1954 In Sports ,
Other Events Of 1955 ,
1956 In Sports and the
List Of 'years In Sports' .
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
- August 31 - In one of the most famous match races in Thoroughbred racing history, Nashua beat Swaps at Washington Park racetrack. It was Swaps only loss in nine starts as a three-year old. Nashua's owner-breeder, William Woodward, Sr. , dreamed of owning an Epsom Derby winner, and he planned to send Nashua to England to train toward that goal. However, Woodward was shot to death by his wife before he could proceed.
- January 2 — Jinty Stewart , Scottish field hockey goalkeeper
- January 3 — Frances Edmonds , British sports writer
- January 14 — Dominique Rocheteau , French soccer player
- January 19 — Uwe Reinders , German soccer player
- January 21 — Peter Fleming , American tennis player
- January 21 — Juan Pellón , Spanish field hockey player
- January 21 — Nikolina Shtereva , Bulgarian middle distance runner
- January 24 — Jim Montgomery , American swimmer
- January 29 — John Tate , American boxer
- January 31 — Virginia Ruzici , Romanian tennis player
- February 2 — Aleksandr Gusev , Soviet field hockey player
- February 3 — Bruno Pezzey , Austrian soccer player
- February 10 — Miguel Chaves , Spanish field hockey player
- February 10 — Jose Maria Flores Burlon , Uruguayan boxer
- February 10 — Greg Norman , Australian golfer
- February 24 — Alain Prost , French Formula I driver
- March 4 — David Jackson , New Zealand boxer (d. 2004 )
- March 6 — Peter Dignan , New Zealand rower
- March 11 — David Bell , Australian field hockey player
- March 14 — Daniel Bertoni , Argentinian soccer player
- March 16 — Jiro Watanabe , Japanese boxing world champion
- March 18 — Philippe Boisse , French fencer
- March 18 — Elaine Jensen , New Zealand field hockey goalkeeper
- April 25 — Américo Gallego , Argentinian soccer player
- April 26 — Ulrika Knape , Swedish diver
- May 6 — Ann Grant , Zimbabwean field hockey player
- June 21 — Michel Platini , French soccer player
- June 23 — Jean Tigana , French soccer player and manager
- June 26 — Maxime Bossis , French soccer player
- June 28 — Heribert Weber , Austrian soccer player
- July 5 — Peter McNamara , Australian tennis player
- July 8 — Gillian Cowley , Zimbabwean field hockey player
- July 9 — Steve Coppell , English soccer player
- August 4 — Gerrie Coetzee , South African boxer
- August 5 — John Whitaker , British equestrian
- August 8 — Renzo Vecchiato , Italian basketball player
- September 1 — Maureen George , Zimbabwean field hockey player
- September 9 — Gernot Jurtin , Austrian soccer player
- September 15 — Linda Watson , Zimbabwean field hockey player
- September 25 — Ludo Coeck , Belgian soccer player
- September 25 — Karl-Heinz Rummenigge , German soccer player
- October 3 — José Valencia , Argentinian soccer player
- October 4 — Anton Pichler , Austrian soccer player
- October 4 — Jorge Valdano , Argentinian soccer player
- October 11 — Hans-Peter Briegel , German soccer player
- November 1 — Anne Audain , New Zealand middle and long distance athlete
- November 26 — Barbara Tilden , New Zealand field hockey player
- November 27 — Sarah English , Zimbabwean field hockey player
- November 28 — Alessandro Altobelli , Italian soccer player
- December 5 — Juha Tiainen , Finnish hammer thrower (d. 2003 )
- December 6 — Tony Woodcock , English soccer player
- December 12 — Mikhail Nichepurenko , Soviet field hockey player
- December 19 — Marek Dziuba , Polish soccer player
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