September 1983 in Sports History

Events in Sport

Sports History

Sep 4 Greg LeMond wins UCI World Road Race Championship in 7h 01' 21" in Altenrhein, Switzerland; first American cyclist to take the title

Sep 4 US Men's Amateur Golf Championship, North Shore CC: Jay Sigel successfully defends title 8 & 7 over Chris Perry

Sports History

Sep 9 Vitas Gerulaitis bets his house that Martina Navratilova can't beat 100th ranked male tennis player

Boxing Title Fight

Sep 10 Larry Holmes TKOs Scott Frank in 5 for heavyweight boxing title

Sep 10 US Open Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert-Lloyd 6-1, 6-3 for her first US singles title
Sep 11 Pittsburgh running back Franco Harris runs for 118 yards in Steelers 25-21 win at Green Bay to become the only the third player in NFL history to rush for 11,000 yards

US Men's Tennis Open

Sep 11 US Open Men's Tennis: American Jimmy Connors retains title; repeats previous year's win over Czech Ivan Lendl 6-3, 6-7, 7-5, 6-0

Sports History

Sep 13 Dan Quisenberry record 39th season save

Baseball Record

Sep 13 Oakland's Rickey Henderson 3rd straight 100 steals for season

Sep 13 US mint strikes 1st gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle)
Sep 17 Chicago White Sox clinch their 1st-ever AL West championship
Sep 18 New Orleans Saints 1st OT victory; beating Chicago Bears 34-31
Sep 20 3,112 turn out to see Pirates play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
Sep 22 Zhu Jianhau (China) sets high jump record at 7'9 3/4"
Sep 23 Gerrie Coetzee KOs Michael Dokes in 10 for heavyweight boxing title in Ohio

Sports History

Sep 23 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton is 16th to wins 300 game, beating Cardinals 6-2 in St. Louis

Sep 24 Braves Dale Murphy is 6th to hit 30 HRs & steal 30 bases in season
Sep 24 Test cricket debut of Shoaib Mohammad, son of champion Pakistan batsman Hanif Mohammad; scores 6 in drawn 2nd Test v India in Jullundur; goes on to play 45 Tests
Sep 26 Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks 56 yard field goal, a NY Giants record
Sep 26 Australia II wins America's Cup yacht race - 1st non-US winner

Sports History

Sep 26 Cardinals' Bob Forsch pitches 2nd career no-hitter, beating Montreal Expos 3-0, in St. Louis

Sports History

Sep 27 Tim Raines is 1st since Ty Cobb to steal 70 & drive in 70 runs

Sep 29 Oakland A's Mike Warren no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0

Birthdays in Sport

Sep 1 José Antonio Reyes, Spanish soccer left wing (Spain 21 caps; Sevilla, Atlético Madrid, Arsenal), born in Utrera, Spain (d. 2019)
Sep 3 Augusto Farfus, Brazilian racing driver, born in Curitiba, Brazil
Sep 3 Nicky Hunt, English footballer, born in Westhoughton, England
Sep 4 Tareq Aziz, Bangladeshi cricketer, born in Chittagong, Bangladesh
Sep 5 Eugen Bopp, Ukrainian-German footballer, born in Kyiv, Ukraine
Sep 5 Pablo Granoche, Uruguayan footballer, born in Montevideo, Uruguay
Sep 7 Annette Dytrt, German skater figure, born in Landshut, Germany
Sep 7 Mehmet Topuz, Turkisher footballer (Kayserispor), born in Caferli Köyü, Yozgat, Turkey
Sep 7 Philip Deignan, Irish cyclist (UCI Pro Team), born in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland
Sep 7 Pops Mensah-Bonsu, British basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks, born in Tottenham, London
Sep 8 Chris Judd, Australian rules football player, born in Melbourne, Australia

Sep 8 Diego Benaglio, Swiss-Italian footballer, born in Zürich, Switzerland
Sep 8 Wali Lundy, American NFL football player, born in New Brunswick, New Jersey
Sep 8 Will Blalock, American basketball player, born in Boston, Massachusetts
Sep 9 Cleveland Taylor, English-born Jamaican footballer, born in Leicester, United Kingdom
Sep 9 Edwin Jackson, American baseball pitcher, born in Neu-Ulm, Germany
Sep 9 Kyle Davies, American baseball player, born in Decatur, Georgia
Sep 9 Sam Hollenbach, American football quarterback, born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Sep 10 Joey Votto, Canadian baseball first baseman (NL MVP 2010; 6 × MLB All-Star; Cincinnati Reds), born in Toronto, Ontario
Sep 11 Ike Diogu, Nigerian-American basketball player, born in Buffalo, New York
Sep 11 Jacoby Ellsbury, American baseball player, born in Madras, Oregon
Sep 12 Daniel Muir, American football player, born in Washington, D.C.
Sep 14 Frostee Rucker, American NFL defensive end, born in Tustin, California
Sep 15 Luke Hochevar, American baseball player (KC Royals), born in Denver, Colorado
Sep 16 Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwean Olympic swimmer, born in Harare, Zimbabwe
Sep 18 Kevin Doyle, Irish footballer, born in Adamstown, Ireland
Sep 19 Charlie Haeger, American baseball player, born in Livonia, Michigan
Sep 19 Joey Devine, American baseball player, born in Junction City, Kansas
Sep 20 Ángel Sánchez, Puerto Rican baseball player
Sep 21 Anna Meares, Australian cyclist
Sep 21 Fernando Cavenaghi, Argentinian footballer
Sep 22 Glenn Loovens, Dutch soccer defender (2 caps; Cardiff City, Celtic, Sheffield Wed), born in Doetinchem, Netherlands
Sep 24 Randy Foye, American basketball player, born in Newark, New Jersey
Sep 26 Ricardo Quaresma, Portuguese footballer, born in Lisbon, Portugal
Sep 28 Stefan Moore, English footballer
Sep 30 Andreea Răducan, Romanian gymnast, born in Bârlad, Romania

Deaths in Sport

Sep 1 Lennox Brown, South African cricket leg spinner (3 wickets at 63 for South Africa), dies at 72
Sep 7 Henry Promnitz, South African cricketer (5-58 on debut for South Africa 1927-28), dies at 79
Sep 8 Antonin Magne, French bicylist (won Tour de France 1931, 34), dies
Sep 12 Sabin Carr, American athlete (Olympic gold pole vault 1928; WR 4.27m 1927), dies at 79