning, Team Canada 1998)
- Sep 17 Ken Doherty, Irish snooker player
- Sep 18 Robert Coons, NFL tight end (Buffalo Bills)
- Sep 20 Tommy Jeter, NFL defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
- Sep 20 Richard Witschge, former Dutch footballer
- Sep 21 Jason Christiansen, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Omaha, Nebraska
- Sep 21 Lia Biehl, LPGA golfer
- Sep 21 Randal Hill, NFL wide receiver (Miami Dolphins)
- Sep 22 Marian Chlad, soccer player (FC Groningen)
- Sep 22 Nicole Bradtke, Australian tennis star (1995 Auckland), born in Melbourne, Victoria
- Sep 23 Jeff Cirillo, infielder (Milwaukee Brewers), born in Pasadena, California
- Sep 23 Tapio Laukkanen, Finnish rally driver
- Sep 24 Andrew Greene, NFL guard (Miami Dolphins, Saskatchewan Roughriders)
- Sep 24 John Morton, WLAF WR (Frankfurt Galaxy)
- Sep 25 David Weathers, Lawrencburg TN, pitcher (Florida Marlins, NY Yankees)
- Sep 25 Hansie Cronje, cricket captain (solid South African batsman)
- Sep 25 Michae Wright, WLAF cornerback (Barcelona Dragons)
- Sep 26 Andy Petterson, Australian footballer
- Sep 26 Paul Warhurst, English footballer
- Sep 27 Laura Wilson, cross country skier (Olympics 1994), born in Utica, New York
- Sep 27 Lester Holmes, NFL guard (Philadelphia Eagles)
- Sep 27 Robert Jones, NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys)
- Sep 28 Jack O'Keffe, Australian golfer, born in Waterbury, Connecticut
- Sep 28 L Janusz Hooker, Australian rower (Olympics 1996)
- Sep 28 Nico Vaesen, Belgian footballer
Kelly Robbins
Sep 29 Kelly Robbins, American golfer (LPGA C'ship 1995), born in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
Kelly Robbins
- Sep 29 Angelo Barretto, Filipino racecar driver