Cricket History
Sep 2 Australian cricket batsman Kim Hughes becomes 3rd player to bat on all 5 days of a Test match as the rain affected Centenary Test peters out to a draw at Lord's; BBC's John Arlott calls his final match
- Sep 6 French runner Chantal Langlacé sets women's 100k world record (7h 27m 22s) in Amiens, France
- Sep 6 US College football longest losing streak of 50 games ends for Macalester College (St. Paul)
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 6 US Open Women's Tennis: In the centenary women's singles final, Chris Evert-Lloyd wins her 5th US title; beats Hana Mandlíková 5-7, 6-1, 6-1
- Sep 7 Oakland A's pitch record 78th complete game of season
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 7 US Open Men's Tennis: In centenary men's singles final John McEnroe retains title; beats Björn Borg 7-6, 6-1, 6-7, 5-7, 6-4
Sports History
Sep 8 Bowie Kuhn suspends Ferguson Jenkins indefinitely due to drug arrest
- Sep 14 Dwight Clark begins NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions
- Sep 20 Bronze plaque dedicated to memory of catcher Thurman Munson unveiled at Yankee Stadium: Munson died in plane crash in 1979
Sports History
Sep 20 George Brett goes 0-for-4 dropping his avg below .400 for good
Sports History
Sep 25 Jerry Mumphrey joins Ozzie Smith and Gene Richards to steal 50 bases this year for Padres
- Sep 27 Marvin Hagler defeats Alan Minter to claim boxing's world Middleweight championship in London. They have to be escorted away by police after a riot forms.
- Sep 28 Australian Williams driver Alan Jones clinches his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by winning the Canadian Grand Prix at Île Notre-Dame Circuit
- Sep 30 1,754 turn out to see Phillies play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
Baseball Record
Sep 30 Oakland outfielder Rickey Henderson sets AL stolen base record with his 97th in A's 5-1 win over Chicago White Sox; breaks Ty Cobb's mark of 96 set in 1915
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