Events in Sport
Sports History
Sep 2 US Men's Amateur Golf Championship, Canterbury GC: Mark O'Meara wins 8 & 7 over John Cook
Cricket History
Sep 4 Sunil Gavaskar scores his third double century in Test cricket (221) to guide India to a famous draw against England in the 4th Test at The Oval
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 5 American Roscoe Tanner fires 11 aces, breaks the net with his bullet serve and upsets top-seed Björn Borg 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 in the US Open Tennis quarterfinals
- Sep 5 Oakland A's pitcher Matt Keough beats Milwaukee Brewers, 6-1 for first win after 14 straight losses, ended 1978 with 18 defeats (1 shy of the MLB record 19)
- Sep 7 The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) makes its debut.
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 8 US Open Women's Tennis: Tracy Austin becomes youngest US champion (16 years, 9 months); beats Chris Evert 6-4, 6-3
- Sep 9 South African Ferrari driver Jody Scheckter wins the Italian Grand Prix at Monza to clinch his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship; first RSA champion
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 9 US Open Men's Tennis: John McEnroe wins first Grand Slam title; beats fellow American Vitas Gerulaitis 7-5, 6-3, 6-3
Baseball Record
Sep 12 Carl Yastrzemski gets his 3,000th hit off NY Yankee Jim Beattie
- Sep 12 Indiana Pacers cut Ann Meyers, 1st woman on an NBA club
- Sep 15 Red Sox Bob Watson is 1st to hit for cycle in AL & NL (Astros)
- Sep 16 Catfish Hunter Day at Yankee Stadium
- Sep 16 Ryder Cup Golf, The Greenbrier: US wins, 17-11; new Team Europe replaces Great Britain & Ireland as official opposition to the United States
Baseball Record
Sep 17 Royals' George Brett is 6th to have 20 doubles/triples/HRs in a season
- Sep 22 Larry Parrish (Expos) HRs off Rawly Eastwick (Phillies) in DH
Boxing Title Fight
Sep 28 Larry Holmes beats Earnie Shavers by TKO in 11th round in Las Vegas for WBC heavyweight boxing title
Birthdays in Sport
- Sep 2 Tomer Ben Yosef, Israeli footballer
- Sep 4 Kosuke Matsuura, Japanese racing driver, born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan
- Sep 4 Maxim Afinogenov, Russian ice hockey player, born in Moscow, Russia
- Sep 5 George O'Callaghan, Irish footballer, born in Cork, Ireland
- Sep 5 John Carew, Norwegian soccer forward (91 caps; Valencia, Aston Villa), born in Lørenskog, Norway
- Sep 5 Stacey Dales, Canadian basketball player and sportscaster, born in Collingwood, Canada
- Sep 6 Carlos Adrián Morales, Mexican soccer midfielder (8 caps; Morelia 382 games, born in La Piedad, Mexico
- Sep 6 Dzyanis Kowba, Belarusian soccer defensive midfielder (36 caps; PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara 247 games), born in Vitebsk, Belarus (d. 2021)
- Sep 6 Massimo Maccarone, Italian footballer, born in Galliate, Italy
- Sep 11 David Pizarro, Chilean footballer (Roma), born in Valparaíso, Chile
- Sep 11 Frank Francisco, Dominican Major League Baseball pitcher, born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Sep 13 Ivan Miljković, Serbian volleyball player, born in Niška Banja, Serbia
- Sep 14 Jesse Marunde, American Strongman athlete (d. 2007)
- Sep 15 Carlos Ruiz 'the Little Fish', Guatemalan football player, born in Guatemala City
- Sep 15 Patrick Marleau, Canadian NHL ice hockey forward, since 1997 (San Jose Sharks, and 2 other teams), born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan
- Sep 16 Bobby Korecky, American MLB baseball player, born in Hillside, New Jersey
Chris Gayle (43 years old)
Sep 21 Jamaican West Indies cricketer (1999-) and fastest century maker in history, born in Kingston, Jamaica
- Sep 21 Julian Gray, English footballer
- Sep 21 Richard Dunne, Irish soccer defender (80 caps, Republic of Ireland; Everton, Manchester City, Aston Villa, QPR) and broadcaster (BT Sport), born in Dublin, Ireland
- Sep 23 Bryant McKinnie, NFL Offensive Tackle (Minnesota Vikings), born in Woodbury, New Jersey
- Sep 23 Ricky Davis, American basketball player
- Sep 24 Fábio Aurélio, Brazilian footballer (Liverpool), born in São Carlos, Brazil
- Sep 26 Fuifui Moimoi, New Zealand (Tongan) rugby league footballer, born in Nuku'alofa, Tonga
- Sep 26 Jaycie Phelps, American gymnast (Olympic gold team 1996), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
- Sep 26 Jon Harley, English footballer, born in Maidstone, United Kingdom
- Sep 27 Christian Jones, Australian racing driver
- Sep 27 Jon Garland, American baseball player
- Sep 27 Steve Simpson, Australian rugby league back rower (7 Tests; 13 NSW; Newcastle Knights RLFC), born in Maitland, Australia
- Sep 28 Bam Margera, American skateboarder
- Sep 29 Shelley Duncan, American Baseball Player, born in Tucson, Arizona
- Sep 30 Andy van der Meyde, Dutch footballer
Deaths in Sport
- Sep 4 Turkey Stearnes, American Baseball HOF outfielder (5 × NgL All-Star; 2 × Negro NL batting champion; KC Monarchs, Chicago American Giants), dies at 78
- Sep 7 Janardan Navle, Indian cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests, 1 dismissal; first Indian wicket-keeper; Hindus CC), dies at 76
- Sep 12 Denis Smith, cricketer (England left-handed batsman 1935), dies
- Sep 25 Tapio Rautavaara, Finnish athlete, actor, and singer (Me tulemme taas, Rion yö), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 64
