- Sep 5 Dodger Don Newcombe hits NL pitcher record 7th HR of season
Baseball History
Sep 7 New York Yankee Whitey Ford becomes 5th MLB pitcher to hurl consecutive 1 hitters
Sports History
Sep 11 75th US National Championships Men's Tennis: American Tony Trabert wins his second home title; beats Ken Rosewall of Australia 9-7, 6-3, 6-3
F1 World Champion
Sep 11 Juan Manuel Fango in a Mercedes wins season ending Italian Grand Prix at Monza to take his third Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 17 points from Englishman Stirling Moss
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 11 US National Championship Women's Tennis: Defending champion Doris Hart beats Patricia Ward Hales of England 6-4, 6-2
Sports History
Sep 16 Yankee Mickey Mantle pulls a hamstring muscle running out a bunt
Sports History
Sep 17 Future MLB Hall of Famer Baltimore Oriole Brooks Robinson goes 2-4 in his 1st game
Baseball Record
Sep 18 Willie Mays hits record tying 9th HR at Ebbets Field (ties Joe Adcock)
Baseball Record
Sep 19 Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits record 5th grand slam of season
- Sep 20 Willie Mays (Giants) homers off Vern Law (Pirates) in both ends of DH
- Sep 20 Willie Mays is 7th player to reach 50 HRs in a season
Boxing Title Fight
Sep 21 In his last fight, undefeated world heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano KOs light heavyweight Archie Moore in the 9th round at Yankee Stadium, NYC
- Sep 23 Yanks clinch pennant by beating Red Sox, 3-2
- Sep 28 1st World Series color TV broadcast on NBC-TV (Yanks beat Dodgers)
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