Events in Sport
PGA Championship
1919 2nd PGA Championship: Jim Barnes wins at Engineers Country Club, Roslyn, NY
Jim Barnes
PGA Championship
1924 7th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen wins at French Lick CC, Indiana
Walter Hagen
Event of Interest
1931 MLB's Lou Gehrig's 4 RBIs break his old RBI mark of 175 en route to 184
Lou Gehrig
Event of Interest
1953 Cubs Ernie Banks hits his 1st major league HR
Ernie Banks
Baseball Record
1955 Willie Mays (Giants) homers off Vern Law (Pirates) in both ends of DH
Willie Mays
- 1955 Willie Mays is 7th player to reach 50 HRs in a season
- 1958 Baltimore Oriole knuckleball pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm no-hits NY Yankees 1-0
Baseball Record
1961 Roger Maris hits home run # 59 & barely misses # 60 in game 154 of the season. Yanks clinch pennant #26
Roger Maris
Baseball Record
1968 Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536
Mickey Mantle
Ryder Cup
1969 Ryder Cup Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: US, Great Britain tie, 16-16; great sporting gesture, America's Jack Nicklaus concedes missable 3-foot putt to Tony Jacklin at the 18th hole for the draw
Jack Nicklaus
- 1969 Pitts Pirate Bob Moose no-hits NY Mets, 4-0
Event of Interest
1973 Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match
Billie Jean King
Bobby Riggs
- 1973 Willie Mays announces retirement at end of 1973 season
Ryder Cup
1975 Ryder Cup Golf, Laurel Valley GC: US beats Great Britain & Ireland, 21-11; Arnold Palmer non-playing American captain; Bernard Hunt GB & I skipper
Arnold Palmer
Event of Interest
1980 George Brett goes 0-for-4 dropping his avg below .400 for good
George Brett
- 1980 Spectacular Bid runs in Belmont alone as 3 horses drop out
- 1981 Ryder Cup Golf, Walton Heath GC: US wins 18½-9½; 6th and final Ryder Cup for Jack Nicklaus as a player; wins all 4 of his matches
- 1983 3,112 turn out to see Pirates play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
- 1984 Cubs break 2 million in home attendance for 1st time
- 1985 Curtis Strong is convicted for selling cocaine to pro baseball players
- 1987 French driver Alain Prost wins Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril; his record 28th Formula 1 victory
- 1987 San Francisco wide receiver Dwight Clark's NFL record streak of 105 consecutive games with a reception ends in 49ers 27-26 victory in Cincinnati
NFL Record
1987 Chicago running back Walter Payton scores his NFL record 107th rushing touchdown in the Bears' 20-3 victory over Tampa Bay
Walter Payton
- 1988 American diver Greg Louganis wins the 3m springboard gold medal at the Seoul Olympics after famously hitting his head on the board the previous day
- 1995 Cincinnati Reds becomes 1st team to clinch NL Central
- 1998 Solheim Cup Women's Golf, Muirfield Village: US retains Cup; beats Europe 16-12 for third consecutive victory
Federation Cup
1998 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Geneva, Switzerland: Conchita Martínez & Arantxa Sánchez Vicario beat Martina Hingis & Patty Schnyder of Switzerland 6-0, 6-2 in doubles decider to clinch Spain's 5th title, 3-2
Martina Hingis
Birthdays in Sport
- 1873 Robert Wrenn, American tennis champ (US Open - 1893), born in Highland Park, Illinois (d. 1925)
- 1873 Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian race car driver (winner of the 1st Grand Prix motor racing), born in Szeghalom, Hungary (d. 1944)
- 1889 Charles Reidpath, American athlete (Olympic gold 1912), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1975)
- 1910 Jacques-Baptiste LeBrun, French finn yachtsman (Olympic gold 1932), born in Paris (d. 1996)
Red Auerbach
1917 Red Auerbach, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach, general manager (Boston Celtics, 9-time NBA champion), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2006)
Red Auerbach
- 1933 Dennis Viollet, English former soccer player (Manchester United), born in Fallowfield, Manchester, England (d. 1999)
- 1935 David Pegg, English footballer (d. 1958)
- 1938 Tom Tresh, NY Yankee (1962 AL Rookie of Year)
- 1943 Tommy Nobis, American football linebacker (Atlanta Falcons), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 2017)
- 1949 John W. Henry, American businessman and owner of sports teams (Boston Red Sox and Liverpool Football Club), born in Quincy, Illinois
Guy Lafleur
1951 Guy Lafleur, Canadian NHL right wing (Montreal, NY Rangers), born in Thurso, Quebec
Guy Lafleur
- 1954 Silvio Leonard, Cienguegos Cuba, 100m runner (Olympic silver 1980)
- 1954 Henry Samueli, American NHL team owner
- 1957 Vladmir Tkachenko, USSR, basketball (Olympic bronze 1980)
- 1959 Lesley Thompson, Canadian rower (Olympic gold 1992, 96), born in Toronto, Ontario
- 1960 Alice Regina Brown, Jackson MS, 4X100 runner (Olympic gold 1984, 88)
- 1961 Erwin Koeman, soccer player (PSV, FC Groningen)
- 1967 Catherine Bond-Mills, Woodstock Ontario, heptathlete (Olympics 1996)
- 1967 Martin Harrison, NFL defensive end (Minnesota Vikings)
- 1968 Chris Waller, gymnast (Olympics 1996), born in Evanston, Illinois
- 1968 Eric Turner, NFL safety (Cleveland Browns)
- 1969 Tommy Jeter, NFL defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
- 1969 Richard Witschge, former Dutch footballer
- 1970 John Copeland, NFL defensive end (Cin Bengals)
- 1971 Andrew Lane, Australian rower (Olympics 1996)
- 1971 Henryk Larsson, soccer player (Feyenoord)
- 1971 Ryan Terry, NFL running back/kick returner (Arizona Cardinals)
- 1972 Jenny Morris, Maryborough Australia, field hockey fullback (Olympics 1996)
- 1972 Vance Joseph, NFL cornerback/safety (NY Jets)
- 1973 Ronald McKinnon, National Football League linebacker
- 1975 Juan Pablo Montoya, Colombian race car driver
- 1977 Ruth Moniz, NSW Australia, gymnast (Olympics 1996)
- 1978 Sophie Simard, Lars Germany, swimmer (Olympics 1996)
- 1978 T.J. Tucker, American baseball player
- 1978 Dante Hall, American football player
- 1979 Sean Davis, English footballer
- 1980 Vladimir Karpets, Russian cyclist
- 1981 Feliciano López, Spanish tennis player
- 1981 Jordan Tata, American baseball player
- 1983 Ángel Sánchez, Puerto Rican baseball player
John Tavares
1990 John Tavares, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Islanders), born in Mississauga, Ontario
John Tavares
Deaths in Sport
- 1931 Sam Morris, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1884), dies
- 1989 Richie Ginther, American racing driver, dies from a heart attack at 59
- 1992 K W Stackpole, cricketer (good Victorian batsman), dies
- 1993 Loan Volkerijk, Dutch baseball coach (ADO), dies at 65
- 1995 Walter Haas Jr., American businessman & sports team owner (Levi Strauss & Co, Oakland A's), dies of prostate cancer at 79
- 1999 Robert Lebel, French Canadian ice hockey executive, dies at 93
- 2004 Brian Clough, English footballer and football manager (b. 1935)
- 2007 Johnny Gavin, Irish footballer, dies at 79
- 2010 Kenny McKinley, American football player (b. 1987)
September in History
![Arc Lamps Light the Way to World-Beating Display]()
Arc Lamps Light the Way to World-Beating Display
"Artificial sunshine" came to a Northern England holiday resort in 1879, dazzling the visitors and showing the world the possibilities of outside electricity.
September 18, 1879![The Story of the First Country to Grant Women the Vote]()
The Story of the First Country to Grant Women the Vote
In the late 19th century the women's suffrage movement was widespread in Europe, America, Britain and its colonies. But who was first to grant women the vote?
September 19, 1893![A Sheep's Coat at Sunrise, A Man's Coat at Sunset]()
A Sheep's Coat at Sunrise, A Man's Coat at Sunset
Is it possible to produce a wearable man’s coat from wool shorn from a sheep the same day? They did it in 1811 and again – in record time – 180 years later.
September 21, 1991![Airship Bomb Crew Meet their Match in Policeman]()
Airship Bomb Crew Meet their Match in Policeman
They dropped their bombs and planned to escape, but the German airship crew hadn’t reckoned on the tenacity of a lone British policeman on his bike.
September 24, 1916
