Events in Sport
- 1901 National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues forms
- 1908 Dodger Nap Rucker no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0
- 1913 Phillies & Braves tie record of only 1 run in a double header, Phillies win 1st game 1-0, then a scoreless tie into 10th
- 1916 36th U.S. Men's National Championship: R. Norris Williams beats William Johnston (4-6, 6-4, 0-6, 6-2, 6-4)
- 1918 Due to WW I, 15th World Series begins a month early
Baseball Record
1921 Walter Johnson sets strikeout mark at 2,287
Walter Johnson
Golf Tournament
1925 29th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Bobby Jones
Bobby Jones
- 1927 Red Sox beat Yankees 12-11 in 18 innings
- 1936 Red Sox turn a triple-play on Yankees
- 1938 Davis Cup Final, Philadelphia: Don Budge beats Adrian Quist of Australia 8-6, 6-1, 6-2 to wrap up the tie for the United States 3-2
- 1939 34th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Haverford (3-2)
- 1946 Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game
- 1949 US National Championship Men's Tennis: Pancho Gonzales beats fellow American Ted Schroeder 16-18, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4; longest singles final match by number of games (67), before the tiebreaker introduction
- 1949 US National Championship Women's Tennis: Margaret Osborne duPont beats fellow American Doris Hart 6-4, 6-1 for her 2nd straight US singles crown
- 1950 US National Championship Men's Tennis: American Art Larsen beats countryman Herb Flam 6-3, 4-6, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 for his only Grand Slam title
- 1950 US National Championship Women's Tennis: In an all-American final Margaret Osborne duPont beats Doris Hart 6-3, 6-3 for her 3rd consecutive US singles title
US Men's Tennis Open
1951 US National Men's Tennis Championship: Australian Frank Sedgman beats Vic Seixas of the United States 6-4, 6-1, 6-1
Vic Seixas
Olympic Gold
1960 Cassius Clay [Muhammad Ali] beats 3-time European champion Zbigniew Pietrzykowski of Poland by unanimous points decision to win Olympic light heavyweight boxing gold medal at the Rome Games
Muhammad Ali
Event of Interest
1960 A. J. Foyt wins the first of 67 Indy car victories at Du Quoin, Illinois. State Fairgrounds
A. J. Foyt
- 1960 Future world middleweight boxing champion Nino Benvenuti of Italy beats Yuri Radonyak of the Soviet Union to win welterweight gold medal at the Rome Olympics
- 1962 Atletico Madrid of Spain win 2nd European Cup Winner's Cup against ACF Fiorentina of Italy 3-0 in Stuttgart (replay)
- 1962 Cubs Ken Hubbs sets 2nd base record for consecutive errorless games at 78 & consecutive errorless chances (418), he errors in the 4th
- 1971 Astros pitcher J R Richard debut, strikes out 15 Giants in a 5-3 win
- 1971 NY Mets Don Hahn hits 1st inside the park homer at Phillies Vet
- 1972 11 Israeli athletes taken hostage and later killed by Palestinian Black September group at the Munich Olympics
- 1973 1st one-day Cricket international for WI (v Eng) - lose by 1 wicket
- 1977 Cleveland Indians stage 1st "I hate the Yankee Hanky Night"
- 1979 A's Matt Keough A's beats Brewers 6-1 for 1st win after 14 straight losses, ended 1978 with 4 loses (1 shy of the record 19)
US Men's Tennis Open
1979 Roscoe Tanner fires 11 aces, breaks the net with his bullet serve & upsets top-seeded Björn Borg in US Open Tennis quarterfinals
Roscoe Tanner
Björn Borg
- 1982 US Men's Amateur Golf Championship, The Country Club: Jay Sigel wins 8 & 7 over David Tolley
Tennis Open
1987 John McEnroe is fined $17,500 for tirades at US Tennis Open
John McEnroe
Event of Interest
1987 2nd World Championships in Athletics: Carl Lewis wins gold in Men's Long Jump
Carl Lewis
- 1988 CFL's Earl Winfield (Ham) scores TDs on 101-yd punt return, 100-yd kickoff return & 58-yd pass reception
Event of Interest
1989 Chris Evert's last US Open match, she is defeated by Zina Garrison
Chris Evert
Zina Garrison
US Men's Tennis Open
1990 #12 seed Pete Sampras ends #3 Ivan Lendl's bid for 9th straight US Open final with classic 6-4, 7-6, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2 quarter final win; goes on to win 1st career Grand Slam title
Pete Sampras
Ivan Lendl
NFL Record
1994 SF wide receiver Jerry Rice catches 2 touchdown passes and runs for another score in 49ers' 44-14 rout of the Raiders; surpasses Jim Brown as NFL's career TD leader with 127
Jerry Rice
Jim Brown
Baseball Record
1995 Cal Ripken Jr ties Gehrig's record of playing in 2,130 straight games
Cal Ripken Jr
Birthdays in Sport
- 1826 John Wisden, England cricketer (prominent Sussex player), born in Brighton, Sussex, England (d. 1884)
- 1872 Horace Rice, Australian tennis player (Australasian C'ship 1907), born in Sydney, NSW (d. 1950)
- 1874 Nap Lajoie, American baseball player, born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island (d. 1959)
- 1909 Archie Jackson, Australian cricketer, born in Rutherglen, Scotland (d. 1933)
- 1923 Ken Meuleman, Australian cricketer, born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2004)
- 1936 Bill Mazeroski, American MLB 2nd baseman (won 1960 World Series for Pitts), born in Wheeling, West Virginia
- 1937 Antonio Valentín Angelillo, Italian-Argentinian footballer who played for both Argentina and Italy, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 2018)
- 1939 Clay Regazzoni, Swiss Formula One driver, born in Mendrisio, Switzerland (d. 2006)
- 1951 Paul Breitner, German footballer, born in Kolbermoor, Germany
- 1952 Graham Salmon, British blind runner (fastest 100m by a blind man) (d. 1999)
- 1954 Hans-Jorgen Gerhardt, German bobsleder (Olympic gold 1980), born in Altenburg, Thuringia
- 1956 Steve Denton, tennis player (world's fastest tennis serve-138 mph), born in Kingsville, Texas
- 1957 Peter Winnen, Dutch bicycle road athlete, born in Ysselsteyn German war cemetery, Netherlands
- 1960 Rob Stull, American pentathlete (Olympic-92), born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- 1960 Willie Gault, American NFL receiver (Chicago Bears, LA Raiders), born in Griffin, Georgia
- 1962 Beth Underhill, Canadian equestrian jumper (Olympics 26-92, 96), born in Georgetown, Ontario
- 1963 Brandon Krovoza, American canoeist (alt-Olympics 1996), born in Newport Beach, California
- 1963 Dave Brantley, American MLB pitcher (Cincinnati Reds), born in Florence, Alabama
- 1963 Tim McKyer, American NFL defensive back (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32), born in Orlando, Florida
- 1964 Frank Farina, Australian footballer, born in Darwin, Australia
- 1965 Tony Martin, American NFL wide receiver (San Diego Chargers), born in Miami, Florida
- 1965 David Brabham, Australian auto racer (Le Mans 24 Hours 2009), born in London, England
- 1966 Simone Jacobs, British 4X100m relayer (Olympic bronze 1984), born in Reading, Berkshire, England
- 1966 Milinko Pantić, Serbian footballer, born in Loznica, Serbia
- 1967 Rein van Duynhoven, Dutch soccer player (Helmond Sport, MVV), born in Veghel, Netherlands
- 1968 Dennis Scott, American NBA forward (Dallas Mavericks), born in Hagerstown, Maryland
- 1969 Maurice Miller, CFL linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)
- 1969 Leonardo Araujo, Brazilian footballer, born in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 1969 Mark Ramprakash, English cricketer, born in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England
- 1970 Brad Hopkins, American NFL tackle (Houston Oilers), born in Columbia, South Carolina
- 1970 Lori Harrigan, American softball pitcher (Olympic gold 1996), born in Anaheim, California
- 1970 Michael Potts, American pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers), born in Langdale, Alabama
- 1970 Willie Clay, American NFL safety (Detroit Lions), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 1970 Mohammad Rafique, Bangladeshi cricketer, born in Dhaka, Bangladesh
- 1971 Carlester Crumpler, American NFL tight end (Seattle Seahawks), born in Greenville, North Carolina
- 1971 Kim Maher, American softball infielder (Olympic gold 1996), born in Saigon, Vietnam
- 1971 Adam Hollioake, England cricketer, born in Melbourne, Australia
- 1972 Dirk Copeland, pursuit cyclist (Olympics 1992, 96), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1972 Jimmy Haynes, Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher (Baltimore Orioles), born in LaGrange, Georgia
- 1972 Tom Carter, American NFL cornerback (Washington Redskins), born in St. Petersburg, Florida
- 1973 Jenny Whittle, Australian basketball center (Olympic bronze 1996), born in Gold Coast, Australia
- 1974 Rawl Lewis, West Indian cricketer, born in Grenada
- 1975 Rod Barajas, Mexican-American baseball player, born in Ontario, California
- 1975 George Boateng, Dutch footballer, born in Nkawkaw, Ghana
- 1975 Matt Geyer, Australian rugby league footballer, born in Blacktown, Sydney, Australia
- 1976 Tatiana Gutsu, Ukrainian gymnast (1992 Olympic Champion), born in Odessa, Soviet Union
- 1977 Rosevelt Colvin, American football player, born in Indianapolis, Indiana
- 1977 Nazr Mohammed, American basketball player, born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1978 Chris Jack, New Zealand rugby union footballer (All Blacks), born in Christchurch, New Zealand
- 1978 Zhang Zhong, Chinese-Singaporean chess player, born in Chongqing, China
- 1978 Sylvester Joseph, West Indian cricketer, born in New Winthorpes, Antigua
- 1979 John Carew, Norwegian footballer, born in Lørenskog, Norway
- 1979 Stacey Dales, Canadian basketball player and sportscaster, born in Collingwood, Canada
- 1979 George O'Callaghan, Irish footballer, born in Cork, Ireland
- 1980 Franco Costanzo, Argentinian football goalkeeper, born in Río Cuarto, Argentina
- 1981 Drew Carter, American football player, born in Solon, Ohio
- 1981 Filippo Volandri, Italian tennis player, born in Livorno, Italy
- 1982 Alexandre Geijo, Spanish-Swiss footballer, born in Geneva, Switzerland
- 1983 Eugen Bopp, Ukrainian-German footballer, born in Kiev, Ukraine
- 1983 Pablo Granoche, Uruguayan footballer, born in Montevideo, Uruguay
- 1985 Ryan Guy, American soccer player, born in Carlsbad, California
- 1990 Kim Yu-Na, Korean figure skater, born in Wonmi-gu, South Korea
Weddings in Sport
- 2015 Actress Erika Christensen (33) weds cyclist Cole Maness in Palm Springs, California
Deaths in Sport
- 1931 John Thomson, football player who died in an accidental collision during a match (b. 1909)
- 1961 Ernest Bock, cricketer (Test for South Africa, 1935), dies
- 1966 Dezső Lauber, Hungarian athlete (b. 1879)
- 1970 Jochen Rindt, Austrian auto racer (posthumous World F1 title 1970), dies of throat injuries in practice accident at 28
- 1971 Ed Gordon Jr, American long jumper (Olympic gold 1932), dies at 63
- 1971 George Trafton, American NFL center (Chicago Bears), dies at 74
- 1972 Mosje Weinberg, Israeli olympic wrestling coach, murdered
- 1973 Jack Fournier, American baseball player (b. 1889)
- 1976 A E R Gilligan, cricketer (11 Tests for England 1922-25), dies
- 1987 Bill Bowes, English cricketer (Bodyline bowler, 68 wkts for England), dies at 79
- 1992 Billy Herman, 2nd baseman/manager (Dodgers, Cubs), dies at 83
- 1996 Richard Clement Charles Thomas, rugby intl/journalist, dies at 67
- 2001 Heywood Hale Broun, American TV commentator and sports correspondent, dies at 83
- 2010 Shoya Tomizawa Japanese MotoGP Racer (b. 1990)
- 2013 Willie Frazier, American football player (Houston Oilers), dies at 71
- 2015 Patricia Canning Todd, American tennis player, dies at 93
September in History
![Tragedy of Macbeth Brings Fits of Laughter]()
Tragedy of Macbeth Brings Fits of Laughter
Lawrence of Arabia star Peter O’Toole returned to the stage on this day playing Shakespeare’s Macbeth in London. Critics savaged the production but the fans?
September 3, 1980![Jesse James – Hero or Cold Killer?]()
Jesse James – Hero or Cold Killer?
Hailed by some as a folk hero and by others as a cold-bloodied killer, Jesse James, one of America’s most infamous outlaws, was born on this day.
September 5, 1847![Woman Jockey Rides Into Record Books]()
Woman Jockey Rides Into Record Books
Jockey Gay Kelleway is the only woman to ride a winner at England’s famous Royal Ascot. She was also the first jockey to wear a TV camera on her helmet.
September 6, 1992![Hey, Hey – We're The Monkees]()
Hey, Hey – We're The Monkees
We have the formula, the music and the female fans standing by ready to scream. All we need now is four likely lads to form the band. Enter "The Monkees".
September 8, 1965
