1971 in sports

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Athletics

:"For an extensive coverage see 1971 in athletics (track and field)"

Marathon

* August 5 — flagicon|COL Pan American Games Marathon, Cali, Colombia
**Men's Winner: Frank Shorter (USA) 2:22:47

* August 15 — flagicon|FIN European Championships Marathon, Helsinki, Finland
**Men's Winner: Karel Lismont (BEL) 2:13:09

* September 4 — flagicon|NED Enschede Marathon, Netherlands
**Men's Winner: Bernie Allen (ENG) 2:16:54

* October 17 — flagicon|TUR Mediterranean Games Marathon, İzmir, Turkey
**Men's Winner: Gianbattista Bassi (ITA) 2:23:33

* December 5 — flagicon|JPN Fukuoka Marathon, Japan
**Men's Winner: Frank Shorter (USA) 2:12:51

=Auto Racing=

*Stock car racing:
**Richard Petty won the Daytona 500
**NASCAR Championship - Richard Petty
*Indianapolis 500 - Al Unser, Sr
*USAC Racing - Joe Leonard
*Formula One Championship - Jackie Stewart of Great Britain
*24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Helmut Marko / Gijs van Lennep won, driving a Porsche 917
*Rally racing - the team of Ove Andersson / David Stone won the Monte Carlo Rally driving an Alpine-Renault A110
*Drag racing:
**The NHRA announces the first "Grandnational" in Canada at Sanair International Drag Strip, near Montreal, Quebec.
**Hank Johnson won Top Fuel at the NHRA Supernationals.

Baseball

*World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates won 4 games to 3 over the Baltimore Orioles. Game four was the first night game in World Series history.

Basketball

*NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship:
**UCLA wins 68-62 over Villanova

*NBA Finals:
**Milwaukee Bucks win 4 games to 0 over the Baltimore Bullets

*1971 ABA Finals:
**Utah Stars defeat Kentucky Colonels 4 games to 3; Stars defeat Indiana Pacers in division finals while Colonels defeat Virginia Squires

Boxing

*March 8 - Joe Frazier defeats Muhammad Ali in the first of three epic bouts. Frazier defends the World Heavyweight Championship in a star-studded Madison Square Garden.

Cricket

*5 January, Melbourne - First one-day international, played bion after a Test match abandoned because of rain. Australia won by 5 wickets.

Cycling

*Giro d'Italia won by Gosta Pettersson of Sweden
*Tour de France - Eddy Merckx of Belgium
*World Cycling Championship: Eddy Merckx of Belgium

Field Hockey

* Men's World Cup in Barcelona, Spain
** Gold Medal: Pakistan
** Silver Medal: Spain
** Bronze Medal: India

* Pan American Games (Men's Competition) in Cali, Colombia
** Gold Medal: Argentina
** Silver Medal: Mexico
** Bronze Medal: Canada

Figure skating

*World Figure Skating Championships:
**Men's champion: Ondrej Nepela, Czechoslovakia
**Ladies' champion: Beatrix Schuba, Austria
**Pair skating champions: Irina Rodnina & Alexei Ulyanov, Soviet Union
**Ice dancing champions: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Alexandr Gorshkov, Soviet Union

=Football (American)=

*Super Bowl V: Baltimore Colts won 16-13 over the Dallas Cowboys

*December 25 - The Miami Dolphins defeat the Kansas City Chiefs in a divisional playoff game. The double-overtime contest is the longest game in NFL history, and the Chiefs' last-ever home game at Municipal Stadium.

*1970 NCAA Division I-A national football championship: The Nebraska Cornhuskers win 17-12 over the LSU Tigers on January 1 ,1971.

Football (Australian rules football)

* Victorian Football League
** Hawthorn wins the 75th VFL Premiership (Hawthorn 12.10 (82) d St Kilda 11.9 (75))
** Brownlow Medal awarded to Ian Stewart (Richmond)

=Football (Canadian)=

* Grey Cup: Calgary Stampeders won 14-11 over the Toronto Argonauts
* Vanier Cup: Western Ontario Mustangs won 15-14 over the Alberta Golden Bears

Football (Soccer)

::"For an extensive coverage see 1971 in football (soccer)"
*Atlético Mineiro wins the first Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

*Arsenal are the English First Division champions

*England - FA Cup: Arsenal won 2-1 over Liverpool to win The Double

*European Championship Cup Final: Ajax - Panathinaikos 2-0

*January 2 - At the end of a Rangers-Celtic match at Ibrox Park in Glasgow, Scotland, barriers at Stairway 13 give way under a mass of fans, killing 66 and injuring over 200 others.

Golf

Men's professional
*February 25-28 - PGA Championship - Jack Nicklaus
*April 8-11 - Masters Tournament - Charles Coody
*June 17-21 - U.S. Open - Lee Trevino
*July 7-10 - British Open - Lee Trevino
*PGA Tour money leader - Jack Nicklaus - $244,491
*Ryder Cup - United States won 18 1/2 to 13 1/2 over Britain in team golfMen's amateur
*British Amateur - Steve Melnyk
*U.S. Amateur - Gary CowanWomen's professional
*LPGA Championship - Kathy Whitworth
*U.S. Women's Open - JoAnne Carner - this win made her the first person ever to win three different USGA individual championship events.
*Titleholders Championship - not played
*LPGA Tour money leader - Kathy Whitworth - $41,181

=Thoroughbred Horse Racing=

*Australia - Melbourne Cup - Silver Knight
*Canada - Queen's Plate - Kennedy Road
*France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Mill Reef
*Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Irish Ball

*English Triple Crown Races:
*#2,000 Guineas Stakes - Brigadier Gerard
*#Epsom Derby - Mill Reef
*#St. Leger Stakes - Athens Wood

*United States Triple Crown Races:
*#May 1 - Kentucky Derby - Canonero II
*#Preakness Stakes - Canonero II
*#Belmont Stakes - Pass catcher

=Harness Racing=

*United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
*#Cane Pace - Albatross
*#Little Brown Jug - Nansemond
*#Messenger Stakes - Albatross

*United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
*#Hambletonian - Speedy Crown
*#Yonkers Trot - Quick Pride
*#Kentucky Futurity - Savoir

*Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
**Pacers: Stella Frost
**Trotters: Geffini

Ice Hockey

*Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Phil Esposito, Boston Bruins

*Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins

*Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens win 4 games to 3 over the Chicago Black Hawks

*World Hockey Championship
** Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia
*NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship: Boston University Terriers defeat University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Golden Gophers 4-2 in Syracuse, NY

Lacrosse

* Cornell beats Maryland 12-6 to win the first NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship.
* The Brantford­ Warriors win the Mann Cup.
* The Richmond Roadrunners win the Minto Cup.
* The Victoria McDonalds win the Castrol Cup.

Radiosport

*Sixth Amateur Radio Direction Finding European Championship held in Duisburg, Federal Republic of Germany.

Skiing

*Alpine Skiing
**The men's overall season champion: Gustav Thöni, Italy
**The women's overall season champion: Annemarie Pröll, Austria

Snooker

*World Snooker Championship: John Spencer beats Warren Simpson 37-29

Swimming

Records

*August 27 — US swimmer Mark Spitz recaptures the world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course), clocking 2:03.9 at a meet in Houston, Texas.

*August 31 — Four days after Mark Spitz broke the world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course), West Germany's Hans-Joachim Fassnacht betters the time to 2:03.3 at a meet in Landskrona, Sweden.

Tennis

*Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
*#Australian Open - Ken Rosewall
*#French Open - Jan Kodeš
*#Wimbledon championships - John Newcombe
*#US Open - Stan Smith

*Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
*#Australian Open - Margaret Court
*#French Open - Evonne Goolagong
*#Wimbledon championships - Evonne Goolagong
*#US Open - Billie Jean King

*Davis Cup: United States wins 3-2 over Romania in world tennis.

* Sixteen year old Chris Evert makes her US Open debut reaching the semifinals where she is defeated by eventual champion Billie Jean King.
* First time in 16 years that Americans won both the men's and women's title at the US Open.

Volleyball

*European Championship in Italy
**Men's Tournament
***Gold Medal: vb|URS
***Silver Medal: vb|TCH
***Bronze Medal: vb|ROU|1965
**Women's Tournament
***Gold Medal: vbw|URS
***Silver Medal: vbw|TCH
***Bronze Medal: vbw|POL
*Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia
**Men's Tournament
***Gold Medal: vb|CUB
***Silver Medal: vb|USA
***Bronze Medal: vb|BRA
**Women's Tournament
***Gold Medal: vbw|CUB
***Silver Medal: vbw|PER
***Bronze Medal: vbw|MEX

Multi-sport events

* Sixth Pan American Games held in Cali, Colombia

* Sixth Mediterranean Games held in İzmir, Turkey

Awards

*ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year: Lee Trevino, Golf
*Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Lee Trevino, PGA golf
*Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Evonne Goolagong, Tennis

Births

January

* January 2 — Markus Baur, German handball player
* January 4 — Melanie Cremer, German field hockey player
* January 7 — Vladislav Kulikov, Russian butterfly swimmer
* January 11 — Gregg Clark, South African field hockey player
* January 14 — Bert Konterman, Dutch football player
* January 14 — Lyubov Morgunova, Russian long-distance runner
* January 16 — Sergi Bruguera, Spanish tennis player
* January 16 — Ulrich van Gobbel, Dutch football player
* January 16 — Scott Williams, US field hockey defender
* January 18 — Josep Guardiola, Spanish football player
* January 19 — Begoña Larzabal, Spanish field hockey midfielder
* January 20 — Henry "Donald" Martinez, Salvadoran bantamweight boxer
* January 22 — Ellen Elzerman, Dutch swimmer
* January 22 — Joaquín Fernández, Spanish swimmer
* January 26 — Karin Kienhuis, Dutch judoka
* January 26 — Lee Naylor, Australian track and field athlete
* January 28 — Orhan Delibas, Dutch-Turkish boxer
* January 28 — Lucrécia Jardim, Portuguese sprinter
* January 28 — Yelena Motalova, Russian long-distance runner
* January 29 — Sonja Pfeilschifter, German shooter
* January 30 — Hong Qian, Chinese butterfly swimmer
* January 31 — Gu Hongyu, Chinese beach volleyball player

February

* February 1 — Zlatko Zahovič, Slovenian football player
* February 6 — Antti Haapakoski, Finnish hurdler
* February 7 — Andrew Currey, Australian javelin thrower
* February 13 — Emese Antal, Romania-born ice speed skater from Austria
* February 13 — Lency Montelier, Cuban track and field athlete
* February 19 — Martin van der Spoel, Dutch swimmer
* February 20 — Jari Litmanen, Finnish football player
* February 20 — Margaret "Peggy" Storrar, American field hockey goalkeeper
* February 23 — Cornelia Pfohl, German archer
* February 23 — Minoru Takeuchi, Japanese volleyball player
* February 24 — Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish Formula 1-driver
* February 24 — Ricardo Sánchez, Spanish water polo player
* February 25 — Nelson Dieppa, Puerto Rican boxer
* February 25 — Nova Peris-Kneebone, Australian athlete and field hockey player
* February 28 — Koos Issard, Dutch waterpolo player

March

* March 1 — Atif Bashir, Pakistani field hockey player
* March 1 — Tyler Hamilton, American road bicycle racer
* March 1 — Dick Norman, Belgian tennis player
* March 2 — Vincenzo Modica, Italian long-distance runner
* March 4 — Adriana Fernández, Mexican long-distance runner
* March 4 — Stefan Trendafilov, Bulgarian boxer
* March 4 — Carlos Ventosa, Spanish backstroke swimmer
* March 5 — Karina Masotta, Argentine field hockey player
* March 5 — Filip Meirhaeghe, Belgian cyclist
* March 6 — Servais Knaven, Dutch cyclist
* March 9 — Cristiano Michelena, Brazilian freestyle swimmer
* March 10 — Andrey Semenyuk, Belarusian diver
* March 13 — Marja Pärssinen, Finnish swimmer
* March 14 — Edilene Aparecida, Brazilian judoka
* March 15 — Ralf Bißdorf, German fencer
* March 17 — Tibor Ordina, Hungarian triple jumper
* March 18 — Jerzy Brzęczek, Polish football (soccer) player
* March 18 — Mariaan de Swardt, South African tennis player
* March 19 — Sébastien Godefroid, Belgian sailor
* March 19 — Whitney Hedgepeth, American backstroke swimmer
* March 19 — Zé Marco de Melo, Brazilian beach volleyball player
* March 20 — Dmitriy Gaag, Kazakhstani triathlete
* March 20 — Janis Kelly, Canadian volleyball player
* March 20 — Aleksandr Savitsky, Kazakhstani swimmer
* March 27 — David Coulthard, Scottish Formula 1-driver
* March 29 — Arjen Teeuwissen, Dutch equestrian
* March 29 — Milton Wynants, Uruguayan cyclist
* March 30 — Carlton Myers, Italian basketball player
* March 31 — Pavel Bure, Russian ice hockey player
* March 31 — Ramón Garbey, Cuban boxer

April

* April 1 — Vladimir Selkov, Russian swimmer
* April 1 — Daniel Vacek, Czech tennis player
* April 2 — Conrad Leinemann, Canadian beach volleyball player
* April 2 — Todd Woodbridge, Australian tennis player
* April 3 — Picabo Street, American alpine skier
* April 6 — Tom Sorensen, American volleyball player
* April 8 — Ellen Kuipers, Dutch field hockey player
* April 8 — Dragomir Markov, Bulgarian swimmer
* April 9 — Rafał Szukała, Polish butterfly swimmer
* April 9 — Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian Formula 1-driver
* April 10 — Marcus Baur, German sailor
* April 10 — Helen Clarke, New Zealand field hockey goalkeeper
* April 11 — Ute Wetzig, German diver
* April 12 — Fernando Meligeni, Brazilian tennis player
* April 12 — Christophe Moreau, French cyclist
* April 12 — Gregory Russ, New Zealand field hockey player
* April 12 — Elena Tyurina, Russian volleyball player
* April 13 — Franck Esposito, French swimmer
* April 14 — Danja Müsch, German beachvolleyball player
* April 15 — Finidi George, Nigerian football player
* April 15 — Guivi Sissaouri, Georgia-born Canadian freestyle wrestler
* April 20 — Carla Geurts, Dutch swimmer
* April 20 — Pedro Lima, Angolan swimmer
* April 20 — Grant Smith, Australian field hockey player
* April 21 — Rachel Petrie, New Zealand field hockey defender
* April 21 — Indrek Pertelson, Estonian judoka
* April 22 — Nicklas Kulti, Swedish tennis player
* April 23 — Miguel Maia, Portuguese beach volleyball player
* April 24 — Mike Fenner, German athlete
* April 24 — Phil Rogers, Australian swimmer
* April 28 — Markus Beyer, German boxer

May

* May 1 — Damon Diletti, Australian field hockey player
* May 1 — Stuart Appleby, Australian golfer
* May 3 — Minna Salmela, Finnish freestyle sprint swimmer
* May 8 — James Elmer, Australian field hockey player
* May 10 — Vegard Høidalen, Norwegian beach volleyball player
* May 10 — Ådne Søndrål, Norwegian speed skater
* May 12 — Ingrid van Lubek, Dutch triathlete
* May 14 — Martin Reim, Estonian football (soccer) player
* May 15 — Phil Pfister, American strength athlete
* May 18 — Janel Jorgensen, American butterfly swimmer
* May 18 — Clifton Sunada, American judoka
* May 19 — Lori Ann Mundt, Canadian volleyball player
* May 21 — Tom Nanne, Dutch baseball player
* May 24 — Cephas Matafi, Zimbabwean long-distance runner
* May 25 — Stefano Baldini, Italian track and field athlete
* May 25 — Georg Totschnig, Austrian cyclist
* May 27 — Grant Stafford, South African tennis player
* May 28 — Manuel Beltrán, Spanish cyclist
* May 28 — Sergey Borisenko, Kazakhstani freestyle swimmer
* May 30 — Kyle Vander Kuyp, Australian indigenous athlete
* May 31 — Irene Dalby, Norwegian swimmer
* May 31 — Nicole Struse, German table tennis player

June

* June 2 — Dion Gosling, New Zealand field hockey defender
* June 2 — Irina Tolkunova, Russian/Kazakhstani water polo player
* June 9 — Jean Galfione, French athlete
* June 11 — Marek Kolbowicz, Polish rower
* June 12 — Florencia Labat, Argentine tennis player
* June 12 — Adam Vella, Australian target shooter
* June 13 — Stefano Pescosolido, Italian tennis player
* June 16 — Christian Mayerhöfer, German field hockey player
* June 17 — Tripp Schwenk, American backstroke swimmer
* June 21 — Irene Van Dyk, New Zealand netball player
* June 22 — Hajime Itoi, Japanese backstroke swimmer
* June 22 — Kurt Warner, American football player
* June 24 — Thomas Helveg, Danish football (soccer) player
* June 24 — Nicole Livingstone, Australian swimmer and television sports commentator
* June 25 — Paul Gibbons, New Zealand pole vaulter
* June 26 — Max Biaggi, Italian motorcyclist
* June 26 — Edward Parenti, Canadian swimmer
* June 28 — Fabien Barthez, French football (soccer) goalkeeper
* June 29 — Iván Pérez, Cuba-born water polo player from Spain

July

* July 6 — Jessica Gal, Dutch judoka
* July 9 — Hilary Rose, British field hockey goalkeeper
* July 12 — Joel Casamayor, Cuban boxer
* July 13 — Richard Groenendaal, Dutch cyclist
* July 14 — Bernardo Mota, Portuguese tennis player
* July 17 — Wilma van Hofwegen, Dutch swimmer
* July 17 — Nico Mattan, Belgian cyclist
* July 19 — Erik Jazet, Dutch field hockey player
* July 19 — Vitali Klitschko, Ukrainian heavyweight boxing champion
* July 23 — Noriko Mizoguchi, Japanese judoka
* July 23 — Kristin Wagner, German sailor
* July 26 — Mladen Rudonja, Slovenian footballer
* July 30 — Mzukisi Sikali, South African boxer (d. 2005)

August

* August 1 — Lisa Flood, Canadian breaststroke swimmer
* August 4 — Jeff Gordon, American NASCAR driver
* August 4 — Christophe Mendy, Senegal-born French boxer
* August 5 — Darren Lange, Australian freestyle swimmer
* August 5 — Jude Menezes, Indian field hockey goalkeeper
* August 6 — Stéphane Lecat, French long-distance swimmer
* August 6 — Angela Postma, Dutch freestyle swimmer
* August 7 — Stephan Volkert, German rower
* August 8 — Johnny Balentina, Dutch baseball player
* August 8 — Ramón Sala, Spanish field hockey player
* August 8 — Ramandeep Singh, Indian field hockey midfielder
* August 9 — Davide Rebellin, Italian cyclist
* August 10 — Roy Keane, Irish footballer
* August 10 — Mario César Kindelán, Cuban amateur boxer
* August 11 — Vidas Bičziulaytis, Lithuanian boxer
* August 12 — Svetlana Bondarenko, Ukrainian swimmer
* August 12 — Diana van der Plaats, Dutch swimmer
* August 12 — Pete Sampras, American tennis player
* August 14 — Andrea Peron, Italian cyclist
* August 15 — Umesh Parag, New Zealand field hockey player
* August 16 — Rulon Gardner, American wrestler
* August 18 — Jonathan Winter, New Zealand backstroke swimmer
* August 19 — Mary Joe Fernandez, American-Dominican tennis player
* August 21 — Jan Hempel, German diver
* August 23 — Demetrio Albertini, Italian footballer
* August 24 — Antoaneta Frenkeva, Bulgarian breaststroke swimmer
* August 25 — Andrew Baildon, Australian freestyle swimmer
* August 25 — Gilberto Simoni, Italian cyclist
* August 26 — Jeroen van Dijk, Dutch badminton player
* August 26 — Charles Friedek, German athlete
* August 26 — Lisa Keightley, Australian cricketer
* August 27 — Ernest Faber, Dutch footballer
* August 28 — Janet Evans, American Olympic swimming champion
* August 28 — Holger Kleinbub, German volleyball player
* August 29 — Marco Sandy, Bolivian football (soccer) defender
* August 30 — Marianne Kriel, South African swimmer
* August 31 — Virna Dias, Brazilian volleyball player
* August 31 — Pádraig Harrington, Irish golfer
* August 31 — Francisco Morales, Argentine judoka
* August 31 — Keita Soraoka, Japanese backstroke swimmer

eptember

* September 1 — Hakan Şükür, Turkish footballer
* September 2 — Kjetil André Aamodt, Norwegian alpine skier
* September 2 — Gregory Corbitt, Australian field hockey striker
* September 2 — Tom Steels, Belgian cyclist
* September 3 — Paolo Montero, Uruguay football player
* September 4 — Bas van de Goor, Dutch volleyball player
* September 4 — Mark Knowles, Bahamian tennis player
* September 7 — Shane Mosley, American boxer
* September 8 — Daniel Petrov, Bulgarian boxer
* September 9 — Joakim Andersson, Swedish diver
* September 9 — Glen Housman, Australian long-distance swimmer
* September 9 — Serge Kats, Dutch sailor
* September 9 — Magali Messmer, Swiss triathlete
* September 10 — Carlo Silipo, Italian water polo player
* September 12 — Julian Golley, British triple jumper
* September 12 — Chandra Sturrup, Bahamian sprint athlete
* September 12 — Perry Ubeda, Dutch martial artist
* September 13 — Goran Ivanišević, Croatian tennis player
* September 13 — Katrin Kauschke, German field hockey player
* September 15 — Annamarie Thomas, Dutch speed skater
* September 16 — Karsten Kobs, German athlete
* September 17 — Jens Voigt, German cyclist
* September 18 — Lance Armstrong, American cyclist
* September 18 — Kate Starre, Australian field hockey midfielder
* September 19 — Mirnawan Nawawi, Malaysian field hockey player
* September 20 — Henrik Larsson, Swedish footballer
* September 22 — Trinko Keen, Dutch table tennis player
* September 24 — Linda Moes, Dutch swimmer
* September 26 — Anke Feller, German athlete
* September 27 — Cédric Penicaud, French breaststroke swimmer
* September 27 — Clarisse Rasoarizay, Malagasy long-distance runner
* September 28 — Sven Meinhardt, German field hockey player
* September 30 — Leila Barros, Brazilian volleyball player

October

* October 5 — Evelyn Carrera, Dominican Republic volleyball player
* October 5 — Carlos Espínola, Argentine sailor
* October 6 — Jorgelina Rimoldi, Argentine field hockey player
* October 13 — André Bergdølmo, Norwegian football player
* October 13 — Pyrros Dimas, Greek weightlifter
* October 20 — Kamiel Maase, Dutch long-distance runner
* October 21 — Johanne Bégin, Canadian water polo player
* October 22 — Amanda Coetzer, South African tennis player
* October 23 — Oliver Kurtz, German field hockey player
* October 23 — Suzanne Plesman, Dutch field hockey player
* October 24 — Khristian Minkovski, Bulgarian butterfly swimmer
* October 25 — Pedro Martínez, Major League Baseball player
* October 25 — Geoffrey Prommayon, Dutch football player
* October 26 — Didier Martel, French football player
* October 29 — Rafael Álvarez, Spanish diver
* October 30 — Suzan van der Wielen, Dutch field hockey player

November

* November 1 — Jorge Lombi, Argentinian field hockey player
* November 4 — Marco Büchel, Liechtensteiner alpine skier
* November 4 — Fred Mutuweta, Ugandan boxer
* November 6 — Laura Flessel-Colovic, French épée fencer
* November 6 — Falk Huste, German boxer
* November 8 — Karin Rodrigues, Brazilian volleyball player
* November 11 — Ruslan Mashchenko, Russian hurdler
* November 12 — Linley Frame, Australian swimmer
* November 12 — Gert Thys, South African long-distance runner
* November 16 — Tanja Damaske, German javelin thrower
* November 16 — Alexander Popov, Russian swimming champion
* November 18 — Danny Heister, Dutch table tennis player
* November 18 — Bobby Julich, American cyclist
* November 19 — Michelle Andrews, Australian field hockey midfielder
* November 22 — Davidson and Osmond Ezinwa, Nigerian twins and sprinters
* November 23 — Christoph Bechmann, German field hockey player
* November 27 — Ingo Euler, German rower
* November 27 — Sam Smith, British tennis player
* November 30 — György Mizsei, Hungarian boxer
* November 30 — Gerard van Velde, Dutch speed skater

December

* December 3 — Henk Timmer, Dutch football player
* December 4 — Inge van den Broek, Dutch field hockey player
* December 6 — Brendan Garard, Australian field hockey player
* December 6 — Richard Krajicek, Dutch tennis player who won Wimbledon (1996)
* December 6 — Carole Thate, Dutch field hockey player
* December 7 — Spira Grujic, Serbian football player
* December 9 — Cosme Prenafeta, Spanish volleyball player
* December 12 — Philip Boit, Kenyan cross-county skier
* December 12 — Sammy Korir, Kenyan long-distance runner
* December 12 — Khassaraporn Suta, Thai weightlifter
* December 14 — Scott Koskie, Canadian volleyball player
* December 17 — Beth Barr, American backstroke swimmer
* December 17 — Antoine Rigaudeau, French basketball player
* December 18 — Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, Spanish tennis player
* December 19 — Karen Pickering, British swimmer
* December 26 — Mika Nurmela, Finnish footbal player
* December 27 — Jonah Birir, Kenyan middle distance runner
* December 27 — Sabine Spitz, German mountainbiker
* December 27 — Falko Zandstra, Dutch speed skater
* December 28 — Sergi Barjuán, Spanish football player
* December 29 — Jeroen Blijlevens, Dutch cyclist
* December 30 — Kylie Foy, New Zealand field hockey striker
* December 31 — Cassiano Leal, Brazilian freestyle swimmer

Deaths

*March 15 — Jean-Pierre Monser (22), Flemish cyclist
*April 4 — Carl Mays, Major League Baseball pitcher (1915-1929)
*April 13 — Michel Briere (21), star rookie ice-hockey player, Pittsburgh Penguins
*April 7 — Charles Pahud de Mortanges, Dutch two time Olympic equestrian gold medalist
*May 12 — Heinie Manush, Major League Baseball player (1923-1939)
*May 15 — Goose Goslin, Major League Baseball player (1921-1938)
* June 5 — Clare Dennis (55), Australian breaststroke swimmer (b. 1916)
*June 17 — Christopher Morris, American cricketer
*June 30 — Georgi Asparuhov (28), Bulgarian football (soccer) player, in a car crash
*July 11 — Pedro Rodríguez, Mexican Race Car Driver in a racing accident.
*October 24 — Chuck Hughes, Detroit Lions wide receiver, collapsed during a game
* December 14 — Dick Tiger, Nigerian boxer (b. 1929)