1965 in sports
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Contents
- Stock car racing:
- *Fred Lorenzen wins the Daytona 500
- *NASCAR Championship - Ned Jarrett
- Indianapolis 500 - Jimmy Clark
- USAC Racing - Mario Andretti
- Formula One Champion - Jimmy Clark of Great Britain
- 24 hours of Le Mans:
- *the team of Jochen Rindt / Masten Gregory won, driving a Ferrari 275LM
- Rally racing - the team of Timo Mäkinen / Paul Easter won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Mini Cooper S
- Drag racing:
- *Don Garlits won the NHRA, "Top Fuel" Championship
- *Maynard Rupp won "Top Fuel" at the NHRA World Finals
- World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers win 4 games to 3 over the Minnesota Twins. The Series MVP was Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles.
- NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
- *UCLA wins 91-80
- NBA Finals:
- *Boston Celtics win 4 games to 1 over the Los Angeles Lakers
- March 30 - Jose Torres won the Light Heavyweight Championship of the World, stopping Willie Pastrano in nine rounds, at New York's Madison Square Garden.
- Imperial Cricket Conference is renamed to International Cricket Conference and new rules are adopted to permit the election of countries from outside the Commonwealth of Nations.
- March 13 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium,England. South Africa beat England 2-1.
- World Figure Skating Championships:
- *Men's champion: Alain Calmat, (France)
- *Women's champion: Petra Burka, (Canada)
- *Pairs champions: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov, (Soviet Union)
- AFL Championship Buffalo Bills won 23-0 over the San Diego Chargers
- NFL Championship: Green Bay Packers won 23-12 over the Cleveland Browns
- Victorian Football League
- * Essendon wins the 69th VFL Premiership (Essendon 14.21 (105) d St Kilda 9.16 (70))
- * Brownlow Medal awarded to Ian Stewart (St Kilda) and Noel Teasdale (North Melbourne)
- Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats win 22-16 over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- Vanier Cup: Toronto Varsity Blues win 14-7 over the Alberta Golden Bears
- Canadian Junior Championship: NDG Maple Leafs win 2-1 over the Edmonton Huskies
- England - FA Cup: Liverpool won 2 - 1 (aet) over Leeds United
Men's Golf
- Grand Slam of golf results:
- #May - The Masters - Jack Nicklaus
- #June - US Open - Gary Player
- #July - British Open - Peter Thomson
- #August - PGA Championship - Dave Marr
- PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Jack Nicklaus - $140,752
- Ryder Cup: United States wins 19½ to 12½ over Britain in world team golf.
Women's Golf
- US Women's Open - Carol Mann
- LPGA Championship - Sandra Haynie
- Kathy Whitworth: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $28,658
- Australia - Melbourne Cup - Light Fingers
- Canada - Queen's Plate - Whistling Sea
- France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Sea-Bird II
- Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Meadow Court
- English Triple Crown Races:
- #Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Niksar
- #Epsom Derby - Sea-Bird
- #St. Leger Stakes - Provoke
- United States Triple Crown Races:
- #Kentucky Derby - Lucky Debonair
- #Preakness Stakes - Tom Rolfe
- #Belmont Stakes - Hail to All (Held at Aqueduct)
- Bret Hanover wins the United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
- #Cane Pace - Bret Hanover
- #Little Brown Jug - Bret Hanover
- #Messenger Stakes - Bret Hanover
- United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
- #Hambletonian - Egyptian Candor
- #Yonkers Trot
- #Kentucky Futurity
- Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
- *Pacers: Jay Ar
- *Trotters: Poupette
- Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Stan Mikita, Chicago Blackhawks
- Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Bobby Hull, Chicago Blackhawks
- Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens won 4 games to 3 over the Chicago Blackhawks
- World Hockey Championship:
- * Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia
- Fourth Amateur Radio Direction Finding European Championship held in Warsaw, Poland.
- World Snooker Championship challenge matches:
- *John Pulman beats Fred Davis 37-36
- *John Pulman beats Rex Williams 25-22
- *John Pulman beats Fred Van Rensburg 39-12
- Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
- #Australian Open - Roy Emerson
- #French Open - Fred Stolle
- #Wimbledon championships - Roy Emerson
- #US Open - Manuel Santana
- Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
- #Australian Open - Margaret Smith
- #French Open - Lesley Turner
- #Wimbledon championships - Margaret Smith
- #US Open - Margaret Smith
- First All-Africa Games held in Brazzaville, Congo
- Fourth Pan Arab Games held in Cairo, Egypt
- Fourth Summer Universiade held in Budapest, Hungary
Births
January
- January 5 — Patrik Sjöberg, Swedish high jumper
- January 11 — Roland Scholten, Dutch darts player
- January 25 — Dominik Hasek, Czech ice hockey player
- January 27 — Marc van Belkum, Dutch water polo player
- January 28 — Tom Ponting, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- January 29 — Peter Lundgren, Swedish tennis coach and player
February
- February 4 — John van Loen, Dutch football (soccer) striker
- February 5 — Tarik Benhabiles, Algerian-French tennis player
- February 7 — Joseph Gikonyo, Kenyan athlete
- February 9 — Igor Malkov, Soviet speedskater
- February 11 — Angie Ridgeway, golfer
- February 14 — Suharyadi Suharyadi, Indonesian tennis player
- February 15 — Gustavo Quinteros, Bolivian football (soccer) coach and player
- February 19 — Michael Westphal, German tennis player
March
- March 1 — Stewart Elliott, Canadian jockey
- March 3 — Dragan Stojković, Serbian football (soccer) player
- March 8 — Ferenc Csipes, Hungarian canoer
- March 11 — Eric Jelen, German tennis player
- March 15 — Marcel Gery, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- March 17 — Sven Lodziewski, East German freestyle swimmer
- March 24 — Marian Vajda, Czech tennis player
- March 25 — Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgarian high jumper and president of the Bulgarian olympic committee
- March 25 — Dwight Walton, Canadian basketball player
- March 29 — Voula Patoulidou, Greek athlete
April
- April 1 — Brian Nielsen, Danish boxer
- April 7 — Alexander Mronz, German tennis player
- April 8 — Remco Pielstroom, Dutch water polo player
- April 9 — Paolo Canè, Italian tennis player
- April 11 — Chris Pridham, Canadian tennis player
- April 20 — Rolf Sørensen, Danish cyclist
- April 21 — Thomas Helmer, German football (soccer) player
May
- May 2 — Gennadiy Prigoda, Russian freestyle swimmer
- May 5 — Leslie Law, British eventer
- May 9 — Steve Yzerman, ice hockey player
- May 10 — Greg Fasala, Australian freestyle swimmer
- May 13 — Jo Thompson, British field hockey goalkeeper
- May 22 — Clare Taylor, English cricketer
- May 25 — Sue Metcalfe, English cricketer
- May 28 — Catherine Tanvier, French tennis player
June
- June 2 — Jens-Peter Herold, German middle-distance runner
- June 3 — Hans Kroes, Dutch freestyle and backstroke swimmer
- June 3 — Helen Plimmer, English cricketer
- June 15 — Lars Hinneburg, East German freestyle swimmer
- June 15 — Bernard Hopkins, US boxer
- June 17 — Dan Jansen, American speedskater
- June 17 — Gianluca Pozzi, Italian tennis player
- June 19 — Gary Vandermeulen, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- June 22 — Lubomir Moravčík, Slovak football (soccer) player
July
- July 7 — Jan Wagenaar, Dutch water polo player
- July 30 — Leonel Álvarez, Colombian football (soccer) midfielder
August
- August 9 — Mark Andrews, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- August 10 — Namjil Bayarsaikhan, Mongolian boxer
- August 10 — Mike E. Smith, Hall of Fame jockey
- August 11 — Sergio Vigil, Argentine field hockey player and coach
- August 12 — Conny van Bentum, Dutch freestyle swimmer
- August 14 — Ian Brown, Australian freestyle swimmer
- August 19 — James Tomkins, Australian rower
- August 22 — Patricia Hy-Boulais, Canadian tennis player
September
- September 11 — Jean-Philippe Fleurian, French tennis player
- September 12 — Silke Hörner, East German swimmer
- September 16 — Karlheinz Riedle, German football (soccer) player
- September 20 — Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, Danish badminton player
- September 25 — Scottie Pippen, American NBA player
- September 27 — Alan Brahmst, German-born field hockey defender from Canada
October
- October 1 — Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
- October 3 — Annemarie Verstappen, Dutch freestyle swimmer
- October 3 — Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player
- October 4 — Trudy Kilkolly, New Zealand field hockey player
- October 5 — Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
- October 5 — Patrick Roy, ice hockey player
- October 8 — Matt Biondi, American swimmer
- October 12 — Henry Akinwande, Nigeria-born British heavyweight boxer
- October 14 — Jüri Jaanson, Estonian rower
- October 18 — Petra Müller, East German athlete
- October 20 — Amos Mansdorf, Israeli tennis player
- October 20 — Mikhail Shtalenkov, Russian ice hockey goaltender
- October 21 — Christopher Duplanty, American water polo goalkeeper
- October 27 — Atlee Mahorn, Jamaica-born Canadian sprinter
November
- November 7 — Sigrun Wodars, East German middle distance athlete
- November 17 — Eric Amend, American tennis player
- November 17 — Grant Connell, Canadian tennis player
- November 21 — Jon Kelly, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- November 26 — Peter Konyegwachie, Nigerian boxer
- November 27 — Kathleen Heddle, Canadian rower
- November 29 — Joanne Broadbent, Australian cricketer
December
- December 3 — Katarina Witt, German figure skater
- December 14 — Aljoša Asanović, Croatian football (soccer) player
- December 14 — Craig Biggio, American baseball player
- December 17 — Jasna Šekarić, Serbian sport shooter
- December 18 — Igor Milanovic, Yugoslav waterpolo player
- December 19 — Chito Martinez, Belize-born baseball player
- December 20 — Rich Gannon, American football quarterback
- December 22 — Bryan Shelton, American tennis player
- December 30 — Essam Abd El Fatah, Egyptian football (soccer) referee
- December 31 — Ilana Berger, Israeli tennis player
Deaths
- January 11 — Wally Pipp, Major League Baseball player, (1913-1928)
- March 5 — Pepper Martin, Major League Baseball player, (1928-1944)
- March 6 — Wally Schang, Major League Baseball player, (1913-1931)
- March 17 — Amos Alonzo Stagg, baseball, basketball and American football coach and player
- March 29 — Eric Brook, English footballer (b. 1907)
- March 29 — Heinrich Schomburgk, German tennis player (b. 1885)
- March 30 — Jack Hatfield, British swimmer and water polo player (b. 1893)
- September 9 — Louis Baillon, British field hockey player
- World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers win 4 games to 3 over the Minnesota Twins. The Series MVP was Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles.
- NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
- *UCLA wins 91-80
- NBA Finals:
- *Boston Celtics win 4 games to 1 over the Los Angeles Lakers
- March 30 - Jose Torres won the Light Heavyweight Championship of the World, stopping Willie Pastrano in nine rounds, at New York's Madison Square Garden.
- Imperial Cricket Conference is renamed to International Cricket Conference and new rules are adopted to permit the election of countries from outside the Commonwealth of Nations.
- March 13 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium,England. South Africa beat England 2-1.
- World Figure Skating Championships:
- *Men's champion: Alain Calmat, (France)
- *Women's champion: Petra Burka, (Canada)
- *Pairs champions: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov, (Soviet Union)
- AFL Championship Buffalo Bills won 23-0 over the San Diego Chargers
- NFL Championship: Green Bay Packers won 23-12 over the Cleveland Browns
- Victorian Football League
- * Essendon wins the 69th VFL Premiership (Essendon 14.21 (105) d St Kilda 9.16 (70))
- * Brownlow Medal awarded to Ian Stewart (St Kilda) and Noel Teasdale (North Melbourne)
- Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats win 22-16 over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- Vanier Cup: Toronto Varsity Blues win 14-7 over the Alberta Golden Bears
- Canadian Junior Championship: NDG Maple Leafs win 2-1 over the Edmonton Huskies
- England - FA Cup: Liverpool won 2 - 1 (aet) over Leeds United
Men's Golf
- Grand Slam of golf results:
- #May - The Masters - Jack Nicklaus
- #June - US Open - Gary Player
- #July - British Open - Peter Thomson
- #August - PGA Championship - Dave Marr
- PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Jack Nicklaus - $140,752
- Ryder Cup: United States wins 19½ to 12½ over Britain in world team golf.
Women's Golf
- US Women's Open - Carol Mann
- LPGA Championship - Sandra Haynie
- Kathy Whitworth: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $28,658
- Australia - Melbourne Cup - Light Fingers
- Canada - Queen's Plate - Whistling Sea
- France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Sea-Bird II
- Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Meadow Court
- English Triple Crown Races:
- #Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Niksar
- #Epsom Derby - Sea-Bird
- #St. Leger Stakes - Provoke
- United States Triple Crown Races:
- #Kentucky Derby - Lucky Debonair
- #Preakness Stakes - Tom Rolfe
- #Belmont Stakes - Hail to All (Held at Aqueduct)
- Bret Hanover wins the United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
- #Cane Pace - Bret Hanover
- #Little Brown Jug - Bret Hanover
- #Messenger Stakes - Bret Hanover
- United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
- #Hambletonian - Egyptian Candor
- #Yonkers Trot
- #Kentucky Futurity
- Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
- *Pacers: Jay Ar
- *Trotters: Poupette
- Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Stan Mikita, Chicago Blackhawks
- Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Bobby Hull, Chicago Blackhawks
- Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens won 4 games to 3 over the Chicago Blackhawks
- World Hockey Championship:
- * Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia
- Fourth Amateur Radio Direction Finding European Championship held in Warsaw, Poland.
- World Snooker Championship challenge matches:
- *John Pulman beats Fred Davis 37-36
- *John Pulman beats Rex Williams 25-22
- *John Pulman beats Fred Van Rensburg 39-12
- Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
- #Australian Open - Roy Emerson
- #French Open - Fred Stolle
- #Wimbledon championships - Roy Emerson
- #US Open - Manuel Santana
- Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
- #Australian Open - Margaret Smith
- #French Open - Lesley Turner
- #Wimbledon championships - Margaret Smith
- #US Open - Margaret Smith
- First All-Africa Games held in Brazzaville, Congo
- Fourth Pan Arab Games held in Cairo, Egypt
- Fourth Summer Universiade held in Budapest, Hungary
Births
January
- January 5 — Patrik Sjöberg, Swedish high jumper
- January 11 — Roland Scholten, Dutch darts player
- January 25 — Dominik Hasek, Czech ice hockey player
- January 27 — Marc van Belkum, Dutch water polo player
- January 28 — Tom Ponting, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- January 29 — Peter Lundgren, Swedish tennis coach and player
February
- February 4 — John van Loen, Dutch football (soccer) striker
- February 5 — Tarik Benhabiles, Algerian-French tennis player
- February 7 — Joseph Gikonyo, Kenyan athlete
- February 9 — Igor Malkov, Soviet speedskater
- February 11 — Angie Ridgeway, golfer
- February 14 — Suharyadi Suharyadi, Indonesian tennis player
- February 15 — Gustavo Quinteros, Bolivian football (soccer) coach and player
- February 19 — Michael Westphal, German tennis player
March
- March 1 — Stewart Elliott, Canadian jockey
- March 3 — Dragan Stojković, Serbian football (soccer) player
- March 8 — Ferenc Csipes, Hungarian canoer
- March 11 — Eric Jelen, German tennis player
- March 15 — Marcel Gery, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- March 17 — Sven Lodziewski, East German freestyle swimmer
- March 24 — Marian Vajda, Czech tennis player
- March 25 — Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgarian high jumper and president of the Bulgarian olympic committee
- March 25 — Dwight Walton, Canadian basketball player
- March 29 — Voula Patoulidou, Greek athlete
April
- April 1 — Brian Nielsen, Danish boxer
- April 7 — Alexander Mronz, German tennis player
- April 8 — Remco Pielstroom, Dutch water polo player
- April 9 — Paolo Canè, Italian tennis player
- April 11 — Chris Pridham, Canadian tennis player
- April 20 — Rolf Sørensen, Danish cyclist
- April 21 — Thomas Helmer, German football (soccer) player
May
- May 2 — Gennadiy Prigoda, Russian freestyle swimmer
- May 5 — Leslie Law, British eventer
- May 9 — Steve Yzerman, ice hockey player
- May 10 — Greg Fasala, Australian freestyle swimmer
- May 13 — Jo Thompson, British field hockey goalkeeper
- May 22 — Clare Taylor, English cricketer
- May 25 — Sue Metcalfe, English cricketer
- May 28 — Catherine Tanvier, French tennis player
June
- June 2 — Jens-Peter Herold, German middle-distance runner
- June 3 — Hans Kroes, Dutch freestyle and backstroke swimmer
- June 3 — Helen Plimmer, English cricketer
- June 15 — Lars Hinneburg, East German freestyle swimmer
- June 15 — Bernard Hopkins, US boxer
- June 17 — Dan Jansen, American speedskater
- June 17 — Gianluca Pozzi, Italian tennis player
- June 19 — Gary Vandermeulen, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- June 22 — Lubomir Moravčík, Slovak football (soccer) player
July
- July 7 — Jan Wagenaar, Dutch water polo player
- July 30 — Leonel Álvarez, Colombian football (soccer) midfielder
August
- August 9 — Mark Andrews, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- August 10 — Namjil Bayarsaikhan, Mongolian boxer
- August 10 — Mike E. Smith, Hall of Fame jockey
- August 11 — Sergio Vigil, Argentine field hockey player and coach
- August 12 — Conny van Bentum, Dutch freestyle swimmer
- August 14 — Ian Brown, Australian freestyle swimmer
- August 19 — James Tomkins, Australian rower
- August 22 — Patricia Hy-Boulais, Canadian tennis player
September
- September 11 — Jean-Philippe Fleurian, French tennis player
- September 12 — Silke Hörner, East German swimmer
- September 16 — Karlheinz Riedle, German football (soccer) player
- September 20 — Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, Danish badminton player
- September 25 — Scottie Pippen, American NBA player
- September 27 — Alan Brahmst, German-born field hockey defender from Canada
October
- October 1 — Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
- October 3 — Annemarie Verstappen, Dutch freestyle swimmer
- October 3 — Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player
- October 4 — Trudy Kilkolly, New Zealand field hockey player
- October 5 — Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
- October 5 — Patrick Roy, ice hockey player
- October 8 — Matt Biondi, American swimmer
- October 12 — Henry Akinwande, Nigeria-born British heavyweight boxer
- October 14 — Jüri Jaanson, Estonian rower
- October 18 — Petra Müller, East German athlete
- October 20 — Amos Mansdorf, Israeli tennis player
- October 20 — Mikhail Shtalenkov, Russian ice hockey goaltender
- October 21 — Christopher Duplanty, American water polo goalkeeper
- October 27 — Atlee Mahorn, Jamaica-born Canadian sprinter
November
- November 7 — Sigrun Wodars, East German middle distance athlete
- November 17 — Eric Amend, American tennis player
- November 17 — Grant Connell, Canadian tennis player
- November 21 — Jon Kelly, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- November 26 — Peter Konyegwachie, Nigerian boxer
- November 27 — Kathleen Heddle, Canadian rower
- November 29 — Joanne Broadbent, Australian cricketer
December
- December 3 — Katarina Witt, German figure skater
- December 14 — Aljoša Asanović, Croatian football (soccer) player
- December 14 — Craig Biggio, American baseball player
- December 17 — Jasna Šekarić, Serbian sport shooter
- December 18 — Igor Milanovic, Yugoslav waterpolo player
- December 19 — Chito Martinez, Belize-born baseball player
- December 20 — Rich Gannon, American football quarterback
- December 22 — Bryan Shelton, American tennis player
- December 30 — Essam Abd El Fatah, Egyptian football (soccer) referee
- December 31 — Ilana Berger, Israeli tennis player
Deaths
- January 11 — Wally Pipp, Major League Baseball player, (1913-1928)
- March 5 — Pepper Martin, Major League Baseball player, (1928-1944)
- March 6 — Wally Schang, Major League Baseball player, (1913-1931)
- March 17 — Amos Alonzo Stagg, baseball, basketball and American football coach and player
- March 29 — Eric Brook, English footballer (b. 1907)
- March 29 — Heinrich Schomburgk, German tennis player (b. 1885)
- March 30 — Jack Hatfield, British swimmer and water polo player (b. 1893)
- September 9 — Louis Baillon, British field hockey player
- March 30 - Jose Torres won the Light Heavyweight Championship of the World, stopping Willie Pastrano in nine rounds, at New York's Madison Square Garden.
- Imperial Cricket Conference is renamed to International Cricket Conference and new rules are adopted to permit the election of countries from outside the Commonwealth of Nations.
- March 13 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium,England. South Africa beat England 2-1.
- World Figure Skating Championships:
- *Men's champion: Alain Calmat, (France)
- *Women's champion: Petra Burka, (Canada)
- *Pairs champions: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov, (Soviet Union)
- AFL Championship Buffalo Bills won 23-0 over the San Diego Chargers
- NFL Championship: Green Bay Packers won 23-12 over the Cleveland Browns
- Victorian Football League
- * Essendon wins the 69th VFL Premiership (Essendon 14.21 (105) d St Kilda 9.16 (70))
- * Brownlow Medal awarded to Ian Stewart (St Kilda) and Noel Teasdale (North Melbourne)
- Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats win 22-16 over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- Vanier Cup: Toronto Varsity Blues win 14-7 over the Alberta Golden Bears
- Canadian Junior Championship: NDG Maple Leafs win 2-1 over the Edmonton Huskies
- England - FA Cup: Liverpool won 2 - 1 (aet) over Leeds United
Men's Golf
- Grand Slam of golf results:
- #May - The Masters - Jack Nicklaus
- #June - US Open - Gary Player
- #July - British Open - Peter Thomson
- #August - PGA Championship - Dave Marr
- PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Jack Nicklaus - $140,752
- Ryder Cup: United States wins 19½ to 12½ over Britain in world team golf.
Women's Golf
- US Women's Open - Carol Mann
- LPGA Championship - Sandra Haynie
- Kathy Whitworth: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $28,658
- Australia - Melbourne Cup - Light Fingers
- Canada - Queen's Plate - Whistling Sea
- France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Sea-Bird II
- Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Meadow Court
- English Triple Crown Races:
- #Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Niksar
- #Epsom Derby - Sea-Bird
- #St. Leger Stakes - Provoke
- United States Triple Crown Races:
- #Kentucky Derby - Lucky Debonair
- #Preakness Stakes - Tom Rolfe
- #Belmont Stakes - Hail to All (Held at Aqueduct)
- Bret Hanover wins the United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
- #Cane Pace - Bret Hanover
- #Little Brown Jug - Bret Hanover
- #Messenger Stakes - Bret Hanover
- United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
- #Hambletonian - Egyptian Candor
- #Yonkers Trot
- #Kentucky Futurity
- Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
- *Pacers: Jay Ar
- *Trotters: Poupette
- Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Stan Mikita, Chicago Blackhawks
- Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Bobby Hull, Chicago Blackhawks
- Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens won 4 games to 3 over the Chicago Blackhawks
- World Hockey Championship:
- * Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia
- Fourth Amateur Radio Direction Finding European Championship held in Warsaw, Poland.
- World Snooker Championship challenge matches:
- *John Pulman beats Fred Davis 37-36
- *John Pulman beats Rex Williams 25-22
- *John Pulman beats Fred Van Rensburg 39-12
- Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
- #Australian Open - Roy Emerson
- #French Open - Fred Stolle
- #Wimbledon championships - Roy Emerson
- #US Open - Manuel Santana
- Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
- #Australian Open - Margaret Smith
- #French Open - Lesley Turner
- #Wimbledon championships - Margaret Smith
- #US Open - Margaret Smith
- First All-Africa Games held in Brazzaville, Congo
- Fourth Pan Arab Games held in Cairo, Egypt
- Fourth Summer Universiade held in Budapest, Hungary
Births
January
- January 5 — Patrik Sjöberg, Swedish high jumper
- January 11 — Roland Scholten, Dutch darts player
- January 25 — Dominik Hasek, Czech ice hockey player
- January 27 — Marc van Belkum, Dutch water polo player
- January 28 — Tom Ponting, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- January 29 — Peter Lundgren, Swedish tennis coach and player
February
- February 4 — John van Loen, Dutch football (soccer) striker
- February 5 — Tarik Benhabiles, Algerian-French tennis player
- February 7 — Joseph Gikonyo, Kenyan athlete
- February 9 — Igor Malkov, Soviet speedskater
- February 11 — Angie Ridgeway, golfer
- February 14 — Suharyadi Suharyadi, Indonesian tennis player
- February 15 — Gustavo Quinteros, Bolivian football (soccer) coach and player
- February 19 — Michael Westphal, German tennis player
March
- March 1 — Stewart Elliott, Canadian jockey
- March 3 — Dragan Stojković, Serbian football (soccer) player
- March 8 — Ferenc Csipes, Hungarian canoer
- March 11 — Eric Jelen, German tennis player
- March 15 — Marcel Gery, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- March 17 — Sven Lodziewski, East German freestyle swimmer
- March 24 — Marian Vajda, Czech tennis player
- March 25 — Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgarian high jumper and president of the Bulgarian olympic committee
- March 25 — Dwight Walton, Canadian basketball player
- March 29 — Voula Patoulidou, Greek athlete
April
- April 1 — Brian Nielsen, Danish boxer
- April 7 — Alexander Mronz, German tennis player
- April 8 — Remco Pielstroom, Dutch water polo player
- April 9 — Paolo Canè, Italian tennis player
- April 11 — Chris Pridham, Canadian tennis player
- April 20 — Rolf Sørensen, Danish cyclist
- April 21 — Thomas Helmer, German football (soccer) player
May
- May 2 — Gennadiy Prigoda, Russian freestyle swimmer
- May 5 — Leslie Law, British eventer
- May 9 — Steve Yzerman, ice hockey player
- May 10 — Greg Fasala, Australian freestyle swimmer
- May 13 — Jo Thompson, British field hockey goalkeeper
- May 22 — Clare Taylor, English cricketer
- May 25 — Sue Metcalfe, English cricketer
- May 28 — Catherine Tanvier, French tennis player
June
- June 2 — Jens-Peter Herold, German middle-distance runner
- June 3 — Hans Kroes, Dutch freestyle and backstroke swimmer
- June 3 — Helen Plimmer, English cricketer
- June 15 — Lars Hinneburg, East German freestyle swimmer
- June 15 — Bernard Hopkins, US boxer
- June 17 — Dan Jansen, American speedskater
- June 17 — Gianluca Pozzi, Italian tennis player
- June 19 — Gary Vandermeulen, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- June 22 — Lubomir Moravčík, Slovak football (soccer) player
July
- July 7 — Jan Wagenaar, Dutch water polo player
- July 30 — Leonel Álvarez, Colombian football (soccer) midfielder
August
- August 9 — Mark Andrews, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- August 10 — Namjil Bayarsaikhan, Mongolian boxer
- August 10 — Mike E. Smith, Hall of Fame jockey
- August 11 — Sergio Vigil, Argentine field hockey player and coach
- August 12 — Conny van Bentum, Dutch freestyle swimmer
- August 14 — Ian Brown, Australian freestyle swimmer
- August 19 — James Tomkins, Australian rower
- August 22 — Patricia Hy-Boulais, Canadian tennis player
September
- September 11 — Jean-Philippe Fleurian, French tennis player
- September 12 — Silke Hörner, East German swimmer
- September 16 — Karlheinz Riedle, German football (soccer) player
- September 20 — Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, Danish badminton player
- September 25 — Scottie Pippen, American NBA player
- September 27 — Alan Brahmst, German-born field hockey defender from Canada
October
- October 1 — Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
- October 3 — Annemarie Verstappen, Dutch freestyle swimmer
- October 3 — Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player
- October 4 — Trudy Kilkolly, New Zealand field hockey player
- October 5 — Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
- October 5 — Patrick Roy, ice hockey player
- October 8 — Matt Biondi, American swimmer
- October 12 — Henry Akinwande, Nigeria-born British heavyweight boxer
- October 14 — Jüri Jaanson, Estonian rower
- October 18 — Petra Müller, East German athlete
- October 20 — Amos Mansdorf, Israeli tennis player
- October 20 — Mikhail Shtalenkov, Russian ice hockey goaltender
- October 21 — Christopher Duplanty, American water polo goalkeeper
- October 27 — Atlee Mahorn, Jamaica-born Canadian sprinter
November
- November 7 — Sigrun Wodars, East German middle distance athlete
- November 17 — Eric Amend, American tennis player
- November 17 — Grant Connell, Canadian tennis player
- November 21 — Jon Kelly, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- November 26 — Peter Konyegwachie, Nigerian boxer
- November 27 — Kathleen Heddle, Canadian rower
- November 29 — Joanne Broadbent, Australian cricketer
December
- December 3 — Katarina Witt, German figure skater
- December 14 — Aljoša Asanović, Croatian football (soccer) player
- December 14 — Craig Biggio, American baseball player
- December 17 — Jasna Šekarić, Serbian sport shooter
- December 18 — Igor Milanovic, Yugoslav waterpolo player
- December 19 — Chito Martinez, Belize-born baseball player
- December 20 — Rich Gannon, American football quarterback
- December 22 — Bryan Shelton, American tennis player
- December 30 — Essam Abd El Fatah, Egyptian football (soccer) referee
- December 31 — Ilana Berger, Israeli tennis player
Deaths
- January 11 — Wally Pipp, Major League Baseball player, (1913-1928)
- March 5 — Pepper Martin, Major League Baseball player, (1928-1944)
- March 6 — Wally Schang, Major League Baseball player, (1913-1931)
- March 17 — Amos Alonzo Stagg, baseball, basketball and American football coach and player
- March 29 — Eric Brook, English footballer (b. 1907)
- March 29 — Heinrich Schomburgk, German tennis player (b. 1885)
- March 30 — Jack Hatfield, British swimmer and water polo player (b. 1893)
- September 9 — Louis Baillon, British field hockey player
- March 13 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium,England. South Africa beat England 2-1.
- World Figure Skating Championships:
- *Men's champion: Alain Calmat, (France)
- *Women's champion: Petra Burka, (Canada)
- *Pairs champions: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov, (Soviet Union)
- AFL Championship Buffalo Bills won 23-0 over the San Diego Chargers
- NFL Championship: Green Bay Packers won 23-12 over the Cleveland Browns
- Victorian Football League
- * Essendon wins the 69th VFL Premiership (Essendon 14.21 (105) d St Kilda 9.16 (70))
- * Brownlow Medal awarded to Ian Stewart (St Kilda) and Noel Teasdale (North Melbourne)
- Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats win 22-16 over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- Vanier Cup: Toronto Varsity Blues win 14-7 over the Alberta Golden Bears
- Canadian Junior Championship: NDG Maple Leafs win 2-1 over the Edmonton Huskies
- England - FA Cup: Liverpool won 2 - 1 (aet) over Leeds United
Men's Golf
- Grand Slam of golf results:
- #May - The Masters - Jack Nicklaus
- #June - US Open - Gary Player
- #July - British Open - Peter Thomson
- #August - PGA Championship - Dave Marr
- PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Jack Nicklaus - $140,752
- Ryder Cup: United States wins 19½ to 12½ over Britain in world team golf.
Women's Golf
- US Women's Open - Carol Mann
- LPGA Championship - Sandra Haynie
- Kathy Whitworth: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $28,658
- Australia - Melbourne Cup - Light Fingers
- Canada - Queen's Plate - Whistling Sea
- France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Sea-Bird II
- Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Meadow Court
- English Triple Crown Races:
- #Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Niksar
- #Epsom Derby - Sea-Bird
- #St. Leger Stakes - Provoke
- United States Triple Crown Races:
- #Kentucky Derby - Lucky Debonair
- #Preakness Stakes - Tom Rolfe
- #Belmont Stakes - Hail to All (Held at Aqueduct)
- Bret Hanover wins the United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
- #Cane Pace - Bret Hanover
- #Little Brown Jug - Bret Hanover
- #Messenger Stakes - Bret Hanover
- United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
- #Hambletonian - Egyptian Candor
- #Yonkers Trot
- #Kentucky Futurity
- Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
- *Pacers: Jay Ar
- *Trotters: Poupette
- Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Stan Mikita, Chicago Blackhawks
- Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Bobby Hull, Chicago Blackhawks
- Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens won 4 games to 3 over the Chicago Blackhawks
- World Hockey Championship:
- * Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia
- Fourth Amateur Radio Direction Finding European Championship held in Warsaw, Poland.
- World Snooker Championship challenge matches:
- *John Pulman beats Fred Davis 37-36
- *John Pulman beats Rex Williams 25-22
- *John Pulman beats Fred Van Rensburg 39-12
- Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
- #Australian Open - Roy Emerson
- #French Open - Fred Stolle
- #Wimbledon championships - Roy Emerson
- #US Open - Manuel Santana
- Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
- #Australian Open - Margaret Smith
- #French Open - Lesley Turner
- #Wimbledon championships - Margaret Smith
- #US Open - Margaret Smith
- First All-Africa Games held in Brazzaville, Congo
- Fourth Pan Arab Games held in Cairo, Egypt
- Fourth Summer Universiade held in Budapest, Hungary
Births
January
- January 5 — Patrik Sjöberg, Swedish high jumper
- January 11 — Roland Scholten, Dutch darts player
- January 25 — Dominik Hasek, Czech ice hockey player
- January 27 — Marc van Belkum, Dutch water polo player
- January 28 — Tom Ponting, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- January 29 — Peter Lundgren, Swedish tennis coach and player
February
- February 4 — John van Loen, Dutch football (soccer) striker
- February 5 — Tarik Benhabiles, Algerian-French tennis player
- February 7 — Joseph Gikonyo, Kenyan athlete
- February 9 — Igor Malkov, Soviet speedskater
- February 11 — Angie Ridgeway, golfer
- February 14 — Suharyadi Suharyadi, Indonesian tennis player
- February 15 — Gustavo Quinteros, Bolivian football (soccer) coach and player
- February 19 — Michael Westphal, German tennis player
March
- March 1 — Stewart Elliott, Canadian jockey
- March 3 — Dragan Stojković, Serbian football (soccer) player
- March 8 — Ferenc Csipes, Hungarian canoer
- March 11 — Eric Jelen, German tennis player
- March 15 — Marcel Gery, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- March 17 — Sven Lodziewski, East German freestyle swimmer
- March 24 — Marian Vajda, Czech tennis player
- March 25 — Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgarian high jumper and president of the Bulgarian olympic committee
- March 25 — Dwight Walton, Canadian basketball player
- March 29 — Voula Patoulidou, Greek athlete
April
- April 1 — Brian Nielsen, Danish boxer
- April 7 — Alexander Mronz, German tennis player
- April 8 — Remco Pielstroom, Dutch water polo player
- April 9 — Paolo Canè, Italian tennis player
- April 11 — Chris Pridham, Canadian tennis player
- April 20 — Rolf Sørensen, Danish cyclist
- April 21 — Thomas Helmer, German football (soccer) player
May
- May 2 — Gennadiy Prigoda, Russian freestyle swimmer
- May 5 — Leslie Law, British eventer
- May 9 — Steve Yzerman, ice hockey player
- May 10 — Greg Fasala, Australian freestyle swimmer
- May 13 — Jo Thompson, British field hockey goalkeeper
- May 22 — Clare Taylor, English cricketer
- May 25 — Sue Metcalfe, English cricketer
- May 28 — Catherine Tanvier, French tennis player
June
- June 2 — Jens-Peter Herold, German middle-distance runner
- June 3 — Hans Kroes, Dutch freestyle and backstroke swimmer
- June 3 — Helen Plimmer, English cricketer
- June 15 — Lars Hinneburg, East German freestyle swimmer
- June 15 — Bernard Hopkins, US boxer
- June 17 — Dan Jansen, American speedskater
- June 17 — Gianluca Pozzi, Italian tennis player
- June 19 — Gary Vandermeulen, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- June 22 — Lubomir Moravčík, Slovak football (soccer) player
July
- July 7 — Jan Wagenaar, Dutch water polo player
- July 30 — Leonel Álvarez, Colombian football (soccer) midfielder
August
- August 9 — Mark Andrews, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- August 10 — Namjil Bayarsaikhan, Mongolian boxer
- August 10 — Mike E. Smith, Hall of Fame jockey
- August 11 — Sergio Vigil, Argentine field hockey player and coach
- August 12 — Conny van Bentum, Dutch freestyle swimmer
- August 14 — Ian Brown, Australian freestyle swimmer
- August 19 — James Tomkins, Australian rower
- August 22 — Patricia Hy-Boulais, Canadian tennis player
September
- September 11 — Jean-Philippe Fleurian, French tennis player
- September 12 — Silke Hörner, East German swimmer
- September 16 — Karlheinz Riedle, German football (soccer) player
- September 20 — Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, Danish badminton player
- September 25 — Scottie Pippen, American NBA player
- September 27 — Alan Brahmst, German-born field hockey defender from Canada
October
- October 1 — Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
- October 3 — Annemarie Verstappen, Dutch freestyle swimmer
- October 3 — Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player
- October 4 — Trudy Kilkolly, New Zealand field hockey player
- October 5 — Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
- October 5 — Patrick Roy, ice hockey player
- October 8 — Matt Biondi, American swimmer
- October 12 — Henry Akinwande, Nigeria-born British heavyweight boxer
- October 14 — Jüri Jaanson, Estonian rower
- October 18 — Petra Müller, East German athlete
- October 20 — Amos Mansdorf, Israeli tennis player
- October 20 — Mikhail Shtalenkov, Russian ice hockey goaltender
- October 21 — Christopher Duplanty, American water polo goalkeeper
- October 27 — Atlee Mahorn, Jamaica-born Canadian sprinter
November
- November 7 — Sigrun Wodars, East German middle distance athlete
- November 17 — Eric Amend, American tennis player
- November 17 — Grant Connell, Canadian tennis player
- November 21 — Jon Kelly, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- November 26 — Peter Konyegwachie, Nigerian boxer
- November 27 — Kathleen Heddle, Canadian rower
- November 29 — Joanne Broadbent, Australian cricketer
December
- December 3 — Katarina Witt, German figure skater
- December 14 — Aljoša Asanović, Croatian football (soccer) player
- December 14 — Craig Biggio, American baseball player
- December 17 — Jasna Šekarić, Serbian sport shooter
- December 18 — Igor Milanovic, Yugoslav waterpolo player
- December 19 — Chito Martinez, Belize-born baseball player
- December 20 — Rich Gannon, American football quarterback
- December 22 — Bryan Shelton, American tennis player
- December 30 — Essam Abd El Fatah, Egyptian football (soccer) referee
- December 31 — Ilana Berger, Israeli tennis player
Deaths
- January 11 — Wally Pipp, Major League Baseball player, (1913-1928)
- March 5 — Pepper Martin, Major League Baseball player, (1928-1944)
- March 6 — Wally Schang, Major League Baseball player, (1913-1931)
- March 17 — Amos Alonzo Stagg, baseball, basketball and American football coach and player
- March 29 — Eric Brook, English footballer (b. 1907)
- March 29 — Heinrich Schomburgk, German tennis player (b. 1885)
- March 30 — Jack Hatfield, British swimmer and water polo player (b. 1893)
- September 9 — Louis Baillon, British field hockey player
- World Figure Skating Championships:
- *Men's champion: Alain Calmat, (France)
- *Women's champion: Petra Burka, (Canada)
- *Pairs champions: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov, (Soviet Union)
- AFL Championship Buffalo Bills won 23-0 over the San Diego Chargers
- NFL Championship: Green Bay Packers won 23-12 over the Cleveland Browns
- Victorian Football League
- * Essendon wins the 69th VFL Premiership (Essendon 14.21 (105) d St Kilda 9.16 (70))
- * Brownlow Medal awarded to Ian Stewart (St Kilda) and Noel Teasdale (North Melbourne)
- Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats win 22-16 over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- Vanier Cup: Toronto Varsity Blues win 14-7 over the Alberta Golden Bears
- Canadian Junior Championship: NDG Maple Leafs win 2-1 over the Edmonton Huskies
- England - FA Cup: Liverpool won 2 - 1 (aet) over Leeds United
Men's Golf
- Grand Slam of golf results:
- #May - The Masters - Jack Nicklaus
- #June - US Open - Gary Player
- #July - British Open - Peter Thomson
- #August - PGA Championship - Dave Marr
- PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Jack Nicklaus - $140,752
- Ryder Cup: United States wins 19½ to 12½ over Britain in world team golf.
Women's Golf
- US Women's Open - Carol Mann
- LPGA Championship - Sandra Haynie
- Kathy Whitworth: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $28,658
- Australia - Melbourne Cup - Light Fingers
- Canada - Queen's Plate - Whistling Sea
- France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Sea-Bird II
- Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Meadow Court
- English Triple Crown Races:
- #Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Niksar
- #Epsom Derby - Sea-Bird
- #St. Leger Stakes - Provoke
- United States Triple Crown Races:
- #Kentucky Derby - Lucky Debonair
- #Preakness Stakes - Tom Rolfe
- #Belmont Stakes - Hail to All (Held at Aqueduct)
- Bret Hanover wins the United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
- #Cane Pace - Bret Hanover
- #Little Brown Jug - Bret Hanover
- #Messenger Stakes - Bret Hanover
- United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
- #Hambletonian - Egyptian Candor
- #Yonkers Trot
- #Kentucky Futurity
- Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
- *Pacers: Jay Ar
- *Trotters: Poupette
- Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Stan Mikita, Chicago Blackhawks
- Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Bobby Hull, Chicago Blackhawks
- Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens won 4 games to 3 over the Chicago Blackhawks
- World Hockey Championship:
- * Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia
- Fourth Amateur Radio Direction Finding European Championship held in Warsaw, Poland.
- World Snooker Championship challenge matches:
- *John Pulman beats Fred Davis 37-36
- *John Pulman beats Rex Williams 25-22
- *John Pulman beats Fred Van Rensburg 39-12
- Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
- #Australian Open - Roy Emerson
- #French Open - Fred Stolle
- #Wimbledon championships - Roy Emerson
- #US Open - Manuel Santana
- Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
- #Australian Open - Margaret Smith
- #French Open - Lesley Turner
- #Wimbledon championships - Margaret Smith
- #US Open - Margaret Smith
- First All-Africa Games held in Brazzaville, Congo
- Fourth Pan Arab Games held in Cairo, Egypt
- Fourth Summer Universiade held in Budapest, Hungary
Births
January
- January 5 — Patrik Sjöberg, Swedish high jumper
- January 11 — Roland Scholten, Dutch darts player
- January 25 — Dominik Hasek, Czech ice hockey player
- January 27 — Marc van Belkum, Dutch water polo player
- January 28 — Tom Ponting, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- January 29 — Peter Lundgren, Swedish tennis coach and player
February
- February 4 — John van Loen, Dutch football (soccer) striker
- February 5 — Tarik Benhabiles, Algerian-French tennis player
- February 7 — Joseph Gikonyo, Kenyan athlete
- February 9 — Igor Malkov, Soviet speedskater
- February 11 — Angie Ridgeway, golfer
- February 14 — Suharyadi Suharyadi, Indonesian tennis player
- February 15 — Gustavo Quinteros, Bolivian football (soccer) coach and player
- February 19 — Michael Westphal, German tennis player
March
- March 1 — Stewart Elliott, Canadian jockey
- March 3 — Dragan Stojković, Serbian football (soccer) player
- March 8 — Ferenc Csipes, Hungarian canoer
- March 11 — Eric Jelen, German tennis player
- March 15 — Marcel Gery, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- March 17 — Sven Lodziewski, East German freestyle swimmer
- March 24 — Marian Vajda, Czech tennis player
- March 25 — Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgarian high jumper and president of the Bulgarian olympic committee
- March 25 — Dwight Walton, Canadian basketball player
- March 29 — Voula Patoulidou, Greek athlete
April
- April 1 — Brian Nielsen, Danish boxer
- April 7 — Alexander Mronz, German tennis player
- April 8 — Remco Pielstroom, Dutch water polo player
- April 9 — Paolo Canè, Italian tennis player
- April 11 — Chris Pridham, Canadian tennis player
- April 20 — Rolf Sørensen, Danish cyclist
- April 21 — Thomas Helmer, German football (soccer) player
May
- May 2 — Gennadiy Prigoda, Russian freestyle swimmer
- May 5 — Leslie Law, British eventer
- May 9 — Steve Yzerman, ice hockey player
- May 10 — Greg Fasala, Australian freestyle swimmer
- May 13 — Jo Thompson, British field hockey goalkeeper
- May 22 — Clare Taylor, English cricketer
- May 25 — Sue Metcalfe, English cricketer
- May 28 — Catherine Tanvier, French tennis player
June
- June 2 — Jens-Peter Herold, German middle-distance runner
- June 3 — Hans Kroes, Dutch freestyle and backstroke swimmer
- June 3 — Helen Plimmer, English cricketer
- June 15 — Lars Hinneburg, East German freestyle swimmer
- June 15 — Bernard Hopkins, US boxer
- June 17 — Dan Jansen, American speedskater
- June 17 — Gianluca Pozzi, Italian tennis player
- June 19 — Gary Vandermeulen, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- June 22 — Lubomir Moravčík, Slovak football (soccer) player
July
- July 7 — Jan Wagenaar, Dutch water polo player
- July 30 — Leonel Álvarez, Colombian football (soccer) midfielder
August
- August 9 — Mark Andrews, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- August 10 — Namjil Bayarsaikhan, Mongolian boxer
- August 10 — Mike E. Smith, Hall of Fame jockey
- August 11 — Sergio Vigil, Argentine field hockey player and coach
- August 12 — Conny van Bentum, Dutch freestyle swimmer
- August 14 — Ian Brown, Australian freestyle swimmer
- August 19 — James Tomkins, Australian rower
- August 22 — Patricia Hy-Boulais, Canadian tennis player
September
- September 11 — Jean-Philippe Fleurian, French tennis player
- September 12 — Silke Hörner, East German swimmer
- September 16 — Karlheinz Riedle, German football (soccer) player
- September 20 — Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, Danish badminton player
- September 25 — Scottie Pippen, American NBA player
- September 27 — Alan Brahmst, German-born field hockey defender from Canada
October
- October 1 — Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
- October 3 — Annemarie Verstappen, Dutch freestyle swimmer
- October 3 — Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player
- October 4 — Trudy Kilkolly, New Zealand field hockey player
- October 5 — Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
- October 5 — Patrick Roy, ice hockey player
- October 8 — Matt Biondi, American swimmer
- October 12 — Henry Akinwande, Nigeria-born British heavyweight boxer
- October 14 — Jüri Jaanson, Estonian rower
- October 18 — Petra Müller, East German athlete
- October 20 — Amos Mansdorf, Israeli tennis player
- October 20 — Mikhail Shtalenkov, Russian ice hockey goaltender
- October 21 — Christopher Duplanty, American water polo goalkeeper
- October 27 — Atlee Mahorn, Jamaica-born Canadian sprinter
November
- November 7 — Sigrun Wodars, East German middle distance athlete
- November 17 — Eric Amend, American tennis player
- November 17 — Grant Connell, Canadian tennis player
- November 21 — Jon Kelly, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- November 26 — Peter Konyegwachie, Nigerian boxer
- November 27 — Kathleen Heddle, Canadian rower
- November 29 — Joanne Broadbent, Australian cricketer
December
- December 3 — Katarina Witt, German figure skater
- December 14 — Aljoša Asanović, Croatian football (soccer) player
- December 14 — Craig Biggio, American baseball player
- December 17 — Jasna Šekarić, Serbian sport shooter
- December 18 — Igor Milanovic, Yugoslav waterpolo player
- December 19 — Chito Martinez, Belize-born baseball player
- December 20 — Rich Gannon, American football quarterback
- December 22 — Bryan Shelton, American tennis player
- December 30 — Essam Abd El Fatah, Egyptian football (soccer) referee
- December 31 — Ilana Berger, Israeli tennis player
Deaths
- January 11 — Wally Pipp, Major League Baseball player, (1913-1928)
- March 5 — Pepper Martin, Major League Baseball player, (1928-1944)
- March 6 — Wally Schang, Major League Baseball player, (1913-1931)
- March 17 — Amos Alonzo Stagg, baseball, basketball and American football coach and player
- March 29 — Eric Brook, English footballer (b. 1907)
- March 29 — Heinrich Schomburgk, German tennis player (b. 1885)
- March 30 — Jack Hatfield, British swimmer and water polo player (b. 1893)
- September 9 — Louis Baillon, British field hockey player
- Victorian Football League
- * Essendon wins the 69th VFL Premiership (Essendon 14.21 (105) d St Kilda 9.16 (70))
- * Brownlow Medal awarded to Ian Stewart (St Kilda) and Noel Teasdale (North Melbourne)
- Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats win 22-16 over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- Vanier Cup: Toronto Varsity Blues win 14-7 over the Alberta Golden Bears
- Canadian Junior Championship: NDG Maple Leafs win 2-1 over the Edmonton Huskies
- England - FA Cup: Liverpool won 2 - 1 (aet) over Leeds United
Men's Golf
- Grand Slam of golf results:
- #May - The Masters - Jack Nicklaus
- #June - US Open - Gary Player
- #July - British Open - Peter Thomson
- #August - PGA Championship - Dave Marr
- PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Jack Nicklaus - $140,752
- Ryder Cup: United States wins 19½ to 12½ over Britain in world team golf.
Women's Golf
- US Women's Open - Carol Mann
- LPGA Championship - Sandra Haynie
- Kathy Whitworth: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $28,658
- Australia - Melbourne Cup - Light Fingers
- Canada - Queen's Plate - Whistling Sea
- France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Sea-Bird II
- Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Meadow Court
- English Triple Crown Races:
- #Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Niksar
- #Epsom Derby - Sea-Bird
- #St. Leger Stakes - Provoke
- United States Triple Crown Races:
- #Kentucky Derby - Lucky Debonair
- #Preakness Stakes - Tom Rolfe
- #Belmont Stakes - Hail to All (Held at Aqueduct)
- Bret Hanover wins the United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
- #Cane Pace - Bret Hanover
- #Little Brown Jug - Bret Hanover
- #Messenger Stakes - Bret Hanover
- United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
- #Hambletonian - Egyptian Candor
- #Yonkers Trot
- #Kentucky Futurity
- Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
- *Pacers: Jay Ar
- *Trotters: Poupette
- Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Stan Mikita, Chicago Blackhawks
- Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Bobby Hull, Chicago Blackhawks
- Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens won 4 games to 3 over the Chicago Blackhawks
- World Hockey Championship:
- * Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia
- Fourth Amateur Radio Direction Finding European Championship held in Warsaw, Poland.
- World Snooker Championship challenge matches:
- *John Pulman beats Fred Davis 37-36
- *John Pulman beats Rex Williams 25-22
- *John Pulman beats Fred Van Rensburg 39-12
- Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
- #Australian Open - Roy Emerson
- #French Open - Fred Stolle
- #Wimbledon championships - Roy Emerson
- #US Open - Manuel Santana
- Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
- #Australian Open - Margaret Smith
- #French Open - Lesley Turner
- #Wimbledon championships - Margaret Smith
- #US Open - Margaret Smith
- First All-Africa Games held in Brazzaville, Congo
- Fourth Pan Arab Games held in Cairo, Egypt
- Fourth Summer Universiade held in Budapest, Hungary
Births
January
- January 5 — Patrik Sjöberg, Swedish high jumper
- January 11 — Roland Scholten, Dutch darts player
- January 25 — Dominik Hasek, Czech ice hockey player
- January 27 — Marc van Belkum, Dutch water polo player
- January 28 — Tom Ponting, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- January 29 — Peter Lundgren, Swedish tennis coach and player
February
- February 4 — John van Loen, Dutch football (soccer) striker
- February 5 — Tarik Benhabiles, Algerian-French tennis player
- February 7 — Joseph Gikonyo, Kenyan athlete
- February 9 — Igor Malkov, Soviet speedskater
- February 11 — Angie Ridgeway, golfer
- February 14 — Suharyadi Suharyadi, Indonesian tennis player
- February 15 — Gustavo Quinteros, Bolivian football (soccer) coach and player
- February 19 — Michael Westphal, German tennis player
March
- March 1 — Stewart Elliott, Canadian jockey
- March 3 — Dragan Stojković, Serbian football (soccer) player
- March 8 — Ferenc Csipes, Hungarian canoer
- March 11 — Eric Jelen, German tennis player
- March 15 — Marcel Gery, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- March 17 — Sven Lodziewski, East German freestyle swimmer
- March 24 — Marian Vajda, Czech tennis player
- March 25 — Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgarian high jumper and president of the Bulgarian olympic committee
- March 25 — Dwight Walton, Canadian basketball player
- March 29 — Voula Patoulidou, Greek athlete
April
- April 1 — Brian Nielsen, Danish boxer
- April 7 — Alexander Mronz, German tennis player
- April 8 — Remco Pielstroom, Dutch water polo player
- April 9 — Paolo Canè, Italian tennis player
- April 11 — Chris Pridham, Canadian tennis player
- April 20 — Rolf Sørensen, Danish cyclist
- April 21 — Thomas Helmer, German football (soccer) player
May
- May 2 — Gennadiy Prigoda, Russian freestyle swimmer
- May 5 — Leslie Law, British eventer
- May 9 — Steve Yzerman, ice hockey player
- May 10 — Greg Fasala, Australian freestyle swimmer
- May 13 — Jo Thompson, British field hockey goalkeeper
- May 22 — Clare Taylor, English cricketer
- May 25 — Sue Metcalfe, English cricketer
- May 28 — Catherine Tanvier, French tennis player
June
- June 2 — Jens-Peter Herold, German middle-distance runner
- June 3 — Hans Kroes, Dutch freestyle and backstroke swimmer
- June 3 — Helen Plimmer, English cricketer
- June 15 — Lars Hinneburg, East German freestyle swimmer
- June 15 — Bernard Hopkins, US boxer
- June 17 — Dan Jansen, American speedskater
- June 17 — Gianluca Pozzi, Italian tennis player
- June 19 — Gary Vandermeulen, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- June 22 — Lubomir Moravčík, Slovak football (soccer) player
July
- July 7 — Jan Wagenaar, Dutch water polo player
- July 30 — Leonel Álvarez, Colombian football (soccer) midfielder
August
- August 9 — Mark Andrews, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- August 10 — Namjil Bayarsaikhan, Mongolian boxer
- August 10 — Mike E. Smith, Hall of Fame jockey
- August 11 — Sergio Vigil, Argentine field hockey player and coach
- August 12 — Conny van Bentum, Dutch freestyle swimmer
- August 14 — Ian Brown, Australian freestyle swimmer
- August 19 — James Tomkins, Australian rower
- August 22 — Patricia Hy-Boulais, Canadian tennis player
September
- September 11 — Jean-Philippe Fleurian, French tennis player
- September 12 — Silke Hörner, East German swimmer
- September 16 — Karlheinz Riedle, German football (soccer) player
- September 20 — Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, Danish badminton player
- September 25 — Scottie Pippen, American NBA player
- September 27 — Alan Brahmst, German-born field hockey defender from Canada
October
- October 1 — Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
- October 3 — Annemarie Verstappen, Dutch freestyle swimmer
- October 3 — Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player
- October 4 — Trudy Kilkolly, New Zealand field hockey player
- October 5 — Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
- October 5 — Patrick Roy, ice hockey player
- October 8 — Matt Biondi, American swimmer
- October 12 — Henry Akinwande, Nigeria-born British heavyweight boxer
- October 14 — Jüri Jaanson, Estonian rower
- October 18 — Petra Müller, East German athlete
- October 20 — Amos Mansdorf, Israeli tennis player
- October 20 — Mikhail Shtalenkov, Russian ice hockey goaltender
- October 21 — Christopher Duplanty, American water polo goalkeeper
- October 27 — Atlee Mahorn, Jamaica-born Canadian sprinter
November
- November 7 — Sigrun Wodars, East German middle distance athlete
- November 17 — Eric Amend, American tennis player
- November 17 — Grant Connell, Canadian tennis player
- November 21 — Jon Kelly, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- November 26 — Peter Konyegwachie, Nigerian boxer
- November 27 — Kathleen Heddle, Canadian rower
- November 29 — Joanne Broadbent, Australian cricketer
December
- December 3 — Katarina Witt, German figure skater
- December 14 — Aljoša Asanović, Croatian football (soccer) player
- December 14 — Craig Biggio, American baseball player
- December 17 — Jasna Šekarić, Serbian sport shooter
- December 18 — Igor Milanovic, Yugoslav waterpolo player
- December 19 — Chito Martinez, Belize-born baseball player
- December 20 — Rich Gannon, American football quarterback
- December 22 — Bryan Shelton, American tennis player
- December 30 — Essam Abd El Fatah, Egyptian football (soccer) referee
- December 31 — Ilana Berger, Israeli tennis player
Deaths
- January 11 — Wally Pipp, Major League Baseball player, (1913-1928)
- March 5 — Pepper Martin, Major League Baseball player, (1928-1944)
- March 6 — Wally Schang, Major League Baseball player, (1913-1931)
- March 17 — Amos Alonzo Stagg, baseball, basketball and American football coach and player
- March 29 — Eric Brook, English footballer (b. 1907)
- March 29 — Heinrich Schomburgk, German tennis player (b. 1885)
- March 30 — Jack Hatfield, British swimmer and water polo player (b. 1893)
- September 9 — Louis Baillon, British field hockey player
- England - FA Cup: Liverpool won 2 - 1 (aet) over Leeds United
Men's Golf
- Grand Slam of golf results:
- #May - The Masters - Jack Nicklaus
- #June - US Open - Gary Player
- #July - British Open - Peter Thomson
- #August - PGA Championship - Dave Marr
- PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Jack Nicklaus - $140,752
- Ryder Cup: United States wins 19½ to 12½ over Britain in world team golf.
Women's Golf
- US Women's Open - Carol Mann
- LPGA Championship - Sandra Haynie
- Kathy Whitworth: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $28,658
- Australia - Melbourne Cup - Light Fingers
- Canada - Queen's Plate - Whistling Sea
- France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Sea-Bird II
- Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Meadow Court
- English Triple Crown Races:
- #Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Niksar
- #Epsom Derby - Sea-Bird
- #St. Leger Stakes - Provoke
- United States Triple Crown Races:
- #Kentucky Derby - Lucky Debonair
- #Preakness Stakes - Tom Rolfe
- #Belmont Stakes - Hail to All (Held at Aqueduct)
- Bret Hanover wins the United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
- #Cane Pace - Bret Hanover
- #Little Brown Jug - Bret Hanover
- #Messenger Stakes - Bret Hanover
- United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
- #Hambletonian - Egyptian Candor
- #Yonkers Trot
- #Kentucky Futurity
- Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
- *Pacers: Jay Ar
- *Trotters: Poupette
- Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Stan Mikita, Chicago Blackhawks
- Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Bobby Hull, Chicago Blackhawks
- Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens won 4 games to 3 over the Chicago Blackhawks
- World Hockey Championship:
- * Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia
- Fourth Amateur Radio Direction Finding European Championship held in Warsaw, Poland.
- World Snooker Championship challenge matches:
- *John Pulman beats Fred Davis 37-36
- *John Pulman beats Rex Williams 25-22
- *John Pulman beats Fred Van Rensburg 39-12
- Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
- #Australian Open - Roy Emerson
- #French Open - Fred Stolle
- #Wimbledon championships - Roy Emerson
- #US Open - Manuel Santana
- Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
- #Australian Open - Margaret Smith
- #French Open - Lesley Turner
- #Wimbledon championships - Margaret Smith
- #US Open - Margaret Smith
- First All-Africa Games held in Brazzaville, Congo
- Fourth Pan Arab Games held in Cairo, Egypt
- Fourth Summer Universiade held in Budapest, Hungary
Births
January
- January 5 — Patrik Sjöberg, Swedish high jumper
- January 11 — Roland Scholten, Dutch darts player
- January 25 — Dominik Hasek, Czech ice hockey player
- January 27 — Marc van Belkum, Dutch water polo player
- January 28 — Tom Ponting, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- January 29 — Peter Lundgren, Swedish tennis coach and player
February
- February 4 — John van Loen, Dutch football (soccer) striker
- February 5 — Tarik Benhabiles, Algerian-French tennis player
- February 7 — Joseph Gikonyo, Kenyan athlete
- February 9 — Igor Malkov, Soviet speedskater
- February 11 — Angie Ridgeway, golfer
- February 14 — Suharyadi Suharyadi, Indonesian tennis player
- February 15 — Gustavo Quinteros, Bolivian football (soccer) coach and player
- February 19 — Michael Westphal, German tennis player
March
- March 1 — Stewart Elliott, Canadian jockey
- March 3 — Dragan Stojković, Serbian football (soccer) player
- March 8 — Ferenc Csipes, Hungarian canoer
- March 11 — Eric Jelen, German tennis player
- March 15 — Marcel Gery, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- March 17 — Sven Lodziewski, East German freestyle swimmer
- March 24 — Marian Vajda, Czech tennis player
- March 25 — Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgarian high jumper and president of the Bulgarian olympic committee
- March 25 — Dwight Walton, Canadian basketball player
- March 29 — Voula Patoulidou, Greek athlete
April
- April 1 — Brian Nielsen, Danish boxer
- April 7 — Alexander Mronz, German tennis player
- April 8 — Remco Pielstroom, Dutch water polo player
- April 9 — Paolo Canè, Italian tennis player
- April 11 — Chris Pridham, Canadian tennis player
- April 20 — Rolf Sørensen, Danish cyclist
- April 21 — Thomas Helmer, German football (soccer) player
May
- May 2 — Gennadiy Prigoda, Russian freestyle swimmer
- May 5 — Leslie Law, British eventer
- May 9 — Steve Yzerman, ice hockey player
- May 10 — Greg Fasala, Australian freestyle swimmer
- May 13 — Jo Thompson, British field hockey goalkeeper
- May 22 — Clare Taylor, English cricketer
- May 25 — Sue Metcalfe, English cricketer
- May 28 — Catherine Tanvier, French tennis player
June
- June 2 — Jens-Peter Herold, German middle-distance runner
- June 3 — Hans Kroes, Dutch freestyle and backstroke swimmer
- June 3 — Helen Plimmer, English cricketer
- June 15 — Lars Hinneburg, East German freestyle swimmer
- June 15 — Bernard Hopkins, US boxer
- June 17 — Dan Jansen, American speedskater
- June 17 — Gianluca Pozzi, Italian tennis player
- June 19 — Gary Vandermeulen, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- June 22 — Lubomir Moravčík, Slovak football (soccer) player
July
- July 7 — Jan Wagenaar, Dutch water polo player
- July 30 — Leonel Álvarez, Colombian football (soccer) midfielder
August
- August 9 — Mark Andrews, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- August 10 — Namjil Bayarsaikhan, Mongolian boxer
- August 10 — Mike E. Smith, Hall of Fame jockey
- August 11 — Sergio Vigil, Argentine field hockey player and coach
- August 12 — Conny van Bentum, Dutch freestyle swimmer
- August 14 — Ian Brown, Australian freestyle swimmer
- August 19 — James Tomkins, Australian rower
- August 22 — Patricia Hy-Boulais, Canadian tennis player
September
- September 11 — Jean-Philippe Fleurian, French tennis player
- September 12 — Silke Hörner, East German swimmer
- September 16 — Karlheinz Riedle, German football (soccer) player
- September 20 — Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, Danish badminton player
- September 25 — Scottie Pippen, American NBA player
- September 27 — Alan Brahmst, German-born field hockey defender from Canada
October
- October 1 — Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
- October 3 — Annemarie Verstappen, Dutch freestyle swimmer
- October 3 — Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player
- October 4 — Trudy Kilkolly, New Zealand field hockey player
- October 5 — Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
- October 5 — Patrick Roy, ice hockey player
- October 8 — Matt Biondi, American swimmer
- October 12 — Henry Akinwande, Nigeria-born British heavyweight boxer
- October 14 — Jüri Jaanson, Estonian rower
- October 18 — Petra Müller, East German athlete
- October 20 — Amos Mansdorf, Israeli tennis player
- October 20 — Mikhail Shtalenkov, Russian ice hockey goaltender
- October 21 — Christopher Duplanty, American water polo goalkeeper
- October 27 — Atlee Mahorn, Jamaica-born Canadian sprinter
November
- November 7 — Sigrun Wodars, East German middle distance athlete
- November 17 — Eric Amend, American tennis player
- November 17 — Grant Connell, Canadian tennis player
- November 21 — Jon Kelly, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- November 26 — Peter Konyegwachie, Nigerian boxer
- November 27 — Kathleen Heddle, Canadian rower
- November 29 — Joanne Broadbent, Australian cricketer
December
- December 3 — Katarina Witt, German figure skater
- December 14 — Aljoša Asanović, Croatian football (soccer) player
- December 14 — Craig Biggio, American baseball player
- December 17 — Jasna Šekarić, Serbian sport shooter
- December 18 — Igor Milanovic, Yugoslav waterpolo player
- December 19 — Chito Martinez, Belize-born baseball player
- December 20 — Rich Gannon, American football quarterback
- December 22 — Bryan Shelton, American tennis player
- December 30 — Essam Abd El Fatah, Egyptian football (soccer) referee
- December 31 — Ilana Berger, Israeli tennis player
Deaths
- January 11 — Wally Pipp, Major League Baseball player, (1913-1928)
- March 5 — Pepper Martin, Major League Baseball player, (1928-1944)
- March 6 — Wally Schang, Major League Baseball player, (1913-1931)
- March 17 — Amos Alonzo Stagg, baseball, basketball and American football coach and player
- March 29 — Eric Brook, English footballer (b. 1907)
- March 29 — Heinrich Schomburgk, German tennis player (b. 1885)
- March 30 — Jack Hatfield, British swimmer and water polo player (b. 1893)
- September 9 — Louis Baillon, British field hockey player
- Australia - Melbourne Cup - Light Fingers
- Canada - Queen's Plate - Whistling Sea
- France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Sea-Bird II
- Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Meadow Court
- English Triple Crown Races:
- #Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Niksar
- #Epsom Derby - Sea-Bird
- #St. Leger Stakes - Provoke
- United States Triple Crown Races:
- #Kentucky Derby - Lucky Debonair
- #Preakness Stakes - Tom Rolfe
- #Belmont Stakes - Hail to All (Held at Aqueduct)
- Bret Hanover wins the United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
- #Cane Pace - Bret Hanover
- #Little Brown Jug - Bret Hanover
- #Messenger Stakes - Bret Hanover
- United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
- #Hambletonian - Egyptian Candor
- #Yonkers Trot
- #Kentucky Futurity
- Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
- *Pacers: Jay Ar
- *Trotters: Poupette
- Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Stan Mikita, Chicago Blackhawks
- Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Bobby Hull, Chicago Blackhawks
- Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens won 4 games to 3 over the Chicago Blackhawks
- World Hockey Championship:
- * Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia
- Fourth Amateur Radio Direction Finding European Championship held in Warsaw, Poland.
- World Snooker Championship challenge matches:
- *John Pulman beats Fred Davis 37-36
- *John Pulman beats Rex Williams 25-22
- *John Pulman beats Fred Van Rensburg 39-12
- Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
- #Australian Open - Roy Emerson
- #French Open - Fred Stolle
- #Wimbledon championships - Roy Emerson
- #US Open - Manuel Santana
- Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
- #Australian Open - Margaret Smith
- #French Open - Lesley Turner
- #Wimbledon championships - Margaret Smith
- #US Open - Margaret Smith
- First All-Africa Games held in Brazzaville, Congo
- Fourth Pan Arab Games held in Cairo, Egypt
- Fourth Summer Universiade held in Budapest, Hungary
Births
January
- January 5 — Patrik Sjöberg, Swedish high jumper
- January 11 — Roland Scholten, Dutch darts player
- January 25 — Dominik Hasek, Czech ice hockey player
- January 27 — Marc van Belkum, Dutch water polo player
- January 28 — Tom Ponting, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- January 29 — Peter Lundgren, Swedish tennis coach and player
February
- February 4 — John van Loen, Dutch football (soccer) striker
- February 5 — Tarik Benhabiles, Algerian-French tennis player
- February 7 — Joseph Gikonyo, Kenyan athlete
- February 9 — Igor Malkov, Soviet speedskater
- February 11 — Angie Ridgeway, golfer
- February 14 — Suharyadi Suharyadi, Indonesian tennis player
- February 15 — Gustavo Quinteros, Bolivian football (soccer) coach and player
- February 19 — Michael Westphal, German tennis player
March
- March 1 — Stewart Elliott, Canadian jockey
- March 3 — Dragan Stojković, Serbian football (soccer) player
- March 8 — Ferenc Csipes, Hungarian canoer
- March 11 — Eric Jelen, German tennis player
- March 15 — Marcel Gery, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- March 17 — Sven Lodziewski, East German freestyle swimmer
- March 24 — Marian Vajda, Czech tennis player
- March 25 — Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgarian high jumper and president of the Bulgarian olympic committee
- March 25 — Dwight Walton, Canadian basketball player
- March 29 — Voula Patoulidou, Greek athlete
April
- April 1 — Brian Nielsen, Danish boxer
- April 7 — Alexander Mronz, German tennis player
- April 8 — Remco Pielstroom, Dutch water polo player
- April 9 — Paolo Canè, Italian tennis player
- April 11 — Chris Pridham, Canadian tennis player
- April 20 — Rolf Sørensen, Danish cyclist
- April 21 — Thomas Helmer, German football (soccer) player
May
- May 2 — Gennadiy Prigoda, Russian freestyle swimmer
- May 5 — Leslie Law, British eventer
- May 9 — Steve Yzerman, ice hockey player
- May 10 — Greg Fasala, Australian freestyle swimmer
- May 13 — Jo Thompson, British field hockey goalkeeper
- May 22 — Clare Taylor, English cricketer
- May 25 — Sue Metcalfe, English cricketer
- May 28 — Catherine Tanvier, French tennis player
June
- June 2 — Jens-Peter Herold, German middle-distance runner
- June 3 — Hans Kroes, Dutch freestyle and backstroke swimmer
- June 3 — Helen Plimmer, English cricketer
- June 15 — Lars Hinneburg, East German freestyle swimmer
- June 15 — Bernard Hopkins, US boxer
- June 17 — Dan Jansen, American speedskater
- June 17 — Gianluca Pozzi, Italian tennis player
- June 19 — Gary Vandermeulen, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- June 22 — Lubomir Moravčík, Slovak football (soccer) player
July
- July 7 — Jan Wagenaar, Dutch water polo player
- July 30 — Leonel Álvarez, Colombian football (soccer) midfielder
August
- August 9 — Mark Andrews, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- August 10 — Namjil Bayarsaikhan, Mongolian boxer
- August 10 — Mike E. Smith, Hall of Fame jockey
- August 11 — Sergio Vigil, Argentine field hockey player and coach
- August 12 — Conny van Bentum, Dutch freestyle swimmer
- August 14 — Ian Brown, Australian freestyle swimmer
- August 19 — James Tomkins, Australian rower
- August 22 — Patricia Hy-Boulais, Canadian tennis player
September
- September 11 — Jean-Philippe Fleurian, French tennis player
- September 12 — Silke Hörner, East German swimmer
- September 16 — Karlheinz Riedle, German football (soccer) player
- September 20 — Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, Danish badminton player
- September 25 — Scottie Pippen, American NBA player
- September 27 — Alan Brahmst, German-born field hockey defender from Canada
October
- October 1 — Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
- October 3 — Annemarie Verstappen, Dutch freestyle swimmer
- October 3 — Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player
- October 4 — Trudy Kilkolly, New Zealand field hockey player
- October 5 — Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
- October 5 — Patrick Roy, ice hockey player
- October 8 — Matt Biondi, American swimmer
- October 12 — Henry Akinwande, Nigeria-born British heavyweight boxer
- October 14 — Jüri Jaanson, Estonian rower
- October 18 — Petra Müller, East German athlete
- October 20 — Amos Mansdorf, Israeli tennis player
- October 20 — Mikhail Shtalenkov, Russian ice hockey goaltender
- October 21 — Christopher Duplanty, American water polo goalkeeper
- October 27 — Atlee Mahorn, Jamaica-born Canadian sprinter
November
- November 7 — Sigrun Wodars, East German middle distance athlete
- November 17 — Eric Amend, American tennis player
- November 17 — Grant Connell, Canadian tennis player
- November 21 — Jon Kelly, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- November 26 — Peter Konyegwachie, Nigerian boxer
- November 27 — Kathleen Heddle, Canadian rower
- November 29 — Joanne Broadbent, Australian cricketer
December
- December 3 — Katarina Witt, German figure skater
- December 14 — Aljoša Asanović, Croatian football (soccer) player
- December 14 — Craig Biggio, American baseball player
- December 17 — Jasna Šekarić, Serbian sport shooter
- December 18 — Igor Milanovic, Yugoslav waterpolo player
- December 19 — Chito Martinez, Belize-born baseball player
- December 20 — Rich Gannon, American football quarterback
- December 22 — Bryan Shelton, American tennis player
- December 30 — Essam Abd El Fatah, Egyptian football (soccer) referee
- December 31 — Ilana Berger, Israeli tennis player
Deaths
- January 11 — Wally Pipp, Major League Baseball player, (1913-1928)
- March 5 — Pepper Martin, Major League Baseball player, (1928-1944)
- March 6 — Wally Schang, Major League Baseball player, (1913-1931)
- March 17 — Amos Alonzo Stagg, baseball, basketball and American football coach and player
- March 29 — Eric Brook, English footballer (b. 1907)
- March 29 — Heinrich Schomburgk, German tennis player (b. 1885)
- March 30 — Jack Hatfield, British swimmer and water polo player (b. 1893)
- September 9 — Louis Baillon, British field hockey player
- Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Stan Mikita, Chicago Blackhawks
- Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Bobby Hull, Chicago Blackhawks
- Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens won 4 games to 3 over the Chicago Blackhawks
- World Hockey Championship:
- * Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia
- Fourth Amateur Radio Direction Finding European Championship held in Warsaw, Poland.
- World Snooker Championship challenge matches:
- *John Pulman beats Fred Davis 37-36
- *John Pulman beats Rex Williams 25-22
- *John Pulman beats Fred Van Rensburg 39-12
- Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
- #Australian Open - Roy Emerson
- #French Open - Fred Stolle
- #Wimbledon championships - Roy Emerson
- #US Open - Manuel Santana
- Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
- #Australian Open - Margaret Smith
- #French Open - Lesley Turner
- #Wimbledon championships - Margaret Smith
- #US Open - Margaret Smith
- First All-Africa Games held in Brazzaville, Congo
- Fourth Pan Arab Games held in Cairo, Egypt
- Fourth Summer Universiade held in Budapest, Hungary
Births
January
- January 5 — Patrik Sjöberg, Swedish high jumper
- January 11 — Roland Scholten, Dutch darts player
- January 25 — Dominik Hasek, Czech ice hockey player
- January 27 — Marc van Belkum, Dutch water polo player
- January 28 — Tom Ponting, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- January 29 — Peter Lundgren, Swedish tennis coach and player
February
- February 4 — John van Loen, Dutch football (soccer) striker
- February 5 — Tarik Benhabiles, Algerian-French tennis player
- February 7 — Joseph Gikonyo, Kenyan athlete
- February 9 — Igor Malkov, Soviet speedskater
- February 11 — Angie Ridgeway, golfer
- February 14 — Suharyadi Suharyadi, Indonesian tennis player
- February 15 — Gustavo Quinteros, Bolivian football (soccer) coach and player
- February 19 — Michael Westphal, German tennis player
March
- March 1 — Stewart Elliott, Canadian jockey
- March 3 — Dragan Stojković, Serbian football (soccer) player
- March 8 — Ferenc Csipes, Hungarian canoer
- March 11 — Eric Jelen, German tennis player
- March 15 — Marcel Gery, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- March 17 — Sven Lodziewski, East German freestyle swimmer
- March 24 — Marian Vajda, Czech tennis player
- March 25 — Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgarian high jumper and president of the Bulgarian olympic committee
- March 25 — Dwight Walton, Canadian basketball player
- March 29 — Voula Patoulidou, Greek athlete
April
- April 1 — Brian Nielsen, Danish boxer
- April 7 — Alexander Mronz, German tennis player
- April 8 — Remco Pielstroom, Dutch water polo player
- April 9 — Paolo Canè, Italian tennis player
- April 11 — Chris Pridham, Canadian tennis player
- April 20 — Rolf Sørensen, Danish cyclist
- April 21 — Thomas Helmer, German football (soccer) player
May
- May 2 — Gennadiy Prigoda, Russian freestyle swimmer
- May 5 — Leslie Law, British eventer
- May 9 — Steve Yzerman, ice hockey player
- May 10 — Greg Fasala, Australian freestyle swimmer
- May 13 — Jo Thompson, British field hockey goalkeeper
- May 22 — Clare Taylor, English cricketer
- May 25 — Sue Metcalfe, English cricketer
- May 28 — Catherine Tanvier, French tennis player
June
- June 2 — Jens-Peter Herold, German middle-distance runner
- June 3 — Hans Kroes, Dutch freestyle and backstroke swimmer
- June 3 — Helen Plimmer, English cricketer
- June 15 — Lars Hinneburg, East German freestyle swimmer
- June 15 — Bernard Hopkins, US boxer
- June 17 — Dan Jansen, American speedskater
- June 17 — Gianluca Pozzi, Italian tennis player
- June 19 — Gary Vandermeulen, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- June 22 — Lubomir Moravčík, Slovak football (soccer) player
July
- July 7 — Jan Wagenaar, Dutch water polo player
- July 30 — Leonel Álvarez, Colombian football (soccer) midfielder
August
- August 9 — Mark Andrews, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- August 10 — Namjil Bayarsaikhan, Mongolian boxer
- August 10 — Mike E. Smith, Hall of Fame jockey
- August 11 — Sergio Vigil, Argentine field hockey player and coach
- August 12 — Conny van Bentum, Dutch freestyle swimmer
- August 14 — Ian Brown, Australian freestyle swimmer
- August 19 — James Tomkins, Australian rower
- August 22 — Patricia Hy-Boulais, Canadian tennis player
September
- September 11 — Jean-Philippe Fleurian, French tennis player
- September 12 — Silke Hörner, East German swimmer
- September 16 — Karlheinz Riedle, German football (soccer) player
- September 20 — Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, Danish badminton player
- September 25 — Scottie Pippen, American NBA player
- September 27 — Alan Brahmst, German-born field hockey defender from Canada
October
- October 1 — Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
- October 3 — Annemarie Verstappen, Dutch freestyle swimmer
- October 3 — Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player
- October 4 — Trudy Kilkolly, New Zealand field hockey player
- October 5 — Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
- October 5 — Patrick Roy, ice hockey player
- October 8 — Matt Biondi, American swimmer
- October 12 — Henry Akinwande, Nigeria-born British heavyweight boxer
- October 14 — Jüri Jaanson, Estonian rower
- October 18 — Petra Müller, East German athlete
- October 20 — Amos Mansdorf, Israeli tennis player
- October 20 — Mikhail Shtalenkov, Russian ice hockey goaltender
- October 21 — Christopher Duplanty, American water polo goalkeeper
- October 27 — Atlee Mahorn, Jamaica-born Canadian sprinter
November
- November 7 — Sigrun Wodars, East German middle distance athlete
- November 17 — Eric Amend, American tennis player
- November 17 — Grant Connell, Canadian tennis player
- November 21 — Jon Kelly, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- November 26 — Peter Konyegwachie, Nigerian boxer
- November 27 — Kathleen Heddle, Canadian rower
- November 29 — Joanne Broadbent, Australian cricketer
December
- December 3 — Katarina Witt, German figure skater
- December 14 — Aljoša Asanović, Croatian football (soccer) player
- December 14 — Craig Biggio, American baseball player
- December 17 — Jasna Šekarić, Serbian sport shooter
- December 18 — Igor Milanovic, Yugoslav waterpolo player
- December 19 — Chito Martinez, Belize-born baseball player
- December 20 — Rich Gannon, American football quarterback
- December 22 — Bryan Shelton, American tennis player
- December 30 — Essam Abd El Fatah, Egyptian football (soccer) referee
- December 31 — Ilana Berger, Israeli tennis player
Deaths
- January 11 — Wally Pipp, Major League Baseball player, (1913-1928)
- March 5 — Pepper Martin, Major League Baseball player, (1928-1944)
- March 6 — Wally Schang, Major League Baseball player, (1913-1931)
- March 17 — Amos Alonzo Stagg, baseball, basketball and American football coach and player
- March 29 — Eric Brook, English footballer (b. 1907)
- March 29 — Heinrich Schomburgk, German tennis player (b. 1885)
- March 30 — Jack Hatfield, British swimmer and water polo player (b. 1893)
- September 9 — Louis Baillon, British field hockey player
- World Snooker Championship challenge matches:
- *John Pulman beats Fred Davis 37-36
- *John Pulman beats Rex Williams 25-22
- *John Pulman beats Fred Van Rensburg 39-12
- Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
- #Australian Open - Roy Emerson
- #French Open - Fred Stolle
- #Wimbledon championships - Roy Emerson
- #US Open - Manuel Santana
- Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
- #Australian Open - Margaret Smith
- #French Open - Lesley Turner
- #Wimbledon championships - Margaret Smith
- #US Open - Margaret Smith
- First All-Africa Games held in Brazzaville, Congo
- Fourth Pan Arab Games held in Cairo, Egypt
- Fourth Summer Universiade held in Budapest, Hungary
Births
January
- January 5 — Patrik Sjöberg, Swedish high jumper
- January 11 — Roland Scholten, Dutch darts player
- January 25 — Dominik Hasek, Czech ice hockey player
- January 27 — Marc van Belkum, Dutch water polo player
- January 28 — Tom Ponting, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- January 29 — Peter Lundgren, Swedish tennis coach and player
February
- February 4 — John van Loen, Dutch football (soccer) striker
- February 5 — Tarik Benhabiles, Algerian-French tennis player
- February 7 — Joseph Gikonyo, Kenyan athlete
- February 9 — Igor Malkov, Soviet speedskater
- February 11 — Angie Ridgeway, golfer
- February 14 — Suharyadi Suharyadi, Indonesian tennis player
- February 15 — Gustavo Quinteros, Bolivian football (soccer) coach and player
- February 19 — Michael Westphal, German tennis player
March
- March 1 — Stewart Elliott, Canadian jockey
- March 3 — Dragan Stojković, Serbian football (soccer) player
- March 8 — Ferenc Csipes, Hungarian canoer
- March 11 — Eric Jelen, German tennis player
- March 15 — Marcel Gery, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- March 17 — Sven Lodziewski, East German freestyle swimmer
- March 24 — Marian Vajda, Czech tennis player
- March 25 — Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgarian high jumper and president of the Bulgarian olympic committee
- March 25 — Dwight Walton, Canadian basketball player
- March 29 — Voula Patoulidou, Greek athlete
April
- April 1 — Brian Nielsen, Danish boxer
- April 7 — Alexander Mronz, German tennis player
- April 8 — Remco Pielstroom, Dutch water polo player
- April 9 — Paolo Canè, Italian tennis player
- April 11 — Chris Pridham, Canadian tennis player
- April 20 — Rolf Sørensen, Danish cyclist
- April 21 — Thomas Helmer, German football (soccer) player
May
- May 2 — Gennadiy Prigoda, Russian freestyle swimmer
- May 5 — Leslie Law, British eventer
- May 9 — Steve Yzerman, ice hockey player
- May 10 — Greg Fasala, Australian freestyle swimmer
- May 13 — Jo Thompson, British field hockey goalkeeper
- May 22 — Clare Taylor, English cricketer
- May 25 — Sue Metcalfe, English cricketer
- May 28 — Catherine Tanvier, French tennis player
June
- June 2 — Jens-Peter Herold, German middle-distance runner
- June 3 — Hans Kroes, Dutch freestyle and backstroke swimmer
- June 3 — Helen Plimmer, English cricketer
- June 15 — Lars Hinneburg, East German freestyle swimmer
- June 15 — Bernard Hopkins, US boxer
- June 17 — Dan Jansen, American speedskater
- June 17 — Gianluca Pozzi, Italian tennis player
- June 19 — Gary Vandermeulen, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- June 22 — Lubomir Moravčík, Slovak football (soccer) player
July
- July 7 — Jan Wagenaar, Dutch water polo player
- July 30 — Leonel Álvarez, Colombian football (soccer) midfielder
August
- August 9 — Mark Andrews, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- August 10 — Namjil Bayarsaikhan, Mongolian boxer
- August 10 — Mike E. Smith, Hall of Fame jockey
- August 11 — Sergio Vigil, Argentine field hockey player and coach
- August 12 — Conny van Bentum, Dutch freestyle swimmer
- August 14 — Ian Brown, Australian freestyle swimmer
- August 19 — James Tomkins, Australian rower
- August 22 — Patricia Hy-Boulais, Canadian tennis player
September
- September 11 — Jean-Philippe Fleurian, French tennis player
- September 12 — Silke Hörner, East German swimmer
- September 16 — Karlheinz Riedle, German football (soccer) player
- September 20 — Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, Danish badminton player
- September 25 — Scottie Pippen, American NBA player
- September 27 — Alan Brahmst, German-born field hockey defender from Canada
October
- October 1 — Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
- October 3 — Annemarie Verstappen, Dutch freestyle swimmer
- October 3 — Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player
- October 4 — Trudy Kilkolly, New Zealand field hockey player
- October 5 — Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
- October 5 — Patrick Roy, ice hockey player
- October 8 — Matt Biondi, American swimmer
- October 12 — Henry Akinwande, Nigeria-born British heavyweight boxer
- October 14 — Jüri Jaanson, Estonian rower
- October 18 — Petra Müller, East German athlete
- October 20 — Amos Mansdorf, Israeli tennis player
- October 20 — Mikhail Shtalenkov, Russian ice hockey goaltender
- October 21 — Christopher Duplanty, American water polo goalkeeper
- October 27 — Atlee Mahorn, Jamaica-born Canadian sprinter
November
- November 7 — Sigrun Wodars, East German middle distance athlete
- November 17 — Eric Amend, American tennis player
- November 17 — Grant Connell, Canadian tennis player
- November 21 — Jon Kelly, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- November 26 — Peter Konyegwachie, Nigerian boxer
- November 27 — Kathleen Heddle, Canadian rower
- November 29 — Joanne Broadbent, Australian cricketer
December
- December 3 — Katarina Witt, German figure skater
- December 14 — Aljoša Asanović, Croatian football (soccer) player
- December 14 — Craig Biggio, American baseball player
- December 17 — Jasna Šekarić, Serbian sport shooter
- December 18 — Igor Milanovic, Yugoslav waterpolo player
- December 19 — Chito Martinez, Belize-born baseball player
- December 20 — Rich Gannon, American football quarterback
- December 22 — Bryan Shelton, American tennis player
- December 30 — Essam Abd El Fatah, Egyptian football (soccer) referee
- December 31 — Ilana Berger, Israeli tennis player
Deaths
- January 11 — Wally Pipp, Major League Baseball player, (1913-1928)
- March 5 — Pepper Martin, Major League Baseball player, (1928-1944)
- March 6 — Wally Schang, Major League Baseball player, (1913-1931)
- March 17 — Amos Alonzo Stagg, baseball, basketball and American football coach and player
- March 29 — Eric Brook, English footballer (b. 1907)
- March 29 — Heinrich Schomburgk, German tennis player (b. 1885)
- March 30 — Jack Hatfield, British swimmer and water polo player (b. 1893)
- September 9 — Louis Baillon, British field hockey player
- First All-Africa Games held in Brazzaville, Congo
- Fourth Pan Arab Games held in Cairo, Egypt
- Fourth Summer Universiade held in Budapest, Hungary
Births
January
- January 5 — Patrik Sjöberg, Swedish high jumper
- January 11 — Roland Scholten, Dutch darts player
- January 25 — Dominik Hasek, Czech ice hockey player
- January 27 — Marc van Belkum, Dutch water polo player
- January 28 — Tom Ponting, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- January 29 — Peter Lundgren, Swedish tennis coach and player
February
- February 4 — John van Loen, Dutch football (soccer) striker
- February 5 — Tarik Benhabiles, Algerian-French tennis player
- February 7 — Joseph Gikonyo, Kenyan athlete
- February 9 — Igor Malkov, Soviet speedskater
- February 11 — Angie Ridgeway, golfer
- February 14 — Suharyadi Suharyadi, Indonesian tennis player
- February 15 — Gustavo Quinteros, Bolivian football (soccer) coach and player
- February 19 — Michael Westphal, German tennis player
March
- March 1 — Stewart Elliott, Canadian jockey
- March 3 — Dragan Stojković, Serbian football (soccer) player
- March 8 — Ferenc Csipes, Hungarian canoer
- March 11 — Eric Jelen, German tennis player
- March 15 — Marcel Gery, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- March 17 — Sven Lodziewski, East German freestyle swimmer
- March 24 — Marian Vajda, Czech tennis player
- March 25 — Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgarian high jumper and president of the Bulgarian olympic committee
- March 25 — Dwight Walton, Canadian basketball player
- March 29 — Voula Patoulidou, Greek athlete
April
- April 1 — Brian Nielsen, Danish boxer
- April 7 — Alexander Mronz, German tennis player
- April 8 — Remco Pielstroom, Dutch water polo player
- April 9 — Paolo Canè, Italian tennis player
- April 11 — Chris Pridham, Canadian tennis player
- April 20 — Rolf Sørensen, Danish cyclist
- April 21 — Thomas Helmer, German football (soccer) player
May
- May 2 — Gennadiy Prigoda, Russian freestyle swimmer
- May 5 — Leslie Law, British eventer
- May 9 — Steve Yzerman, ice hockey player
- May 10 — Greg Fasala, Australian freestyle swimmer
- May 13 — Jo Thompson, British field hockey goalkeeper
- May 22 — Clare Taylor, English cricketer
- May 25 — Sue Metcalfe, English cricketer
- May 28 — Catherine Tanvier, French tennis player
June
- June 2 — Jens-Peter Herold, German middle-distance runner
- June 3 — Hans Kroes, Dutch freestyle and backstroke swimmer
- June 3 — Helen Plimmer, English cricketer
- June 15 — Lars Hinneburg, East German freestyle swimmer
- June 15 — Bernard Hopkins, US boxer
- June 17 — Dan Jansen, American speedskater
- June 17 — Gianluca Pozzi, Italian tennis player
- June 19 — Gary Vandermeulen, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- June 22 — Lubomir Moravčík, Slovak football (soccer) player
July
- July 7 — Jan Wagenaar, Dutch water polo player
- July 30 — Leonel Álvarez, Colombian football (soccer) midfielder
August
- August 9 — Mark Andrews, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- August 10 — Namjil Bayarsaikhan, Mongolian boxer
- August 10 — Mike E. Smith, Hall of Fame jockey
- August 11 — Sergio Vigil, Argentine field hockey player and coach
- August 12 — Conny van Bentum, Dutch freestyle swimmer
- August 14 — Ian Brown, Australian freestyle swimmer
- August 19 — James Tomkins, Australian rower
- August 22 — Patricia Hy-Boulais, Canadian tennis player
September
- September 11 — Jean-Philippe Fleurian, French tennis player
- September 12 — Silke Hörner, East German swimmer
- September 16 — Karlheinz Riedle, German football (soccer) player
- September 20 — Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, Danish badminton player
- September 25 — Scottie Pippen, American NBA player
- September 27 — Alan Brahmst, German-born field hockey defender from Canada
October
- October 1 — Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
- October 3 — Annemarie Verstappen, Dutch freestyle swimmer
- October 3 — Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player
- October 4 — Trudy Kilkolly, New Zealand field hockey player
- October 5 — Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
- October 5 — Patrick Roy, ice hockey player
- October 8 — Matt Biondi, American swimmer
- October 12 — Henry Akinwande, Nigeria-born British heavyweight boxer
- October 14 — Jüri Jaanson, Estonian rower
- October 18 — Petra Müller, East German athlete
- October 20 — Amos Mansdorf, Israeli tennis player
- October 20 — Mikhail Shtalenkov, Russian ice hockey goaltender
- October 21 — Christopher Duplanty, American water polo goalkeeper
- October 27 — Atlee Mahorn, Jamaica-born Canadian sprinter
November
- November 7 — Sigrun Wodars, East German middle distance athlete
- November 17 — Eric Amend, American tennis player
- November 17 — Grant Connell, Canadian tennis player
- November 21 — Jon Kelly, Canadian butterfly swimmer
- November 26 — Peter Konyegwachie, Nigerian boxer
- November 27 — Kathleen Heddle, Canadian rower
- November 29 — Joanne Broadbent, Australian cricketer
December
- December 3 — Katarina Witt, German figure skater
- December 14 — Aljoša Asanović, Croatian football (soccer) player
- December 14 — Craig Biggio, American baseball player
- December 17 — Jasna Šekarić, Serbian sport shooter
- December 18 — Igor Milanovic, Yugoslav waterpolo player
- December 19 — Chito Martinez, Belize-born baseball player
- December 20 — Rich Gannon, American football quarterback
- December 22 — Bryan Shelton, American tennis player
- December 30 — Essam Abd El Fatah, Egyptian football (soccer) referee
- December 31 — Ilana Berger, Israeli tennis player
Deaths
- January 11 — Wally Pipp, Major League Baseball player, (1913-1928)
- March 5 — Pepper Martin, Major League Baseball player, (1928-1944)
- March 6 — Wally Schang, Major League Baseball player, (1913-1931)
- March 17 — Amos Alonzo Stagg, baseball, basketball and American football coach and player
- March 29 — Eric Brook, English footballer (b. 1907)
- March 29 — Heinrich Schomburgk, German tennis player (b. 1885)
- March 30 — Jack Hatfield, British swimmer and water polo player (b. 1893)
- September 9 — Louis Baillon, British field hockey player
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