Events in Sport
Tennis Open
Sep 11 US Open Women's Tennis: Chris Evert wins her 6th and final US title, beating Hana Mandlíková 6-3, 6-1
Chris Evert
Hana Mandlikova
Tennis Open
Sep 12 US Open Men's Tennis: Jimmy Connors wins 4th US title; beats Czech star Ivan Lendl 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
Jimmy Connors
Ivan Lendl
- Sep 13 Joe Lefevre gets 6 hits in one baseball game
- Sep 14 Trevor Baxter sets skateboard high jump record of 5' 5.7"
- Sep 19 New Orleans Saints 1st road shutout victory beating Chicago Bears 10-0
- Sep 21 2,251 turn out to see Expos play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
- Sep 21 NFL players begin a 57 day strike
- Sep 22 Duleep Mendis completes twin cricket tons for Sri Lanka v India
- Sep 25 Keke Rosberg becomes the first Fin to win the World Formula 1 Drivers title when he finishes 5th in season ending Caesars Palace Grand Prix in Las Vegas; wins by 5 points from Didier Pironi
Birthdays in Sport
- Sep 1 Paul Dumbrell, Australian racing driver
- Sep 1 Ryan Gomes, American basketball player
- Sep 1 Jeffrey Buttle, Canadian figure skater
- Sep 2 Joey Barton, English footballer
- Sep 2 Jason Hammel, American baseball player
- Sep 5 Alexandre Geijo, Spanish-Swiss footballer, born in Geneva, Switzerland
- Sep 7 Andre Dirrell, American boxer (IBF interim super middleweight 2017-18), born in Flint, Michigan
- Sep 13 Nenê, Brazilian basketball player (Houston Rockets), born in São Carlos, Brazil
- Sep 13 Rickie Weeks, American baseball player, born in Altamonte Springs, Florida
- Sep 13 Miha Zupan, Slovenian basketball player, born in Kranj, Slovenia
- Sep 16 Leon Knight, English footballer
- Sep 17 Garth Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
- Sep 19 Eleni Daniilidou, Greek tennis player, born in Chania, Crete, Greece
- Sep 19 Jordan Parise, American ice hockey player, born in Faribault, Minnesota
- Sep 21 Eduardo Azevedo, Brazilian racing driver
- Sep 21 Danny Kass, American snowboarder
- Sep 21 Marat Izmailov, Russian footballer
- Sep 21 Rowan Vine, English footballer
- Sep 22 Kosuke Kitajima, Japanese swimmer (Olympic gold 100/200m breaststroke 2004, 08), born in Tokyo, Japan
- Sep 24 Morgan Hamm, American gymnast
- Sep 24 Paul Hamm, American gymnast
- Sep 24 Jeff Karstens, American baseball player
- Sep 26 Miguel Alfredo Portillo, Argentine footballer
- Sep 26 Rob Burrow, English rugby league player
- Sep 27 Darrent Williams, American football player (d. 2007)
- Sep 28 Anderson Varejão, Brazilian basketball player
- Sep 28 Abhinav Bindra, Indian shooter
- Sep 28 Ray Emery, Canadian hockey player
- Sep 28 Emeka Okafor, American basketball player
- Sep 28 Dustin Penner, Canadian hockey player
Deaths in Sport
- Sep 7 Ken Boyer, American baseball player (b. 1931)
- Sep 19 Fred Badcock, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ 1930-33, 16 wkts), dies
- Sep 26 Alec Hurwood, cricketer (Australian off-spinner v WI 1930-31), dies
- Sep 29 H C Slinger Nitschke, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1931-32), dies
- Sep 29 Monty Stratton, baseball player (b. 1912)