- Sep 2 Peter West, British sports broadcaster (BBC; editor Playfair Cricket Annual), dies at 83
- Sep 8 Gulabrai Ramchand, Indian cricket all-rounder (33 Tests, 2 x 100, 41 wickets, BB 6/49; Sind, Bombay, Rajasthan), dies at 76
- Sep 13 Kenneth Walter, South African cricket fast bowler (2 Tests, 6 wickets), dies at 63
Althea Gibson (1927-2003)
Sep 28 American tennis player (7 Grand Slam singles titles), dies of respiratory and bladder infections at 76
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