Events in Sport
- Sep 1 Baltimore Orioles pitcher Sammy Stewart fans 7 consecutive batters in his MLB debut, en route to 9-3 win v Chicago White Sox
Baseball Record
Sep 2 Yankees right fielder Reggie Jackson hits his 20th HR of the season in a 6-2 home win over Seattle; 19th MLB player to hit 20 HR in 11 straight years
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 9 US Open Women's Tennis, Flushing Meadows, NY: Chris Evert wins her 4th straight US singles title; beats fellow American Pam Shriver 7-5, 6-4; first time event played on hard courts
- Sep 10 4th game of Boston Massacre; NY Yankees beat Red Sox, 7-4 to tie for AL East 1st place; Yanks out hit arch rivals, 67-21; score 42-9
F1 World Champion
Sep 10 The single point American Lotus driver Mario Andretti earns for finishing 6th at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza is enough to clinch his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 10 US Open Men's Tennis, Flushing Meadows, NY: Jimmy Connors beats Björn Borg 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 to become the first player to win the US Open on 3 different surfaces
- Sep 13 New York Yankees recover from 14 games behind to gain sole possession of AL East 1st place with 7-3 win over the Tigers in Detroit
Sports History
Sep 14 MLB Atlanta Braves' Jim Bouton (38) beats San Francisco Giants, his 1st win since 1970
- Sep 15 Dodgers become 1st major league team to draw 3 million fans
Boxing Title Fight
Sep 15 Muhammad Ali beats Leon Spinks in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title
Sports History
Sep 24 Ron Guidry beats Cleveland 4-0, raising his record to 23-3 ERA 1.74
- Sep 26 NY District Court Judge Constance Baker Motley rules that women sportswriters cannot be banned from locker rooms
- Sep 30 Cleveland, Houston, NY, Philadelphia & Pittsburgh Phillies win 3rd consecutive NL East Division title
- Sep 30 Major Indoor Soccer League grants 1st 6 franchises to Cincinnati
- Sep 30 Phillies clinch NL East title
Birthdays in Sport
- Sep 1 Max Vieri, Australian soccer forward (6 caps; Verona, Napoli), born in Sydney, Australia
- Sep 2 Matthew Watkins, Welsh rugby union centre (18 caps; Newport, Llanelli Scarlets), born in Newport, Wales (d. 2020)
- Sep 3 John Curtis, English footballer, born in Nuneaton, England
- Sep 3 Michal Rozsival, Czech ice hockey player, born in Vlašim, Czechoslovakia
- Sep 5 Chris Jack, New Zealand rugby union footballer (All Blacks), born in Christchurch, New Zealand
- Sep 5 Sylvester Joseph, West Indian cricketer, born in New Winthorpes, Antigua
- Sep 5 Zhang Zhong, Chinese-Singaporean chess player, born in Chongqing, China
- Sep 6 Alex Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player, born in Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela
- Sep 7 Erwin Koen, Dutch footballer, born in Den Helder, Netherlands
- Sep 8 Gerard Autet, Spanish footballer, born in Manlleu, Spain
- Sep 8 Gil Meche, American baseball player, born in Lafayette, Louisiana
- Sep 9 Kurt Ainsworth, American baseball pitcher, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Sep 9 Mariano Puerta, Argentine tennis player (World #9 2005; French Open runner-up 2005), born in San Francisco, Argentina
- Sep 9 Shane Battier, American basketball player, born in Birmingham, Michigan
- Sep 11 Dejan Stanković, Serbian footballer (Serbia National Team captain), born in Belgrade, Serbia
- Sep 11 Ed Reed, American Pro Football HOF safety (Super Bowl 2012 Baltimore Ravens; NFL Defensive Player of the Year 2004; 5 × First-team All-Pro; 9 × Pro Bowl), born in St. Rose, Louisiana
- Sep 13 Darren Kenton, English footballer (Norwich City), born in Wandsworth, England
- Sep 14 Ben Cohen, English rugby union outside back (57 Tests; Northampton RFC, CA Brive, Sale Sharks RFC), born in Northampton, England
- Sep 15 Eiður Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer (Chelsea, Barcelona) and manager, born in Reykjavík, iceland
- Sep 16 Dan Dickau, American basketball player, born in Portland, Oregon
- Sep 17 Shawn Horcoff, Canadian ice hockey player
- Sep 18 Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer, born in Bangangté, Cameroon
- Sep 19 Nick Johnson, American baseball player, born in Tempe, Arizona
- Sep 20 Dante Hall, American football player
- Sep 20 T.J. Tucker, American baseball player
- Sep 21 Doug Howlett, New Zealand rugby union footballer, born in Auckland, New Zealand
- Sep 22 Ed Joyce, Irish-English cricketer, born in Dublin, Ireland
- Sep 25 Joel Pineiro, Puerto Rican baseball player, born in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
- Sep 25 Ricardo Gardner, Jamaican footballer, born in St. Andrew Parish, Jamaica
- Sep 25 Roudolphe Douala, Cameroonian footballer, born in Douala, Cameroon
Deaths in Sport
- Sep 6 Adolf Dassler, German entrepreneur (founder sportswear company Adidas), dies at 78
- Sep 10 Ronnie Peterson, Swedish auto racer (World F1 C'ship runner-up 1971, 78), dies in crash during Italian F1 GP at 34
- Sep 11 Mike Gazella, American baseball player (NY Yankees), dies at 82
- Sep 16 Bill Foster, American Baseball HOF pitcher (NgL All-Star 1933, 34; NgL World Series 1926, 27; Chicago American Giants), dies at 74
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