Sports History
Sep 4 Greg LeMond wins UCI World Road Race Championship in 7h 01' 21" in Altenrhein, Switzerland; first American cyclist to take the title
- Sep 4 US Men's Amateur Golf Championship, North Shore CC: Jay Sigel successfully defends title 8 & 7 over Chris Perry
Sports History
Sep 9 Vitas Gerulaitis bets his house that Martina Navratilova can't beat 100th ranked male tennis player
Boxing Title Fight
Sep 10 Larry Holmes TKOs Scott Frank in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
- Sep 10 US Open Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert-Lloyd 6-1, 6-3 for her first US singles title
- Sep 11 Pittsburgh running back Franco Harris runs for 118 yards in Steelers 25-21 win at Green Bay to become the only the third player in NFL history to rush for 11,000 yards
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 11 US Open Men's Tennis: American Jimmy Connors retains title; repeats previous year's win over Czech Ivan Lendl 6-3, 6-7, 7-5, 6-0
Sports History
Sep 13 Dan Quisenberry record 39th season save
Baseball Record
Sep 13 Oakland's Rickey Henderson 3rd straight 100 steals for season
- Sep 13 US mint strikes 1st gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle)
- Sep 17 Chicago White Sox clinch their 1st-ever AL West championship
- Sep 18 New Orleans Saints 1st OT victory; beating Chicago Bears 34-31
- Sep 20 3,112 turn out to see Pirates play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
- Sep 22 Zhu Jianhau (China) sets high jump record at 7'9 3/4"
- Sep 23 Gerrie Coetzee of South Africa KOs American Michael Dokes in 10 rounds in Richfield. Ohio for WBA heavyweight boxing title
Sports History
Sep 23 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton is 16th to wins 300 game, beating Cardinals 6-2 in St. Louis
Sports History
Sep 23 MLB pitcher Gaylord Perry (45) announces his retirement, after 22 seasons; career record 314-265, 3.11 ERA, and 3,534 strikeouts
Baseball Record
Sep 24 Braves Dale Murphy is 6th to hit 30 HRs & steal 30 bases in season
Cricket Debut
Sep 24 Test cricket debut of Shoaib Mohammad, son of champion Pakistan batsman Hanif Mohammad; scores 6 in drawn 2nd Test v India in Jullundur; goes on to play 45 Tests
- Sep 26 Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks 56 yard field goal, a NY Giants record
- Sep 26 Australia II wins America's Cup yacht race - 1st non-US winner
Sports History
Sep 26 Cardinals' Bob Forsch pitches 2nd career no-hitter, beating Montreal Expos 3-0, in St. Louis
Sports History
Sep 27 Tim Raines is 1st since Ty Cobb to steal 70 & drive in 70 runs
- Sep 29 Oakland A's Mike Warren no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0
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