PGA Players Championship
Sep 2 PGA Tournament Players Championship, Atlanta CC: Jack Nicklaus wins inaugural event; first of his 3 TPC titles, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up J. C. Snead
Sports History
Sep 3 Future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame guard Oscar Robertson retires; leaves NBA with 26,710 points, 9,887 assists & 7,804 rebounds in 1,040 games
- Sep 3 SF Giants' pitcher John Montefusco in his MLB debut, homers in his first at bat and pitches 9 innings in relief to earn a 9 - 5 victory over the Dodgers
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 7 US Open Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Billie Jean King wins her 4th and final US singles title; beats Evonne Goolagong Cawley of Australia 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Sep 8 England's Ian Thompson wins European Championship marathon in 2:13:18.8 in Rome, Italy
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 8 US Open Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Jimmy Connors wins his first of 5 US singles titles; outclasses veteran Australian Ken Rosewall 6-1, 6-0, 6-1 in last event played on grass
- Sep 10 Teuvo Louhivouri sets cycling distance record of 515.8 mi in 24 hrs
- Sep 13 Phillies set NL record, using 27 players in a game, St Louis uses 24, tying record of 51. Phils win 7-3 in 17
- Sep 17 Courageous (US) beats Southern Cross (Aust) in 23rd America's Cup
- Sep 21 Enzo Maiorca sets the world record for free diving of 90 metres
Sports History
Sep 28 California Angel Nolan Ryan 3rd no-hitter beats Minn Twin, 4-0
- Sep 29 New York City Marathon: Norbert Sander wins men's race in 2:26:30; Katherine Switzer takes out women's event in 3:07:29
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