Baseball Record
Sep 2 St. Louis 1st baseman Stan Musial's records his 3,516th hit in Cards' 4-3 loss v NY Mets; overtakes Tris Speaker into 2nd place behind Ty Cobb on the MLB all-time list
- Sep 5 Atletico Madrid of Spain win 2nd European Cup Winner's Cup against ACF Fiorentina of Italy 3-0 in Stuttgart (replay)
- Sep 5 Cubs Ken Hubbs sets 2nd base record for consecutive errorless games at 78 & consecutive errorless chances (418), he errors in the 4th
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 10 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Rod Laver completes his first Grand Slam defeating fellow Queenslander Roy Emerson 6-2, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 10 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Australian Margaret Smith beats defending champion Darlene Hard 9-7, 6-4 for her first US singles crown
- Sep 12 Washington Senator Tom Cheney strikes out record 21 Orioles in 16 inn game
- Sep 15 Australia's 1st entry in America's Cup yacht race (US wins)
- Sep 16 Brian Kilby wins marathon: (2:23:18.8)
- Sep 18 Bob Aspromonte sets NL 3rd baseman record of 57 cons errorless games
- Sep 23 LA Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills breaks Ty Cobb's 1915 MLB steals record, recording #97 on his way to 104
Boxing Title Fight
Sep 25 Challenger Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson at 2:06 of round 1 at Comiskey Park, Chicago to win the world heavyweight boxing title
- Sep 25 Weatherly (US) beats Gretel (Aust) in 19th running of America's Cup
- Sep 25 Yankees clinch AL pennant
- Sep 26 LA Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills becomes first player in MLB history to steal 100 bases (en route to 104)
- Sep 30 NY Mets lose record 120th game as Cubs turn triple play & beat NY 5-1
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