Events in Sport
Sports History
Sep 1 Tracy Austin at age 14 years, 8 months, 20 days, becomes the youngest female to play in the US Open, beating German Heidi Eisterlehner 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 in a 1st round match
Sports History
Sep 2 One of the great anti-climaxes in sport; 43-year-old transsexual Rene Richards, who fought for over a year for right to play in a major event, is beaten 6-1, 6-4 by Wimbledon champion Virginia Wade at the US Open
- Sep 3 Japanese baseball superstar Sadaharu Oh hits his 756th career home run to surpass Hank Aaron as all-time career leader in professional baseball
- Sep 5 Cleveland Indians stage 1st "I hate the Yankee Hanky Night", inspired by local radio personality Pete Franklin; home team sweeps a doubleheader over New York at Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Sports History
Sep 6 Angels acquire Dave Kingman from Padres for cash, 9 days later Yankees buy Kingman (started with Mets) who plays in all 4 divisions in 1977
- Sep 10 Blue Jays beat Yankees 19-3 with 20 hits
- Sep 10 Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon (2:34:47.5)
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 10 US Open Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Chris Evert wins her 3rd straight US singles title; beats Wendy Turnbull of Australia 7-6, 6-2; final time event played at West Side Tennis Club
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 11 US Open Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Guillermo Vilas becomes the only Argentine to win US title; beats Jimmy Connors 2-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-0; final time event played at West Side Tennis Club
Sports History
Sep 15 Orioles forfeit to Blue Jays when mgr Earl Weaver pulls team off field in 5th citing hazardous condition (small tarpaulin on bullpen mound)
- Sep 17 Dave Kingman hits his 1st Yankee homer, Reggie hits 2 more
- Sep 17 Ryder Cup Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes: US wins 12½-7½; last time a Great Britain & Ireland team competes for Ryder Cup
Sports History
Sep 18 Brooks Robinson Night in Baltimore
- Sep 18 Courageous (US) sweeps Australia (Aust) in 24th America's Cup
- Sep 22 Minnesota Twin Bert Blyleven no-hits California Angels, 9-0
- Sep 24 Ken Hinton of CFL British Columbia Lions returns a punt 130 yards
- Sep 26 Cleveland Browns play their 1st overtime game, beat Patriots 30-27
- Sep 27 Phillies clinch 2nd straight NL East Division title
- Sep 29 Eva Shain is 1st woman to referee a heavyweight championship
Boxing Title Fight
Sep 29 Muhammad Ali beats Earnie Shavers by unanimous decision over 15 rounds in NYC for WBA, WBC and The Ring heavyweight boxing titles
Birthdays in Sport
- Sep 1 Aaron Schobel, American football defensive end (Pro Bowl 2006, 07; Buffalo Bills), born in Harris County, Texas
- Sep 1 David Albelda, Spanish soccer midfielder (51 caps; Valencia CF 351 games), born in La Pobla Llarga, Spain
- Sep 2 Frédéric Kanouté, Malian footballer
- Sep 3 Nate Robertson, American baseball player, born in Wichita, Kansas
- Sep 3 Olof Mellberg, Swedish footballer (Astob Villa), born in Gullspång, Sweden
- Sep 3 Rui Marques, Angolan soccer defender (21 caps; FC Baden, SSV Ulm, VfB Stuttgart, Leeds United), born in Luanda, Angola
- Sep 3 Tami Tyler, American dance skater (with partner Jonathan Nichols), born in Santa Clara, California
- Sep 5 Nazr Mohammed, American basketball player, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Sep 5 Rosevelt Colvin, American football linebacker (Super Bowl 2003, 04; NE Patriots) and analyst (Big Ten Network), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
- Sep 7 Jon Macken, British footballer (Preston North End), born in Blackley, England
- Sep 8 Maria Helena Selin, Finnish ice hockey right wing (Finland, Olympics 1998), born in Helsinki, Finland
- Sep 11 Matthew Stevens, Welsh snooker player, born in Carmarthen, Wales
- Sep 12 David Thompson, English footballer, born in Birkenhead, England
- Sep 12 Nathan Bracken, Australian cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 12 wickets; 116 ODIs, 174 wickets; NSW), born in Penrith, Australia
- Sep 15 Jason Terry, American basketball player and coach, born in Seattle, Washington
- Sep 17 Simone Perrotta, Italian football player (Roma), born in Ashton-under-Lyne, England
- Sep 17 Tony Goskowicz, American short track skater (Olympics 1994), born in Wauwautosa, Wisconsin
- Sep 18 Kieran West, British oarsman (Olympic Gold 2000), born in Kingston upon Thames, England
- Sep 18 Li Tie, Chinese footballer and coach (Everton), born in Shenyang, China
- Sep 19 Aakash Chopra, Indian cricketer, born in Agra, India
- Sep 21 Brian Tallet, American MLB baseball pitcher, 2002-11 (Toronto Blue Jays, and 2 other teams), born in Midwest City, Oklahoma
- Sep 22 Paul Sculthorpe, English rugby league footballer (St Helens, 2x Man of Steel Award), born in Burnley, England
- Sep 23 Matthieu Descoteaux, Canadian ice hockey player
- Sep 24 Frank Fahrenhorst, German footballer, born in Kamen, West Germany
- Sep 25 Wil Nieves, Puerto Rican baseball player, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Sep 27 Andrus Värnik, Estonian javelin thrower
- Sep 28 Se-ri Pak, South Korean golfer (5 LPGA major titles; US Open 1998, British Open 2001), born in Daejeon, South Korea
- Sep 29 Jake Westbrook, American baseball player, born in Athens, Georgia
- Sep 29 Wade Brookbank, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Lanigan, Saskatchewan
- Sep 30 Roy Carroll, Northern Irish footballer
- Sep 30 Sun Jihai, Chinese footballer (Manchester City, born in Zhuanghe, China
Deaths in Sport
Jock Hutchison (1884-1977)
Sep 27 Scottish golfer (PGA C'ship 1920, British Open 1921), dies at 93
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