1955 In Sports ,
Other Events Of 1956 ,
1957 In Sports and the
List Of 'years In Sports' .
- lefty Mel Parnell pitches a No-hitter against the Chicago White Sox at Fenway Park , winning 4-0. It is only Parnell's third win against two losses and is the sixth straight loss for second-place Chicago. The no-hitter is the first for the Red Sox since 1923. Parnell will go 4-4 before a torn muscle in his pitching arm ends his career as the Red Sox' winningest southpaw.
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
- Fred Davis retained the World Professional Snooker Championship
- January 1 — Vivien Mitchell , Irish field hockey goalkeeper
- January 4 — Helen Cadman , English netballer
- January 20 — John Naber , American swimmer
- January 21 — Rafael Garralda , Spanish field hockey player
- January 30 — Hipólito Ramos , Cuban boxer
- February 2 — Jean-François Lamour , French fencer and politician
- February 9 — Hans Gildemeister , Chilean tennis player
- February 14 — Dave Dravecky , American baseball player
- March 3 — Zbigniew Boniek , Polish soccer player
- March 18 — Lesley Murdoch , New Zealand field hockey player
- March 18 — Ingemar Stenmark , Swedish alpine skiier
- March 29 — Kurt Thomas , gymnast
- April 11 — Gene Mayer , American tennis player
- April 19 — Sue Barker , British television presenter and tennis player
- May 9 — Frank Andersson , Swedish wrestler
- May 17 — Sugar Ray Leonard , American boxer
- May 20 — Tomáš Šmíd , Czech tennis player
- June 5 — Nick Saviano , American tennis player
- June 6 — Björn Borg , Swedish tennis player
- June 11 — Joe Montana , American football player
- June 27 — Heiner Dopp , German field hockey player
- July 15 — Patricia McKillop , Zimbabwean field hockey player
- July 20 — Mima Jaušovec , Slovenian tennis player
- July 25 — Santiago Malgosa , Spanish field hockey player
- August 22 — Paul Molitor , baseball Hall of Famer
- September 7 — Jaime Zumalacárregui , Spanish field hockey player
- September 11 — Brent Miskimmin , New Zealand field hockey player
- September 14 — Ray Wilkins , English football player
- September 19 — John Sadri , American tennis player
- September 20 — Elisabeth Theurer , Austrian horse rider
- October 17 — Leslie Milne , American field hockey player
- October 18 — Martina Navratilova , Czech-born tennis player
- October 23 — Darrell Pace , American archer
- October 31 — Thomas Rongen , Dutch soccer coach
- November 13 — Bill Scanlon , American tennis player
- November 18 — Warren Moon , American football player
- December 5 — Patricia Davies , Zimbabwean field hockey player
- December 7 — Larry Bird , US basketball player
- December 14 — Hanni Wenzel , Liechtenstein alpine skier
- December 26 — Susan Butcher , American sled dog racer
- December 31 — Ahmed Salah , Djiboutian long-distance runner
- February 8 - Connie Mack , American baseball manager
- March 2 - Fred Merkle , Major League Baseball player (1907-1926)
- May 12 - Edgar Page , British field hockey player (b. 1884 )
- May 26 - Al Simmons , Major League Baseball player (1924-1944)
- September 7 - C. B. Fry , England international cricketer and rugby player, long jump champion
- September 22 - Jesse Tannehill , Major League Baseball pitcher (1894-1911)
- October 16 - Jules Rimet , Frenc founding father of the Football World Cup
- November 27 - Charlie Peete (27), MLB baseball player, St. Louis Cardinals , plane crash
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