Events in Sport
- 1845 1st baseball team, NY Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code
- 1868 British Open Golf, Prestwick GC: Tom Morris Jr. beats his father, Tom Morris Sr. by 3 strokes; at 17 young Morris remains youngest Open champion
- 1873 Tom Allen beats Mike McCale for Heavyweight Boxing title
- 1892 British Open Golf, Muirfield: Harold Hilton wins by 3 shots from amateur John Ball, Sandy Herd & Hugh Kirkaldy
- 1908 Giant Fred (Bonehead) Merkle fails to touch 2nd, causes 3rd out in 9th & disallows winning run (game ends tied, Cubs win replay & pennant)
- 1914 Reds drop their 19th straight game, then beat Boston Braves
- 1925 Washington shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh is named AL MVP
Boxing Title Fight
1926 Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
Jack Dempsey
- 1937 Yankees lose 9-5 but clinch pennant when Red Sox beat Detroit
- 1939 Cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6-Dodgers get 27 hits & beat Phillies 22-4
- 1948 Braves clinch NL pennant
- 1952 1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event
- 1952 Brooklyn Dodgers clinch NL pennant with a record of 96-57 over the New York Giants 92-62
Boxing Title Fight
1952 Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
Rocky Marciano
Jersey Joe
Event of Interest
1961 Ernie Banks ends 717 consecutive-games-played streak
Ernie Banks
Event of Interest
1984 SF 49er Joe Montana misses his 1st start in 49 games
Joe Montana
Event of Interest
1984 Sparky Anderson is 1st manager to win 100 games in both leagues
Sparky Anderson
- 1988 Jose Canseco is baseball's 1st to steal 40 bases & hit 40 HRs
- 1988 Portuguese world champion Rosa Mota runs 2:25:40 to score a famous Olympic marathon win over Australian Lisa Martin at the Seoul Games
- 1988 Americans Christopher Jacobs, Troy Dalbey, Tom Hunter & Matt Biondi swim world record 3:16.53 to win 4 x 100m freestyle relay at the Seoul Olympics
- 1988 East German swimmer Uwe Dassler sets world record 3:46.95 to win 400m freestyle gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; edges Australian Duncan Armstrong by 0.2s
- 1989 Blue Jays bat out of order against Brewers in 6th inning
- 1992 Bill Comrie purchases BC Lions from CFL
- 1992 1st female to play in a NHL exhibition game (Manon Rheaume, goalie) for Tampa Bay Lightning - gives up 2 goals on 9 attempts in 1 period
- 1997 Seattle Mariners break record for most HRs in a year (258)
Event of Interest
2017 US President Donald Trump withdraws invitation to the White House for NBA champions Golden State Warriors after Stephen Curry says he doesn't want to attend
Donald Trump
Stephen Curry
Golf Tournament
2018 Tiger Woods fires final round 71 to beat Billy Horschel by 2 and win the Tour Championship at East Lake GC in Atlanta: Woods' 80th PGA Tour win; first in 5 years; Justin Rose wins FedEx Cup crown, $10m bonus
Tiger Woods
- 2018 39 year old New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees throws 17 yard pass to Michael Thomas to become NFL career pass leader, breaking Brett Favre's record of 6,300 completions; Saints beat Falcons 43-37
- 2018 Alexander Zverev beats Kevin Anderson 6-7, 7-5, 10-7 in Chicago to complete a 13-8 win for Team Europe over Team World in the 2nd Laver Cup tennis tournament
Birthdays in Sport
Marty Schottenheimer
1943 Marty Schottenheimer, American football coach (Cleveland Browns, San Diego Chargers), born in McDonald, Pennsylvania
Marty Schottenheimer
- 1956 Paolo Rossi, Italian footballer
- 1957 Tony Fossas, Cuba, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
- 1958 Larry Hogan Mize, PGA golfer (1987 Masters), born in Augusta, Georgia
- 1958 Marvin Lewis, American football coach
- 1961 Phyllis Hines, cyclist (Olympics 1996), born in Nashville, Tennessee
- 1962 Jack Warren Pierce, Cherry Hill NJ, hurdler
- 1963 Gabriele Reinsch, German DR, discus thrower (world record 1988)
- 1964 Diane Dixon, American 4x400m runner (Olympic silver 1988), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1964 Leon Meijs, soccer player (Willem II)
- 1964 Clayton Blackmore, Welsh footballer
- 1965 Ian Leggatt, Cambridge Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1990 Canadian Tour)
- 1965 Mark Woodforde, Adelaide Australia, tennis star (1993 Wimbledon mixed)
- 1966 Doug Widell, NFL guard (Detroit Lions)
- 1966 Pete Harnisch, pitcher (NY Mets), born in Commack, New York
- 1969 Jeff Cirillo, infielder (Milwaukee Brewers), born in Pasadena, California
- 1969 Tapio Laukkanen, Finnish rally driver
- 1970 Brian Wells, Americanpairs skater (& Lyons-1995 Midwest champ), born in Carmel, California
- 1970 Georgios Koltsidas, Greek footballer
- 1971 Eric Montross, NBA center (Detroit Pistons)
- 1971 Marcel Boudesteyn, soccer player (Excelsior/FC Groningen)
- 1971 Willie Greene, Milledgville GA, infielder (Cincinnati Reds)
- 1973 Grant McDonald, Australian baseball outfielder (Olympics 1996)
- 1974 Doris Glenn Easterly, diver (Olympics 1996), born in Richmond, Virginia
- 1975 Vitaliy Yeremeyev, hockey goalie (Team Kazkhstan 1998)
- 1977 Matthieu Descoteaux, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 Ricky Davis, American basketball player
- 1979 Bryant McKinnie, NFL Offensive Tackle (Minnesota Vikings), born in Woodbury, New Jersey
- 1981 Robert Doornbos, Dutch race car driver
- 1984 Matt Kemp, American baseball player
- 1985 Brian Brohm, American football player
- 1985 Lukáš Kašpar, Czech ice hockey player
- 1985 Hossein Ka'abi, Iranian footballer
- 1985 Joba Chamberlain, American baseball player
- 1986 Martin Cranie, English footballer
- 1988 Juan Martín del Potro, Argentine tennis player (US Open 2009), born in Tandil, Argentina
- 1989 Brandon Jennings, American basketball player
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
1989 Tennis Ace Zina Garrison (25) weds businessman Willard Jackson (25) at the Windsor Village United Methodist Church in Houston
Zina Garrison
Deaths in Sport
- 1910 H J H "Tup" Scott, cricketer (Australian Test captain 1886), dies
- 1950 Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892)
- 1978 Lyman Bostock, outfielder (Angels), shot & killed at 27
- 1992 Bernice Gera, American 1st female baseball umpire (1969 NY-Penn League), dies of cancer at 61
- 1994 Jerry Barber, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1961), dies of mitral valve prolapse and stroke at 78
- 1996 Jack Newman, New Zealand cricketer (NZ left-arm pacer 1932-33), dies at 94
- 1997 Abe Gibron, head coach (Chicago Bears), dies at 72
- 2000 Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican Major League Baseball player (b. 1947)
- 2001 Ron Hewitt, Welsh footballer (b. 1928)
- 2004 Billy Reay, Canadian ice hockey player and coach, dies at 86
- 2010 Bob Shaw, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox), dies at 77
- 2012 Corrie Sanders, South African boxer, shot dead at 46
September in History
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
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
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
'I Have Heard The Voice of Adolf Hitler . . .'
Hitler's speech threatening Czechoslovakia was broadcast on this day. Among those listening to the ‘mad dog of Europe’ was a journalist in an American hotel.
September 26, 1938