1968 In Sports ,
Other Events Of 1969 ,
1970 In Sports and the
List Of 'years In Sports' .
- pitcher Gaylord Perry , six years after quipping, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run," hits the first and only home run of his career just hours after Neil Armstrong lands on the moon.
Men's Golf
- and Britain tied 16 all in world team golf.
Women's Golf
- wins 5-0 over Romania in world tennis.
- Australian Rod Laver completes his second Grand Slam and the fourth in the history of tennis.
- January 1 — Jane Smith , British field hockey international
- January 2 — Stephen Davies , Australian field hockey player
- January 2 — Tommy Morrison , American heavyweight boxing champion
- January 3 — Michael Schumacher , Formula One driver
- January 11 — Andrew Griffiths , Canadian field hockey player
- January 12 — Robert Prosinečki , Croatian football (soccer) player
- January 13 — Stefania Belmondo , Italian cross-country skier
- January 15 — Roberto Balado , Cuban boxer
- January 16 — Roy Jones Jr. , US boxer
- January 28 — Giorgio Lamberti , Italian swimmer
- February 1 — Gabriel Batistuta , Argentinian football (soccer) player
- February 3 — Retief Goosen , South African golfer
- February 11 — Bryan Eversgerd , US baseball player
- February 12 — Steve Backley , British athlete
- February 12 — Hong Myung-Bo , South Korean football (soccer) player
- February 16 — Fermín Cacho , Spanish athlete
- February 17 — David Douillet , French judoka
- February 22 — Brian Laudrup , Danish football (soccer) player
- March 10 — Ximena Restrepo , Colombian track and field sprinter
- March 18 — Sheila Taormina , American swimmer and triathlete
- March 20 — Fabien Galthié , French rugby player
- March 20 — Karen Smithies , English cricketer
- March 23 — Juan Escarré , Spanish field hockey player
- March 24 — Stefan Eberharter , Austrian alpine skier
- April 1 — Arnaud Boetsch , French tennis player
- April 3 — Danny Sapsford , British tennis player
- April 4 — Jorge Julio Rocha , Colombian boxer
- April 5 — Pontus Kåmark , Swedish football player
- April 7 — Gary Anderson , Canadian medley swimmer
- April 7 — Chris Garner , American tennis player
- April 13 — Stefan Schwarz , Swedish football player
- April 15 — Aleksandr Lebziak , Russian boxer
- April 16 — Germán Burgos , Argentinian football goalkeeper
- April 22 — Lindsey Carlisle , South African field hockey defender
- April 24 — David Luckes , English field hockey goalkeeper
- April 25 — Jo Chamberlain , English cricketer
- April 27 — Brett Steven , New Zealand tennis player
- May 2 — Brian Lara , West Indies cricketer
- May 7 — Melanie Valerio , American swimmer
- May 8 — Fabrice Tiozzo , French boxer
- May 10 — Dennis Bergkamp , Dutch football player
- May 15 — Emmitt Smith , American football player
- May 23 — Ashley Carey , Australian field hockey player
- May 30 — Albertino Essers , Dutch darts player
- May 30 — Koen Pijpers , Dutch field hockey player and coach
- June 2 — David Wheaton , American tennis player
- June 7 — Arie Van De Bunt , Dutch water polo goalkeeper
- June 8 — Laurel Martin , American field hockey player
- June 14 — Steffi Graf , German tennis player
- June 15 — Oliver Kahn , German football goalkeeper
- June 15 — Cédric Pioline , French tennis player
- June 17 — Paul Tergat , Kenyan athlete
- June 20 — Paulo Bento , Portuguese football (soccer) player
- June 20 — MaliVai Washington , American tennis player
- June 26 — Ingrid Lempereur , Belgian swimmer
- July 5 — John LeClair , American ice hockey player
- July 7 — Joe Sakic , Canadian ice hockey player
- July 13 — Shaun Greatbatch , English darts player
- July 16 — Turlough O'Hare , Canadian freestyle swimmer
- July 23 — Stéphane Diagana , French athlete
- July 25 — Artur Partyka , Polish high jumper
- July 25 — Andrea Wieland , US field hockey goalkeeper
- August 7 — Clement N'Goran , Côte d'Ivoire tennis player
- August 14 — Stig Tøfting , Danish football (soccer) player
- August 23 — Hari Kant , Canadian field hockey goalkeeper
- August 26 — Nicole Arendt , American tennis player
- August 27 — Mark Ealham , English cricketer
- August 28 — Joakim Haeggman , Swedish golf player
- August 31 — Javagal Srinath , Indian cricketer
- September 3 — Robert Karlsson , Swedish golf player
- September 3 — Hidehiko Yoshida , Japanese judoka and MMA fighter
- September 5 — Valery Belenky , Soviet gymnast
- September 10 — Nicola Payne , New Zealand cricketer
- September 13 — Shane Warne , Australian cricketer
- September 19 — Kostya Tszyu , Russian born boxer of Korean origin
- September 20 — Jennifer Turner , New Zealand cricket player
- September 23 — Juan Dinarés , Spanish field hockey player
- September 23 — Michael Rich , German cyclist
- September 25 — Hansie Cronje , South African cricketer (d. 2002 )
- October 2 — Luis Villalta , Peruvian boxer (d. 2004 )
- October 10 — Brett Favre , American football player
- October 11 — Jury Chechi , Italian gymnast
- October 13 — Antonio González , Spanish field hockey player
- October 17 — Ernie Els , South African golfer
- October 19 — Erwin Sánchez , Bolivian football (soccer) player
- October 20 — Dariusz Adamczuk , Polish football (soccer) player
- October 20 — Guillermo Perez-Roldan , Argentine tennis player
- October 22 — Owen Casey , Irish tennis player
- October 29 — Dougie Brown , Scottish cricketer
- November 1 — Charles Nkazamyampi , Burundian middle distance runner
- November 4 — Kathrin Boron , German rower and four-times Olympic champion
- November 15 — Helen Kelesi , Canadian tennis player
- November 19 — Igor Pamić , Croatian football (soccer) player
- November 29 — Tomas Brolin , Swedish football (soccer) player
- November 30 — Trina Gulliver , English female darts player
- December 9 — Bixente Lizarazu , French football (soccer) player
- December 12 — Debra Wurzburger , Canadian freestyle swimmer
- December 13 — Sonia Barrio , Spanish field hockey player
- December 13 — Sergei Fedorov , Russian ice hockey player
- December 16 — Sergi Pedrerol , Spanish water polo player
- December 19 — Carlos Retegui , Argentinian field hockey player
- December 22 — Mats Lilienberg , Swedish football (soccer) player
- December 22 — Myriam Bédard , Canadian biathlete
- December 24 — Leavander Johnson , American boxing world champion (d. 2005 )
- December 30 — Jens Eriksen , Danish badminton player
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