1975 IN SPORTS

==Athletics

Contents

Awards

Births

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

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Track

★ August 12 — New Zealand's John Walker set a new world record in Gothenburg, Sweden, becoming the first man to break 3:50 for the mile when he clocked 3:49.4.
===Marathon===

★ August 30 — Enschede Marathon, Netherlands

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★ Men's Winner: Ron Hill (ENG) 2:15:59

★ October 20 — Pan American Games Marathon, Mexico City, Mexico

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★ Men's Winner: Rigoberto Mendoza (CUB) 2:25:03

★ December 7 — Fukuoka Marathon, Japan

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★ Men's Winner: Jerome Drayton (CAN) 2:10:09
==Auto Racing==

★ Stock car racing:

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★ Benny Parsons won the Daytona 500

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★ NASCAR Championship - Richard Petty

★ Indianapolis 500 - Bobby Unser

★ USAC Racing - A.J. Foyt won the season championship

★ Formula One Championship - Niki Lauda of Austria

★ 24 hours of Le Mans:

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★ the team of Jacky Ickx / Derek Bell won, driving a Mirage GR8

★ Rally racing - the team of Sandro Munari / Mario Manucci won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Lancia Stratos HF

★ Drag racing - Don Garlits won the NHRA "Top Fuel" championship.
==Baseball==

★ January 23: Slugger Ralph Kiner is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

★ September 16: Pirates second baseman Rennie Stennett ties Wilbert Robinson's ML record, set June 10, 1892, by going 7-for-7 in a 9-inning game. He scored five of his club's runs in a 22–0 massacre of the Cubs, a major-league record for the biggest score in a shutout game in the 20th century.

★ World Series: Cincinnati Reds win 4 games to 3 over the Boston Red Sox. Often described as one of the most memorable of all World Series.
==Basketball==

★ April 9 - Asia's first professional basketball league, the Philippine Basketball Association played its first game at the Araneta Coliseum.

★ Darryl Dawkins becomes the first NBA player drafted out of high school.

★ NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship:

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★ UCLA wins 92-85 over Kentucky in John Wooden's final game as Bruins coach.

★ NBA Finals:

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★ Golden State Warriors win 4 games to 0 over the Washington Bullets
==Boxing==

★ October 1 in Manila, Philippines Muhammad Ali defeated Joe Frazier to maintain the Heavyweight Championship of the world. Known as the ''Thrilla In Manila'', many regard it as the greatest fight in boxing history.
==Cricket==

★ 1975 Cricket World Cup, the first to be held. West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs.
==Cycling==

★ Giro d'Italia won by Fausto Bertoglio of Italy

★ Tour de France - Bernard Thévenet of France

★ World Cycling Championship: Hennie Kuiper of Netherlands
==Dogsled racing==

★ Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:

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★ Emmitt Peters won with lead dogs: ''Nugget'' & ''Digger''
==Field Hockey==

★ Men's World Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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★ Gold Medal: India

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★ Silver Medal: Pakistan

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★ Bronze Medal: West Germany

★ Pan American Games (Men's Competition) in Mexico City, Mexico

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★ Gold Medal: Argentina

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★ Silver Medal: Canada

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★ Bronze Medal: Mexico

★ March 8 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium,England. England beat Wales 2-0.
==Figure skating==

★ World Figure Skating Championships:

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★ Men's champion: Sergey Nikolayevich Volkov, Soviet Union

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★ Ladies' champion: Dianne de Leeuw, Netherlands

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★ Pair skating champions: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev, Soviet Union

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★ Ice dancing champions: Irina Moiseyeva & Andrei Minenkov, Soviet Union
==Football (American)==

★ Super Bowl IX: Pittsburgh Steelers won 16-6 over the Minnesota Vikings

★ Oklahoma Sooners - college football championship.
==Football (Australian rules football)==

★ Victorian Football League

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★ North Melbourne wins the 79th VFL Premiership (North Melbourne 19.8 (122) d Hawthorn 9.13 (67))

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★ Brownlow Medal awarded to Gary Dempsey (Footscray)
==Football (Canadian Football League)==

★ Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos won 9-8 over the Montreal Alouettes

★ Vanier Cup: Ottawa Gee Gees won 14-9 over the Calgary Dinos
==Football (Soccer)==
::''For an extensive coverage see 1975 in football (soccer)''

★ Brazil - Internacional wins the Campeonato Brasileiro

★ England - the League Championship: Derby County took the title for the second time in four seasons, finishing two points clear of Liverpool and Ipswich Town.

★ England - FA Cup: West Ham United beat Fulham 2-0 at Wembley Stadium in front of 100,000 people. Alan Taylor was the scorer of both goals.

★ England - League Cup: Aston Villa beat Norwich City 1-0 at Wembley Stadium.

★ European Cup: Bayern Munich defeated Leeds United 2-0 in a controversial final at the Parc des Princes, Paris.

★ European Cup Winners Cup: Dynamo Kiev beat Ferencvaros 3-0 in Basle, Switzerland.

★ UEFA Cup: Borussia Mönchengladbach beat FC Twente 5-1 on aggregate, with a leg played at each team's home stadium.
==Golf==
Men's Golf

★ Grand Slam of golf results:

★ #May - The Masters - Jack Nicklaus

★ #June - US Open - Lou Graham

★ #July - British Open - Tom Watson

★ #August - PGA Championship - Jack Nicklaus

★ PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Jack Nicklaus - $298,149

★ Ryder Cup: United States wins 21-11 over Britain & Ireland in world team golf
Women's Golf

★ US Women's Open - Sandra Palmer

★ LPGA Championship - Kathy Whitworth

★ Sandra Palmer is the leading money winner on the LPGA tour with earnings of $94,805.
==Thoroughbred Horse Racing==

★ July 6 - In what was billed as the "Battle of the sexes," Kentucky Derby winner, Foolish Pleasure went head to head in a match race against the undefeated filly, Ruffian. In the lead, Ruffian broke a leg and after an unsuccessful operation to save her, the horse most believe to be the greatest thoroughbred filly ever, was humanely put down.

★ Australia - Melbourne Cup - Think Big

★ Canada - Queen's Plate - L'Enjoleur

★ France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Star Appeal

★ Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Grundy

★ English Triple Crown Races:

★ #Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Bolkonski

★ #Epsom Derby - Grundy

★ #St. Leger Stakes - Bruni

★ United States Triple Crown Races:

★ #Kentucky Derby - Foolish Pleasure

★ #Preakness Stakes - Master Derby

★ #Belmont Stakes - Avatar
==Harness Racing==

★ United States Pacing Triple Crown races:

★ #Cane Pace - Nero

★ #Little Brown Jug - Seatrain

★ #Messenger Stakes - Bret's Champ

★ United States Trotting Triple Crown races:

★ #Hambletonian - Bonefish

★ #Yonkers Trot

★ #Kentucky Futurity

★ Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:

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★ Pacers: Young Quinn
==Ice Hockey==

★ Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins.

★ Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Bobby Clarke, Philadelphia Flyers

★ Stanley Cup - Philadelphia Flyers defeat the Buffalo Sabres 4 games to 2

★ World Hockey Championship:

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★ Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia

★ SM-liiga, the Finnish professional ice hockey league, launched its first season 1975-1976

★ NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship: Michigan Technological University Huskies defeat University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Golden Gophers 6-1 in St. Louis, MO
==Lacrosse==

★ The National Lacrosse League of 1974 and 1975 play their 2nd and last season.

★ The Quebec Caribous defeat the Montreal Quebecois 4 games to 2 to win the National Lacrosse League (1974-75) Championship.

★ The Vancouver­ Burrards win the Mann Cup.

★ The Windsor Warlocks win the Founders Cup.

★ The Peterborough Gray Munros win the Minto Cup.
==Orienteering==

★ First Ski Orienteering World Championships held in Hyvinkää, Finland.
==Skiing==

★ Alpine Skiing

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★ The men's overall season champion: Gustav Thöni, Italy

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★ The women's overall season champion: Annemarie Pröll, Austria
==Snooker==

★ World Snooker Championship: Ray Reardon beats Eddie Charlton 31-30
== Swimming ==

★ The second FINA World Championships held in Cali, Colombia
==Tennis==

★ Grand Slam in tennis men's results:

★ #Australian Open - John Newcombe

★ #French Open - Björn Borg

★ #Wimbledon championships - Arthur Ashe

★ #US Open - Manuel Orantes

★ Grand Slam in tennis women's results:

★ #Australian Open - Evonne Goolagong

★ #French Open - Chris Evert

★ #Wimbledon championships - Billie Jean King

★ #US Open - Chris Evert

★ Davis Cup: Sweden wins 3-2 over Czechoslovakia in world tennis.

★ 18 year old Martina Navratilova of Czechoslovakia announces her defection to the United States of America
== Water Polo ==

★ Men's World Championship in Cali, Colombia

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★ Gold Medal: Soviet Union

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★ Silver Medal: Hungary

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★ Bronze Medal: Italy
==General sporting events==

★ Seventh Pan American Games held in Mexico City, Mexico

★ Seventh Mediterranean Games held in Algiers, Algeria

★ Eighth Summer Universiade held in Rome, Italy

★ Eighth Winter Universiade held in Livigno, Italy

Awards

★ Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Fred Lynn, Major League Baseball

★ Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Chris Evert, Tennis

Births

January

★ January 1 — Chris Anstey, Australian basketball player

★ January 1 — Skippy Hamahona, New Zealand field hockey player

★ January 3 — Lisa Misipeka, Samoan athlete

★ January 4 — Bevan Hari, New Zealand field hockey striker

★ January 6 — Daniela Krukower, Argentine judoka

★ January 6 — Ricardo Santos, Brazilian beach volleyball player

★ January 12 — Marina Akobia, Russian water polo player

★ January 13 — Tom Becker, Australian baseball player

★ January 15 — Mary Pierce, Canadian-born French tennis player

★ January 19 — Natalie Harvey, Australian athlete

★ January 21 — Willem Korsten, Dutch football player

★ January 25 — Martin Laciga, Swiss beach volleyball player

★ January 29 — Hendrik Dreekmann, German tennis player

★ January 29 — Elena Urkizu, Spanish field hockey defender

★ January 30 — Magnus Bäckstedt, Swedish cyclist

★ January 30 — Giacomo Galanda, Italian basketball player

★ January 30 — Botond Storcz, Hungarian canoer

★ January 31 — Neville Godwin, South African tennis player

February

★ February 1 — Ekaterini Thanou, Greek athlete

★ February 2 — Sergey Filimonov, Kazakh weightlifter

★ February 2 — Björn Michel, German field hockey player

★ February 2 — Robert van der Zant, Australian medley swimmer

★ February 4 — Denis Pimankov, Russian swimmer

★ February 5 — Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dutch football (soccer) player

★ February 6 — Brett Hawke, Australian swimmer

★ February 6 — Alexandr Maletin, Russian boxer

★ February 8 — Clarence Acuña, Chilean football (soccer) player

★ February 9 — Kurt Asle Arvesen, Norwegian cyclist

★ February 9 — Viktor Tchistiakov, Russian-born Australian athlete

★ February 11 — Pedro Emanuel, Angolan football (soccer) player

★ February 11 — Chuck Watanabe, kayaker

★ February 15 — Jens Knippschild, German tennis player

★ February 16 — Casey Barrett, Canadian butterfly swimmer

★ February 19 — Mohamed Aly, Egyptian boxer

★ February 19 — Art Binkowski, Polish-born Canadian heavyweight boxer

★ February 21 — Tuomas Ketola, Finnish tennis player

★ February 25 — Simone Cercato, Italian swimmer

★ February 25 — Hercules Kyvelos, Canadian boxer

★ February 26 — Cindy Werley, American field hockey player

March

★ March 3 — Robin D'Abreo, Indian-born Canadian field hockey player

★ March 4 — Myrna Veenstra, Dutch field hockey player

★ March 6 — Minouche Smit, Dutch freestyle and medley swimmer

★ March 7 — Clair Fearnley, Australian athlete

★ March 9 — Roy Makaay, Dutch football player

★ March 12 — Attila Zubor, Hungarian freestyle swimmer

★ March 13 — Stefan Aartsen, Dutch butterfly swimmer

★ March 14 — Dimitri Markov, Belorussian-born Australian athlete

★ March 16 — Keiko Miura, Japanese field hockey player

★ March 19 — Jingyi Le, Chinese freestyle swimmer

★ March 21 — Mark Williams, British snooker player

★ March 23 — Rita Grande, Italian tennis player

★ March 24 — Sarah Jamieson, Australian athlete

★ March 24 — Thomas Johansson, Swedish tennis player

★ March 26 — Guus Vogels, Dutch field hockey goalkeeper

★ March 29 — Jan Bos, Dutch speed skater and cyclist

April

★ April 1 — Magdalena Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player

★ April 1 — Kristine Quance, American breaststroke and medley swimmer

★ April 4 — Faustino Reyes, Spanish boxer

★ April 5 — Nicole Dryden, Canadian backstroke and freestyle swimmer

★ April 5 — Tonton Semakala, Zaire-born boxer from Sweden

★ April 8 — Santiago Capurro, Argentine field hockey player

★ April 10 — Suzie Muirhead, New Zealand field hockey defender

★ April 11 — Suzu Chiba, Japanese freestyle swimmer

★ April 13 — Torsten Spanneberg, German swimmer

★ April 14 — Adam Basil, Australian athlete

★ April 16 — Flávio Canto, Brazilian judoka

★ April 19 — Bram Lomans, Dutch field hockey player

★ April 19 — Rikke Olsen, Danish female badminton player

★ April 21 — Danyon Loader, New Zealand swimmer

★ April 27 — Kazuyoshi Funaki, Japanese ski jumper

★ April 29 — Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Polish sailor

★ April 29 — Volodymyr Nikolaychuk, Ukrainian backstroke swimmer

May

★ May 1 — Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroon football player (d. 2003)

★ May 2 — David Beckham, English footbal player

★ May 2 — Murray Burdan, New Zealand freestyle and butterfly swimmer

★ May 4 — Diana Weavers, New Zealand field hockey defender

★ May 7 — Roxana Maracineanu, French backstroke swimmer

★ May 8 — Dion Russell, Australian athlete

★ May 9 — Marieke Wijsman, Dutch speed skater

★ May 10 — Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian Indy Car driver

★ May 12 — Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby union player

★ May 14 — Nicki Sørensen, Danish cyclist

★ May 14 — Christopher Wreh, Liberian footballer

★ May 16 — Simon Whitfield, Olympic triathlon champion

★ May 17 — Dinesh Nayak, Indian field hockey defender

★ May 20 — Mario Almada, Argentine field hockey player

★ May 20 — Mariela Antoniska, Argentine field hockey goalkeeper

★ May 20 — Paula Harmokivi, Finnish freestyle swimmer

★ May 20 — Hwang Jong-Hyun, South Korean field hockey player

★ May 22 — Pablo Chacón, Argentine boxer

★ May 25 — Fabíola Molina, Brazilian swimmer

★ May 25 — Carles Sans, Spanish water polo player

★ May 26 — Carl Verheijen, Dutch speed skater

★ May 28 — Marko Strahija, Croatian backstroke swimmer

★ May 29 — Bianca Langham Pritchard, Australian field hockey player

★ May 31 — Harold de Man, Dutch alpine skier

June

★ June 9 — Brian Magee, Northern Irish boxer

★ June 16 — Asa Svensson, Swedish tennis player

★ June 17 — Magnus Petersson, Swedish archer

★ June 19 — Ed Coode, British rower

★ June 19 — Alexandre Massura, Brazilian freestyle swimmer

★ June 20 — Mehmet Uğur Taner, Turkish-American swimmer

★ June 22 — Andreas Klöden, German cyclist

★ June 23 — Jane Jamieson, Australian athlete

★ June 23 — Chris Witty, American speed skater and cyclist

★ June 25 — Juan Benavides, Spanish freestyle swimmer

★ June 25 — Susan Chepkemei, Kenyan long-distance runner

★ June 25 — Albert Costa, Spanish tennis player

★ June 27 — Sarah Evanetz, Canadian butterfly swimmer

★ June 27 — Dennis van der Geest, Dutch judoka

★ June 27 — Ivette María, Spanish backstroke swimmer

★ June 28 — Mercedes Margalot, Argentine field hockey defender

★ June 29 — Laudelino Barros, Brazilian boxer

★ June 30 — Ralf Schumacher, German Formula 1-driver

July

★ July 2 — Kate Fairweather, Australian archer

★ July 2 — Olivier Sanou, Burkinan athlete

★ July 5 — Hernán Crespo, Argentine football (soccer) player

★ July 5 — Ai Sugiyama, Japanese tennis player

★ July 6 — Nestor García, Uruguayan marathon runner

★ July 11 — Rubén Baraja, Spanish football (soccer) player

★ July 17 — Troy Amos-Ross, Canadian boxer

★ July 21 — Victor Hugo Castro, Argentine boxer

★ July 21 — Claudia Franco, Spanish freestyle swimmer

★ July 22 — Pedro Monteiro, Brazilian butterfly swimmer

★ July 27 — Angela Maurer, German long-distance swimmer

★ July 28 — Yoav Meiri, Israeli butterfly swimmer

★ July 31 — Andrew Hall, South African cricketer

August

★ August 1 — Bogdan Ţărus, Romanian athlete

★ August 12 — Paul Gaudoin, Australian field hockey player

★ August 13 — Paul Briggs, Australian boxer

★ August 20 — Beatrice Caslaru, Romanian swimmer

★ August 22 — Franco Squillari, Argentine tennis player

★ August 25 — Hervé Nzelo-Lembi, Congolese football (soccer) player

★ August 25 — Petria Thomas, Australian swimmer

★ August 27 — Trent Durrington, Australian baseball player

★ August 27 — Caryn Paewai, New Zealand field hockey player

★ August 30 — Roberto Carretero, Spanish tennis player

September

★ September 3 — Cristobal Huet, French ice hockey goaltender

★ September 4 — Julie Deiters, Dutch field hockey player

★ September 6 — Ryoko Tani, Japanese judo competitor

★ September 8 — Elena Likhovtseva, Russian tennis player

★ September 9 — Dorota Zagórska, Polish figure-skater

★ September 10 — María del Mar Feito, Spanish field hockey forward

★ September 14 — Marian Simion, Romanian boxer

★ September 15 — Tom Dolan, American swimmer

★ September 15 — Jimy Szymanski, Venezuelan tennis player

★ September 20 — Juan Pablo Montoya, Colombian Formule 1-driver

★ September 25 — Claire Taylor, English cricketer

★ September 27 — Krzysztof Nowak, Polish football (soccer) player (d. 2005)

★ September 28 — Lenny Krayzelburg, Ukrainian-born swimmer

★ September 30 — Dennis Gentenaar, Dutch football (soccer) goalkeeper

October

★ October 7 — Nicol Pitro, German badminton player

★ October 8 — Tatiana Grigorieva, Australian athlete and model

★ October 11 — Luis Ernesto José, Dominican Republic boxer

★ October 12 — Marion Jones, American athlete

★ October 13 — Noam Behr, Israeli tennis player

★ October 14 — Floyd Landis, American cyclist

★ October 15 — Michael Brennan, Australian field hockey midfielder

★ October 21 — Ahmed Ismail, Egyptian boxer

★ October 24 — Shane Hair, Australian athlete

★ October 24 — Rolf Landerl, Austrian football player

★ October 30 — Joanne Malar, Canadian swimmer

★ October 31 — Jagan Hames, Australian athlete

November

★ November 1 — Erben Wennemars, Dutch speed skater

★ November 3 — Marta Domínguez, Spanish athlete

★ November 4 — Eduard Kokcharov, Russian handball player

★ November 7 — Mike Mintenko, Canadian freestyle and butterfly swimmer

★ November 11 — Mike Mahood, Canadian field hockey goalkeeper

★ November 12 — Jason Lezak, Jewish-American swimmer

★ November 14 — Gerritjan Eggenkamp, Dutch rower

★ November 14 — Gabriela Szabo, Romanian track and field athlete

★ November 15 — Francisco Osorio, Colombian boxer

★ November 16 — Björn Emmerling, German field hockey player

★ November 22 — Ayelen Stepnik, Argentine field hockey player

★ November 25 — Tom Wilkens, American swimmer

★ November 28 — Dyana Calub, Australian backstroke swimmer

December

★ December 1 — Sophia Skou, Danish swimmer

★ December 3 — Nadine Neumann, Australian breaststroke swimmer

★ December 5 — Ronnie O'Sullivan, British snooker player

★ December 7 — José Anastácio de Albuquerque, Brazilian boxer

★ December 9 — Ondřej Sosenka, Czech cyclist

★ December 14 — Sukhbir Singh Gill, Indian field hockey midfielder

★ December 17 — Nick Farrell, Canadian boxer

★ December 18 — Vincent van der Voort, Dutch darts player

★ December 23 — Robert Bartko, German track cyclist

★ December 26 — Marcelo Ríos, Chilean tennis player

★ December 27 — Patrick Paauwe, Dutch football (soccer) player

★ December 30 — Tiger Woods, American golfer

★ December 31 — Philip Singoei, Kenyan long-distance runner

Deaths

★ January 5 – Don Wilson, American Major League Baseball pitcher (1966-1974)

★ March 21 – Joe Medwick, American Major League Baseball player (1932-1948)

★ April 4 – Sven Rydell, Swedish football (soccer) player (b. 1905)

★ May 22 – Lefty Grove, American Major League Baseball pitching great (1925-1941)

★ May 27 – Ezzard Charles, Heavyweight Boxing Champion

★ June 4 – Wendell Ladner, American NBA basketball player

★ June 28 — Serge Reding (33), Belgian weightlifter (b. 1941)

★ July 7 – Ruffian, undefeated filly race horse who broke a leg during a match race the previous day and had to put down after an usuccessful operation

★ August 4 — Sam Olij (74), Dutch heavyweight boxer (b. 1900)

★ August 17 – Vladimir Kuts, Russian distance runner, Olympic gold medalist

★ September 29 – Casey Stengel, American NY Yankees manager (1949-60)

★ October 4 – May Sutton, US Open & Wimbledon tennis champion

★ October 28 – Georges Carpentier (81), French boxer (b. 1894)

★ November 29 – Graham Hill, F1 race car champion

★ December 1 – Nellie Fox, American Major League Baseball player (1947-1965)