1970 In Sports ,
Other Events Of 1971 ,
1972 In Sports and the
List Of 'years In Sports' .
- won 4 games to 3 over the Baltimore Orioles . Game four was the first night game in World Series history.
- Arsenal are the English First Division champions
Men's Golf
- won 18 1/2 to 13 1/2 over Britain in world team golf
Women's Golf
- 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.
- January 2 — Markus Baur , German handball player
- January 2 — Karina Massota , Argentinian field hockey player
- January 4 — Melanie Cremer , German field hockey player
- January 11 — Gregg Clark , South African field hockey player
- January 14 — Bert Konterman , Dutch football player
- January 16 — Sergi Bruguera , Spanish tennis player
- January 16 — Ulrich Van Gobbel , Dutch football player
- January 18 — Josep Guardiola , Spanish football player
- January 19 — Begoña Larzabal , Spanish field hockey midfielder
- January 22 — Ellen Elzerman , Dutch swimmer
- January 26 — Karin Kienhuis , Dutch judoka
- January 26 — Denise Klecker , German field hockey player
- January 29 — Sonja Pfeilschifter , German shooter
- March 1 — Atif Bashir , Pakistani field hockey player
- March 1 — Tyler Hamilton , American road bicycle racer
- March 1 — Dick Norman , Belgian tennis player
- March 6 — Servais Knaven , Dutch cyclist
- March 15 — Ralf Bißdorf , German fencer
- March 18 — Jerzy Brzęczek , Polish football (soccer) player
- March 20 — Dmitriy Gaag , Kazakhstani triathlete
- March 27 — David Coulthard , Scottish Formula 1-driver
- March 30 — Carlton Myers , Italian basketball player
- March 31 — Pavel Bure , Russian ice hockey player
- April 1 — Vladimir Selkov , Russian swimmer
- April 1 — Daniel Vacek , Czech tennis player
- April 2 — Todd Woodbridge , Australian tennis player
- April 3 — Picabo Street , American alpine skier
- April 8 — Ellen Kuipers , Dutch field hockey player
- April 9 — Jacques Villeneuve , Canadian Formula 1-driver
- April 10 — Marcus Baur , German sailor
- April 10 — Helen Clarke , New Zealand field hockey goalkeeper
- April 12 — Fernando Meligeni , Brazilian tennis player
- April 12 — Christophe Moreau , French cyclist
- April 13 — Franck Esposito , French swimmer
- April 14 — Danja Müsch , German beachvolleyball player
- April 15 — Finidi George , Nigerian football player
- April 20 — Carla Geurts , Dutch swimmer
- April 21 — Rachel Petrie , New Zealand field hockey defender
- April 22 — Nicklas Kulti , Swedish tennis player
- April 24 — Mike Fenner , German athlete
- April 24 — Phil Rogers , Australian swimmer
- April 28 — Markus Beyer , German boxer
- May 1 — Damon Diletti , Australian field hockey player
- May 8 — James Elmer , Australian field hockey player
- May 10 — Ådne Søndrål , Norwegian speed skater
- May 12 — Ingrid Van Lubek , Dutch triathlete
- May 21 — Tom Nanne , Dutch baseball player
- 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 Beltran , Spanish cyclist
- May 30 — Kyle Vander Kuyp , Australian indigenous athlete
- May 31 — Irene Dalby , Norwegian swimmer
- May 31 — Nicole Struse , German table tennis player
- July 6 — Jessica Gal , Dutch judoka
- July 9 — Hilary Rose , British field hockey goalkeeper
- July 12 — Joel Casamayor , Cuban boxer
- 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 — Kristin Wagner , German sailor
- July 26 — Mladen Rudonja , Slovenian footballer
- July 30 — Mzukisi Sikali , South African boxer (d. 2005 )
- August 4 — Jeff Gordon , NASCAR driver
- August 6 — Angela Postma , Dutch swimmer
- August 7 — Stephan Volkert , German rower
- August 8 — Johnny Balentina , Dutch baseball player
- August 8 — Ramón Sala , Spanish field hockey player
- August 9 — Davide Rebellin , Italian cyclist
- August 10 — Roy Keane , Irish footballer
- August 10 — Mario César Kindelán Mesa , Cuban amateur 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 16 — Rulon Gardner , American wrestler
- August 19 — Mary Joe Fernandez , American-Dominican tennis player
- August 23 — Demetrio Albertini , Italian footballer
- August 25 — Gilberto Simoni , Italian cyclist
- August 26 — Jeroen Van Dijk , Dutch badminton player
- 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 29 — Marco Sandy , Bolivian football (soccer) defender
- 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 football player
- September 4 — Bas Van De Goor , Dutch volleyball player
- September 8 — Daniel Petrov , Bulgarian boxer
- September 9 — Serge Kats , Dutch sailor
- September 12 — Chandra Sturrup , Bahamian sprint athlete
- September 12 — Perry Ubeda , Dutch fighter
- September 13 — Goran Ivanisevic , Croatian tennis 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 19 — Mirnawan Nawawi , Malaysian field hockey player
- 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
- December 3 — Henk Timmer , Dutch football player
- December 4 — Inge Van Den Broek , Dutch 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 football player
- December 12 — Khassaraporn Suta , Thai weightlifter
- December 17 — Antoine Rigaudeau , French basketball player
- December 18 — Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario , Spanish tennis player
- December 19 — Karen Pickering , British swimmer
- December 26 — Mika Nurmela , Finnish footbal player
- December 27 — Sabine Spitz , German mountainbiker
- December 27 — Falko Zandstra , Dutch speed skater
- December 28 — Sergi Barjuán , Spanish football player
- December 29 — Jeroen Blijlevens , Dutch cyclist
- December 30 — Kylie Foy , New Zealand field hockey striker
- March 15 — Jean-Pierre Monser (22), Flemish cyclist
- April 4 — Carl Mays , Major League Baseball pitcher (1915-1929)
- April 13 — Michel Briere (21), star rookie 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 17 — Christopher Morris , American cricketer
- June 30 — Georgi Asparuhov (28), Bulgarian football (soccer) player, in a car crash
- October 24 — Chuck Hughes , Detroit Lions wide receiver, collapsed during a game
- December 14 — Dick Tiger , Nigerian boxer (b. 1929 )
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