1971 in sports

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1 Athletics 1.1 Marathon 2 Auto Racing 3 Baseball 4 Basketball 5 Boxing 6 Cricket 7 Cycling 8 Field Hockey 9 Figure skating 10 Football (American) 11 Football (Australian rules football) 12 Football (Canadian) 13 Football (Soccer) 14 Golf 15 Thoroughbred Horse Racing 16 Harness Racing 17 Ice Hockey 18 Lacrosse 19 Radiosport 20 Skiing 21 Snooker 22 Swimming 22.1 Records 23 Tennis 24 Volleyball 25 Multi-sport events 26 Awards 27 Births 27.1 January 27.2 February 27.3 March 27.4 April 27.5 May 27.6 June 27.7 July 27.8 August 27.9 September 27.10 October 27.11 November 27.12 December 28 Deaths

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 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.

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

• 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

• 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.

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

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

• 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

• 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

• 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.

• 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)

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

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.

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 golf

Men's amateur

• British Amateur - Steve Melnyk
• U.S. Amateur - Gary Cowan

Women'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

• 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:
  1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes - Brigadier Gerard
  2. Epsom Derby - Mill Reef
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Athens Wood

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. May 1 - Kentucky Derby - Canonero II
  2. Preakness Stakes - Canonero II
  3. Belmont Stakes - Pass catcher

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Albatross
  2. Little Brown Jug - Nansemond
  3. Messenger Stakes - Albatross

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Speedy Crown
  2. Yonkers Trot - Quick Pride
  3. Kentucky Futurity - Savoir

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

• 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

• 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.

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

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

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

• 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.

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Ken Rosewall
  2. French Open - Jan Kodeš
  3. Wimbledon championships - John Newcombe
  4. US Open - Stan Smith

• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open - Margaret Court
  2. French Open - Evonne Goolagong
  3. Wimbledon championships - Evonne Goolagong
  4. 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.

• European Championship in Italy
  • Men's Tournament
    • Gold Medal:  Soviet Union
    • Silver Medal:  Czechoslovakia
    • Bronze Medal:  Romania
  • Women's Tournament
    • Gold Medal:  Soviet Union
    • Silver Medal:  Czechoslovakia
    • Bronze Medal:  Poland

• Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia
  • Men's Tournament
    • Gold Medal:  Cuba
    • Silver Medal:  United States
    • Bronze Medal:  Brazil
  • Women's Tournament
    • Gold Medal:  Cuba
    • Silver Medal:  Peru
    • Bronze Medal:  Mexico

• Sixth Pan American Games held in Cali, Colombia

• Sixth Mediterranean Games held in İzmir, Turkey

• 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

• January 2 — Markus Baur, German handball player
• January 7 — Vladislav Kulikov, Russian butterfly swimmer
• January 11 — Gregg Clark, South African field hockey player
• January 13 — David Monasterio, Puerto Rican swimmer
• January 14 — Bert Konterman, Dutch footballer
• January 14 — Lyubov Morgunova, Russian long-distance runner
• January 14 — Lasse Kjus, Norweigian alpine skier
• January 16 — Sergi Bruguera, Spanish tennis player
• January 16 — Ulrich van Gobbel, Dutch footballer
• January 16 — Scott Williams, US field hockey defender
• January 18 — Josep Guardiola, Spanish footballer
• 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 24 — Sonia de Ignacio, Spanish field hockey player
• 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 1 — Zlatko Zahovič, Slovenian footballer
• February 6 — Antti Haapakoski, Finnish hurdler
• February 7 — Andrew Currey, Australian javelin thrower
• February 12 — Jane Burley, Scottish field hockey midfielder
• February 13 — Emese Antal, Romania-born ice speed skater from Austria
• February 13 — Lency Montelier, Cuban track and field athlete
• February 14 — Lisa-Marie Vizaniari, Australian discus thrower
• February 19 — Martin van der Spoel, Dutch swimmer
• February 20 — Jari Litmanen, Finnish footballer
• 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 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 17 — Tibor Ordina, Hungarian triple jumper
• March 18 — Jerzy Brzęczek, Polish footballer
• 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 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 — 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 footballer
• 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 25 — Joël Bourgeois, Guyanese-Canadian distance runner
• April 28 — Markus Beyer, German boxer

• 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 footballer
• 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 23 — María Cruz González, Spanish field hockey 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 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 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 footballer
• 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 9 — Hilary Rose, British field hockey goalkeeper
• July 12 — Joel Casamayor, Cuban boxer
• July 12 — Robert Allenby, Australian golfer
• 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 26 — Mladen Rudonja, Slovenian footballer
• July 30 — Mzukisi Sikali, South African boxer (d. 2005)

• 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 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 — 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

• 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 footballer
• 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 — 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 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 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 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 footballer
• 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, Dominican baseball player
• October 29 — Rafael Álvarez, Spanish diver
• October 30 — Suzan van der Wielen, Dutch field hockey player

• 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 16 — Ken Robinson, New Zealand field hockey player
• 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 — Sam Smith, British tennis player
• November 30 — György Mizsei, Hungarian boxer
• November 30 — Gerard van Velde, Dutch speed skater

• December 3 — Henk Timmer, Dutch footballer
• 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 footballer
• 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 22 — Khalid Khannouchi, Moroccan long-distance runner
• 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 footballer
• December 29 — Jeroen Blijlevens, Dutch cyclist
• December 30 — Kylie Foy, New Zealand field hockey striker
• December 31 — Cassiano Leal, Brazilian freestyle swimmer

• April 4 — Carl Mays, Major League Baseball pitcher (1915-1929)
• April 13 — Michel Briere (21), Canadian 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 footballer
• July 11 — Pedro Rodríguez, Mexican race car driver
• October 24 — Chuck Hughes, Detroit Lions wide receiver
• December 14 — Dick Tiger, Nigerian boxer (b. 1929)