- Sep 4 Alphonso Ford, American basketball guard (EuroLeague Top Scorer, All-EuroLeague First Team 2001, 03; Olympiacos, Montepaschi Siena), dies from leukemia at 32
- Sep 4 Moe Norman, Canadian golfer (Canadian Golf Hall of Fame), dies from congestive heart failure at 75
- Sep 7 Bob Boyd, American baseball first baseman (NgL All-Star 1947, 48, 49; first black player to sign with Chicago WS), dies at 84
- Sep 20 Brian Clough, English footballer and football manager, dies of cancer at 69
- Sep 23 Billy Reay, Canadian ice hockey player and coach, dies at 86
- Sep 28 Christl Cranz, German alpine skier (combined gold Winter Olympics 1936), dies at 90
- Sep 29 Richard Sainct, French motorcycle rally rider, dies in a crash at 44
- Sep 30 Justin Strzelczyk, American NFL football offensive tackle, 1990-98 (Pittsburgh Steelers), dies in high speed car crash while being pursued by police at 36; autopsy revealed brain damage due to chronic concussion injuries
- Sep 30 Mildred McDaniel, American athlete (Olympic gold high jump 1956), dies at 70
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