- Sep 8 Noel Cantwell, Irish cricketer and footballer (b. 1932)
- Sep 11 Chris Schenkel, American sportscaster (Monday Night Fights), dies at 82
- Sep 13 Toni Fritsch, Austrian soccer forward (9 caps; Rapid Vienna) and American football kicker (Super Bowl 1971 Dallas Cowboys; Pro Bowl 1979), dies of heart failure at 60