- Sep 5 Arthur Gilligan, English cricketer (11 Tests for England 1922-25 and Captain), dies at 81
- Sep 10 John Heaton, American sledder (Olympic silver skeleton 1928, 48, bronze bobsled 1932; American team's flag bearer 1948), dies at 68
- Sep 13 Armand Mondou, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1905)
- Sep 25 Red Faber, American Baseball HOF pitcher (World Series 1917; AL ERA leader 1921, 22; Chicago White Sox 1914-33), dies from heart disease at 88
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